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Fifteen Festive Films for the Holidays

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Onastasia Youssef
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Mara Flanagan
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Chatham chapter.

As hard as we may try, we don’t always have time to watch as many holiday films and specials as we would like in December (or, if you’re anything like me, November, too). After all, with finals, who has time for all of ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas…? Below is a list of fifteen must-see winter-themed films in no particular order. Check in next week for a list of the most heartwarming and hilarious holiday specials!

 

1. Jingle All the Way (1996)

 

2. The Polar Express (2004)

 

3. Rise of the Guardians (2012)

 

4. The Santa Clause (1994)

 

5. A Christmas Story (1983)

 

6. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)

 

7. Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999)

 

8. When Harry Met Sally (1989)

 

9. Iron Man 3 (2013)

 

10. Gremlins (1984)

 

11. The Godfather (1972)

 

12. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

 

13. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

 

14. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

 

15. Bachelor Mother (1939)

 

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HerCampus Chatham's Entertainment Writer, Onastasia Youssef graduated from high school in 2010 and entered Chatham University the same year. Although she majors in Art History and English, she has always had a passion for music journalism. She hopes to engage her readers with exciting stories that will broaden their knowledge of musical genres and provide them with the very latest in the entertainment world. Random Fun Facts: Favorite Movie - The Avengers Favorite Album - No Fences Favorite Color - Blue Favorite Food - Yogurt (yes, yogurt)
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  Mara Flanagan is entering her seventh semester as a Chapter Advisor. After founding the Chatham University Her Campus chapter in November 2011, she served as Campus Correspondent until graduation in 2015. Mara works as a freelance social media consultant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She interned in incident command software publicity at ADASHI Systems, gamification at Evive Station, iQ Kids Radio in WQED’s Education Department, PR at Markowitz Communications, writing at WQED-FM, and marketing and product development at Bossa Nova Robotics. She loves jazz, filmmaking and circus arts.