Christmas Movies You May Have Paid to Watch Already

Perhaps you’re looking for a wider selection of Christmas films this season. You may be in luck if you subscribe to Hulu, Netflix and/or Amazon Prime. Den of Geek has a curated list for all 3 services, including their top 3 picks.

ON HULU, they recommend the comedy, BAD SANTA (2003) with Billy Bob Thornton and Tony Cox. Their second pick is a 2008 French film with English subtitles, A CHRISTMAS TALE, starring Catherine Deneuve, for foreign film lovers. No. 3 is A HOLIDAY TALE, a 2006 film with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, trading places at each other’s holiday gathering. The rest of the list consists mainly of 2000s films, with a couple from the ’90s, and “A Very Brady Christmas” from the late ’80s.

ON NETFLIX: BAD SANTA is also Den of Geek’s No. 1 pick on this service, followed by Tim Burton’s THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS from 1993. Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye in Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954) rounds out this Netflix Top 3. In the complete list, for those with young’uns, you’ll find a wide selection of kids’ Christmas specials, everybody from Mickey Mouse and Casper the Friendly Ghost to the Trolls!

ON AMAZON PRIME: You can watch all the DR. WHO CHRISTMAS SPECIALS for free if you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber. The No. 2 recommendation is 2004’s CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS, with Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, a film they acknowledge is not well-liked but apparently think you might be tired of good movies. The third pick, A HOLIDAY TALE, is another overlap with the Hulu list. Since we are suckers for classic films, we’re watching the 1935 version of SCROOGE, starring Seymour Hicks in the title role, who thinks “every fool who goes about saying ‘Merry Chrismas,’ should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.”

These services offer a nice alternative to what’s on regular and cable TV during Christmas week. You get to pick when you want to watch your selection so put your subscription to good use if you already have one. Even if you don’t, they all offer 30-day free trials.