TV Writer Jake Hackney has Pulled Together HIS Favourite Films FROM Disney+, Netflix, Sky and Amazon’s Prime Video and How You Can Watch This Christmas
Christmas is finally here, so is now the time to stick your feet up and indulge in some beloved festive films. Whether you’re in the mood for a seasonal rom-com or some family friendly Animation that Everyone can Enjoy, there are Countless Classics Avilaable Now on TV and Streaming platforms.
All of Our Top Picks Come from the Likes of Disney+Netflix, Sky and Amazon’s Video premiumEach of which are available with a rack of Money-Saving Deals. Disney+ Now Starts at £ 4.99 a monthwhile Prime Video is free for 30 days with an Amazon Prime Free Trial.
Elsewhere, Sky Has Just Unveiled a New £ 25 TV, Sky Cinema, Netflix and Paramount+ Bundle with more than 1,000 Films on-Demand, Including a Flurry of Festive Favourites. There’s the still time to get sky in time for christmas if you act FAST AND SIGN BY 9PM ON DECEMBER 23.
Read More: Toptech: Our Team’s Favourite Neom, Kindle, Smeg, Garmin and Sky Deals from the Christmas Sales
Read More: Boxing Day Sales 2024: Best Early Deals for Last-Minute Gifts In Time for Christmas
SO, read on for our pick of the best films to watch over Christmas and Where to Watch say.
Elf
Will Ferrell’s Turn As Buddy, The Human Raised by Elves, has made Him an unlikly Christmas Star. He fronts the Beloved 2003 Comedy from Iron Man Director ion favreau as a fish-off-water in the Big Apple.
ELF OPENS ON CHRISTMA Eve, as an orphans baby crawls into Santa’s Bag of Gifts and Gets Mistakenly Taken to the North Pole. AS A HUMAN Raised by Elves, Buddy (Ferrell) Comes to Realise and Fit in, so Sets Out to New York City Determined to Find His Biological Father (James Caan) and a place where belongs.
ELF IS AVAILABLE ON Sky Cinema, get it here.
Die hard
Is Die hard Do Christmas movie? IT’S A debate that is rated on for more than 30 years, with bruce Willis Himself Controversilly Declaring that the Beloved Action Filick is in Fact not a Christmas film.
Whether you aggree with Him or not, die hard has Become a de facto festive favourite for cinephiles around the world, with Empire Readers Voting It The Best Christmas Film of All Time. The film – which takes place on Christmas, at a Christmas party – Follows New York City Cop John McClane (Willis), WHO Faces Overwhelming Odds when to California is interrupted by a terrorist invasion of his estranged Wife.
Die Hard and Its Sequels Are Streaming on Disney+, get it here.
Home Alone
Cute Little Macaulay Culkin Became a Cultural Icon after Starring in Chris Columbus’ Festive Favourite. In the 1990 comedy, neglect youngster Kevin McCallister (Culkin) is inadvertently Left Bebind while his family on a Christmas Trip to Paris.
AFTER MAKING THE MOST OF HIS TIME ALONE, A PAIR OF BUNGLING BURGLARS KNOWN AS THE WET BANDITS ATTEMPT TO SUBS HIS SUBSIBBER HOME, FORCING KEVIN TO FIGHT THAT AT A SERIES BOOBY TRAPS.
Home Alone and Its Sequels Are Streaming on Disney+, get it here.
IT’s a Wonderful Life
Eve Nearly 80 Years Sine Its Release, IT’s a Wonderful Life Remains One of Classical Hollywood’s Most Timeless Films. In arguably James Stewart’s Most Beloved Role, The 1946 movie Sees a Guardian Angel Show Compassionate but Despaairly Frustrated Businessman George Bailey (Stewart) An Alternate Version of History.
In seeing what life would have ben like he never exisisted, George sees how he has in fact touched the lives of those around.
IT’s a wonderful life is streaming on premium video, try it free here.
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Everyone’s Favourite Talking Frog Giives Charles Dickens’ Classic Tale the Muppet Treatment in This 1992 Musical. Kermit, Miss Piggy and the Rest of the Film’s Pupphet Cast Star Alongside British Acting Veteran Michael Caine in This Heart-Warming Festive Film.
It takes place on Christmas eve, as GROUCHY OLD EBENEZER Scrooge (Caine) is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, Present and Future. Alongside Kind and Humble Bob Cratchit (Kermit) and His Family, The Spirits Open Scrooge’s Eyes – and His Heart – to the true of christmas.
The Muppet Christmas Carol is Streaming on Disney+, get it here.
LOVE ACTUALLY
From notting Hill Williter-Director Richard Curtis, Love Actually Follows the Love Lives of Eight Different Couples in London As Told Through Various Loosely Interrelated Stories, All Set During A Fantic in the Run Up to Christmas. IT BOASTS A HUGE ENSEMBLE CAST INCLUDING Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firm, Liam Neeson, Andrew Lincoln and Martine McCutcheon.
The film was a huge success, grossing more than $ 240 million Worldwide and Becoming a Festive Staple for Many in the UK and Beyond.
LOVE ACTUALLY IS AVAILABLE ON Sky Cinema, get it here.
The Nightmare before Christmas
Tim Burton’s Stop-Motion Musical Makes Perfect Viewing on Both Halloween and Christmas and Is Packed With Catchy Songs From Burton Collaborator and Composer Danny Elfman. In the Beloved 1993 film, Pumpkin King Jack Skellington is Bored with the Same Old Spooky Routine and Accidentally Finds Himself in the Bizarre, Cheer-Fixed Land of Christmas Town.
He becomes enamoured with the festive world and embarks on a merry mission to speech the Joy of Christmas, which Puts Santa in Jeopardy and Creates a Nightmare for Good Little Boys and Everywrere.
The Nightmare before Christmas is Streaming on Disney+, get it here.
Claus
This Oscar-Nominated and Bafta-Winning Adventure-Comedy is somewhat overlooked, but is definitely Worth a Watch this Christmas. IT CENTRES AROUND SELFISH POSTMAN JESPER (JASON SCHWARTZMAN), WHO DISTINGUESS HIMSELF AS The postal academy’s worst student, so is stationed on a frozen island the arctic circle.
Jesper is about to give up when he finds an allry in Local Teacher Alva (Rashida Jones) and Discover Claus (JK Simmons), a Mysterious Carpenter who lives alone in a Cabin full of handmade toys. These unlykly Friendships Return Laughter to Smeerensburg, Forging a New Legacy of Geneverous Neighbours, Magical Lore and Stockings Hung by the Chimney with Care.
Claus is streaming on Netflix, Get it with Sky here.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Written by Teen-Movie Legend John Hughes, Christmas Vacation is Front by Form Snl Star and Comedy Icon Chevy as the Patriarch of the Griswold Family. The ZANY comedy features plenty of tongue-in-chek gags as Clark Griswold (Chase) plans for a Big Family Christmas, Which Predictable Turn a Big Disaster we can bes of parents-and more-tourn up to visit.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is Avilaable on Sky Cinema, get it here.
The Polar Express
Tom Hanks Serves as Voice and Motion Capture Actor for Multiple Characters in This Festive Fantasy-Adventure from the Future Director Robert Zemkeckis. The film is set on christmas eve, after the town has gone to sleep and a disciplinary Young Boy Boards the Eponymous Train.
The Conductor (Tom Hanks) Invites Him on Board to take an extraordinary journey to the north pole with many other forest children. There, he recipes an extraordinary Gift Only Those Who Still Believe in Santa Can Experience.
The polar Express is available on Sky Cinema, get it here.
