Scrooged (1988)

A Christmas Carol rewritten as a satire of 1980s network television, with Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a TV executive who fires a staff member on Christmas Eve and gets three ghosts for his trouble. Murray's sneering, deadpan delivery is the reason to watch, and the Ghost of Christmas Present, who shows her goodwill by hitting him, is a gloriously violent running joke. The ending turns sincere, but it earns it after an hour of acid. Fine for teenagers; younger children may find the ghosts genuinely frightening.