Paramount+ brings together content from multiple networks, including CBS and Paramount Network, making the streaming service a good option for both classic and modern festive movies. Here are the best Christmas movies available to watch on Paramount+ over the holidays.
Best Christmas Movies On Paramount+
This list is ordered alphabetically and not in order of the ones we think you should watch first.
A Christmas Carol
Fantasy/Drama | 1h 40m
Ebenezer Scrooge tries to make it through the night after receiving a visit from the ghost of his former business partner.
A Clüsterfünke Christmas
Comedy | 1h 27m
If you’re tired of the usual holiday TV movies then A Clüsterfünke Christmas might be for you. Even though this one is heavily inspired by those festive TV movies, it is a parody from Comedy Central.
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Comedy/Adventure | 1h 29m
Harold and Kumar have grown apart over the years, but when a mysterious package arrives on Kumar’s doorstep, the pair find themselves journeying across New York City to find a replacement Christmas tree.
All I Want for Christmas
Family/Comedy | 1h 37m
Ethan and his younger sister just want one thing this Christmas – their divorced parents to get back together.
Daddy’s Home 2
Comedy/Drama | 1h 40m
After moving on from the dad versus step-dad battle, the two partner up to make this the best Christmas ever for the kids. The only problem, both of their fathers are coming, along with very different approaches to parenting.
Dear Santa
Comedy | 1h 43m
A young boy experiences a very different Christmas after accidentally sending his Christmas wish list to Satan instead of Santa.
Ernest Saves Christmas
Family/Comedy | 1h 35m
Santa Clause decides to retire and pass the torch to the next Santa. With Christmas on the line, taxi driver Ernest steps in to help with this very important mission.
Fatman
Action/Comedy | 1h 40m
Things are not going well for Santa Claus. On top of running a declining business, a disgruntled 12-year-old hires an assassin to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
Home for the Holidays
Comedy/Romance | 1h 44m
After discovering her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia has no choice but to spend the holiday with her family.
Last Holiday
Comedy/Romance | 1h 52m
Led to believe she doesn’t have long to live, a New Orleans cookware salesclerk jets off on a dream vacation.
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Family/Comedy ‧ 1h 41m
This 1947 classic sees Kris Kringle having to prove he is the real Santa Claus in court.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Comedy/Drama | 1h 33m
Disaster after disaster awaits a marketing executive trying to get home after his flight is canceled and he agrees to travel with a stranger.
Scrooge
Musical/Family | 1h 53m
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge spends Christmas Eve being visited by some unexpected, and not always friendly, guests.
Scrooged
Comedy/Fantasy | 1h 41m
A popular TV executive goes through his own night of reckoning at the hands of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
This Christmas
Comedy/Musical | 1h 57m
Secrets come to light and family ties are strained when a large family reunite for the first time in four years.
Tiny Christmas
Comedy/Adventure | 1h 30m
Two kids find they have been accidentally shrunk by a clumsy elf. With it already being Christmas Eve, the two mini-sized kids embark on the long journey back home … the house next door.
Trading Places
Comedy/Drama | 1h 58m
An executive in one of Philadelphia’s leading investment firms and a down-and-out hustler find their positions in life reversed as part of a bet between two millionaire brothers.
When Christmas Was Young
Romance | 1h 27m
In desperate need of a hit song, a music manager reaches back to his high school girlfriend for the Christmas song she wrote years ago.
More Christmas Movies Available To Stream On Paramount+
If you’re looking for something different, the following Christmas movies are also currently available to stream on Paramount+.
- A Christmas Blessing (2023)
- A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012)
- Angel Falls Christmas (2021)
- Christmas Cupid (2010)
- Christmas on Windmill Way (2023)
- Get Him Back for Christmas (2024)
- Happy Christmas (2014)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
- Santa Hunters (2014)
- Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! (2017)
- Surviving Christmas (2004)
- Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007)
New To Paramount+?
For those new to Paramount+, there are two main plans to choose from. The $7.99/mo Essential plan includes ads while the $12.99/mo Premium plan removes the ads and unlocks access to the Showtime library.
Although most of the movies listed in this guide are available to all subscribers, some may require a subscription to the more expensive Premium plan.
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