Christmas Movies to Watch on Prime Video — Stream These Holiday Movies

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December 21, 2024 8:29AM EST
Christmas Movies to Watch on Prime Video — Stream These Holiday Movies
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This Christmas, you can stream a bunch of your favorite holiday classics and new movies on Prime Video.

What better way to spend the winter holidays than at home sipping hot chocolate and watching your favorite classics — and new movies? Luckily, Amazon Prime Video will have a ton of the best Christmas films to rent, purchase or stream for free this year. Whether you’re a rom-com fanatic or an action lover, this year’s array of holiday hits is satisfying.

From The Holiday to Scrooged, Prime Video is the ultimate place to kick back and enjoy a night of movies with family, friends and by yourself by the fireplace.

See more of what Amazon Prime Video has to rent, buy or stream for free this Christmas in our gallery below!

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‘Scrooged’

‘Scrooged’
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Bill Murray‘s hilarious holiday classic is available to stream for free on Prime Video this season. Scrooged puts a modern twist on Charles Dickens’ original A Christmas Carol by following a greedy and selfish TV executive in New York. 

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‘The Holiday’

‘The Holiday’
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Nancy Meyers’ The Holiday became a cult classic — and not only around the winter holidays. Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jack Black and Jude Law star in the film, which follows two women from across the Atlantic who swap homes to escape their heartbreaks. 

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‘Love Actually’

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Love Actually is streaming for Prime subscribers this year, and it stars Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman and Keira Knightley. 

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‘Christmas With the Kranks’

‘Christmas With the Kranks’
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Christmas With the Kranks ia available to stream for free with ads. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Tim Allen, the movie follows a couple who decide to spend Christmas on a cruise rather than without their daughter, who joined the Peace Corps. However, their neighbors don’t appreciate the idea of skipping the beloved holiday. 

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‘Elf’

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Will Ferrell‘s lovable holiday comedy is available to Prime users with an ad-on subscription to Max. It follows Buddy the elf who leaves the North Pole to reconnect with his biological father. 

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‘Home Alone’

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Home Alone is available to rent or purchase on Prime Video this year. Macaulay Culkin‘s hit comedy follows Kevin McCallister’s Christmas without his family, who accidentally left him home while traveling to Paris. 

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‘Red One’

‘Red One’
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Red One, one of Prime’s latest holiday movies, is free to stream on the platform. It stars Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu and J. K. Simmons and focuses on a North Pole security guard who must find a kidnapped Santa Claus. 

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‘The Holdovers’

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The Oscar-winning film The Holdovers is available now for Prime Video subscribers. Starring Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa, the movie follows a strict teacher who must chaperone a group of students over the winter holidays at a boarding school. 

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‘Candy Cane Lane’

‘Candy Cane Lane’
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Candy Cane Lane, streaming on Prime for free, stars Eddie Murphy as a laid off corporate employee who makes a deal with a wicked elf to win his neighborhood’s decorating contest. 

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