The 10 best Christmas movies you should watch this holiday season

2025-12-18 17:15:00, Lifestyle CNA

There are 7 days left until Christmas and all you see around you are incomparable decorations. What's better than seeing those decorations and strolling through the markets with your group? Drinking hot chocolate while watching movies from your Christmas viewing list this year.

Whether you're looking for nostalgia, a heartwarming romantic comedy, a Christmas adventure, or a feel-good movie to end your day.

From classics to essential holiday movies, this list has it all, from family Christmas movies to modern Christmas romances:

1. It's a wonderful life

This 1946 classic stars icons Donna Reed and James Stewart. With an IMDb rating of 8.6, this is a classic family romantic film that will make you feel good about Christmas. An angel, sent from Heaven, is supposed to help a businessman in trouble and make him see the value of life.

2. True Love

Starring High Grant, this classic Christmas love story unfolds across London and follows the love lives of eight completely unrelated couples as they navigate their relationships as the chaos unfolds in the days leading up to Christmas. This festive romance will set the right tone for your second viewing.

3. Elf

Starring Zoey Deschanel, 'Elf' is another Christmas classic about a giant Elf who travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father. Worthy of an annual rewatch, it's the perfect way to immerse yourself in the Christmas festivities.

4. Holidays

This 2006 Christmas film, starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, and Jude Law, 'The Holidays' is the perfect holiday romantic comedy. As the leading ladies try to forget their troubled love lives, they decide to swap houses for two weeks over Christmas.

5. Claus

'Klaus,' an Academy Award nominee, is worth a Christmas viewing as it explores an unexpected friendship between a mailman and a toymaker. As they try to save their dark town, this adventure is all you need!

6. The man who invented Christmas

Directed by Bharat Nalluri, this 2017 tale is about the creation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." This timeless biography is best enjoyed if you enjoy a holiday drama.

7. Loving Christmas

'Loving Christmas' follows Lindsay Lohan through Christmas this time. Accidents, drama and a hint of love in the making are all you need for a weekend Christmas viewing.

8. The Night Before

For a good laugh and more, 'The Night Before' is a top choice for Christmas Eve viewing. Featuring a chaotic trio of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Jillian Bell, they spend a night in New York City searching for the Holy Grail of Christmas festivities.

9. Jingle Jangle

Featuring visuals and graphics, this fantastic film is the perfect family Christmas movie. As a toymaker's imaginary world comes to life, he finds a magical power that could change his life forever.

10. Home Alone

Christmas is incomplete without Macaulay Culkin's cult classic, 'Home Alone.' It follows a mischievous boy whose Christmas wish comes true. But what follows is a snowy adventure that thieves don't love! /CNA