The Best Christmas Movies and TV Shows on Fandor
Finding a good Christmas movie and TV show to watch can be hard, so we've ranked the best ones and included where to watch them. Check out our list of the best Christmas movies and TV shows of all time streaming on Fandor.
1. Jingle Bell Rocks!
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What it's about: In JINGLE BELL ROCKS!, director Mitchell Kezin delves into the minds of some of the world’s most legendary Christmas music fanatics and hits the road to hang with his holiday heroes – including hip hop legend Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons of RUN-D.M.C., The Flaming Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne, filmmaker John Waters, bebopper Bob Dorough, L.A. DJ and musicologist Dr. Demento, and Calypso legend The Mighty Sparrow. In his search for the twelve best, underappreciated Christmas songs ever recorded, Kezin both asks and answers the question, “Why, when Christmas rolls around, are we still stuck cozying up with Bing Crosby under a blanket of snow?”
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video, Hulu & Fandor) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 7 services (iTunes, Google Play & 5 others).
2. The Ordeal
39%What it's about: A few days before Christmas, traveling entertainer Marc Stevens is stuck at nightfall in a remote wood in the swampy Hautes Fagnes region of Liège, his van conked out. An odd chap who's looking for a lost dog leads Marc to a shuttered inn...
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Fandor).
3. Scrooge
N/AWhat it's about: Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. But in the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of another color. Straightforward adaptation of Dickens Written by Rod Crawford
Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi TV), stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video, Fandor & Dove Channel) & rent or buy from $1.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).
4. Stille Nacht I
N/AWhat it's about: A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Fandor).
5. The Night Before Christmas
N/AWhat it's about: On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Fandor).
6. Soviet Toys
N/AWhat it's about: The first animated movie made in the Soviet Union, it portrays a bloated caricature of a Capitalist devouring a massive heap of food and drink.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Fandor).
7. Christmas Cracker
N/AWhat it's about: Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells," stop-motion animation of toys come to life, and cel animation of a man who seeks the ideal star to top his Christmas tree.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Fandor & Kanopy).
8. A Trap for Santa Claus
N/AWhat it's about: Even the great D.W. Griffith made holiday films back in the day. Of course, he put his own spin on the genre and made something quite unique. In A TRAP FOR SANTA, the children attempt to capture the man-in-the-red-suit but they catch something else entirely.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Fandor).
9. The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus
N/AWhat it's about: When a burglar dressed as Santa Claus steals a family's Christmas presents, amateur detective Octavius sets out to recover the loot.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Fandor).