Fatman (2020)
TvF mentions anti-Christmas spirit
movies which collectively calibrate at 170. This one, with Mel Gibson as a rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus, is lower than average.
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Rear Window (1954)
mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
The Muppets is at 310 (TvF), and Dickens' Christmas Carol is at 499 (TvF). Combine them, and you get...
Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Kenny, Ron Perlman. Stop-motion animated musical fantasy film.
Troll (2022)
Norwegian film on Netflix. Deep in the Dovre mountain, something gigantic wakes up after a thousand years in captivity. The creature destroys everything in its path and quickly approaches Oslo --imdb.com
Old (2021)
written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan... The film was a box office success, grossing $90 million worldwide against an $18 million budget while receiving polarized reviews from critics --wikipedia
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
Enola's and Sherlock's cases converge with the "story of the British matchstick girls who in 1888 took strike action against the dominating, patriarchal world of matchstick making"
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
projected to earn $175 million in North America on its opening weekend --wikipedia
Black Adam (2022)
Action star Dwayne Johnson enters the superhero genre in a formulaic and predictable tale of invincible, mythological powers activated in the modern world.
mindless destruction in superhero movies
Seems to void energy at the third-eye chakra, hence the term "mindless."
Paddington (2014)
Request: a live-action film adaptation of a beloved children's story... one of the highest critically rated films with a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
"a 1975 British comedy film satirizing the Arthurian legend" -- wikipedia
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah --imdb
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno (Asa Butterfield) befriends Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas --miramax
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
a retelling of the Biblical account about Jesus of Nazareth, from the Nativity through to the Ascension... It received five Academy Award nominations --wikipedia