With Christmas just a few weeks away, everyone’s definitely getting into the holiday spirit. And while some may be busy decorating their home, others are looking for the best movies with “holiday” in the title to stream.
As far as streaming goes, we are spoilt for choice. You’ve got a bunch of cozy holiday movies available on Netflix today. At the same time, there are also some classic holiday movies to stream on Amazon. Meanwhile, we’ve also come to learn that Hulu has several holiday movies that you can already watch too.
A Very Brady Christmas
In this 1998 film, the Brady bunch has to work out several issues (including getting trapped in a construction site) so that they can spend the holidays together. As you expect, the film stars the late actress Florence Henderson, who is known for portraying family matriarch Carol Brady.
For this holiday film, the rest of the family also returned to reprise their roles with the exception of Susan Olsen, who had been on her honeymoon when the movie was filmed. Actress Jennifer Runyan was cast to play the role instead.
Holiday In Handcuffs
In this holiday comedy, a struggling artist and waitress decides to kidnap a customer to bring home to her parents. The waitress in this story is played by Lifetime Christmas movies star Melissa Joan Hart while her unfortunate ‘victim’ is played by Mario Lopez.
While talking about the film, Hart said that Holiday in Handcuffs is “a tough one to beat.” The actress told Entertainment Weekly, “The cast was phenomenal, the storyline was hilarious, and my hair was ridiculous.” Meanwhile, the film also stars Tim bottoms, June Lockhart, Markie Post, and Kyle Howard.
Home Alone
Sure, there have been several sequels to Home Alone over the years, but we dare say that the original is still the best. From the beginning, the audience has been impressed with Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin McCallister and his ability to face off against two wicked crooks determined to break into his family home.
In fact, fans have even come to think that Kevin can defeat Jigsaw in a Home Alone vs. Saw scenario. Meanwhile, Home Alone also went on to become one of Culkin’s best movies of all time.
Elf
Today, the 2003 film is recognized as one of the best Christmas movies of all time. Directed by Jon Favreau, Elf stars Will Ferrell as Buddy, a man who decides to leave the North Pole for New York City after realizing that he is human. Meanwhile, one of the behind-the-scenes facts you never knew about Elf is that the majority of its production took place in Vancouver.
While speaking with Rolling Stone, Favreau added, “To double for Central Park, we used a grassy field that was on the grounds of a mental hospital.”
The Man Who Invented Christmas
In this 2017 film, we become more familiar with the events that led to Charlie Dickens writing A Christmas Carol. When the film opens, Dickens is broke, and suffering from writer’s block. This essentially propels him to write the story that has since become a Christmas classic.
The film features scenes where Dickens imagines his story and that’s how we come to meet Christopher Plummer as Scrooge. While speaking with We Live Entertainment, the film’s director, Bharat Nalluri, remarked, “It’s just like he was born to play this role.”
Naughty & Nice
In Naughty & Nice, a radio DJ and his new co-host produce a hit radio show and fall in love in the process. This 2014 holiday film stars Tilky Jones and Haylie Duff. Viewers remarked that the two showed incredible onscreen chemistry and that’s because the two got along so well behind the scenes.
“It was like we had known each other for years, and it also turns out we have a lot of mutual friends,” Jones told BTSCelebs. “She is such a wonderful, kind and spirited person.”
Almost Christmas
This 2016 film centers on a dysfunctional family who gets together for the first time since their mother died. The cast includes actress Gabrielle Union whose character relives a high school romance with a neighbor played by Omar Epps. The cast also includes Danny Glover and Oscar winner Mo’Nique.
While discussing the film, Union told Refinery29, “People are going to see themselves and their family members in this movie.” The actress also added that there several “iconic scenes in this movie that you’re gonna be talking about for a long time.”
This Christmas
In this 2007 holiday movie, we meet the Whitfield family as they hold a holiday get-together for the first time in four years. Among the film’s cast members is actor Idris Elba who plays Quentin Whitfield, the Whitfield’s oldest son and the musician in the family.
Of the character, Elba told BlackFilm.com, “Quentin stuck with me for a while because of the music element to the character.” Aside from Elba, the film’s cast also includes Delroy Lindo, Loretta Divine, Lauren London, Chris Brown, and Oscar winner Regina King.
Last Christmas
This 2019 holiday movie sees Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke portray Kate, a woman who ends up with a year-round gig playing elf for a Christmas store. Fortunately, that didn’t stop her from finding love in the form of Crazy Rich Asians star Golding who plays Tom in the movie.
On her character, Clarke told NPR that “life isn’t bringing her much joy when we first meet her. But she is trying.” Meanwhile, the film’s star-studded cast also includes Emma Thompson and Golding’s Crazy Rich Asians co-star Michelle Yeoh.
Happiest Season
In this holiday rom-com, Kristen Stewart plays Abby a woman who gets invited by her girlfriend Harper (Mackenzie Davis) to spend the holidays with her family. As it turns out, however, Harper hasn’t come out to her folks yet so the couple is forced to pretend that they’re just friends the entire time.
While speaking about the film, Stewart told Variety, “I was so pleased to have been invited onto something that was, for lack of a better term, hiding the vegetables.” The cast also includes Dan Levy and Victor Garber.