13 of the Best (and So-Bad-They're-Good) Holiday Movies to Stream on Netflix
©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection1/15Getting in the festive spirit has never been easier. These days, it's literally just one click away - and, best of all, accessible whenever you want. Whether you're in the mood for a heart-warming Christmas classic or prefer a flick that totes the line between scary and funny, there are holiday films for all tastes on Netflix. And, unfortunately, some that we wish had never been made at all.
Presenting: Teen Vogue's list of Netflix's best holiday offerings. Go on now, get streaming...
©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection2/15Love Actually
From the opening sequence in London's Heathrow airport, you'll be hooked. Several plot-lines intertwine around England's capital as the holidays descend — some hilarious, some heart-breaking, and all of which reach the same conclusion: that love actually is all around. (Oh, and that, according to the Brits, there was a lobster present at the birth of Jesus.)
©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection3/15I'll Be Home For Christmas
Jonathan Taylor Thomas is on a quest to get from California to New York by 6pm on Christmas Eve. If he succeeds, he'll score not only his dad's coveted Porsche, but also the girl of his dreams. And it probably goes without saying that Jessica Biel and JTT are our ultimate early-2000s couple.
©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection4/15A Christmas Carol
No matter which re-make you watch, this Charles Dickens classic will pull on all of your heartstrings, inspiring Scrooges the world over to have a change of heart during the holiday season. In the words of Tiny Tim: God bless us, everyone.
©Dimension Films/Courtesy Everett Collection5/15Bad Santa
This dark comedy may not be the most, er, traditional of holiday flicks, but it still warrants honorable mention. When a crotechety criminal befriends a young boy, the last thing he expects is to receive a new lease on life, but alas, Christmas miracles...
Courtesy Everett Collection6/15White Christmas
Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye star in this 1950s musical-comedy about four singers who attempt to save failing country inn in rural Vermont. And for those who don't know, it's also the movie that first introduced the classic Christmas carol of the same name.
©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection7/15The Nightmare Before Christmas
Is it a Christmas film or a Halloween favorite? Both! Jack Skellington is the ultimate anti-hero who attempts to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned...
©Miramax/Courtesy Everett Collection8/15Bridget Jones' Diary
Okay, okay, so this one might not be a Christmas movie per se. But when (spoiler alert!) the heroine meets her future Christmas sweater-clad husband over a bit of festive 'turkey curry,' we're counting it as a holiday flick.
©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection9/15Home Alone
This classic tale has stood the test of time. A young boy is inadvertently left at home by his family and left to defend the house from Grinch-like robbers who have been casing the place for weeks. When his mother makes the startling realization that she's left Kevin behind, she too embarks on an epic journey — to make it home in time for Christmas.
And now, for some of the worst...
©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection10/15Christmas with the Kranks
After The Santa Clause, we had high hopes for a holiday flick starring Tim Allen, but, unfortunately, this not-so-funny Christmas comedy dashed them.
©Magnolia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection11/15Happy Christmas
We wanted to love this festive indie comedy starring an aimless 20-something, Anna Kendrick, and her hometown bud, Lena Dunham, but it just wasn't as funny as it had the potential to be.
12/1512 Dates of Christmas
This ABC Family flick stars Amy Smart and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris!) in the story of a woman who magically experiences Christmas Eve over and over again. Uh, right.
©Hallmark Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection13/15A Royal Christmas
It's a story we've heard hundreds of times before: The Queen of a small European nation we've never heard of interferes with her son's plans to marry a humble girl. Unfortunately, Julia Stiles did it first and she did it better.
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A workaholic wakes up in an alternate universe where she's married to her childhood boyfriend proving that sometimes it takes a Christmas dream to make you realize what's really important in life. (Except, uh, that's the exact idea behind A Christmas Carol.)
