In 2022, every streaming platform and studio wanted a seat at the seasonal table, and our roundup of the year’s best holiday movies will ensure to keep you on the edge of yours.
A Christmas Story Christmas
Given the film’s beloved following and 24-hour TBS marathon on Christmas day, the odds against its sequel were high
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Falling for Christmas
Falling for Christmas is a fairly by-the-numbers tale in which a hotel heiress recovers from head injury-induced amnesia at a cosy, lodge.
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Holiday Heritage
This tale is about a big-city designer who returns to her hometown during the holidays, where familial tensions, romance, and a storyline involving a bakery occur.
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Bros
Perhaps Bros, the first gay rom-com to be released theatrically by a major studio, which bombed at the summer box office, should’ve been released during the holidays.
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Santa Camp
While most of the action does take place at a New Hampshire campsite this film is about looking beyond the Coca-Cola version of St. Nick.
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Lights, Camera, Christmas!
Hallmark romantic comedies can be shockingly stale in the chemistry department, but with Lights, Camera, Christmas! The casting department struck gold.
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Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Netflix’s animated adaptation of the Charles Dickens Classic, puts another musical, psychedelic spin on the material.
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Violent Night
Santa’s dimming belief system is put to the test when he gets entangled in a crime plot masterminded by a con man with the code name Scrooge.