Snow Westerns are The Best Christmas Movies

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Christmas traditions are not inherently a bad thing, but the same Christmas movies year after year becomes so very tiresome, especially in a culture which starts blasting Christmas media at people before the jack-o-lanterns have even been tossed out. If you've ever found yourself yearning for a different kind of Christmas movie, have I got the video essay for you.
Filmography: boxd.it/qI8gE
Works Cited:
Mark Connelly. "Introduction" in Christmas at the Movies: Images of Christmas in American, British and European Cinema. 2000.
Rowana Agajanian. "'Peace on Earth, Good Will to All Men': The Depiction of Christmas in Modern Hollywood Films" in Christmas at the Movies: Images of Christmas in American, British and European Cinema. 2000.
Music Featured:
Home for the Holidays by TrackTribe
Setup With An E by Small Colin
Western Spaghetti by Chris Haugen
Confliction & Catharsis by Asher Fulero
The Take Down by DJ Williams
Vampire by Emmit Fenn
Snowfall Butterflies by Asher Fulero
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Holly Dazed by RKVC
Northern Lights by Chris Haugen
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[@SnapperChannel]

“Get his ass Santa” just needs to be on a Christmas sweater.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Now that's a merch idea.

[@maskoolio5824]

I'd buy one.

[@themikx2939]

Klaus on Netflix has become my go to Christmas movie. It’s simple and predictable sure but it’s also beautifully animated and competent in its storytelling that it can appeal to anyone who wants to get into the Christmas spirit without having to suffer through another year of Polar Express and Elf

[@EyebrowCinema]

I've been meaning to give that one a look actually. It looks extremely, for lack of a better word, dignified, as far as Christmas movies go.

[@themikx2939]

@@EyebrowCinema Yes that’s a great way to put it! I think you’d enjoy it if you’re looking for a wholesome film

[@M4TCH3SM4L0N3]

I don't know... I grew up in Michigan and I never reached the point where I didn't love the snow. That really only became an issue for me when I lived in an apartment building where I needed to dig myself and my wife and my elderly neighbors out from beneath the mound of snow from the snow plows, and even then, I enjoyed the work so long as I didn't have an abusive boss who constantly harassed me for the time I was late after a dump of 4 feet of snow.

[@chuddyduddy]

The snow western collection on criterion channel last year was so great.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Yeah those were good days.

[@auldthymer]

I always think "The Snowman" has the wittiest dialog.

[@azohundred1353]

"What kind of sick freak wants that much Elf in their life?!" 😆 At certain points, the monotonous consumerism and the negativity around it just brings many people down during the holidays instead. This was an amazing essay and perspective to combat that. Snow Westerns have always been fantastic to me, from Anthony Mann's The Far Country to Sydney Pollack's Jeremiah Johnson. Thanks!

[@EyebrowCinema]

I wanted to include footage fron The Far Country here but could not find a version in the right aspect ratio, unfortunately.

[@ClassicMovieMan-ws2jz]

A few years ago, I actually put off watching the film Ikiru until December, because I assumed it was set during Christmas. This was due to the most famous image from the film being Takashi Shimura swinging in the playground in the snow. It was a bit awkward to realize that neither Christmas nor the holiday season was mentioned or alluded to in the film, but if you really think about it, the film spiritually falls in line with other Christmas movies, in themes of community, life and generosity. Also the snow being an obvious indicator.

[@alison1338]

as someone who recently watched both McCabe & Mrs. Miller and The Outlaw Josey Wales for the first time, I completely agree - cold weather and westerns are a fabulous and underappreciated combination. great vid as always dan!

[@EyebrowCinema]

Thanks Alison! Glad you liked McCabe and Josey Wales. Both are wonderful.

[@elliot2331]

Muppet's Christmas Carol is the greatest Christmas movie in my opinion. Time to go watch Ravenous with the whole family.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Muppet's Christmas Carol is a genuine delight. As is Ravenous.

[@mateosac3799]

its always great when a new eyebrow cinema video appears in my recommendations page

[@EyebrowCinema]

I'm glad to hear :)

[@ptittannique5621]

Excellent video, and I concur with your love of The Great Silence, but why not indicate the titles of the movies your footage comes from? Or at least giving us a list of the "snow westerns" you recommend? (With that said, as a middle aged Canadian, I can confirm that one's opinion of snow gradually degrades through life.)

[@EyebrowCinema]

There's a link in the description to a Letterboxd list with all the films featured if you're interested :)

[@ptittannique5621]

@@EyebrowCinema Fantastic -- thank you!

[@karlboyack1921]

On the subject of unconventional Christmas flicks, I’m curious to hear what you make of Eyes Wide Shut as a Christmas movie.

[@EyebrowCinema]

My friend Brianna Zigler wrote a really good essay analyzing the film's Christmas themes, which influenced the Eyes Wide Shut section in Kubrick's Books. In essence, she argues the film uses the Christmas setting to make an anti-consumerist message. I also had Eyes Wide Shut footage cued up to use in this video but I ended up not needing it.

[@Elim95-ot5di]

@@EyebrowCinema I think the movie Brazil does the same thing with its Christmas setting

[@karlboyack1921]

@@EyebrowCinema There’s also a great video essay by KZbinr JessFlix about its Christmas themes!

[@jesustovar2549]

@@EyebrowCinema You know, I stumbled upon a video that says The Shining not only works at Hallloween, but also Christmas, and I was thinking to rewatch it. Speaking of that, I realize that just as A Nightmare Before Christmas, the Harry Potter films arso serve as well in Halloween and Christmas, I remember TNT streaming the Harry Potter films in Halloween and Christmas, they're kind of a bridge between both holidays, in that case, Tim Burton films like Batman Returns (no problem), Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are also holiday-ish. Also about Halloween, it's been so referenced in american cinema, that the youngest here in Latin America (and other parts of the world) have ended up adopting, asking for "trick or treat" at every door, every year (when many times we don't even have candies), young adults have taken advantage of it just to show off their cosplays (some very good) or watching horror movies.

[@VelkanKiador]

Ah, good old eyes wide shut. A wholesome Christmas movie for the whole family X'D

[@Metalchip1989]

James Bond her majesty's secret service from 1969 takes place on christmas

[@EyebrowCinema]

One of the reasons it's the best.

[@thefilmseeker]

FINALLY, someone says it! Christmas movies have been the bane of my existence for as long as I can remember, and I too have been thinking of compiling a list of tonal alternatives for the season. Good shit!

[@EyebrowCinema]

I had hoped a legion of fellow scrooges would connect to the shared grumpiness.

[@en5722]

If anyone’s interested in a snow western musical (if that’s your thing), check out Cannibal! The Musical. It doesn’t get to the Christmas stuff until halfway through, but it does have enough cozy and crazy songs (courtesy of Trey Parker and Matt Stone) to fill the season.

[@samuelbarber6177]

The Hateful Eight is just Christmas at Quentin Tarantino’s house. I do love a good non conventional Christmas movie. Die Hard. The Hateful Eight. Batman Returns. L.A. Confidential. Scrooged.

[@EyebrowCinema]

The Alternative Christmas Cinema lives!

[@jesustovar2549]

Die Hard is already an obvious christmas watch, I still watch it tho, maybe even the 2nd movie, when you think think about it, Die Hard shares the same premise as Home Alone, and both were produced by Fox and were relaease within 3 year difference. Also, I love L. A. Confidential and I never considered it a christmas movie, thanks for giving me ideas to watch it at the season, Batman Returns is already a favorite of mine.

[@Boomplan8]

I do have one favorite christmas movie that rarely ever gets talked about, Remember the Night (1940), which is also the first film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray together, written by Preston Sturges. I think one of the big reasons it's rarely talked about (other than being very old) is that the beginning of the film is stained with a very racist stereotype which does make it hard to recommend sometimes. But once you get past that it's a wonderful film with one of my favorite performances by Barbara Stanwyck. For anyone who wants to check it out it just got added to the Criterion Channel!

[@EyebrowCinema]

I've been circling Remember the Night for a while now. Perhaps this Christmas is the ideal time.

[@jesustovar2549]

That and it's lesser known that Double Indemnity, pretty rare since it's the first time MacMurrary and Stanwyck got together.

[@p1nh3dlarry72]

When I visited my grandfather this summer he showed me McCabe and Mrs. Miller, that’s the perfect film to watch on a cold winter’s night.

[@samuelbarber6177]

13:27 this is the best bit you have ever done

[@EyebrowCinema]

I'm so happy to hear that bit plays.

[@dogeshark204]

Kevin Spacey jumpscare

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Should have done one, or several for Kinski

[@patrickmoroney2991]

I wrote the subtitles for Eureka Entertainment's Blu-ray of "The Great Silence" because it's my favourite movie. I'm so glad that you appreciate Corbucci's masterpiece, too.

[@GoukaRyuu]

You actually showed the poster of my favorite Christmas movie, Tokyo Godfathers. Another good anime one is Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, though admittedly to really get everything going on you have to watch the rather dated, but still topical in some respects, Gundam Wing.

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

I have Lord of the Rings as my christmas movie. It got snow so it counts. I also have Flåklypa Grand Prix on the list, so I'm already doing better than most. And I could add Pathfinder (87) to the list.

[@ratbastards332]

YESSSSSSSS NEW EYEBROW CINEMA VIDEO ABOUT COWBOYS

[@EyebrowCinema]

Yeehaw!

[@two_owls]

My favorite actual Xmas movie is "We're No Angels"...Peter Ustinov and Humphrey Bogart in a comedy directed by Michael Curtiz *chef's kiss*. But if I had to add to the "snow western," I'd go with an Eastern in the form of "Dersu Uzala": It's a fantastic film!

[@MarshallLS]

This video's really fun. Merry Christmas ❄️

[@EyebrowCinema]

Merry Christmas Marshall!

[@roodwarrior]

Elf, Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story... these are all movies I like a lot and I also don't care if I never see them again. They're very entertaining, but I've seen them so many damned times it's insane. Snow westerns are a great alternative. Aside from the ones you showcased here, I'd like to recommend QT's "The Hateful Eight" because it has the added holiday element of people who don't like each other being forced to spend time together. It's a great movie for the holidays.

[@homieseatbread]

Yo I loved the fire filled tyrant at the beginning. Very cathartic for me and my own feelings about the holiday film.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Cheers to a fellow Christmas grump.

[@gtm604]

As soon as I saw the term snow western in the title I was hoping to see The Great Silence. Great video as always.

[@kg1392]

Great video, Dan! I also think that Fanny and Alexander stands as a great Christmas movie! If you just end it after the first episode, it's a cute film about a quirky but loveable family. Haven't really seen any snow westerns so I'll have to give them a watch!

[@xAlexHDx1]

Glad to see the love for The Great Silence, certainly in my top 5 favourite westerns.

[@lakimball]

The Hateful Eight was released on Christmas IIRC (as was Django). The film is absolutely Christmas as hell. Bob is imperfectly playing Silent Night on the piano as Sam Jackson is murdering Bruce Dern, who is pretty much your old racist uncle you're forced to spend time with once or twice a year turned up to the max. The Hateful Eight is about strangers who hate each other, what is more familial than that? Somebody has to get this video to Mr. Tarantino! I have a feeling he'd agree with you. P.S. I think this might be your funniest video yet

[@zacharywilliams1983]

I didn't notice "the hateful 8" mentioned. Which is a snow western that actually takes place at Christmas.

[@EyebrowCinema]

I don't mention it my name but some footage is included. Fantastic film.

[@zacharywilliams1983]

@@EyebrowCinema i assume i just missed it. Good video!

[@TheWolfmaid]

100% with you. My favourite christmas movie has been The Gold Rush ever since i saw it for the first time in 2019. The snow, the poigniant comedy of the first half, the Auld Lang Syne scene in the second half, and with a beautiful score. Captures the time of year better than the likes of Elf anyway imo.

[@VelkanKiador]

I did kinda find Violent Night to be a pleasant little surprise of a movie. And given that Die hard is such considered a Christmas classic I can't believe that no one thought of Die Hard, but what if John McClane was Santa before this. And the thing I find mostly a pleasant surprise is that depsite the premise of the movie this Santa isn't a bad guy. He is jaded about the holidays, and is a bit of a hard drinker to get through the this, and that he is a former viking, he is still fundementally a good guy. He is there beating up the bad guys because a little girl is in danger and he can't stand by. And the thing I admire about the movie is that it gets that a R-rated gruff loner outsider saves the day die hard riff and a big hearted the magic is real christmas spirit kids movie kinda run on similar very base level emotional energy when you think about it. You know the fantasy fullfilment of watching things work out the way they are supposed to, that there is someone out there who will come to save the day, that if you do the right thing things will work out, that the bad guys will get their comeuppance. Let me make this clear, this is a very simple movie. About Santa violently killing thugs because a little girl is in danger. And that's kinda what I admire about it so much. This is a simple wholesome story, and leaving the cinema I was feeling more in holiday spirits than I have in a long time. Like if this wasn't so violent I would honestly considered it a uplifting family film. ALSO SANTA WAS A SLEDGEHAMMER WIELDING VIKING BACK IN THE DAY!!! Oh god I adore this movie so much >w

[@bartmann81]

Les Parapluis de Cherbourg ends with Christmas (and snow). That makes it a Christmas movie to me!

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Might I suggest The Ice Harvest for an alternative to the standard Christmas film?

[@trorisk]

The Great Silence is one of the most disturbing movie I ever see. And I'm a big fan of Larry Clark, Harmony Korine and David Lynch...

[@edwarddorey4480]

I prefer Sun Westerns myself.

[@jiga6832]

The great silence is my favourite Western of all time i watched this film after watching all the Sergio Leone westerns and alot of other famous speghetti westerns then I watched Django and Mercenary and then i saw the poster and trailer for the great silence and i was like hey a western in snow I haven't seen that before went into the film blind and when the ending came my mouth dropped on to the floor, i couldn't believe it i remember i just started walking in my house bc i couldn't stay still, this film to me in western genre is on the same level as once upon a time in america was for the gangster genre for me, no other western has ever topped the peak i felt watching a western atleast all the westerns that i have seen it and that includes Clint Eastwood' Unforgiven (which i saw before the The great silence) i still think this is better then Unforgiven i haven't seen any post 2000 westerns apart of Django unchained i have heard great things about No Country For Old Men ( I'm gonna get to it) but i don't think it will kick great silence from my number 1 spot

[@EyebrowCinema]

I definitely relate to being completely stunned by the ending.

[@yourstrulyjohnnydollar8775]

I saw The Great Silence before seeing Django. When I got to the end of Django, all I could think was that the end of the Great Silence is the inversion of it.

[@dogeshark204]

​​@@yourstrulyjohnnydollar8775That's something very common in the "Mud and blood" trilogy of Corbucci. In "The Specialists", the main hero is also in his weakest state just when the bad guys arrive, and he has to save everyone in the worst moment imaginable. I love that recipe, it makes the climax in those movies so thrilling. You don't know if the hero is gonna make it or not.

[@jesustovar2549]

I gotta ask my Great Uncle to see if he knows it, he's a fan of westerns and spaghetti westerns, I remember when he gave me the Django dvds, he also had Django Unchained, curiously he didn't like it that much, aside from Franco Nero's cameo, but also as a fan of martial arts movies, he likes Kill Bill (and has part of the soundtrack in his music folder, especially Georghes Zamfir's The Lonely Shepherd.

[@yourstrulyjohnnydollar8775]

Can Trancers be a Christmas movie? Jack Deth kills a mall Santa and dances to a punk version of jingle bells.

[@EyebrowCinema]

I think you've made a good case for it.

[@ThierryVerhoeven]

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any footage from Seraphim Falls. A bit of an overlooked western that starts in a winter setting and ends in a scorching hot desert. Give it a watch this holiday season.

[@Peacemaker9299]

Yesss I thought I was the only one who watches the revenant and/or hateful 8 during the holidays

[@Hack_The_Planet_]

Christmas movies rule 😢

[@EyebrowCinema]

For what it's worth I don't actually hate Christmas movies. But I thought the bit would be more fun if I played things up a bit.

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Glad you said something negative about The Grinch Ron Howard Film.

[@MarinoReviewer]

Hey now, While You We’re Sleeping is a good movie.

[@jesustovar2549]

Thank you for talking about the consumerist idea of ​​Christmas influenced by American cinema (something even pointed out by Charlie Brown, or any other Peanuts holiday special for that matter) I saw the lighting of the lights in a park, there were many people in the square and an orchestra playing Christmas songs from my country (Venezuela, where there is only snow in areas like Mérida) but they also played part of the American Christmas songbook, as if that were not enough, a girl sang a translated version of "All I Want for Christmas is You" (imagine how much money Mariah Carey earns, she wouldn't even have to work anymore), nevertheless good concert. Thank you for demystifying Ron Howard's The Grinch, I find the film entertaining, mostly because of Jim Carrey, but you pointed out the problem I have, how the film looks, "visually hideous", it looks as if the lens of the camera were blurry, being from the year 2000, it looked like a movie that was filmed 2 or 3 decades prior, NO, that's an insult since there are films from the 70s, 80s and 90s that look better even to this day, including the year 2000. If anything, is better than the Illumination's Grinch (did you saw that? I personally didn't), amazing that Jim Carrey would later play Scrooge in Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol, seems like Bob really loves christmas. P. S: 13:23 Now THAT was a screamer, it wouldn't be so terrifying if it was a good Kevin Spacey movie.

[@abrahemsamander3967]

I loved Great Silence. It’s a little known spaghetti western classic. Never thought of watching it for Christmas though. I love westerns. So snow westerns for Christmas may be a new tradition for me.

[@AmyASpaceOdyssey]

Every month, I check my local theaters to see what movies they are playing, and no joke, Elf is being played every single day in December until Christmas.

[@isaaczurich9272]

Can anyone please tell me where the footage used at 0:32-0:37 comes from? It looks so familiar, but I can't quite place it.

[@bemodreamy]

The Ravenous Renaissance continues

[@ryanh3635]

listening to you describe The Grinch. bro who hurt you? :')

[@EyebrowCinema]

Ron Howard

[@DwRockett]

As the leading expert on snow westerns, I have a very important question for you: is Red Dead Redemption 2 a snow western?

[@EyebrowCinema]

Good question. Definitely yes. Bookended by snow episodes. It 100% counts.

[@vampire9545]

The Grinch is a what?!

[@cinemascore-along]

For an even harder-edged (and frankly depressing) alternative, there's always Christmas War Films. Ones that readily come to my mind are Joyeaux Noel, Stalingrad (1993) and the latter half of Das Boot.

[@lastflunky]

I tend to watch musicals and the Muppets for the holidays since they are cosy. RTÉ has a few unconventional Christmas classics (at this point they are tradition). Casablanca, Every Indiana Jones and the Back to the Future trilogy.

[@bartmann81]

❤ Fanny och Alexander

[@troopieeeeee]

i pretty strongly disagree with the idea that there's no good xmas lineup without relying on non-traditional xmas movies. there genre has a lot of bad movies, but there are also a ton of great xmas movies, certainly enough to fill the december xmas movie night calendar. You can double feature the shorts for 2/night: - the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas - A Charlie Brown Christmas - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (admittedly mediocre but like, in a fever dream way) - A Very Possible Christmas (Kim Possible xmas special, and it rocks) - Shrek the Halls (best shrek since shrek 2) - Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special (has no right to be as good as it is, and I don't even like marvel) - Christmas Every Day (fairly odd parents xmas special) And then it's just a parade of 1/night until xmas: - Home Alone (it's...fine. that's why you watch it the day after thanksgiving) - Going My Way - Remember the Night - Miracle on 34th Street - Fanny and Alexander - Scrooged - The Santa Clause (the original) - Lethal Weapon - Holiday Inn - The Thin Man - Klaus (beautiful animation, heartwarming fun) - Love Actually (some of the storylines are very entertaining, come at me) - Elf (elf is a good movie, don't lump it in with santa claus 3 and jingle all the way) - Die Hard - It's a Wonderful Life - White Christmas (xmas eve) - A Christmas Story (xmas day)

[@taliamason7986]

White Christmas hardly has any story whatsoever. Its just a film with a bunch of decent numbers and nothing more. Its the prime example of a very weak, very mediocre musical which there were so many at that time as the genre was really beginning to take off and completely dominate the Box Office in the 50's. It lacks any interesting characters and there is any hardly any magic in it. Something that is absolutely crucial to any great musical be it Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), Singing In The Rain (1952), An American In Paris (1951), A Star Is Born (1954), My Fair Lady (1964), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), etc

[@troopieeeeee]

@@taliamason7986 White Christmas is a vibes movie and it's really good at it. And it's so fucking quotable too. All the movies you've listed are terrific movie musicals (though Singing in the Rain has a bizarre derailment halfway through so Gene Kelly can do a 10 minute avante garde dance number that has nothing to do with the plot -- something White Christmas parodies with "Choreography"). But I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with vibes movies when done well. White Christmas wasn't made for us, it was made for 12 million servicemen coming home, and their families. And yet watching it I still feel some echo of those feelings. I think that's because it basically has no story and the only conflict is a misunderstanding plotline, so you're left to focus on the vibes alone, which are really good.

[@antoinepetrov]

I was surprised that The Hateful Eight wasn't mentioned. I don't really like Tarantino, so I was more happy to see McCabe and Mrs Miller being discussed.

[@Lazerbalde]

We need a preliminary canon of Snow Westerns, so we know where to start

[@taliamason7986]

I personally love The Shop Around The Corner (1940) directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

[@EyebrowCinema]

I like that movie too. It's one of the good ones.

[@jesustovar2549]

Does that mean you also watched You've Got Mail? it's a remake of The Shop Around the Corner but in the late 90s during early days of the internet, the director Nora Ephron said it (also said she loved The Shop Around The Corner but said that it was also daited, f**k that).

[@EyebrowCinema]

@@jesustovar2549 i have. I actually had footage from You've Got Mail cued up for this video but didn't end up needing it.

[@timpize8733]

Why not, the video makes good points. The problem with Christmas movies is that they're only bearable if watched on Christmas with your family. In fact I'd prefer not to consider those Western movies as actual "Christmas movies" which may be a bit insulting towards them, but instead as replacements in order to get rid of this very notion. lol We shouldn't watch crappy movies any day of the year.

[@Peter_Stevens851]

Is On Her Majesty's Secret Service a Christmas movie?

[@SheilaCainSample]

I do not like ‘Elf’ or Grinch though Chuck Jones’s version is awesome. Give me some Die Hards or Gremlins 😂 or Muppets A Christmas Carole.

[@dogeshark204]

Ah, The Great Silence. I hated this movie so much when I first watched it. Now I consider Corbucci's masterpiece. With all that being said, I will get you for saying that Jingle All the Way sucks

[@EyebrowCinema]

Sounds like turbo time is coming for me.

[@bvzv]

Ahh yes.. Osterns

[@MrSadSuper]

Fatman is quite nice film Christmas movie.

[@user-js5fj1xw7s]

Ron Howard'a Grinch is goated with the sauce. I will not take this slander😑

[@John_O_Maoilearca]

You lumped Elf in with a bunch of mediocrities- I’m telling Santa, and you sir, are going on the naughty list.

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

Interesting introspective... I regard Christmas movies with the same approach I have to country music - it's a genre that sucks so much that if I were exposed to a non-stop run of such, I would actually commit suicide. (No seriously, country music is the music genre most likely to result in suicide - there was even an episode of Spike TV's MANSWERS saying so.) If there are any other particular niche Christmas movies that really do it for me the same way snow westerns do for you, it's either horror - with THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (1944) or BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) being top-ranking examples - or sci-fi, with Terry Gillium's dystopian BRAZIL (1985) being my Top Favorite movie set during Christmas and one that I watch almost every Christmas now. Hell, I even have a list of certain top favorite titles that I watch for particular times of the year that not everyone would prefer to watch during those individual periods.

[@algernon9784]

Hallmark movies are so bad that my mother watches them mainly to have a laugh at how silly they get. Also one of my favorite snow westerns has always been Breakheart Pass, which nobody else seems to like that much.

[@jesustovar2549]

My mother also watched those movies (like she used to watch reality shows), dang, they're so generical and boring, I asked myself "why all of these films look the same, are they all by the same studio", now I got the answer. Now that we're talking about low budget tv films, you know the Aurora Teagarden saga? I don't know how many movies they are, but that sh1t is like infinite.

[@Bale4Bond]

The Revenant is a perfect watch if you need to take a really long nap

[@pinkimietz3243]

Tokyo Godfathers is the best Christmas movie and the only one worth watching.

[@EyebrowCinema]

That movie does rule.

[@themikx2939]

I’ll be watching it for the first time next week I’m so excited!

[@jesustovar2549]

If you're an otaku, then yes, nah kididng, I'm gonna watch it.

[@enderthegrouch6897]

Was interested in the topic, but the intro was so obnoxious I didn’t get a minute in.

[@greenheadblackvoodochild2487]

I like you and love your channel but man you are reaching with this one n it's common for video essayists to reach a pretentious phase