Warner Bros. Pictures
Everyone has a favourite Christmas film, proper? Whether it’s ‘A Christmas Story,’ ‘Elf’ and even ‘Die Hard,’ Christmas films play advert nauseam on tv all through the month of December. But the place are all of the Thanksgiving Day movies?
Well, don’t fear as a result of Moviefone has you coated as we rely down the highest ten Thanksgiving Day themed films of all time! Now, to qualify for this record the movie should both happen at Thanksgiving or contain the vacation indirectly, and we’re solely counting theatrical releases, so sorry ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,’
Let’s start!
United Artists.
Written and directed by Peter Hedges, the movie stars Katie Holmes as April Burns, a younger girl estranged from her household who invitations all of them, together with her dying mom (Patricia Clarkson), to her condo for Thanksgiving dinner. The smash hit of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, the film helped launch the movie profession of Katie Holmes and earned veteran actress Patricia Clarkson her first and solely Academy Award nomination.
Roadside Attractions.
Released in 2018 and written, directed and starring comic Ike Barinholtz, this darkish comedy focuses on a Thanksgiving dinner between in-laws after the President of the United States asks all residents to signal a loyalty oath. Released smack dab in the course of the Trump administration, Barinholtz’s script takes no prisoners and is brutally trustworthy in regards to the polarization of politics on this nation. In addition to Barinholtz, the movie additionally stars Tiffany Haddish, Carrie Brownstein, and John Cho.
twentieth Century Fox.
Director Ang Lee’s 1997 drama, ‘The Ice Storm,’ is the film that first put him on the map as a serious filmmaker in Hollywood. The movie stars a incredible forged that features Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, and Sigourney Weaver, in addition to rising stars (on the time) Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, and Katie Holmes. The movie follows two neighboring upper-class but dysfunctional households whose lives change without end after a Thanksgiving weekend celebration crammed with infidelity between the dad and mom, inflicting their youngsters to have uncertainty about their household’s futures.
Paramount Pictures.
This movie’s inclusion is a bit difficult, because the film doesn’t truly happen at Thanksgiving, quite it’s set in the summertime. A sequel to the 1991 adaption of the traditional TV collection, the second installment options Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) attending summer time camp the place they’re pressured to take part in a politically incorrect Thanksgiving Day play.
Wednesday is forged as Pocahontas, however in the course of the efficiency begins to improvise and teaches her associates and camp counselors how the favored vacation actually started with horrifying historic accuracy. The scene is a standout within the movie and price a YouTube watch earlier than you eat your turkey this yr.
Warner Bros.
While the film takes place over a number of months, one in every of its most pivotal scenes takes place at Thanksgiving dinner. Released in 1993, the film revolves round two childhood associates, John (Jack Lemmon) and Max (Walter Matthau), who’ve been bitter enemies for many years. Their rivalry is escalated when Ariel (Ann-Margret) strikes into their small city and the 2 former associates start competing for her affections, which culminates when their different buddy, Chuck, (Ossie Davis) spends Thanksgiving with Ariel.
Grumpy Old Men
“The best of enemies until something came between them.”
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1 hr 43 minDec twenty fifth, 1993
Universal Pictures.
This 2011 comedy directed by Brent Ratner is a few group of condo constructing staff who resolve to rob the crooked businessman that stole their pensions, and the crime is scheduled for Thanksgiving in the course of the Macy’s Day Parade. The movie stars an all-star forged that features Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Matthew Broderick, and Alan Alda. But the true star of the film is the Macy’s Day Parade, which is featured prominently within the third act and acts a time capsule for the famed vacation occasion.
Relativity Media.
Released in 2013 and largely neglected, ‘Free Birds’ is a intelligent and humorous animated film that’s nice for teenagers and options an especially authentic idea. The movie follows two turkeys, Reggie (Owen Wilson) and Jake (Woody Harrelson), who time journey again to the primary Thanksgiving to alter historical past and take turkeys off of the vacation menu for good. Directed by Jimmy Hayward (‘Horton Hears a Who!)’, the forged additionally consists of voice performances from Amy Poehler, Dan Folger and ‘Star Trek’ legend George Takei.
Paramount Pictures.
Marking actress Jodi Foster’s second movie as a director, 1995’s ‘Home for the Holidays’ is in some methods the important Thanksgiving film. The story facilities on Claudia (Holly Hunter), who after dropping her job and discovering her daughter has different plans for the vacations, she travels to her personal dysfunctional household’s house for Thanksgiving dinner.
In addition to Hunter, the forged additionally consists of Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Claire Danes, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott, and Geraldine Chaplin. Not solely is the film a robust second directorial effort from Foster, nevertheless it additionally options a wonderful supporting flip from a pre ‘Iron Man’ Robert Downey, Jr.
Martin Scorsese’s groundbreaking documentary, ‘The Last Waltz,’ will not be solely a fantastic Thanksgiving movie, however it’s also the most effective rock docs of all time. The film paperwork the ultimate live performance of the long-lasting rock group The Band, which came about at The Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco on Thanksgiving evening in 1976. The live performance was memorable not simply because it was the final time the unique members of the group would ever play collectively dwell on stage, but in addition for that includes an unimaginable record of shock friends together with Dr. John, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Van Morrison, and Bob Dylan.
Scorsese cuts in between the live performance footage with unique interviews, in addition to a studio efficiency from The Band of ‘The Weight,’ which the director was unable to seize dwell on stage. The movie ends with a really exceptional, once-in-a-lifetime jam session efficiency of Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released,’ with all of the legendary musicians enjoying collectively.
The Last Waltz
“It Started as a Concert. It Became a Celebration.”
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1 hr 57 minDec thirty first, 1978
Without a doubt, author and director John Hughes’ 1987 comedy, ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ is the preferred and finest Thanksgiving film of all-time! The movie follows a easy premise, Neal Page (Steve Martin) is a high-strung government who should journey with a stranger, the candy however annoying Del Griffith (John Candy), with the intention to get house to his circle of relatives in Chicago in time for Thanksgiving.
Part ‘Midnight Run’ and half ‘Home Alone,’ Steve Martin is sensible because the straight-man to Candy’s ridiculous character, whereas Candy offers the very best efficiency of his profession making a humorous and sympathetic man. Not to say that the movie’s twist concerning Del’s household, and the way in which Candy performs the reveal, will go away you in tears.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
“What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.”
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1 hr 33 minNov twenty sixth, 1987