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What happened to all the good Christmas movies?

posted 6 years ago by PrimeMinisterX (8859)
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The 2000s were a great decade for Christmas movies.

Between 2000 and 2009, there was a big handful of solid Christmas films that were released:

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Ron Howard's version)
Elf
Bad Santa
Love Actually
Christmas with the Kranks
The Polar Express
The Nativity Story
Joyeux Noel
Four Christmases
A Christmas Carol (Disney's animated version)

That at least averages one film per year. Perhaps there are even a few others that you would add to the list.

But from 2010 to the present, the Christmas movie situation has been pretty dire.

I don't see a SINGLE film from 2010 to 2016 that is worth mentioning. In 2017, we finally got something worth adding to the Christmas watch list: The Man Who Invented Christmas, which if you haven't seen it you should give it a look (especially if you're a fan of Dickens and/or A Christmas Carol). That year we also got the so-so Daddy's Home 2, which is an okay watch if you've seen everything else.

And finally, this year, we just got The Christmas Chronicles on Netflix, which I'd say is a solid 7/10 and an enjoyable holiday watch.

So that's . . . what? Three movies in 10 years? What happened? Why did Hollywood suddenly forget how to make good Christmas films?

[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 6 years ago

The newest Christmas movie I can think of is While You Were Sleeping. There may be others after that, but that's all I can think of at the moment. Otherwise, I stick to old ones such as It's a Wonderful Life or White Christmas. The ones they make nowadays, especially TV movies, all seem to have the same plot.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8859) 6 years ago

Well yes, there were definitely Christmas movies since 1995. Welcome back from your coma!

Re: "There may be others after that." Did you bother to read the OP? I provided a whole list.