6 Christmas Movies You Might Have Missed

Everybody loves “White Christmas” and “Elf,” but here are a few cinematic Christmas diamonds in the rough.

Matt Paolelli
5 min readDec 27, 2020
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

Now that we’ve entered that gloriously festive period between Christmas and New Year’s in a year when we shouldn’t really be going anywhere anyway, it’s the perfect opportunity to spend some time curled up in front of your TV watching classic Christmas movies. But what if you finish all of the classics and you still want some more Christmas cheer? Well, here’s a list of 6 Christmas movies you might not be that familiar with. Have yourself a merry little watch party!

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1. The Family Man (2000)

This list starts as all good lists should, with a movie featuring Nicolas Cage. Say what you will about his odd career choices and the neverending stream of bad action flicks on his resume, but the man is a decent actor when the material is good and has a true talent for comedy (not just when he’s making fun of himself).

I remember seeing The Family Man with my family when it was released in theaters (20 years ago?!) and enjoyed it so much that we have…

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Matt Paolelli

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