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
Prime Video
White Christmas, a few angels, and whatever Amazon just made.
- Christmas classicsThe ones the room already knows the words to.20
- Christmas romcomsBanter, snow, and somebody who was not supposed to stay.14
- Hallmark-style cozySmall towns, big sweaters, and a deadline before Christmas.9
- 90s Christmas nostalgiaHome Alone energy. Plaid couches. The good kind of dated.2
- Family and kids ChristmasSafe for the kids on the rug and the adult who picked the movie.16
- Christian and faithNativity stories, true stories, and movies that mean the word hope.9
- ThanksgivingThe long drive home, the crowded table, the one good pie.1
- 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.1
- HorrorLights down. The ones that do not tuck you in.8
- ActionChases, fights, and a reason to turn the sound up.14
- Sci-fiOther worlds, other rules, and the long ride home.5
- ComedyThe funny ones, from loud to dry.8
- ThrillerA knot you do not want spoiled.7
- Valentine's romcomsA head start on February. The full list is still in the oven.3
A few already on Prime Video
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.
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
1h 36mG
A department-store Santa might be the real one, and a little girl is trying to decide what she is allowed to believe. The 1947 film, on Disney+ and Prime. Still the gentlest argument for wonder.
A Christmas Carol
2009
1h 36mPG
Jim Carrey plays the whole haunting in the motion-capture Carol. It is darker than the Muppet one and very watchable. Prime and Disney+ both have it.
A Christmas Carol
1999
1h 37mPG
Patrick Stewart plays Scrooge like a man who has been cold for a long time and is tired of it. The 1999 television Carol, included with Prime.
A Madea Christmas
2013
1h 39mPG-13
Madea gets dragged into a small-town Christmas and the town does not survive unchanged. Tyler Perry, PG-13, on Prime. You know if Madea is your December person.
That's the pile.
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