KlausNostalgic for an animated Christmas movie? Klaus is Netflix’s first-ever Academy Award-nominated animated film, offering an alternate backstory behind Santa Claus. (Featuring a reclusive toymaker, no less.)
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Love ActuallyArguably the best Christmas film in Netflix's bag this year, Love Actually features an all-star cast of Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Kiera Knightley, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Laure Linney, and more. Watch Now White ChristmasBing Crosby sings one of the most famous Christmas songs of all time in White Christmas, a 1954 classic about making a musical with your best friend because fighting in World War II was just so awful.
1American FictionAmerican Fiction follows Monk, an author who's tired of the publishers exploiting Black people. When his editor says he needs to write a “Black book,” Monk takes it as an opportunity to write a ridiculous story full of offensive stereotypes. He releases the book under a pen name, thinking it won’t sell anyway—but the book quickly becomes a bestseller.
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2The HoldoversNo one wants to spend the holidays alone.
HustleAdam Sandler teams up with real-life pro basketball player Juancho Hernangómez for this comedy/drama about a talent scout who works to break an international player out of obscurity and turn him into a star.
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Pee-wee’s Big HolidayPee-wee Herman, a quirky and eccentric vaudeville-type character created by the late comedian Paul Reubens, goes on vacation in Pee-wee’s Big Holiday. Released on Netflix in 2016, it was the zany character’s first return to film since Tim Burton’s excellent Peewee’s Big Adventure in 1985.
Why does Marty Funkhouser keep putting up with Larry? After all, LD has a nasty penchant for stealing from the Funkhousers: in season 4, he snatched a golf club from the coffin at Marty's father's funeral, and in this episode, he pinches flowers from the roadside memorial dedicated to Marty’s late mother. Larry gifts the flowers to a variety of women, including the headmistress of a prestigious private school, only for it all to blow up in his face spectacularly.
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