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There are 10729 movie, TV, and many other titles having to do with Christmas
 
Total number of characters named Santa: 1266
 
Total number of elves represented: 1012
 
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Robert Young born this day in 1907 and left us on Jul 21 in 1998
American film, television, and radio actor 		Paul Dooley born this day in 1928
American character actor, writer and comedian
Playing:  Santa (Other) 1 time
Julie Walters born this day in 1950
English actress 		Drew Barrymore born this day in 1975
American actress, producer, talk show host, author and businesswoman
Bush Christmas (1983)
In the Australian outback a family struggles to keep its farm from foreclosure. Their only hope is that their horse, Prince, will win money in a New Year's race. But when Prince is stolen the children embark on a dangerous and exciting adventure to get him back.
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1983
02/22/1983
Not Rated
Film
91 minutes
A
Genre:
Drama
Family
 Director(s):
Henri Safran
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Cast:

John Ewart / Bill
John Howard / Sly
Mark Spain / John Thompson
James Wingrove / Michael
Peter Sumner / Ben Thompson
Nicole Kidman / Helen
Manalpuy / Manalpuy
Vineta O'Malley / Kate Thompson
Maurice Hughes / Carrol
 Bush Christmas (1983)



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Pandora's Box (1929)
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
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1929
02/22/1930
Approved
Film
109 minutes
C
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Cast:

Louise Brooks / Lulu
Fritz Kortner / Dr. Ludwig Schön
Francis Lederer / Alwa Schön
Carl Goetz / Schigolch
Krafft-Raschig / Rodrigo Quast
Alice Roberts / Gräfin Geschwitz
Daisy D'Ora / Charlotte Marie Adelaide v. Zarnikow - braut Dr. Schöns - Dr. Schön's Bride
Gustav Diessl / Jack the Ripper
Michael von Newlinsky / Marquis Casti-Piani 
Sig Arno / Der inspizient - the Stage Manager
 Pandora's Box (1929)



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Kept Husbands (1931)
Daughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.
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1931
02/22/1931
Passed
Film
76 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Romance
 Director(s):
Lloyd Bacon
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Cast:

Dorothy Mackaill / Dorothea 'Dot' Parker Brunton
Joel McCrea / Richard 'Dick' Brunton
Ned Sparks / Hughie Hanready
Mary Carr / Mrs. Brunton
Clara Kimball Young / Mrs. Henrietta Post
Robert McWade / Arthur Parker
Bryant Washburn / Charlie Bates
Florence Roberts / Mrs. Henrietta Parker
Freeman Wood / Llewllyn Post
Eddy Chandler / Steelworker



 Kept Husbands (1931)



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This Sporting Life (1963)
Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live.
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1963
02/22/1963
Not Rated
Film
134 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Sport
 Director(s):
Lindsay Anderson
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Cast:

Richard Harris / Frank Machin
Rachel Roberts / Mrs. Hammond
Alan Badel / Weaver
William Hartnell / Johnson
Colin Blakely / Maurice Braithwaite
Vanda Godsell / Mrs. Weaver
Anne Cunningham / Judith
Jack Watson / Len Miller
Arthur Lowe / Slomer
Harry Markham / Wade



AKA: Lockender Lorbeer
 This Sporting Life (1963)



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Walking Tall (1973)
Based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser, who almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life.
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1973
02/22/1973
R
Film
125 minutes
C
Genre:
Action
Biography
Crime
 Director(s):
Phil Karlson
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Cast:

Joe Don Baker / Buford Pusser
Elizabeth Hartman / Pauline
Leif Garrett / Mike
Dawn Lyn / Dwana
Noah Beery Jr. / Grandpa
Lurene Tuttle / Grandma
Ed Call / Lutie McVeigh
Dominick Mazzie / Bozo
Lynn Borden / Margie Ann
Brenda Benet / Luan Paxton



 Walking Tall (1973)



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Éclair au chocolat (1979)
After she had been raped by her father, a young woman leaves the town with her new born son. Years later, the son can't accept that his mother fell in love with someone else than the mythical father she had told him about.
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1979
02/22/1979
Approved
Film
107 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Romance
 Director(s):
Jean-Claude Lord
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Cast:

Lise Thouin / Marie-Louise
Jean Belzil-Gascon / Pierre
Jean-Louis Roux / Père Prenant
Aubert Pallascio / L'oncle /  Uncle Norbert
Danièle Panneton / Unknown
Colin Fox / Le businessman américain
 Éclair au chocolat (1979)



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Scenes from a Mall (1991)
On their 16th anniversary, a married couple's trip to a Beverly Hills mall becomes the stage for personal revelations and deceptions.
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1991
02/22/1991
R
Film
89 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
 Director(s):
Paul Mazursky
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Christmas Elements:

00:01:10 Christmas decorations on a roof
00:13:45 decorations on the street
00:16:22 Carolers - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
00:16:25 Santa
00:16:28 mall
Cast:

Bette Midler / Deborah
Woody Allen / Nick
Bill Irwin / Mime
Daren Firestone / Sam
Rebecca Nickels / Jennifer
Paul Mazursky / Dr. Hans Clava
Gregory Moore / Barber Shop Quartet
Michael Brown / Barber Shop Quartet
Jonathan Guss / Barber Shop Quartet
David Frye / Barber Shop Quartet



 Scenes from a Mall (1991)



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P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002)
An actor holds a burglar hostage on New Year's Eve, after his girlfriend leaves him and his cat dies.
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2002
02/22/2002
R
Film
92 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
 Director(s):
Steve Guttenberg
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Cast:

Lombardo Boyar / Eddie Tesoro
Steve Guttenberg / Jimmy Zoole
Cynthia Watros / Kate
A.J. Benza / Carmine
Tom Wright / Fred Gable
Shirley Knight / Aunt Claire
Kenneth Moskow / Stewart Thomas
Paul Dillon / Pidgeon
Fred Medrano / Stanley
Ann Guttenberg / Lady at Party



 P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002)



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Silicon Valley Timelapse (2008)
Subject material is divided into 8 chapters, each presenting an aspect of life in the modern day Silicon Valley in a purely audio-visual format.
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2008
02/22/2008
Not Rated
Film
84 minutes
C
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Unknown / Unknown
 Silicon Valley Timelapse (2008)



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Last Minute (2013)
Widowed geography teacher wins a trip to Egypt. Takes with him energetic mother, teenage daughter and son resolute. Life adventure soon turns into a range of problems - are lost luggage at the airport, the hotel family receives the wrong room, the tour operator goes bankrupt. Possessed cash disappears quickly, with no contact consulate. The downside of the Hotel Tom meets high-school love with the ideal of a man at his side.
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2013
02/22/2013
Approved
TV Movie
82 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
 Director(s):
Patryk Vega
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Cast:

Wojciech Mecwaldowski / Tomasz
Aldona Jankowska / Krystyna
Klaudia Halejcio / Dominika
Olaf Marchwicki / Bartus
Anna Szarek / Natalia
Bartlomiej Swiderski / Robert
Maciej Luczkowski / Zbyszek
Martyna Mosiolek / Beata
Miroslaw Brozek / 'Important'
Grzegorz Stelmaszewski / Marek



 Last Minute (2013)



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Museo (2018)
In 1985, a group of criminals mock the security of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City to extract 140 pre-Hispanic pieces from their showcases.
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2018
02/22/2018
Approved
Film
128 minutes
C
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Cast:

Gael García Bernal / Juan Núñez
Leonardo Ortizgris / Benjamin Wilson
Alfredo Castro / Dr. Núñez
Simon Russell Beale / Frank Graves
Leticia Brédice / Sherezada
Bernardo Velasco / Bosco
Ilse Salas / Silvia
Lisa Owen / Sra. Núñez
Eduardo García / Lalo
Maite Suarez Diez / Jimena



 Museo (2018)



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The Wolf House (2018)
Tells the story of Maria, a young woman who takes refuge in a house in southern Chile after escaping from a German colony.
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2018
02/22/2018
Not Rated
Film Animated
75 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Horror
 Director(s):
Joaquín Cociña
Cristóbal León
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Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Amalia Kassai / María /  Ana /  Pedro (voice)
Rainer Krause / Wolf (voice)
Karina Hyland / Introduction
Carlos Cociña / Introduction
Natalia Geisse / Introduction
Carlos Vasquez / Introduction
Javiera Ramirez / Introduction
 The Wolf House (2018)



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Fighting with My Family (2019)
A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.
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2019
02/22/2019
PG-13
Film
108 minutes
C
Genre:
Biography
Comedy
Drama
 Director(s):
Stephen Merchant
 Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Dwayne Johnson / Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Thomas Whilley / Young Zak
Tori Ellen Ross / Young Saraya
Nick Frost / Ricky Knight
Lena Headey / Julia Knight
Florence Pugh / Saraya Knight
Jack Lowden / Zak Knight
Olivia Bernstone / Ellie
Leah Harvey / Hannah
Mohammad Amiri / Ez



 Fighting with My Family (2019)



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It Happened One Night (1934)
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
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1934
02/22/1934
Approved
Film
105 minutes
M
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Cast:

Clark Gable / Peter Warne
Claudette Colbert / Ellie Andrews
Walter Connolly / Alexander Andrews
Roscoe Karns / Oscar Shapeley
Jameson Thomas / King Westley
Alan Hale / Danker
Arthur Hoyt / Zeke
Blanche Friderici / Zeke's Wife
Charles C. Wilson / Joe Gordon
 It Happened One Night (1934)



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The Belle of New York (1952)
Playboy Charlie Hill meets beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He genuinely falls in love, so, dedicated to winning her over, Charlie cleans up his act and even gets a job as a driver to impress her.
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1952
02/22/1952
Approved
Film
82 minutes
M
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Cast:

Fred Astaire / Charlie Hill
Vera-Ellen / Angela Bonfils
Marjorie Main / Mrs. Phineas Hill
Keenan Wynn / Max Ferris
Alice Pearce / Elsie Wilkins
Clinton Sundberg / Gilford Spivak
Gale Robbins / Dixie 'Deadshot' McCoy
 The Belle of New York (1952)



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