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Christmas Drama Movies

Name: Christmas Drama Movies
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Serious dramatic films set during the Christmas season that go beyond holiday cheer.

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Title↕	Year↕	Director↕	IMDB Rating↕	Genre↕	Country↕	Runtime (min)↕	Overview↕
It's a Wonderful Life	1946	Frank Capra	8.3	Drama, Family, Fantasy	United States of America	131	George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
The Hunt	2012	Thomas Vinterberg	8.1	Drama	Denmark	116	A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Catch Me If You Can	2002	Steven Spielberg	8	Drama, Crime	United States of America	141	A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Eyes Wide Shut	1999	Stanley Kubrick	7.5	Drama, Thriller, Mystery	United Kingdom	160	After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Rocky IV	1985	Sylvester Stallone	7.1	Drama	United States of America	91	Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training regimen takes him to Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match in the hea...
Enemy of the State	1998	Tony Scott	7.1	Action, Drama, Thriller	United Kingdom	132	When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, Dean attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.
A Christmas Carol	2009	Robert Zemeckis	6.9	Animation, Family, Fantasy, Drama	United States of America	96	Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterne...
Miracle on 34th Street	1994	Les Mayfield	6.8	Fantasy, Drama, Family	United States of America	114	Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, but, after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all—something to ...
Spencer	2021	Pablo Larraín	6.7	Drama	Chile	116	During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
The Green Knight	2021	David Lowery	6.6	Adventure, Drama, Fantasy	Canada	130	An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.
Elle	2016	Paul Verhoeven	6.6	Drama, Thriller	Belgium	131	When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.
Havoc	2025	Gareth Evans	6.4	Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama	United Kingdom	107	When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.
The Mothman Prophecies	2002	Mark Pellington	6.2	Drama, Horror, Mystery	United States of America	119	Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
The Lodge	2020	Veronika Franz	6.1	Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller	United Kingdom	108	When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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