There’s no better way to embrace the holiday spirit than by watching a festive movie.
And so, The Weekly has rounded up the best Christmas movies each Australian streaming platform has to offer below.
The best Christmas movies and where to watch them in Australia:
What are the top 10 Christmas movies?
This question is a little subjective, as everyone has different tastes when it comes to movies.
However, we think these are the top 10 Christmas movies, in no particular order!
- Home Alone (watch on Disney+)
- The Holiday (watch on Netflix, Binge or Prime Video)
- Love Actually (watch on Binge or Prime Video)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (watch on Disney+)
- Elf (watch on Binge)
- It’s A Wonderful Life (Watch on Stan)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (watch on Binge or Prime Video)
- The Santa Clause (watch on Disney+)
- Christmas with the Kranks (watch on Binge)
- Miracle on 34th Street (watch on Disney+)
What Christmas movie takes place in Australia?
Several Christmas movies are set in Australia. Our favourites are:
- How to Make Gravy (watch on Binge)
- Christmess (watch on Binge)
- A Sunburnt Christmas (watch on Stan)
- Bush Christmas (watch on Prime Video)
Has a Christmas movie ever won Best Picture?
No, a Christmas movie has never won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The beloved Christmas classics It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) and Miracle on 34th Street (1947) were both nominated for Best Picture but ultimately lost to The Best Years of Our Lives and Hamlet respectively.
Aside from these two films, The Academy has rarely celebrated overtly Christmas-themed films in the Best Picture category, favouring broader narratives with complex themes.
With that being said though, The Apartment, which is set during Christmas, took home Best Picture in 1961 – but it’d be a stretch to categorise the dark comedy as a ‘Christmas movie’.
What is the #1 grossing Christmas movie?
Home Alone, starring Macaulay Culkin, written by John Hughes, and directed by Chris Columbus holds the record for highest-grossing Christmas flick.
Other ways to entertain yourself this Christmas:
