Gathering for a Christmas lunch, the film critics and writers of Discovering Film discuss the merits of 20 films from Bill Murray's star turn in Scrooged, the James Stewart classic It's a Wonderful Life, Ingmar Bergman's Fanny & Alexander, to Bruce Willis' memorable Die Hard.

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
6.0/10

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
7.2/10

Cameraperson
2016
6.7/10

Being James Bond
2021
7.8/10

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
6.8/10

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7.8/10

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
6.9/10

My Mom Jayne
2025
8.0/10

John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.9/10

Seduced and Abandoned
2013
6.2/10

In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
7.2/10

Sidney
2022
6.9/10

Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
7.8/10

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022
7.3/10

Diego Maradona
2019
7.4/10

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.9/10

Room 237
2012
6.1/10

Elstree 1976
2015
6.2/10

Capital in the Twenty-First Century
2019
6.5/10

Directed by John Ford
1971
7.0/10
Seventh Art is Unique
2025
0/10