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Muppets and elves jostle with orphans, serial killers and Santa in our list of the greatest yuletide movies ever to grace the big screen

THE LIST: Films can still offer an emotional hit like nothing else. Helen O’Hara and Patrick Smith pick their favourites

Old movie stars don't die, they just fade into television. That's been true since the 1960s. Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart both transitioned to the small screen with less than memorable results. It was even worse for Fred MacMurray. "My Three Sons" was so successful that his stellar work in…

There was something film noirish about Boris Johnson’s position. The film noir hero, usually played by Robert Mitchum or Fred MacMurray, is often a man of apprehension and talent, not, as is usually supposed, an illiterate mug. He knows from the beginning that his actions are self-destructive and will lead…