Thanksgiving Day is an ancient holiday created by the American people and a holiday for Americans to celebrate together as a family. With the continuous penetration of "business opportunities", Thanksgiving has also become popular in China. But as a festival full of family atmosphere, if you can watch a grateful movie with your family, no matter what country you are in, it will be a very happy thing.
Today, we've put together the most popular Thanksgiving movies in rotten tomatoes history, and choose one to spend with you and your family through this warm holiday season.
#8 April Shard (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes Index: 84%
Critics Consensus: April, with its cute performances, playful humor and pure little sweetness, surpasses the low-budget lineup and budget, bringing a touching holiday enjoyment.
Synopsis: Thanksgiving is coming, and the white girl, April, persuaded by her black boyfriend Barbie, finally plucks up the courage to invite her family to dinner. However, the family members have different concerns about this agreement, because April's rebellious behavior has made them daunted. At this time, father Jim still actively beckoned the whole family to go, but on the way, mother Joey sneered at this and hoped to cancel the party...
April took pains to celebrate thanksgiving. With the help of the black couple, she makes a fragrant turkey meal, but she goes through several twists and turns in search of a storage oven; at the same time, in order to impress April's family, Barbie plans to borrow a suit from a friend, but suffers an unexpected blow...
Starring: Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Oliver Pratt, Patricia Clarkson
Director: Peter Hedges
#7 Avalon (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes Index: 85%
Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 63rd Academy Awards
Synopsis: The story begins in the early twentieth century when Sam follows his family to the United States and settles in a small town called Avalon. In the blink of an eye, many years have passed, sam has grown old, and his family has blossomed into the third generation. Once, Sam's youngest son, Jules, was injured on the street, after which Jules quit his job as a salesman and opened a shop selling television sets.
At that time, television sets were not yet popular and belonged to a new thing that few people had ever seen, so at first, the business in Jules's shop was very bleak, but with the passage of time, coupled with Jules's own efforts and Sam's help, the TV store business became more and more prosperous, and eventually became a local leading enterprise.
Starring: Amin Muller-Starr, Leo Fox, Lou Jacobi, Joan Prowright
Director: Barry Levenson
#6 Ice storm (1997)
Critics' Consensus: Director Ang Lee uses a humorous sense of humor and frustrating tragedies to look back at the wasted days of american suburbs in the 1970s.
Synopsis: In 1973, Connecticut, USA, Thanksgiving is coming, and an ice storm is coming. Middle-aged couples are fed up by the mundane and tedious family life, with husband Ben Hood seducing neighbor Janet Harper and wives impatient with their husbands' lies. His son, Paul, had a crush on the most popular girl at school. Daughter Wendy is interested in the Watergate hearing on TELEVISION.
On the night of the ice storm, the couple goes to a friend's house for a cocktail party, and an important part of the cocktail party is to play a game of changing the keys to the room. After the reception, each wife can marry another man. Their son rushes to face a temptation and test, and the daughter is reveling in a sexual game with the boy next door...
Starring: Kevin Klein, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, Jamie Sheridan
Director: Ang Lee
#5 Smell the Woman (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes Index: 89%
Critics agreed that the film inspired Al Pacino's performance more than the script itself, but it was a performance that was too bold and even exaggerated, and finally made the academy stop and present the star with the first Oscar.
Synopsis: Charlie is an ordinary middle school student who faces a difficult choice of choices because he witnesses a prank but doesn't want to betray his friends — either confess or be kicked back by the school. And Farran is a veteran officer, because of accidental blindness, life slipped from the glory of the peak to the bottom.
Since the two people's lives intersected, the turn of fate has slowly become clear. St. Farran plans to end his meaningless life, so he enjoys his last trip in the company of Charlie. He eats the most delicious dishes, buys a glamorous car, rides on the narrow streets, lives in a luxurious suite, follows the perfume of a strange woman, dances an elegant and sexy tango... After blissful madness, he pointed his gun at his head. However, Charlie's hoarse dissuasion changed everything, and the dawn gradually re-emerged in the old man's heart, and the two were as deep as father and son.
Stellan's rousing speeches in the school auditorium saved Charlie's future and satirized the hypocrisy of the school. The two were reborn in mutual encouragement.
Starring: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rayburn, Gabriel Anwar
Director: Martin Brest
#4 Hannah Sisters (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes Index: 91%
Critics agree: Hannah and her sisters are equally smart, gentle, and funny, and this is one of Woody Allen's best films.
Synopsis: In a family of actors, the husband of the eldest sister Hannah, the economic man Elliott, is fascinated by the little sister-in-law Li. The second sister Holly quit drugs and is now considering a profitable business because of financial constraints, while Hannah's ex-husband, TV director Miki, hallucinates his brain tumor all day long, and it is painful to seek medical treatment everywhere. Little Sister Li gets along with frederick, the lonely painter's lover, and is the only object of the latter's talk. Elliot is impatient and finally has a relationship with Lily, holly is unexpectedly saved by career and love after a series of blows... All the people around this actor's family are going through a reshuffle of emotions and careers.
Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Diane West
Director: Woody Allen
#3 Airplanes, Trains and Cars (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes Index: 91%
Critics Consensus: Thanks to the impeccable chemistry between Steve Martin and John Candy, and the ingenious combination of humor and inner, airplanes, trains and cars become a lively, heartfelt holiday classic.
Synopsis: In order to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family, advertising merchant Neil boards a plane to Chicago, where a vulgar man named Del can't stand it, and unfortunately, they sit next to each other on the plane. I thought that I would be able to escape after a two-and-a-half-hour journey, but I didn't expect the blizzard to change the course of the plane.
In the midst of a mistaken collision, Neil and Del live in the same room, the house leaks in the overnight rain, the thief's visit makes them lose all their belongings, and in desperation, the two have to take the train home. As time went on, Neil discovered that Del's personality was not as intolerable as it seemed, and the relationship between the two grew closer. However, the matter did not end there, and in one accident after another, Neil felt that his home was getting farther and farther away from him.
Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, William Windome, Michael McKean
Director: John Hughes
#2 Klisha (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes Index: 95%
Critic Consensus: Krisha squeezes fresh (and somewhat uncomfortable) truths from a seemingly familiar premise, raw, frank, honest, and refreshing.
Synopsis: It tells the story of an old woman who has not returned home for a long time and suddenly returns to her family on Thanksgiving, and she wants to reform herself to be a kind elder, driven by the demons in her heart, she commits the crime again, bringing shocks to the originally harmonious family gathering.
Starring: Krisha Fairchild, Olivia Grace Applegate, Trey Edward Schulte, Brian Casery
Directed by: Trey Edward Shults
thanksgiving by #1查理 Brown (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes Index: 100%
Critic Consensus: Childhood Memories!
Synopsis: In this classic film you can see Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, all of whom are celebrating Thanksgiving. Although Charlie Brown felt like a fool during the festival, his most trusted dog helped him find the meaning of the holiday. And his best friend, Linus, told everyone the story of the first real Thanksgiving.
Voiced by: Todd Babi, Stephen Shee
Directed by: Phil Roma, Bill Melendez
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