Favorite Holiday Films

  • New Years Eve/New Years Day

  • The Matrix (Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski; 1999)
  • The Matrix Reloaded (Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski; 2003)
  • The Matrix Revolution (Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski; 2003)
  • Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson; 2001)
  • Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson; 2002)
  • Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Peter Jackson; 2003)
  • Groundhog Day

  • Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis; 1993)
  • 4th of July

  • Independence Day (Roland Emmerich; 1996)
  • Halloween

  • Bram Stoker's Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola; 1992)
  • Haunted Mansion (Rob Minkoff; 2003)
  • The Haunting (Robert Wise; 1963)
  • Hocus Pocus (Kenny Ortega; 1993)
  • Vampires (John Carpenter; 1998)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Chris Columbus; 2001)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chris Columbus; 2002)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso CuarĂ³n; 2004)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mike Newell; 2005)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (David Yates; 2007)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates; 2009)
  • Christmas

  • A Christmas Carol [Scrooge] (Brian Desmond Hurst; 1951)
  • A Christmas Carol (Clive Donner; 1984)
  • A Christmas Carol (David Hugh Jones; 1999)
  • A Christmas Story (Bob Clark; 1983)
  • Its a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra; 1946)
  • The Lion in Winter (Anthony Harvey; 1968)
  • Scrooged (Richard Donner; 1988)
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The beginning of a list of my favorite movies for many US holidays.