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American Christmas comedy-drama films
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The list American Christmas comedy-drama films includes
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, The Preacher's Wife, The Family Stone and The Family Man.
The list consists of 55 members.
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Love Actually
2003 British film directed by Richard Curtis
Overview: Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The Christmas film features an ensemble cast, composed predominantly of British actors, many of whom had worked ...
Release date: 7 September 2003Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Richard CurtisProducer: Tim Bevan, Liza ChasinWriter: Richard CurtisFollows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month ...
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000 fantasy comedy film by Ron Howard
Overview: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard, who also produced with Brian Grazer, from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter ...
Release date: 8 November 2000Genre: Comedy, Family, FantasyDirector: Ron HowardProducer: Brian Grazer, Todd HallowellWriter: Dr. Seuss, Jeffrey PriceOn the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town. 0
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This Christmas
2007 American Christmas comedy film
Overview: This Christmas is a 2007 American Christmas comedy drama film produced by Rainforest Films and distributed by Screen Gems. Written, produced, and directed by Preston A. Whitmore II, it is a Christmas-time ...
Release date: 21 November 2007Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Preston A. Whitmore IIProducer: Paddy Cullen, Nicholas HarvellWriter: Preston A. Whitmore IIA Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years. 0
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The Family Man
2000 film by Brett Ratner
Overview: The Family Man is a 2000 American romantic fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Brett Ratner, from a screenplay by David Diamond and David Weissman. The film stars Nicolas Cage and Téa Leoni, with Don ...
Release date: 12 December 2000Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Brett RatnerProducer: Marc Abraham, Armyan BernsteinWriter: David Diamond, David WeissmanA fast-lane investment broker, offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives, wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become ... 0
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Miracle on 34th Street
1947 Christmas film by George Seaton
Overview: Miracle on 34th Street (initially released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century-Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and ...
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, RomanceDirector: George SeatonProducer: William PerlbergWriter: George Seaton, Valentine DaviesAfter a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity ... 0
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The Best Man Holiday
The Best Man Holiday (2013 film
Overview: The Best Man Holiday is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written, co-produced and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. A sequel to Lee's The Best Man (1999), it stars Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall ...
Release date: 15 November 2013Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Malcolm D. LeeProducer: Sean Daniel, Preston L. HolmesWriter: Malcolm D. LeeWhen college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to ... 0
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Arthur Christmas
2011 animated film
Overview: Arthur Christmas is a 2011 animated Christmas comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Aardman Animations, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The ...
Release date: 11 November 2011Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, FamilyDirector: Sarah Smith, Barry CookProducer: Cheryl Abood, Peter BaynhamWriter: Peter Baynham, Sarah SmithSanta's clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a present they misplaced to a young girl in less than two hours. 0
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A Princess for Christmas
2011 television film directed by Michael Damian
Overview: A Princess for Christmas, billed in the UK as A Christmas Princess: Sometimes Dreams Come True (previously known as the Canadian title Christmas at Castlebury Hall and A Princess for Castlebury) is a 2011 ...
Release date: 1 October 2011Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance, FamilyDirector: Michael DamianProducer: Janeen Damian, Michael DamianWriter: Janeen Damian, Michael DamianAt the invitation of an estranged relative, a young woman travels with her niece and nephew to a castle in Europe for Christmas where she unwittingly falls ... 0
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A Very Brady Christmas
1988 television film directed by Peter Baldwin
Overview: A Very Brady Christmas is a 1988 American made-for-television Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Peter Baldwin and starring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Barry Williams, Maureen ...
Release date: 18 December 1988Genre: Drama, ComedyDirector: Peter BaldwinProducer: Barry M. Berg, Lloyd J. SchwartzWriter: Sherwood Schwartz, Lloyd J. SchwartzThe entire Brady family manages to overcome personal obstacles to spend a happy holiday together. 0
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The Preacher's Wife
1996 American film
Overview: The Preacher's Wife is a 1996 American Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Penny Marshall and starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, and Courtney B. Vance. It is a remake of the 1947 film The ...
Release date: 13 December 1996Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, RomanceDirector: Penny MarshallCast: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines, Jenifer Lewis, Loretta DevineProducer: Elliot Abbott, Timothy M. BourneWriter: Robert Nathan, Robert E. SherwoodAn angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family. 0
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The Family Stone
2005 American dramedy film
Overview: The Family Stone is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha. Produced by Michael London and distributed by 20th Century Fox, it stars an ensemble cast, including Diane ...
Release date: 26 November 2005Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Thomas BezuchaCast: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica ParkerProducer: Khristina Kravas, Michael LondonWriter: Thomas BezuchaAn uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that ... 0
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The Bells of St. Mary's
1945 film by Leo McCarey
Overview: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) is an American musical comedy-drama film, produced and directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman. Written by Dudley Nichols and based on a story ...
Release date: 6 December 1945Genre: Drama, FamilyDirector: Leo McCareyProducer: Leo McCareyWriter: Dudley Nichols, Leo McCareyAt a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of ... 0
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Miracle on 34th Street
1994 Christmas film by Les Mayfield
Overview: Miracle on 34th Street is a 1994 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Les Mayfield and produced and co-written by John Hughes. The film stars Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins ...
Release date: 18 November 1994Genre: Drama, Family, FantasyDirector: Les MayfieldCast: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh, James Remar, Jane LeevesProducer: William S. Beasley, John HughesWriter: Valentine Davies, George SeatonA lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing. 0
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Last Holiday
Movie by Wayne Wang with Queen Latifhah
Overview: Last Holiday is a 2006 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Wayne Wang and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. The film is loosely based on the 1950 British film of the same name by ...
Release date: 13 January 2006Genre: Adventure, Comedy, DramaDirector: Wayne WangProducer: Laurence Mark, David MinkowskiWriter: Jeffrey Price, Peter S. SeamanUpon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell all her possessions and live it up at a posh Central European hotel. 0
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Going My Way
1944 film by Leo McCarey
Overview: Going My Way is a 1944 American musical comedy drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Written by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, based on a story by McCarey, the ...Release date: 3 May 1944Genre: Comedy, Drama, MusicDirector: Leo McCareyProducer: Leo McCareyWriter: Leo McCarey, Frank ButlerA new priest shows up at the parish of a crusty old priest named Father Fitzgibbon. The new man, Father O'Malley... 0
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Four Christmases
2008 Christmas comedy film
Overview: Four Christmases is a 2008 American Christmas comedy-drama film starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon with Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw, Kristin Chenoweth ...
Release date: 26 November 2008Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Seth GordonProducer: Gary Barber, Peter BillingsleyWriter: Matt Allen, Caleb WilsonA couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas. 0
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Overview: Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is a 1997 direct-to-video animated Christmas musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Disneytoon Studios. It is the follow-up ...
Release date: 11 November 1997Director: Andrew KnightProducer: Susan Kapigian, Gina ShayWriter: Flip Kobler, Cindy MarcusAstonished to find the Beast (Robbie Benson) has a deep-seeded hatred for the Christmas season, Belle (Paige O'Hara) endeavors to change his mind on the ... 0
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The Shop Around the Corner
1940 romantic comedy film by Ernst Lubitsch
Overview: The Shop Around the Corner is a 1940 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Frank Morgan. The screenplay was written ...
Release date: 12 January 1940Genre: Drama, Comedy, RomanceDirector: Ernst LubitschCast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Sara Haden, Felix BressartProducer: Ernst LubitschWriter: Samson Raphaelson, Miklós LászlóTwo employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen ... 0
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The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 film by the Coen brothers
Overview: The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 screwball comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by the Coen brothers. Sam Raimi co-wrote the script and served as second unit director. The film stars Tim Robbins ...
Release date: 11 March 1994Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, RomanceDirector: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenProducer: Tim Bevan, Ethan CoenWriter: Ethan Coen, Joel CoenA naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam. 0
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The Apartment
1960 film
Overview: The Apartment is a 1960 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond. It stars Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray ...
Release date: 15 June 1960Genre: Romance, Comedy, DramaDirector: Billy WilderProducer: I.A.L. Diamond, Doane HarrisonWriter: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. DiamondA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his ... 0
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