The Best Family Christmas Movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime & Disney Plus

Anyone who knows me knows I bloody love a good family Christmas movie. There’s absolutely nothing that gets me in the festive mood quicker (apart from maybe a Baileys or three)!

I love filling up the popcorn bowl, making hot chocolate and snuggling under a blanket on the sofa. The only problem is we then spend the next half hour arguing about which Christmas film we should watch.

So to help you (and us) decide what to watch I’ve put together a list of the best family Christmas movies. There’s classic family Christmas movies like It’s a Wonderful Life on Amazon Prime. Funny laugh out loud films like Elf. Romantic Christmas movies like The Holiday. Animated movies like Disney’s A Christmas Carol on Disney+. And controversial choices like Die Hard – is it really a Christmas movie?

The best Christmas movies on Netflix

• The Christmas Chronicles
• The Christmas Chronicles 2
• Klaus
• Elf Pets: Santa’s Reindeer Rescue
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
• Christmas Break-In
• 48 Christmas Wishes
• A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
• Happy Holidays from Madagascar
• Trolls Holiday Special
• The Holiday

The best Christmas movies on Amazon Prime

• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Elf
• The Polar Express
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
• Die Hard
• Jingle All The Way
• The Grinch
• Christmas with the Kranks
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Home Alone
• A Christmas Story
• Mickey’s Christmas Carol
• The Santa Clause
• Jack Frost
• Fred Claus
• Four Christmases
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas
• Smurfs Christmas Carol
• The Santa Clause 2
• The Santa Clause 3 – The Escape Clause
• Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
• The Star
• Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
• A Muppet Christmas Carol
• A Flintstone Christmas Carol

The best Disney Christmas movies on Disney Plus

• The Santa Clause 2
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
• Home Alone 3
• Once Upon a Snowman
• Arendelle Castle Yule Log
• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
• Babes in Toyland
• Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
• Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
• Disney’s A Christmas Carol
• Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
• Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas
• Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
• Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas
• Santa Buddies: The Legend of the Santa Paws
• Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
• The Christmas Star
• Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• The Mistle-Tones
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
• The Search for Santa Paws

There really is nothing better than settling down to a marathon of family Christmas movies especially when it’s so cold and dark outside. Tell me what’s your favourite Christmas movie in the comments below and I’ll get it added to the list. I’ve just been recommended A Bad Moms Christmas so that’s next on my list. Although it might not be suitable for the kids 😉

Oh and don’t forget to take a photo of you all snuggled up on the sofa, it’s one of my recommended Christmas photo ideas.

Anna x