The year 2020 is finally coming to an end, which means that we have a week and a half ahead of us with two of the main festive dates of the entire year, Christmas and New Year's Eve. However, between these two dates, the one that has the most influence on art is without a doubt Christmas. There are series, movies, special episodes, drawings, etc. Which are either totally focused on the Christmas theme, or which are special referring to already consolidated works. See now 7 Christmas movies that are indispensable.
Content Index
The Grinch (2000 and 2018)
Without a doubt, The Grinch is one of the greatest classics among Christmas movies and also one of the most beloved, after all, how can you not love a movie starring Jim Carrey? The success of the movie about the grumpy Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for the residents of Wholândia was so successful with the children's audience, which won a new movie this time in animated animated format in the year 2018.
Certainly the film, which already has a tradition of being rerun on open TV during this period, could happen again, but if you want to watch it via Streaming you won't have many difficulties, after all the 2000 film is available on Prime Video. While the animation released in 2018 is available on Prime Video.
Scrooge's Ghosts
Jim Carrey is truly a monster when it comes to comedy, but not only that, when it comes to Christmas movies he's also a big name. After all, it was he who gave voice and life to Ebenezer Scrooge, in Scrooge's Ghosts🇧🇷 About the Christmas theme, but this time with the intention of passing on a message to the viewer... Which makes these films also one of the indispensable ones to get into the Christmas mood, and have a good reflection on what we are doing in our life and our choices.
As the movie belongs to Disney, in order to watch it through Streaming, it is only available through Disney+.
Klaus
The first animation produced by Netflix, Klaus, is also a movie among so many that it becomes indispensable to watch at Christmas. The film that was directed by the co-creator of Despicable Me, although recent, manages to insert itself well in the midst of so many films about Christmas. That's because, it retells the story behind Santa Claus as we know it today. Klaus won the hearts of those who watched it, it is a light film and very pleasant to watch. Link to watch on Netflix on here.
Check out our article about the film: Klaus, An Unlikely Friendship That Took A City Out of Shadows
The Miracle of 34th Street
A classic movie definition when referring to Christmas ones! Imagine you don't believe in Christmas and what it represents. But your mom, who owns a convenience store, needs someone to be Santa Claus in her store during Christmas… So far so good, isn't it? It turns out that this old man is the real Santa Claus!
Unfortunately, according to the website JustWatch, this movie was not found on any streaming service here in Brazil.
The Guardians Origin
Another Christmas animation! Rise of the Guardians is similar to Klaus, because the film portrays a different version of good old man. But that doesn't stop there, the film also brings other legendary characters to the plot, such as the Easter Bunny, each of them under a new approach, as well as Santa Claus. In the film's plot, several fantastic characters will fight together to face the Boogeyman.
the polar express
A practically obligatory film, if you haven't watched it ever in your life, watch it! The Polar Express was a huge success because of all the graphic revolution it brought to theaters, and also because of its history. As is to be expected from Christmas movies, this animation brings messages of hope and faith, which in this year we are living in becomes very necessary...
a toy hero
It's even strange a movie from the 90's, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger is not involved in any shooting or anything like that, but on the contrary in A Toy Hero Arnold is a proud father who promises to give his son a doll for Christmas, but that unfortunately he can't buy the last one from the store, and all the others are already sold out. From there he will go on a quest for the doll to save his son's Christmas, even turning into a living version of the Hero represented in the Doll!
This film is one of the classic Christmas films, especially here in Brazil because of the frequency with which the film was shown on open TV, being part of the childhood of most Brazilians.
A Toy Hero is available at Disney+!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed our list! Did we leave out any essential Christmas movies? Comment here!
