With all of the different streaming networks, sometimes it’s hard to find your favorite movie or show easily. We’re here to try to make that easier. You can check out all of the holiday movies and series you can stream now (and a few in a couple of weeks) on Hulu to get you into the holiday spirits!
Movies and Specials
FAMILY GUY: HOLIDAY SPECIAL PREMIERE (ONLY ON HULU) – Now Streaming
“Gift of the White Guy” – Peter must recover Lois’ Christmas brooch after gifting it away in a White Elephant exchange. Stewie changes his attitude upon learning he’s on Santa’s “Naughty List.”
NUTCRACKERS (2024) – Now Streaming
Just as Mike (Ben Stiller) is on the heels of closing the biggest deal of his career, he’s pulled away from his bachelor life in the big city to a farm in rural Ohio in order to take care of his recently orphaned nephews. The four rowdy boys cause trouble every which way they turn. What Mike thought was going to be a quick trip turns into an unexpected adventure. As the holidays approach, he discovers the big hearts behind the boys’ mischief. This forces him to decide between his career and being the uncle his nephews need him to be.
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN WONDERLAND (2024) – Now Streaming
St Nick (Gerard Butler) receives a delayed letter on Christmas Eve from the Princess of Hearts. He and his dedicated team of reindeer set off to Wonderland where they’re greeted by the mean and miserable Queen of Hearts (Emilia Clarke) who hates all things Christmas… especially presents! Can St Nick, aided by Alice (Simone Ashley), the Mad Hatter and March Hare, show the Queen the true meaning of Christmas and save the day before it’s too late? The animated film features original music and songs written by long-time Robbie Williams collaborator Guy Chambers and Grammy Award winning songwriter Amy Wadge.
CHRISTMAS ON THE RANCH (2024) – Now Streaming
Christmas on the Ranch follows a talk show relationship expert (Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Jade Harlow) with her own romantic hang-ups who gets stranded at a ranch before Christmas, and the charming rancher (Houston Rhines) who reminds her that love is always worth the risk.
OPERATION MISTLETOE (2024) – Now Streaming
An interior designer’s high school crush arrives home for Christmas in their charming hometown. Her best friend initiates “Operation Mistletoe” to get them together by hiring her to decorate the house he came back home to sell. Starring Jen Lilley (Days of Our Lives, General Hospital) and Nick Bateman.
RENOVATION ROMANCE (2024) – Now Streaming
When Chelsea is forced to go to New Hampshire during Christmas to film her and her boyfriend’s television show “Renovation Romance,” she finds herself in a precarious situation with her career and relationship.
THE CHRISTMAS BREAK (2023) – Now Streaming
A married couple travels from Chicago to spend Christmas with the wife’s family in a small town in Ireland, for a holiday that will test their patience–and their marriage. estate agents both make the exact same wish during the first snow of the winter: to win the most coveted listing in town. Starring Justin Long and India Mullen.
CHRISTMAS IN PINE VALLEY (2022) – Now Streaming
Natalie (Kristina Cole) is the owner of a successful company that garners the attention of a major magazine. The magazine sends a reporter named Josh (Andrew Biernat) to profile Natalie’s company thinking it’s a family-run business.
A SUDDEN CASE OF CHRISTMAS (2024) – Friday, December 13th
An American couple bring their 10-year-old daughter, Claire, to her grandfather Lawrence’s hotel in The Dolomites, Italy. They usually come for Christmas but this year it’s August. The fact is they are breaking up, and once Claire realizes there’s not going to be a family Christmas this year, she insists on everyone making it out for Christmas in August. Claire, in collusion with her grandfather, plan activities that are designed to re-unite her parents. A fun, warm, touching family comedy, all shot in the glorious Dolomites, Italy. Starring Antonella Rose, Danny DeVito, Andie MacDowell, and Wilmer Valderrama.
Family Favorites to Stream Now
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989) (35TH ANNIVERSARY)
Clark Griswold, the well-intentioned, walking disaster who has dragged his family through the horrors of traveling in two previous National Lampoon Vacation films, has decided to stay home for the holidays–and the neighborhood will never be the same.
THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004) (20TH ANNIVERSARY)
Late on Christmas Eve, after the town has gone to sleep, a boy boards the mysterious train that waits for him–The Polar Express. When the boy arrives at the North Pole, Santa Claus offers him any gift he desires. The boy asks only for a bell from the harness of Santa’s reindeer. But on the way home, the bell is lost. Christmas morning, the boy finds the bell under the Christmas tree, and when he shakes it, the bell makes the most beautiful sound he’s ever heard. His mother admires the bell, but she laments that it is broken … for, you see, only a true believer can hear the sound of the bell.
ELF (2003)
One Christmas Eve a long time ago, a baby crawled into Santa’s bag of toys… Raised as an elf, Buddy (Will Ferrell) grows into an adult three times larger than the biggest elf–and realizes that he will never truly fit in at the North Pole. This holiday season, Buddy goes looking for his true place in the world–in New York City. Buddy finds his workaholic father (James Caan)–who’s on Santa’s “naughty” list, a new mother (Mary Steenburgen) and a 10-year-old brother who doesn’t believe in Santa Claus or elves. Here, now, Buddy discovers his destiny–to save Christmas for New York and the world!
FOUR CHRISTMASES (2008)
Every Christmas happily unmarried Brad and Kate escape divorced parents and exasperating relatives by getting on a plane. This year a fog rolls in, the airport shuts down and the couple is forced to celebrate four family Christmases in one hectic, hilarious day. Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon lead an all-star cast in a comedy brimming with good cheer and great laughs — as well as the answer to the question: Can Brad and Kate’s relationship survive Four Christmases?
FRED CLAUS (2007)
Of the two Claus brothers, Fred (Vince Vaughn) is the troublemaker and polar opposite of his saintly sibling, Nicholas (Paul Giamatti). When Fred’s criminal ways finally land him in big trouble, Nicholas bails him out and brings him to the North Pole to work off the debt by making toys. The headaches mount for St. Nick, who not only must deal with his troublemaking brother, but also an efficiency expert who has come to evaluate Santa’s operation.
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1994)
Six-year-old Susan Walker (Mara Wilson) is skeptical of the Christmas myth surrounding Santa Claus, a trait she perhaps learned from her mother, Dorey (Elizabeth Perkins). When tasked with hiring the Santa who will pose with kids at Macy’s, Dorey enlists a man with the curious name of Kris Kringle (Richard Attenborough) who claims to be Santa himself. His assertions are met with scoffs and threats of institutionalization, but a young lawyer, along with Susan and Dorey, comes to his defense.
THIS CHRISTMAS (2007)
At holiday time, family matriarch Ma’Dere Whitfield (Loretta Devine) assembles her large brood for their first reunion in four years. However, family ties show signs of strain when various secrets come to light, especially concerning Marine Claude’s (Columbus Short) true military status, Quentin’s (Idris Elba) debts and teenage Baby’s (Chris Brown) secret plans to become a singer.
Other Holiday Fun Shows
BUDDY’S HOLIDAY RECIPE RUMBLE: COMPLETE SEASON 1 (A+E STUDIOS)
Get Ready for “Holiday Recipe Rumble”! Join Buddy Valastro on his festive mission to find the ultimate holiday family recipe! Each episode, two families will battle it out, showcasing their most delicious, crowd-pleasing holiday dishes. Does your family have what it takes to sleigh the competition? Let’s find out!
IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE (2023)
A year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve, Winnie Carruthers’ life is less than wonderful — but when she wishes she’d never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe and discovers that without her, things could be much, much worse. Now the killer is back, and she must team up with the town misfit to identify the killer and get back to her own reality. It’s a Wonderful Life by way of Scream. Starring Jane Widdop, Jess McLeod, Joel McHale, Katharine Isabelle, William B. Davis and Justin Long.
DIE HARD (1988)
New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there’s no one to save the hostages — but him.
Other Movies and Show Currently Available to Stream
- THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY (1968)
- FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (1969)
- SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN (1970)
- JINGLE ALL THE WAY (1996)
- CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (2004)
- JUST FRIENDS (2005)
- THE FAMILY STONE (2005)
- DECK THE HALLS (2006)
- ALMOST CHRISTMAS (2016)