{"id":1208250,"date":"2023-12-01T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1208250"},"modified":"2023-12-01T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T23:00:00","slug":"28-of-the-best-non-christmas-christmas-movies-that-arent-die-hard-you-can-stream-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1208250","title":{"rendered":"28 of the Best Non-Christmas Christmas Movies (That Aren't \u2018Die Hard\u2019) You Can Stream Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tired: \u201cMy favorite Christmas movie is Die Hard<\/em>.\u201d <\/p>\n

Wired: \u201cMy favorite Christmas movie is Eyes Wide Shut<\/em>.\u201d <\/p>\n

You could be forgiven for finding the now-annual seasonal discourse vis \u00e0 vis Die Hard<\/em>\u2019s status as a holiday movie exhausting. What began as a funny bit of trivia has become an ice cold hot take from the “funniest” guy in the office.\u2014there\u2019s even officially licensed, branded merchandise celebrating the film\u2019s Christmas bona fides! Any discussion on the topic is purely academic at this point, and I think we\u2019re all ready to move on. <\/p>\n

The real question is, move on to what? Which only-technically-a-holiday-movie movie will emerge as the choice of \u201cactually…\u201d cineasts the internet over? Forgive me for suggesting that Die Hard<\/em> could ever get old, but there will surely come a day, when you’ll want watch a different so-called Christmas movie. Tastes and seasonal holiday celebrations may vary, but here are 28 reasonable alternatives.<\/p>\n

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The Thin Man<\/em> (1934)<\/h2>\n
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As a not-Christmas movie, The Thin Man<\/em> is about as festive as they come, with much of the major action set during a boozy holiday party and a subsequent hungover Christmas morning, during which Nick and Nora, two grown adults sans children, open their presents and have the sort of laid-back good time that the day affords only to the childless. Sequels would soon introduce Nick Jr., so this is the last time the Charles family will be able to spend Christmas quite so drunk.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic?<\/strong> Mix a martini and pop it on every Dec. 24.<\/p>\n

Where to stream: <\/strong>Max<\/p>\n

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Night of the Hunter<\/em> (1955)<\/h2>\n
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Actor Charles Laughton’s sole directorial effort finds Robert Mitchum’s creepy and seductive (but mostly creepy) preacher murdering his way through the local spinsters as an occupation, while also believing that he’s on a righteous path. It builds to a Christmas scene, and also a lynch mob, with the strong suggestion that being able to quote from the Bible isn’t even remotely the same thing as having true compassion.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic?<\/strong> Set up a little tree on your raft as you flee down the river.<\/p>\n

Where to stream: <\/strong>Tubi, MGM+, Hoopla, Pluto<\/p>\n

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The Apartment<\/em> (1960)<\/h2>\n
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Set largely between Christmas and New Year\u2019s Eve, Billy Wilder\u2019s Best Picture-winner was wildly controversial when it was released\u2014and also managed to score a ton of awards, ushering in a new era in Hollywood filmmaking. Jack Lemmon plays Bud Baxter, an insurance clerk who\u2019s climbed the corporate ladder by loaning out his apartment to higher-ups to use for their extramarital affairs. In the midst of all this, a fraught affection develops between Bud and Shirley MacLaine\u2019s Fran, the office building\u2019s elevator operator, a woman who\u2019s herself been in a loveless, joyless affair with Bud\u2019s boss. As is so often the holiday season in real life, the plot is as dark as it gets for each of them, until a few glimmers of seasonal spirit shine through.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic?<\/strong> If the similarly grim It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/em> can become a holiday favorite, then there\u2019s no reason The Apartment <\/em>can\u2019t follow suit. (Like that movie, this one involves themes of suicide, something for viewers sensitive to that type of content to keep in mind.)<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> MGM+, Fubo<\/p>\n

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg<\/em> (1964)<\/h2>\n
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A soaring, candy-colored musical about young lovers (Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo) separated by circumstance in the titular city. Pretty much every word is sung, in French, and with operatic zeal…but without the highfalutin’ style that implies. The film’s climax arrives on Christmas Eve, but it’s a bittersweet holiday (the movie itself takes place across a little more than a year). <\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic?<\/strong> One of the most beautiful films ever made, certainly in terms of its color palette, it also offers romance that’s somehow both realistic and wonderfully melodramatic. So, I’m thinking yes.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Max, The Criterion Channel, Kanopy<\/p>\n

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Female Trouble<\/em> (1974)<\/h2>\n
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Christmas is kickoff for the chaos that unfolds in this twisted John Waters\u2019 classic. When she fails to receive the cha-cha heels she wanted from Santa, juvenile delinquent Dawn Davenport sets off on a lifetime\u2019s worth of troublemaking. It\u2019s one of the most memorable holiday moments in movie history, and a stark lesson about the importance of giving your kids what they really want.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>John Waters isn\u2019t for everyone, but for those of us who dream of cha-cha heels come Christmastime, this is 100% a movie that can be watched every year.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Digital rental<\/p>\n

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Ordinary People<\/em> (1980)<\/h2>\n
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Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore star in this Best Picture Oscar-winner about a family’s collapse following the accidental death of their older teenage son. The film’s pivotal scene occurs at Christmas, when the surviving sibling’s resentment at his mother explodes during a family photoshoot. <\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>Worth a watch, but I’m going to say no…unless your family life is so devoid of trauma and drama that you feel the need to live through a tragedy vicariously.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Max<\/p>\n

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Brazil<\/em> (1985)<\/h2>\n
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Christmas goes to hell in the dystopian, but increasingly prescient sci-fi film from Terry Gilliam. A happy family watches Tiny Tim on the telly at the movie’s opening, only for a clerical error to send a SWAT team dropping into their living room. We’re very quickly out of “A Christmas Carol” and into a bureaucratic, capitalist hellscape (aka “life”). Brazil<\/em> sees characters believing wild things and struggling to distinguish reality from fantasy in a world where elites control the flow of information with ease. Imagine!<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>It’s probably a little on-the-nose in our present to be any kind of comfort viewing, but it’s certainly worth watching at least once.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Digital rental<\/p>\n

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Less Than Zero<\/em> (1987)<\/h2>\n
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Straight-laced college freshman Clay (Andrew McCarthy) returns to Los Angeles over Christmas vacation to find that his old pals (Jami Gertz, Robert Downey, Jr., and James Spader) are living a very \u201880s lifestyle of sex, drugs, and debauchery. They\u2019re all definitely having a very<\/em> white Christmas, if you get my drift<\/em>, but it\u2019s not snow<\/em> that\u2019s falling in L.A. (It\u2019s cocaine. I\u2019m talking about cocaine.)<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>This one’s probably generational, but people who lived through the ’80s might enjoy a snort of nostalgia.<\/p>\n

Where to stream: <\/strong>Starz<\/p>\n

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Die Hard II<\/em> (1990)<\/h2>\n
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Maybe you\u2019re getting bored watching the first Die Hard<\/em> over and over and over again, but aren\u2019t looking to stray too far from the \u201cBruce Willis shoots up terrorists\u201d genre. It\u2019s worth remembering that Die Hard 2<\/em> is also<\/em> a Christmas movie\u2014it\u2019s set on Christmas Eve, two years after the first film. Unlike so many sequels, it\u2019s almost as enjoyable as the first, and it really gets how terrible it is to travel for the holidays, so there\u2019s no reason not to mix things up a bit. <\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic?<\/strong> It probably won\u2019t replace the first movie in your yuletide viewing queue, but it\u2019ll at least make for a pleasant (by which I mean loud) double feature.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Hulu<\/p>\n

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Batman Returns<\/em> (1992)<\/h2>\n
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The holiday season in Gotham is about as weird as you\u2019d hope, with a moody penguin-man running for mayor and a seductive leather mama skipping around, robbing jewelry stores and stealing hearts. As Bat-movies go, Returns<\/em> offers the best blend of the campy sensibilities of old with the psychological, obsessively dark modern Caped Crusader.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>The movie\u2019s central Christmas tree lighting action sequence involves a woman thrown from a building, but it\u2019s generally no less violent than Die Hard<\/em>, and holiday themes persist throughout (mistletoe is deadly if you eat it, you know). It\u2019s probably your best bet if you aim to have a superhero holiday.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Max, Prime Video<\/p>\n

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Cronos<\/em> (1993)<\/h2>\n
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Guillermo del Toro’s brilliant debut sees an elderly antiques dealer and his granddaughter opening up a centuries-old archangel statue to find a scarab that transforms the man into something very like a vampire. It’s set during the holiday season, but the Christmas connections are mostly thematic; death and rebirth, temptation, and potential redemption abound.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>Del Toro turns Christmas on its head and challenges orthodoxy, making it a great choice for the holiday-skeptical. All of the director’s movies are highly rewatchable, so I say keep bloody vampire Christmas in your heart, this and every year.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Max, The Criterion Channel<\/p>\n

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Star Trek Generations<\/em> (1994)<\/h2>\n
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How better to spend Christmas than with the ninth or tenth best Star Trek<\/em> movie? Though the series typically avoids anything to do with religion, Generations<\/em> finds Captain Picard briefly trapped in the Nexus, an extra-dimensional realm that seduces you by allowing you to live out your fantasies. Picard, it seems, dreams of a large family Christmas with a vaguely old-timey milieu. The result is a bit of a spin on It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/em>, with Jean-Luc witnessing a vision of his what his life might be like if he\u2019d never set out for the stars.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>It\u2019s the only one on this list with anything remotely resembling a Christmas theme, but there are better Star Trek<\/em> movies to watch over and over.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Paramount+<\/p>\n

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The Ref<\/em> (1994)<\/h2>\n
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Stand-up Dennis Leary plays a crook who winds up taking a couple (Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey) hostage when a job goes wrong; the joke\u2019s on him, because the two are at each other\u2019s throats every moment. They\u2019re really the most bitter, hateful people imaginable, and Leary\u2019s robber\/hostage-taker winds up as not only the movie\u2019s most likable character, but also the peacemaker, especially after the rest of the family shows up for Christmas Eve dinner. Terrible in-laws? At a holiday meal? Can you imagine?<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>It’s a bit caustic to make the regular rotation, but it’ll offer a palate-cleansing break from holiday schmaltz.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Hoopla<\/p>\n

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Babe<\/em> (1995)<\/h2>\n
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Babe<\/em> offers a complex vision of the holiday season best summarized by the line: \u201cChristmas means carnage!\u201d At least, it does for the delightful anthropomorphic animals of Hoggett\u2019s farm. On one level, it\u2019s an entire movie about the title pig learning the dark secret of the season, and then doing whatever he can to charm his way out of the oven.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>It\u2019s delightful, but you might want to skip the ham at dinner afterward\u2014Oscar nominee James Cromwell turned vegan during filming.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Starz<\/p>\n

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The City of Lost Children<\/em> (1995)<\/h2>\n
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro\u2019s surreal classic involves not just one, but several Santas\u2014most of them pretty scary, honestly, but that\u2019s hardly the point. The film concerns Krank, an elderly being whose inability to dream has made him malicious and cruel; now he kidnaps children and steals their dreams to survive. The father of one of Krank\u2019s victims (Ron Perlman) joins forces with an orphan (Judith Vittet) to rescue the kidnapped children. There\u2019s a strong overarching theme of family, found and otherwise, that cements the holiday feel.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>It\u2019s surreal and a little scary in places, but also a lovely fairytale, with warm seasonal themes throughout.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Tubi<\/p>\n

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L.A. Confidential<\/em> (1997)<\/h2>\n
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What could possibly<\/em> be more festive than a movie that kicks off with a Christmas party? At this particular \u201cBloody Christmas\u201d shindig, based on real events, a bunch of LAPD officers get drunk and beat up several (mostly Mexican-American) prisoners\u2014the kind of thing that could definitely<\/em> only happen in the past and that clearly has no present day relevance whatsoever. Bing Crosby\u2019s music is a motif throughout, though, and the entire thing set during the holiday season. Ho ho ho!<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>It\u2019s as dark as Christmas movies come, but no more violent than Die Hard<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Plex<\/p>\n

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End of Days<\/em> (1999)<\/h2>\n
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Channelling now quaint change-of-millennium anxieties, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s team-up with director Peter Hyams (Timecop<\/em>) for the story of former NYPD detective Jericho Cane (beat that for an on-the-nose character name) battling Satan (in the guise of Gabriel Byrne) during the holiday season\u2014and if the devil\u2019s baby is born by New Year\u2019s Eve, it will signal the titular end of days. It\u2019s all a little (a lot) silly, but fun a fun way to smooth out the wrinkles in your brain during a sleepy holiday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>Suffused with Catholic imagery and taking place over the holidays, it could make for a fun Christmas watch\u2014though it probably won\u2019t stand up to repeated viewings.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Digital rental<\/p>\n

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Go<\/em> (1999)<\/h2>\n
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By far<\/em> the best of the post-Pulp Fiction<\/em> imitators of the late \u201890s, Go<\/em> also features the best cast (Taye Diggs,<\/u><\/strong><\/a> Sarah Polley, Jane Krakowski, Timothy Olyphant, etc.) and the trickiest script, telling the overlapping stories of a holiday drug deal gone wrong. Though there\u2019s not much Christmas spirit <\/em>on display here (there\u2019s no learning, and none of the characters are even particularly good people), the movie reminds us frequently, and maybe a bit ironically, when <\/em>this is all going down\u2014the inclusion of a mid-movie Christmas-themed rave serving that purpose particularly well.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>If you\u2019re looking for an antidote to all that holiday cheer, then absolutely. (And for the thirsty, shirtless Timothy Olyphant wears a Santa hat.)<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Digital rental<\/p>\n

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Eyes Wide Shut <\/em>(1999)<\/h2>\n
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There are an extremely limited number of dreamy, erotic mysteries that simultaneously qualify as Christmas movies\u2014that number might in fact be one, and it\u2019s Eyes Wide Shut<\/em>. Stanley Kubrick’s swan song begins at a vaguely naughty, adults-only Christmas party and ends with a more conventional bit of holiday shopping with the kids. Those scenes bookend a shadowy stroll through New York in winter and a ritualistic orgy, and so the film really captures every aspect of the season.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>You could do worse than to spend the holidays with Kubrick…but maybe wait for the kids to go to bed first.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Showtime<\/p>\n

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Cast Away<\/em> (2000)<\/h2>\n
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The opening scenes play like a textbook version of a Hallmark\/Lifetime-style Christmas movie: Tom Hanks\u2019 Chuck Nowland is a workaholic who abandons Christmas dinner in order to deal with a work problem. Only his work problem is in Malaysia, setting the FedEx executive off on a date with destiny in the form of a horrific plane crash and a volleyball named Wilson. Following that aviation disaster, most of the rest of the movie takes place on a deserted island, but \u201cthis all could have been avoided if you didn\u2019t go to work on Christmas!\u201d remains the overarching leitmotif.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic?<\/strong> Nowland\u2019s isolation could seem like a desirable fantasy amid the chaos of a family visit, though nervous air travelers might wish to avoid it altogether.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Digital rental<\/p>\n

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The Ice Harvest<\/em> (2005)<\/h2>\n
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An entirely under-the-radar neo-noir from the late Harold Ramis, The Ice Harvest<\/em>\u00a0situates its action on Christmas Eve, a time when only the most interesting people are out and about in the world. John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton play con men who just ripped off a mobster to the tune of $2 million. All they want to do is get out of town, a goal complicated by an ice storm that\u2019s closed the roads, forcing them to cool their heels while avoiding their pursuers.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>It\u2019s a pitch-perfect noir following the cascading, complex events of a harrowing Christmas Eve, so it\u2019s a great contender if you\u2019re looking for something to put your personal holiday chaos in perspective.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Digital rental<\/p>\n

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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang<\/em> (2005)<\/h2>\n
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Maybe don\u2019t rob a toy store on Christmas? That\u2019s about as close to a seasonal message you\u2019ll get out of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang<\/em>, but we\u2019re not necessarily here for that. The muted holiday trappings of an LA Christmas are on display, embodied (pardon the pun) in Michelle Monaghan\u2019s tight-fitting Santa suit. Director Shane Black has a whole thing about setting his movies around Christmastime, so you could always pair this one with Iron Man III<\/em> and settle down to dreams of holidays with Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer. This one is almost certainly Black\u2019s best, though.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>As an action alternative to Die Hard <\/em>with a similarly charismatic leading man, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang <\/em>might be a perfect<\/em> substitute.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Digital rental<\/p>\n

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The Proposition<\/em> (2005)<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s Christmastime in the old west (1880s Australia, actually, but western movie style abounds), and there\u2019s murder in the offing. In this case, it involves a choice given to renegade Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) by lawman Morris Stanley (Ray Winstone): Burns must either hunt down and kill his older brother, wanted for rape and murder, or his younger brother, already in custody for lesser crimes, will hang. That decision kicks off a contemplative journey through the outback, one drenched in tremendous performances and style, if nary a hint of festive greenery.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>It might be a bit too quiet for sleepy Christmas Day viewing, but it deserves a spot somewhere on your holiday watchlist.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Peacock, Tubi, Crackle, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Vudu, Kanopy, Pluto, Plex<\/p>\n

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In Bruges <\/em>(2008)<\/h2>\n
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Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson play a pair of not-so-great hitmen lying low in the title city, as ordered by their increasingly volatile boss (Ralph Fiennes). This dark comedy is packed with smart, funny dialogue, and the almost paternal relationship between the two assassins is genuinely charming…as is the Belgian Christmastime setting. Still, it’s a movie about hitmen that kicks off with the killing of a kid in a church, so the laughs are of a very particular kind.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>It’s definitely got a well-earned reputation as a cult classic, so I’d say there’s a good chance it’s one you’ll want to return to.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Starz<\/p>\n

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Tangerine<\/em> (2015)<\/h2>\n
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Two trans sex workers (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor) set out across yuletide Los Angeles, on the hunt for Rodriguez\u2019s character\u2019s cheating boyfriend\/pimp. There aren\u2019t a ton of queer holiday movies (unless Meet Me in St. Louis<\/em> counts), and Tangerine<\/em> compellingly explores a Christmas on the margins. It\u2019s set in sunny LA, so the festive trappings are muted\u2014and for the leads, \u201cfamily\u201d would hardly mean group photos in cozy sweaters anyway\u2014but it\u2019s Christmas all the same. A haunting, gorgeous rendition of \u201cToyland\u201d seals the deal.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>This could be your queer Die Hard<\/em>, no question.<\/p>\n

Where to stream: <\/strong>Mubi, Fubo, Kanopy, Plex<\/p>\n

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Carol<\/em> (2015)<\/h2>\n
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The chemistry between Rooney Mara\u2019s Therese and Cate Blanchett\u2019s Carol is palpable from the moment their eyes meet across a crowded department store\u2014Therese is working the Christmas rush, while Carol is a glamorous older woman going through a divorce and shopping for her daughter. It\u2019s 1952, and theirs is a love that dare not speak its name, even to one another. The women suffer for their love, but not exclusively; ’tis the season for both heartbreak and romance.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>Christmas could always stand to be a little gayer, and this one is already a queer classic.<\/p>\n

Where to stream: <\/strong>Netflix<\/p>\n

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Call Me By Your Name<\/em> (2017)<\/h2>\n
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A seasonal romance that culminates in a Hanukkah celebration, Call Me By Your Name<\/em>\u2019s sweaty Northern Italian setting doesn\u2019t scream winter festivities…but who needs snow, anyway? You just need a peach and a cozy fire in front of which to cry artfully. The ending even involves themes of perseverance and renewal, and is therefore wonderfully thematic.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>Armie Hammer’s problematic persona complicates the movie\u2019s reputation, but Call Me By Your Name<\/em> otherwise makes for a bittersweet holiday romance.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Netflix<\/p>\n

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Spencer<\/em> (2021)<\/h2>\n
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Pablo Larra\u00edn’s moody and idiosyncratic biopic breaks almost all of the rules of the genre, to great effect. Kristen Stewart plays Diana, Princess of Wales, spending the Christmas holiday at the royal family’s estate at Sandringham as the tabloids attack from the outside and her own in-laws eat away at her from within the palace. It’s kind of like The Shining<\/em>, but with too many royals subbing in for all the ghosts.<\/p>\n

Will it become your next holiday classic? <\/strong>I’m not sure it’s endlessly rewatchable, but the dreamy vibe is well-suited to a long winter’s night.<\/p>\n

Where to stream:<\/strong> Hulu<\/p>\n


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