THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (1987)

 

Chicago advertising man, Neal Page (Steve Martin) is desperate to get home for Thanksgiving, but his plans are thwarted when bad weather cancels his flight, so he decides on other means of transportation, but his luck goes from bad to worse.

Then to add insult onto injury on top of the bad luck, he is cursed with another cross to bear in the form of shower-curtain-ring salesman Del Griffith (John Candy), and his loud overconfident outspokenness, incessant conversation, bad jokes and annoying company, who joins forces with him as they are going in the same direction.

And the fun comes as they bumble from one calamity to another as they make slow progress towards home.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS LIST (2016)

 

Isobel Gray (Alicia Witt) plans an idyllic storybook Christmas with her boyfriend Peter Benson (Brett Bishop), including a snow-covered cottage in the Northwest, and a carefully composed bucket list of classic holiday traditions, to tick off, traditions that she was deprived of by her neat freak mother Ellen Gray (Wanda Cannon)

But when the boyfriend goes AWOL, and she meets Jamie Houghton (Gabriel Hogan) the list proves more challenging, and the possibility of a tempting new romance turns her life upside down.

In the midst of things her mother turns up intent on staying with her which ends in upset and recriminations, but she keeps working on her list anyway.

And as time goes by the question is, will Isobel have a White Christmas, and will it end under the mistletoe?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – PICKING UP AND DROPPING OFF (2003)

 

Divorced TV weatherman Will (Scott Wolf) first notices fellow divorcee, business owner Jane (Amanda Detmer), when he is dropping off his preteen son Ben (Liam Ranger) at Denver airport and she is picking up her daughter Claire (Maggie Hill).

Over time they become kindred spirits while picking up and dropping off, and although there is a mutual attraction they are both reluctant to take it further despite encouragement from his best friend, cameraman Charlie (Eddie McClintock) and Jane's sister Georgia (Rachelle Lefevre).

Even with the consent of the children it will take bold actions and courage to move their relationship to the next level. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – PICKING UP & DROPPING OFF (2003)

 

Divorced TV weatherman Will (Scott Wolf) first notices fellow divorcee, business owner Jane (Amanda Detmer), when he is dropping off his preteen son Ben (Liam Ranger) at Denver airport and she is picking up her daughter Claire (Maggie Hill).

Over time they become kindred spirits while picking up and dropping off, and although there is a mutual attraction they are both reluctant to take it further despite encouragement from his best friend, cameraman Charlie (Eddie McClintock) and Jane's sister Georgia (Rachelle Lefevre).

Even with the consent of the children it will take bold actions and courage to move their relationship to the next level. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CATFISH CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Leslie (Leigh-Ann Rose) is heart-broken after being dumped by Xavier (Yancey Fuqua) because his father thinks she is a gold digger.

A year later she returns home for the holidays and immediately feels the pressure of being single from her mum and dad (Ella Joyce, Tony Todd) and her loving nosy sister Faith (Charlotte Evelyn Williams).

But it’s the latter who hatches a plan to set her up with a handsome professional athlete via online dating.

But things never turn out as expected where love is concerned.

 

Grover McCants, Angelo Kern, Devin Laster and Anthony Riggins Jr. also star in this amusing Christmas offering.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN LAGOS (2024)

 

Romance is in the air in “Christmas in Lagos” as they celebrate Christmas Nigerian style with the festive Detty December.

During which a group of friends navigate love, heartbreak, and cultural expectations.

Fiyin (Teniola Aladese) is convinced that her best friend Elo (Shalom C. Obiago) is the love of her life, but when he returns home for the holidays with a secret fiancée (Angelo Anosike) she is shocked to her core.

Gbemi (Shaffy Bello) is torn between her boyfriend (Wale Ojo) and an old flame (Richard Mofe-Damijo), and Ivie (Rayxia Ojo), visiting from London, falls unexpectedly for Ajani (Ladipoe).

So how will things turn out in the end?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS COWBOY (2024)

 

Mary Gomez (Eliana Ghen) is a savvy but undervalued real estate developer in New York, when she is tricked by her boss with the promise of closing the deal of a lifetime with an eccentric billionaire Colton Byers (Courtney Gains) in a simple turn up and sign scenario.

It turns out that there are snags, firstly, the project is in her small Vermont hometown which she hasn’t been back to for 12 years.

Secondly, when she gets there, she finds out that it’s not going to be quick and not only has she got to stay until Christmas she also is in competition with a ruthless rival, M Michelle Bedford (Gracie Cashman).

So she is forced to reconnect with her estranged family, Miguel, Sarah and Cynthia Gomez (Carlos Guerrero, Jacelyn Fincher and Lilia Karst) and her childhood sweetheart Carlos Rodriguez (Armando Gutierrez).

So will she seal the deal, find forgiveness, and find true love before Christmas.