Easily excitable control freak Neal Page (Steve Martin), trying to get home to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his wife and kids, has his flight rerouted to a distant city in Kansas because of a freak snowstorm. Worse yet, he is forced to bunk up with talkative Del Griffith (John Candy), whom he finds extremely annoying. Together they must overcome the insanity of holiday travel to reach their intended destination. R / 93 min.

When John J. Macreedy (Spencer Tracy), a one-armed war veteran, arrives in the small desert town of Black Rock, he's not greeted warmly. Searching for a man named Komoko, Macreedy is met with disdain by virtually every local, including the resident thug, Hector David (Lee Marvin), and the imposing Reno Smith (Robert Ryan). As Macreedy's investigation deepens, hostility turns to violence -- and to imminent danger for the mysterious and inquisitive stranger. NR / 82 min.

Legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's new documentary explores a small town in rural, mid-America and illustrates how values like community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity, and authenticity are formed, experienced, and lived along with conflicting stereotypes. The film gives a complex and nuanced view of daily life in Monrovia and provides some understanding of a way of life whose influence and force have not always been recognized or understood in the big cities on the east and west coasts of America and in other countries. NR / 143 min.

Legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's new documentary explores a small town in rural, mid-America and illustrates how values like community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity, and authenticity are formed, experienced, and lived along with conflicting stereotypes. The film gives a complex and nuanced view of daily life in Monrovia and provides some understanding of a way of life whose influence and force have not always been recognized or understood in the big cities on the east and west coasts of America and in other countries. NR / 143 min.

Sweet-natured Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur) falls for banker's son Tony Kirby (James Stewart). But when she invites her snooty prospective in-laws to dinner to give their blessing to the marriage, Alice's peculiar extended family -- including philosophical grandfather Martin Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore), hapless fledgling ballerina sister Essie, and fireworks enthusiast father Paul -- might be too eccentric for the staid Kirbys. Frank Capra directed this 1949 comedy, perfect for the holiday season. NR / 126 min.

In the year leading up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. Featuring Judy Garland's iconic version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," this is a wonderful film about family that makes a perfect bridge out of Thanksgiving and in to the Holiday season. NR / 113 min.

Sweet-natured Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur) falls for banker's son Tony Kirby (James Stewart). But when she invites her snooty prospective in-laws to dinner to give their blessing to the marriage, Alice's peculiar extended family -- including philosophical grandfather Martin Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore), hapless fledgling ballerina sister Essie, and fireworks enthusiast father Paul -- might be too eccentric for the staid Kirbys. Frank Capra directed this 1949 comedy, perfect for the holiday season. NR / 126 min.

In the year leading up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. Featuring Judy Garland's iconic version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," this is a wonderful film about family that makes a perfect bridge out of Thanksgiving and in to the Holiday season. NR / 113 min.

In the year leading up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. Featuring Judy Garland's iconic version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," this is a wonderful film about family that makes a perfect bridge out of Thanksgiving and in to the Holiday season. NR / 113 min.

Sweet-natured Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur) falls for banker's son Tony Kirby (James Stewart). But when she invites her snooty prospective in-laws to dinner to give their blessing to the marriage, Alice's peculiar extended family -- including philosophical grandfather Martin Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore), hapless fledgling ballerina sister Essie, and fireworks enthusiast father Paul -- might be too eccentric for the staid Kirbys. Frank Capra directed this 1949 comedy, perfect for the holiday season. NR / 126 min.

Dejected by his efforts to raise money to build a cathedral, Bishop Henry Brougham (David Niven) beseeches heaven for guidance, and is visited immediately by Dudley (Cary Grant), who claims to be an angel. Henry is skeptical, then annoyed when Dudley ingratiates himself into the household as his assistant -- and worse, wins the attentions of Henry's long-suffering and kindly wife (Loretta Young). When Dudley continues to intervene in Henry's struggles, the bishop decides to challenge heaven. NR / 109 min.

When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing. A holiday classic from 1947. NR / 96 min.