If you’re wondering where you can watch your favourite Christmas films in the UK in 2021, then you’re in the right place.
I’ve searched Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+ to find all their festive listings.
So, here are all the Christmas films you can watch in 2021 and where you can find them.
But first, where can you watch your favourite Christmas films in the UK (2021)?
Where can I watch Love Actually in 2021?
In the UK you stream Love Actually on Netflix and Amazon Prime. You can also find it on Sky Cinema and on demand through a Sky box or on Sky Go.
Where can I watch The Holiday in 2021?
In the UK you can stream The Holiday on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Where can I watch Elf in 2021?
In the UK you can only watch Elf on Sky this year. You can find it on Sky Cinema Christmas, Sky Go, and via Now TV. You can also rent it or buy it on Amazon Prime video.
Looking for another Christmas movie to watch?
Here’s what Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+ have on offer this year in the UK.
Netflix
The Christmas films you can watch on Netflix in the UK in 2021
A California Christmas (12)
Film – 1h 47
With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas.
A California Christmas: City Lights (12)
Film – 1h 30m
A year after their romance took root, Callie and Joseph are leaving the ranch for family business in San Francisco – with wedding bells on the horizon.
A Castle For Christmas (PG)
Film – 1h 38m
She’s been living through the characters in her books. He’s been living behind the walls of his Scottish castle. Do you believe in happy endings? Aye.
A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish (PG)
Film – 1h 26m
Despite her vain stepmother and mean stepsisters, an aspiring singer works as an elf at a Christmas tree lot and finds her own holiday miracle.
A Christmas Prince (PG)
Film – 1h 32m
Christmas comes early for an aspiring young journalist when she’s sent abroad to get the scoop on a dashing prince who’s poised to be king.
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (PG)
Film – 1h 33m
A year after helping Richard secure the crown, Amber returns to Aldovia to plan their wedding. But her simple tastes clash with royal protocol.
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (U)
Film – 1h 25m
Christmas brings the ultimate gift to Aldovia: a royal baby. But first, Queen Amber must save her family and kingdom by unwrapping a monarchy mystery.
A Christmas Star (U)
Film – 1h 18m
Born under the Christmas star, Noelle says she can perform miracles. When trouble comes to town, it’s up to Noelle to prove herself and save the day.
A Giant Jack Christmas (U)
Short film – 28m
When Santa crash-lands in the junkyard on Christmas Eve, Hank, Trash Truck and their animal friends all have a hand in rescuing the holiday for everyone.
A Naija Christmas (12)
Film – 2h 1m
A mother’s Christmas wish – and the grand prize that comes with it – sets off a fierce competition between her sons.
A New York Christmas Wedding (12)
Film – 1h 29m
As her wedding nears, a bride-to-be is visited by an angel who reveals what could have been if she’d followed feelings for her childhood best friend.
Angela’s Christmas (U)
Short film – 30m
A trip to church with her family on Christmas Eve gives young Angela an extraordinary idea. A heartwarming tale based on a story by Frank McCourt.
Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (U)
Film – 1h 29m
Lovable, oversized Saint Bernard Beethoven tries to save the holidays when a wayward elf crashes Santa’s sleight and loses his bag of toys to thieves.
Christmas Break-In (PG)
Film – 1h 26m
Stranded at school before holiday break, a precocious girl gets into the spirit of saving when a trio of robbers trespass and hold the janitor hostage.
Christmas Flow (18)
Netflix series (1 season available)
An unlikely Christmas romance blossoms between a famous rapper and a tenacious journalist. But can they make it work despite their difference?
Christmas Inheritance (PG)
Film – 1h 44m
To inherit her father’s company, socialite Ellen must first visit his small hometown, where she learns the value of hard work and helping others.
Christmas Land (PG)
Film – 1h 25m
When a busy New Yorker inherits her grandma’s land, she must choose between selling or reviving a Christmas tree farm and holiday-themed village.
Christmas Wedding Planner (U)
Film – 1h 26m
A wedding planner’s world is turned upside down when a handsome private investigator is hired to disrupt one of her biggest jobs.
Christmas With A View (U)
Film – 1h 31m
Still reeling from a business failure, the restaurant manager of a ski resort finds her world jolted by a new chef, who has his own hidden past.
Dash & Lily (12)
Series – 1 season available
Opposites attract at Christmas as cynical Dash and sunny Lily trade messages and dares in a red notebook they pass back and forth around New York City.
Deck The Halls (PG)
Film – 1h 32m
An optometrist’s Christmas celebration gets upstaged by a new neighbour who wants to create a holiday display bright enough to be seen from space.
Elf Pets: Santa’s Reindeer Rescue (U)
Film short – 26m
Determined to help Santa get ready for his merry rounds of gift-giving, a team to special elves wrangles in more reindeer and much-needed holiday magic.
Father Christmas Is Back (12)
Film – 1h 45m
Four feuding sisters get a crash course in family togetherness when their long-lost father shows up for Christmas at their posh ancestral manor.
Grumpy Christmas (15)
Film – 1h 27m
A family trip to the beach turns crazy when Servando and Alicia, Alma’s wilful aunt, start an over-the-top competition to control Christmas.
Holiday In The Wild (PG)
Film – 1h 26m
When her husband abruptly ends their marriage, empty nester Kate embarks on a solo second honeymoon in Africa, finding purpose – and potential romance.
Holiday Rush (PG)
Film – 1h 34m
A widowed radio DJ and his four spoiled kids need to tighten their belts and pull together when their life of luxury turns lean just before Christmas.
Home For Christmas (15)
Series – 2 seasons available
Tired of the constant comments on her relationship status, perpetually single Johanne starts a 24-day hunt for a boyfriend to bring home for Christmas.
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (PG)
Film – 1h 59m
Decades after his trusted apprentice betrayed him, a once-joyful toymaker finds new hope when his kind and curious granddaughter comes into his life.
Just Another Christmas (12)
Film – 1h 41m
Stuck in a time loop where it’s forever Christmas, a family man who hates the holiday starts to learn valuable lessons about what’s important in life.
Klaus (PG)
Film – 1h 38m
A selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.
Last Christmas (12)
Despite working as an elf, Kate doesn’t believe in the magic of Christmas. Everything changes when she meets Tom, who brings faith back into her life
Let It Snow (12)
Film – 1h 33m
A snowstorm hits a small town on a cold Christmas Eve, affecting the friendships, love lives and futures of several high school seniors.
Love Actually (15)
Film – 2h 14m
Love is all around – and so is heartbreak – as multiple couples navigate romance, family, weddings and airports at Christmastime.
Love Hard (15)
Film – 1h 46m
After meeting her perfect match on a dating app, an LA writer learns she’s been catfished when she flies 3,000 miles to surprise him for Christmas.
Midnight At The Magnolia (U)
Film – 1h 27m
Longtime friends and local radio hosts Maggie and Jack fake it as a couple for their families and listeners in hopes of getting their show syndicated.
Nativity! (U)
Film – 1h 46m
Paul, charged with directing his school’s Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.
Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger (U)
Film – 1h 49m
An anxious teacher at an underperforming school sets out on a road trip with some students to enter the kids in a Christmas song competition.
Office Christmas Party (15)
Film – 1h 45m
To stop the CEO, who’s also her sister, from shuttering his division, a branch manager hosts a wild holiday party in hopes of landing a big client.
Operation Christmas Drop (U)
Film – 1h 36m
A by-the-book political aide falls for a big-hearted Air Force pilot while looking to shut down his tropical base and its airborne Christmas tradition.
Santa Girl (PG)
Film – 1h 30m
Fleeing the family business and an arranged marriage, Santa’s daughter chooses a magical adventure of her own: college.
Single All The Way (PG)
Film – 1h 51m
Peter asks his best friend to pose as his boyfriend on a Christmas visit home, but their plan – and feelings – change when his family plays matchmaker.
The Christmas Chronicles (PG)
After accidentally crashing Santa’s sleigh, a brother and sister pull an all-nighter to save Christmas with a savvy, straight-talking St. Nick.
The Christmas Chronicles 2 (PG)
Film – 1h55m
Unhappy over her mom’s new relationship, a now-teenage Kate runs away and lands at the North Pole, where a naughty elf is plotting to cancel Christmas.
The Claus Family (PG)
Film – 1h 37m
When his grandfather suddenly falls ill, holiday-hating Jules learns of his family’s magical legacy and realises he’s the only hope to save Christmas.
The Holiday (12)
Film – 2h 15m
Stuck in a vicious cycle of dead-end relationships with two-timing men, Los Angeles resident Amanda and Londoner Iris decide to swap homes.
The Holiday Calendar (PG)
Film – 1h 35m
A talented photographer stuck in a dead-end job inherits an antique Advent calendar that may be predicting the future – and pointing her toward love.
The Knight Before Christmas (12)
Film – 1h 32m
Medieval magic sends a 14th-century knight to modern-day Ohio, where he falls for a high school science teacher who’s disillusioned by love.
The Princess Switch (PG)
Film – 1h 42m
When a down-to-earth Chicago baker and a soon-to-be princess discover they look like twins, they hatch a Christmastime plan to trade places.
The Princess Switch: Switched Again (PG)
Film – 1h 37m
When Margaret’s Christmas coronation complicates her love life, her double Stacy steps in to save the day. But will a third look-alike ruin their plan?
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing The Star (PG)
Film – 1h 46m
When a priceless Christmas relic is stolen, royal look-alikes Margaret and Stacy turn to audacious doppelganger Fiona – and her dashing ex – for help.
48 Christmas Wishes (PG)
Film – 1h 24m
When a small town’s letters to Santa accidentally go up in smoke, two elves venture out of the North Pole to retrieve every missing wish.
1000 Miles From Christmas (15)
Film – 1h 42m
An auditor who completely despises Christmas is sent to a small town for work, where he meets a woman determined to change his view about the holiday.
Amazon Prime
The Christmas films you can watch on Amazon Prime in the UK in 2021
A Very Merry Mix-Up (13+)
Film – 1h 27m
Alice is set to meet her future in-laws for the first time, but things don’t go according to plan.
(Alicia Witt, Mark Wiebe, Lawrence Dane)
A Very Nutty Christmas (13+)
Film – 1hr 25m
After getting dumped by her boyfriend, a bakery owner receives a special gift that turns her Christmas season around.
(Melissa Joan Hart, Barry Watson)
Bad Moms: A Bad Moms Christmas (15)
Film – 1h 44m
Three under-appreciated and over-burdened mums rebel against the challenges and expectations of Christmas in hopes of creating a more perfect holiday for their families.
Best Christmas Party Ever (13+)
Film – 1h 27m
With the holiday season at hand, young party planner Jennie Stanton learns that her boss, Petra, will be retiring after Christmas and hopes she will be left in charge of Petra s Parties, New York’s premiere event planning service. Jennie’s hopes fade when Petra’s charming and handsome nephew, Nick, arrives on the scene and Petra announces that he will take over the business.
Christmas at Pemberley Manor (PG)
Film – 1hr 26m
As Christmas approaches, an event planner is sent to a small town to organize a festival but finds a billionaire in the process of selling the estate she hoped to use as a venue. Before long, the unlikely pair begins falling for each other.
(Jessica Lowndes, Michael Rady, Cole Gleason)
Christmas List (7+)
Film – 1hr 25m
Isobel plans a storybook Christmas with her boyfriend, including a cottage in the Northwest and a bucket list of holiday traditions. But when he goes AWOL, the list proves challenging and a tempting new romance turns her life upside down.
(Alicia Witt, Gabriel Hogan, Peter Benson)
Christmas on the Carousel (13+)
Film – 1h 11m
When four lifelong friends convene in their hometown for their last college winter break, they learn one of their group is moving and plan a final Christmas send-off by way of a lock-in at the town’s vintage carousel museum.
(Erik Bloomquist, Madeleine Dauer, Taylor Turner)
Christmas Together (13+)
Film – 1h 26m
A woman leaves New York for LA after a break-up and falls in love while renting the guest house of a young father over the Christmas holidays.
(Vivica A. Fox, Anna Marie Dobbins, Marc Herrman)
Christmas With The Kranks (PG)
Film – 1h 38m
Tim Allen plays Luther Krank, a man who decides to skip Christmas and all the surrounding trappings and go on vacation with his wife Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home for the holidays, he is forced to put Christmas back together.
Love Actually (15)
Film – 2h 14m
Love is all around – and so is heartbreak – as multiple couples navigate romance, family, weddings and airports at Christmastime.
(Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon)
Matchmaker Santa (13+)
Film – 1h 19m
Melanie is running her own bakery and dating a handsome CEO, Justin. Although things seem perfect when Justin asks Melanie to spend the holidays together at his beautiful lake house upstate-and meet his mother, Melanie finds herself spending more time with Justin’s best friend and loyal assistant, Dean, who just might be harboring a secret crush on her.
(Lacey Chabert, Florence Henderson, John Ratzenberger)
Merry Matrimony (13+)
Film – 1h 28m
An ad exec for a fashion magazine lands her dream assignment to organize the perfect Christmas wedding. Just one thing: The photographer she’s been partnered with is her ex-boyfriend. She’s got to bring her A-game, while working through unresolved feelings.
(Jessica Lowndes, Christopher Russell, Jennifer Gibson)
Nativity! (U)
Film – 1h 41m
This Christmas, primary school teacher Paul Maddens is being charged with the biggest challenge of his life – mounting the school’s musical version of the Nativity. Competing against the posh local school for the honor of best reviewed show in town, the stakes are raised when Paul idly boasts that his ex-girlfriend Jennifer, a Hollywood Producer, is coming to see his show.
(Ashley Jensen, Martin Freeman, Marc Wooton)
One Starry Christmas (13+)
Film – 1h 27m
Aspiring astronomy professor and Christmas enthusiast Holly, is crushed when her longtime boyfriend Adam schedules a business trip and leaves her alone over the holidays. When she decides to surprise both Adam and her parents with a Christmas visit, fate, or perhaps the Christmas spirit, intervenes.
The Holiday (12)
Film – 2h 15m
Stuck in a vicious cycle of dead-end relationships with two-timing men, Los Angeles resident Amanda and Londoner Iris decide to swap homes.
(Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black)
Disney+
The Christmas films you can watch on Disney+ in the UK in 2021
Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday (U)
Film – 1h 23m
When Hannah, editor at her family’s publishing house, finds that her parents have brought old rival Ryan in as a consultant right before Christmas, she’s furious. But after discovering famed novelist Tina Finnegan lives in town, she teams up with Ryan to sign her as a client. However, they quickly realise that Tina has lost her Christmas spirit and doesn’t want to write any more. With the help of a guardian angel, Hannah, Ryan and Tina are about to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas.
(Jen Lilley, Carlo Marks, Eric Close, Rachel Crawford, Maria Syrgiannis, Rob Stewart)
Christmas…Again?! (U)
Film – 1h 33m
As Rowena experiences a lacklustre Christmas, she makes a wish to a neighbourhood Santa for a ‘do-over’, and unexpectedly finds herself reliving Christmas day over and over again.
(Scarlett Estevez, Alexis Carra, Beth Lacke, Ashlyn Jade Lopez, Priscilla Lopez, Tony Amendola)
Die Hard (16+)
Film – 2h 12m
A New York City cop faces overwhelming odds when his Christmas visit to California is interrupted by a terrorist invasion of his estranged wife’s office building.
(Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman)
Godmothered (U)
Film – 1h 54m
Set at Christmas time, Godmothered is a comedy about Eleanor, a young fairy-godmother-in-training who tries to prove her worth by showing the world that people still need fairy godmothers.
(Jillian Bell, Isla Fisher, Jillian Spaeder, Willa Skye, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Santiago Cabrera)
Good Luck Charlie – It’s Christmas (U)
Film – 1h 22m
The Duncans get separated en route to visit Amy’s parents for Christmas. From hitchhiking and alien abductions to paintball and video games, the family will need a Christmas miracle to reunite in Palm Springs in time for the holiday.
(Bridgit Mendler, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Bradley Steven Perry, Mia Talerico, Debra Monk, Michael Kagan)
Home Alone (6+)
Film – 1h 43m
When Kevin McCallister is left behind while his family dashes off on a Christmas trip, he is left to defend his family’s home from two bumbling burglars until the relatives return.
(Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Roberts Blossom, Catherine O’Hara)
Home Alone 2 – Lost in New York (6+)
Film – 2h
Kevin McCallister is home along in New York City, but he won’t be alone for long because the notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, are also in town.
( Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Devin Ratray, Catherine O’Hara)
Home Alone 3 (6+)
Film – 1h 42m
When a gang of criminals steals a top-secret computer chip that they hide inside a toy car, they come up against eight year old Alex Pruitt, who is home alone with chicken pox
(Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Haviland Morris, David Thornton, Scarlett Johansson, Lenny Von Dohlen)
Home Alone 4 (6+)
Film – 1h 24m
This Christmas, Kevin is really in hot water again, and so are Marv and his sidekick, who are trying to rob Natalie’s house!
(Mike Weinberg, French Stewart, Missi Pyle, Erick Avari, Barbara Babcock, Jason Beghe)
Home Sweet Home Alone (9+)
Film – 1h 35m
Ten year old Max Mercer has been accidentally left behind while his family is in Japan for the holidays. So when a married couple attempting to retrieve a priceless heirloom set their sights on his family’s home, it’s up to Max to protect it from the trespassers – and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep them out.
(Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Archie Yates, Aisling Bea, Kenan Thompson, Tim Simons)
I’ll be home for Christmas (6+)
Film – 1h 26m
Self-centered college student Jake has one thing on his mind – get home for Christmas dinner or forfeit the vintage Porsche his father promised him.
(Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Gary Cole, Eve Gordon, Lauren Maltby)
Noelle (U)
Film – 1h 45m
Kris Kringle’s daughter is full of Christmas spirit, but wishes she could do something important like her brother Nick, who will take over for their Father this Christmas. When Nick is about to crumble under all the pressure, Noelle suggests he take a break and get away… but when he doesn’t return Noelle must find her brother and bring him back in time to save Christmas.
(Anna Kendrick, Bill Hader, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Billy Eichner, Julie Hagerty, Shirley MacLaine)
Prep and Landing (U)
Film short – 22m
An elf from a high-tech team, tasked with preparing homes around the world for Santa’s visit, is upset when he is passed over for a promotion and partnered with an idealistic rookie.
(Features voices of Dave Foley, Sarah Chalke, Mason Vale Cotton, Lino DiSalvo, Derek Richardson, William Morgan Sheppard)
The Family Stone (12+)
Film – 1h 43m
A comic story about the annual holiday gathering of a New England family, the Stones. The eldest son brings his girlfriend home to meet his parents, brothers and sisters.
(Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (U)
Film – 1h 26m
The Muppets’ rendition of Charles Dickens’ classic tale puts a unique twist on that fateful Christmas Eve, when Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.
(Michael Caine, Steve Whitmire, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, David Rudman)
The Santa Clause (U)
Film – 1h 37m
On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Clause has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.
(Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz)
