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There are 10756 movie, TV, and many other titles having to do with Christmas
 
Total number of characters named Santa: 1267
 
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Bob Newhart born this day in 1929 and left us on Jul 18 in 2024
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Playing:  Elf 1 time 		George Lazenby born this day in 1939
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Michael Keaton born this day in 1951
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Playing:  Jack Frost 1 time
A Tuna Christmas (1996)
The plot of A Tuna Christmas centers on the town's annual Christmas Yard Display Contest, won 14 times in a row by Vera Carp. A mysterious "Christmas Phantom", known for vandalizing the yard displays, threatens to throw the contest into turmoil. Among the subplots are Stanley Bumiller's attempts to end his probation and leave Tuna, Bertha Bumiller's trying to hold her family together at Christmas time, and Joe Bob Lipsey's struggle to mount successfully his production of A Christmas Carol despite numerous vexations and obstacles.
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1996
09/05/1996
G
TV Movie
A
Genre:
Comedy
 Director(s):
Ed Howard
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Cast:

Joe Sears / Thurston Wheelis /  Elmer Watkins /  Bertha Bumiller /  Leonard Childers
Joe Sears / R.R. Snavely /  Pearl Burras /  Sheriff Givens /  Ike Thompson /  Inita Goodwin /  Phoebe Burkhalter /  Joe Bob Lipsey
Jaston Williams / Arles Struvie /  Didi Snavely /  Petey Fisk /  Jody Bumiller / Stanley Bumiller /  Charlene Bumiller
Jaston Williams / Vera Carp /  Dixie Deberry /  Farley Burkhalter /  Helen Bedd /  Garland Poteet
 A Tuna Christmas (1996)



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Citizen Kane (1941)
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.
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1941
09/05/1941
PG
Film
119 minutes
B
Genre:
Drama
Mystery
 Director(s):
Orson Welles
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Cast:

Orson Welles / Kane
Joseph Cotten / Jedediah Leland /  Screening Room Reporter
Dorothy Comingore / Susan Alexander Kane
Agnes Moorehead / Mary Kane
Ruth Warrick / Emily Monroe Norton Kane
Ray Collins / James W. Gettys
Erskine Sanford / Herbert Carter /  Screening Room Reporter
Everett Sloane / Mr. Bernstein
William Alland / Jerry Thompson
Paul Stewart / Raymond



 Citizen Kane (1941)



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Felicidades (2000)
Shows how several characters spend Christmas Eve in Buenos Aires, and how their lives intersect. // An Argentine-Italian anthology film set during Christmas Eve. Each of the characters within the several stories overlap with each other. Released in Non-English speaking countries as Felicidades.
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2000
09/05/2000
PG-13
Film
100 minutes
B
Genre:
Comedy
Drama
 Director(s):
Lucho Bender
 Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Luis Machín / Juan
Gastón Pauls / Julio
Silke / Laura
Pablo Cedrón / Rodolfo
Carlos Belloso / Comedian
Marcelo Mazzarello / Paralytic
Alfredo Casero / Fredi
Cacho Castaña / Cueto
Fabián Arenillas / Aguilera
Eduardo Ayala / Starosta



Trivia: aka Merry Christmas
 Felicidades (2000)



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All They Want for X-Mas (2014)
Christmas short contains the segment, "Casual Christmas"
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2014
09/05/2014
Approved
Film
59 minutes
B
Genre:
 Director(s):
Alec Williams
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Cast:

Alec Williams / Arthur
David Kopp / Leopold
Jasmin Krüger / Jasmin
Tim Krombholz / Reporter
Hannah Schrohe / Freundin (segment "Casual Christmas")
 All They Want for X-Mas (2014)



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Krispr (2023)
When Dr. Elijah Roelof brings his lab creation home for Christmas, a world of envy and horror is unleashed upon his unsuspecting family.
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2023
09/05/2023
Approved
TV Movie
100 minutes
B
Genre:
Sci-Fi
Thriller
 Director(s):
Petrie Willink
 Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Sof Puchley / Krispr G4-667
Ash Maure Felkner / Chloe Roelof
Petrie Willink / Dr. Elijah Roelof
Will Wallace / Walter Roelof
Tracy Brooks Swope / Madeline Roelof
Cal Barnes / Matthew Shepp
Bridget Avildsen / Kaitlyn Shepp
Jack Steere / Christian
Sabastian Love / Hiker Jim
Anthony Amorelli / Band Member



 Krispr (2023)



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More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)
There are only a handful of children living in Bullerbyn. This film follows their story through the fall and winter, picking up at the moment "The Children of Noisy Village" finishes.
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1987
09/05/1987
Approved
TV Movie
85 minutes
C
Genre:
Family
 Director(s):
Lasse Hallström
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Cast:

Linda Bergström / Lisa
Crispin Dickson Wendenius / Lasse
Henrik Larsson / Bosse
Ellen Demérus / Britta
Anna Sahlin / Anna
Harald Lönnbro / Olle
Tove Edfeldt / Kerstin
Elisabeth Nordkvist / Mellangårds-Maja
Ingwar Svensson / Mellangårds-Anders
Catti Edfeldt / Sörgårds-Lisa



 More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)



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Frozen River (2008)
A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?
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2008
09/05/2008
R
Film
97 minutes
C
Genre:
Crime
Drama
 Director(s):
Courtney Hunt
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Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Melissa Leo / Ray Eddy
Misty Upham / Lila Littlewolf
Charlie McDermott / T.J.
Michael O'Keefe / Trooper Finnerty
Mark Boone Junior / Jacques Bruno
James Reilly / Ricky
Jay Klaitz / Guy Versailles
John Canoe / Bernie Littlewolf
Dylan Carusona / Jimmy
Michael Skye / Billy Three Rivers



 Frozen River (2008)



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Lovely, Still (2008)
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
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2008
09/05/2008
PG
Film
92 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Romance
 Director(s):
Nicholas Fackler
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Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Martin Landau / Robert Malone
Ellen Burstyn / Mary Malone
Elizabeth Banks / Alex Malone
Adam Scott / Mike Malone
Har Mar Superstar / Peter
Kali Cook / Cute Girl
Chris Wiig / Co-Worker #1
M. Michele Phillips / Co-Worker #2
Tina Dixon / Post Woman
Mary Husar / Co-Worker #3



 Lovely, Still (2008)



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I Am Love (2009)
Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
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2009
09/05/2009
R
Film
120 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Romance
 Director(s):
Luca Guadagnino
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Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Tilda Swinton / Emma Recchi
Flavio Parenti / Edoardo Recchi Junior
Edoardo Gabbriellini / Antonio Biscaglia
Alba Rohrwacher / Elisabetta Recchi
Pippo Delbono / Tancredi Recchi
Maria Paiato / Ida Marangon
Diane Fleri / Eva Ugolini
Waris Ahluwalia / Shai Kubelkian
Mattia Zaccaro / Gianluca Recchi
Ginevra Notarbartolo / Rachele Piermarini



Trivia: Original title: Io sono l'amore
 I Am Love (2009)



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1960 (2010)
The Filmmaker Gabriele Salvatore has made his own personal story together with archive footage to create a picture of the economic and creative uprising of Italy in 1960.
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2010
09/05/2010
Approved
Film
75 minutes
C
Genre:
Documentary
 Director(s):
Gabriele Salvatores
 Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Giuseppe Cederna / Narrator (voice)
Michelangelo Antonioni / Self (archive footage)
Brigitte Bardot / Self (archive footage)
Mike Bongiorno / Self (archive footage)
Fred Buscaglione / Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale / Self (archive footage)
Adriano Celentano / Self (archive footage)
Dino De Laurentiis / Self (archive footage)
Vittorio De Sica / Self (archive footage)
Anita Ekberg / Self (archive footage)



 1960 (2010)



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