Random Best Christmas Scenes In Non-Christmas Movies (14 items)

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  (#1) Edward Scissorhands

  • Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Vincent Price, Anthony Michael Hall, Alan Arkin, Dianne Wiest, Conchata Ferrell, Kathy Baker, Caroline Aaron, Susan Blommaert, John Davidson, Dick Anthony Williams, O-Lan Jones, Biff Yeager, Robert Oliveri, Linda Perri

  Edward Scissorhands has a Christmas scene that is hard to forget. Edward (Johnny Depp) makes a towering ice sculpture of an angel on the front lawn of the Boggs' family home in southern California. His carving sends tiny shards of ice up into the air and in all directions.

  Kim Boggs (Winona Ryder) walks out into this winter wonderland, "snow" falling down all around her. She twirls around under the ice while Edward is hard at work. 
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  (#2) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Julianne Hough, John Hurt, John Cleese, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris, Bonnie Wright, Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Robbie Coltrane, Verne Troyer, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw, Leslie Phillips, Zoë Wanamaker, Matthew Lewis, Derek Hough, David Bradley, Devon Murray, Ian Hart, Alfred Enoch, Sean Biggerstaff, Geraldine Somerville, Chris Rankin, Oliver Phelps, Jamie Waylett, James Phelps, Elizabeth Spriggs, Adrian Rawlins, Danielle Tabor, Joshua Herdman, Harry Melling, Richard Bremmer, Ray Fearon, Terence Bayler, Stefan Pejic, Richard Ried, Derek Deadman, Nina Young, Miles Richardson, Eleanor Columbus, Harry Taylor, Lisa Osmond, Luke Youngblood, David Holmes, Simon Fisher-Becker, Paul Marc Davis, David William James Elliott, Leilah Sutherland, David Brett, Will Theakston, Scot Fearn, Ben Borowiecki, Emily Dale, Jean Southern, Darren Tough, Jacob Saunders, Bernadette Jane Vanderkar, Paul Grant, Charles Saunders, Michael Saunders, Will Howes, Oliver Lavery-Farag, Kieri Kennedy, Nicholas Read, Cath Peakin, Holly-Ann Filtness, Bianca Sowerby, Amy Puglia

  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone doesn't skimp on the magic in any sense of the word. One of the movie's most powerful scenes focuses on the magic of the holidays rather than the supernatural. 

  There is the majesty of the Great Hall decked out in holiday decor, and the adventures of the friends who are spending their first Christmas together at Hogwarts. But most of all, there is the try-not-to-ugly-cry moment when Harry realizes that he actually received Christmas gifts for maybe the first time ever.
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  (#3) Steel Magnolias

  • Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O'Connor, Sam Shepard

  The Christmas scenes in Steel Magnolias capture the essence of the entire film: they're warm, witty, sentimental, and hilarious. The exchange between M'Lynn (Sally Field) and her daughter Shelby (Julia Roberts) is one of the highlights.

  Shelby, a diabetic who was advised not to have children, tells her mother she's pregnant. M'Lynn is less than thrilled, to which Shelby responds, "There may be risk involved, but that's true for anybody... I would rather have 30 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special."
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  (#4) Goodfellas

  • Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, Vincent Gallo, Lorraine Bracco, Al Jolson, Tobin Bell, Illeana Douglas, Debi Mazar, Frank Vincent, Vincent Pastore, Henny Youngman, Tony Sirico, Jerry Vale, Kevin Corrigan, Mike Starr, Michael Imperioli, Frank Sivero, Paul Herman, Beau Starr, Catherine Scorsese, Tony Darrow, Vito Picone, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Charles Scorsese, Nick Vallelonga, Tony Lip, Jamie deRoy, Bob Golub, Peter Onorati, Suzanne Shepherd, Frank Pellegrino, Marianne Leone Cooper, Janis Corsair, Elaine Kagan, Margaret Smith, James Quattrochi, Frank Adonis, Billy L. Sullivan, Berlinda Tolbert, Anibal O. Lleras, Clem Caserta, Welker White, Chuck Low, Gene Canfield, Garry Pastore, Richard Goteri, Eddie Hayes, Angela Pietropinto, Victor Colicchio, John Di Benedetto, Frank DiLeo, Johnny Williams, John Ciarcia, Nancy Cassaro, Joe D'Onofrio, Margo Winkler, Vito Antuofermo, Ed Deacy, Nicole Burdette, Bo Dietl, Louis Eppolito, Joseph Bono, Peter Fain, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Stella Keitel, Dino Laudicina, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Linda Carola, George Gerard, Philip Suriano, Tony Ellis, Gaetano LoGiudice, Frank Aquilino, Gaetano Lisi, Melissa Prophet, Julie Garfield, Larry Silvestri, Frank Stellato, Ronald Maccone, Jeffrey Rollins, Katherine Wallach, Christopher Serrone, Robert Vinton, Daniela Barbosa, Susan Varon, Anthony Alessandro, Barry Squitieri, Mark Evan Jacobs, Tony Caso, Peter Hock, H. Clay Dear, Daniel P. Conte, John Manca, Steve Baker, Richard Dioguardi, Matthew T. Gitkin, Joe Gioco, Lawrence Sacco, Frank Albanese, Paul Mougey, Margaux Guerard, Spencer Bradley, Dominique DeVito, Joanna Bennett, Luke Walter, Paul McIsaac, Michael Citriniti, Manny Alfaro, Lisa Dapolito, Violet Gaynor, Gina Mattia, Joel Calandrillo, Andrew Scudiero, Irving Welzer, Steve Forleo, Debbee Hinchcliffe, Thomas E. Camuti, Alyson Jones, Russell Halley, Joel Blake, Nadine Kay, Peter Cicale, Jesse Kirtzman, Richard Mullally, Norman Barbera, Lo Nardo, Anthony Polemeni, Gayle Lewis, Michaelangelo Graziano, Thomas Lowry, Tony Conforti, Anthony Valentin, Mikey Black, Michael Calandrino, Ruby Gaynor, Fran McGee, Bob Altman, Thomas Hewson, Paula Kcira, Vito Balsamo, Mike Contessa, Edward McDonald, Adam Wandt, Erasmus C. Alfano, Edward D. Murphy, Marie Michaels, Drew Stanley, Anthony Powers

  Goodfellas has a Christmas party scene that takes place after the group steals millions of dollars in a heist. Jimmy (Robert De Niro) is outraged when he sees his fellow hoods enter the bar having lavished expensive gifts on their loved ones. Jimmy's fear, of course, is that all the flashy and costly new presents will alert the authorities to the group's sudden influx of money.

  Eventually, one of the characters is offed after revealing he bumbled the heist. What would Christmas be in Goodfellas without at least one grisly slaying?
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  (#5) The Addams Family

  • Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd, Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Dan Hedaya, Mercedes McNab, Barry Sonnenfeld, Carel Struycken, Marc Shaiman, Paul Benedict, Elizabeth Wilson, Dana Ivey, Judith Malina, Eugene Jackson, Tony Azito, Patty Maloney, Whit Hertford, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Allegra Kent, Lela Ivey, Christopher Hart, John Franklin, Jimmy Workman, Richard Tanner, Joe Zimmerman, Steven M. Martin, Douglas Brian Martin, Ryan Holihan, Ryan Anderson, Benny Wills, Jonathan Wee, Richard Korthaze, Daniel Pikus, Michael Hittesdorf, Victoria Hall, Maureen Sue Levin, Darlene Levin, Jimmy Ross, Steve Welles, Lauren Walker, Valeri Walker, Owen Morse, Diane Burt

  The caroling scene in The Addams Family happens during the opening credits. We see a merry band of carolers serenading the creaky, old Addams mansion. Then, the camera slowly pans up to reveal the entire Addams clan on the roof, ready to pour a cauldron of steaming hot muck on the happily oblivious singers below.

  It sets the tone for the rest of the movie and is a reminder that everyone celebrates the holidays in their own way. 
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  (#6) The Color Purple

  • Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Glover, Rae Dawn Chong, Margaret Avery, Adolph Caesar, Carl Anderson, Leon Rippy, Dana Ivey, Akosua Busia, Leonard Jackson, Willard E. Pugh, Desreta Jackson, Susan Beaubian

  In The Color Purple, Sofia (Oprah Winfrey) is sentenced to a life of servitude as punishment for inciting a disturbance. Years into her sentence, the mayor's wife grants Sofia her first Christmas off to spend with her kids.

  The Christmas doesn't go quite as planned, since the mayor's wife cannot seem to function without Sofia's help. There is, however, a brief, endearing reunion between Sofia and her children by the Christmas tree. 
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  (#7) American Psycho

  • Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha Mathis, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux, Guinevere Turner. Reese Witherspoon

  There's an undeniably chilling undercurrent to the Christmas party scene in American Psycho.

  Investment banker Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is schmoozing the assembled guests, including Bateman's fiancée (Reese Witherspoon) and his arch nemesis (Jared Leto), and a potbellied pig. The purported merriness is interjected with cringeworthy insults disguised as compliments, and Bateman's innate need to control and impress. 
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  (#8) Boogie Nights

  • Julianne Moore, Mark Wahlberg, Heather Graham, Burt Reynolds, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Don Cheadle, Alfred Molina, William H. Macy, Nina Hartley, John C. Reilly, Thomas Jane, Luis Guzmán, Philip Baker Hall, Nicole Ari Parker, Summer Cummings, Veronica Hart, Tom Lenk, Melora Walters, Ricky Jay, Joanna Gleason, John Doe, Michael Penn, Michael Jace, Robert Ridgely, Jon Brion, Skye Blue, Diane Mizota, Anne Fletcher, Jack Riley, Laurel Holloman, Robert Downey Sr., Tony Tedeschi, Kai Lennox, Stanley DeSantis, Allan Graf, Channon Roe, Rico Bueno, Don Amendolia, Brian Kehew, Greg Lauren, Jack Wallace, Israel Juarbe, Sebastian La Cause, Sharon Ferrol-Young, Eric Winzenried, Eddie Garcia, Theo Mayes, Grace Bustos, Mike Gunther, Darrel W. Wright, Jami Philbrick, Jamielyn Kane, Melanie A. Gage, Jason Andrews, Lil' Cinderella, Coleman McClary, Laura Gronewold, Sean Welch, Nathan Prevost, Jonathan Quint, Dee Dee Weathers, Tom Dorfmeister, Patricia Forte, Lance MacDonald, Samson Barkhordarian, Lisa Ratzin, Melissa Spell, Alexander D. Slanger, Vernon Guichard II, Jose Chaidez, Michael Stein, Scott Fowler, Tyrone D. Dixon, Lexi Leigh, Jason 'Jake' Cross, Tim Soronen, Gregory T. Daniel, Dustin Courtney, Michael S. Stencil, Joe G.M. Chan, Goliath, Lawrence Hudd, Audrey Wiechman, Misty Tamburelli, Brad Braeden, Raymond Laboriel, George Anthony Rae, B. Philly Johnson, Leslie Redden, Selwyn Emerson Miller, Michael Raye Smith, Robin Sharp

  Boogie Nights approaches Christmas with a pretty grim attitude. Buck (Don Cheadle) is at a bakery buying donuts when an armed robber comes in and leaves Buck as the only survivor. Buck sees an opportunity to get a leg up in a world that has dismissed and discounted him his entire life and walks out with the bag of cash the robber was attempting to take.

  Boogie Nights celebrates Christmas cheer with a gruesome heist and a moral quandary.
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  (#9) Bridget Jones's Diary

  • Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Honor Blackman, Jim Broadbent, Sarah Alexander, Shirley Henderson, Embeth Davidtz, Celia Imrie, Lisa Barbuscia, James Callis, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Gemma Jones, James Faulkner, Paul Brooke, Sally Phillips, Felicity Montagu, Donald Douglas, Charmian May

  Bridget's (Renée Zellweger) awkwardness is on full display during the Christmas party scene in Bridget Jones's Diary. She is reintroduced to childhood friend Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), who is wearing a spectacularly ugly Christmas sweater.

  They have an uncomfortable conversation in which they both insult one another.
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  (#10) Little Women

  • Kirsten Dunst, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Gabriel Byrne, Eric Stoltz, Samantha Mathis, Donal Logue, Mary Wickes, Andrea Libman, John Neville, Jay Brazeau, Sarah Strange, Eric Bruno Borgman, Demetri Goritsas, Trini Alvarado, Tegan Moss, Matthew Walker, John Shaw, Rebecca Toolan, Beverley Elliott, Billie Pleffer, Marilyn Norry, Florence Patterson, Janne Mortil, Alan Robertson, Daniel Olsen, Scott Bellis, Christine Lippa, Michele Goodger, Robin Collins, Cameron Labine, Irene Miscisco, Bethoe Shirkoff, Jerry Robbins, Kate Robbins, David Adams, Janie Woods-Morris, Peter Haworth, Mark Marriott, Mar Anderson, Louella Pleffer, A.J. Unger, Ahnee Boyce, James Leard, Marco Roy, Janet Craig, Curt Willington, Patricia Leith, Charles Baird, Natalie Friisdahl, Jenna Percy, Bryan Finn, Nicole Babuick, Kristina West, Sean Finn, Kristy Friisdahl

  In Little Women, the March girls and their mother, Marmee (Susan Sarandon), pass the days while Mr. March is off fighting in the Civil War. The family has fallen on hard times and cannot afford lavish Christmas gifts, but sickly Beth (Claire Danes) is presented with an extravagant surprise. Her elderly next-door neighbor gives her a piano, which the family unveils to her in a scene that is sure to bring tears to your eyes.

  Then, they all sing "Deck the Halls" together with Beth playing along. 
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  (#11) Mean Girls

  • Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Lacey Chabert, Lizzy Caplan, Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, Daniel DeSanto, Neil Flynn, Jonathan Bennett, Diego Klattenhoff, Daniel Franzese, Jonathan Malen, Eve Crawford, Jack Newman, Bruce Hunter, Laura DeCarteret, Clare Preuss, Dan Willmott, Talia Russo, Marc Allen, Alisha Morrison, David Reale, Dwayne Hill, Darryl Armstrong, Kaylen Christensen, Sima Fisher, Rajiv Surendra, Krysta Carter, Ely Henry, Chris Ploszczansky, Julia Chantrey, Tara Shelley, Jan Caruana, Elana Shilling, Wai Choy, Michelyn Emelle, Jill Morrison, Bathsheba Garnett, Les Porter, Olympia Lukis, Noelle Boggio, Kristen Bone, Stefanie Drummond, Megan Millington, Nicole Crimi, Shannon Todd, Andreja Punkris, Jo Chim, Randi Lee Butcher, David Sazant, Erin Jarvis, Tyson Fennell, Sharron Matthews, Valerie Casault, Molly Shanahan, Miranda Edwards, Erin Thompson, Danielle Nguyen, Jessie Wright, Jacky Chamberlain, Jeff Moser, Ky Pham, Stephan Dickson, Michelle Hoffman, David Aherne, Graham Kartna, Nicholas A. Catalano, Alexandra Stapley, Ayo Agbonkpolo, Jordan Dawe, John Gadsden, Lucila Grzetic

  The Christmas scene from Mean Girls is one of the most memorable moments in a movie filled with memorable moments. Cady (Lindsay Lohan) and the Plastics take to the stage at the school talent show to perform a choreographed dance to "Jingle Bell Rock."

  Their dance moves shock Cady's parents. After the music pauses and Gretchen accidentally kicks the CD player into another student's face, there's an awkward silence. Cady begins singing where the song left off. The other girls join in, Ms. Norbury hops on the piano to accompany them, and the whole crowd is swept up in the holiday spirit.
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  (#12) Better Off Dead

  • John Cusack, E.G. Daily, David Ogden Stiers, Curtis Armstrong, Diane Franklin, Dan Schneider, Amanda Wyss, Kim Darby, Chuck Mitchell, Sebastian Dungan, Demian Slade, Aaron Dozier

  Of all those 1980s teen comedies, Better Off Dead is one of the kookiest. In the Christmas scene, Lane (John Cusack) opens gifts from his mother, who is decked out in a reindeer costume. The gifts are all TV dinners.

  "Corn in seasoned salt," his mom says, reading the TV dinner box. "He likes corn."
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  (#13) About a Boy

  • Rachel Weisz, Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, Natalia Tena, Victoria Smurfit, Sharon Small, Mark Heap, Rosalind Knight, Annabelle Apsion, Janine Duvitski, Susannah Doyle, Matthew James Thomas, Cathy Murphy, Jason Salkey, Roger Brierley, Augustus Prew, Stefan Pejic, Alex Kew, Mark Drewry, Jenny Galloway, Fritha Goodey, Scott Charles, Matt Wilkinson, Sydney Livingstone, Bruce Lawrence, Ben Ridgeway, Nicholas Hutchison, Murray Lachlan Young, Joyce Henderson, Madison Cook, Isabel Brook, Macéo Bhardwaj, Jordan Cook, Claire Harman, Sunanda Biswas, Tessa Vale, Denise Stephenson, Ryan Speechley, Peter Roy, Joseph Speechley, Bethany Muir, Sian Martin, Danielle Harvey, Christopher Webster, Peter McNicholl, Russell Barr, Beverly Milward, Aaron Keeling, Delma Walsh, Jonathan Franklin, Susan Ghamsary, Maggie Kahal, Sarah King, Frog Stone, Buddy Hunter, Rachael Perrin-Hunter, Tanika Swaby, Anna Maria Credenzone Philip, Lynn Askew, Amy Craven, James Marshall-Gunn, Sue Hyams, Edna Johnson, Kristine Perrin, Orlando Thor Newman, Joanne Petitt, Jamie Mayer, Lorna Dallison, Jack Warren, Laura Kennington, Rebecca Craven, Nathan Perrin-Hunter, Paulette P. Williams, John Kamal, Korede Obashju

  In About a Boy Will (Hugh Grant), lives a comfortable life funded by the music royalties from a Christmas song that his father wrote. Will develops an unexpected fatherly bond with a little boy named Marcus (Nicholas Hoult).

  During the Christmas scene, Marcus receives boring presents - like socks and a tambourine - from his family members. Then, he opens the ones from Will, which are infinitely cooler: a CD and a CD player. It's a touching moment that subtly portrays Will's growing affection for Marcus.
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  (#14) One True Thing

  • Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, Lauren Graham, William Hurt, Diana Canova, Nicky Katt, Tom Everett Scott, Gerrit Graham, Patrick Breen, James Eckhouse, Lizbeth MacKay, Sloane Shelton, Mary Catherine Wright, Michele Shay, Stephen Peabody, David Byron

  In One True Thing, Meryl Streep plays a devoted housewife and mother whose cancer diagnosis compels her somewhat-estranged adult daughter (Renée Zellweger) to move home and care for her. Mother and daughter then go on a surprising and sometimes messy emotional journey together.

  One part of the movie takes place over Christmas, and if you can make it through the tree-lighting scene with dry eyes, your heart must be made of ice.

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