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Joyeux Noel (2005) — Where to Watch · CriticCrunch

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Joyeux Noel

Movie2005·116 min

Joyeux Noel

Directed by Christian Carion

Drama War Romance History

An Oscar-nominated drama war film directed by Christian Carion.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 18%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.4/10

About Joyeux Noel

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Contemplative, Cozy
Story Tags: sacrifice duty, fate destiny, survival of spirit, early 1900s, holiday seasonal, music performance, historical event, warzone, international, strangers forced together, battlefield combat, war homefront, everyman, ensemble, siege bottle, slow burn reveal

936 ratings

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Details

Director: Christian Carion
Language: French

Cast

Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet

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Awards

◆Oscar Nominee — Best Int'l Feature (2005)

How Joyeux Noel Ranks

All movies

Top 18%

2000s movies

Top 15%

Drama movies

Top 17%

2000s Drama movies

Top 16%

★Christian Carion films#1 of 5

Christian Carion's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Joyeux Noel Vibe

What it feels like

measuredbittersweetmoderateapproachablelight-touchbroadearnest

contemplative

cozy

What it's about

siege bottleslow-burn revealsacrifice dutyfate destinysurvival of spiriteverymanensemblestrangers forced togetherholiday seasonalmusic performancehistorical eventbattlefield combatwar homefrontwarzoneinternationalearly 1900s

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9

texture

contemplativequiet