It’s almost part of a ritual. Christmas is not limited to parties, punch, dinner with family or friends. Christmas movie marathons have long become one of the favorite activities of the Christmas season and the holiday season at the end of the year. Why resist this cinephile temptation when everything you need is within reach of your home? All it takes is a television, a signal streaminga bucket of popcorn and perhaps a blanket for the cold to enjoy a batch of films that make Christmas an unforgettable moment, full of magic, reflection, nostalgia and joy.
Because it is a time to share, and because watching movies will always be a good investment of time, as well as an infallible Christmas gift, the most representative films of the season are listed below, including new releases, classics and titles that should not be left out in a thematic marathon. . Best of all, they are offered in the catalog of platforms for streaming most important in Mexico.
Christmas movies on Netflix
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (2022)
Scrooge, a classic character from Charles Dickens’ literature, has been brought to the big screen more than once. This time the grumpy old man returns in an animated version for Netflix. The story tells the life of a selfish, aloof, disenchanted and even mysterious man who undergoes a transformation as a result of the visit of old ghosts. Though overwhelming and suspenseful at times, this film is for the whole family and suggests the value of human generosity and kindness. Very Dickensian.
Hit Christmas (2022)
Lindsay Lohan makes a return to the cinema in this Netflix premiere with a fun role that is very typical of an actress accustomed to romantic comedies. Inherited millionaire Sierra Belmont (Lohan) is a spoiled young woman who loses her memory after a skiing accident in the middle of Christmas. Not knowing each other, being a blank canvas, she explores a new personality when she ends up in the care of a widower’s daughter. It is not difficult to imagine how this story ends.
Klaus (2019)
Wrapped in Christmas packaging, this animated story revives a drama of human scope: the imposition of a job. A father who loves his job at the post office forces his son to follow in his footsteps by threatening to disinherit him if he doesn’t. Jesper, the unhappy son, finds in the Christmas halo the answer he needs to head towards his own destiny without disappointing his father.
Christmas Movies on HBO Max
Christmas in 8 bits (2021)
The film based on a novel of the same name stars the versatile Neil Patrick Harris, June Diane Raphael and David Cross. The film is set in the 1980s and is about a child clinging to getting hold of a Nintendo before the others, demonstrating in the end that these attitudes, which are sometimes the shadow of any adult, do not lead to anything good.
Christmas Canceled (2021)
This film by director Prarthana Mohan released last year plays with a somewhat controversial but not new plot. Emma’s father (Hayley Orrantia) falls in love with his daughter’s friend after being widowed. A great precedent for this plot, although not Christmas and with darker objectives, is the one starring the already controversial Kevin Spacey, American Beauty (1999).
A Crazy Christmas (2004)
Over the years, this movie starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis has become a Christmas classic. Family comedy with bizarre moments and off-color jokes, although very typical of the beginning of the millennium. Based on a novel by multi-selling writer John Grisham, it is a film that will have to be seen to kill the curiosity.
Christmas Movies on Prime Video
How beautiful it is to live (1946)
It is perhaps the queen movie of the Christmas genre. Once again, based on texts by Dickens, this classic is part of the culture of December as far as entertainment is concerned. It has forged generations and it will always be worth reviewing its content to see how much society has changed compared to the current one, always with a critical eye but also willing to have a good time.
The Grinch (2000)
Jim Carrey got to play this misfit and frustrated cartoon character. (Caricature as to the exaggeration of certain anti-values). Carrey knew that it was not a simple Christmas movie, but a standard of how certain issues of social importance would be treated in the millennium that was beginning.
Christmas movies on Disney+
My poor little angel (1990)
If it isn’t already, this film will be a classic in the Christmas catalog that will hardly go out of style. The irreverent Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is a character who in himself is an icon of everything that the Christmas film genre means: adventure, detachment, learning, kindness and lots of fun.
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
The original tape was released in 1947, almost fifty years later a second version was made with Mara Wilson in the role of little Susan. Like any curious child eager for answers, Susan wonders about the meaning of Christmas and one of her key figures, Santa Claus. Doubts are dispelled when she finds meaning in the illusion of believing.
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