All the New Christmas Movies Coming to Netflix to Get You in the Holiday Spirit

Just add gingerbread.

Two things that are guaranteed to get us feeling festive as the holidays approach? Good food – and a good Christmas movie (or four).

While the former requires a bit of prep on our end – here’s a (rather delicious) holiday menu we made earlier–the second is served generously courtesy of Netflix, with 2024’s festive films showing plenty of promise.

From cheesy rom-coms to family-friendly flicks, keep reading to find all the new must-watch Christmas movies dropping on Netflix this year.

1. Meet Me Next Christmas

Out: November 6

A meet-cute, a mission and happy holiday music: this sweet movie has just the right amount of cheese. Protagonist Layla (played by Christina Milian) believes she met the love of her life while stranded at an airport on Christmas Eve. Agreeing to meet again one year later at the Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert in New York, she hires a personal concierge to help her scour the Big Apple and secure tickets to the sold-out show to meet her prince charming in a race against the clock.

2. Hot Frosty

Out: November 13

Starring holiday film veteran Lacey Chabert (A Royal Christmas, Mean Girls), Hot Frosty tells the story of a grieving young widow whose magic scarf brings a handsome snowman to life in the hopes of getting through the holiday season. Can he help her rediscover romance, laughter and festive cheer – before he melts away?

3. The Merry Gentlemen

Out: November 20

If you took Magic Mike, mixed it with some mulled wine and draped it in tinsel, you would get The Merry Gentleman. Tapping into some classic rom-com tropes, Britt Robertson portrays a former big-city dancer who, to save her parents’ small-town performing venue, decides to put on a Christmas-themed revue with all male dancers – including one played by 2000s heartthrob, Chad Michael Murray.

4. Our Little Secret

Out: November 27

A lovers-to-enemies rom-com with a Christmas twist? Enough said. Lindsay Lohan, Ian Harding and Kristin Chenoweth headline this lighthearted film is about two resentful exes who realise they are dating siblings when faced with one another in the same house for the holidays. Deciding to hide it from the family, a feat harder than they predicted, hilarity, naturally, ensues.

5. The Snow Sister

Out: November 29

An uplifting film about friendship, family and the Christmas spirit, The Snow Sister is based on the bestselling Norwegian book of the same name. In it, Julian, a young boy who turns 11 on Christmas Eve, finds his grieving family has forgotten all about Christmas. Sad and believing Christmas has been cancelled, a spark of hope appears when Julian befriends the Noel-loving Hedvig.

6. That Christmas

Out: December 4

Based on a series of children’s books by writer and director Richard Curtis – aka the brain behind the iconic Christmas movie, Love Actually – this heartwarming holiday film is also one for the whole family. Dropping on December 4, the plot stems from a “series of entwined tales about family and friends, love and loneliness, and Santa Claus making a big mistake, not to mention an enormous number of turkeys!”

7. A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter

Livestreamed: December 6

While technically not a movie, this variety special by pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter is slated to be an unmissable show. Streaming live on Netflix on December 6, the special will see Sabrina perform tracks from her holiday EP Fruitcake, and pack in plenty of comedic cameos and unexpected duets.

8. Carry-On

Out: December 13

If the usual Yuletide tropes aren’t your cup of eggnog, Carry-On could be the untraditional holiday flick for you. Set at an airport, this action thriller follows a TSA agent who attempts to outsmart a mysterious traveller who blackmails him into letting a dangerous package onto a Christmas Eve flight.