Eight movies you didn’t know were Christmas movies

What better to do on Christmas Day or the day before than binge-watch Christmas movies?

Not everyone is a fan of Christmas clichés but not to fear, there are a few well-known titles you probably didn’t know were Christmas movies in their own way.

Die Hard

Die Hard is a classic and is up the alley of any action movie fan. The Bruce Willis classic qualifies as a Christmas movie because it takes place at Christmas time.

Batman Returns

Batman Returns is set in a festive Gotham where Christmas decorations were used as weapons to fight against baddies like Catwoman and the pENGUIN.

Gremlins

Gremlins were supposed to be the perfect Christmas gifts for loved ones but were they really? Watch a famous scene from Gremlins below …

Lethal Weapon

Yes, another action movie made the cut! The film begins with the classic Christmas song Jingle Bell Rock and ends with a family united around a Christmas Tree.

Edward Scissorhands

Tim Burton is famous for dark films but Edward Scissorhands could actually be called an alternative Christmas movie classic. The narrative is framed around a grandmother telling her grandchild why is always snows on Christmas.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

This movie is set in Los Angeles where it does not snow but Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is definitely a Christmas movie. It begins with Robert Downey Jr’s character robbing a toy store and one of the toys is on his child’s Christmas list.

Rent

Yes, Rent, the musical is a Christmas movie. The movie begins on Christmas Eve and ends on Christmas a year later.

The Harry Potter series

This one is pretty obvious. There is at least one scene of Christmas is every Harry Potter movie and better yet, Harry receives the ultimate Christmas gift – the invisibility cloak – during the first movie of the series.

The Grinch who stole Christmas

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