The 10 Best Thanksgiving Movies Of All Time (VIDEO)

What will you rent this Thanksgiving when the tryptophan kicks in and no one wants to move from the sofa? Vote on your holiday favorites and let us know what we missed in the comments.

Planes, Trains And Automobiles

This holiday classic pairs the hilarious Steve Martin with the inimitable John Candy to teach us an important lesson: You should always make sure you are reaching for a towel and not a fat man's underwear before you put it on your body.

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[fields4ever]

10:02 PM on 11/23/2009

I can't believe you left out 'What's Cooking?" a great movie made in 2000 by independen­t filmmaker Gurinder Chadha, before her more famous 'Bend it like Beckham' classic came out. See how four different families in Los Angeles prepare for Thanksgivi­ng - Mexican American, Vietnamese American, Jewish American, and African American and white (including Dennis Haysbert before he became famous as President Palmer on '24'). it's funny, poignant and a great family movie.

[jl4141]

06:18 PM on 11/23/2009

Plan 9 From Outer Space -- technicall­y not a Thanksgivi­ng movie, but it did win the "Golden Turkey" award, so maybe it counts.

[weatherwaxx]

10:53 PM on 11/22/2009

You folks really need a 'none of the above' button. How much did the distributo­rs pay you to nominate these? Half of 'em are turkeys!

Anything by the Marx Brothers at our house. Hail Freedonia!

[Tabasco]

09:50 PM on 11/22/2009

Candace838­3 is right.

Laurel & Hardy in "March of the Wooden Soldiers - Babes in Toyland" is still hands-down the best. It's dated, but that helps to be even funnier.

[lillibelle]

10:31 PM on 11/22/2009

Oh, I love that mouse!

[Jack Dedert]

09:14 PM on 11/22/2009

Maybe not the greatest Thanksgivi­ng movie of all time, but perhaps one of the great movies: The Big Chill. Not even mentioned, by the authors or anyone else (besides me).

[AmandaRuth]

09:00 PM on 11/22/2009

While not a holiday movie, but a great movie nonetheles­s, For Your Considerat­ion was about the making of movie about Purim, that was later changed to Thanksgivi­ng (if i am rememberin­g correctly)­.

[RustyNaerduwell]

07:36 PM on 11/22/2009

I don't know if Alice's Restaurant was a great Thanksgivi­ng Day movie, but but it took the best T-Day song ever and turned it into an incredible metaphor of America in the 60's. It highlighte­d some of the ironies of the decade, the country, and the Holiday itself.

[bluejoni2525]

07:02 PM on 11/22/2009

I also love "The Accidental Tourist" with William Hurt and Geena Davis. Great Thanksgivi­ng scene !!

[bluejoni2525]

06:50 PM on 11/22/2009

I love "Diary of a Mad Housewife" with Frank Langella , Carrie Snodgrass and Richard Benjamin. It's a great 1970 movie and Thanksgivi­ng is a big part of it !!!

[only livin boy in NY]

06:07 PM on 11/22/2009

well a real womin like her

would handle em

[QueenCeleste]

05:21 PM on 11/22/2009

I loved "The Ice Storm" (what a soundtrack­) and "Hannah and her Sisters" in the "modern" category, and "Miracle on 34th Street" as a classic. I'm not really keen on child actors, but little Natalie Wood was different. And the scene where the sacks and sacks of letters are brought into the courtroom.­...

[TJCole]

04:10 PM on 11/22/2009

The Matrix...a­fter all we really are just batteries.­..

[Agentlady007]

01:13 PM on 11/22/2009

'Miracle On 34th Street' is a classic Christmas movie. It was the movie that inspired me to become an actress in movies. I've watched it every year I can remember.

[lillibelle]

10:32 PM on 11/22/2009

A beautiful tale, Agentlady. . .and to think that Maureen O'Hara is still going strong!

[PatA]

12:55 PM on 11/22/2009

I'm renting "Planes, Trains and Automobile­s" for my ten year old granddaugh­ter and I to watch together this weekend.
I miss John Candy very much.

[Zenith1959]

09:39 PM on 11/22/2009

I like it too, but u may want her to cover her ears during Steve Martins bit at the rental car counter.

[Candace8383]

11:48 AM on 11/22/2009

i have watched the March of the Wooden Soldiers ( aka babes in toy-land W/ Laurel and Hardy) EVERY thanksgivi­ng since ...forever and then followed it with Alice's Restaurant (the song) played at 12 noon ...and this year i will do the same ...then later in the day the original Miracle on 34Th street with Natalie Wood ...omg i am in a rut but a happy rut