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Amazon Prime isn’t just good for getting those last-minute gifts.
Prime subscribers, in addition to all those other great perks, get access to the Prime Video streaming service, which is always chock full of movies and TV shows to stream at no additional cost.
In addition to award winners and live sports, the Prime Video Holiday Hub is your one-stop shop for all things Christmas with titles perfect for every age and taste.
Titles included with Prime are free for subscribers to watch, but Amazon offers a 30-day free trial for non-members to try out everything that comes with the service — including Prime Video — before $14.95/month payments begin.
Below, we rounded up 17 movies included with Prime Video that you can watch at no extra cost right now, divided into three categories: new-ish Christmas movies, the classics, and those movies aren’t technically Christmas movies, but we’ll argue they are anyway.
Modern Christmas:#
“Red One”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s “Red One” cost $250 million to make. ©Amazon/Courtesy Everett CollectionAfter Santa Claus (Code Name: RED ONE) is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter (Chris Evans) in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.
Eddie Murphy stars in this holiday comedy adventure about a man on a mission to win his neighborhood’s annual Christmas home decoration contest and inadvertently makes a deal with a mischievous elf that brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life.
Forced to spend Christmas break at his prep school, a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) develops an unlikely bond with a troubled student (Dominic Sessa) and the head cook (Oscar winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
Dumped and depressed, English rose Iris agrees to swap homes with similarly unlucky-in-love Californian Amanda for a much-needed break. Iris finds herself in a palatial Hollywood mansion while Amanda navigates the lanes of a picture-perfect English village. Soon enough, both lovelorn ladies bump into local lads perfect for a romantic pick-me-up.
Love Actually is the ultimate romantic comedy from the makers of Bridget Jones’s Diary and Notting Hill. Funny, irresistible and heartwarming, an all-star cast (Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson, to name a few!) will take you on a breathtaking tour of love.
This Christmas, Damian Wayne wants to be a superhero like his dad – the one and only Batman. When Damian is left home alone while Batman takes on Gotham’s worst supervillains on Christmas Eve, he stumbles upon a villainous plot to steal Christmas and leaps at the chance to save the day.
Workaholic Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wants to make things up to his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), and wife, Liz (Rita Wilson). He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man — even though it’s Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron (Sinbad), another father on the same quest. With the clock winding down, Langston’s moral code is tested as he starts to learn the real meaning of Christmas.
Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis star in this Christmas comedy as a marriage who decides to skip Christmas since her daughter is in Peru. But when she decides to come home at the last minute, they must rush to get Christmas set up for her.
It is Christmas at The Plaza and Eloise is up to her usual mischief. This adventure sees her “helping” in respect of the marriage of the hotel owner’s marriage. What could go wrong with Eloise involved?!
The Christmas classics:#
“White Christmas”
Everett CollectionSingers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys’ commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing. So what’s the foursome to do but plan a yuletide miracle: a fun-filled musical extravaganza that’s sure to put Waverly and his business in the black!
After George Bailey (James Stewart) wishes he had never been born, an angel is sent to earth to make George’s wish come true. George starts to realize how many lives he has changed and impacted, and how they would be different if he was never there.
“White Christmas” and other Irving Berlin tunes highlight the tale of an inn that is only open on holidays, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.
A discarded magic top hat brings to life the snowman that a group of children made, until a magician, Professor Hinkle, wants it back, and the temperature starts to rise. Frosty will melt or no longer be a jolly soul if the kids cannot get him away from Hinkle and warm weather, so he hops a train to the North Pole with young Karen.
Not not Christmas movies:#
“Die Hard”
Bruce Willis running with automatic weapon in a scene from the film “Die Hard,” 1988. 20th Century-Fox/Getty ImagesIt’s the eternal debate: Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie? We sure think so.
In “Die Hard,” a New York policeman (Bruce Willis) outwits thugs holding his wife and others hostage in an exclusive Los Angeles high-rise during a Christmas Eve party.
“Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock…” Who can forget the iconic holiday talent show sequence in this classic of the teen drama genre?
Set over Christmas, a Manhattan insurance clerk (Jack Lemmon) tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.
A sneaky great Christmas movie featuring a handful of scenes set during the holiday, “Catch Me If You Can” is inspired by the true story of a brilliant young master of deception (Leonardo DiCaprio) and the FBI agent (Tom Hanks) hot on his trail.
This article was written by Angela Tricarico, Commerce Streaming Reporter for Post Wanted Shopping, Page Six, and Decider.com. Angela keeps readers up to date with cord-cutter-friendly deals, and information on how to watch your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and movies on every streaming service. Not only does Angela test and compare the streaming services she writes about to ensure readers are getting the best prices, but she’s also a superfan specializing in the intersection of shopping, tech, sports, and pop culture. When she’s not writing about (or watching) TV, movies, and sports, she’s also keeping up on the underrated perfume dupes at Bath & Body Works and testing headphones. Prior to joining Decider and The New York Post in 2023, she wrote about streaming and consumer tech at Insider Reviews.
