THEME EXPLORATION

holiday eve narrative

12 films · 2 directors

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Ghost Soup
1992 · Shunji Iwai

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway

Fiction

Fiction
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

The Holiday
2006 · Nancy Meyers

Florianópolis Dream
2018 · Ana Katz

The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 · Henry Selick

8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon

42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Harmony Korine & Leos Carax

The Samca File
2026 · George ve Gänaeaard

Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini

Act Da Fool

Act Da Fool
2010 · Harmony Korine

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Frank Capra USA

Master of holiday eve narratives exploring redemption and community, most famously in 'It's a Wonderful Life' where Christmas Eve becomes a transformative journey of self-discovery.

Richard Curtis UK

Specializes in ensemble holiday eve stories that weave together multiple characters' intersecting lives during Christmas, as exemplified in 'Love Actually' and 'Four Rooms.'