Here's every new Christmas movie coming to Netflix in 2020. The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and the streaming platform is unleashing a full slate of original Christmas movies in preparation. The streaming service first started releasing original Christmas movies in 2017, with the premieres of Christmas Inheritance and A Christmas Prince - which has since spun off two sequel films. This year, Netflix is releasing a record eight original Christmas films, and the first one has already premiered.
Since 2017 and the release of A Christmas Prince, Netflix has steadily been ramping up production to corner the market on cheesy Christmas content, focusing on churning out a large number of romantic-comedies and family films every year. In 2018, Netflix put our four original Christmas movies, including the sequel film A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding and the Vanessa Hudgens helmed The Princess Switch (which has spawned a sequel premiering in 2020). 2019 saw Netflix again increase its content with six original Christmas movies, including the third A Christmas Prince film, A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby.
In addition to two sequels for previous Netflix films, The Princess Switch: Switched Again and The Christmas Chronicles: Part 2, the service is releasing six brand new movies just in time for the holiday season. Netflix's Christmas movie lineup is practically perfect for a holiday season spent at home, packed with enough movies that there's something for everyone.
Holidate - October 28th
Netflix's Christmas content has started early this year, with the release of Holidate in October. The film stars Emma Roberts (American Horror Story) and Luke Bracey (Little Fires Everywhere) as two perpetually single people who hate the holidays. When they unexpectedly meet after Christmas, they decide to be each other's plus-ones for every holiday that year, stretching from New Years Eve to Halloween - and they just might find love along the way. Holidate's supporting cast includes Alex Moffat (Saturday Night Live!), Kristin Chenoweth (Glee), and Frances Fisher (Watchmen.)
Operation Christmas Drop - November 5th
Operation Christmas Drop is a romantic-comedy film that follows congressional aide Erica, played by Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries) as she decides to skip family Christmas and audit an Air Force Base at the request of her boss. While trying to find reasons to defund the facility, she meets Captain Andrew Jantz, played by Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games). Andrew leads Operation Christmas Drop, where he parachutes gifts to people on neighboring islands and helps Erica find her Christmas spirit. The future of the base - and the Christmas drop - rest in her hands.
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey - November 13th
Forest Whitaker stars in this musical film as toymaker Jeronicus Jangle, who lives in a whimsical town called Cobbleton. After he's betrayed by his apprentice, played by Keegan-Michael Key, he and his granddaughter try to save the day with an invention. Newcomer Madalen Mills stars in the film, which also features Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog), Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show) and Ricky Martin in supporting roles. The music in the film comes from John Legend and Usher.
The Princess Switch: Switched Again - November 19th
Netflix's 2018 film The Princess Switch is getting a sequel, and this time Vanessa Hudgens is playing all three leading roles: Duchess Margaret, Princess Stacy, and the newly-introduced party girl Fiona. In The Princess Switch: Switched Again, Duchess Margaret unexpectedly inherits the throne, causing her to hit a rough patch with her boyfriend Kevin (Nick Sagar.) It's up to Princess Stacy to try and help Margaret out - or will she be too distracted by the arrival of yet another lookalike? Sam Palladio (Nashville) is reprising his role as Princess Margaret's husband, Prince Edward.
Alien Xmas - November 20th
This year's animated Christmas movie is Alien Xmas, which follows an extraterrestrial plot to invade Earth at Christmas and steal the Earth's gravity. Alien Xmas features the voice of Dee Bradley Baker (Phineas and Ferb) as X, a small alien that might have the only chance of saving the world. Alien Xmas also features the voices of Barbara Goodson as Z, Kirk Thornton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Keythe Farley (The Legend of Korra), Tony Oliver, and Jessica Gee-George.
Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square - November 22nd
One of Netflix's most anticipated Christmas movies is Dolly Parton's musical film, Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square, starring none other than the singer herself as Angel. This isn't Dolly's first project with Netflix, as it follows her 2019 series Dolly Parton's Heartstrings. In a twist on The Christmas Carol, the embittered businesswoman Regina Fuller, played by Christine Baranski (The Good Fight), plans to sell her small town to a greedy developer. After telling the townspeople that they have to be out of the town by Christmas Eve, Angel appears to try and convince her to change her mind along with Regina's friends and family. The film is directed by Debbie Allen, and also stars Jenifer Lewis (Black-ish) and Treat Williams.
The Christmas Chronicles: Part 2 - November 25th
The Christmas Chronicles: Part 2 is a sequel to Netflix's 2018 film The Christmas Chronicles, which stars Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus. Kate, played by Darby Camp of Big Little Lies, is now a moody teenager that has turned her back on Christmas. She is unexpectedly reunited with Santa Claus when she and the son of her mother's new boyfriend, Jack (Jahzir Bruno, The Witches) are suddenly transported to the North Pole. They have to team up with Santa to stop Santa's evil brother, Belsnickel (Julian Dennison, Deadpool) from destroying Christmas. Kimberley Williams-Pierce returns as Kate's widowed mother Claire, Judas Lewis reprises his role as Kate's older brother, and Tyrese Gibson joins the cast as Claire's new boyfriend.
Tudo Bem No Natal Que Vem/Just Another Christmas - December 3rd
This Brazilian Christmas movie follows Jorge (Leandro Hassum) after he takes a nasty fall on Christmas Eve and blacks out, only to wake up 364 days later with no memory of what happened that year. Jorge quickly realizes that he's skipping through years of his life and waking up only on Christmas Eve. He must try to piece together what happened in the missing days, and deal with the fallout from his blackouts. Elisa Pinheiro and Ariane Botehlo appear in supporting roles.
Netflix is premiering six original Christmas movies, in addition to two highly anticipated sequel films, making 2020 Netflix's most ambitious year for Christmas content. No matter what kind of Christmas movie someone is looking for, chances are good that Netflix has made sure there's something for everyone.