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The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Christmas movies are classics like Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life, or even A Christmas Story. But there are a few others we loved that, growing up, weren’t really classified as your typical “Christmas movies,” yet close enough that we still love to watch them around the holidays.
Here’s our list of 13 of the best no-so-Christmas movies you can stream right now on Google Play:
1. Home Alone
2. Home Alone 2
3. Gremlins
4. Gremlins 2
5. Die Hard
6. Die Hard 2
7. Lethal Weapon
8. Batman Returns
9. Ghost Busters 2
10. Trading Places
11. Love Actually
12. Edward Scissorhands
13. Honorable mention: Lord of the Rings
Feel like we left something out? Tell us which are your favorite movies to watch around Christmas in the comments down below. Heck, you can even list off some of your favorite actual Christmas themed movies you planning on watching with friends and family this holiday. Cheers!
Home Alone just never gets old
I would like to throw Bad Santa into the ring.
Die hard is one of my favourite ones
Bad Santa, A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart), The Ref, Jack Frost (Michael Keaton), Scrooged (Bill Murray) Christmas With The Kranks
Not-so-Christmas means movies INdirectly about Christmas, as in set during Christmas but not specifically about Christmas. So basically all of your suggestions are out.
Pretty good list actually.
Elf has to be on the Christmas watch list.
Not-so-Christmas means movies INdirectly about Christmas, as in set
during Christmas but not specifically about Christmas.
Nice list. I’d add Reindeer Games.
the fact that jingle all the way is missing from this list is a huge travesty
Turbo-Man concurs
The gif for Die Hard 2 is actually from the movie Loaded Weapon, a spoof on Lethal Weapon, starring Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson. Fantastic movie.
Bad Santa
Can’t believe National Lampoon’s was left off this list.
There is only one movie series for Christmas and they do not share power!
what about the classic….. “A Christmas Story”