The 44 Best Christmas Movies on Prime Video to Watch This Season

Watch a workaholic played by Arnold Schwarzenegger struggle to fulfill his promise to his kid for the holidays, and snag the on-demand toy of the season—Turbo-Man! Will he discover the true meaning of Christmas on his epic journey? Plenty of slapstick mall fighting might finally knock it into him.

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Julie Andrews and James Garner are strangers who meet in a small cabin while seeking shelter on a dangerous winter night. Though they’re from different worlds, they spark a connection that changes them both. Just in time for the holidays…

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This action-comedy adventure has a stellar cast, including Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, and The Rock, as well as a polar bear wearing a onesie. Is this the team that can save Santa Claus after he’s abducted from the North Pole? Probably, but it is a guaranteed romp to watch them figure out how.

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Grandpa only has one wish for Christmas: for his family to get along. But just because it sounds simple, doesn’t mean it’s easy. This family holiday movie is about togetherness and putting aside differences to celebrate what we have in common.

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A wildly wealthy and repellant millionaire (played by Ben Affleck) doesn’t want to spend another Christmas alone. The obvious solution? Paying a family to include him for the day. A very long, long, difficult day.

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Bill Murray is the modern day Scrooge, playing nasty TV executive Frank Cross in this 1988 retelling of the classic Dickens fable. Frank finds himself visited by three ghost on Christmas, each pushing him to be a better man. Hopefully, he’ll learn his lesson before Christmas Day breaks and the ratings roll in.

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When divorced dad Scott Calvin learns Santa Claus has fallen off his roof, he is imbued with the power (and all the obligations) of Saint Nick. Soon, an ordinary man is doing a very extraordinary thing: delivering gifts all across the world in one night.

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Jim Carrey’s weird and haunting interpretation of the Grinch has developed a cult following over the last 24 years, and once you watch it, you’ll understand why. Though the movie differs from the original cartoon version in a number of ways, it provides a visual feast of costumes and wacky antics.

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Fans of Tyler Perry’s Madea will love her at Christmas time, too, as she shares her motherly wisdom during the most magical time of the year.

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Eddie Murphy stars in this story about a man who brings some mischievous magic to the neighborhood after striking a bargain to put on the best light show ever seen on his block.

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This dramedy directed by Thomas Bezucha invites viewers into the close-knit Stone family for a Christmas reunion that quickly goes sideways. Newcomer Meredith Morton, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, is the uptight and conservative girlfriend of one of the Stone sons, who has difficulties fitting in with the Stones’ idiosyncrasies. Meredith’s expectations are upended again and again, leading to all the confrontations that mark a complex family dynamic struggling to open up for a new member.

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Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut is an unconventional Christmas movie choice, but it will work for the right people. The film is an exploration of desire, secrecy, and temptation set against the backdrop of a lavish and seductive Christmas in New York City. Dr. Bill Harford, played by Tom Cruise, and his wife, Alice, played by his real wife at the time, Nicole Kidman, start exploring their intimate relationship at extravagant parties lit with holiday lights. Masked and disguised, these erotic adventures soon turn into mysterious rituals run by an enigmatic secret society.

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A Christmas Story is a beloved holiday classic almost on par with It’s a Wonderful Life, but with a lot more slapstick comedy. The film tries to capture the nostalgic essence of a 1940s American Christmas, taking place in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana. Ralphie Parker is a kid dreaming of a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. His quest to get one is littered with misadventures, including a scene that has encouraged many real-life children to lick freezing flagpoles. Keep the tradition going with another viewing this year.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, and Anthony Mackie are three childhood friends enjoying a wild, annual Christmas Eve reunion—though it might finally be time for them to grow up and leave behind their hometown debauchery. So, for their last epic night, they search for the elusive Nutcracka Ball, a legendary holiday party.

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Starring Stranger Things’s David Harbour, Violent Night follows an elite team of mercenaries as they break into a wealthy family’s massive home on Christmas Eve, and then take everyone inside celebrating the holiday hostage. Luckily, the hostages have someone on their side: Santa Claus. This year, Santa is only handing out coal and ass-kickings, and he’s all out of coal.

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There are many iterations of Charles Dickens’s classic story about a rich old miser frightened into the spirit of Christmas by a number of ghosts. This 1984 version, however, was made-for-TV, so you know it’s bananas. George C. Scott stars as Ebenezer Scrooge, and even though you know how it ends, you’ll enjoy the journey there.

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This Christmas classic has been playing on most of our TV sets for close to 80 years, it seems. And yet, who doesn’t still tear up a little when the townsfolk arrive to save the day? This anti-capitalist masterpiece has earned its place in the holiday pantheon.

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A story composed of many intertwining stories, this film follows people through a holiday season in London as they fall in love, break up, get some action, confess their feelings, and learn to play drums. The popularity of Love, Actually created a brief genre of movies in a similar format, with all the cross-promotional opportunities so many celebs provide, but none have ever come close to the original.

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Do you believe in Santa Claus? Six-year-old Susan Walker isn’t sure she does, especially because her mom Dorey is in charge of hiring the Santa who poses with kids at Macy’s. She hires a guy literally named Kris Kringle, who ends up on trial for his “impersonation.”

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Home Alone is a Christmas movie, though much of it is about child abandonment and home invasion. Macaulay Culkin is at his adorable best in this massive holiday hit, and if you can’t get enough of his home made booby-traps delivering pain, there’s a sequel.

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