Christmas movies are a time-honoured tradition that deserves careful thought and equally careful curation. And with December 25th right around the corner (Mariah Carey’s being defrosted at this very moment), we’ve put together a list of the very best seasonal flicks.
Some are straight-up classics. Some are merely set during Christmas but not explicitly about Christmas. There are definitely one or two in the mix that are tangentially Christmas-themed in subjective feel (though they serve as great transitions/great watches all the same).
Here’s your BH-approved Christmas movies advent calendar for 2024. Note: feel free to mix the order up depending on household mood.
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BH’s Christmas Movie Advent Calendar (2024)
- December 1 — Home Alone (1990)
- December 2 — Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992) or if you can’t do another Home Alone, there’s always Bad Santa (2003)
- December 3 — Elf (2003)
- December 4 — Edward Scissorhands (1990) or The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- December 5 — Batman Returns (1992)
- December 6 — The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- December 7 — The Holiday (2006)
- December 8 — Groundhog Day (1993)
- December 9 — The Green Knight (2021) or Little Women (2019)
- December 10 — Eyes Wide Shut (1999) or The Holdovers (2023)
- December 11 — LA Confidential (1997)
- December 12 — In Bruges (2008)
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- December 13 — Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- December 14 — Trading Places (1983)
- December 15 — Lethal Weapon (1987)
- December 16 — The Princess Bride (1987)
- December 17 — A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)
- December 18 — Just Friends (2005)
- December 19 — Mr Deeds (2002)
- December 20 — About A Boy (2002)
- December 21 — Die Hard (1988)
- December 22 — Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
- December 23 — When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- December 24 — Love Actually (2003) or if you’re a little more old school, It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) and/or A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
