Christmas Movies: Home Alone (1990), Columbus’ Comedy Adventure, Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Roberts Blossom, Catherine O’Hara

What’s often forgotten amid the silly shenanigans is the film’s message about the importance of family.

Breaking Away (1979): Peter Yates Oscar-Winning Comedy, Starring Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley

A coming of age picture, the saga is replete with rites of passage, depicting those precious last moments of "irresponsible" adolescence. It's set in the last summer of adolescence, just prior to the beginning of the inevitably disillusioning adulthood.