Halloween is over, the Thanksgiving leftovers are in the fridge. 'Tis the season to stream all the best Christmas movies on Netflix!
32 Best Christmas Movies on Netflix to Watch Right Now
Updated on Jul. 29, 2025
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Released: 2020
Rated: PG
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Madalen Mills
In Jingle Jangle, legendary toymaker Jeronicus Jangle and his granddaughter go on the journey of a lifetime after Jangle’s apprentice steals his most prized invention.
Just Another Christmas
Released: 2020
Rated: MA
Starring: Leandro Hassum, Elisa Pinheiro, Danielle Winits
The heartfelt yet hilarious Brazilian film Just Another Christmas follows a modern-day Scrooge named Jorge who hates Christmas so much that getting stuck in a time loop where he keeps waking up on Christmas Eve is his worst nightmare.
The Christmas Chronicles
Released: 2018
Rated: PG
Starring: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis
In The Christmas Chronicles, Santa teams up with a pair of siblings to save the holiday. This one’s even made it onto our Christmas movie trivia list.
The Christmas Chronicles 2
Released: 2020
Rated: PG
Starring: Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Darby Camp
A charming sequel, The Christmas Chronicles 2 follows Kate Pierce, who’s now an eye-rolling teenager. When a mysterious villain threatens to end Christmas forever, Kate must reunite with Santa to save Christmas again. Even teens will want to curl up with this flick on Christmas Eve.
Klaus
Released: 2019
Rated: PG
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones
This Christmas cartoon follows a postman in the Arctic Circle who stumbles upon a toymaker named Klaus, who’s in hiding. The unlikely friendship in Klaus is the stuff Christmas is made of.
Christmas Inheritance
Released: 2017
Rated: G
Starring: Eliza Taylor, Jake Lacy, Andie MacDowell
During an awful blizzard, a city girl gets snowed in in a small town. Of course, she ends up falling in love and learns the true meaning of the holiday season along the way in the romantic Christmas Inheritance.
The Knight Before Christmas
Released: 2019
Rated: PG
Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Whitehouse, Emmanuelle Chriqui
In The Knight Before Christmas, a schoolteacher who has given up on finding love meets a real-life knight in shining armor due to a Christmas time-travel mix-up.
Holiday Rush
Released: 2019
Rated: PG
Starring: Romany Malco, Sonequa Martin-Green, Darlene Love
A radio DJ who has been spoiling his kids ever since their mother passed away loses his job just before Christmas in Holiday Rush. They’ll need to rise to the occasion and learn how to have a happy holiday without all the Christmas bells and whistles.
Holidate
Released: 2020
Rated: PG-13
Starring: Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Kristin Chenoweth
This is definitely one of the cutest Christmas movies on Netflix. Tired of being single during the holidays, two strangers make a pact to be each other’s holiday date in, naturally, Holidate. Hope they don’t fall in love along the way! (Spoiler: They fall in love along the way.)
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
Released: 2020
Rated: PG
Starring: Dolly Parton, Christine Baranski, Treat Williams
This is one of those movies that might even become a Christmas tradition. A wealthy woman inherits her hometown and immediately starts working nine to five to make all the residents leave before Christmas. Can the people’s kind hearts and some small-town magic change her mind? Find out in Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square.
Angela’s Christmas
Released: 2018
Rated: G
Starring: Lucy O’Connell, Ruth Negga, Brendan Mullins
A little girl named Angela, who lives in Ireland in 1914, sets out to make sure everyone has the best Christmas ever. Angela’s Christmas is based on the short story by acclaimed Irish author Frank McCourt, so get the tissues ready.
El Camino Christmas
Released: 2017
Rated: PG-13
Starring: Jessica Alba, Tim Allen, Dax Shepard
A group of people get stranded in a convenience store during a Christmas Eve robbery and form an unexpected bond in El Camino Christmas.
Operation Christmas Drop
Released: 2020
Rated: G
Starring: Kat Graham, Alexander Ludwig, Virginia Madsen
A type-A congressional aide works to shut down a tropical U.S. Air Force base and end its Christmas tradition, but along the way she falls for the base’s captain in the sweetly romantic Operation Christmas Drop.
Let It Snow
Released: 2019
Rated: MA
Starring: Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush
Let It Snow follows multiple story lines of lovestruck high school students during a massive Christmas Eve snowstorm. If you prefer Christmas reading, you can pick up the novel by John Green, Lauren Myracle and Maureen Johnson that the movie is based on.
The Holiday Calendar
Released: 2018
Rated: PG
Starring: Kat Graham, Quincy Brown, Ethan Peck
In the lighthearted romance The Holiday Calendar, a woman inherits an Advent calendar that can magically predict the future—including her own love life. So much better than 24 days of chocolate!
Trolls Holiday
Released: 2017
Rated: G
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel
A short sequel to the hit 2016 movie, Trolls Holiday is one of the top kids Christmas movies on Netflix for a reason. After Princess Poppy learns the Bergen trolls don’t have any holidays to celebrate, she sets out on a mission to give them something to commemorate.
A Christmas Prince
Released: 2017
Rated: PG
Starring: Rose McIver, Ben Lamb, Alice Krige
A budding journalist sneaks into a castle at Christmas to get information about a dashing European prince but ends up finding love. The best part? There are already two sequels to A Christmas Prince.
Alien Xmas
Released: 2020
Rated: G
Starring: Keythe Farley, Dee Bradley Baker, Kaliayh Rhambo
A short stop-motion animation Christmas special, Alien Xmas follows some grumpy aliens who try to steal all the presents—until a young elf shows up to save the day.
Single All the Way
Released: 2021
Rated: PG
Starring: Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Jennifer Coolidge
Fans of funny Christmas movies, this one’s for you. Eternally single Peter asks his best friend to pose as his boyfriend when he returns to his small town for the holidays. But he wasn’t counting on his family playing matchmaker in the LGBTQ+ favorite Single All the Way.
David and the Elves
Released: 2021
Rated: PG
Starring: Cyprian Grabowski, Jakub Zając, Anna Smołowik
An adorable Polish film, David and the Elves follows an overworked elf who runs off to the real world, where he meets a young boy who loves Christmas. It’s one of the lesser-known Christmas movies on Netflix—but you don’t want to miss out on this hidden gem.
A Trash Truck Christmas
Released: 2020
Rated: G
Starring: Henry Keane, Glen Keane, Lucas Neff
In A Trash Truck Christmas, Hank works to teach the Trash Truck all about Christmas—just in time to help out Santa Claus on his rounds.
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
Released: 2022
Rated: PG
Starring: Scott Garnham, Scott Paige, Kathryn Drysdale
A widowed father inherits a farm right before Christmas but has trouble adjusting to rural life. His five adorable kids (and some even more adorable animals) concoct a scheme to stay there forever in the kid-friendly Christmas on Mistletoe Farm.
A Castle for Christmas
Released: 2021
Rated: PG
Starring: Brooke Shields, Cary Elwes, Lee Ross
In A Castle for Christmas, a bestselling author decides to spend Christmas in Scotland and falls in love with a castle. The duke who owns it? Not so much.
A Very Murray Christmas
Released: 2015
Rated: MA
Starring: Bill Murray, George Clooney, Miley Cyrus
Bill Murray brings together some of his (and our!) favorite celebrities in the musical comedy special A Very Murray Christmas. Styled like an old-timey variety show, it’s also one of the best Christmas movies on Netflix.
Chico Bon Bon and the Very Berry Holiday
Released: 2020
Rated: G
Starring: Robbie Daymond, Dayci Brookshire, Anthony Tedesco
The Fix-It Force has to save the holiday when the customary Blunderberry Cakes aren’t delivered on Blunderberry Day Eve in Chico Bon Bon and the Very Berry Holiday.
The Princess Switch
Released: 2018
Rated: PG
Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar
A week prior to Christmas, a duchess switches places with a regular woman who happens to look exactly like her. And lucky you: There are a couple of sequels to The Princess Switch.
Holiday in the Wild
Released: 2019
Rated: PG
Starring:Â Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis, Fezile Mpela
After a man abruptly ends his marriage, his wife sets out on a solo trip to Africa to find her purpose—and maybe even love—in Holiday in the Wild.
A California Christmas
Released: 2020
Rated: PG-13
Starring: Lauren Swickard, Josh Swickard, Ali Afshar
In A California Christmas, a rich guy from the city pretends to be a ranch hand to convince the ranch’s owner to sell her land, but he’s not prepared for how charming—or fierce—she is.
The Claus Family
Released: 2020
Rated: G
Starring: Jan Decleir, Mo Bakker, Bracha van Doesburgh
When his grandfather gets sick, a budding Scrooge finds out his family has a magical Christmas legacy in The Claus Family.
Falling for Christmas
Released: 2022
Rated: PG
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, George Young
In Falling for Christmas, when a skiing accident leaves a wealthy young heiress with amnesia, she ends up in the care of a small-town widower and his adorable daughter in this romantic Christmas movie.
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Released: 2022
Rated: PG
Starring: Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jonathan Pryce
It’s Christmas Eve, and mean old Ebenezer Scrooge has just one night to change his selfish ways in this animated musical retelling of Charles Dickens’s classic Scrooge: A Christmas Carol from Netflix’s own studio (that’s how you know it’s one of the best Christmas movies on Netflix).
Christmas with You
Released: 2022
Rated: PG
Starring: Aimee Garcia, Freddie Prinze Jr., Deja Monique Cruz
In need of musical inspiration, a pop star retreats to a small town to grant a young fan’s Christmas wish—and finds unexpected love along the way in the sweet holiday romance Christmas with You.
Additional reporting by Chloë Nannestad.
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