Christmas looks different this year, especially if you are following CDC guidelines and not traveling during the holidays. If you’re staying home to enjoy the holidays, immerse yourself in the spirit by binging on great holiday films. How many of these have you seen?
Whether or not you are alone or just bored at home with nothing to do, we’ve found some of the best Christmas movies on Netflix you can watch right now:
“White Christmas” (1954). In the film, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye play a couple of male vocalists who team up with a sister singing act for a performance in Vermont, only for the guys to meet up with their former commander from their days in World War II. He owns a country inn that’s fallen on hard times, so naturally, the guys convince the gals to help them raise funds to save the inn by putting on a show. This is one of the most beloved holiday films in Hollywood history.
“Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000). This is a live-action adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss animated special that’s 104 minutes long. For a lot of folks, watching Jim Carrey provide the Grinch with the back story we never knew we needed has been an annual tradition.
“This Christmas” (2007). In the film, Loretta Devine plays the matriarch of a family that’s reuniting for the first time in four years, but the time apart has increased the tensions between them, with various skeletons coming out of the closet, resulting in the fraying of some family bonds. Most of them finally end up being stronger than ever by the time the credits roll.
“A Princess For Christmas” (2011). Jules is living single in Buffalo, New York when the death of her sister and brother-in-law leads to her becoming the legal guardian of her niece Maddie and nephew Milo. As the holidays approach, the children’s wealthy grandfather, the Duke of Castlebury, invites them to spend the holidays with him, and Jules tags along. While there, she meets the kids’ uncle, the Duke who doesn’t like Christmas! Well, let’s just see how the kids feel about that.
“Get Santa” (2014). Onetime getaway driver Steve Anderson gets paroled from prison just in time for Christmas, but when his son calls him and tells him that he’s found Santa in their shed not long after a news report about reindeer wandering through the streets of London, it becomes evident that being a free man won’t be the only thing special about Steve’s holiday this year. Ironically, Santa ends up in prison himself, the result of trying to rescue his reindeer.
“Christmas In The Smokies” (2015). Yes, the film does take place in the Smoky Mountains, where Shelby Haygood discovers that her family’s berry farm is in dire financial straits. Rather than panicking, she comes up with a brilliant idea: organize a Christmas concert to help save the farm. She even has the perfect person to serve as headliner – one of the biggest country music stars in the country, and her ex-boyfriend.
“A Bad Mom’s Christmas” (2017). The creative team behind “Bad Moms,” which pulled in over $180 million at the box office, came up with this sequel where the Bad Moms opted to go in a holiday-centric direction for their second outing. Is it still funny, even if you sometimes feel guilty for laughing? Find that out yourself.
“Pottersville” (2017). When George Bailey is shown what his wonderful life would’ve been like if he’d never been born, he discovers that his beloved Bedford Falls has been transformed into… “Pottersville”! This isn’t “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It’s about the owner of a general store who puts on a gorilla suit to woo his wife, only to be mistaken for Bigfoot, which leads to a monster-hunting reality show.
“A Christmas Catch” (2018). Detective Mackenzie Bennett is a woman on a mission, and that mission is to hunt down and catch Carson, who’s suspected of committing a diamond heist. To do so, she opts to go undercover, but in so doing, she not only becomes smitten with him but, indeed, begins to wonder if perhaps he isn’t guilty at all.
“The Christmas Chronicles” (2018). This film has gotten so much acclaim that not only have you probably already seen it, but you’ve also watched the sequel about a couple of kids hiding in Santa’s sleigh and accidentally wreaking havoc on the holiday. Once you’ve discovered that Kurt Russell is playing Santa Claus, everything else is gravy.
“Christmas Survival” (2018). In the UK, this film is under a different title, “Surviving Christmas with the Relatives,” which was a bit too wordy for Americans. It’s about Dan and Miranda, a couple who’ve moved out of London, taken over Miranda’s family farm, and are making it into a bed and breakfast that also sells organic vegetables and goat milk. Alas, it’s a lifestyle that clashes with that of her film-star sister and her agent husband, who show up for the holidays, along with numerous other relatives.
“Holiday In The Wild” (2019). When their son heads off to college, Kate Conrad decides to surprise her husband with a second honeymoon to Zambia, only for him to reply by admitting that he’s fallen out of love with her and wants out of the marriage. Rather than letting the trip go to waste, Kate heads to Zambia herself, where she meets Derek Hollistan, a handsome and charming pilot, and ends up helping to save the life of a baby elephant and deciding that maybe her future lies in Zambia.
“Let It Snow” (2019). Based on the young adult novel by Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracl, the film follows a group of high school students in Laurel, Illinois who find themselves with a pop star in their midst after a heavy snowfall literally stops his train in its tracks. But don’t get too caught up in the interloper’s arrival: there’s plenty of teen angst going on in the locals’ lives even without him.
