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From Home Alone to Love Actually: 5 best movies to watch this Christmas

Not all movies can be Christmas movies! First things first, they have to have a Christmas setting. But there are dozens of Christmas based movies that are released every year in December. The ideal Christmas movie viewing involves a joyful dose of laughs and a warm set of characters that lingers long after the movie is over. Take a look at some of our picks to watch (or re-watch!) this Christmas! (Also Read: Best Acting Performances of 2024: From Fahadh Faasil in Awesham to Kani Kushruti in All We Imagine as Light)

How many of these Christmas movies have you seen?

home alone

Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O’Hara, John Heard

Director: Chris Columbus

Where to watch: Disney+Hotstar

Even after all these years, Home Alone never gets old! When 8-year-old Kevin McAllister acts out of line, he is put to sleep in the attic. The next day, the family forgot to take him on a family trip to Paris. He also realizes that two fraudsters are planning to rob the house, and now he must protect it. Who can forget this iconic line: “To wrap things up, and in the spirit of the holiday season, I just want to say Merry Christmas, you filthy animals!”

really love

Cast: Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley

Director: Richard Curtis

Where to watch: Prime Video

This romantic drama follows the lives of eight different couples who are navigating their love lives in an interconnected manner. The film takes place in London, England in the weeks before Christmas.

holdover

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Cessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Director: Alexander Payne

Where to watch: JioCinema

A bond forms between a strict professor and a belligerent student whom he takes under the wing during winter break at an elite boarding school. Randolph won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film earlier this year.

Holiday

Cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law

Director: Nancy Meyers

Where to watch: Prime Video

Two women, one from America and the other from Britain, decide to move houses during Christmas after a bad breakup. Will they find new love?

Fans are eagerly waiting to know if there is a sequel in the works. Kate spoke recently deadline More about the possibilities, he said: “To be honest, it never came up. In fact, I think, I’m quite surprised that it never came out, because it’s the kind of movie that probably would have been a great sequel, but to be honest, it never came out.

bridget jones diary

Cast: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth

Director: Sharon Maguire

Where to watch: Netflix

The romantic comedy film was based on a screenplay by Helen Fielding, Andrew Davis and Richard Curtis. Bridget Jones is 32 years old and determined to improve her life circumstances as a woman. She searches for love over a year in which she keeps a personal diary.

Released in 2001, the film was a huge box office success, leading to sequels starring the central character Bridget Jones. Bridget Jones: The Age of Reason was released in 2004, Bridget Jones’s Baby was released in 2016, while Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy will be released during Valentine’s Day weekend the following year.

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