With many entertainment lovers celebrating the holidays differently this year, Fandango surveyed more than 1,000 film fans to find out which films they were planning to watch during the season. The core streaming audience, ages 18-34, was surveyed online by Fandango during the first two weeks of November and the results can be viewed below!
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Knives Out was voted top movie to watch for Thanksgiving, while Home Alone (celebrating its 30th anniversary this week) was voted the top family-friendly holiday film and Die Hard as the top unconventional holiday film by fans on Fandango’s transactional video on-demand services, Vudu and FandangoNOW.
“Watching a favorite classic movie is part of a beloved holiday tradition for many families,” Fandango Managing Editor Erik Davis said in a statement. “This year there’s an extra nostalgia factor because many of us cannot gather together in front of the same screen. The top picks center on the power of families, warts and all, and serve as the kind of cinematic comfort food we look forward to enjoying during the holiday season.”
The top holiday picks can be found below and are available on Vudu and on FandangoNOW, with no subscription required.
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How Fans Will Stream Movies During the Holidays:
- 92% expect to watch more movies at home during this holiday season than in previous years;
- 71% are planning binge-watching sessions during this holiday season;
- 62% plan to watch their favorite holiday classics more than once.
Top Movies to Watch for Thanksgiving:
- Knives Out
- Addams Family Values
- Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
- The Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Home for the Holidays
- Grumpy Old Men
- Free Birds
- Scent of a Woman
- Pieces of April
- The Oath
Favorite Family-Friendly Holiday Movies
- Home Alone
- Elf
- The Santa Clause
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- The Polar Express
- A Christmas Story
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- It’s a Wonderful Life
Favorite Unconventional Holiday Movies:
- Die Hard
- Edward Scissorhands
- Gremlins
- Bad Moms Christmas
- Bad Santa
- Krampus
- Office Christmas Party
- The Night Before
- Trading Places
- Anna and the Apocalypse
Favorite Performances as Santa Claus:
- Tim Allen, The Santa Clause
- Edward Asner, Elf
- Billy Bob Thornton, Bad Santa
- Tom Hanks, The Polar Express
- James Cosmo, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
- Richard Attenborough, Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
- Paul Giamatti, Fred Claus
- Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Rickey Smiley, Friday After Next
- Alec Baldwin, Rise of the Guardians
Favorite Holiday Movie Villains:
- Harry & Marv (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern), Home Alone
- Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), Die Hard
- Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore), It’s a Wonderful Life
- The Grinch (Jim Carrey), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Oogie Boogie (Ken Ross), The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Frank Cross (Bill Murray), Scrooged
- Scrooge (Jim Carey), Disney’s A Christmas Carol
- Fulton Greenway (Michael Lerner), Elf
- Ted Maltin (Phil Hartman), Jingle All the Way
- Scut Farkas (Zack Ward), A Christmas Story
