Violent Night
Despite movie dramatics being shuttered for the first one-half of the 2020s , Christmas movies have continued to thrive in the new X . Streaming services like Netflix and Hulu swoop in , offering homes vacation movies that were supposed to unfreeze theatrically and even creating their own unparalleled and diverse Christmas movies to flood hearing with holiday content . And now that theaters are back open , Christmas movies are commence to head back into theaters , with the expiration ofViolent Nightcertain to be the next Christmas blockbuster .
While the 2020s are in spades the most diverse decade of Christmas flick , it ’s also home to the X of reboots , resurgence , and adaptation . Disney+ set about to raise theHome Alonefranchise in 2021 with little winner , but that did n’t barricade HBO Max from trying their helping hand at anotherA Christmas Storysequel . The 20202s might only have three years under its whang , but that does n’t mean there are n’t already a smattering of Christmas movies to celebrate .
10Single All The Way (2021) - 6.1
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In 2021 , Netflix secrete its first gay Christmas movieSingle All The Way . After pick up his fellow has a hidden family , Peter convinces his good friend Nick to come home with him for the holiday and pretend to be his young man . However , the fake date charade hardly takes off when Peter arrives to find out his mama has set him on a blind date . regard Peter go out on dates cause Nick to face his own feelings that he ’s been discount .
go under against the backdrop of a hometown kin Christmas , Single All The Waydelivers on all the good Christmas motion-picture show tropes . It also feels very of its fourth dimension with Peter dealing with a viral societal media advertizing campaign for work and dating apps being a constant matter of discussion .
9Love Hard (2021) - 6.3
After being spill into expound her dating app wheel spoke , Natalie pair with a guy who might just be the bozo of her dream . After make it off , Natalie decides to surprise him by traveling to his hometown for Christmas . However , Natalie is the one who gets the surprisal of a life-time when she learns she ’s been catfished .
Netflix’sLove Hardis one of the best , most authentic Christmas stories of the 2020s . After all , nothing enunciate the 2020s quite like dating app disasters and a case of catfishing that actually does n’t terminate up too terrible .
8Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) - 6.4
The delightfulJingle Jangle : A Christmas Journeyfollows Jeronicus Jangle , an inventor and toy Divine who fall behind his business and test for toymaking when his apprentice slip everything from him . However , he gets renew joy when his granddaughter evidence an pastime in his craft .
This movie might not shout out the 2020s , but that ’s fine . The narration is timeless and the perfectChristmas movie to pullulate on Netflixwith the Kid . Plus , it severalise an incredible story about the grandfather - granddaughter adherence .
7Happiest Season (2020) - 6.6
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invite to spend Christmas with her girlfriend and her mob , Abby adjudicate it ’s the perfect time to propose to Harper . However , her plan are thwarted when Harper uncover she has n’t come out to her fellowship yet and that she needs Abby to affect to be just her roommate for the continuance of their stay .
As one of the first mainstream sapphic Christmas story , Happiest Seasondefinitely experience of its clip . It also deals with the delicate nature of finding the good moment to come out to loved ones and how that decision may strike important others .
6Spirited (2022) - 6.6
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Charles Dickinson’sA Christmas Carolhas been adapted so many times , but in 2022 its been turn into a melodic . It centers on The Ghost of Christmas Present , who is nearing retirement but not quick to give up his line and render to Earth .
Apple TV+‘sSpiritedis hilarious and features some of the just comedic talents which helps modernize the classic tale . It also features original birdcall making it certain that it ’s on its way to being one of the best Christmas musical comedy .
5A Boy Called Christmas (2021) - 6.7
After his father disappears trying to regain the fabled village of Elfhelm , Nikolas set out with his trusty Greenland caribou and dearie mouse to find out his father . Along the path , he uncovers his dependable destiny .
A Boy Called Christmasfeatures some of the most visibly arresting animations of the decade . It also tells a capricious and heartwarming tale , sure to get the Christmas flavor flowing with families .
48-Bit Christmas (2021) - 6.7
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seek to relate to his cell phone - obsessed daughter , Jake narrate her the story of the idle adventure he last on in the 1980s to get his hands on the Nintendo Entertainment System .
Though8 - Bit Christmasmainly take place in the 1980s , it still feels very much like the 2020s , perhaps , because the decade is knifelike on reminisce about the past decade . It ’s also awholesome Christmas picture to watch with the familysince adults and kids can relate to the story .
3The Christmas Setup (2020) - 6.8
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Hugo is an restive New York City lawyer who gets talked into go menage for the holidays by his good friend and his mom . While there , he reconnects with his high school crush , Patrick , who also happens to have been shield a major puppy love back in the daytime .
The Christmas Setupis Lifetime ’s first LGBTQ+-themed Christmas picture and was met with high praise by fan . While the movie fork over on all the usual Lifetime movie figure , it also rescue a few modern twists and turns .
2A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) - 6.9
40 years after the originalA Christmas Story , some of the original cast of characters reprize their part forA Christmas Story Christmas . The movie centers on an adult , Ralphie , who fall to his childhood home with his family to give them a true home Christmas .
While the movie does n’t take position in modern time , it does capture the nostalgia , so many audiences experience in today ’s age . It also deliver a heartwarming subsequence that has allow for lover of the original glad .
1Violent Night (2022) - 7.1
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Disillusioned by the new way of Christmas , Santa Claus finds himself caught between mercenaries as the class he ’s delivering gifts to have hold back hostage . After ascertain the daughter is on his nice list , Santa sets out to find her and take down the soldier of fortune once and for all .
The uniqueViolent Nightis the 2020s take onunconventional Christmas movies , and it is not disappointing . It ’s only been in theater of operations for a few days , it ’s already getting rave reviews .
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