You know you may not be able to tell from the name but “Life is Wonderful” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” are two very, very different movies. If you mix the two up come xmas(screw you miss Bucket) season you are in for a definite change of atmosphere.
A few years ago a group of my friends and I decided to ring in the New Year with ***Resevoir Dogs * ** and Deliverance. I suspect that they’d go just as well with XMas. Happy Viewing.
Gallipoli
Breaker Morant
Let Him Have It
Quentin Tarantino Quadruple Feature
Resivior Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill Vols. I and II
Throw in True Romnace, Dusk Till Dawn and Natural Born Killers(he wrote the scripts) and Faldureon is gonna be spending christmas at your house 
Of course, there is an exception for the Silence of the Lambs Christmas Special. ;j
The Passion of the Christ
Nothin’ like a 2-hour Jesus snuff film to get’cha in the Christmas spirit.
Is that the one where Buffalo Bill gets everybody lotion from Bed, Bath, and Beyond and then they all sit down to Lecter’s Christmas dinner? 
The Ref is actually Christmas-themed, but even my holiday-loathing husband loved it. Denis Leary should be in all Christmas movies for people who hate the holidays. It’s really funny.
Failing that, anything by Ingmar Bergman ought to do.
I can’t watch Gilmore Girls without thinking of:
**** me Santa
**** me Santa
…
Henry: Portait of a Serial Killer
The Bad Lieutenant
Johnny Got His Gun
or for a movie that is at least set during the Christmas season…
Brazil
I think The Good Son would be a great choice if you have some boys around in your family.
“Miggs, that damned well better be egg nog!”
Still, it’s hard not to get choked up when the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Hannibal back through his Lithuanian childhood and Misha sings “all I want for Christmas is my two milk teeth”. And the scene where the Ghost of Christmas Present is filleted is a classic, easily as good as Carrie Fisher’s LIFEDAY song.
That’s freaking wonderful!
I’m surprised no one has mentioned the most inappropriately titled movie…
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE.
Tired of the small screen when watching inappropriate holiday movies? If you live in Chicago, you’re in luck.
Coming up this month:[ul][]The Conqueror Worm (aka Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General)[]The Blood on Satan’s Claw (aka Satan’s Skin)[]The Masque of the Red Death (Roger Corman/Vincent Price version, of course)[]The Company of Wolves[]The Seventh Victim[]I Walked With a Zombie[/ul]
Now, that’s what I call a holiday program !
Lets not forget events happening the week before Christmas 1945: Syndicate bigshot ambushed & nearly gunned down buying fruit for the holiday, his consiglieri kidnapped while purchasing Christmas gifts, and mobster’s youngest son murdering a New York City police captain touching off Five Families war of 1946 in the holiday classic The Godfather.
My friends and I had a holiday tradition of watching ‘Barfly’ every Christmas Eve. Good times.
How about whetting your appetite with The Boys from Brazil.
Then really get into the mood with the full series of Faces of Death.
Holiday fun for all!
or they could be just any movie.
My pick…
The Silent night, Deadly night series of course.