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Jake Hackney

The best Christmas films to watch on Amazon Prime Video

Christmas is just around the corner, which means it’s about time to cosy up in front of the TV with a mince pie and a glass of baileys. So if you’re looking for some festive films to get you in the Christmas spirit, Amazon has just the thing.

With Prime Video, there’s plenty of holiday hits on offer to get you feeling merry. Whether you fancy a classic British rom-com, or some animated fun to keep the kids occupied, Amazon has something for everyone this Christmas.

Here are the best Christmas films available to stream on Prime Video.

READ MORE: The best Christmas films to watch on Netflix

Love Actually

Richard Curtis’ 2003 romantic comedy follows the lives of eight very different couples dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

Boasting an ensemble cast including Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson and Colin Firth, this Christmas classic has become a staple of the festive season.

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Arthur Christmas

From Sony and Ardman – the studio behind Wallace and Gromit – comes this animated tale of Santa’s youngest son Arthur Claus (James McAvoy). On Christmas Eve, Arthur discovers his father has failed to deliver a present to one little girl.

Joined by his free-spirited and reckless grandfather (Bill Nighy), an enthusiastic young elf (Ashley Jensen) and a team of reindeer, Arthur embarks on a mission to deliver the final gift to save a child’s Christmas.

The Holiday

In this 2006 romantic comedy, Iris (Kate Winslet) is in love with a man who is about to marry another woman. Across the globe, Amanda (Cameron Diaz) realises the man she lives with has been unfaithful.

Two women, who have never met and live 6,000 miles apart, find themselves in the exact same place. They meet online on a home exchange website and impulsively switch homes for the holiday.

Jack Frost

Michael Keaton stars as Jack Frost, a father whose commitment to his music career means he can’t keep his promises to his son. On the night of a bad snowstorm, Jack is killed in a car accident.

One year later, he is brought back to life as a snowman and given one final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.

Your Christmas or Mine?

It’s Christmas Eve-Eve, and after waving goodbye in London’s Marlyebone Station, new lovers Hayley (Cora Kirk) and James (Asa Butterfield) cannot bear to be apart for Christmas, so both decide to surprise each other and unwittingly swap trains by mistake. The snow begins to fall and with it they realise they are trapped with each other’s family all Christmas, but will their love survive as their secrets get unwrapped?

The Night Before

In this festive stoner comedy starring Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Nutcracka Ball – the Holy Grail of Christmas parties – and enter a night of debauchery and hilarity.

Four Christmases

In this 2008 comedy brimming with good cheer and great laughs, a couple struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas when their travel plans are are cancelled. Brad (Vince Vaughn) learns how not to install a satellite dish while Kate (Reese Witherspoon) battles an army of naughty-list kids in an inflatable Christmas castle.

Together, they fill in for no-shows Mary and Joseph in a wacky holiday pageant. Can Brad and Kate’s relationship survive Four Christmases?

This festive favourite boasts an all-star cast including Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Jon Voight and Sissy Spacek.

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