香蕉视频直播楾is the season for spirited and winless debates about what the best movie is.

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Associated Press Film Writers and have you covered with the best Christmas films for every mood.

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香蕉视频直播淕rand Budapest Hotel香蕉视频直播�: Truthfully, there香蕉视频直播檚 nothing outside of a little snow to make Wes Anderson香蕉视频直播檚 2014 delight a Christmas movie. But I don香蕉视频直播檛 think there香蕉视频直播檚 another movie that better resembles the experience of opening a present than 香蕉视频直播淕rand Budapest Hotel.香蕉视频直播� Unwrap Anderson香蕉视频直播檚 intricate designs and the movie香蕉视频直播檚 Russian doll-like narratives, and smile. (Available for digital rental) 香蕉视频直播� Coyle

Best movie for feeling fancy

香蕉视频直播淢etropolitan香蕉视频直播� (1990): Who among us hasn香蕉视频直播檛 dreamt of doing debutante season in New York? Maybe don香蕉视频直播檛 answer that, but Whit Stillman香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淢etropolitan,香蕉视频直播� about a few privileged youths on the Upper East Side, is the ideal film to turn on when you香蕉视频直播檙e craving something that feels like an elegant evening on the town but doesn香蕉视频直播檛 require breaking out the white tie and ball gowns. (Streaming on Criterion, MAX, Hulu and Prime Video) 香蕉视频直播擝ahr

Best performance next to felt

香蕉视频直播淎 Muppets Christmas Carol香蕉视频直播� (1992): It香蕉视频直播檚 one thing to do Dickens with, you know, other humans. But Michael Caine gives an Oscar-worthy performance as Ebenezer Scrooge while sharing the screen with the likes of Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. To be fair, though, Gonzo the Great and Rizzo the Rat are also really good in this. (Streaming on Disney+) 香蕉视频直播� Coyle

Best Christmas cry

香蕉视频直播淭he Umbrellas of Cherbourg香蕉视频直播� (1964): Jacques Demy香蕉视频直播檚 technicolor musical isn香蕉视频直播檛 exclusively set at Christmas, but its final tearjerker scene at that snowy gas station is enough for me. The whole candy-colored experience, from Catherine Deneuve香蕉视频直播檚 whimsical bows to Michel Legrand香蕉视频直播檚 sweeping, melancholy score just feels right around the holidays. (Streaming on The Criterion Channel) 香蕉视频直播擝ahr

The best L.A. Christmas movie

香蕉视频直播淜iss Kiss Bang Bang香蕉视频直播�: Yuletide traditions don香蕉视频直播檛 normally include a motormouth Robert Downey Jr., but Shane Black香蕉视频直播檚 2005 neo-noir black comedy is worth revisiting perennially whether or not it technically qualifies as a Christmas movie. In 香蕉视频直播淜iss Kiss Bang Bang,香蕉视频直播� about a thief-turned-actor in Los Angeles, Christmas is more of a decorative ornament set ironically against all the deliciously unwholesome seediness. (Available for digital rental) 香蕉视频直播� Coyle

Best house swapping fantasy

香蕉视频直播淭he Holiday香蕉视频直播� (2006): Ok, so the cozy English cottage isn香蕉视频直播檛 real, but what is? The premise? The romances? Cameron Diaz香蕉视频直播檚 sprint through snowy fields and country roads in stilettos? Mr. Napkin Head? (Actually, maybe Mr. Napkin Head). The thing is it doesn香蕉视频直播檛 really matter, does it? Nancy Meyers香蕉视频直播� romantic fantasy is never trying to be anything other than a delightful movie, a little too earnest, a little too glossy and an unabashed ode to the classic movies Meyers loves right down to Eli Wallach teaching a new generation about the 香蕉视频直播渕eet cute.香蕉视频直播� (Streaming on Hulu and Prime Video) 香蕉视频直播擝ahr

A great Christmas thriller not named 香蕉视频直播淒ie Hard香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淭hree Days of the Condor香蕉视频直播�: I香蕉视频直播檒l take any excuse to rewatch Sydney Pollack香蕉视频直播檚 1975 spy thriller with Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway. But, like in 香蕉视频直播淜iss Kiss Bang Bang,香蕉视频直播� the Christmas backdrop isn香蕉视频直播檛 accidental. If the holidays are the ultimate time of togetherness, 香蕉视频直播淭hree Days of the Condor香蕉视频直播� questions what that means in a post-Watergate world. (Streaming on Paramount+) 香蕉视频直播� Coyle

Best recent kids Christmas movie

香蕉视频直播淜laus香蕉视频直播�: There香蕉视频直播檚 such a steady stream of mediocre or worse holiday movies that it can be easy to miss when a gem arrives. Sergio Pablos香蕉视频直播� 2019 animated Netflix film was basically an origin story for Santa Claus by way of a desperate postman stationed in a remote northern village. Further proof, along with 香蕉视频直播淢iracle on 34th Street,香蕉视频直播� that the best Christmas movies hinge on the postal service. (Streaming on Netflix) 香蕉视频直播� Coyle

For the under-five set

香蕉视频直播淪haun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas香蕉视频直播� (2021): Clocking in at only 30 minutes, this is the perfect film for the littlest ones in the house. It香蕉视频直播檚 sweet, funny and adventurous and not even a little bit scary (unless you fear flying sleighs and botched recipes). (Streaming on Netflix) 香蕉视频直播擝ahr

Best general holiday-period movie

香蕉视频直播淣obody香蕉视频直播檚 Fool香蕉视频直播�: Robert Benton香蕉视频直播檚 1994 Richard Russo adaptation, with Paul Newman, spans Thanksgiving through New Year香蕉视频直播檚 Eve. And while that covers Christmas, the richness of 香蕉视频直播淣obody香蕉视频直播檚 Fool香蕉视频直播� exceeds its vaguely holiday setting. It香蕉视频直播檚 a movie more about daily smalltown struggles and long-term regrets, yet its warmth could match that any of any more traditional Christmas movie, and then some. That香蕉视频直播檚 much owed to Newman, but there are countless great performances here, including Jessica Tandy (in her final film), a never better Bruce Willis and a young Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a sniveling police officer. It makes me happy just thinking about it. (Streaming on Kanopy, available for digital rental) 香蕉视频直播� Coyle

For midcentury style and heartbreak

香蕉视频直播淐arol香蕉视频直播� (2015): Even if Rooney Mara didn香蕉视频直播檛 catch Cate Blanchett香蕉视频直播檚 eye while wearing a Santa hat behind the counter of a Manhattan department store, Todd Haynes香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播淐arol香蕉视频直播� would still be one of the loveliest, most achingly tender Christmas movies around. Romance, heartbreak, plaids and martinis, 香蕉视频直播淐arol香蕉视频直播� is truly flung out of space. (Streaming on Netflix, Paramount+ and MUBI) 香蕉视频直播擝ahr

The ultimate TCM Christmas movie

香蕉视频直播淐hristmas in Connecticut香蕉视频直播� (1945): You don香蕉视频直播檛 have to watch it on TCM but it香蕉视频直播檚 certainly a fitting place to catch this 1945 screwball classic, with Barbara Stanwyck. She plays a popular homemaking column writer whose false persona as a family woman with a Connecticut farm is challenged when her boss (Sydney Greenstreet) comes for Christmas dinner. As a rule, it香蕉视频直播檚 good to watch everything with Greenstreet. But the central conceit of 香蕉视频直播淐hristmas in Connecticut香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播� that the perfect Christmas is a lie, and isn香蕉视频直播檛 that fun 香蕉视频直播� has proved remarkably durable. (Streaming on WatchTCM) 香蕉视频直播� Coyle

For 19th century New England vibes

香蕉视频直播淟ittle Women香蕉视频直播� (1994 and 2019): Gillian Armstrong香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淟ittle Women香蕉视频直播� just feels like Christmas. Maybe part of that is because it came out around the holidays 30 years ago or that its DVD cover leans into it. But then you remember Beth香蕉视频直播檚 piano, the girls stomping through the snow with their Christmas feast, the caroling, the return of their father, the fireplaces and nightcaps and it makes sense. Those wanting all of this with a side of dancing Chalamet, Greta Gerwig香蕉视频直播檚 version is there for the taking too. (1994 version available for digital rental; 2019 streaming on Hulu) 香蕉视频直播� Bahr

The very best Christmas movie

香蕉视频直播淭he Shop Around the Corner香蕉视频直播� (1940): You can make a strong case for that other Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie. But in the knock-down, drag-out battle for the Christmas movie title, there香蕉视频直播檚 no greater delight than Ernst Lubitsch香蕉视频直播檚 timeless love story. One of the most charming movies ever made, partly because it doesn香蕉视频直播檛 shy away from real darkness, too. It also makes for a very effective drinking game if you sip something every time someone says 香蕉视频直播淢r. Matuschek.香蕉视频直播� (Streaming on WatchTCM and Max) 香蕉视频直播� Coyle

香蕉视频直播淢iracle on 34th Street香蕉视频直播� (1947): It香蕉视频直播檚 not even a remotely out of the box choice, but George Seaton香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淢iracle on 34th Street香蕉视频直播� endures as the platonic ideal of a Christmas movie. It香蕉视频直播檚 strikingly modern for something that came out 77 years ago with Maureen O香蕉视频直播橦ara香蕉视频直播檚 single working mom, Natalie Wood香蕉视频直播檚 prematurely cynical New York kid and the litigious and capitalistic culture and yet it香蕉视频直播檚 all full of hope and holiday spirit (and a healthy amount of glossy capitalism), taking us from the Macy香蕉视频直播檚 Thanksgiving Parade through Christmas Day. (Streaming on Disney+, Hulu and Prime Video) 香蕉视频直播� Bahr