Disney reveals Britain's top Christmas Movies - with 90s classic leading the way

Disney has announced Britain's favourite Christmas movies conscionable successful clip for the festive play and you whitethorn not beryllium amazed to learn, the 90s classic, Home Alone has topped the list

Tis the play for popcorn, hot chocolate, Santa hats, and snuggling into a broad portion you ticker a festive film. So, which 1 are we each reaching for? According to Disney, it's a 90s classic.

The media elephantine has been busy, not checking the database of bully girls and boys but alternatively conducting probe into a precise important matter: What are Britain's apical 10 rated Christmas movies? Does Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson's Love Actually instrumentality the prize? Bruce Willis' Die Hard? Perhaps Richard Attenborough's Miracle connected 34th Street?

As it turns out, it's nary of the above. According to the American-founded amusement company, the apical spot and golden medal spell to Home Alone - by a important magnitude arsenic well. Following the communicative of 12-year-old Kevin McCallister arsenic helium outsmarts bumbling burglars, the 1990 classical has been a much-loved movie for years and was the favourite for 28 per cent of voters successful the poll.

The film, which starred Macaulay Culkin successful the pb role and included performances by Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, and Joe Pesci, became astir arsenic accepted arsenic putting up your Christmas histrion oregon opening an advent calendar doorway each time successful the lead-up to Santa's arrival.

Interestingly, though, Home Alone, which won Best Comedy Film astatine the British Comedy Awards successful 1991 and was nominated for Best Motion Picture astatine the Golden Globes that aforesaid year, has a comparatively debased standing connected the movie and TV standing tract Rotten Tomatoes, coming successful astatine conscionable 66 per cent connected the Tomatometer.

According to 1 critic, the movie is simply a "boorish, ham-fisted, sloppy surface comedy," portion different said the astir two-hour movie is similar a Christmas present: "nicely packaged and amusive to open, but not precise utile oregon tasteful." However, it did gain plentifulness of bully reviews arsenic well, with galore praising it for perfectly capturing the essence of what it's similar being a kid.

Love Actually is Britain's 2nd favourite Christmas movie, with 17 per cent of those who took portion successful the canvass listing it arsenic a apical choice. The 2003 movie has a star-studded cast, including Hugh, Emma, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, and Keira Knightly and follows the lives of 8 precise antithetic couples arsenic they navigate emotion successful the festive season.

Much similar Home Alone, it has mixed reviews from viewers and holds a 64 per cent standing connected Rotten Tomatoes. One professional wrote that they deliberation "Love Actually finds believability successful the unbelievable", portion different said it is "a cringe 10 for the terms of 1 bulk vacation merchantability of the astir well-worn rom-com tropes."

Home Alone 2 and Jim Carrey 's 2009 animated film, A Christmas Carol, came successful 3rd spot with 16 per cent favour of canvass users. The movie is 1 of the countless remakes of Charles Dickens's timeless classical of the aforesaid sanction and follows the beingness of Ebenezer Scrooge arsenic helium is visited by 3 Christmas spirits connected Christmas Eve.

Elsewhere connected the list, Die Hard, and Elf tied, with 15 per cent of canvass users listing them arsenic their favourite festive films. They narrowly bushed It's A Wonderful Life and The Snowman, which some landed a 14 per cent favour.

Coming successful astatine tenth spot was the 2006 Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Jack Black iconic classical The Holiday. It was filmed successful the tiny Surrey towns of Godalming and Shere and has inspired galore UK Christmas trips—with immoderate adjacent staying successful the nonstop cottage utilized successful the film, which is present disposable arsenic an Airbnb hire.

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