Merry Christmas: Five films you want to revisit this holiday season

What makes a great Christmas movie? Setting aside the debate over the perfect definition, let’s binge-watch the films that comfort us with love, laughter, and sentiments. Christmas is upon us and we cannot do without another round of Home Alone, Bridget Jones’s Diary, and Love Actually. Here, we draw a playlist of the films that you revisit this holiday season. Get your hot chocolate and enjoy!

Love Actually, 2003

This British romantic comedy has a casting coup with Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Collin Firth, Keira Knightly, Alan Rickman, Laura Linney, Martin Freeman, and others in the lead roles. Keeping ‘love’ in focus, different characters – from a British prime Minister to porn stars to a rockstar, a writer, a single father, and others – get on an emotional roller coaster. The film is sentimental, yet subtle, and can be enjoyed thoroughly during holidays. 

Home Alone, 1990

Home Alone is, undoubtedly, a Christmas classic. The Chris Columbus’ 1990 comedy delves around Kevin, whose family goes for a holiday accidentally leaving him behind. The hilarious saga of Kevin’s days at home is a perfect holiday watch.

Noelle, 2019

This Anna Kendrick film is all about Christmas. After the death of Kris Kringle, aka Santa Claus, his son Nick (Bill Hader) needs to take over the duty. Unable to handle the stress of delivering festivity, he runs away. His sister Noelle (Anna) starts looking for him. This fantasy drama is a must-watch. 

The Holiday, 2006

The Holiday is all about inter-continental love stories. An American woman falls in love with a British man and a British woman travels to the US and finds love in an American man. Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, and Jude Law offer an ultimate comfort watch for the rom-com lovers like us. 

You’ve Got Mail, 1998

This Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan classic culminates in Christmas. An entire generation got their first flavour of a rom-com from their love and their love for their bookstores in buzzing New York City. The film exudes warmth and it is a perfect Christmas watch.