THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS MOVIE TOURNAMENT!!

[Lathum]

Taking nominations for the ultimate Christmas movie, as voted on by the fine people of FOFC!

This will be a 32 movie death match until we find the ultimate holly jolly viewing experience. Nominate in the thread below and I will seed the top 32 selections then we choose in a no holds barred tournament with the winner to be announced Christmas Eve, unless I'm too drunk.

If we have enough I will bump to 64

Nominate below.

[Lathum]

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[Edward64]

Elf - Will Ferrell
The Family Man - Nicolas Cage (sentimental favorite)

[Kodos]

Die Hard
Love Actually

[GrantDawg]

Scrooged- Bill Murray
Die Hard- Bruce Willis

[NobodyHere]

It's a Wonderful Life
Muppets Christmas Carol
Santa Claus (1959)
Santa Clause vs the Martians

[Sublime 2]

Home Alone

How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Jim Carrey

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[spleen1015]

A Christmas Story
Gremlins
Nightmare Before Christmas

[korme]

The Family Stone
Happiest Season
Bad Santa
Love Actually
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

[korme]

The Night Before

[Izulde]

The Holiday
Nestor the Long-eared Christmas Donkey
Surviving Christmas

[sterlingice]

Are we considering Christmas specials movies? Like Grinch, Charlie Brown, Rudolph, Frosty, etc? I'm thinking not as that would mean like a good quarter of the bracket might be those, but I'm looking for a ruling from the judges.

SI

[albionmoonlight]

Die Hard
Muppet Christmas Carol
Love Actually
A Christmas Story

[Lathum]

Are we considering Christmas specials movies? Like Grinch, Charlie Brown, Rudolph, Frosty, etc? I'm thinking not as that would mean like a good quarter of the bracket might be those, but I'm looking for a ruling from the judges.

SI

Lets keep it to movies

[tarcone]

Miracle on 34th street (1934?)
It's a Wonderful Life
Christmas in the Wild

[GrantDawg]

Btw, since I learned this tidbit I have been dieing to use it. Did you know who the original actor who was offered the lead role in Die Hard? It was Frank Sinatra. Die Hard is based of a book series about a cop from Brooklyn who was going through a divorce. The first movie "The Detective" starred Frank Sinatra, and by contract he had the first right to refusal of any sequel. So, at 70 he was offered the role and obviously passed.

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[Lathum]

Btw, since I learned this tidbit I have been dieing to use it. Did you know who the original actor who was offered the lead role in Die Hard? It was Frank Sinatra. Die Hard is based of a book series about a cop from Brooklyn who was going through a divorce. The first movie "The Detective" starred Frank Sinatra, and by contract he had the first right to refusal of any sequel. So, at 70 he was offered the role and obviously passed.

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The Movies that made us on Netflix is great

[GrantDawg]

Actually I got that from a podcast called "Haileywood."

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[Carman Bulldog]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

[Izulde]

Lets keep it to movies

Then you can retract Nestor. He's one of the Rankin-Bass specials

[Fidatelo]

The Night Before


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[Lathum]

Gonna add a couple new ones.

Noelle
The Christmas Chronicles.

[Lathum]

Some other I love

Four Christmases
The Santa Clause
Christmas with the Kranks
A Christmas Carol- George C scott
Scrooged

[Sublime 2]

My daughter really likes Klaus as well.

[tarcone]

The Polar Express

[PilotMan]

Krampus
Mixed Nuts
Unaccompanied Minors


{edit: Oh shit I can't believe nobody has said this one, and that I forgot it. Huge family favorite}
Just Friends

[Lathum]

Just Friends is so good

[GrantDawg]

Just Friends is so good
I'm going to need to watch that again. It doesn't stand out in my memory, but I love Ryan Reynolds.

[Coffee Warlord]

Some repeats, but:

Santa Claus the Movie (the Dudley Moore one)
Gremlins
Better off Dead
Home Alone
Santa Clause
A Christmas Story
The Ref
And if Die Hard is in there, Die Hard 2 must be as well.

[ntndeacon]

Holiday Inn
White Christmas

[Edward64]

And if Die Hard is in there, Die Hard 2 must be as well.

No, Die Hard should not be eligible :)

[sterlingice]

No, Die Hard should not be eligible :)

I can only imagine how much of a burden it is to be so wrong

SI

[bryce]

Others not mentioned yet:

Reindeer Games
Christmas Chronicles 2 (I see the first was nominated already)

[Vince, Pt. II]

I can only imagine how much of a burden it is to be so wrong

SI

+1

This is really a tournament for "which movie is losing to Die Hard in the finals."

[Lathum]

Last call, putting together the brackets soon.

[flere-imsaho]

Toys (starring Robin Williams)