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Best Christmas Movies on Netflix
Be honest: You started thinking about Christmas well before the Thanksgiving tryptophan began working its way through your system. It’s OK, because this is a safe space — a place where you can indulge your inner elf with as many Christmas movies as your heart desires no matter the time of year.
Rotten Tomatoes has put together a guide to every single Christmas movie available on Netflix — at least in November and December of 2018 — because we’re here to enable your holiday movie addiction. This list includes classics (White Christmas) and anti-holiday comedies (Bad Santa); feel-good rom-coms (Love Actually) and Netflix originals (Christmas Chronicles, A Christmas Prince).
The films are organized below first based on their Tomatometer score (from Fresh to Rotten), then alphabetically for those without scores. We also tossed in a few others because tis the season to indulge. Remember: The disgustingly high number of Christmas movies you’ll watch between now and 2019 is a secret just between you and your Netflix history. Enjoy!
#57
Adjusted Score: 44.291%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: One week before Christmas, Margaret, the gorgeous Duchess of Montenaro, switches places with Stacy, a "commoner" from Chicago, who looks...
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#56
Adjusted Score: 26.291%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Santa doesn't want to retire, but rules are rules and he must train someone to replace him. The lucky winner,...
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#55
Adjusted Score: 84.21%
Critics Consensus: A gloriously rude and gleefully offensive black comedy, Bad Santa isn't for everyone, but grinches will find it uproariously funny.
Synopsis: The Christmas season just got a lot less joyous in this very dark comedy. Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton)...
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#54
Adjusted Score: 73.242%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: It's days before Christmas and reindeer are found running loose through the streets of London. Meanwhile an astonished 9 year-old...
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#53
Adjusted Score: 80.951%
Critics Consensus: It may be too sweet for some, but this unabashedly sentimental holiday favorite is too cheerful to resist.
Synopsis: This Christmas classic starring Bing Crosby is a romantic tale that takes place in a Vermont lodge- where it is...
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#52
Adjusted Score: 32.484%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In this delightful holiday romance, a New York journalist heads to Eastern Europe for Christmas to report on a prince...
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#51
Adjusted Score: 70.948%
Critics Consensus: A Very Murray Christmas preaches effectively to the converted with a parade of superstar guests and hummable songs that - combined with the host's trademark presence - adds up to a unique holiday experience.
#50
Adjusted Score: 68.512%
Critics Consensus: A sugary tale overstuffed with too many stories. Still, the cast charms.
Synopsis: All of London is in love -- or longing to be -- in Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard...
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#49
Adjusted Score: 71.313%
Critics Consensus: Viewers seeking a fresh holiday viewing option -- or those simply in the mood for Santa Kurt Russell -- should find The Christmas Chronicles well worth a yuletide stream.
Synopsis: THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES, a holiday adventure from producer Chris Columbus ("Home Alone", "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") and director...
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#48
Adjusted Score: 37.08%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A magician with secrets, an enchanted gift, a guiding angel and a visit through the Land of Snow to the...
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#47
Adjusted Score: 55.632%
Critics Consensus: Jim Carrey shines as the Grinch. Unfortunately, it's not enough to save this movie. You'd be better off watching the TV cartoon.
Synopsis: The curmudgeonly recluse Grinch, who hates Christmas, becomes annoyed with the out-of-control Christmas festivities in Whoville, the town lying below...
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#46
Adjusted Score: 20.725%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Lewd, drunken Uncle Nick (Brian Posehn, Mr. Show, The Sarah Silverman Program) stumbles his way through his brother's cookie cutter-family's...
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#45
Adjusted Score: 13.882%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A young woman must deliver a Christmas card to a family friend in order to claim her inheritance. Along the...
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#44
Adjusted Score: 36.973%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Matriarch Diane (Dee Wallace) has invited her children to celebrate one last Christmas in their family home. Amid celebrations and...
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#43
Adjusted Score: 10.368%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A handful of Walt Disney's best loved characters appear in this direct-to-video release, which tells three different tales of the...
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#42
Adjusted Score: 9.255%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When Eric Roth (Luke Grimes) goes on an impulsive journey to find the father he never knew, his search takes...
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#41
Adjusted Score: 12.601%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A young girl born under the Christmas star believes she has the gift to perform miracles....
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#40
Adjusted Score: 8.401%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In a small town going through tough economic times, business owner Matthew Peyton (Ryan O'Quinn) struggles between his desire for...
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#39
Adjusted Score: 27.431%
Critics Consensus: Loaded up with the same scatological and misanthropic humor as its predecessor but precious little of its heart or genuine wit, Bad Santa 2 presents a foulmouthed shadow of Christmas past.
Synopsis: BAD SANTA 2 returns Academy Award (R)-winner BILLY BOB THORNTON to the screen as America's favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled...
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#38
Adjusted Score: 20.931%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: From bestselling author, Max Lucado, comes The Christmas Candle, a timeless holiday film for the entire family. Deep in the...
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#37
Adjusted Score: 3.477%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Talking puppies head to the North Pole on a mission to help Santa (George Wendt) save Christmas in this charming...
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#36
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#35
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After accidentally destroying a bag of Christmas wishes from a small town on the eve of Christmas Eve, two junior...
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#34
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When the Abominable Snowman and his two kids are chased out of their hideaway by a scientist determined to capture...
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#33
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Self-centered, unemployed good ol' gal Cindy (Taryn Manning) has been popping out kids by different Daddy's since she was knee...
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#32
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A bickering family head to a cabin for the holidays and provide temporary shelter to another family, whose display of...
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#31
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: 'Tis the season to celebrate with everyone's favorite St. Bernard, Beethoven, in an all-new, heartwarming holiday adventure where the hilarious...
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#30
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: An elf must get Santa's broken sleigh back in time for Christmas....
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#29
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: 'Twas the day before Christmas and all through the yard the Cat in the Hat and his guests partied hard....
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#28
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Gwyneth Hayden is a 30-something marketing executive with a top-notch career, killer wardrobe, dream apartment and great friends. She thinks...
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#27
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#26
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A headstrong woman fights the odds to save her family's Smoky Mountain berry farm, even calling in a favor from...
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#25
Adjusted Score: 34.448%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A year after Amber helped Richard secure the crown, the two are set to tie the knot in a royal...
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#24
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A rebellious girl is sent to live with her grandmother on a horse ranch at Christmas and becomes determined to...
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#23
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#22
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: With Christmas quickly approaching, our old friend Curious George and The Man with the Yellow Hat scramble to find the...
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#21
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Beverly Hills 90210 alumni Jason Priestly takes the helm for this warmhearted romantic comedy about a die-hard party girl struggling...
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#20
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A Dogwalker's Christmas Tale is the story of a privileged 21-year-old college student Luce Lockhart (Lexi Giovagnoli, 1 Chance 2...
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#19
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Join your favorite DreamWorks friends for these four holiday specials. Watch as those zany zoosters from Madagascar save Christmas, Donkey...
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#18
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Polar opposites meet and fall in love, but it isn't long before their relationship is on the rocks. In order...
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#17
Adjusted Score: 9.744%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A struggling but talented photographer inherits an antique holiday advent calendar, the contents of which seem to predict the future....
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#16
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Jilted by her high-powered fiance just before Thanksgiving, and terrifed of disappointing her demanding mother, Hillary Burns hires an unemployed...
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#15
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A woman unexpectedly has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and to her surprise she isn't granted entry into Heaven...
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#14
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Po celebrates Winter Feast, his favorite holiday. Every year, Po and his father hang decorations, cook together and serve noodle...
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#13
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A newly-single woman finds herself torn between two men after she kisses a handsome man on an elevator around the...
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#12
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: This home video release finds an interesting way to repackage older Disney cartoons. Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the...
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#11
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Join Mickey, Minnie, and special guest Santa Clause as they attempt to teach Donald Duck the true meaning of Christmas...
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#10
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#9
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Pettersson promised the best Christmas ever to Findus, but unfortunately everything starts to go wrong. Fearing that Christmas may end...
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#8
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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#7
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Santa is allergic to cats, so he has a policy against delivering them as gifts. But little Tommy has been...
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#6
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The mischievous Santa Pups stow away on Mrs. Claus' shed during a trip to Pineville, and stir up trouble when...
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#5
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Santa's loyal, four-legged companion Paws enlists the aid of a fun-loving orphan and his faithful friends to help save Christmas...
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#4
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A lawyer travels to Vermont to broker the sale of an inn and learns that it is haunted by a...
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#3
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Every holiday season, hundreds of Christmas tree sellers from across North America descend upon the streets of New York City...
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#2
Adjusted Score: 0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: An all-new holiday adventure featuring the Trolls. When the Queen of the Trolls, Poppy, finds out that the Bergens do...
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#1
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Mariah Carey’s Merriest Christmas
Christmas With a View
Christmas in the Wild
The Christmas Project
Christmas Cracker
The Magic Snowflake
Holiday Baggage
Angela’s Christmas
Dreamworks Home for the Holidays
The Koala Brothers Outback Christmas
Happy Holidays from Madagascar
