When it comes to Christmas movies, they’re usually the holiday celebration that comes last. You’ve already decked the halls with tons of Christmas decorations, trimmed the tree with your favorite homemade ornaments, baked your favorite holiday desserts and poured a cup of steaming hot tea. Once that’s all done, only then can you flop down on the couch in front of the TV for a cozy movie night.
Not sure where to start when it comes to putting together a holiday movie lineup? We suggest checking out some of the best Christmas movies on Hulu. The streaming service’s holiday movie offerings run the gamut, so no matter what type of holiday movie fan you are you’ll be able to find something to watch. For romantics, there are Hallmark Channel and Lifetime holiday favorites, along with some oldies from ABC Family/Freeform. For the little ones, you can find animated Christmas movies to watch as a family. There are plenty of romantic Christmas movies and funny Christmas movies — even a Christmas horror movie or two. No matter which one you choose, you’re guaranteed to laugh, cry and walk away with a whole bunch of holiday cheer. Our only recommendation is that you don’t press play on any of these flicks without a delicious Christmas cocktail in hand.
1
Elf
One of the all-time best Christmas movies, Elf has Will Ferrell star as a fish-out-of-water Santa helper trying to make his way in New York City.
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2
Happiest Season
Romantic partners Abby and Harper are on their way to Christmas dinner at Harper’s conservative family’s house when Harper reveals she hasn’t come out to her parents. Will the pair — and their families — figure things out before Christmas morning?
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3
The Holiday
When two women decide to do a home swap for the Christmas season, their lives are forever changed — especially when they both find new romances.
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4
The Man Who Invented Christmas
There are so many adaptations of A Christmas Carol, but this movie is actually about Charles Dickens, and how his life inspired the classic tale (and helped popularize the celebration of Christmas).
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5
Christmas With the Kranks
Based on the novel Skipping Christmas by John Grisham, this film follows a family that decides to opt out of holiday festivities when they find out their daughter isn’t coming home from college for the holidays, only to be pressured into it by family and neighbors.
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6
A Very Brady Christmas
Fourteen years after The Brady Bunch‘s final episode aired, the grown-up Brady family got back together for this 1988 made-for-TV Christmas movie. (Are you feeling nostalgic yet? Us too.)
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7
Deck the Halls
Two neighbors clash in a fight to have the most ostentatious holiday light display on their lawn. Maybe some neighbors in your town can relate?
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8
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
Curious George lovers of all ages will enjoy following along with the monkey’s holiday adventures with The Man in the Yellow Hat.
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9
Dear Santa
This uplifting documentary looks at Operation Santa, the 107-year-old project by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver letters to the North Pole.
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10
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
At just 26 minutes long, Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas is perfect for kids with shorter attention spans.
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11
Rare Exports
An import from Finland, this Christmas horror movie takes place at an archeological dig searching for “Santa Claus,” but they unearth something dangerous that was only heard of in myth.
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12
Trapped in Paradise
For those who like a little action with their holiday, this film is about three brothers who decide to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
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13
A Nasty Piece of Work
This horror-twinged “Into the Dark” entry begins with a mid-level corporate employee finds out he’s not getting a Christmas bonus — but he can earn one by entering into a violent competition.
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14
The Mistle-Tones
If you have a musical craving, this movie scratches that Pitch Perfect itch. In it, a singer played by Tia Mowry forms a group and challenges her rivals to a musical competition on Christmas Eve.
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15
Every Other Holiday
This flick about two separated parents who come together for their kids on Christmas (and fall back in love along the way) will give you all the warm ‘n’ fuzzies.
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16
Christmas Perfection
A little bit of magic and a whole lot of holiday spirit are what make this 2018 Lifetime Christmas movie a fan favorite.
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17
So This Is Christmas
On more of a melodramatic wavelength, So This Is Christmas follows a young adult who’s living in the fast lane and needs to turn her life around. Things change when she decides to direct a play for underprivileged kids.
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18
A Christmas Movie Christmas
For something a little meta, this movie finds two cynical sisters who someone wake up inside a Christmas movie.
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19
12 Pups of Christmas
What could be better than a dozen puppies who need homes for the holidays? Finding a new romance while you’re at it!
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20
Christmas on Holly Lane
Three friends meet fo Christmas and decide to help with each other’s problems in this made-for-TV movie.
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Heather Finn
Content Strategy Editor
Heather Finn is the content strategy editor at Good Housekeeping, where she heads up the brand’s social media strategy and covers entertainment news on everything from ABC’s ‘The Good Doctor’ to Netflix’s latest true crime documentaries.
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