Most Anticipated or Favorite Annual Holiday
by urbanemovies | created - 06 Jan 2016 | updated - 3 weeks ago | PublicWhich of these select annual holidays do you look forward to or like to celebrate the most? * holidays and observances
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1. New Year's Day (1989)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A man returns to his sublet apartment to find the previous tenants, three offbeat young women, still in residence, under the mistaken belief that they have the apartment until the end of New Year's Day.
Director: Henry Jaglom | Stars: Maggie Wheeler, Gwen Welles, Melanie Winter, Henry Jaglom
Votes: 341
2. Groundhog Day (1993)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 684,882 | Gross: $70.91M
3. Valentine's Day (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Romance
Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba
Votes: 125,397 | Gross: $110.49M
4. Mardi Gras (1958)
Unrated | 107 min | Musical
A military school cadet Boone wins a date with a French movie goddess (Carère) who happens to be the queen of the "Mardi Gras" parade. They fall in love, but Carère's movie studio wants to capitalize on this newly found love for publicity.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Pat Boone, Christine Carère, Tommy Sands, Sheree North
Votes: 244
5. President's Day (2010)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A high school election turns deadly when a homicidal maniac dressed like Abe Lincoln starts killing off candidates.
Director: Chris LaMartina | Stars: Bennie Mack McCoy IV, Lizzy Denning, Nicolette le Faye, Ryan Scott Thomas
Votes: 478
6. St. Patrick's Day (1997)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An Irish family has a reunion near St Patrick's Day, and all of the expected drama ensues.
Director: Hope Perello | Stars: Piper Laurie, Joanne Baron, Jim Metzler, Redmond Gleeson
Votes: 103
7. April Fool's Day (1986)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery
Nine college students staying at a friend's remote island mansion begin to fall victim to an unseen murderer over the April Fool's Day weekend, but nothing is as it seems.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'Neal, Clayton Rohner, Jay Baker
Votes: 18,371 | Gross: $12.95M
8. Easter (2002)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A man tríes to stop his troubled wife's destructive behavior.
Director: Richard Caliban | Stars: Jodie Markell, Barry Del Sherman, Sean Runnette, Max Wright
Votes: 36
9. Patriots Day (2016)
R | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons, John Goodman
Votes: 112,429 | Gross: $31.89M
10. St George's Day (2012)
Not Rated | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Follows two infamous London gangsters, Mickey Mannock and Ray Collishaw. Both men are top of the food chain when their world is turned upside down as they lose a shipment of the Russian Mafia's cocaine.
Director: Frank Harper | Stars: Charles Dance, Craig Fairbrass, Vincent Regan, Frank Harper
Votes: 2,152
11. Earth Day (2009)
101 min | Comedy, Horror
Tells the tale of a group of ex eco-crusaders who find themselves being systematically slaughtered as the one year anniversary of the tragic Earth Day death of their leader, Pixie, approaches.
Director: Mister Ooh-La-La | Stars: Christopher Anglin, Courtney Anglin, Dawn Baby, Maida Belove
Votes: 121
12. Draft Day (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Sport
At the NFL Draft, General Manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Kevin Costner, Chadwick Boseman, Jennifer Garner, Frank Langella
Votes: 66,979 | Gross: $28.83M
13. Cinco De Mayo (2013)
Unrated | 71 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
After being unjustly fired, harassed by his students and labeled a potential menace to society, El Maestro sets out to teach everyone one final lesson.
Director: Paul Ragsdale | Stars: Anthony Iava To'omata, Lindsay Amaral, Spencer Reza, Steven Pettit Jr
Votes: 93
14. Mother's Day (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three generations come together in the week leading up to Mother's Day.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts, Jason Sudeikis
Votes: 39,795 | Gross: $32.46M
15. Memorial Day (2012)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama, History
Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. ... See full summary »
Director: Samuel Fischer | Stars: Jonathan Bennett, James Cromwell, John Cromwell, Jackson Bond
Votes: 2,748
16. Fathers' Day (1997)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski
Votes: 16,494 | Gross: $28.66M
17. Independence Day (1996)
PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 605,459 | Gross: $306.17M
18. Bastille Day (2016)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A young pickpocket and an unruly CIA agent team up on an anti-terrorist mission in France.
Director: James Watkins | Stars: Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Kelly Reilly
Votes: 50,917 | Gross: $0.04M
Bastille Day (Original Theatrical Title)
Movie released worldwide theatrically as "Bastille Day" in Spring 2016, re-titled "The Take" for Fall 2016 USA only theatrical release and for the re-titled UK DVD release.
19. Labor Day (2013)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg
Votes: 51,304 | Gross: $13.36M
20. Oktoberfest (1987)
101 min | Drama
A young man is spending his time by hanging around with his unemployed friends who all seem to endlessly wait for a life opportunity. His friend's experiences from Munich beer festival and ... See full summary »
Director: Dragan Kresoja | Stars: Svetislav 'Bule' Goncic, Zoran Cvijanovic, Zarko Lausevic, Vladislava Milosavljevic
Votes: 519
21. Columbus Day (2008)
R | 90 min | Crime, Thriller
A thief tries to fix the damage done during the biggest heist of his career.
Director: Charles Burmeister | Stars: Val Kilmer, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Richard Edson, Marg Helgenberger
Votes: 3,473
22. Halloween (1978)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes
Votes: 306,705 | Gross: $47.00M
23. All Saints Day (2000)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy
Fed up with his overbearing mother, his pathetic love life, his lack of money, and especially his cruel boss, Brooklyn-boy Marco decides to rob the fish market where he works (with the help... See full summary »
Director: Thomas J. La Sorsa | Stars: Micky Blatt, Thomas J. La Sorsa, James Patrick McArdle, Mark Anthony Love
Votes: 83
24. Election Day (2007)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
Forget the pie charts, color-coded maps and hyperventilating pundits. What's the street-level experience of voters in today's America? In a triumph of documentary storytelling, ELECTION DAY... See full summary »
Director: Katy Chevigny | Star: Jim Fuchs
Votes: 42
25. Veterans Day
Action | Announced
A group of retired Vietnam Veterans turn the border upside down taking down drug cartels and their connection to a terrorist cell. This action packed story is about a group of well trained ... See full summary »
Stars: Daniel Roebuck, Scott Michael Campbell, Frank Stallone, Jack Scalia
26. Thanksgiving (I) (2023)
R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the infamous holiday.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Ty Olsson, Gina Gershon, Lynne Griffin
Votes: 48,445
27. Black Friday (2004)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Pawan Malhotra, Aditya Srivastav, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Votes: 21,994 | Gross: $0.03M
28. Christmas Eve (2015)
PG | 95 min | Comedy
Hilarity, romance, and transcendence prevail after a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve.
Director: Mitch Davis | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jon Heder, James Roday Rodriguez, Cheryl Hines
Votes: 2,842
29. Christmas (2003)
89 min | Drama, Comedy
The drama of relationships in a dysfunctional New Zealand family, living in a town going nowhere.
Director: Gregory King | Stars: Darien Takle, David Hornblow, Helen Pearse Otene, Matthew Sunderland
Votes: 96
30. Boxing Day (2007)
81 min | Crime, Drama
The story of a father's desperate struggle to reunite his estranged family over the course of a single afternoon.
Director: Kriv Stenders | Stars: Richard Green, Tammy Anderson, Syd Brisbane, Stuart Clark
Votes: 162
31. New Year's Eve (2011)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Romance
The lives of several couples and singles in New York City intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 89,856 | Gross: $54.54M
32. D-Day (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 153 min | Action, Thriller
A team of experts dispatched to bring in The Most Wanted Man in India almost achieve the unthinkable ... until something goes horribly wrong.
Director: Nikkhil Advani | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Shruti Haasan
Votes: 10,255
33. Ladies' Day (1943)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. His teammates try to get him to settle down with one woman so they can start winning some games.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Lupe Velez, Eddie Albert, Patsy Kelly, Max Baer
Votes: 229
aka International Women's Day
or Ladies' Day, an observance celebrated within some nations, cultures and religions
01 February 2022
34. Miss Juneteenth (2020)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama
A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.
Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples | Stars: Nicole Beharie, Liz Mikel, Marcus M. Mauldin, Kendrick Sampson
Votes: 2,159
Juneteenth
(placeholder for upcoming Juneteenth musical movie)
01 February 2023
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