After opening all those Advent calendar doors in the run-up to the festive period, now the holidays are here and after shopping the best Boxing Day deals at Currys and Argos and smashing mince pies into your face there is also heaps of great stuff to watch on the best streaming services too.
But beyond the classics – and we've rounded up the 5 best blockbuster movies to stream on Christmas Day, plus 7 of the other best Christmas movies to watch – there are lots of comings and goings throughout the remainder of December and into January on the major platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and Apple TV+.
In sync with the spirit of the 12 Days of Christmas, T3 is bringing you its own 12 Days of Streaming, in which we highlight must-watch movies that are either imminently about to leave your favourite streaming service (so be quick!), or new arrivals that are simply unmissable and need to go onto your watchlist.
This page will be updated daily from Monday 25 December 2023 through to Friday 5 January 2024 (that being Twelfth Night), bringing you a new addition to our line-up of movies that, while not specifically festive in theme, are specifically brilliant in their own individual ways and well worthy of your attention. Enjoy!
1. Christmas Day: 25 December 2023
Renee Zellweger stunned audiences with her English accent playing Bridget Jones in the 2001 original, Bridget Jones's Diary, based on the classic novel by Helen Fielding.
The sequels, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), may not have been Oscar-nominated like the original, but Zellweger continues to bring the comedy thick and fast.
If you're a fan of the Bridget Jones trilogy then you'd best act fast, as all three movies will exit Netflix before 2024, so don't let the clock strike midnight on New Year's Eve 2023 without having watched these classics.
2. Boxing Day: 26 December 2023
Jason 'The Stath' Statham stars in this brilliantly, er, Stathish action movie, The Bank Job, which first hit our screens back in 2008. It was critically well received, landing a solid 80% on Rotten Tomatoes – and it's departing Netflix on 1st January.
There is some real talent behind this flick, too, with the creators of Porridge and Aufwiedersehn Pet, Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement, taking up the writing reins. In front of the camera, Statham is joined by other stellar talent, from the likes of Saffron Burrows, Daniel Mays and David Suchet (plus a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo from a certain Mick Jagger).
3. Wednesday 27 December 2023
An 80s classic starring David Bowie will leave Netflix next month – and this one's an obvious Christmas movie to watch with the whole family too...
4. Thursday 28 December 2023
One of the best Westerns ever made – and a Best Picture winner, too – will soon depart Netflix...
5. Friday 29 December 2023
Get ready to say peace out to this classic Keanu Reeves comedy, which leaves Netflix in January...
6. Saturday 30 December 2023
Forget the Christmas cheer, today's entry is a chilling horror classic with 83% on Rotten Tomatoes – but it also leaves Netflix next week...
7. New Year's Eve: Sunday 31 December 2023
What better to watch on New Year's Eve than a British gangster movie? This Cockney criminal caper is a must-watch movie – and soon you must watch it, as it leaves Netflix this week an' all...
8. New Year's Day: Monday 1 January 2024
Hangovers at the ready! Welcome to 2024. And in theme with that, Amazon Prime Video has added a UK movie that's expected to take the 2024 Oscars by storm...
9. Tuesday 2 January 2024
While it's back to work for many, if you swerve that gym time you promised yourself then instead check out this intense Ryan Gosling classic, which is departing Netflix soon...
10. Wednesday 3 January 2024
A stone cold classic starring Tom Hanks is leaving Netflix very soon, so catch it if you can...
11. Thursday 4 January 2024
Will Smith's turn in this Oscar-nominated sports biopic is stellar viewing, so catch it before it leaves Netflix in a couple of weeks...
12. Friday 5 January 2024
And to finish up our 12 Days of Christmas Streaming, now that it doesn't feel quite so festive, here's a documentary hidden gem with an ultra-high 98% Rotten Tomatoes score that you must watch before it sails away soon...
