Movie List
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Year: 1965
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Family, Animated, Classic, Musical
Streaming on: Apple TV+
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: My heart!
A Christmas Story
Year: 1983
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Family, Classic
Streaming on: Disney+, Hulu, Max (HBO)
- Alyssa
- Patrick Watched on Dec. 21, 2025 ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: “Not a finga!!!”
Batman Returns
Year: 1992
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Action Adventure, Fantasy, Classic, Camp
Streaming on: Max (HBO), Paramount+
- Patrick ; Comment: Not technically a Christmas movie, but it definitely counts
Carol
Year: 2015
Recommended by: Alyssa
Categories: Heartfelt, Classic, Gay, Romantic
Streaming on: Netflix
- Alyssa Watched on Dec. 11, 2025 ; Rating: 4.5 ; Comment: Cate Blanchett…need I say more?
Christmas with the Kranks
Year: 2004
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Family, Stupid Fun, Hijinks
Streaming on: Max (HBO)
- Alyssa Watched on Dec. 19, 2025 ; Rating: 2.0 ; Comment: Ended up being more annoying than enjoyable for me.
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: Watched it for the first time last year and it's now an every-year watch. Tim Allen is perfectly hate-able and the side characters are great.
Deck the Halls
Year: 2006
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Stupid Fun, Hijinks
Streaming on: Disney+, Hulu
- Patrick Watched on Dec. 20, 2025 ; Rating: 3.5 ; Comment: It's pretty ridiculous, but fun
Die Hard
Year: 1988
Recommended by: Alyssa
Categories: Action Adventure, Classic, Stupid Fun
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, Peacock
- Alyssa
- Patrick
Elf
Year: 2003
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Family, Stupid Fun, Hijinks
Streaming on: Hulu, Max (HBO)
- Alyssa
- Patrick Watched on Dec. 24, 2025 ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: Mr Narwhal: "Bye, Buddy. I hope you find your dad!"
Grumpy Old Men
Year: 1993
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Classic, Stupid Fun, Hijinks
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: Not technically a Christmas movie, but definitely in the season
Happiest Season
Year: 2020
Recommended by: Alyssa
Categories: Romantic Comedy, Heartfelt, Gay
Streaming on: Hulu
- Alyssa
Home Alone
Year: 1990
Recommended by: Alyssa
Categories: Comedy, Family, Action Adventure, Classic, Hijinks
Streaming on: Disney+
- Alyssa Watched on Dec. 21, 2025 ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: Buzz, your girlfriend. Woof!
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: Makes me want an room in the attic
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Year: 1992
Recommended by: Alyssa
Categories: Comedy, Family, Action Adventure, Classic, Hijinks
Streaming on: Disney+
- Alyssa
- Patrick Watched on Dec. 24, 2025 ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: Makes me want cheese pizza; “And, ma’am, sometimes I do get into mischief. We all do!!!”
Home Alone 3
Year: 1997
Recommended by: Alyssa
Categories: Comedy, Family, Action Adventure, Classic, Hijinks
Streaming on: Hulu
- Alyssa
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Year: 2000
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Family, Fantasy, Hijinks
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock
- Alyssa
- Patrick Watched on Dec. 13, 2025 ; Rating: 3.5 ; Comment: Creepy, but also super over the top in a campy kind of way — also, Molly Shannon is in it ❤️
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Year: 1966
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Heartfelt, Family, Animated, Fantasy, Classic, Musical
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: It seemed so much longer when I was a kid!
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Year: 1998
Recommended by: Alyssa
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Family, Stupid Fun, Hijinks, Slapstick
Streaming on: Disney+
- Alyssa Watched on Dec. 20, 2025 ; Rating: 3.5 ; Comment: Classic JTT.
Jingle All the Way
Year: 1996
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Family, Action Adventure, Classic, Stupid Fun, Hijinks
Streaming on: Disney+, Hulu, Peacock, Pluto TV, Tubi
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: This one is almost too good. Sinbad and Phil Hartman are so damn funny.
Jingle Bell Heist
Year: 2025
Recommended by: Alyssa
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Stupid Fun, Hijinks
Streaming on: Netflix
- Alyssa Watched on Dec. 13, 2025 ; Rating: 3.0 ; Comment: Cute, non-traditional holiday movie
Miracle on 34th Street
Year: 1994
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Romantic Comedy, Heartfelt, Family, Classic, Camp
Streaming on: Disney+, Hulu, Paramount+, Peacock, Pluto TV
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: I know it's sappy and a remake, but I still feakin' love it. This was the movie that got me most excited for Santa as a little kid.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Year: 1989
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Family, Classic, Stupid Fun, Hijinks, Slapstick
Streaming on: Hulu, Max (HBO)
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: "I pledge allegiance to the United States . . . "
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Year: 1987
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Classic, Stupid Fun, Hijinks
Streaming on: Paramount+, Pluto TV
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: Technically, this is a Thanksgiving movie, but it still gets me in the spirit. John Candy just seems like the most lovable human on the planet, even when he's extremely obnoxious.
Scrooged
Year: 1988
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Fantasy, Classic
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+
- Patrick ; Rating: 4.5 ; Comment: A great pastiche. You're SUPPOSED to hate Bill Murray in this one, and he does a great job helping you with that :)
Snow Day
Year: 2000
Recommended by: Alyssa
Categories: Comedy, Family, Stupid Fun, Hijinks
Streaming on: Paramount+
- Patrick Watched on Dec. 25, 2025 ; Rating: 4.0 ; Comment: Pretty fun -- a great reminder of what Nickelodeon was trying to do back in the late 90s early 2000s. And what a silly cameo from IGGY POP??!!! Also, I want a pet magpie -- that would be so cool.
- Alyssa
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
Year: 2021
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Stupid Fun, Musical, Gay, Camp, Hijinks, Slapstick
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video
- Patrick ; Rating: 3.5 ; Comment: Really bad, but a lot of fun
The Family Man
Year: 2000
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Romantic Comedy, Heartfelt
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video
- Alyssa
- Patrick Watched on Dec. 13, 2025 ; Rating: 4.0 ; Comment: Nic Cage is a legend
The Holiday
Year: 2006
Recommended by: Alyssa
Categories: Romantic Comedy, Heartfelt, Romantic, Camp
Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video
- Alyssa Watched on Dec. 1, 2025 ; Rating: 5.0
- Patrick Watched on Dec. 1, 2025 ; Rating: 4.5 ; Comment: Who would have thought Jack Black could be so flirty 😏
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Year: 1992
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Family, Classic, Musical
Streaming on: Disney+
- Alyssa
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: Only 4 more sleeps till Christmas!!
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Year: 1993
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Family, Animated, Fantasy, Classic, Musical
Streaming on: Disney+
- Patrick ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: Pretty cool that there's a movie that doubles as a Christmas and Halloween movie.
The Santa Clause
Year: 1994
Recommended by: Patrick
Categories: Comedy, Heartfelt, Family, Fantasy, Classic, Hijinks
Streaming on: Disney+, Hulu
- Patrick Watched on Dec. 20, 2025 ; Rating: 5.0 ; Comment: A 90s classic -- I can't believe y'all think Bernard is sexy