20 movies for the holidays

i recently asked ya'll on twitter which movies put you in the holiday spirit. here's the collective list of 20 films that get you feeling cheerful and bright. i'm putting stars next to my top 5 from the ones you suggested, PLUS i've listed 5 more films that i've always enjoyed watching around this time of year.

1. a christmas story*
2. national lampoon's christmas vacation*
3. elf*
4. love actually
5. home alone*
6. its a wonderful life
7. white christmas
8. die hard
9. silver bells
10. jingle all the way
11. a charlie brown christmas*
12. scrooged
13. serendipity
14. little women
15. the holiday
16. you've got mail
17. godzilla vs. mothra (aka gojira vs. mosura)
    
18. we're no angels
19. batman returns
20. gremlins

here are 5 other personal favorites of mine, which to my surprise, no one mentioned during my twitter survey:

1. rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
2. frosty the snowman
   
3. how the grinch stole christmas (1966)
   
4. how the grinch stole christmas (2000)
5. miracle on 34th street

if this list isn't extensive enough, you can check out a more detailed explanation of several of these films, plus a review of badder santa (which is so bad it doesn't even have its own imdb page so i have to link to the original movie), from holiday movie critic coach rohn anato. feel free to comment with more suggestions below! happy holidays!