holiday movie
Festive season feature
A holiday movie is a film centered on or associated with a particular holiday, most commonly Christmas.
The genre emphasizes seasonal themes—family gatherings, romantic reunions, redemption, or miracles: We watched holiday movies all December.
Halloween and romantic comedies set around Valentine's Day also qualify, though Christmas dominates the category.
Holiday movies often become annual viewing traditions.
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- Christmas EveDecember 24th observance
- festiveCheerfully celebratory
- HallmarkDistinctive identifying feature
- romanceLove and its excitement
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- TV moviestelefilms, made-for-TV, telefilm, mini-series, TV specials
- Kids Moviesanimated film, cartoon, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Lion King
- TV specialsspecials, Christmas special, Halloween specials, Thanksgiving special, comedy specials
- feel-good movieshappy ending, feel-good hit, crowd-pleaser, inspirational, triumph
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horror film · slasher movie · body horror · psychological thriller · war movie
holiday moviedocumentary
Factual film about reality
news footage · educational film · instructional video · cinema verité · investigative journalism
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