If all you want for Christmas is some very merry movies to stream, then you’ve come to the right place.
Every December, we rearrange our schedules around gift-shopping, cookie-baking, party-going, carol-singing, and — more than ever — movie-watching. There’s a treasure trove of holiday features that make the season bright, so you’d better queue them up before the New Year rolls around, resolutions kick in, and the long wait for the next holiday season begins.
Here are 28 Christmas movies available to stream on Netflix, enough to fill the holiday season. So brew up some cocoa, break out the fuzzy socks, and let the holiday season streaming start!
Best. Christmas. Ever!
Christmas is a competitive sport in Mary Lambert’s new comedy. Heather Graham stars as a suburban mom who ends up, in a bit of comedic confusion, taking her family to spend the holiday with her longtime frenemy (Brandy), whose impeccable facade has long been a source of resentment. Tune in to find out if old tensions give way to a new understanding — or if the setup leads instead to a holiday-hostess smackdown.
A Boy Called Christmas
Christmas Eve is the perfect time to hit play on Gil Kenan’s enchanting A Boy Called Christmas. When the king (Jim Broadbent) promises a reward in exchange for a symbol of hope, young Nikolas (Henry Lawfull) tries to help his father win the prize, and finds himself on an epic quest to reach a city of magic inhabited by elves.
Carry-On
If the definition of a Christmas movie is that it takes place at Christmas and imparts a message of love, peace on earth, and goodwill to men, then Carry-On fits the bill. Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton) is relatively unambitious at his job as a security officer for TSA at LAX airport. But since his girlfriend, Nora (Sofia Carson), is now pregnant, he finally asserts himself and is assigned to a baggage-scanning machine in the midst of the Christmas Eve rush. Ethan finds a lone earpiece in a bin and gets a text message to put it in his ear. He’s threatened by “the Traveler” (Jason Bateman) to let a particular bag through security without flagging it — or Nora’s life is on the line. The heat is on for Ethan to find a way to prevent a deadly attack from happening while being monitored constantly. Like Die Hard, an action film considered by many to be a great holiday flick, this gripping thriller is a perfect seasonal shake-up in a sea of rom-coms and heartfelt family movies.
A Castle For Christmas
Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes star in Mary Lambert’s cozy romantic comedy, in which a recently divorced romance novelist (Shields), under siege from her fans for killing off a beloved character, flies to Scotland to wait out the storm. Upon seeing a castle her father once knew as a child, she impulsively decides to buy it from the grumpy duke (Elwes) who calls it home. You’ll just have to watch to find out if the historic château is the only thing she falls in love with over there!
The Christmas Chronicles
Who knew that Santa Claus was the role that Kurt Russell was born to play? In Clay Kaytis’ 2018 yuletide adventure, the star brilliantly embodies a Saint Nick who –– when his sleigh is disrupted and bag of presents lost mid-Christmas Eve night –– must team up with a pair of kids to save the holiday before daybreak. In the Chris Columbus–directed sequel, Russell’s real-life partner, Goldie Hawn, takes his side as Mrs. Claus.