Last Updated on April 9, 2025 by Karis Tavernier-Nicholas

‘Tis the season… well, it’s almost the season. Eggnog lattes are out, Christmas parties are on the horizon and decorations around cities and towns are going up. So, if you’re feeling in the festive mood, here is our guide to the best Christmas movies to watch this year, featuring some classics as well as some of the latest films to drop in recent years.

Cosy Christmas Films

• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Love Actually
• Holiday Inn
• The Snowman
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Christmas at Castle Hart
• Scrooge! (1970)
• Last Holiday
• Home Alone
• Christmas in the Highlands
• A Christmas Visitor
• Home for Christmas

I know this last one, Home for Christmas, is a Netflix TV series, but we couldn’t not include this Norwegian show on this list since it’s one we watch again and again, every year.

Christmas movies that aren’t Christmas movies but are still great to watch at Christmas

As well as Christmas-infused films, classic films are usually also rolled out. Here’s our choice selection of all the other films to watch this season.

• Casablanca
• To Catch a Thief
• Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
• Shadow of a Doubt
• Emma (2020)
• The Sound of Music
• That Touch of Mink
• High Society
• How to Marry a Millionaire 
• Pillow Talk
• Rear Window
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s/Funny Face/Roman Holiday

(Basically, anything with Audrey Hepburn in it!)

• Harry Potter series
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Bridget Jones series

What will you be watching over the Christmas season?