And one of the major dramatic confrontations of the film takes place around the Thanksgiving table, with Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe) engaging in the single most villainous act of turkey-carving ever committed to celluloid. It’s admittedly a tough sell to reimagine one of the first superhero blockbusters of the modern era as a Thanksgiving movie, but consider how shaped Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker is by his desire to do right by his family, especially dear old Aunt May (Rosemary Harris). (Available for rent on Amazon Prime, iTunes, YouTube, Google Play) ‘Spider-Man’ Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic, a sci-fi opus bathed in dirty neon and dystopic grime, is set in 2019 Los Angeles, a time period that must have seemed as radically far off to the filmmakers back then as its more recent sequel’s 2049 setting does today. (Streaming on Starz) ‘Blade Runner’īelieve it or not, Blade Runner doesn’t just take place around Thanksgiving: it takes place around this Thanksgiving. That’s when Alma (Michelle Williams) finally confronts Ennis (Heath Ledger) about the true nature of his relationship with Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal), their tensions spilling out in the kitchen and threatening to turn violent. Though Brokeback Mountain draws most of its rough-hewn romantic poetry from two cowboys embracing their passions against the backdrop of the Wyoming plains, one of its key confrontations takes place at Thanksgiving. ‘Brokeback Mountain’Īs anyone who’s ever gathered with relatives for Thanksgiving will tell you, family secrets flow as freely as Martinelli’s.

Some make it easy, like A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Free Birds, but others make their connection to the holiday less obvious. Though Miracle on 34th Street takes place during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, it’s a yuletide classic all the same and even though it’s focused on one man’s plight to travel home for Thanksgiving, Planes, Trains and Automobiles has been embraced as a Christmas movie by many, perhaps due to its snowy setting and sentimental messages about being together with your family when it matters most.īut there are plenty of Thanksgiving movies out there, just waiting to be recognized as such.

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