Is there anything better than curling up on the couch to watch your favorite holiday flicks? I have to admit, it’s one of my favorite ways to get into the spirit of the season. Pour a glass of wine, put out some delicious snacks and fire up Netflix – it’s holiday movie time. It’s the best on a Friday night when you just don’t want to go to another holiday party, Sunday evening when you’re winding down or even a weeknight – simply for spending some time getting into the spirit. There’s only one problem: with so many awesome holiday movies out there, how do you decide? If you’re struggling to remember all your favs, here’s a roundup of 40 movies guaranteed to get you into the holiday mood.
Movies Guaranteed to Get You Into the Holiday Mood
- White Christmas
- Bad Santa
- A Christmas Carol
- Miracle on 34th Street
- Sleepless in Seattle
- The Santa Clause
- Elf
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Just Friends
- Scrooged
- A Christmas Story
- The Polar Express
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- A Nightmare Before Christmas
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Love Actually
- Home Alone
- Bridget Jones’s Diary
- The Holiday
- You’ve Got Mail
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- The Family Stone
- While You Were Sleeping
- Trading Places
- Serendipity
- When Harry Met Sally
- Happy Christmas
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Four Christmases
- Eloise at Christmastime
- Babes in Toyland
- Jingle All the Way
- It Happened on 5th Avenue
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Mixed Nuts
- Meet Me in St. Louis
- Holiday Inn
- Christmas with the Krank’s
- While You Were Sleeping
Which holiday movies from above are on your must watch list?