Along with holiday classics like Home Alone and Elf, which are fun for the whole family to watch together year after year, there are so many other movies that are best geared toward your teens. Give your teen the gift of a more grown-up movie night without their little siblings this holiday season, and watch some of these flicks with them in addition to your family’s regularly scheduled holiday programming.
Scroll through to see some of our favorite picks, whether they’re best suited for teens and older tweens because of their content or will simply have more meaning to a teenager as opposed to younger kids.
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Let It Snow
Netflix’s description: “A snowstorm hits a small town on a cold Christmas Eve, affecting the friendships, love lives and futures of several high school seniors.”
Watch Let It Snow on Netflix here!
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The Christmas Chronicles
Netflix’s description: “After accidentally crashing Santa’s sleigh, a brother and sister pull an all-nighter to save Christmas with a savvy, straight-talking St. Nick.”
Watch The Christmas Chronicles on Disney+ here!
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Last Christmas
HBO Max’s description: “A troubled Christmas store elf finds attraction and inspiration in a mysterious stranger in this endearing holiday tale.”
Watch Last Christmas on HBO Max here!
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The Knight Before Christmas
Netflix’s description: “A medieval English knight is magically transported to the present day where he falls for a high school science teacher who is disillusioned by love.”
Watch The Knight Before Christmas on Netflix here!
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The Holiday Calendar
Netflix’s description: “A talented photographer stuck in a dead-end job inherits an antique Advent calendar that may be predicting the future — and pointing her toward love.”
Watch The Holiday Calendar on Netflix here!
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Holiday Rush
Netflix’s description: “A widowed radio DJ and his four spoiled kids need to tighten their belts and pull together when their life of luxury turns lean just before Christmas.”
Watch Holiday Rush on Netflix here!
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Noelle
Disney+’s description: “Kris Kringle’s daughter is full of Christmas spirit but wishes she could do something important like her brother Nick, who will take over for their father this Christmas. When Nick is about to crumble like a gingerbread cookie from all the pressure, Noelle suggests he take a break and get away…but when he doesn’t return, Noelle must find her brother and bring him back in time to save Christmas.”
Watch Noelle on Disney+ here!
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Holidate
Netflix’s description: “Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other’s platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.”
Watch Holidate on Netflix here!
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The Princess Switch
Netflix’s description: “When a down-to-earth Chicago baker and a soon-to-be princess discover they look like twins, they hatch a Christmastime plan to trade places.”
Watch The Princess Switch on Netflix here!
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I'll Be Home For Christmas
Disney+’s description: “Self-centered college student Jake is in a rush to get home for the holidays. But it isn’t because he’s excited to share Christmas with his family-it’s because he’ll be rewarded with his dad’s vintage car if he makes it on time. Desperate to claim his gift, he flies, crawls and even sleighs his way east…and along the way, he might even learn the true meaning of Christmas.”
Watch I’ll Be Home For Christmas on Disney+ here!
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A Christmas Prince
Netflix’s description: “Christmas comes early for an aspiring young journalist when she’s sent abroad to get the scoop on a dashing prince who’s poised to be king.”
Watch A Christmas Prince on Netflix here!
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