10 Non-Christmas Films You Can TOTALLY Get Away With Watching This Festive Season

9. Iron Man 3

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After rescuing New York from destruction, Stark is plagued with paranoia and insomnia as he worries about the safety of the world and how vulnerable it is to threats. This fear only grows when an international terrorist known as The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) starts claiming responsibility for the increased terrorist activity around the world. After Happy is injured in a blast caused by The Mandarin, Stark takes it personally and calls The Mandarin out to face him.

How to convince others: First of all, the whole film is set in December and features countless mentions of Christmas. Not only that, but Marvel studios themselves have come out and said that Iron Man 3 is absolutely a Christmas film. In fact, if you put "Christmas" into the search bar on your Disney+ account, you'll see Iron Man 3 come up as a recommendation. You may need to scroll a bit, but it's there alright!

If that's not enough, hit them with the fact that there is an elderly bearded man in the movie who claims to watch over people when they're sleeping deciding whether they've been bad or good. Also (spoilers!) Guy Pearce lights up like a Christmas tree in the final battle.

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