Five untraditional Christmas movies to watch this holiday

A Christmas Story. Elf. Miracle on 34th Street. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

All are holiday classics people watch again and again.

But Rolf Glemser,owner of Far Out Flicks, a video store with more than30,000 DVDs and VHS for sale and rent,told Craig Norris, host of CBC's The Morning Editionduring the Sounds of the Season broadcast, that if you're looking for something different to watch this holiday, check these out:

We're No Angels

We're No Angels is a 1955 Christmas comedy about three convicts who escape from Devil's Island and arrive in a small French town just before Christmas. They hide out in the home of a kind merchant and repay his kindness by getting him, and his family, out of several dilemmas.

Surviving Christmas

Surviving Christmas stars Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate and James Gandolfini in another Christmas comedy. Affleck plays a lonely obnoxious millionaire who pays a family to spend Christmas with him.

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

This 1964 sci-fi Christmas movie is one Glemser says is "so bad it's good."Martian leaders decide they want to kidnap Santa Claus to help Martian kids have fun and freedom. But to find the right Santa, they kidnapped two children to find the real one.

Gremlins

Gremlins is a little more on the dark side. After receiving a little monster pet as a Christmas present from his father, Billycarelessly breaks three important rules regarding his new pet that unleash a swarm of malicious monsters.

Die Hard

Die Hard is considered by some as a Christmas movie classic. Bruce Willis plays a NYPD cop who saves his wife and others who were taken hostage by a German terrorist during a work Christmas party.