One of the most over rated Christmas movie is "It's a Wonderful Life"

And every year networks shove it down our throats like it's the only Christmas movie ever made.

Why?

It's a Wonderful Life initially received mixed reviews and was unsuccessful at the box office, it became a classic Christmas film after it was put into the public domain, which allowed it to be broadcast without licensing or royalty fees.

Yet another example of how money and consumerism dictates how we perceive holidays.
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therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

Off the top of my head, I made this list for you , classics to modern, drama to comedy and everything in between, including hidden gems.

I could prolly recommend a good 500 movies, I'm a true buff with a huge collection, over 5000 movies. Tried to give you a good mix of actors and actresses also. Name an actor or actress and I could give you probably at least a good five films from them. Enjoy, let me know how you like them. Most if not all these movies below have heart :)

Some classics, a variety:
The Pride Of The Marines, John Garfield, Eleanor Parker *
The Keys Of The Kingdom, Gregory Peck
On The Waterfront, Marlon Brando
The Strawberry Blonde, James Cagney, Olivia DeHavilland
The Mortal Storm, Jimmy Stewart, Margaret Sullavan
The Sea Wolf, EG Robinson
SanFrancisco, Clark Gable
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, EG Robinson
On Borrowed Time, Lionel Barrymore
Heaven Can Wait, Don Ameche
Force Of Evil, John Garfield
Kings Row, Ronald Reagan
Mr. Blandings Builds Has Dream House, Cary Grant
The Best Years Of Our Lives, Myrna Loy
Inherit The Wind, Spencer Tracy
King Kong, Fay Wray
Angels With Dirty Faces, James Cagney *
Witness For The Prosecution,Tyrone Power
Love Affair, Irene Dunne
Death Of A Salesman, Frederick March
Anthony Adverse, Frederick March
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang, Paul Muni
The Story Of Emile Zola, Paul,Muni
Edison The Man, Spencer Tracy*
So Proudly We Hail, Claudette Colbert
Mutiny On The Bounty Charles Laughton
West Side Story, Natalie Wood
Mildred Pierce, Joan Crawford
This Land Is Mine, Maureen O'Hara
A Yank At Oxford, Robert Taylor
The Big Heat, Glenn Ford
The Clock, Judy Garland
The Razor's Edge, Gene Tierney
Love Me Or Leave Me, Doris Day
Notorious, Cary Grant*
The Music Box, Laurel and Hardy
The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness, Ingrid Bergman
Since You Went Away, Claudette Colbert*
Dinner For A Soldier, John Hodiak
Waterloo Bridge, Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor
Red River, John Wayne
13 Rue Madeleine, Janes Cagney
The Search, Montgomery Clift
These Wilder Years, James Cagney
Stella Dallas, Barbara Stanwyck
I Confess, Montgomery Clift
The Heiress, Olivia DeHavilland
Cape Fear, Robert Mitchum,Gregory Peck
Our Vines Have Tender Graoes, EG Robinson
The Last Angry Man, Paul Muni
Suddenly, Frank Sinatra
In This Our Life, Bette Davis
Arsenic And Old Lace, Cary Grant*
Gilda, Glenn Ford
Gallant Journey, Glenn Ford
The Good Earth, Paul Muni
12 Angry Men, Henry Fonda*
Angel On My Shoulder, Paul Muni
The Misfits, Clark Gable
The Blackboard Jungle, Glenn Ford
Tomorrow Is Forever, Claudette Colbert*
The Pied Piper, Monty Woolley, Anne Baxter
Gentleman Jim, Errol Flynn
The Bells of St. Mary's, Bing Crosby
Going My Way, Barry Fitzgerald
The Quiet Man, John Wayne
To Kill A Mockingbird, Gregory Peck
The Story Of Alexander Graham Bell, Don Ameche
Lifeboat, John Hodiak
Battleground, Van Johnson
The Fighting 69th, James Cagney
Larceny Inc. , EG Robinson
House Of Strangers, EG Robinson
Body And Soul, John Garfield
Yankee Doodle Dandy, James Cagney*
To Have And Have Not, Humphrey Bogart
A Young Man With A Horn, Kirk Douglas
Captains Courageous, Spencer Tracy
Long Gray Line, Tyrone Power
Tennessee Johnson, Van Heflin
Stalag 17, William Holden
Northwest Passage, Spencer Tracy, Robert Young
The Man Who Came To Dinner, Monty Woolley, Bette Davis
The Corn Is Green, Betty White
Judgment At Nuremberg, Spencer Tracy*
Its A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Spencer Tracy
Uncertain Glory, Errol Flynn
Each Dawn I Die, James Cagney,
City For Conquest, James Cagney
The Desperate Hours,Humphrey Bogart
All My Sons, EG Robinson
On Dangerous Ground, Robert Ryan
Gunga Din, Cary Grant
Birdman Of Alcatraz, Burt Lancaster
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Elizabeth Taylor
The Hustler, Paul Newman
Then some "modern" one's :
Running Brave, Robby Benson
The Dream Team, Michael Keaton
Let It Ride, Richard Dreyfus
Defiance, Jan Michael Vincent
The Lords of Flatbush, Sylvester Stallone
The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman
Rounders, Matt Damon
The Sting, Paul Newman
Rudy, Sean Astin
Dog Day Afternoon, Al Pacino
A Bronx Tale, Robert DeNiro
Hoosiers, Gene Hackman
Breaking Away, Dennis Quaid
Stripes, Bill Murray
Wall Street, Michael Douglas
Trading Places, Eddie Murphy
St. Vincent, Bill Murray
Caddy Shack, Bill Murray
The Goodbye Girl, Richard Dreyfuss
Kramer Verse Kramer, Dustin Hoffman
Lockup, Sylvester Stallone
On Golden Pond, Henry Fonda
Saving Private Ryan, Tom Hanks
What About Bob, Bill Murray
Patch Adams, Robin Williams
Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon
Shawshank Redemption, Morgan Freeman
Rocky, Sylvester Stallone
A League Of Their Own, Tom Hanks.

These movie are very good and if you are a person with a good attention span, you should get something out of every movie. A movie is great if it leaves a mark on your soul :)