Elf
2003
1h 37mPG
Buddy the elf goes to New York to find his dad and treats the whole city like the North Pole. Will Ferrell, 2003, and it is on Prime and Max. If the room can only agree on one movie, it is often this.
The app you have
Max
Elf, the Polar Express, and Clark Griswold's disastrous lights.
- Christmas classicsThe ones the room already knows the words to.8
- Christmas romcomsBanter, snow, and somebody who was not supposed to stay.1
- Hallmark-style cozySmall towns, big sweaters, and a deadline before Christmas.0
- 90s Christmas nostalgiaHome Alone energy. Plaid couches. The good kind of dated.0
- Family and kids ChristmasSafe for the kids on the rug and the adult who picked the movie.5
- Christian and faithNativity stories, true stories, and movies that mean the word hope.0
- ThanksgivingThe long drive home, the crowded table, the one good pie.0
- Fall and cozy autumnSweaters, leaves, and movies that feel like a walk that went long.1
- Family-friendly HalloweenSpooky enough for October, gentle enough for the kids' pile.3
- HorrorLights down. The ones that do not tuck you in.14
- ActionChases, fights, and a reason to turn the sound up.12
- Sci-fiOther worlds, other rules, and the long ride home.7
- ComedyThe funny ones, from loud to dry.13
- ThrillerA knot you do not want spoiled.7
- Valentine's romcomsA head start on February. The full list is still in the oven.2
A few already on Max
The Polar Express
2004
1h 40mG
A boy who is starting to doubt gets a train to the North Pole. The motion-capture looks like a dream, the song is stuck in the culture, and Max has it.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
1h 37mPG-13
Clark Griswold wants a perfect Christmas and the house, the relatives, and a squirrel have other plans. On Max. Quote it only if everyone in the room can take a PG-13 joke.
A Christmas Story
1983
1h 33mPG
Ralphie wants a Red Ryder BB gun, the Old Man battles the furnace, and a lamp shaped like a leg arrives. On Max. You can recite parts of it and still be happy it is on.
A Christmas Story Christmas
2022
1h 42mPG
Ralphie is the dad now, and he wants the Christmas he remembers for his own kids. The 2022 sequel, on Max, for people who grew up with the lamp.
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
1h 39mPG
The Kranks try to skip Christmas and the neighborhood will not allow it. Broad, sunny, and on Max. A good one when you want the comedy turned up.
That's the pile.
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