As the holidays are approaching this month, the Visions team is sending you all of our holiday cheer, along with the following recommendations for holiday movies! Rest up over the break and don’t forget to take some time for yourself!
Lola’s Picks
Love Actually (2001)
Directed by: Richard Curtis
Duration: 2h 9m
Rating: R
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Where to watch: Netflix
IMDB Rating: ☆7.6/10
IMDB Synopsis: Love Actually follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
A Christmas Story (1983)
Directed by: Bob Clark
Duration: 1h 33m
Rating: PG
Genre: Family/Comedy
Where to watch: Max, Hulu
IMDB Rating: ☆7.9/10
IMDB Synopsis: In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
Klaus (2019)
Directed by: Sergio Pablos and Carlos Martínez López
Duration: 1h 36m
Rating: PG
Genre: Family/Comedy
Where to watch: Netflix
IMDB Rating: ☆8.2/10
IMDB Synopsis: A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.
Myka’s Picks
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Directed by: Tim Burton
Duration: 1h 45m
Rating: PG-19
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Where to watch: Max, Hulu
IMDB Rating: ☆7.9/10
IMDB Synopsis: The solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Directed by: Ron Howard
Duration: 1h 55m
Rating: PG
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
IMDB Rating: ☆6.3/10
IMDB Synopsis: On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.
Elf (2003)
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Duration: 1h 35m
Rating: PG
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
Where to watch: Max, Hulu
IMDB Rating: ☆7.1/10
IMDB Synopsis: Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Directed by: Andrew Adamson
Duration: 2h 30m
Rating: PG
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Where to watch: Disney+
IMDB Rating: ☆6.9/10
IMDB Synopsis: Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.
The Shining (1980)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Duration: 2h 30m
Rating: R
Genre: Horror/Mystery
IMDB Rating: ☆8.4/10
IMDB Synopsis: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Kylie’s picks
Little Women (2019)
Directed by: Greta Gerwig
Duration: 2h 15m
Rating: R
Genre: Romance/Drama
IMDB Rating: ☆7.8/10
IMDB Synopsis: Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Directed by: Jon Watts
Duration: 2h 28m
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action/Sci-fi
IMDB Rating: ☆7.8/10
IMDB Synopsis: With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Frozen (2013)
Directed by: Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck
Duration: 1h 42m
Rating: PG
Genre: Musical/Fantasy
Where to watch: Disney+
IMDB Rating: ☆7.4/10
IMDB Synopsis: When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.
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