The best holiday movies to watch right now on Prime Video
Eddie Murphy's new Candy Cane Lane joins the Prime library of seasonal selections, along with classics like Miracle On 34th Street and It's A Wonderful Life
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Clockwise from bottom left: A Very Harold And Kumar Christmas, Miracle On 34th Street, An American Christmas Carol, It’s A Wonderful Life Graphic: The A.V. Club
Happy holidays from The A.V. Club to you! If you’re anything like us, the winter season is for curling up in front of your screen—and watching the best films for the occasion. Starting with Amazon Prime Video, we’re rounding up the best holiday movies to watch on each streaming platform. Minimize the searching and scrolling and read on for our recommendations for the best cinema for Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s, which in this case includes classics like Miracle On 34th Street and It’s A Wonderful Life, plus new options like Candy Cane Lane, and even a horror movie. Continue to watch this space for more handy streaming guides throughout the season.
This list was updated on December 2, 2023.
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The Bishop’s Wife is so bad lol
Planes, Trains & Automobiles is one of my favorite movies and my family watches it yearly, but please don’t steal one of the only Thanksgiving films there is away from the least represented of the big 3 holidays. Steve Martin’s character is trying to get home for Thanksgiving not Christmas. This and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving should be required viewing for everyone on the last Thursday of November.
Came here to say this. Don’t steal this movie from Thanksgiving.
Also, Fantastic Mr. Fox is a pretty great, albeit covert, Thanksgiving flick.
Fantastic Mr. Fox definitely has that Thanksgiving vibe. Will be adding it to the rotation.
It’s also a movie entirely about eating poultry. They even host a large dinner party at one point where long simmering resentments boil over and arguments ensue.
These movies promote traditional marriage and family life. How dare you recommend these?? Are you nuts??
Oh, fuck right off.
so you admit you are unable to have a proper conversation. Ok. I pity you.