Holidays are coming: 7 movies that will help with the New Year mood
7. "A Princess for Christmas"
- 2011
- USA
- Drama, melodrama, comedy, family
- Director: Michael Damian
- Starring: Katie McGrath, Sam Heughan, Roger Moore, Travis Turner, Leila de Mesa
- IMDb Rating: 6.3
Jules (Katie McGrath) is raising her nephews, Milo (Travis Turner), and Maddie (Leila de Mesa) after their parents are killed in a car accident. The girl is struggling to cope with the kids, plus Christmas is coming up and she's got problems through the roof. She is fired from her job, and there is no money to celebrate the holiday at all. A distant relative comes to the rescue — the children's paternal grandfather Duke Castleberry (Roger Moore). He invites Jules and the children to his castle for Christmas, where a truly fabulous meeting awaits the girl.
A romantic tale about love, Christmas miracles and the value of family will help to bring the holiday closer and perfectly pass the cold evening with loved ones.
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6. "Help for the Holidays"
- 2012
- USA
- Fantasy, drama, melodrama, family
- Director: Bradford May
- Starring: Summer Glau, Eva Larue, John Brotherton, Dan Gauthier, Izabela Vidovic
- IMDb Rating: 6.6
Sarah Van Camp's (Eva Larue) family has lost the spirit of Christmas in the daily grind. To restore their joy and faith in magic, Christina (Summer Glau), an elf from Santa Claus' village where she has spent her entire life, is sent into the real world. Hiding her long ears, the elf girl takes a job as an assistant to the Van Camps. In secret, Christina is busy preparing the house for Christmas, decorating it to her liking.
This touching fantasy drama has a fairly predictable plot like most Christmas movies. Nevertheless, the movie does a great job of creating a festive mood and bringing the Christmas spirit closer.
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5. "Miracle on 34th Street"
- 1994
- USA
- Fantasy, drama, family
- Director: Les Mayfield
- Starring: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh, James Remar, Mara Wilson
- IMDb Rating: 6.6
Department store employee Dora Walker (Elizabeth Perkins) offers an oddball Santa-like old man (Richard Attenborough) a job as a magical grandfather in the store. Dora's six-year-old daughter Susan (Mara Wilson) doesn't believe Santa Claus exists, but after meeting the old man her mom hired, the girl's opinion changes. She decides to make her most cherished wish, which, according to the girl, is bound to come true.
"A wonderful movie to watch before the New Year. Reminds me of miracles and childhood, where little ones looked forward to grandfather frost and presents. It was a magical time)", — Koroleva147.
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4. "Borrowed Hearts"
- 1997
- Canada
- Fantasy, drama, melodrama
- Director: Ted Kotcheff
- Starring: Roma Downey, Eric McCormack, Shawn Thompson, Barbara Gordon, Hector Elizondo, Sarah Rosen Fruitman
- IMDb Rating: 6.8
Just before Christmas, successful young businessman Sam (Eric McCormack) has a deal fall through with a partner who can't stand bachelors. The man accidentally meets Kathleen (Roma Downey) and her young daughter Zoe (Sarah Rosen Fruitman), then offers them to play the role of his family for a handsome fee. Sam thinks it's all a game and a mutually beneficial deal, but Zoe is convinced otherwise.
Family for Hire was nominated for a 1998 Canadian Film Award for Gemini in the categories of Best Director in a Drama Program or Mini-Series (Ted Kotcheff) and Best TV Movie or Mini-Series.
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3. "Sleepless in Seattle"
- 1993
- USA
- Comedy, melodrama
- Director: Nora Ephron
- Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Victor Garber
- IMDb Rating: 6.8
Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks), an architect in Chicago, has lost his wife. Along with his 8-year-old son John (Ross Malinger), he moves to Seattle, Washington to start over. The child longs for his dad to find happiness again and find a new wife. At his son's request, before Christmas, Sam speaks on live radio about his late wife and his loneliness. His story touches the hearts of hundreds of women across the country. Journalist Annie (Meg Ryan) from Baltimore is given an assignment to write about Sam. In the process, the girl realizes that she and the hero of the material have a connection.
The movie was a three-time Golden Globe nominee for Best Film (Comedy or Musical) and Best Actor and Best Actress, it was also nominated twice for a BAFTA and twice for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Best Song ("A Wink and a Smile"). It has now become a true classic of romantic movies, as has Nora Ephron's other work ("When Harry Met Sally...").
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2. "The Holiday"
- 2006
- USA
- Melodrama, comedy
- Director: Nancy Meyers
- Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach
- IMDb Rating: 6.9
Iris (Kate Winslet) writes a wedding column in an English newspaper, lives in a cottage and dreams of mutual love, while in Southern California a businesswoman named Amanda (Cameron Diaz) works without weekends, who suddenly learns of her beloved man's infidelity. The girls get acquainted on the site, where everyone can find accommodation for the duration of the vacation. To distract themselves from their problems, on Christmas Eve, Iris and Amanda decide to swap houses for two weeks.
"If you are in a bad or dreary mood during the New Year holidays, this movie is just what you need to lift your spirits and heal some mental wounds", — LianaSkyfall.
"A very warm and atmospheric movie. A soulful and touching story. Can be added to the "to watch on New Year holidays" list", — Koroleva147.
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1. "Love Actually"
- 2003
- UK, France, USA
- Melodrama, comedy, drama
- Director: Richard Curtis
- Starring: Hugh Grant, Bill Nighy, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Chris Marshall
- IMDb Rating: 7.6
The anthology movie tells several stories that begin in parallel five weeks before Christmas and at first glance seem unrelated to each other. However, the closer the holiday gets, the more they begin to intertwine. Prime Minister David (Hugh Grant) unexpectedly falls in love with a new female employee, middle-aged manager Harry (Alan Rickman) flirts and is on the verge of an affair that could destroy his marriage, Colin (Chris Marshall) is fed up with being alone and takes a trip abroad to find love.
Bill Nighy won a BAFTA for best supporting actor. The movie was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best film. To this day, the touching stories of Richard Curtis' "Love Actually" remain some of the most acclaimed stories in the prequel genre.
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42I understand that this is all very hackneyed, but for this list, personally, I have few hits.
Я лучше Гремлинов пересмотрю.
Now there is just a different spirit in the cinema, I'm not saying that it's worse, although no, maybe I'm saying😊, because there used to be more good films in my opinion, but now there are also good films, but mostly they are about something heavy, vitally heavy. Worthy melodramas and comedies have become much less, it seems to me, than in the 90s-2000s
I remember once a hundred years ago, maybe even in the early 2000s, I saw the name in Russian once as Providence, and not intuition.#34;, and in the film itself, this word was translated as providence. And so I think that it still more accurately reflects the essence of the film. But later, no matter how many times I came across this movie on TV, there was always the name Intuition in Russian.
But even when they are sitting in a cafe at the very beginning and she says that she chose this cafe because she liked the name serendipity, since she believes in a happy accident, etc., in some voiceovers and in this place they translate as intuition, although this word has it has a completely different meaning in Russian, and in some dubbing I heard that at this point in the film the name of the cafe is translated as providence, since its subsequent pro I believe in a happy accident, it is really more correct to call providence, and not by intuition, but at the same time, even in such voiceovers, the title of the film is still translated as intuition.