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Below, youll find some of the best action movies set around Christmas.
Youll also see a few patterns emerge.
14.Violent Night(2022)
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It often plays like a slightly tongue-in-cheekDie Hardriff that just happens to have Santa in it.
13.Invasion U.S.A.(1985)
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In its 1980s heyday, Cannon Films made a fortune flooding the market with modestly budgeted genre movies.
The filmsamazing centerpiece scenefinds Hunter battling gun-toting baddies in a shopping mall filled with Christmas decorations and terrified shoppers.
12.Reindeer Games(2000)
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11.The Tower(2012)
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10.Carry-On(2024)
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Shorthand doesnt get much shorter than that.
9.The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996)
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This Renny Harlindirected movie hinges on a different sort of Christmas miracle.
8.Die Hard 2(1990)
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The film is bigger, louder, and more violent than the original.
It never quite lives up to its predecessor, but its fun in its own clamorous way.
7.Kiss Kiss Bang Bang(2005)
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Shane Black has made this list once already and hell make it again before were through.
6.The Ice Harvest(2005)
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5.Home Alone(1990)
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Yes, this John Hughesscripted, Chris Columbusdirected holiday staple is filled with twinkly comedy and heartwarming moments.
But its also a film about a kid who learns that survival sometimes means acts of extreme violence.
4.Batman Returns(1992)
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It looks like a place where nothing could go wrong.
But the winter cheer constantly proves an ironic counterpoint to all the darkness.
3.The Silent Partner(1978)
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Elliott Gould stars as Miles Cullen, a teller at a bank inside a large shopping mall.
Plummer is so menacing in the role he makes themany killer-Santa moviesthat followed look almost tame by comparison.
2.Lethal Weapon(1987)
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1.Die Hard(1988)
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The same can be said for the greatest of all Christmas action movies.
For all its flying bullets and blood-soaked feet, its a story of togetherness and self-sacrifice.
Every once in a while, the internet will erupt in debate about whetherDie Hardqualifies as a Christmas movie.
Its the wrong question.
A better one: If its not a Christmas movie, then whatis?
