Our Christmas Eve movie has traditionally been It's A Wonderful Life, but we've kinda burned out on that after 24 years, so this year it's A Christmas Story. Do you have a Christmas Eve movie tradition?

The Family Man with Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni

It’s a Wonderful Life and Christmas Vacation

Not a tradition, but this year it was Die Hard.

No traditional movie here either, just finishing the last season of Longmire.

When our kids were little my wife made us all watch Prancer.

Just watched, Why, Him?, it's ok. There's some funny moments but, like much of Franco's movies, they end up bottoming-out. Bryan Cranston plays...Bryan Cranston.

Shotcaller

Trapped in Paradise

Nightmare before Christmas and/or die hard.

Die Hard and Christmas Vacation

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Originally posted by cazio:
No traditional movie here either, just finishing the last season of Longmire.

Same here, but I'm in the third season of Breaking Bad.
 

This year it was Scrooged.

Not a tradition, but we watched "Bad Santa".

Not a specific movie/night tradition, but over the holidays the must watch in any order are:

The Nativity
Christmas Carol
It's a Wonderful Life
Christmas Vacation
Christmas Story
Just Friends
Four Christmases
Fred Claus
Love Actually
Charlie Brown and other Animated

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Originally posted by Orive 8:
The Family Man with Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni

I feel like I'll be in the minority here, but I love this movie. Watched it yesterday and finished the night up with Bad Santa.

This year it was Home Alone & Christmas Vacation

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Originally posted by Todd Huffman:

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Originally posted by Orive 8:
The Family Man with Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni

I feel like I'll be in the minority here, but I love this movie. Watched it yesterday and finished the night up with Bad Santa.

Not with me, the wife and I love this movie.
"Do i get a receipt or something?"

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Originally posted by Orive 8:
The Family Man with Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni

There's a similar film that also came out in 2000 that I liked better than The Family Man - the Australian film Me Myself I starring Rachel Griffiths. I also liked it more than the similarly themed 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow flick, Sliding Doors. Granted, Me Myself I is centered around a woman instead of a guy, and it's not a Christmas movie.

Rachel Griffiths plays a successful single magazine writer who has a nonexistent love life. On her 30th birthday, she enters a parallel dimension where she ended up marrying her high school sweetheart and raised a family. Like in Family Man, the protagonist has to navigate her way in learning how to deal with her new life.

The reason I like this film more than Family Man is that the storytelling is not as heavy handed, there is no stereotypical "mystical black person" that facilitates the events and shows the protagonist the way, and the story doesn't take sides saying one life is better than the other. I found that all very refreshing. Plus, Rachel Griffiths is such a talented and comely actress that deserves much more recognition.