White Christmas
1954
2h
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, two sisters, and a Vermont inn that needs a miracle and a song. On Prime and Paramount+. If the room wants one classic, this is a very good vote.
The app you have
Paramount+
The Thanksgiving shelf, plus White Christmas if you want to sing.
- Christmas classicsThe ones the room already knows the words to.3
- Christmas romcomsBanter, snow, and somebody who was not supposed to stay.8
- Hallmark-style cozySmall towns, big sweaters, and a deadline before Christmas.6
- 90s Christmas nostalgiaHome Alone energy. Plaid couches. The good kind of dated.1
- Family and kids ChristmasSafe for the kids on the rug and the adult who picked the movie.3
- Christian and faithNativity stories, true stories, and movies that mean the word hope.1
- ThanksgivingThe long drive home, the crowded table, the one good pie.4
- Fall and cozy autumnSweaters, leaves, and movies that feel like a walk that went long.2
- Family-friendly HalloweenSpooky enough for October, gentle enough for the kids' pile.5
- HorrorLights down. The ones that do not tuck you in.4
- ActionChases, fights, and a reason to turn the sound up.16
- Sci-fiOther worlds, other rules, and the long ride home.5
- ComedyThe funny ones, from loud to dry.22
- ThrillerA knot you do not want spoiled.13
- Valentine's romcomsA head start on February. The full list is still in the oven.7
A few already on Paramount+
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
1h 32mR
Steve Martin just wants to get home for Thanksgiving, and John Candy is the universe's answer. Rated R for one very famous meltdown. On Paramount+ and Peacock. The Thanksgiving movie.
Scrooged
1988
1h 41mPG-13
Bill Murray is a mean television executive getting the Dickens treatment in real time. Loud, funny, PG-13, and on Prime and Paramount+. The modern Carol for people who like a joke with their ghost.
21 Jump Street
2012
1h 49mR
Two useless cops go undercover in high school and discover they were not cool the first time either. Loud, dumb, and very funny. On Netflix and Paramount+.
22 Jump Street
2014
1h 52mTV-14
They go to college this time, and the movie knows it is a sequel. Same pair, bigger budget, same joke, still works.
50 First Dates
2004
1h 39mPG-13
He has to make her fall in love with him again every morning. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, sweeter than the premise sounds, on Paramount+.
That's the pile.
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