My Favorite Thanksgiving Movies

To celebrate Thanksgiving, here are a few of my favorite Thanksgiving films.

Home for the Holidays, Jodie Foster's directorial debut, is underrated. It has Holly Hunter, Anne Bancroft, and Robert Downey Jr. as the hilarious gay brother. It's one of my favorite roles for Robert.  Just watch "The Turkey Scene" and try not to die laughing.




Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. The classic!  "Those aren't pillows!"  LOL


Pieces of April - a Katie Holmes film I actually like. This movie is very funny, and extremely touching.  Katie Holmes plays a girl trying to host her family for Thanksgiving for the first time.  Her apartment oven stops working, so she has to involve all her neighbors to help make the meal.  I think this is the first film where I saw Patricia Clarkson who plays the mother. She is amazing in this film. Oliver Platt is also excellent as the father.

Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters and The Ice Storm also revolve around Thanksgiving, but the above three are my favorites.

Shutter Island Trailer - Martin Scorsese's latest!

Holy Moley! How many Oscar nominees can you cram in? Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, and Jackie Earle Haley are at least four I spotted in this trailer in addition to Leo, of course. Wow, this looks awesome. Shutter Island is a crime thriller due out Oct. 2.

SNL Motherlover

The sequel to Dick in a box...

OMG, I've got to start taping SNL! Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson, you rock!

Whatever Works Trailer

Woody Allen and Larry David -- could this be a marriage made in heaven? I'm excited by the rest of the cast, too: Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr., Evan Rachel Wood, Henry Cavill, Kristen Johnston, and Michael Mckean. Larry David as Woody Allen's alter ego makes a lot more sense that Kenneth Brannagh, at least (or Scarlett Johansson for that matter)!