A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

What holiday is truly complete without Charlie Brown and the gang imparting a gentle lesson about its true meaning? Here, they tackle turkey day at Chuck’s house: a musket is fired, jelly beans are served, and, of course, Snoopy comes to the rescue.

Hannah and Her Sisters

Beginning and ending with Thanksgiving dinners, Hannah and Her Sisters follows three sisters as they negotiate marriage and family, loyalty and betrayal. The eldest daughter of show-biz parents, Hannah is a devoted wife, loving mother and successful actress. A loyal supporter of her two aimless sisters Lee and Holly, she’s also the emotional backbone of a family that seems to resent her stability almost as much as they depend on it. But when Hannah’s perfect world is quietly sabotaged by sibling rivalry, she finally begins to see that she’s as lost as everyone else.

Home for the Holidays

In a span of 36 hours Claudia Larson has managed to lose her job, make out with her boss and learn that her daughter is planning to go all the way. But Claudia’s fortunes actually take a turn for the worse when she flies home to endure an even more grueling trial: the family Thanksgiving. Beset by a neurotic mother, kooky father, eccentric brother, and compulsively “normal” sister, Claudia struggles to maintain her calm. 

Pieces of April

Rebellious daughter April Burns has offered to host an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner for her suburban clan in her Lower East Side apartment. but her attempts to create an unforgettable feast go awry when she discovers that her oven doesn’t work. Now, as her weary family makes its way to the city, April must rely on the kindness of strangers to pull off the perfect meal… and the perfect memory.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Neal Page is an advertising executive who just wants to fly home to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family. But all Neal Page gets is misery. Misery names Del Griffith - a loud mouthed, but nevertheless lovable, salesman who leads Neal on a cross-country, wild goose chase that keeps Neal from tasting his turkey.

The Ice Storm

Suburban Connecticut, 1973. While the Watergate hearings blast from the TV, the wayward Hood and Carver families try to navigate a Thanksgiving break simmering with unspoken resentments, sexual experimentation, and cultural confusion. With crystalline clarity, characteristic subtlety, and even a dose of wicked humor, Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee adapts Rick Moody’s acclaimed novel of American malaise into a trenchant, tragic portrait of lost souls.

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