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15 Christmas films to stream this festive season – on Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime
WITH the festive season right around the corner, now is a better time than ever to start getting together your Christmas movie watchlist.
The festive season is the perfect excuse to cuddle up and watch corny movies, so here we take a look at the top 15 movies on the top streaming platforms.
Love Hard (2021)
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After meeting her perfect match on a dating app, a writer learns she's been catfished when she flies 3,000 miles to surprise him for Christmas.
Despite the high level of predictability, is worth watching if you're a casual rom-com fan or a Christmas fanatic.
Available to watch on Netflix
Last Christmas (2019)
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Nothing seems to go right for young Kate, a frustrated Londoner who works as an elf in a year-round Christmas shop.
But things soon take a turn for the better when she meets Tom - a handsome charmer who seems too good to be true.
As the city transforms into the most wonderful time of the year, Tom and Kate's growing attraction turns into the best gift of all - a Yuletide romance.
Available to watch on Netflix
Love Actually (2003)
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Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all - love.
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Among the characters explored are David, the handsome newly elected British prime minister who falls for a young junior staffer, Sarah.
Available to watch on Netflix
Office Christmas Party (2016)
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When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand.
The movie - which stars Jason Bateman and - gathers plenty of recognisable workplace types and a few laugh-worthy one-offs, making it a relaxed film to watch this Christmas.
Available to watch on Netflix
Nativity! (2009)
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Widely regarded as one of the most popular Christmas films of all time, Nativity! hit our screens back in 2009.
Viewers soon fell in love with the story of a loveable primary school teacher - Mr Madden - who tries to put on the best nativity play with his class after claiming that Hollywood are coming to visit.
The movie centres around the pupils of St Bernadette’s Primary School, who were practically infants when the film first hit screens.
Here’s a look at what happened to the kids from the first film.
Available to watch on Netflix
The Holiday (2006)
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Dumped and depressed, English rose Iris () agrees to swap homes with similarly unlucky in love Californian Amanda () for a much-needed break.
Iris finds herself in a palatial Hollywood mansion while Amanda navigates the lanes of a picture-perfect English village.
Available to watch on Netflix
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
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Who can dislike a movie that casts a real-life Hollywood couple as Mr. and Mrs. Claus?
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn grace our screens in all red outfits.
The movie sees two siblings put their heads together to catch Santa on camera.
However, things soon take a turn and their journey turn out to be more adventurous then they had expected.
Available to watch on Netflix
The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
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A year on from the first film, Kate Pierce - now a cynical teen - is unhappy spending a family Christmas in Mexico with her mum’s new boyfriend and his son, Jack.
Kate decides to run away but Jack follows and they are both unexpectedly transported to the North Pole.
A mysterious, naughty, troublemaker elf then threatens to ruin Christmas and Kate must help Santa and Mrs Claus save festivities yet again.
While it's missing some of the magic of the original, the sequel still serves up a sweet second helping of holiday cheer that makes the most of its marvellously matched leads.
Arthur Christmas (2011)
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The perfect Christmas movie for kids, families, and all others who adore Christmas.
As we see the high-tech organisation behind Santa's Christmas deliveries and his extremely disciplined elf helpers, the movie helps point out that after all Christmas is all about tradition.
With James McAvoy and Hugh Laurie among those who lend their voices to the heartwarming characters, the movie is a must see!
Available to watch on Netflix
A Christmas Prince & A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (2018)
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These two movies have been described by some as being so cheesy that you can't help but love them.
The first movie sees a reporter go undercover as a tutor to get some inside scoop on a prince.
Of course, they end up falling in love and she has to figure out what to do with the lie she has told everyone about who she really is.
This is going to be a bit of a spoiler about what happens in the first movie, but the second movie is all about the royal wedding of the prince and the reporter.
Available to watch on Netflix
Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
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The Muppet characters tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser's redemption on Christmas Eve.
Starring, Michael Caine, Kermit the Frog and the incomparable Miss Piggy.
Available to watch on Disney+
The Santa Clause (1994)
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When a man inadvertently kills Santa on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.
The 1994 film stars comedian Tim Allen.
Available to watch on Disney+
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
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In this Tim Burton classic Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, is bored with the same old boo-and-scare routine and decides to spread some Christmas cheer.
He then discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
Available to watch on Disney+
Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)
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The Frozen spin-off sees hit sidekick Olaf head out on a mission with Sven to visit every household in Arendelle to find a new Christmas tradition for Elsa and Anna who have no family traditions of their own after shutting themselves away for years.
Available to watch on Disney+
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Deck the Halls (2006)
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The hilarious 2006 film starring and sees the stars play feuding neighbours.
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They try to do outdo each other at every turn and their lights get so ridiculous they can be seen from space.
Available to watch on Amazon Prime
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