New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- Christmas, for many, is incomplete without the classic movie 'It's a Wonderful Life'. However, this year, fans were left fuming after Amazon Prime Video released an abridged version of the 1946 Christmas classic, reportedly cutting out a key 22-minute sequel.

Fans said that the streaming platform "ruined" the movie with its "butchered version".

Prime Video has removed the iconic Pottersville sequence from the abridged version of the movie, making it roughly 22 minutes shorter than the original 130-minute film, according to the New York Post, citing viewers.

In the pivotal stretch, the movie explains why the despairing hero, George Bailey, suddenly rediscovers the will to live. It was in the cut-out scene that Bail...