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'O.H.M.S.S.' ranks in favourite festive movie poll

JamesPageJamesPage Administrator, Moderator, Director
edited December 2011 in News Posts: 1,380
The sixth James Bond film, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" starring one-time 007 George Lazenby, has appeared in a Radio Times poll to find the nation's favourite movies that are set at Christmas time. Although set at that time of the year, it is not really seen as a 'Christmas' movie to the general public, so its inclusion was a surprise.

The other 007 adventure to feature Christmas, "The World Is Not Enough", did not make the top 50.

1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 17.83%
2. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) 10.19%
3. Love Actually (2003) 7.57%
4. Elf (2003) 5.94%
5. Home Alone (1990) 5.73%
6. Miracle on 34th Street (1994) 4.92%
7. White Christmas (1954) 4.21%
8. Die Hard (1988) 4.1%
9. Scrooge (1951) 3.68%
10. Santa Claus (1985)3.18%
11. The Polar Express (2004) 2.76%
12. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 2.72%
13. Scrooged (1988) 2.69%
14. A Christmas Carol (1984) 1.8%
15. The Santa Clause (1994) 1.59%
16. The Nightmare before Christmas (1993) 1.56%
17. The Holiday (2006) 1.42%
18. Gremlins (1984) 1.38%
19. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 1.31%
20. The Grinch (2000) 1.2%
21. Bad Santa (2003) 1.17%
22. The Railway Children (1970) 1.13%
23. The Bishop's Wife (1947) 1.06%
24. Meet Me in St Louis (1944) 0.99%
25. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) 0.88%
26. Trading Places (1983) 0.88%
27. Nativity! (2009) 0.81%
28. Jingle All the Way (1996) 0.78%
29. Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) 0.74%
30. Holiday Inn (1942) 0.71%
31. While You Were Sleeping (1995) 0.71%
32. A Christmas Story (1983) 0.67%
33. The Apartment (1960) 0.6%
34. Edward Scissorhands (1990) 0.53%
35. Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) 0.32%
36. The Lion in Winter (1968) 0.32%
<b.37. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) 0.32%</b>
38. Babes in Toyland (1934) 0.28%
39. Black Christmas (1974) 0.25%
40. The French Connection (1971) 0.18%
41. Arthur Christmas (2011) 0.14%
42. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) 0.14%
43. The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) 0.11%
44. Serendipity (2001) 0.11%
45. Tales from the Crypt (1972) 0.11%
46. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) 0.07%
47. Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (1982) 0.07%
48. The Poseidon Adventure (1972) 0.07%
49. Home for the Holidays (1972) 0.04%
50. Female Trouble (1974) 0%

Comments

  • namideonamideo
    Posts: 6
    I don't know how I feel about that list. How the hell did the remake of Miracle on 34th St. beat out the original? And while I love the Muppet Christmas Carol, I don't know that it deserves the #2 spot. And where's The Thin Man???
  • VirageVirage
    Posts: 1,856
    I thought OHMSS was to very christmasy but DIE HARD!!!!!!!! NOTHING says christmas like mother-





    Anyway isn't poseidon new years or is it just the new one?
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    BAD SANTA is in that list, now there is a Christmassy movie I would not watch with the kids. :D
  • Agent005Agent005
    Posts: 562
    It's a Christmas tradition for me to watch OHMSS every Christmas Eve. I've been doing it every year since my Grandfather first introduced me to the Bond films twenty years ago.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    A little bit of recognition for this great film is good news and goes a long way!
  • SAMSAM
    Posts: 107
    Any one else watching On Her Majesty's Secret Service this Christmas ?
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
    Posts: 2,629
    I usually do.

    How OHMSS was not included in this so-called Radio Times poll is an outrage.

    I can see "It's a Wonderful Life" being the top rated and a few others ranking ahead of OHMSS, but a few of these films don't belong.

    Female Trouble didn't even get a vote. Why bother listing it.
  • BondBond
    Posts: 503
    Kerim, it IS in this poll.
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    Posts: 5,745
    Kerim wrote:
    How OHMSS was not included in this so-called Radio Times poll is an outrage.

    Notice how it skips from 36 to 38.. OHMSS is #37 ;)
  • BondBond
    Posts: 503
    I can't believe TWINE wasn't in the poll, it has one of the best Xmas lines in history... "I thought Christmas only came once a year"!!!

    /sarcasm
  • quantumofsolacequantumofsolace England
    Posts: 279
    And where, pray, is breathtaking 1978 Canadian thriller 'The Silent Partner' starring Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer and Susannah York? Not only does it take place entirely at Christmas but it even features an attempted bank hold-up by a psychopath dressed as Santa!
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