The 72 best Christmas movies to stream in the US this holiday season

(Pocket-lint) - If you're thing similar us, you're trying to ticker arsenic galore Christmas films arsenic imaginable implicit the vacation season.

There are tonnes to take from aft all, including cult classics and, of course, the occasional oddball vacation flick that you secretly enjoy. But alternatively of trudging done the snowfall to a video store (if those adjacent beryllium anymore) to get carnal copies, you should conscionable measurement into the 21st period and watercourse them. From Disney+ to Netflix, the movie-streaming services available are aplenty.

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All you person to bash is browse the database below, prime a movie, past prime a streaming work to ticker it from. We've included links to each of them for US sites. Some we've chosen outgo a tiny spot of money, portion others are free. 

8-Bit Christmas (2021)

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Watch it now: HBO Max

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In 1980s Chicago, a 10-year-old tries to get the latest and top video crippled strategy - NES - for Christmas.

A Boy Called Christmas (2021)

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Watch it now: Netflix

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A young lad called Nikolas sets retired connected an escapade into the northbound successful hunt of his begetter who is looking for a fabled colony of elves called Elfhelm. Taking with him a reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal favored mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny.

Holidate (2020)

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Watch it now: Netflix

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Sick of being azygous connected holidays, 2 strangers hold to beryllium each other's plus-ones each twelvemonth long, lone they statesman to make feelings connected the way.

Happiest Season (2020)

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Watch it now: Netflix

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A pistillate plans to suggest to her woman portion astatine her family's yearly vacation enactment lone to observe her spouse it's retired of the closet yet.

Holiday successful the Wild (2020)

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Watch it now: Netflix

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Jilted by her hubby earlier heading connected an African safari, a pistillate travels unsocial wherever she meets an elephant conservationist.

Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)

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Watch it now: Disney+

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In this Home Alone reboot, a joined mates tries to bargain backmost a invaluable heirloom from a troublesome kid.

Frozen (2013)

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Watch it now: Disney+, Amazon, Vudu

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The Kingdom of Arendelle is engulfed successful a never-ending wintertime erstwhile Princess Elsa flees aft her magical wintertime powers are revealed to the people, leaving her sister Anna arsenic the lone idiosyncratic near to way her down.

The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

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Watch it now: Netflix

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Two siblings hole a trap truthful that they're capable to spot Santa erstwhile helium comes down the chimney, but erstwhile they sneak into his sleigh, they origin an mishap that makes his sleigh to breakdown. The 2 kids, Santa, and his elves volition person to enactment unneurotic if they privation to prevention Christmas.

Grinch (2018)

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Watch it now: Amazon

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Some Christmas stories are ever amusive to spot again. This clip Benedict Cumberbatch voices the big, mean Grinch is this retelling of the Dr. Seuss classic, that sees the greenish guy's bosom turn 3 sizes.

Klaus (2019)

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Watch it now: Netflix

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A young postman is sent to found a station bureau successful a distant municipality successful the acold north, wherever helium meets an aged toymaker by the sanction of Klaus. The postman begins delivering children's letters to Klaus, and together, they statesman delivering toys down the chimneys of the section townspeople.

Noelle (2019)

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Watch it now: Disney+

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Santa's girl Noelle has to spell find her brother, Nick, who's fled to Arizona alternatively than presume the work of Santa Claus. Once she finds her brother, she realizes helium has nary involvement successful returning to the North Pole. Noelle has to find idiosyncratic to beryllium Santa to prevention Christmas.

Christmas Inheritance (2017)

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Watch it now: Netflix

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A woman, who is known arsenic the "party heiress", makes a woody with her begetter aft her latest nationalist gaffe. She'll get power implicit her father's artifact institution if she spends the holidays successful the tiny municipality wherever the institution began with lone $100 to her name.

Bad Santa (2003)

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A drunken conman and his spouse airs arsenic Santa and his elf helper to rob a section store connected Christmas Eve, but portion casing the store, the conman forms an improbable relationship with an awkward young boy.

It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

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George Bailey spends his beingness reasoning of others, helping guarantee each those astir them execute their dreams astatine the disbursal of his own. When wealth is misplaced that could pb to George being arrested, his guardian angel, Clarence, shows him what the satellite would person been similar if helium had ne'er existed.

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

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The Muppets archer their ain laugh-filled mentation of Ebenezer Scrooge's redemption. There's besides a ton of large philharmonic numbers passim the movie. If that's not enough, past there's besides Micheal Caine arsenic a precise superior Scrooge complaining astir his muppet tenants not paying rent.

Elf (2003)

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Santa mistakenly brings a babe backmost to the North Pole, wherever he's raised arsenic a Buddy the Elf. Once his size and deficiency of toy-building endowment becomes an issue, helium travels to New York to conscionable his father, who's got a regular spot connected the naughty list.

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

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Watch it now: Netflix, Amazon, Google Play, Vudu

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A greenish miser tries to ruin Christmas for each the Whos successful Whoville until helium learns what Christmas is truly about. This rendition of the Dr Seuss classical is the lone live-action mentation and features Jim Carrey arsenic the Grinch.

One Magic Christmas (1985)

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With her husband's existent unemployment and Christmas connected the way, Ginny is having occupation feeling overmuch excitement astir the holidays. Her 2 kids, with the assistance of an angel named Gideon amusement her that Christmas isn't conscionable astir presents, but astir the radical you love.

Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

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Watch it now: Vudu

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Rudolph is calved with a reddish nose, which forces different reindeer to dainty him similar an outcast until helium leaves the North Pole, but conscionable erstwhile helium leaves, a tempest moves in, and Santa could usage idiosyncratic with a agleam reddish chemoreceptor to usher him done it.

The Little Drummer Boy (1968)

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Watch it now: Vudu

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One of the cartoon classics that person go Christmas staples, The Little Drummer Boy follows an orphaned small lad who has his beingness changed everlastingly erstwhile helium meets 3 omniscient men connected their mode to Bethlehem.

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)

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Watch it now: Vudu

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Have you ever wondered wherever astir of your favourite Christmas traditions travel from? Well, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town has each the answers of however Kris Kringle became Santa Claus, joined Mrs. Claus, and the remainder of his root story.

Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)

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Everyone's favourite red-nosed reindeer goes connected a quest to find the Baby New Year earlier midnight connected New Year's Eve. This 1 mightiness beryllium champion saved for a New Year's rewatch with the kids.

Frosty The Snowman (1969)

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Watch it now: Vudu

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A radical of children find a magician's chapeau and enactment connected their snowman and brings it to life. After a speedy jaunt done town, the magician comes looking for his chapeau and the children volition person to halt him if they privation to support their caller frozen person alive.

Dr Seuss How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

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Watch it now: Amazon, Google Play

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The archetypal cartoon classical aired arsenic a tv peculiar successful 1966 with the Grinch voiced by Boris Karloff arsenic helium attempts and fails to ruin Christmas for each the Whos successful Whoville.

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

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Watch it now: Apple TV

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Charlie Brown is having a hard clip uncovering the Christmas spirit. As helium sees his friends obsess implicit the commercialized part, from Snoopy competing successful the vicinity airy amusement to Sally's unthinkable Christmas list, Charlie Brown becomes much obsessed with uncovering thing person to the existent meaning of Christmas.

A Christmas Story (1983)

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Whether you subordinate much with Ralphie wanting his authoritative Red Ryder c enactment 200 changeable scope exemplary aerial firearm for Christmas oregon his aged antheral yelling obscenities astatine the furnace successful the basement, A Christmas Story is required viewing each December.

Eight Crazy Nights (2002)

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Adam Sandler's ode to the vacation play filled with catchy songs and fart jokes. It follows Davey Stone arsenic he's sentenced to implicit a referee grooming programme with the 70-year-old Whitey Duvall oregon person a 10-year situation sentence.

Krampus (2015)

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A dysfunctional household causes a young lad to constitute a missive to Santa wishing for his household to find their Christmas tone again. Unfortunately, helium destroys it aft his cousins mockingly work it aloud to the family, truthful Krampus -- not Santa -- volition reply his wish.

A Very Murray Christmas (2015)

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Watch it now: Netflix

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Bill Murray hosts a star-studded vacation peculiar during a snowstorm successful New York City that includes George Clooney, Amy Poehler, Miley Cyrus, Paul Shaffer, Chris Rock, and galore more.

Love Actually (2003)

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From the recently elected Prime Minister falling successful emotion with an adjutant to a past his premier rocker trying to onshore 1 past chart-topper with a Christmas tune, this movie shows however the vacation unfolds for 8 antithetic couples successful the hectic period earlier Christmas successful vastly antithetic ways.

I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998)

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Jake is promised his father's classical Porsche if he'll travel location for Christmas; the lone occupation is that he's been dumped successful the godforsaken with a Santa chapeau and beard glued to his caput with hardly anytime near to get home.

Trading Places (1983)

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The 2 affluent Duke brothers orchestrate a program truthful that uptight, affluent feline Winthrope switches places with the mediocre hustler, Billy Ray Valentine, to gamble connected however the 2 volition respond. Eventually, the 2 recognize the program and enactment unneurotic to crook the tables connected the Dukes.

Happy Christmas (2014)

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After a Break-up, Jenny moves successful with her older brother, Jeff, and his woman and two-year-old conscionable up of Christmas. While the narration has its struggles, Jenny and Jeff's wife, Kelly, assistance each different recognize important truths astir themselves and what they request to beryllium happy.

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

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The lovable goofball Ernest picks up Santa arsenic a fare successful his taxi and draws himself into an adventure, wherever helium has to instrumentality Santa's sack of toys and past assistance find him a successor earlier Christmas is ruined.

Serendipity (2000)

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John and Sara conscionable during the Christmas play successful New York City, and due to the fact that of Sara's superstitions, they constitute their interaction info connected a publication and a five-dollar bill. The lone mode they'll beryllium capable to proceed their budding romance is if they tin find each other's interaction info.

Reindeer Games (2000)

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Ben Affleck plays a man, named Rudy, who assumes his dormant cellmate Nick's individuality to get a miss erstwhile he's released from prison. The lone occupation is that girl's got a member who's going to kidnap him and unit him to assistance rob a casino that his dormant cellmate worked at.

The Family Stone (2005)

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An uptight pistillate heads location with her fellow to conscionable his household for the holidays. Unfortunately, the pistillate and the household don't precisely deed it off, starring to plentifulness of awkward moments earlier the household tin find happiness connected this Christmas.

Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014)

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Will Grumpy Cat person the worst Christmas ever oregon tin she find immoderate happiness on with the existent meaning of Christmas? The important happening is that we get to ticker a grumpy looking feline successful a Santa chapeau woody with a clump of blessed people.

Christmas With The Kranks (2004)

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On their archetypal Christmas without their girl successful the house. the Kranks are readying connected skipping Christmas entirely. Unfortunately, their neighbors aren't going to fto them. But erstwhile their girl has a last-minute alteration of plans and decides to travel home, the full assemblage rallies to amusement her the vacation tone ne'er left.

A Christmas Carol (2009)

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An animated retelling of the Dickens' classical with Jim Carrey voicing the Scrooge. Watch arsenic the Ghost of Christmas' Past, Present, and Future instrumentality aged Ebenezer connected a whirlwind travel done clip to amusement him the mistake of his ways.

Die Hard (1988)

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John McClaine arrives successful Los Angeles connected Christmas Eve to spot his estranged wife. Just arsenic helium arrives astatine Nakatomi Plaza the violent Hans Gruber takes implicit the operation successful his effort to bargain millions successful bearer bonds. Yippee-Ki-Yay.

Christmas In Connecticut (1945)

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Elizabeth is simply a nutrient writer who's lied astir each file she's ever written and present has to big a meal for her brag and her biggest fan, a warfare leader returning from overseas. So it's either get a fake household oregon suffer her job.

Arthur Christmas (2011)

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Arthur Christmas shows however an overly modernized process of delivering presents pb to a azygous contiguous being misplaced. Santa's clumsy son, Arthur, is tasked by his gramps to present the contiguous the aged fashioned way, with an aged sleigh and the great-grandchildren of the archetypal reindeers.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

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Eyes Wide Shut mightiness beryllium the lone movie connected present you can't ticker with your kids. After his woman admits to astir cheating connected him, a antheral goes connected a unsafe nighttime of self-discovery. It's not straight a Christmas movie, but it's acceptable during the holidays and is simply a amusive 1 for parents to watch.

The Polar Express (2004)

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A young lad begins to suffer his content successful Santa Claus until a magical bid appears successful beforehand of his location connected Christmas Eve. Boarding the train, the lad goes connected a magical travel to the North Pole aboard the Polar Express with everyone's favourite vacation character, Tom Hanks.

The Ref (1994)

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A mates who's been attending therapy and person grown to hatred each different extremity up spending the vacation tied up by a burglar, played by Denis Leary, who ends up being a large therapist successful his ain right.

Joyeux Noel (2005)

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This overseas movie tells the heartwarming communicative of the archetypal Christmas to hap during World War I. Without immoderate instructions oregon negotiations, soldiers connected some sides enactment down their arms and celebrated unneurotic for 1 night.

Four Christmases (2008)

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A mates who some person divorced parents person 4 household Christmases they don't privation to attend. While their families propulsion them to the brink of leaving 1 another, their narration ends up coming distant from the vacation adjacent stronger.

Jingle All The Way (1996)

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Arnold promises his lad a Turbo Man doll for Christmas -- the lone occupation is they're each sold out. He spends each of Christmas Eve warring bony and nail to get his hands connected a Turbo Man, earlier donning the costume himself and warring Sinbad during the large Christmas parade.

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (1993)

The Family Man (2000)

A selfish concern antheral wakes up adjacent to the emotion of his beingness helium near decades agone and their 3 children helium ne'er had. While astatine first, he's miserable astir the switch, helium comes to spot what helium missed retired on.

The Bishop's Wife (1947)

A Bishop asks eden for assistance successful his ngo to physique a cathedral. The effect comes successful the signifier of an angel, played by Carey Grant, who's determination to assistance not lone with the Cathedral but prevention the Bishop's matrimony arsenic well.

Jack Frost (1998)

Micheal Keaton plays a instrumentalist who dies portion trying to instrumentality location to his household astatine Christmas. The pursuing twelvemonth helium returns arsenic a snowman with 1 past accidental to walk a Christmas with his son.

Gremlins (1984)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Jack, king of Halloweentown, discovers the magic of Christmas and instantly becomes infatuated with the holiday. Unfortunately, the remainder of the folks successful Halloweentown has nary thought what Jack sees successful the caller holiday.

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

Black Christmas (1974)

The Shop Around The Corner (1940)

Two coworkers who can't basal 1 different statesman to autumn successful emotion erstwhile they go anonymous pen pals. If that sounds vaguely familiar, it's due to the fact that You've Got Mail is based connected this film.

Holiday Inn (1942)

If you're a large instrumentality of classical Christmas songs, past this is simply a movie you'll person to watch. Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire effort to impressment a beauteous miss astatine a edifice that is lone unfastened during the holiday.

Miracle On 34th Street (1947)

An aged antheral who goes by Kris Kringle fills successful for a drunk Santa successful the Macy's parade earlier becoming a deed successful section stores during the vacation season. Eventually, helium has to spell connected proceedings to find his intelligence fitness, arsenic helium believes helium is Santa.

Miracle On 34th Street (1994)

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Editing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 4 December 2014.