Die Hard vs Home Alone: Christmas Movie Face-Off

It’s holiday season, and nothing brings more holiday cheer then stuffing your face full of candy canes and Christmas cookies while watching a badass Christmas movie. But over the years us movie lovers always find ourselves debating and arguing over THE most important question in cinema history – What is the best Christmas movie of all time, 1990’s Home Alone or 1988’s Die Hard (which just got a new WTF episode)?

If you grew up in the 80s and 90s you’re most likely going to pick either Home Alone, starring the great Macaulay Culkin, directed by Chris Columbus, who is known for bringing us childhood hits like Mrs. Doubtfire and The Harry Potter Movies. Or, if your testosterone levels are in overdrive, you’re going to pick Die Hard, starring the legendary Bruce Willis, which is directed by the renowned John McTiernan who cemented his action legacy with movies such as Predator and Last Action Hero.

When it comes down to it these two titans of holiday mayhem are so damn awesome they make all the other Christmas movies look like…Buzz’s Girlfriend…Woof! But this holiday season there’s only room for one of these modern Christmas classics so we are pitting these two holiday badass outcasts against each other to the death…JoBlo style, so grab your machine gun, set your holiday traps, and grab a slice of plain cheese pizza, and a bunch of twinkies! It’s time for a Christmas FACE-OFF!!!!

This episode of FACE-OFF was written and edited by Jay Saint G, narrated by Shawn Knippelberg, produced by Adam Walton and Chris Bumbray and executive produced by Berge Garabedian. What are your thoughts on who should have won this festive contest? As usual leave your musings in the comment section! Merry Christmas from us all here at JoBlo!

About the Author

Chris Bumbray began his career with JoBlo as the resident film critic (and James Bond expert) way back in 2007, and he has stuck around ever since, being named editor-in-chief in 2021. A voting member of the CCA and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, you can also catch Chris discussing pop culture regularly on CTV News Channel.