Top 10 Christmas Movies to Learn English

Hey everyone! In today's lesson we are counting  down my Top 10 Christmas Movies of All Time!  

Now, I absolutely love Christmas, I love the  decorations, the traditions, spending time  

with family and especially the movies. So I'm  very excited to share these ones with you today,  

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Okay, so the first one is a comedy of course, a  little bit of action in it as well, because it  

stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, and it's Jingle All  The Way. In this movie he is up against another  

father played by Simbad and they are going around  different shops on Christmas Eve to try and find  

this action figure toy for their sons. So this is a really funny one and you  

can travel around the whole city with  them trying to find this toy and being  

up against each other as well, along the way. Okay so Number 9 on my list isn't your typical  

Christmas movie, but it is classed as a Christmas  movie by many because it's set during Christmas  

and during an office Christmas party, and this is  the classic movie Die Hard. So this movie stars  

Bruce Willis as the police officer John McClane  and also Alan Rickman, who is the villain Hans  

Gruber and is absolutely excellent in it. So what  happens here is during an office Christmas party  

some terrorists come and hijack the building. And  John McClane is there by chance and they don't  

actually know he's there to begin with, and I  don't want to give anything away but it is just a  

great movie and because it's set during this time  it is a great one to watch at Ahristmas as well.  

And there are some really funny quotes by John  McClane as well, that have become very famous. 

So Number 8 on my list is quite a recent one  because it was only released last Christmas  

in 2019, and that is the name of this film Last  Christmas. It's based on the Wham! song, which was  

written by George Michael and it does have music  by George Michael and Wham! throughout the movie  

as well. That was one of the concepts of it, so it  has a great soundtrack and it stars Emilia Clarke  

as an aspiring singer who works as an elf in a  Christmas shop in Covent Garden, in Central London  

that is open all year round. So it's definitely  one of the most recent but it makes my Top 10  

list. I highly recommend you watch it, and if  you enjoy learning English with music and songs  

then I highly recommend you check out this lesson  where you can learn 41 words with Christmas  

songs. So you can click up here or down in the  description box below to watch that lesson next. 

So the next movie on my list is a classic  one again, and it has a great cast.  

It stars Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law  and Jack Black. So in this movie Kate Winslet  

and Cameron Diaz's characters decide to  house swap for the Christmas holidays,  

so that they can each escape  their lives in England and L.A. 

And it follows their relationships  and just their experience in living  

in a completely different country and in very  different lives actually because their lives  

are completely different, so that makes this  film even more interesting. It's also great for  

English language learners because there is a  range of accents that you will hear, so you  

have the British accent and the American accent,  so it's great to be exposed to these two as well. 

Okay so the next one on my list is a classic  and it is quite an old one as well it's from  

the late 80's, and this is National Lampoon's  Christmas Vacation. So this movie follows the  

Griswold family. They do have other movies as well  and they made this one especially for Christmas.  

Now what makes this movie so funny is that this  family is absolutely calamitous, meaning that  

they are very clumsy and lots of disastrous things  happen in a very funny way during their Christmas  

holiday, where their family comes to visit. You might even recognize some of the actors  

because the sun in the film actually is Leonard  from The Big Bang Theory, so he was very young  

in this movie and also the daughter is Juliette  Lewis, who went on to have a really successful  

acting career as well. Now I grew up watching  this movie and what I love about it is that it  

has more of a slapstick comedy, which is a very  American type of comedy, as opposed to the British  

which is a little bit more dry and not as obvious.  So this one will definitely make you laugh a lot  

with the very obvious comedy and all the  disasters that happen to this family. 

Now next on my list is Serendipity, but first of  all let's find out what this beautiful word means.  

So serendipity is the fact of finding interesting  or valuable things by chance and the adjective  

form is serendipitous, and what this means is  being in the right place at the right time. For  

example you could bump into a good friend at an  unusual location or you could find 20 pounds or  

50 euros, or some sort of money on the floor as  you're walking down the street. So I think this  

word is absolutely beautiful and it describes  the movie perfectly. It's set in New York City  

where these two characters meet for the  first time when they are Christmas shopping,  

and throughout the movie they have some more  serendipitous encounters with each other.  

So the movie isn't set during Christmas the whole  time but we do see Christmas throughout it and  

it's just beautiful to see New York City at  Christmas time, is just so beautiful and that's  

another thing that I love about this movie.  is seeing this city during this time of year.

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The next movie is Miracle on 34th Street. Now  this was a remake so it was made many decades  

ago and they remade it again in the 90's, and  it stars Mara Wilson, who you might recognize  

as she was a very famous child actress and she  also played in Mrs. Doubtfire and also Matilda.  

It also stars the late Lord Attenborough, Richard  Attenborough, who was an actor and filmmaker and  

you might recognize him from Jurassic Park,  which was one of his most famous movies. 

So this story follows a lawyer and a little  girl who must prove that a man who claims  

to be Santa Claus is in fact telling  the truth and is in fact the real deal.  

So what this film is all about is the spirit of  Christmas, making people believe again and just  

feel that love, that connection and building  relationships. So I really love this one  

and if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend  you watch it during this festive season. 

Okay so now i'm getting very excited because we  are rolling into my Top 3 movies, so they are my  

absolute favorites and I can't wait to share  them with you. So the first one which is Number  

3 on my list is Love Actually. So this movie  features an ensemble cast meaning that there  

are many principal characters and we follow the  different stories that are linked in some way.  

Once again, the cast is absolutely amazing! There  are some major stars in this movie and it's just  

a feel-good comedy-romantic-Christmas movie and  what makes it so fun is that you get to see lots  

of different relationships and lots of different  characters, but then also the way that they are  

linked together in some way. It's also quite  British, so you're going to learn a lot about  

British culture in this movie. It even stars the  Prime Minister, so Hugh Grant actually plays the  

Prime Minister of the UK in this movie, and he  gets up to some mischief too. So it's definitely  

worth watching for that. Not only this but it  is again set in London during Christmas time,  

so you really get a feel for what it's  like in London during this time of year.  

And for me this is absolutely one of  the best Christmas movies ever made.

So now moving on to one of my favorite British  movies of all time to one of my favorite American  

ones, and this had to be in my Top 2. It is  Elf. So Elf stars Will Ferrell as a man who  

is raised as an elf in the North Pole, but then  discovers that he's actually not really an elf.  

So what he does is he sets off on an adventure to  New York City to find his real dad. There are so  

many great moments in this movie, it's absolutely  hilarious because you are watching a grown man  

who hasn't been raised in the real world, instead  he's been raised as an elf in the North Pole  

there's lots of things in a city that's as  tough as New York City, that he doesn't know,  

he's never encountered before, so it's just  hilarious to see the way that he sees the world  

and the way that he sees this city. Another great  thing about this is that he's just so happy in it  

and makes the most of everything and again there  are some classic moments, some classic scenes and  

even some classic sayings, that we all say during  the Christmas period, that is synonymous with Elf. 

Now before I reveal which movie is Number  1 on my list there are quite a few more  

Christmas movies that I think are amazing,  that didn't quite make it into my Top 10.  

It was a really difficult decision and I went  back and forth, changing it round a few times  

but I do think that these Christmas movies  deserve mention, so have a little look here  

maybe one of your favorites is here or you'll  get some ideas of movies to watch as well.

So without a doubt Number 1 on my list is Home  Alone. So the first one for sure is the best,  

but I also highly recommend that you watch Home  Alone 2: Lost in New York, because it's just as  

magical. Now I think that no matter your age  you've probably grown up watching this movie,  

but if you haven't don't despair, don't worry you  can start right now with this Christmas. If you  

haven't seen it you have to watch it! The first  movie was released 30 years ago. That's right it  

was released in 1990, but this is one that stands  the test of time. It doesn't matter what year it  

gets to this is always going to remain the best  Christmas movie of all time and the best classic.  

So as the title suggests Macaulay Culkin  character Kevin McAllister gets left at  

home alone during the Christmas period, when  his family traveled to Paris for the holidays.  

But what happens is there are two pesky robbers  around the neighborhood looking for all the empty  

houses to rob and so you get to see this adventure  through Kevin McAllister's eyes and how he deals  

with this problem. Again there are some very  famous scenes during the whole film and I think  

the soundtrack is just wonderful as well, it has  that very christmassy feel to it, you'll hear  

a lot of typical Christmas songs as well, famous  Christmas hits. And in the second installment Home  

Alone 2: Lost in New York, the McAllister this  time are traveling to Miami for the Christmas  

holiday and somehow Kevin boards a flight to New  York City instead, so he is lost in New York City. 

So there you have it: my Top 10 Christmas Movies  of All Time! I hope that if you haven't watched  

them all, you now have a great list that you  can start watching over the next couple of weeks  

during the festive period, and if I missed any  of your favorites please let me know down in the  

comments below, and share some other ones that  you think are fantastic. But in the meantime,  

if you're celebrating during this period, I'd  love to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.