While You Were Sleeping (1995)
In a meeting recently, the person I was meeting with had never heard of or seen While You Were Sleeping. What a crying shame. While You Were Sleeping isn’t just my favorite Christmas movie — it’s my favorite winter movie, my favorite movie about crushing loneliness, my favorite movie about found family, and my favorite movie about incredible sweaters. The concept is of course that of a horror movie, but the execution — the ASMR of ‘90s Sandra Bullock especially — make it go down as the sweetest thing you’ve ever seen. If you haven’t seen it, I urge you to. If you have seen it, I urge you to rewatch.
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