What is your favorite A Christmas Carol - or - Scrooge movie?

[boston bean]

Mine is the 1970 musical version Scrooge with Albert Finney. No others match up for me. The greed is still applicable today. But we need more scrooges waking up.

Plan to watch it tonight with maybe some Chinese food & a Baileys on the rocks.

Merry Christmas Eve Duers!

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Alastair Sim

The *only* one, IMHO, if fo no other reason than the scene where he yells out the window to a boy to bring him a butcher to send a turkey to Bob Cratchitt and later, his pretended craziness as he reveals his transformation to Cratchitt, who's just apologized for coming in a minute late.

[boston bean]

2. Nice choice. It is on tubi streaming for free this year!

[Easterncedar]

7. Yes. Alistair Sim is perfect

His Christmas morning happiness scene makes me happy, too. Every time. Mrs. Dawber too!

[buzzycrumbhunger]

33. Merry Christmas, Mr Scrooge!

... in keeping with the situation..🙂

[Easterncedar]

36. To keep me mouth shut?

I love the warm way he laughs, gets rueful and then gently presses the coin into her hand. I love how he shyly walks into his nephew’s party and then gamely and happily polkas.

All the period details, including the costumes, are gorgeous, too.

[Sneederbunk]

39. My favorite scene is his arrival at his nephew's house.

[Easterncedar]

41. The big-eyed little maid nodding him in

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Mine, Too

1951 movie.
In other versions, especially the 1939 version with Clive Owen, Scrooge becomes repentant far too soon.
This is the same reason I'm partial to Bill Murray's take in Scrooged.
More comedic, but it takes some serious shock to get his Frank Cross character too see the light.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

34. Yes!

And Bill Murray would be tied for first here, as well. 💖

[ProfessorGAC]

37. Someone Above Mentioned...

...an American Christmas Carol. That made me find it on Xumo & am watching it now.
Love Henry Winkler in it.

[Auggie]

29. Yep

[rampartd]

3. the classic. jim backis as scrooge magoo.

[boston bean]

4. That is a fun one!

Unfortunately not showing for free anywhere. If one subscribes to peacock can catch it there at no additional cost.

[johnnyplankton]

8. Actually you can access it at the link below...

https://vimeo.com/376167170

[boston bean]

9. Yes I saw! Thank you!!

[johnnyplankton]

5. The cartoon musical "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" and the Alistair Sim version

It's got a musical score by legendary Broadway composer Jule Styne (Gypsy, Funny Girl, and dozens more) and really conveys the story’s central message

https://vimeo.com/376167170

[boston bean]

6. Thank you for the Vimeo for Magoo. It is not on tv for free this year that I can find.

[GoCubsGo]

10. "Scrooged."

I like the modern, Bill Murray version. It's one of the few Christmas-themed movies I'll watch every year, if it's on.

[boston bean]

11. Have not seen that one for quite some time.

Only on streaming services it seems.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. I Saw It On Cable

Day before yesterday.
I don't do much streaming. We pay too much for cable to add other services.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. My 2nd Favorite

As I mentioned above. I like that and the 1951 version for pretty much the same reason.

[Phoenix61]

12. That's my favorite too!

One of my favorite scenes is “Thank ya very much, Thank ya very much , that’s the nicest thing that anyone’s ever done for me…”

[boston bean]

15. I sing that at all times of years when some does something nice for me. LOL!

[PhilosopherKing]

40. Dancing on his coffin

Fantastic!

[Scrivener7]

13. I just watched The Man Who Invented Christmas, about Dickens writing the book. It follows the Christmas

Carol story and weaves it into events in Dickens's life at the time. It was new to me and I liked it a lot.

[mwmisses4289]

14. The Muppet Christmas Carol.

Gonzo as Charles Dickens the narrator is quite a trip. It's just a good version of the story. Always makes me smile after I watch it.

[Maeve]

42. Every Christmas Eve for over a decade, kids carry on the tradition in their homes as well

Altho "The Love is Gone" is sometimes fast forwarded thru...or used as a bathroom break

[mobeau69]

16. Christmas Carol with George C. Scott

[tavernier]

17. Gene Lockhart playing Bob Cratchit joined by young daughter June,

Leo G Carroll as Marley, and the ever popular Tiny Tim announcing God Bless Us, Every One.

Hands down my favorite!

If you like Spooky, Jim Carey as Scrooge in the animated version is spine tingling.

I watched about five this season and even a very old one that was really bad that I’d never seen before. Only got halfway through it.

Looking forward to seeing Johnny Depp as Ebeneezer.

[Ms. Toad]

18. I've performed in both.

You get a very different understanding performing than viewing (living with the stories 20-24 hours a week for 6-8 weeks). Between the two (we did Scrooge first), I would have said Scrooge. I hadn't seen it before performing, and there were less of slightly different takes on the story that I liked. But performing Christmas carol, I fell in love with that one, to.

I do like how Christmas Carol handles the ghosts better (especially the Ghost of Christmas Future) - I played that role in both. As a method actor, that role is juicier in Christmas Carol.

[QED]

19. I watched An American Christmas Carol with Henry Winkler last night

It is set in the Depression era. I like this different version of the story with Winkler as Mr. Slade (Scrooge). Although he sounded a bit like Winkler, he looked nothing like the Fonz with the make up.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Forgot To Mention That Above

I really like that take! Quite true to the original story but a very different time & place.
Now, I have to search my system to see if I can watch it.
See what you did?

[Nixie]

20. Albert Finney for the win for me, too. With George C. Scott

a solid second place. We’re watching tomorrow since our Christmas Eve is so busy later.

There have been years where we binge all the versions but this year will pick only one. It’s not Christmas without seeing this classic story at least once. Merry Christmas Eve!

[SocialDemocrat61]

21. Based on Rotten Tomatoes rankings...

#1 1938 version with 100%
#2 1984 version with 98%
#3 1951 version with 86%
#4 The Muppet Christmas Carol with 78%
#5 Scrooge with 74%
#6 Scrooged with 71%

[bluestarone]

26. Alastair Sim here

[Keepthesoulalive]

27. Alastair Sim

Every Christmas it would play for a week on WOR and I was there every night for it also Mr Magoo’s Christmas Carol.

[SheltieLover]

28. Stevie Wonder's Someday at Christmas

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A host of movies: Ernest Saves Christmas, Elf, Miracle on 34th St., Chrisymas Story... all of most folks' favs.

Merry Christmas, DU! 🤶🎄

[mcar]

30. Mr. Magoo

Happy holidays to all!

[ananda]

31. White Christmas

I watch it every year.

[betsuni]

32. I saw a movie called "A Christmas Karen" on YouTube, different kind of Scrooge.

Probably a bad movie that I should be ashamed of watching, but I liked it.

[GPV]

35. The Black Adder reverse one!

[Prairie_Seagull]

38. Seems like it changes yearly.

This year the Reginald Owen 1938 version of "A Christmas Carol"
Scrooge seems a more changed man at the end of his visitations.