No, notDie Hard,which by now isa positively normy pick about a guy keeping his family together.
Give us unusual people in extreme circumstances.
In 2022, isn’t that all of us?
Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, and Michael Keaton in ‘Batman Returns’.Everett Collection
If only these three glorious weirdos would have just thrown each other a Friendsmas.
A fit of jealousy sends Cruise’s doctor on a journey into an alternative world of ritualistic sleaze.
Kubrick bless us, everyone.
Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett in ‘Carol’.WILSON WEBB/TWC
It’s a genuine Y2K who’s who, fromTaye DiggsandKatie Holmesto a wonderfulMelissa McCarthyminute.
Wielding candy-cane-grams as an emotional weapon (“And none for Gretchen Wieners!
“), Cady cements her triumph by saving the Plastics' performance of"Jingle Bell Rock.
Tom Cruise in ‘Eyes Wide Shut’.Moviestore/Shutterstock
I rest my case.
Several squabbles and Motown sing-alongs later, Jackie welcomes Isabel into the family on Christmas Day.
Can’t handle the complicated emotions that arise from spending time with relatives at the holidays?
Katie Holmes and Sarah Polley in ‘Go’.Everett Collection
Let ‘em out with this weeper instead.
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Tangerine(2015)
“Merry Christmas Eve, bitch!”
announces Sin-Dee Rella (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) at the start of this invigorating dramedy.
Samuel L. Jackson and Geena Davis in ‘The Long Kiss Goodnight’.Everett Collection
Fresh out of jail, Sin-Dee pulls her pal Alexandra (Mya Taylor) on a cheating-boyfriend vengeance quest.
Both women are transgender sex workers in Los Angeles and what’s weirder than Christmas in Los Angeles?
Director Sean Baker embraces the un-wintry Hollywood setting, filming the streetwalk odysseyon an iPhone.
The cast of ‘Mean Girls’.Everett Collection
Adultery and pimping aren’t typical Noel fare, but Rodriguez and Taylor are magic as found-family besties.
(Hey, it was the ’70s.)
Ben Affleck in ‘Reindeer Games’.Everett Collection
Susan Sarandon, Liam Aiken, and Jena Malone in ‘Stepmom’.Columbia Pictures/Everett
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez in ‘Tangerine’.Everett Collection
Robert Redford in ‘Three Days of the Condor’.Ronald Grant Archive/ Mary Evans/ Everett
