Not only are we normally spoilt for choice with what to watch on Netflix, but when you have a catalogue the size that they do – come Christmas time they really shine.
The list contains 25 (well 27 including a Princess Switch marathon) Christmas movies currently on Netflix that you can watch each day in the lead-up to Christmas — the perfect way to pair with your chocolate advent calendar, or gin advent for those who have gone next level this Christmas.
Also, if Netlfix isn’t the only streaming service you have on hand — you might be interested in our Christmas Movies Advent calendar as we reveal a new Christmas movie each day for you to watch in the lead up to Christmas.
1. How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Grinch lives in solitude just outside Whoville. He hates the townsfolk and despises Christmas. Cindy Lou, a six-year-old girl who believes in the spirit of the festival, sets out to reform him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
Cast: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley
2. Operation Christmas Drop
Congressional aide Erica (Graham) forgoes family Christmas to travel at her boss’s behest. At a beachside Air Force base, she clashes with Capt. Andrew Jantz (Ludwig), who knows her assignment is finding reasons to defund the facility.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
Cast: Kat Graham, Alexander Ludwig, Trezzo Mahoro
3. Single All The Way
Brand new to Netflix in 2021.
Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pretend that they’re now in a relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
Cast: Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Barry Bostwick
4. Love Hard
Another Netflix original new to Netflix in 2021.
An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for the holidays, only to discover that she’s been catfished. This lighthearted romantic comedy chronicles her attempt to reel in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
Cast: Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet
5. A Moody Christmas
Every year at Christmas, Dan Moody leaves London to brave the dysfunctional escapades of his overbearing family back home in Australia.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
Cast: Ian Meadows, Patrick Brammall, Jane Harber
6. Best. Christmas Ever!
After a twist of fate brings their families together for Christmas, Charlotte sets out to prove her old friend Jackie’s life is too good to be true.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
7. Let It Snow
In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings together a group of young people.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
Cast: Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush
8. The Christmas Chronicles
The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
Cast: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Juda Lewis
9. The Christmas Chronicles 2
Kate Pierce, now a cynical teen, is unexpectedly reunited with Santa Claus when a mysterious troublemaker threatens to cancel Christmas – forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
Cast: Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Darby Camp
10. Holidate
Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other’s platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
Cast: Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Kristin Chenoweth
11. Jack Whitehall: Christmas with My Father
Jack Whitehall invites his notoriously stuffy father onstage in London’s West End for a Christmas comedy extravaganza, complete with celebrity guests.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
12. Christmas Inheritance
To be the CEO, an heiress is challenged by her dad to deliver a Christmas letter in person to his ex-partner in their hometown – travelling by bus, incognito and with only $100. Will she learn something from the people there?
IMDB Rating: 5.7
Cast: Eliza Taylor, Jake Lacy, Andie MacDowell
13. Shrek The Halls
This half-hour animated TV special features the Shrek characters putting their own spin on holiday traditions.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
14. El Camino Christmas
Eric comes to El Camino looking for his unknown dad. He’s harassed, hit and jailed by a drunk local cop, who later shoots at a liquor mart with Eric +4 inside. The sheriff and deputy then shoot up the place, answering each other’s fire.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
Cast: Dax Shepard, Kurtwood Smith, Luke Grimes
15. The Holiday Calendar
A struggling but talented photographer inherits an antique holiday advent calendar, the contents of which seem to predict the future. Will this magical calendar lead her to love this holiday season?
IMDB Rating: 5.7
Cast: Kat Graham, Quincy Brown, Ethan Peck
16. Klaus
A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg’s new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
17. The Knight Before Christmas
A medieval English knight is magically transported to present-day America where he falls for a high school science teacher who is disillusioned by love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Whitehouse, Emmanuelle Chriqui
18. Deck The Halls
An optometrist’s Christmas celebration gets upstaged by a new neighbour who wants to create a holiday display bright enough to be seen from space.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
Cast: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis
19. Father Christmas Is Back
FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BACK centres around four sisters who have re-united for the Christmas Holiday in a Yorkshire mansion. misunderstandings that uncover the long-buried secret that tore their family apart, so many years ago.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
Cast: Elizabeth Hurley, John Cleese, Kelsey Grammer
20. Elf
Buddy the Elf doesn’t fit in with the other North Pole elves, so he travels to New York to find his real father and spread some Christmas cheer.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
21. A Christmas Prince
When a reporter goes undercover as a tutor to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love – but will she be able to keep up her lie?
IMDB Rating: 5.8
Cast: Rose McIver, Ben Lamb, Alice Krige
22. A Castle For Christmas
To escape a scandal, a bestselling author journeys to Scotland, where she falls in love with a castle – and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
Cast: Brooke Shields, Cary Elwes, Lee Ross
23. Da Kath & Kim Code
Kath and Kel’s union is tested by Michael Bublé, daughter Kim tries pole dancing, pal Sharon finds love online, and a stalker lurks amid Yuletide cheer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
Cast: Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Glenn Robbins
24. The Night Before
On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
Cast: Seth Rogan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jullian Bell
25. The Princess Switch (Marathon)
The Princess Switch
Competing in a Christmas baking competition in Belgravia, a Chicago baker bumps into the prince’s fiancée–who looks just like her. They switch lives for two days.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar
The Princess Switch: Switched Again
Competing in a Christmas baking competition in Belgravia, a Chicago baker bumps into the prince’s fiancée–who looks when Duchess Margaret unexpectedly inherits the throne to Montenaro and hits a rough patch with Kevin, it’s up to her double Stacy to save the day before a new lookalike, party girl Fiona foils their plans. just like her. They switch lives for two days.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
Cast: John Hack, Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio
The Princess Switch 3
When a priceless relic is stolen, Queen Margaret and Princess Stacy enlist the help of Margaret’s cousin Fiona teams with a man from her past to retrieve it, with romance and resulting in a very unexpected switch.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Remy Hii, Sam Palladio
Watch now on Netflix.com.