If there is one thing about the Christmas season, it’s that your first impulse is to snuggle up under a large blanket and binge-watch Christmas movies with your loved ones. If that is precisely what you intend to do, and you have a Hulu subscription, you are in luck! Here are fifteen Christmas movies to watch on Hulu this season.
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Release Year: 2017
Notable Cast: Brent Bailey, Lindsey McKeon, John Brotherton
Ratings: IMDb - 5.1/10
Summary: ‘Girlfriends of Christmas Past’ is a romantic comedy that tells the story of three women determined to hatch a revenge plan on an unfaithful ex. However, the revenge plan gets threatened when one of the women falls in love with a retreat event planner.
Release Year: 2017
Notable Cast: Jes Macallan, Carrie Tate, April Bowlby
Ratings: IMDb - 5.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 35%
Summary: ‘Married by Christmas’ is a very Harlequinesque movie. It's the kind of Christmas romance that can suck you into an entirely different world. The film follows the life of Carrie, a hardworking and ambitious woman dedicated to her father's company. However, the competition on who gets to take over the company still lies between Carrie and her sister. Toward Christmas, Carrie discovers that the company's ownership will only pass to the sister who gets married by Christmas. While struggling to ensure her life's work doesn't go to waste, Carrie falls for her hunky arch-enemy, Dylan. However, she is stuck between marrying in time for Christmas or letting her hard work go to waste.
Release Year: 2020
Notable Cast: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Aubrey Plaza
Ratings: IMDb - 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 82%
Summary: 'Happiest Season' is a Christmas movie centered around same-sex romance. It tells the story of Abby and Harper, a lesbian couple. When Christmas comes, Harper takes Abby to meet her parents. However, Abby also has a secret plan to propose to Harper in the presence of Harper's parents. Things go south when Abby discovers that Harper has kept their relationship secret from her conservative parents.
Release Year: 2017
Notable Cast: Shelley Long, Bo Derek, Sierra McCormick
Ratings: IMDb - 5.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 68%
Summary: ‘Christmas in the Heartland’ tells the story of two teenagers - Kara and Jessie - from entirely different backgrounds. Both girls take a trip to the Heartland to visit grandparents they had never met. Coincidentally, the girls sit beside each other on the plane and form an unlikely friendship. Through this friendship, both girls decide to switch places for the visit. This way, Jessie tastes the luxury lifestyle by meeting with Kara's wealthy grandparents. On the flip side, Jessie, who has never been poor all her life, bonds with Jessie's hilarious and eccentric grandmother.
Release Year: 2021
Notable Cast: Kylie Jenner, Anna Kendrick, Rachel Bloom, Justin Timberlake
Ratings: IMDb - 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 64%
Summary: 'Trolls: Holiday in Harmony' was one of the best holiday animations released in 2021 and remains one of the best today. Additionally, the movie’s characters are voiced by stars like Kylie Jenner. But away from the star-packed cast, 'Trolls: Holiday in Harmony' is an excellent movie in its own right. It is a follow-up to the 2017 'Trolls Holiday,' but with a different plot. This edition is centred around a gift swap Queen Poppy plans for the Trolls’ Kingdom. However, things get sticky when Poppy and her boyfriend, Branch, draw each other's names in the swap. 'Trolls: Holiday in Harmony' is the perfect option if you're looking for a quick fix. The movie is only thirty minutes long and ignites the Christmas spirit. You can also opt to see both 'Trolls Holiday' and 'Trolls: Holiday in Harmony' for extra spice.
Release Year: 2021
Notable Cast: Erika Prevost, Sabrina Grdevich, Romaine Waite
Ratings: IMDb - 5.8/10
Summary: ‘Saying Yes to Christmas’ follows the life of June. This hardworking career-obsessed woman who becomes bound to a magical Christmas wish. The Christmas wish makes June say yes to every Christmas invitation she receives regardless of its convenience. This leaves her Christmas booked and busy. However, her Christmas ultimately takes a different turn when she meets an old flame and starts to fall in love.
Release Year: 2019
Notable Cast: Donny Boaz, Charlotte Sullivan, Skylar White
Ratings: IMDb - 4.2/10
Summary: ’12 Pups of Christmas’ tells a story of puppies and love. Martin is a young, arrogant CEO trying to keep his GPS locator company profitable. He subsequently hires Erin, a hardworking and recently single woman. He then tasks her with finding a home for twelve abandoned puppies. In finding a home for the puppies, Erin and Martin fall for each other.
Release Year: 2021
Notable Cast: Mario Lopez, Aimee Garcia
Ratings: IMDb - 6.3/10
Summary: ‘Holiday in Santa Fe’ tells the story of Tony, who runs a Mexican-inspired Christmas shop with his sister in Santa Fe. On the other side of the world is Belinda, a feisty executive at Warm Wishes, a greeting card company. Belinda is tasked with acquiring Tony’s Christmas business before the New Year. She subsequently flies to Santa Fe with the sole mission of convincing Tony to sell the business. However, Tony tries to introduce Belinda to the soul of his business and why he wants his mother’s legacy retained even after the sale. In the process of this back and forth, both characters fall in love. As a result, they struggle to separate their feelings from the planned sale. While ‘Holiday in Santa Fe’ is an American movie, it is heavily influenced by Mexican holiday culture. If you’d love to identify with that, then the film is definitely for you.
Release Year: 2021
Notable Cast: Ryan McPartin, Jama Kramer, Steven Vinovich
Ratings: IMDb - 6.5/10
Summary: Sam, a famous interior designer, returns home to renovate her family friend's inn. She subsequently discovers that she has to work with her handyman ex, Coop, throughout the process. Apart from being Sam's ex, Coop also ensured to break Sam's heart during their relationship. Tension builds between the two, and sparks start flying as they work to renovate the inn in time for Christmas.
Release Year: 2018
Notable Cast: Jackie Seiden, Ashley Wood, Houston Rhines
Ratings: IMDb - 6/10
Summary: Due to Christmas magic, two accomplished moms bump into each other at the mall and eventually wake up in each other’s lives. While the switch ultimately teaches both women valuable lessons, they have to figure out how to switch back in time for Christmas.
Release Year: 2021
Notable Cast: Melanie Stone, Ryan Carnes, Cocoa Brown
Ratings: IMDb - 5.6/10
Summary: Cupid, the god of love, finally decides to retire and hand over to his eccentric apprentice, Ruby. However, to get promoted to the role, Ruby must complete a strange task: find the perfect match for the most romantically helpless person they have ever handled. This task proves to be extremely difficult for Ruby, and the movie details how the solution unfolds.
Release Year: 2021
Notable Cast: Dean Jeannotte, Annie Clark, Ellie Sanders
Ratings: IMDb - 6.3/10
Summary: ‘Ghosts of Christmas Past’ is a hilarious holiday movie. It follows the life of Ellie, a young woman who regularly ghosts romantic prospects on dating apps. However, everything changes when a fortune teller informs her that she has to make amends with the prospects she ghosted before Christmas. According to the fortune teller, failure to successfully make amends will prevent Ellie from ever finding true love.
Release Year: 2021
Notable Cast: Erica Durance, Robin Dunne, Sarah Abbott
Ratings: IMDb - 5.4/10
Summary: When Gwen loses her grandmother, she struggles to successfully run her bakery and regain the Christmas spirit. A high-end chef comes into town not long after, seeking to film a Christmas special. Gwen meets the special’s attractive producer, Gavin, and offers to help him film it. She hopes to regain her Christmas spirit by getting involved in a Christmas project, but she gets more than she bargained for when she falls in love with Gavin.
Release Year: 2016
Notable Cast: George Stults, Christy Carlson Romano, Caia Coley
Ratings: IMDb - 4.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 29%
Summary: Like its name already gives away, ‘Christmas with the Andersons’ follows the life of the Andersons, a closely-knit family with the tradition of throwing big Christmas parties every year. However, the situation is much different this time because Michael—the family’s father---has become jobless. The mother’s store is equally struggling. Determined to keep up with the tradition of Christmas parties, they decide to make do with what they have.
Release Year: 2022
Notable Cast: Daniel Lissing, Merritt Patterson
Ratings: IMDb - 6.8/10
Summary: Molly Frost, a caterer, struggling to get her business off the ground, is hired by a perfectionist to handle the catering for New Hampshire's biggest Christmas event. However, when Molly starts to fall in love with her employer's nephew, things get thorny.
Release Date: December 1, 2022
Notable Cast: William Baldwin, Katie McGovern, Tom Arnold
Summary: Santa seeks the help of a Christmas witch after he loses his reindeer. However, the witch lands in a family home and loses her memory. The family attempts to help the witch regain her memory to save Christmas.
Release Date: December 1, 2022
Notable Cast: Gladys Knight, Jessica Lowndes, Paul Greene
Summary: ‘I’m Glad It’s Christmas’ is centered on Holly, an aspiring Broadway singer convinced to join a local production. She finds love, mentorship, and career hope in the process. However, she begins to consider whether her career may need to be sacrificed for love.