What's Playing On Christmas Day At The Movies In MA

Whether you head to the movies on Christmas Day every year or you're thinking about heading out to catch a show this year for the first time, but wondering what's out there; we've got some ideas.

The period between Christmas Day and New Year's Day is the most lucrative stretch of the year for the box office. Last year's top movies included "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" This year the "Mary Poppins" reboot, "Aquaman" and "If Beale Street Could Talk" look set to be the big winners.

There are three movies opening on Christmas Day this year including, "Destroyer," where a police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace. This one doesn't seem to be playing in the Boston area so far as we could find.

But the other two "Vice," about Vice President Dick Chenney, and "On the Basis of Sex," about Ruth Bader Ginsburg are both playing in the area.

In the Boston area you can expect to find more than a dozen films to choose from.

See our lists below:

• Aquaman,
• Holmes & Watson,
• If Beale Street Could Talk,
• On the Basis of Sex
• Vice,
• Airpocalypse,
• Bumblebee,
• Mary Queen of Scots,
• Second Act,
• Welcome To Marwen,
• Mary Poppins Returns,
• Mortal Engines,
• Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse,
• The Favourite,
• The Mule,
• Ralph Breaks the Internet,
• Dr. Seuss' The Grinch,

Check out the times for these at major theatres at Fandango here.

The West Newton Cinema:

This independent theater will be showing eight films, including

Showcase SuperLux in Chestnut Hill:

will be showing "Aquaman," which opened earlier this month.

Coolidge Corner Theatre (Brookline)

• Green Book 2hr 10mins: Inspired by a true friendship, Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali star in Peter Farrelly's foray into dramatic work. MORE⟩
• If Beale Street Could Talk 1hr 59mins: Academy Award-winning writer/director Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel. MORE⟩

• Mary Queen of Scots 2hr 05mins: Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie star in the story of the rivalry between Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I. MORE⟩
• Shoplifters 2hr 01mins : The latest film from Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda, and winner of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. MORE⟩
• The Favourite 1hr 59mins: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Stone star in the new film from Yorgos Lanthimos. MORE⟩

Kendall Square Cinema (Cambridge)

• Vice, The epic story of how Washington insider Dick Cheney (Christian Bale) quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice President.
• If Beale Street Could Talk: In this celebration of love, a newly engaged Harlem woman races against the clock to prove her lover’s innocence while carrying their first-born child to term.
• On the Basis of Sex,Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband on a groundbreaking case to overturn a century of gender discrimination.
• Mary Queen of Scots, Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within the courts of Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I imperil both thrones—and change the course of history.
• The Favourite, Darkly comic story of three commanding women who jockey with raw abandon for love, favor and power amid the excesses of 18th century royals.
• Ben is Back, Over a turbulent 24 hours, a mother's (Julia Roberts) undying love for her son (Lucas Hedges) is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
• Roma, This vivid and emotional film from Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón chronicles a tumultuous year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
• Shoplifters, After a ragtag group of petty thieves take in a child they find alone on the street, their tenuous, below-the-radar existence is suddenly upended.

Embassy Cinema, (Waltham MA)

• Bumblebee
• Aquaman
• The Mule
• Welcome to Marwen
• Vice
• The Favourite

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