The Christmas season and insane romcoms seem to go hand-in-hand — and here are six of the strangest!

Holiday in Handcuffs (2007)

From our review: “I’m not exactly sure why we’re supposed to be rooting for these two wackos to get together, but I started to dread the inevitable moment when David would succumb to Stockholm Syndrome and decide that this future felon was his dream girl.”

Happiest Season (2020)

From our review: “At no point in the movie do you feel like calling it ‘that lesbians Yuletide comedy.’ It doesn’t make the point that gay couples are now mainstream in movies; it makes you realize that the point should not have to be made.”

Christmas Coupon (2019)

From our review: “Watching a movie like Christmas Coupon is a much-needed reminder that not everyone is a natural actor. You can’t just pull people off the street, dangle the prospect of becoming a star of a sure-to-be-hit holiday film, and expect them to not poop the bed. Poop is going to happen.”

12 Dates of Christmas (2011)

From our review: “Still, it’s hard to go wrong with likable leads, a cheery Christmas overlay, and the time loop format. The way I look at it, the loop is the cosmos’ way of slapping a bit of sense and maturity into this manic dream pixie of a woman.”

Christmas Mail (2010)

From our review: “Meanwhile, Matt’s niece Emily keeps trying to play matchmaker, writing to Santa on his behalf, roping him into a nosy single parent group, and setting him up with a geriatric neighbor. Truly, if you’ve never sat through a movie scene where a guy is pressured by an eight-year-old to romance a woman 40 years his senior, you’ve never lived.”

While You Were Sleeping (1995)

From our review: “WYWS has been one of my top ‘comfort food’ type movies for a long time. I like to put it on when I need to curl up and relax. Along with characters that get along, it has light comedy, and Christmas and New Year’s colors splashed all over it.”