‘Tis the season for holiday streaming!
It’s that time of year where movie nights get a little more festive and streaming services debut curated holiday collections featuring beloved films, new movies, classic TV, and more all about the holiday season.
Sign up for a streaming bundle like the Disney Bundle to get the most bang for your buck and the most options. For as low as $16.99/month, you’ll be able to stream all things Disney+, Hulu, and Max at a major discount compared to the individual subscription prices.
Below, check out 15 of our favorite movies that you can stream with the Disney Bundle.
Holiday Movies on Disney+:
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, Ken Page
About the movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of Halloween Town, who stumbles upon Christmas Town and schemes to take over the holiday.
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Director: Brian Henson
Cast: Michael Caine, Muppet performers Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, and Frank Oz
About the movie: It’s the Christmas Carol you know and love… now with Muppets (and Scrooge, played by the film’s only human person, Caine)!
Home Alone
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O’Hara
About the movie: Home Alone follows eight-year-old Kevin McCallister, who has to defend his house from a pair of robbers after his family accidentally leaves him at home in Chicago while they fly to Paris for Christmas vacation.
Noelle
Director: Marc Lawrence
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Bill Hader, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Billy Eichner, Julie Hagerty, and Shirley MacLaine
About the movie: Noelle (Kendrick), the youngest child of Santa Claus, has to leave the North Pole for the real world after her older brother and heir apparent to the Santa Claus role (Bill Hader) never returns to the North Pole after a week away.
The Santa Clause
Director: John Pasquin
Cast: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, David Krumholtz, Peter Boyle
About the movie: When an ordinary man seems to have killed Santa, he and his son finish the Christmas night present deliveries and return to the North Pole where he learns that he is now the new Santa Claus.
Holiday Movies on Hulu:
The Polar Express
Director: Robert Zemickis
Cast: Tom Hanks (in multiple roles), Daryl Sabara, Nona Gaye, Jimmy Bennett, and Eddie Deezen
About the movie: Based on the children’s book of the same name, The Polar Express tells the story of a young boy who sees a mysterious train bound for the North Pole stop outside his window and is invited aboard by its conductor.
Elf
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Asner, and Bob Newhart
About the movie: Buddy, a human raised by Santa’s elves, leaves the North Pole for New York City to met his biological father.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo
About the movie: Based on a John Hughes short story in National Lampoon, Christmas Vacation follows Clark Griswold and his efforts to give his family a good-old-fashioned Christmas celebration that take a turn for the worse.
Die Hard
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie Bedelia
About the movie: Set on Christmas Eve, Die Hard follows New York City police detective John McClane as he’s caught up in a terrorist takeover of the Nakatomi Plaza skyscraper in Los Angeles on a visit to see his estranged wife.
Happiest Season
Director: Clea DuVall
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Daniel Levy, Mary Holland, Victor Garber, and Mary Steenburgen
About the movie: Harper (Davis) brings her girlfriend Abby (Stewart) home for Christmas; at the same time, she struggles with coming out to her conservative family as a lesbian and presents Abby as her heterosexual roommate in front of them.
Holiday Movies on Max:
Meet Me in St. Louis
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, and Marjorie Main
About the movie: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was written for and debuted in this film, which follows the year in the life of a family as they prepare for the opening of the 1904 World’s Fair.
A Christmas Story
As A Christmas Story is set in pre-climate change Indiana, the kids are bundled up for much of the movie’s running time. But when it comes time to layer up, does Ralphie don a doofy two-foot-long cap or inflate his silhouette to Michelin man proportions ? No! He zips up in a smart, simple plaid jacket and complements it with matching earth tone winter necessities, all of which bring out the blue in his eyes. Ralphie knows how to accessorize! Amazon Video
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, and Peter Billingsley
About the movie: The main storyline of the film follows Ralphie, a 9-year-old boy in 1939. All Ralphie wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle, but he keeps being told that he’ll shoot his eye out. Interspersed with the story are smaller vignettes about the rest of Ralphie’s family.
The Shop Around the Corner
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Frank Morgan
About the movie: Based on the same play that served as inspiration for the musical She Loves Me, and later, rom-com You’ve Got Mail, The Shop Around the Corner follows two employees at the same shop who loathe each other while also falling in love with each other through anonymous mail correspondence.
Four Christmases
Director: Seth Gordon
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon
About the movie: Four Christmases follows a couple who, after their holiday trip is cancelled due to dense fog, must attend four separate Christmas parties on one day.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
About the movie: The first Harry Potter film has entered the canon of Christmas films due to its general festive atmosphere, featuring snowy scenes, a large Christmas feast at Hogwarts, and its strong family theme.
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