Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
A wholesome and heartwarming film, Miracle on 34th Street doesn’t disappoint.
As Doris Walker organizes the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, she finds their Santa Clause is drunk and needs a stand-in, which introduces Father Christmas himself. Kris Kringle claims to be the jolly man himself, but Doris, who doesn’t believe in imagination or fairytales, tells her impressionable daughter Susan that Kris is just a “nice man with a beard.”
When their kind neighbor Fred Gailey steps in, he allows Kris to stay with him, and together, they try to introduce some holiday spirit to the mother-daughter duo. It all comes crashing down when Kris is accused of being insane because he believes himself to be the real Santa Clause. Fred Gailey steps up before a courtroom to prove that Kris is the one true Santa Clause in a story about faith, love, and miracles.
Where to stream: Disney+, Amazon Prime Video
