Mediaite’s Top Thanksgiving Movie Moments

What's not to love about Thanksgiving? For one day in the middle of the week (a fact which used to fascinate and confuse me as a child growing up in Canada) an entire country of 300,000 million people stops everything they are doing to sit down, stuff themselves with food and drink, and watch football (I'm told...about the football party anyway). So yes, that part's great. The part about being crammed into a house with various your family members may or may not be great depending, but that's where the tryptophan and liquor come in! Also, our Thanksgiving day marathon of top movie and TV Thanksgiving moments, which you can alternately choose to watch whilst stuck in a plane, train, or automobile or, when you need a break from being asked to explain to family members what exactly it is you write about on the Internet all day long. Fortunately! Some of these movies are available in their entirety on YouTube...meaning someone had their family Thanksgiving cap on. Anyway, enjoy it now, enjoy it later and if you have suggestions feel free to leave in the comments and we will do our best to add. In the meantime, have a safe Getaway Day and a Happy Thanksgiving. Planes, Trains, And Automobiles Home For the Holidays As God Is My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly Miracle On 34th St. Hannah And Her Sisters The Ice Storm Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Thanksgiving At The West Wing Pieces Of April Eli Roth's Thanksgiving (NSFW) Planes, Trains, And Automobiles The epic Thanksgiving movie. The title sort of says it all, no? Especially today. Good luck! Also, the best thing about this movie, beyond the genius of John Candy, is that it only gets better each time you watch it. NEXT>>> Home For the Holidays Home For the Holidays Fortunately for everyone, this entire movie is online. And while I haven't actually watched it in years, I remember it sort of perfectly depicting the combination of painful, uncomfortable, and wonderful that is holiday time with family. Also, Jodie Foster directed it. NEXT>>> As God Is My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly As God Is My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly This entire "marathon" basically began a reason to post this clip. Actually, the entire episode is posted thanks to the genius of Hulu. More than half my office has not heard of WKRP In Cincinnati, which I think is a shame. But I'm pretty sure you don't have to know the show to enjoy this epic episode or Les Nessman. NEXT>>> Miracle On 34th St. Miracle On 34th St. Technically yes, this is a Christmas holiday movie. But it opens with the Macy's Day parade and a Thanksgiving dinner of sorts, so I decided it qualified. Also, in trying to dig up a proper clip (to no avail) I discovered that there was a second Miracle on 34th St. made in 1955. Who knew? That one did not star Maureen O'Sullivan or Natalie Wood, however, so you'll have to make due with the trailer. NEXT>>> Hannah And Her Sisters Hannah And Her Sisters Truth be told, I had no idea this took place around Thanksgiving. I think perhaps I was too blinded by envy over the Upper West Side apartment depicted in the final scene (where, I now realized, everyone is eating Thanksgiving supper) to notice much of anything else. Turns out I was not the only one. NEXT>>> The Ice Storm The Ice Storm Another movie I also forget took place on Thanksgiving. Below, Christina Ricci's awesome Thanksgiving meal toast. NEXT>>> Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Just because. NEXT>>> Thanksgiving At The West Wing Thanksgiving At The West Wing The weird thing about The West Wing is that it would probably never fly now because the real West Wing these days is so much more interesting (and at times stranger than any fiction Aaron Sorkin could come up with). That said, a number of people appeared less than impressed with President Obama's turkey proclamation the other day, which brought to mind this scene. Also below, President Bartlet calls the Butterball hotline. NEXT>>> Pieces Of April Pieces Of April I've never actually seen this movie, which stars Katie Holmes in her pre Tom Cruise (pre dressing her toddler in heels) days. But a number of people suggested it, so here you are. The entire thing is online, by the way. NEXT>>> Eli Roth's Thanksgiving (NSFW!) Eli Roth's Thanksgiving (NSFW) (bonus pick, by Rachel Sklar) Warning: Do not watch this if you are actually about to eat turkey, or anything. Horrormeister Eli Roth's fake trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse has become a recent holiday classic (or alt-classic), spoofing on the holiday in ways that you cannot un-see (CHEERLEADERS, BEWARE!). Actually, everyone beware: You're all gonna die, and it's gonna be messy. Pass the cranberry sauce. p.s. I actually stopped watching halfway through because I felt sick. I did love the Rocky Horror-inspired lettering, though.

Mediaite’s Top Thanksgiving Movie Moments

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Mediaite’s Top Thanksgiving Movie Moments

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