Festive Films Advent Calendar: 23 December
Our film picks for some seasonal streaming…
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1992
Comedy
Family
U
Comedy fantasy. The inimitable puppets are joined by Michael Caine for their own special interpretation of the classic Dickens Christmas tale, in which miserly Scrooge is visited by ghosts to help him mend his selfish ways.
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1947
Comedy
Drama
U
Oscar-winning Christmas fantasy starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne and Edmund Gwenn. Department store executive Doris Walker is horrified when the Santa Claus she hires turns up for work drunk. But a mysterious elderly gentleman calling himself Kris Kringle steps in to offer his services and soon becomes a popular attraction at the store.
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1946
Fantasy
Drama
U
Frank Capra's classic fantasy drama, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore. George Bailey is a small-town businessman who believes he has been a failure. Contemplating suicide, George meets his guardian angel and discovers what life in his home town of Bedford Falls would have been like had he never lived.
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1990
Comedy
Family
PG
Comedy starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister's wish to be free of his family is realised when they accidentally set off without him for a Christmas break in Paris. Suddenly finding himself home alone, Kevin's efforts to cope with the household chores are hindered by two inept criminals attempting a robbery.
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1988
Adventure
Thriller
18
Action thriller starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman. New York cop John McClane gets caught up in a terrorist plot after arriving in Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his estranged wife Holly and his two children. When Holly is taken hostage in the offices of the Japanese corporation she works for, McClane launches a daring rescue attempt.
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2015
Drama
Romance
15
Romantic drama based on Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, In 1950s Manhattan, a naive shop girl has her life turned upside down when she falls for an older, married woman.
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1951
Drama
Family
U
Classic version of Charles Dickens's tale, starring Alastair Sim. On Christmas Eve, a tight-fisted businessman is visited by three ghosts who remind him of the true spirit of the season.
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The Nightmare before Christmas
1993
Animation
Family
PG
Animated musical drama featuring the voices of Chris Sarandon and Catherine O'Hara. Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, longs to escape the routine of Halloweentown. Through a door in a tree, he stumbles upon Christmastown where he engineers the kidnapping of Santa Claus and wreaks havoc among the inhabitants.
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
Comedy
Drama
PG
Period comedy drama starring Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer and Jonathan Pryce. In 1843 London, Charles Dickens is desperate to write a bestseller, after a series of flops have left him in financial hardship. Drawing on his own experiences, he creates Ebenezer Scrooge and the characters of A Christmas Carol, and a classic is born.
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2021
Adventure
Family
PG
Seasonal adventure starring Henry Lawfull, Toby Jones and Sally Hawkins, based on the bestseller by Matt Haig. At Christmas, three children are told the story of Nikolas, a young Finnish boy searching for a magical elf kingdom. Along for the ride are a talking mouse and a friendly reindeer, as Nikolas embarks on a quest that will see his name go down in history.
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1994
Comedy
Fantasy
U
Seasonal fantasy starring Tim Allen and Judge Reinhold. Divorced father Scott Calvin steps into Santa's shoes when the festive visitor falls off his roof, but over the following year Scott's increasing obsession with his new job loses him custody of his son. As Christmas draws near, he finds delivering presents is the least of his problems.
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2003
Comedy
Romance
15
Ensemble romantic comedy featuring Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley and Bill Nighy. In London, during the weeks leading up to Christmas, people from various walks of life - among them adult film performers, a washed-up rock star and the British Prime Minister - suffer the emotional highs and lows of being in love.
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Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
Comedy
Family
PG
Comedy fantasy starring Jim Carrey. It's Christmas in Whoville and preparations are well under way. Meanwhile, up in his mountain lair, cold-hearted hermit the Grinch sits alone resenting the Whovians' happiness. But then he's befriended by a little girl.
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1982
Drama
15
Ingmar Bergman's classic period drama starring Bertil Guve and Pernilla Allwin. Alexander and his sister Fanny are growing up among the open-minded Ekdahl family during the 1900s. But when their father dies, their mother remarries a much stricter man.
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1984
Comedy
Horror
12
Black comedy horror starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates. In a small American town, kindly inventor Rand Peltzer brings home a cute little animal called a mogwai for his son Billy, with three rules for its upkeep: never get the mogwai wet, expose him to light or feed him after midnight. Accidentally, these rules get broken and all hell breaks loose.
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1949
Comedy
Drama
PG
Seasonal romantic drama starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh. Connie, a war widow devoted to her small son, Timmy, intends to marry the dependable Carl in order to achieve security. However, on a trip to find Timmy a Christmas present, Connie meets Steve, a Californian drifter, who proceeds to woo Connie through her little boy's desire for a train set.
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1990
Fantasy
Drama
PG
Fantasy starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder. Edward is a man-made boy built by an inventor whose sudden death leaves his creation with sharp metal shears instead of hands. After he is discovered by an Avon lady, who takes him home to her family, Edward is greeted with curiosity by the outside world.
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2019
Fantasy
Animation
PG
The town of Smeerensburg above the Arctic Circle takes pride in being the most miserable and selfish place on the planet. Hapless postman Jesper is stationed in Smeerensburg as punishment. In the course of his duties, he meets a brilliant toymaker called Klaus.
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2022
Comedy
Thriller
15
Action fantasy comedy starring David Harbour. It's Christmas Eve but Santa Claus is not feeling his usual cheery self plying his gift-giving trade in an increasingly cynical and materialistic age. However, when he arrives at the mansion of the super-rich Lightstones, just as ruthless mercenaries have taken the family hostage in order to rob their vault, he resolves to rescue them and hand out some season's beatings.
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1954
Comedy
Romance
PG
Musical starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Old army buddies Phil Davis and Bob Wallace travel with the glamorous Haynes sisters to the Columbia Inn in Vermont. There, Phil and Bob are reunited with their old commanding officer, General Waverly, who is now struggling to keep the hotel going. The visitors decide there's only one answer - to put on a show.
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2023
Comedy
Drama
15
Period comedy drama starring Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa. Paul Hunham, the crotchety classics teacher at a boys' boarding school, is tasked with supervising the students who have been forced to stay on campus during the Christmas break. Four of the lads are soon whisked off for a skiing trip, leaving Paul and his colleague, cafeteria manager Mary, with just one remaining charge: Angus Tully, who wants nothing more than to run away.
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1983
Comedy
15
Comedy starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. Millionaires Mortimer and Randolph Duke create an experiment in human nature by framing their niece's fiancé Louis, a pompous stockbroker, for theft and drug pushing, and replacing him with conman Billy Ray Valentine. Their wager is that Valentine will make good and Louis will turn to crime.
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2003
Comedy
Fantasy
PG
Seasonal comedy fantasy starring Will Ferrell and James Caan. Raised by Santa's helpers at the North Pole, human infant Buddy matures into a strapping adult and outgrows his cramped surroundings. His resultant determination to find his real father, Walter, sends Buddy on an exciting trip to New York.
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