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Christmas is just around the corner, which, for many families, means gathering in the living room to watch their favorite holiday movie or putting one on the background while decorating the tree or baking in the kitchen.
Whether you're a fan of the animated classics like "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" or modern stories like "A Christmas Story Christmas" (based on the 1983 classic) and "Holiday in the Wild," one of the many streaming services is bound to have your favorites.
We've compiled a list of several Christmas movies available on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Max (formerly HBO Max), Disney+, Apple TV+ and Peacock. The list is not comprehensive, as there are countless Christmas movies spread across various streaming services. If your favorite Christmas or holiday movie isn't on our list below, search for it on your streaming service or online.
How much is a Netflix subscription? Netflix's subscription plans start out at $6.99/month for standard (Full HD) streaming with advertisements. Standard streaming without ads is $15.49/month and premium (Ultra HD) streaming is $22.99/month. Standard plans allow two users to stream at once, while premium allows four users to stream at once.
How much is a Max subscription? Max subscription plans start out at $9.99/month with advertisements. The ad-free plan is $15.99/month and the premium plan is $19.99/month. The ad-free plan allows two users to stream at once and the premium plan allows four users to stream at once.
New this year to the streaming service is "Christmas with Walt Disney," made by the Walt Disney Family Museum. The movie features home videos and shorts, as Disney's daughter Diane shares some of her favorite holiday memories.
Third place went to Christmas With You, with 88,900 average monthly searches. This movie is focused on a pop star who needs an escape and finds herself in a small town, where she manages to find inspiration and maybe love.
RANT Casino began the process of finding the most popular Netflix Christmas movies with a seed list of the 20 highest-rated Netflix Christmas movies on IMDb. Search analytics tool Ahrefs was then used to collect data on the average global monthly search volumes for each of the movies. Movies were then ranked in descending order, based on the amount of average global monthly search volumes they had generated. The date was collected on Nov. 7.
Streaming services can get in the holiday spirit, too. Streamers from Paramount+ to discovery+ have stocked up on Christmas fare, from reality-competition baking shows to popular seasonal hits, like "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
But more streaming services are turning out new holiday movies and specials as well. Here are some of the new Christmas-themed offerings debuting on major streaming services this season from Thanksgiving to Christmas.
"A Boy Called Christmas": A boy goes in search of his father, who himself was on a quest to find a village of elves in this Christmas fantasy/origin story, with a cast including Maggie Smith, Kristen Wiig, Toby Jones, Jim Broadbent, Sally Hawkins and more. Starting Nov. 24.
"A Castle for Christmas": An author (Brooke Shields) goes to Scotland with a plan to buy a small castle, but she ends up in conflict with the historic home's owner (Cary Elwes). Starting Nov. 26.
"Single All the Way": A perpetually single guy (Michael Urie) heading home for the holidays convinces his best friend (Philemon Chambers) to pose as his boyfriend to get his family off his back. Things get more complicated when his mother (Kathy Najimy) sets him up on a blind date with her handsome trainer (Luke Macfarlane). Starting Dec. 2.
"Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas": The scheming sheep has to find his missing pal Timmy in time for the holiday in this new animated special from the folks who brought you "Wallace and Gromit." Starting Dec. 3.
"David and the Elves": A boy sets out with an escaped elf on a journey into the mountains, with the youth's parents and Santa in pursuit, in this Polish fantasy-adventure. Starting Dec. 6.
"A California Christmas: City Lights": A year after falling in love, a couple's dreams of running a dairy farm and winery in California could get derailed when he gets called back to the city in this holiday romantic comedy sequel. Starting Dec. 16.
"Grumpy Christmas": A patriarch and his extended (OK, very extended) family spend Christmas on the beach with a demanding older aunt who tries to take over his leadership of the clan, in this sequel to the Mexican comedy "Un Padre No Tan Padre." Starting Dec. 22.
"1,000 Miles From Christmas": A man whose worst moments always occur during the holidays is sent by his boss to do an audit at a factory in the most Christmas-y town ever. Tamar Novas stars in this holiday comedy from Spain. Starting Dec. 24.
"Madagascar: A Little Wild Holiday Goose Chase": The animal gang from the "Madagascar" movies tries to reunite a wayward goose with his family in New York in this new holiday special. Starting Nov. 26.
"Royally Wrapped for Christmas": The director of the New York office of an international charity goes to the kingdom that runs the foundation to interview for the top job, and she falls in love with a prince. Starting Nov. 27.
"Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas": The daytime soap opera is turned into a made-for-TV holiday movie in this new special, featuring nearly all of the cast of "Days of Our Lives," including Milwaukee's own Deidre Hall as Marlena Evans. Starting Dec. 16.
"8-Bit Christmas": In the late 1980s, a young boy will stop at nothing to get his hands on a Nintendo Entertainment System before everyone else. Neil Patrick Harris plays the boy as an adult. Starting Nov. 25.
"The Business of Christmas": After the death of their patriarch, a family at Christmastime struggles to forgive each other for their past mistakes. With Daphne Maxwell Reid, Jennifer Freeman. Starting Dec. 2.
"Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas": Zoey tries to fill her late father's role in creating a special Christmas for her family in this new holiday special, also designed as the finale for the canceled TV series. Starting Dec. 1.
The most wonderful time of year is here, meaning that the Netflix charts are dominated by Christmas movies, shows, and specials. It could take hours for subscribers to comb through all that content to find their favorite. However, thanks to secret codes, you can find those favorites quickly on the website, then add them to your watchlist so you can easily find them on your TV. All you have to do is type "www.netflix.com/browse/genre/" and the code right after the final forward slash and you go straight to the surprisingly specific categories Netflix staffers have created.
If you want to watch romantic Christmas movies, you can use the secret code for "Romantic Christmas Films" to get to Lindsay Lohan's Falling for Christmas and Justin Hartley's The Noel Diary right away. If you want to sit with your children, there are several specific groupings of movies they will love. Netflix has dozens of Christmas movies for everyone, from animated hits like Klaus to beloved musicals like White Christmas. Scroll on for Netflix Christmas movie codes.
The code "107985" will take you to the general "Holiday Favorites" page, which is an easy way to find just about every Christmas movie on Netflix. It is also an easy way to find holiday-themed shows like and specials, like The Great British Baking Show Holidays. You can also find the quirky 2015 special A Very Murray Christmas starring Bill Murray here.
Most of Netflix's own Christmas movies fit in the "Romantic Christmas Films" banner. This includes viral favorites like A Christmas Prince and Christmas Inheritance, and The Holiday Calendar. Other titles in this category include Holidate, Santa Girl, Love Hard, Little Italy, Christmas with a View, and Love, Guaranteed. To get to this section, type the code "1394527" after the previously mentioned web address.
White Christmas is also under this category, but so are many other family Christmas movies. This includes Klaus, The Christmas Chronicles, The Knight Before Christmas, and Angela's Christmas. Other movies in this genre include The Princess Switch movies, David and the Elves, and 48 Christmas Wishes. To get to this section, type the code "1474017" after the previously mentioned web address.
Looking for some Christmas movies that will make you feel good? Then you have to check out this category. It includes Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, The Knight Before Christmas, Holiday in the Wild, Elf Story, and Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You. The Princess Switch franchise can also be found here. To get to this section, type the code "1475066" after the previously mentioned web address.
Christmas is also a great time to laugh with your family, and these titles can help anyone laugh. This page includes A Cinderella Story Christmas Wish, Christmas Break-In, Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas, and Home for the Holidays. To get to this section, type the code "1475071" after the previously mentioned web address.
One way to learn more about other countries is to watch their movies, including Christmas ones. Netflix has created different categories for British and Canadian Christmas movies. Under the British category, you can find the animated film Robin Robin. To get to this section, type the code "1527064" after the previously mentioned web address. The Canadian category includes Puppy Star Christmas. To get to this section, type the code "1721544" after the previously mentioned web address.
We're talking about Netflix codes, a hidden way to search the platform's library that easily shows you movies or shows in a certain category. By using these codes you can filter all the videos by what you're looking for, say westerns or musicals or action thrillers.
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