The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating the onset of Christmas vacation, but a stalk'n'slash freak is on the loose and one by one the residents get suffocated, chopped etc. Will any of them survive? Director Bob Clark's tense, effective film is a precursor, in effect the template, to the 'stalk'n'slash' films, Friday 13th, Halloween et al, that would come a half decade later. find out more...

With music by Irving Berlin, including the one and only 'White Christmas', songs sung by Bing Crosby and dancing by Fred Astaire, Holiday Inn is one of the most delightful and memorable musicals of all time! find out more...

 Frank Capra's classic bittersweet drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), a small town businessman who has long considered himself a failure. Things come to a head one Christmas Eve in 1946, when facing financial ruin and arrest he contemplates suicide. Standing on a bridge and ready to jump George's fate now rests in the hands of an Angel eager to earn his wings. It's a Wonderful Life is widely considered to be one of the finest films ever made, it is certainly one of the greatest f find out more...

No-nonsense Macy's executive Doris Walker is in desperate need of a new store Santa, luckily Kris Kringle is on-hand to help out. There's only one problem with this jolly old man, he thinks he actually is Santa Claus. Is Kris who he say's he is, or is he a certifiable nut case? Doris's six-year-old daughter seems convinced, but can Kris persuade a grand jury? A wonderful, magical film - this is what Christmas is all about!!! find out more...

The best version of the Dickens story by a long way, with Alistair Sim playing cantankerous old git Scrooge. An all star cast also features Michael Hordern, George Cole and Jack Warner. Essential viewing at all times of the year. find out more...

It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

Lemmon is an ambitious young corporate executive who finds promotion comes his way most easily by lending out his flat for his superiors to pursue their extra-marital affaires. It all gets too much when a jilted Maclaine attempts suicide in his flat and he has to take the blame. A comedy classic. Won Best Picture at 1960 Academy Awards.

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Charming romantic comedy with Grant perfectly cast as angel sent to help a cash-strapped young bishop whose efforts to build a new cathedral are wrecking his marriage. But everything goes pear-shaped when the gorgeous young wife falls for the celestial saviour played by Cary Grant - a perfect bit of casting. Nominated for 5 Oscars. Remade as 'The Preacher's Wife' with Denzel Washington in 1996.

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We're off to see the wizard - the wonderful wizard of Oz - no not Shane Warne but the theme song from this magical musical. Little Dorothy gets whipped away from the horrors of pre-war rural Kansas along the "Yellow Brick Road" with a gutless lion, a heartless robot and a scarecrow - brilliant. Oh, and look out for the hanging munchkin! find out more...

Three escaped convicts (Bogart, Ray, Ustinov), descend on an unsuspecting French family in order to rob them. When the gang are asked to stay for Christmas Day they become involved in the affairs of the family, whose kindness brings out the better side of the criminals. Hilarious moral tale. find out more...