Get in the Holiday Spirit (Far Too Early) With the Best Christmas Movies on Max
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Christmas might be months away, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to get into the spirit. After all, once the gift guides come out, any and all forms of holiday cheer are fair game. You don’t have to wait until it’s socially acceptable to celebrate. Let’s face it: the upcoming holidays are a bust anyway. Screw Halloween! It’s scary and finding a costume is stressful. Thanksgiving? Yawn. All you do is eat dinner at lunchtime, then spend the entirety of your paycheck on Black Friday deals. Christmas, dear reader, is the star of the show.
So go ahead and enjoy a good old-fashioned Christmas movie. Any time of year is appropriate to find that rush you get when you pull out the string lights you used in your college dorm. If you're already hankering for an hour and a half of holiday cheer, look no further than the fledgling streaming service, Max. You'll find the hits. (Serendipity, A Christmas Story.) A wild card. (Batman Returns, yes, is a Christmas movie.) And a couple of surprises.
Here are the best Christmas movies on Max, from us here at Esquire, to you.
A Christmas Mystery
A Christmas Mystery is exactly what it sounds like. When Santa’s jingle bells go missing a few days before Christmas, a group of children set out to find them. Their mission gets complicated when a friend's dad is accused of snatching them himself.
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Santa Camp
Have you ever wondered how Santa manages to visit everyone's house in one night? Well, that will always be a secret, but Santa Camp reveals other tricks of the trade. This documentary follows a group of professional Santas, Mrs. Clauses, and elves who attend a camp in New Hampshire to train for the holiday season—and this year, they’re focused on diversifying the North Pole.
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8-Bit Christmas
8-Bit Christmas tells the story of the first Nintendo. When a child learns about the gaming system, he embarks on the journey of a lifetime: to obtain the most popular Christmas gift of the '80s. Unfortunately, everyone else wants one too.
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Serendipity
Don’t let Serendipitiy’s rom-com label fool you. This is a Christmas movie and a great one at that. John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale star as Johnathan and Sarah, two 20-somethings who meet in New York City. Ten years later, they’re given the opportunity to meet again, right in time for the holidays.
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The Lodge
If you’re in the mood for something scary and festive, try The Lodge. The film follows a family vacation at a remote (why is it always remote?!) winter cabin. When the father is called in for work, he leaves his two children with his girlfriend Grace—but Grace isn’t who she says she is.
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Carol for Another Christmas
If you’re hoping for a Christmas classic, look no further, because Carol for Another Christmas is ready to enchant you. The film, written by Rod Sterling, is a spin on Charles Dicken’s novel A Christmas Carol. In Sterling’s version, three ghosts visit a man whose son died in World War I.
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A Christmas Story
Yes, this is the one where the kid gets his tongue stuck to a flagpole. Have a laugh at that poor lad, before enjoying the sweet, always endearing story beneath the antics.
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Batman Returns
We know. All you want for Christmas this year is Robert Pattinson's sad, hot Batman. But that won't drop until March. May we suggest following Michael Keaton's Caped Crusader in 1992's Batman Returns, which is delightfully set during Christmastime in Gotham.
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