These are the best Christmas movies on Prime Video
These are the best Christmas movies on Prime Video
Prime Video is a great choice to stream those hard-to-find Christmas classics!
Even though Prime Video doesn’t have nearly as many iconic holiday films as some of the other streamers, it does excel when it comes to hard-to-find classics. Perhaps the biggest draw for the nostalgics is “Emmet Otters Jug Band Christmas.” For the older crowd, 1954’s “White Christmas” and 1946’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” can be found here as well. Also, don’t sleep on my favorite guilty pleasure, “Jingle All the Way.”
Odds are, if you’ve gone all-in with your holiday shopping on Amazon, you may already be a Prime member, so why not take full advantage of your subscription and stream these Christmas classics to get in the holiday spirit!
If you’re looking for even more holiday content, be sure to check out the best Christmas movies on other streaming platforms as well!
Best Christmas movies on Amazon Prime Video
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Candy Cane Lane
November 29, 2023A man, determined to win the neighborhood’s annual Christmas decorating contest, makes a pact with an elf to help him win. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, bringing chaos to the small, unsuspecting town.
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Christmas with the Kranks
November 24, 2004When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancée, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best celebration ever!
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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
December 4, 1977A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
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Holiday Inn
January 1, 1942Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim’s supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.
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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
December 24, 2003The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Christmas show. After the Muppets are confronted by Bitterman, they make a lot of sacrifices to save up so they can keep the Theatre.
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It's a Wonderful Life
December 20, 1946A holiday favourite for generations… George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George’s modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business’s $8,000 is lost and George’s troubles begin.
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Jingle All the Way
November 21, 1996Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son’s karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son’s favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.
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Red One
December 12, 2024After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security must team up with the world’s most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.
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Scrooged
November 22, 1988Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
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The Family Stone
December 15, 2005An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family’s annual Christmas celebration and finds that she’s a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.
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The Holiday
December 8, 2006Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmas time after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
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The Little Drummer Boy
December 19, 1968After being kidnapped and escaping, young drummer boy Aaron searches for his camel and finds him in the Nativity of the Baby Jesus. Aaron gives Baby Jesus the only gift he has, a song on his drum.
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White Christmas
October 14, 1954Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
More holiday hits
Not enough holiday content for you on Prime Video this season? Don’t be a Grinch – you can check out the great selection of Christmas-themed movies on other streamers to round out your holiday cheer.