Renewed Top 10 - Non-traditional Christmas Movies

Part 2 of the Christmas lists.

Time for Non-traditional Christmas movies. These are going to be movies that are either Christmas related(but don't feel like it)... or movies set during Christmas, but it is a set piece more than a plot point... or a combination of the two.

You'll get it, just like the other list.

Top 10 Non-traditional Christmas Movies

Here we go...

Honorable Mention 1: Iron Man 3: Shane Black has a hard on for setting movies during Christmas time. And this is THE MCU movie that had to do with that setting.

Honorable Mention 2: Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick's FINAL film... about... an underground orgy. Think... Fight Club, but with sex. Holds the Hollywood record for LONGEST principal shoot, over 400 days. Set during Christmas.

10. Rocky IV: Culminating on Christmas Eve, this is ultimate boxing gift that keeps on giving. And good ol Rocky got the gift of brain damage.

9. The Long Kiss Goodnight: This is a Jason Bourne movie before Jason Bourne movies were thought of. Geena Davis discovers that she is a highly trained assassin, but with amnesia. The government wants her back. She wants to be Mom. All during the Christmas season!

8. Bad Santa: The name says it. This is not a heartwarming comedy. This is a ballbusting satire. And Billy Bob Thorton kills it as this asshole. 

7. Black Christmas(1974): This Christmas murder movie is highlighted by wonderful performances by Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder. Sorority sisters getting picked off one by one...... watch the classic, NOT the remake.

6. Edward Scissorhands: The collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. A gothic Christmas tale about a lonely boy and the plush society that tried to corrupt him. Yeah... that is exactly what that movie is about. Conforming in the face of individuality.

5. Lethal Weapon: THE Buddy Cop movie. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover creating their own trope. Cop soon to retire paired with new hotshot. But this one... this one is set during the Holiday season! Lead to a wonderful franchise. Written by Shane Black. Directed by the Legendary Richard Donner.

4. Gremlins: Screw Baby Yoda... this is GIZMO!!! The pet with so many weird rules, or it spawns creepy versions of itself. The sequel had a much bigger budget, but had no direction other than utter chaos. This original had a very cute mascot... and a wonderful story. Just remember... follow the rules of the gift you got.

3. Batman Returns: Tim Burton Batman sequel, introducing Danny DeVito as a creepy Penguin man and Michelle Pfeiffer as the tasty Catwoman... and... clowns? And no Vicki Vale? Anyway...... one of my favorite Batman movies. And set during Christmas. Just... for the snow lol

2. Die Hard: NYPD detective John McClane trying to save people in a tower sneaking around avoiding the gaze of Severus Snape himself, Alan Rickman. This is also a New York prequel for Harry Potter. I disgress... this movie has John trying to connect with his estranged wife and 2 children during Christmas. This... is a Christmas movie.

And the Number One Non-traditional Christmas Movie is...

1. A Nightmare Before Christmas: The Definition of Non Traditional Christmas movie, yet... it is a tradition for me to watch. Halloween meet Christmas. There is no other way to put it. It is iconic. Nothing exactly like it. And I love to sign along to Jack's Lament.

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Some non-traditional holiday presence! And I had a larger pool of movies to choose from.

Any that I missed? Have any other great movies that you think should be on the list?

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Stay tuned for Part 3...