10 Best Netflix Christmas Movies for This Holiday Season


Our team of came up with the best Christmas movies on Netflix and here is the list –

When the snow starts falling this Christmas season, it’s the perfect time to settle in and enjoy Netflix Christmas movies. When hunting for the right movie for the holidays, a good place to start is Netflix. The streaming app features a host of original and underseen Netflix Christmas movies that are perfect for audiences who feel burnt out on holiday classics. Spice up this Christmas by taking a look at what Netflix has to offer this holiday season.

Here is a list of our best Netflix Christmas movies

1. Best Christmas Movies – Klaus

Best Netflix Christmas Movies - Klaus
Best Netflix Christmas Movies – Klaus

Disney animator Sergio Pablos has directed one of the most eye-popping Christmas animated films of the past few years. Klaus takes place in 19th-century Norway and finds the reluctant Jesper Johansen being forced into the position of becoming a postman in a small town. His adventure soon leads him to the crafty hermit Klaus who aids him in bringing presents and joy to the community, starting off the trend of Santa Claus. The film is loaded with expressive 2D animation evocative of Disney’s golden era and features a stellar voice cast that includes Jason Schwartzman, J. K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso, Norm Macdonald, and Joan Cusack.

2. Pottersville

Pottersville Netflix Christmas Movie
Pottersville

Pottersville portrays a quirky small-town Christmas where the community comes together over Bigfoot. As strange as that sounds, the premise works amid the melodrama of a family. What follows is a silly adventure of tourism, drunkenness, unemployment, furries, and reality television that manages to find a heartwarming core for the holiday season. The film is also stacked with an iconic cast that includes Michael Shannon, Judy Greer, Thomas Lennon, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks, and Ian McShane. Pottersville debuted under the radar but it’s since been recognized as a sleeper hit that shouldn’t be missed.

3. Robin Robin

Robin Robin
Robin Robin

The Aardman Animation studio has always churned out charming stop-motion animated movies and Robin Robin is no exception. This animated short film finds a robin bird being raised by a family of mice who specialize in committing home heists around the holidays for food. However, their latest adventure on Christmas leads to them running afoul of a rather crafty cat. Directed by Dan Ojari and Mikey Please, this cute and exciting Christmas animation features the voices of Bronte Carmichael, Richard E. Grant, Gillian Anderson, and Adeel Akhtar. It’s a brief but sweet animated treat that can be enjoyed by the whole family.

4. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

If a musical Christmas is desired, David E. Talbert’s Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is the perfect film for the holidays. This fantasy musical tells the tale of a once-famed toy maker who found himself betrayed by his apprentice. After being out of the toy game for many years, he finds new life in the business of crafting joy when his granddaughter enters the picture. Her youthful imagination might be enough to revive the wonder of toy making around Christmas Time. This story was originally going to be a stage production but ended up as a Netflix film, garnering many awards nominations. The picture also has a stellar ensemble cast that includes Forest Whitaker, Madalen Mills, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad, Lisa Davina Phillip, and Ricky Martin.

5. Let It Snow

Let It Snow

Yes, even teen romance has a place in the Christmas movies on Netflix. Let It Snow takes place in a small town where a snowstorm forces a slew of high school students to get a little cozier. Hills and valleys are ahead for friendships and romances that take shape on Christmas Eve, leading to great drama and tender feelings explored. Loaded with holiday charm and charismatic young leads, this romantic Christmas picture is based on the young adult novel Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances by John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson.

6. A Boy Called Christmas

A Boy Called Christmas
A Boy Called Christmas

Based on the novel of the same title by Matt Haig, A Boy Called Christmas is a charming dose of family fantasy. The teenager Nikolas is tasked with finding his father in the snowy wilderness. On this quest, he stumbles across a village of elves. With the aid of reindeer as well, Nikolas soon comes to understand his destiny and that he will soon become the Christmas legend, Santa Claus. The story is made all the sweeter when framed as a bedtime story, delivered by the wonderfully soothing voice of Maggie Smith. Directed by Gil Kenan (Monster House), this visually-pleasing Christmas adventure stars Henry Lawfull, Toby Jones, Sally Hawkins, Kristen Wiig, Michiel Huisman, Zoe Colletti, Stephen Merchant, and Jim Broadbent.

7. BoJack Horseman Christmas Special: Sabrina’s Christmas Wish

BoJack Horseman Christmas Special: Sabrina's Christmas Wish
BoJack Horseman Christmas Special: Sabrina’s Christmas Wish

If the Christmas special episodes of television feel a tad too sappy, this BoJack Horseman special is a strong dose of dark comedy for the Christmas season. That seems about par for the course when it comes to BoJack Horseman, a satire all about a washed-up actor whose life doesn’t seem to get better with age. This special finds BoJack and his roommate Todd watching a Christmas special from BoJack’s 1990s sitcom, Horsin’ Around, that went much harder than he originally remembered. Treading into dark territory, the special both mocks and plays up the conventions of 90s sitcoms while trying to find a heart to Christmas itself. The special features the voices of Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, and Alison Brie.

8. Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

 Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

As another cute entry from Aardman Animation, the simply-sweet Shaun the Sheep gets his own Christmas special. Based on one of Aardman’s more popular animated series, The Flight Before Christmas finds Shaun searching for a missing member of his flock. This leads to an adventure where Shaun is tasked with tracking down the missing farm animal and saving Christmas. With little dialogue and plenty of slapstick silliness, this is an animated short that is perfect for the youngest family members who still want to find some holiday cheer on the streaming app.

9. A Bad Mom’s Christmas

A Bad Mom’s Christmas
A Bad Mom’s Christmas

When the kids are in bed waiting for Santa, the moms can break out the wine and partake in this bit of Christmas comedy subversion. As a sequel to Bad Moms, A Bad Mom’s Christmas finds three overworked mothers struggling to compose the best Christmas for their families. That challenge grows all the more difficult when their own mothers come to visit for the holidays. All of this leads to some absurd Christmas hi-jinks, including a drunken Christmas shopping outing where the moms find themselves partying it up with the mall Santa. This raunchy Christmas comedy stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski, and Susan Sarandon.

10. The Christmas Chronicles – Netflix Christmas Movie

The Christmas Chronicles
The Christmas Chronicles

If you’re in the mood for a Christmas adventure where kids and Santa need to save the holidays, The Christmas Chronicles is a modern makeover of this familiar Christmas story. The film finds two kids alone on Christmas and ends up inadvertently kidnapping Santa Claus. While Santa divulges much of his magic, he also makes a fast dash around the city in hopes of finishing up his Christmas deliveries. The adventures come stocked with a musical sequence, comical exchanges, and fantastical elves with their own language. This Christmas family comedy stars Kurt Russell, Judah Lewis, Darby Camp, Lamorne Morris, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Oliver Hudson.

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