# Movies with an explicit holiday **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 9, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621 "2020-12-09T06:32:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/1 "2020-12-09T06:32:06Z")
I’m not talking about the holidays with multiple movies anyone can instantly list (so not Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween and such) but movies that take place on a more obscure one, where being on that holiday is a plot point. The perfect example being _Groundhog’s Day_. What else is there? Any Arbor Day movies? Take Your Daughter to Work Day? Ash Wednesday? You get the idea. (Just thought of two: _The Fugitive_ has a Saint Patrick’s Day parade scene and _Ferris Buller’s Day Off_ was what googling showed to be Von Steuben Day.) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/2 "2020-12-09T06:38:12Z")
_The Long Good Friday_ and _Ash Wednesday_. And, of course, _Independence Day_ ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/3 "2020-12-09T06:41:00Z")
I believe the climax of _Independence Day_ is actually on July 4th. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/4 "2020-12-09T06:45:52Z")
I guess _The Passion Of The Christ_ pretty definitively covers Easter? _Easy Rider_ for Mardi Gras. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/5 "2020-12-09T06:48:39Z")
_Jam_ (2006) was one of those movies where a bunch of different characters and stories were joined by a common theme; in this case the common theme was how people were spending Father’s Day. (In an ironic bit of trivia, the company that produced the movie was named Thanksgiving Films.) ---
**Author:** ![UDS1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47774/32.png) [@UDS1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS1)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/6 "2020-12-09T07:28:55Z")
There was a truly dreadful film about 10 years ago called Leap Year in which the occurrence of 29th February was a central plot point. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/7 "2020-12-09T08:28:45Z")
The East Germans planned to use the Polaris Naval Mine to destroy the entire NATO submarine fleet on _Simchas Torah._ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/8 "2020-12-09T11:56:43Z")
There have been a few movies of Henry V, so we’ve got St. Crispin’s Day covered. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/9 "2020-12-09T12:12:04Z")
There’s a scene from [Moonraker with a street parade from Carnival in Rio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOOMjexvgns&ab_channel=Bib48). There’s also the German film [Kehraus](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085781/), which explicitly takes place on Carnival, which of course is celebrated very differently in Germany than in Brazil. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/10 "2020-12-09T12:17:15Z")
_ **Dirty Dancing** _ has Labor Day weekend as the climax, does that count? It’s not really a plot point, but the unofficial end of summer is a big deal at a holiday resort, no? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/11 "2020-12-09T13:47:30Z")
There have been a batch of British comedies over the years relating to royal events. The most recent one I can think of is ["A Private Function’](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Private_Function) But I’ve seen several from the early 50s about various characters’ adventures/disasters trying to get to see the Coronation. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/12 "2020-12-09T13:53:00Z")
The film Patriots Day depicts the events of the Boston Marathon bombing, which takes place on Patriot’s Day, a holiday in Massachusetts ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/13 "2020-12-09T13:55:23Z")
There’s a memorable Yom Kippur scene in **Radio Days**. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/14 "2020-12-09T14:01:10Z")
Garry Marshall’s last three films were set at and named for Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve and Mother’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/15 "2020-12-09T14:12:07Z")
Adam Sandler’s _Eight Crazy Nights_ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/16 "2020-12-09T14:17:21Z")
[_First Monday in October_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Monday_in_October_(film)) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/17 "2020-12-09T14:26:27Z")
In **The Godfather Part II** , Vito kills Don Fanucci during the Feast of San Rocco. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/18 "2020-12-09T14:28:00Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I guess _The Passion Of The Christ_ pretty definitively covers Easter? More Good Friday than Easter (though it touches on Easter at the very end) - and of course Easter isn’t that obscure of a holiday ;). ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/19 "2020-12-09T14:45:51Z")
v for vendetta and guy fawkes day ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621/20 "2020-12-09T14:52:07Z")
_Arbor Day_ starring Our Gang [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfqBc1fElZ0) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-an-explicit-holiday/927621.md?page=2)