38 Christmas Movies That I Can’t Believe Netflix Hasn’t Made Yet — Like, These Ideas Are Actually So Good, Don't Lie
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The holiday season is officially upon us!! If you’re anything like us, there’s nothing better than snuggling up to watch a good (bad) Hallmark or Netflix Christmas movie to get yourself in the holiday spirit.
But there are only so many to watch! So, we came up with some VERY SERIOUS pitches for movies we’d like to see made. (Are you listening, movie execs???)
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Our crack team of holiday movie lovers are basically geniuses with PROFESSIONAL-adjacent level Photoshop skills. So, without further ado, we present 38 undeniably great ideas for the next slate of holiday film MASTERPIECES.
We made sure every pitch included one or more of these Hallmark movie elements:
✅ Title is the worst (best) pun you've ever heard.
✅ "I know your ex did a real number on you, but [female lead] isn't Kim. Just give her a chance! You can't be alone forever."
✅ Terrible acting.
✅ Slo-mo shot of individual snowflakes falling from the night sky.
✅ Santa Claus winks at the camera as he grants the precocious child's wish for their mom/dad/aunt/uncle/older sibling to find love this year.
1.It Takes Two to Christmas
THE PARENT TRAP (1998) meets MEAN GIRLS
Twin sisters Hallie and Annie (Lindsay Lohan and Lindsay Lohan) join forces once again when they accidentally discover their two gay best friends (Jonathan Bennett and Lance Bass) were actually high school sweethearts who fell out of love after graduation. Now, the twins must switch places if they have any hope of turning holiday cheer into holiday queer!
2.A Chicago Christmas Carol
SCROOGED meets FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF meets WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY
A very greedy woman and president of Scrooge Bank, Carol Ebenezer Scrooge (Jennifer Hudson), loves money but hates her employees. On Christmas Eve, she’s visited by the ghosts of many former employees who haunt her all night. They scare her so badly that the next morning, she hates money and kinda likes her employees — so much so that she falls in love with John Bob Cratchit (John C. Reilly), her assistant and the person she’s treated the worst. Set against the backdrop of the Windy City!
3.Dashing Through the Romance
THE SANTA CLAUSE meets PARKS AND RECREATION
When Rudolph kicks Santa Claus (Gavin DeGraw) on Christmas Eve and knocks him out cold, elves Sugarplum (JoJo Siwa) and Sparky (Millie Bobby Brown) must deliver presents to every child in the world over the course of one night. Will 12 hours be enough time for two amateurs to save Christmas — and fall in love?
4.Baby, It’s Mold Inside
SWEET HOME ALABAMA meets THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
Uptight New York executive Ashleigh Lee (Emilia Clarke) finds black mold in her apartment the week before Christmas. Unfortunately, toxic mold specialist Decay Wallace (Seth Rogen) can’t start the removal job until his crew returns from vacation…after Christmas. Taking pity on her, Decay invites Ashleigh to stay with his family at their pig farm upstate. As she slowly lets her guard down, Ashleigh realizes maybe the real toxic mold was inside her heart all along.
5.Actions Speak Louder Than Christmas
DADDY DAY CARE meets THE EXPENDABLES
Super secret agents Sly Stonebrook (Sylvester Stallone) and Jay Stattingham (Jason Statham) can handle any action-packed suicide mission thrown at them by their respective top-secret organizations...until they're faced with the world’s most dangerous assignment: babysitting their angsty and rambunctious preteen children over Christmas break while their wives are away.
6.He's Making a Liszt
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL meets HER
Wes (William Jackson Harper), the first chair violinist in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, is abruptly pushed back to second chair when Angel (Ego Nwodim), a mysterious and ethereal violinist, is unexpectedly hired right before the holiday spectacular. Is there room in Angel's heart for Wes?
7.Better Late Than Christmas
JINGLE ALL THE WAY meets just the love story parts of TITANIC
Down-on-his-luck delivery driver Chuck Chortle (Pete Holmes) is rushing to deliver all the packages on his route on Christmas Eve. When he’s stranded by a snowstorm, he's forced to take shelter with Cassandra Ketchup (Emily Blunt), a woman who just wanted bake in peace. Will these two overcome their differences and fall in love by Christmas morning?
8.Kill Two Birds with One Christmas
WEST SIDE STORY meets THE BEAR
In this modern day take on Romeo and Juliet set in Queens, the daughter (Emma Roberts) and son (Andy Samberg) of competing butchers fall in love during the holiday rush.
9.No Pain, No Christmas
ROCKY meets DAWSON'S 20 LOAD WEEKEND
Boxing rivals Ben Reindeer (Logan Paul) and Darrin Santa Claus (Cheyenne Jackson) have had beef with each other since the first day of boxing school. But when they're forced to face off in the annual Christmas Eve Smackdown, they discover something even greater than Christmas magic: each other's bodies.
10.When It Rains, It’s Christmas
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE meets THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
After a massive Seattle rainstorm leaves Crissabelle Cookie (Anna Kendrick) stranded for the holidays, she takes the biggest risk of her life: leaving the airport with a hunky man (Chris Evans) in possession of the last umbrella in the city. Over the course of one weekend, Crissabelle learns that in order to fall in love, you have to be willing to get a little wet.
11.A Christmas Is Worth a Thousand Words
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN meets CABIN IN THE WOODS
Geoff (Michael Che), a horror novelist suffering from writer's block, takes a one-man writers retreat to a secluded country B&B over the holidays...but a scheduling error leaves him stranded when there are no rooms left at the inn! Thankfully, an attractive and guarded neighbor (Zoe Kravitz) invites Geoff to stay in her guest house — but will she turn him away from the inn in her heart?
12.Ignorance Is Christmas
MR. MOM meets GONE GIRL
Laura Beachwood (Dakota Johnson) has HAD IT! Her husband (Bobby Moynihan) is useless, and her kids are annoying, but instead of fighting it, she decides to just give in. When Laura stops trying, the household devolves into absolute madness, and it seems like Christmas just might not happen...and it doesn't! But Laura simply does not care.
13.So Far, So Christmas: a 12-episode miniseries
Tyler Perry's MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION meets A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the 10th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a TV show by Tyler Perry.
14.Simply Having a Winterfell Christmastime
GAME OF THRONES meets WILL VINTON'S A CLAYMATION CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
In the Game of Thrones Christmas special that no one asked for, the Three-Eyed Raven tells a story of the Stark family preparing for the long winter…break. All the children are together, even Rickon, as they prepare for Santa Claus (Michael Caine) to come to town. Unfortunately, Jack Frost (Benedict Cumberbatch) has other plans, and only the Stark children, most likely Arya, because the rest are aloof, can stop him.
15.Fortune Favors the HoliGAYS
FREAKY FRIDAY meets THE CRYING GAME
Bernice (Cher), Max (Colin Jost), and Stevie (Ziwe Fumudoh) — lesbian, gay, and bisexual, respectively — are down on their luck when it comes to love. All of a sudden, on one foggy Christmas Eve, three magical fortune cookies change their lives forever when they switch places and learn they were looking for love in all the wrong places.
16.Long Christmas Short
INTERSTELLAR meets 13 GOING ON 30
On the night of December 24, 2006, Rosemary (Rihanna) falls asleep as a 20-year-old — and wakes up as a 36-year-old on December 25, 2022...in outer space...with a childhood friend who she hasn't seen in decades! Far away from home with no one except studly 35-year-old Matt (Daniel Radcliffe), the pair must find their way home with no contact from the outside world — or risk never making it back in time to open presents.
17.Curiosity Killed the Christmas
THAT DARN CAT meets INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
When Kallie Beef's (Taylor Swift) cat, Charcoal (Taylor Swift's cat named Olivia Benson), accidentally trips and kills Santa (Richard Kind) on Christmas Eve, it's up to Kallie to deliver all the world's presents before sunrise. Can she get everyone's gifts under the tree all while keeping her cat from killing again? (She can't.)
18.Away in a Manager
SUPERSTORE meets THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
Assistant store managers/rivals Elise Nog (Amy Smart) and Jonathan Ribbons (Seth Green) are the only ones working on Christmas Eve, and are both rushing to close the store to get home to their families. But what happens when a magic Virgin Mary doll transports them back to ancient Jerusalem right before Jesus’s birth? Well, they're going to need a lot more than frankincense and myrrh to fix this pickle, and just maybe, they'll find love along the way.
19.It’s a Wonderful Lie
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE meets BEDAZZLED
Rick Jick Biggins (Eugene Cordero) is tired of being under-appreciated at work, so he tells everyone in the office that he got the big Christmas promotion. But when his boss finds out, he sends a company-wide email revealing Rick as a big baby and a liar. Rick analyzes his life choices and thinks he’d be better off dead. That’s when Beelzebub (Adam Sandler), a devil from Hell, appears and shows him what his life would be like if he never existed. As Christmas day approaches, the two start to fall in love.
20.Silent Knight
A KNIGHT'S TALE meets GARDEN STATE
After being wounded in a duel, painfully shy knight Sir Greenwind of Lordshire (Tom Holland) takes shelter in the nearest manor — which just so happens to be hosting a big Christmas Ball. He steals some clothes and joins in on the festivities, hoping the man who injured him won’t find him. While drinking some grog, a princess (Zendaya) approaches and asks for a dance. Will he accept? Is he too injured to dance? Will his shyness get the best of him? Find out this December.
21.Silver Belles
BOOK CLUB meets SPRING BREAKERS meets THELMA & LOUISE
Gail Couch (Lily Tomlin), Tammy Breakfast (Meryl Streep), and Maxine Tambourine (Barbra Streisand) have been friends forever. When they learn their assisted living community is going to be shut down on Christmas Eve, they go on an absolute tear. This charming holiday tale is full of drugs, sex, and dance numbers as the old gals ho-ho-ho around town and go out on their own terms.
22.Loving St. Nick
GARDEN STATE meets MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN
Father Nicholas Coppola (Nic Cage) is a hotshot in the community, and everybody loves him (but not like that). After a visit from a manic-pixie angel named Serendipity (Kate Winslet), Father Nicholas falls in love only days before Christmas, but oh no! He’s a priest, and now, he has to choose between preaching his religion or chasing his heart.
23.Sleep in Heavenly Peace
JUST LIKE HEAVEN meets ER
After Gandy Tonic (Zach Braff) is hit by a car on Christmas, he falls into a coma. Every day at the end of her shift, his doctor, Dr. Doctorate "Doc" EmDee (Ellen Pompeo), checks on him and tells him about her day. Gandy can somehow hear this, and when he wakes up on Christmas morning the next year, he’s only got one thought on his mind: Doc.
24.Underneath the Mistlefoe
OFFICE SPACE meets HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS
Two office rivals, Peter Halport (Dev Patel) and Janet Beasly (Ali Wong) compete for the same promotion. When the position goes to their boss’s unqualified nephew, Scott Michaels (Bo Burnham), for a trial period ending on Christmas Eve, they call a temporary truce to get the nephew fired and land one of them the job. While scheming, they open up to one another and realize they may belong together in and out of the workplace.
25.Like World Peace in a Pod
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN meets SQUID GAME
Two single parents, Danielle and Daniel (Drew Barrymore and Bill Burr), and their combined five kids (Finn Wolfhard, Iris Apatow, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, and Archie James Yates) spend Christmas together in a quarantine pod. When the children reveal that they wished for world peace this Christmas, can Daniel and Danielle deliver a Christmas miracle? Or, will there be nothing but a lump of coal under the tree where love and harmony should be?
26.Jingle Bell Rock
A CHRISTMAS CAROL meets THE WRESTLER
Former professional wrestler turned superstar actor Dwayne Johnson (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) plays The Rock as he searches for love in a quest not to spend another Christmas alone with his emotions.
27.A Blessing in His Eyes
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS meets A WALK TO REMEMBER
Arthur Cornea (Ron Funches) is an eye doctor who has it all: his own practice, more than one pair of shoes, and really nice plates, but the one thing he’s missing is a wife character. Well, all of that changes when Beth Twennitwenni (Aparna Nancherla) comes in on Christmas Eve for her annual eye exam. Arthur is immediately smitten and needs to find a way to convince her that he’s the one, but he’ll have to perform unnecessary eye surgery in order for her to see the true him.
28.A Christmas in Disguise
MASTER OF DISGUISE meets HOME ALONE
Better Business Bureau employee Iva Maximus (Elizabeth Olsen) is given an undercover assignment after a local toy business — which just so happens to be run by her former small-town crush, Rooter (Anthony Jeselnik) — is being investigated for injuring kids. Rooter’s store has been in his family for generations, and he’s convinced that the Big Box Toy Company, who he refused to sell to, is trying to take out the competition.
29.Once in a Blue Christmas
THE GRINCH meets JACKASS 3D
After Rena Gland’s (Kendall Jenner) sister (Kylie Jenner) dies at the hand of a drunk driver on Christmas, Rena blames the paramedic, Antonio Medici (John Mulaney), who couldn’t save her sister's life. Naturally, Rena takes out her grief by secretly making his life a living nightmare by playing nasty little pranks on Antonio. But each prank brings the two closer together, and Rena may just realize that the best way to honor her sister's memory is to live, laugh, and love enough for two.
30.Just in the St. Nick of Time
THE SANTA CLAUSE meets SUCCESSION
A young woman, Meme Sanders (Selena Gomez), decides to celebrate the holidays with her father (Antonio Banderas), the owner of a failing clock shop in her small hometown. When Meme finds a magical pocket watch in the back room, she realizes why her dad can’t run a business right: because he’s Santa Claus! He’s just too busy with the whole present thing. Meme realizes she must decide whether she wants to run the clock shop herself or follow in her dear old dad’s footsteps.
31.Live and Let Christmas
SKYFALL meets DIE HARD
It’s another Christmas special! Agent 007, James Bond (Daniel Craig), is tasked with saving Christmas by escorting Santa Claus (Steve Martin) back to the North Pole to prepare for the 25th. Thanks to Q’s gadgets and Santa’s big ol’ bag of toys, Bond and Claus should be able to take out anything that stands in their way — including the Grinch and Ebenezer Scrooge, who join forces to destroy Christmas once and for all.
32.All I Want for Christmas Is Juice
FROZEN meets SUPER SIZE ME
Rebecca Parcht (Rachel Bilson) has one simple wish for Christmas: to drink something other than water. Her whole life she’s only had sips of the clear stuff, and even when she tries to drink something else, something happens, like a hawk swoops out of the sky to steal her coffee or a sinkhole swallows just her soda. Rebecca’s luck turns around when on Christmas Eve she meets Tom Squeeze (Taran Killam), the heir to an apple orchard, and he brings her into his extravagant world of juice. But can she balance a newfound romance with an even newer-found sugar addiction?
33.Make the Yule Bride Gay
MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING meets THE SWEETEST THING meets THE WEDDING SINGER meets RUNAWAY BRIDE meets JUST FRIENDS meets WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... meets SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL meets A CHRISTMAS STORY
On Christmas Day, Stacy (Kristen Stewart) will marry the man of her dreams (Chris Parnell)...when he’s not drunk, tired, watching sports, or secretly cheating on her. The maid of honor, Becky (Evan Rachel Wood), wants to be there for her best friend but also knows all the secrets everyone is keeping from each other, including the biggest secret of them all — she’s in love with her best friend.
34.Oops! All Christmas
GROUNDHOG DAY meets HAPPY DEATH DAY
When Kimberly Oops (Mila Kunis) makes a wish on a magic snow globe, she gets a little more than she bargained for. While it's fun having Christmas every day, she didn't count on the grim reaper (Jason Mantzoukas) lurking around every corner telling her her days are numbered. She'll either have to find a way to undo her wish, or learn to love the man under the cloak and scythe.
35.Slay Bells Ring
RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE meets WHEN HARRY MET SALLY...
Drag queens Tara Misu (Zachary Quinto) and ChaCha Slyde (Dan Bucatinsky) have been competing for the spotlight ever since a little bit earlier in the year. When they both get into the same Christmas pageant, they'll do anything to win the crown, even fall in love.
36.Let It Snowden
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN meets THE HOLIDAY
Ned Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a completely fictional elf, becomes an enemy of the North Pole when he blows the whistle on Santa's unethical and illegal spying practices — how else would he know when you're sleeping? The CIA (Christmas Intelligence Agency) agent (Karlie Kloss) tasked with covertly assassinating Ned is eager to prove herself, but she never expected to fall in love with her target.
37.Hit the Nail on the Holidays
RUNAWAY BRIDE meets NATURAL BORN KILLERS
Big city woman Jesse St. Nick (Emma Stone) planned a wonderful December wedding. But after she realizes her groom-to-be (Ben Affleck) low-key gives her the ick, she becomes a runaway bride...until her car breaks down one block from the church! Lucky for her, Big John Gristle (Jason Momoa), a small-town carpenter who happens to be driving by, stops to help her escape. He can fix wood, but can he fix her?
38.You're My Present This Year
TOOTSIE meets MAD MEN meets QUEEN ELIZABETH II and PRINCE PHILIP (not a movie or TV show, just the two royal cousins who were also married)
Struggling actors Sissy Sisterra (Shailene Woodley) and Joseph "Broseph" Sib (Tom Felton) are hired to play siblings in a Christmas-themed ad for a globally renowned coffee company. After their performances cause a media firestorm in which they are accused of promoting incest, Sissy and Broseph are paraded on a world apology tour where they must prove to the public that they are not, under any circumstances, in love. But the more time they spend together, the more they realize that the best part of waking up is making love to the one person they're not supposed to touch.
