Alternative and Obscure Christmas Films
Alternative and Obscure Christmas Films
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Speed Badger

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3,459 posts

139 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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Hi all, what are some of your favourite obscure or alternative Christmas Films outside of all the usuals?

A few seasonal favourites for me are The Ice Harvest starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton, Krampus and Rare Exports. Black Christmas and Lethal Weapon are also worth a shout. There is also a pretty decent film called The Night Before starring Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt that flew under the radar when it came out in 2015, which has a very good chummy Christmas vibe.


Road2Ruin

6,173 posts

238 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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Lethal weapon, a Christmas film? scratchchin

DoctorX

7,963 posts

189 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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Road2Ruin said:
Lethal weapon, a Christmas film? scratchchin
yes

996Type

1,051 posts

174 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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The Heroes of Telemark always does it for me!

BadOrangePete

845 posts

66 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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Fatman's pretty good, Mel Gibson as a grumpy Santa with lots of violence biggrin

Kes Arevo

3,555 posts

61 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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BadOrangePete said:
Fatman's pretty good, Mel Gibson as a grumpy Santa with lots of violence biggrin
Yeah,very unexpected film!

Another vote for Rare Exports.

996Type

1,051 posts

174 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is another one, first time this Xmas thought she won’t be around to see it frown

Alex Z

1,959 posts

98 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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Anna and the apocalypse.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6433880/

WY86

1,555 posts

49 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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Trading places is a good xmas movie.

CoupeKid

927 posts

87 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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Bad Santa for me because st happens when you party naked.

Blib

47,108 posts

219 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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'Scrooge - A Christmas Carol' written, directed and starring Stewart Brennan.

An Xmas staple in our home, it's knuckle-bightingly awful. Complete and utter, amateur level rubbish.

However, to be fair, Brennan got the film made and he puts everything into it.

So much so that I follow him on Instagram and complimented him on making the film. He was over the moon with that.

A thoroughly decent bloke who managed to get his film made.

But, don't come running to me if you don't make it to the end.

Road2Ruin

6,173 posts

238 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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DoctorX said:
Road2Ruin said:
Lethal weapon, a Christmas film? scratchchin
yes
Die hard, far better, and set at Christmas

The Don of Croy

6,330 posts

181 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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Ronin.

Murph7355

40,835 posts

278 months

Saturday 10th December 2022
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Road2Ruin said:
DoctorX said:
Road2Ruin said:
Lethal weapon, a Christmas film? scratchchin
yes
Die hard, far better, and set at Christmas
Have you watched Lethal Weapon? smile

(Both quality Christmas films!).

Road2Ruin

6,173 posts

238 months

Saturday 10th December 2022
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Murph7355 said:
Road2Ruin said:
DoctorX said:
Road2Ruin said:
Lethal weapon, a Christmas film? scratchchin
yes
Die hard, far better, and set at Christmas
Have you watched Lethal Weapon? smile

(Both quality Christmas films!).
I thought the thread was going to be about Christmas films, not films at Christmas.

bern

1,372 posts

242 months

Saturday 10th December 2022
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I watched Blackadder's Christmas Carol for the first time the other night! No idea how I've missed it previously, but it was obviously great with a cameo from Robbie Coltrane.

hotchy

4,782 posts

148 months

Saturday 10th December 2022
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CoupeKid said:
Bad Santa for me because st happens when you party naked.
Really loved that movie. One of my favourite Christmas movies.

Radec

5,357 posts

69 months

Saturday 10th December 2022
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A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas.

It's not as good as the previous 2 films they did, but still funny enough considering it was a Christmas special.

anonymous-user

76 months

Saturday 10th December 2022
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BadOrangePete said:
Fatman's pretty good, Mel Gibson as a grumpy Santa with lots of violence biggrin
Just looked that up and it sounds interesting, similar style to the current film Violent Night