10 Best Christmas Movies on Amazon Prime 2019 – Top Holiday Films to Stream on Prime – Esquire.com

Some Christmas movies start off devastatingly sad, but this one takes it to a new level. A boy returns to the pond where he used to play hockey with his now-deceased friend (!!), but when he comes back to visit at night, the pond magically becomes a hockey rink. How morbidly sweet.

Kara and Jessie meet on a plane while they are both on their way to see family neither has ever met. They decide to switch places for the holidays, because somehow no one will notice. Pictures? Who cares. This is a holiday movie.

Willow Creek, a town in Alaska, is undergoing a depression after its main source of business, a cannery, has gone under. Truck drivers Ray and Pete are hired to bring Christmas gifts to the town and somehow save the day. This movie came out in 1987, so there’s a good amount of sap and old-school charm to it.

It’s a Wonderful Life is THE holiday classic. Following George Bailey and his tough run of financial luck, the sometimes-dark classic is all about finding good, even in the most difficult of times. Also, you learn what happens every time a bell rings.

This story follows a woman named Mary Tobin as she returns to her family lodge for some nostalgia and renovations. In the process, she finds… wait for it, love.

An aspiring interior designer named Wendy shares an impulsive kiss with a man in an elevator. Turns out, the man is her boss’s boyfriend, Adam. Yikes. More awkward? After a twist of events, she finds herself decorating Adam’s home. If you’re thinking, “This is the perfect setup for a romantic plot,” you’re… definitely right.

Jordan-Claire Green plays Emma, a Depression Era girl who makes it her mission to save the dogs in her town after they are banned. Think Annie, but more pastoral and low-budget.

Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, and Jonathan Pryce star in a new kind of story about Charles Dickens (Stevens). Dickens has had a dip in success in the two years following the success of Oliver Twist. He works to write A Christmas Carol, and in doing so, he fantasizes and “meets” the characters he creates. Trippy? Sure. Magically heartwarming? Absolutely.

This 1947 classic stars Maureen O’Hara and a young Natalie Wood as mother and daughter Doris and Susan Walker. The two find themselves hosting a man, Kris, who claims to be Santa Claus. Susan has been raised to be a skeptic about Santa Claus, but her house guest wins her over. The rest of the adults might not believe, but Kris has Susan on his side.

Decades can pass and trends may change, but stop-motion holiday movies are forever. A groundhog named Pardon-Me Pete narrates the story about a winter sprite Jack Frost, who falls in love with a human named Elisa. He gets permission from Father Winter to become a human, but when Elisa is in trouble, he gives up his human condition to save her life. A take: There’s more romance in stop-motion than in live action romances.