Christmas movies are streamed on Netflix, Disney, Hulu, Amazon, Apple TV

On December 25, 2024By Littum

From animated movies like “Polar Express” and “Frosty the Snowman” to festive classics like “Home Alone and “Elf,” there’s a whole host of Christmas moves across endless streaming services that will get you in the Christmas spirit.

Millions also enjoyed some new movies in 2024 that created buzz, including Lindsey Lohan’s “Our Little Secret,” which attracted more than 3,293,332 U.S. households from Nov. 1 to Dec. 10, aaccording to a report from Forbes. In comparison, the no. 2 new Christmas movies, Chabert’s Hot Frostyalso on Netflix, drew 2,332,865 in the same time frame.

With so many Christmas movies streaming across Netflix, Disney, Hulu and more, we’ve compiled a list of the Christmas movies you can watch for free right now:

Netflix

The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

Synopsis: The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa on camera turns into an unexpected journey most children could only dream of.

Starring Kurt Russell, Darby Camp and Judah Lewis.

A Boy Called Christmas (2021)

Synopsis: In this Santa origin story, an ordinary boy – with a loyal pet mouse and a reindeer by his side – embarks on an extraordinary adventure to find his father, who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of Elfhelm.

Starring Maggie Smith.

Family Change (2023)

Synopsis: When a chance encounter with an astrological reader awakens the Walkers to a full-body makeover, can they unite to get a promotion, a college interview, a record deal and a football tryout?

Starring Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms and Emma Myers.

Our Little Secret (2024)

Synopsis: Two exasperated exes must awkwardly celebrate Christmas together after learning their new partners are siblings.

Starring Lindsay Lohan alongside Kristin Chenoweth.

Hot Frosty (2024)

Synopsis: Widow Kathy magically brings a snowman to life. His innocence helps her heal and find love again. They tie the knot before the holidays, but he is doomed to melt.

Starring Lacey Chabert and Dustin Milligan.

Christmas movies on Disney Plus

Home Alone (1990)

Synopsis: An eight-year-old troublemaker left by mistake alone at homewho has to defend his home against a couple of burglars on Christmas Eve.

Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.

Jingle All the Way (1996)

Synopsis: A father promises to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. But all the stores are sold out and he has to travel around town competing with everyone else to find one.

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad and Phil Hartman.

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserable old moneylender, is visited by three Christmas spirits on Christmas Eve. Scrooge embarks on a journey of self-redemption to mend his wretched ways.

Starring Jim Carrey.

Santa Claus (1994)

Synopsis: When a man inadvertently makes Santa Claus falls from his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.

Starring Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold and Wendy Crewson.

Christmas movies on Amazon Prime Video:

Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

Synopsis: Luther and Nora Krank decide to skip Christmas everyone until she decides to come home, causing a riot as they have to celebrate at the last minute.

Starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykroyd.

Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure

Synopsis: A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa’s sleigh, crashes in a small town and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy villains and return the sleigh to Santa in time to save Christmas.

Starring Tom Arnold.

Frosty the Snowman (1969)

Synopsis: The story of a living snowman and a little girl who struggle to escape a greedy magician who is after the snowman’s magic hat.

The Nutcracker (1993)

On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep after a party at her house and dreams of a fantastic world where toys become larger than life.

Macaulay Culkin in the lead role.

Hulu

Elves (2003)

Synopsis: Raised as an oversize pixieBuddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn’t know he exists.

Starring Will Ferrell, James Caan and Zooey Deschanel.

The Polar Express (2004)

Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express while learning about friendship, bravery and the spirit of Christmas.

Starring Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter.

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)

Synopsis: The Griswold family’s plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a major disaster.

Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo and Juliette Lewis.

Jack Frost (1998)

Synopsis: A father who cannot keep his promises is killed in a car accident. A year later, he returns as a snowman who has one last chance to make things right with his son before he is gone forever.

Starring Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston and Joseph Cross.

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

Synopsis: A lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing.

Starring Elizabeth Perkins and Dylan McDermott.

Christmas movies on Apple TV:

Spirited Away (2022)

Synopsis: A musical version of Charles Dickens’ story about a miserable misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey.

Starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds and Octavia Spencer.

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

Synopsis: Depressed by the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.

A Sudden Case of Christmas (2004)

Synopsis: An American couple takes their 10-year-old daughter to her grandfather’s hotel in Italy to tell her they are separating. Hoping to bring them back together, she asks to celebrate one last Christmas together, even though it is August.

Starring Danny DeVito.