--- description: To encourage premium winter sloth, we made the process one step easier by compiling a list of where you can stream your favorite holiday films. title: Here's Where to Watch Your Favorite Christmas Movies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Where to Watch Your Favorite Christmas Movies by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 19, 2014 7:17 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 19, 2014 7:17 PM CUT One of the easiest ways to get in the Christmas spirit is to turn on a classic holiday movie. To encourage premium winter sloth, we made the process one step easier by compiling a list of where you can stream your favorite holiday films. Get on the nostalgia train with one of these Christmas classics. **Bad Santa** This movie will make parents think twice before letting their kids sit on Santa’s lap. Billy Bob Thornton’s interpretation of a boozing, bawdy, con-artist mall Santa — he’s only in it so he can case stores for a planned heist with his elf sidekick — is pitch perfect in this dark comedy. _Watch on_ [_Netflix_](http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=60031267&trkid=13753438&tctx=0,10,ea295859-5806-4d88-a78a-d2ef771995a6-28623981 "undefined") _or_ [_Amazon_](http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Santa-Directors-Billy-Thornton/dp/B0063TQKPQ "undefined") **Ernest Saves Christmas** Jim Varney plays a bumbling Florida cab driver who transports a retirement-ready Santa around town as he hunts for his successor. _Watch on_ [_Netflix_](http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=60023189&trkid=13753438&tctx=0,21,ea295859-5806-4d88-a78a-d2ef771995a6-28623981 "undefined") **Love Actually** This 2003 classic comprises at least 10 different romantic comedies tied up in a nice Christmas bow. Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson and a handful of other big name British actors will make you laugh, cry and burst out singing Mariah Carey songs. _Watch on_ [_Netflix_](http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=60031262&trkid=13753438&tctx=0,0,ea295859-5806-4d88-a78a-d2ef771995a6-28623981 "undefined") **Scrooged** While putting on a live broadcast of _A Christmas Carol_, curmudgeonly TV execeutive Bill Murray finds himself living through Ebenezer Scrooge’s journey through Christmas past, present and future. _Watch on_ [_Netflix_](http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=940305&trkid=13753438&tctx=0,6,ea295859-5806-4d88-a78a-d2ef771995a6-28623981 "undefined") **Miracle on 34th Street** This 1947 classic is the quintessential Christmas movie. When a Macy’s department store Santa is institutionalized after claiming he is the real Kris Kringle, a lawyer has to prove that he’s the real deal. The film also features a young, skeptical Natalie Wood. _Watch on_ [_Amazon_](http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-34Th-Street-Thomas-Mitchell/dp/B003EHR6LC/ref=sr%5F1%5F11?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1418330703&sr=1-11&keywords=christmas+movies "undefined") **The Muppet Christmas Carol** Michael Caine teams up with Kermit, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets gang to take on Charles Dickens’ classic in this 1993 flick. _Watch on_ [_Netflix_](http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70273662&trkid=13753438&tctx=0,5,ea295859-5806-4d88-a78a-d2ef771995a6-28623981 "undefined") **The Nightmare Before Christmas** In case you’re still nostalgic for Halloween, this animated Tim Burton masterpiece is two holiday movies in one. When Halloween Town’s Jack Skeleton accidentally finds a portal to a significantly merrier Christmas Town, he tries to bring the holiday over to his resistant neighbors. _Watch on_ [_Netflix_](http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=806284&trkid=13753438&tctx=0,3,ea295859-5806-4d88-a78a-d2ef771995a6-28623981 "undefined") **While You Were Sleeping** This rom-com isn’t as flashy as _Love Actually,_ but it’ll definitely make you feel all warm and fuzzy. Sandra Bullock plays a Chicago Transit Authority worker who saves a regular commuter she has a crush on from an oncoming train after he’s pushed on the tracks by thieves. After she’s mistaken for the now-comatose Peter Gallagher’s fiancé, Bullock plays the part when she is taken in by his boisterous family. Chaos ensues. _Watch on_ [_Netflix_](http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=1117761&trkid=13752289&tctx=0,0,while%20you:ac466f9c-78d0-4a3e-b49b-21c8a2938d37 "undefined") **White Christmas** It doesn’t get more Christmassy than Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye singing Irving Berlin songs. This holiday 1954 holiday classic features Crosby and Kaye as two war buddies who, along with Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen, entertain a group of soldiers by putting on a musical showcase. _Watch on_ [_Netflix_](http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=60003082&trkid=13753438&tctx=0,4,ea295859-5806-4d88-a78a-d2ef771995a6-28623981 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3630672/christmas-movies-streaming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3630672/christmas-movies-streaming/"},"headline":"Here's Where to Watch Your Favorite Christmas Movies","datePublished":"2014-12-19T19:17:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:15.259Z","description":"From Bad Santa to White Christmas","url":"https://time.com/3630672/christmas-movies-streaming/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","christmas","streaming","holiday"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3630672/christmas-movies-streaming/","name":"Here's Where to Watch Your Favorite Christmas Movies"}}]}] ```