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\"Billy
Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally<\/i> (Photo: courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It has recently come to my attention that most Americans know what they\u2019re watching after their Thanksgiving<\/a> meal, and it is football<\/a>. However, I reject this premise in favor of my own cozy worldview in which we all gather around the TV in a tryptophan trance not to watch a game predicated on violently invading others\u2019 territory which has been shown time and again to cause catastrophic injuries to its players\u2019 brains, but to watch films! <\/em>Films with stories and themes and emotional arcs! Films that transfix and transport, that lift us out of ourselves! Hollywood magic, etc. You\u2019ve seen the Oscars<\/a> montages!<\/p>\n

Turns out, a lot of my fellow GRAZIA editors agree. These are the movies we\u2019re zoning out to this year.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony
Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera (center) in In the Heights<\/i>(Photo: courtesy of Warner Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s an entire slate of movies I like to rewatch every year around this time\u2014feel-good flicks such as La La Land<\/i>, Little Women <\/i>(the Winona Ryder<\/a>, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, and Kirsten Dunst<\/a> version), The Sound of Music<\/i>, The Holiday<\/i>, and Elf<\/i>. Over this long Thanksgiving weekend, I’m looking forward to binge-watching some newer wholesome favorites\u2014especially musicals!\u2014including In The Heights<\/i><\/a>, Dear Evan Hansen<\/i><\/a>, and Tick, Tick\u2026 Boom<\/a>.<\/i> It’s the most wonderful time of the year\u2014and I like to program my entertainment around this feeling of joy and good cheer. \u2014 Danica Lo, Strategic Editorial Advisor<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Billy
Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally<\/i> (Photo: courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Admittedly, I am a self-proclaimed fan of cheesy rom-com movies. There\u2019s a special sentimental value they hold for me, especially around this time of year. There are countless titles that I like to pick from, but none hold a candle to When Harry Met Sally<\/i>. Besides giving us the iconic \u201cI\u2019ll have what she\u2019s having,\u201d line, this 1989 movie really captures the essence of what makes rom-coms so special. Meg Ryan<\/a> and Billy Crystal give us a fully formed narrative which is heartfelt, comedic, sentimental and, to use everyone\u2019s favorite buzzword, a little camp. \u2014 Josh Sokol, Multimedia Producer<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Peter
Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter<\/i> (Photo by AVCO Embassy\/Sunset Boulevard\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don\u2019t know why, but I feel like old movies are the way to go as you wind down from a day of cooking and eating and dealing with your extended familial unit. Last year, for me it was The Wizard of Oz<\/i>: comforting imagined idealized Americana and pretty music to soothe the synapses. This year, however, I\u2019m planning to queue up The Lion in Winter<\/i>. The film takes place at Christmas in 1183 and concerns Henry II (Peter O\u2019Toole) and his estranged wife Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katharine Hepburn) sparring over which of their three sons will ascend to the English throne when Henry dies. (Sound<\/a> familiar<\/a>?) There\u2019s a lot of scheming and deal-making and shifting alliances, and Hepburn is titanic as the spurned but formidable queen. I mean, I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d describe The Lion in Winter<\/i> as comforting\u2014actually the film\u2019s being so old (1968) kind of does some of that work for it\u2014but it is a classic tour-de-force. And it\u2019s vaguely seasonal. Also, my mom is suddenly quite into films about English royalty, so I think this will be something we can watch together as we each nurse our own bottle of wine. \u2014 John Russell, Contributing Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Tom
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail<\/i> (Photo: Warner Bros. via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I come from a very long line of football fans, so like the majority of the fall season, the holidays follow suit and include a multitude of sporting events. But after a game of flag football and endless hours of the sport on TV, I usually escape away with my sister, and put on a Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks<\/a> classic. We either go with You\u2019ve Got Mail<\/i> or Sleepless in Seattle <\/i>and cozy up to wind down from all of the Thanksgiving madness. I’m not sure if it\u2019s the \u201990s nostalgia or holiday romance, but there is just something about seeing those two on the screen to get us excited for the Christmas season.\u00a0 \u2014 Kathleen Burns, Editorial Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Salvatore
Salvatore Corsitto, James Caan and Marlon Brando in The Godfather<\/i> (Photo by Silver Screen Collection\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Honestly, for whatever reason, Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s epic mobster<\/a> film The Godfather<\/i> ends up playing in the background of my family\u2019s Thanksgiving festivities every year, without fail. Half of us proceed to clean up after dinner, some fall asleep, and the rest end up morphing into couch potatoes, instinctively tuning into a film we\u2019ve seen about a thousand times. While gruesome murder doesn\u2019t seem to necessarily fit the bill for a cute holiday flick with the fam, my dad\u2019s interpretation of Don Corleone\u2019s most famous lines always lightens the mood. \u2014 Hannah Militano, Contributing Writer <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":41095,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,3324,16],"yoast_head":"\nThe Movies We Have To Stream This Thanksgiving<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Forget football. 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