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To need help with Netflix Xmas films

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ratmatazz · 16/12/2022 19:43

Quite a serious problem guys.

There appears to be a bazillion new Christmas films now on Netflix. I love a good Christmas film but I do not have unlimited time.

Therefore I need help narrowing it down to a shortlist of the ones I should watch.

Go!

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Weightlossanne · 17/12/2022 08:03

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 16/12/2022 21:44

DO NOT bother with Father Christmas is back, no matter how good the cast is.

I watched this yesterday and agree. Caroline Quentin is only five years older than Liz Hurley who was playing her daughter.

AngelsWithSilverWings · 17/12/2022 09:54

Home for Christmas is excellent. Watched both series over the past couple of years and really enjoyed it.

Noel Diary was quite good for a Christmas movie.

Falling for Christmas was cheesy as hell but watchable and funny in parts - I've recommended it to my 14 year old DD.

Your Christmas or mine was fun.

roundtable · 17/12/2022 18:11

I'm watching who killed Santa. It's making me laugh for very childish reasons!

Scripted but with Maya Rudolph and Jason Bateman not having access to the scripts. You can see where they are trying to hold themselves together as they get the giggles.

Abracadabra12345 · 17/12/2022 18:18

Prettypennies · 16/12/2022 22:14

Christmas chronicles, Klaus, last Christmas

Last Christmas is brilliant and atypical. It’s on Iplayer unless it’s now on Netflix too?

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ratmatazz · 17/12/2022 20:04

roundtable · 17/12/2022 18:11

I'm watching who killed Santa. It's making me laugh for very childish reasons!

Scripted but with Maya Rudolph and Jason Bateman not having access to the scripts. You can see where they are trying to hold themselves together as they get the giggles.

Saw it last night, hilarious!

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steff13 · 17/12/2022 20:13

SpotlessMind88 · 16/12/2022 21:54

Christmas chronicles 1&2
jingle jangle

Love hard
holidate
the noel diary

This is my exact list!

Dontsayyouloveme · 17/12/2022 20:13

I’ve started watching ‘a storm for Christmas’ on Netflix and love it already! It’s Norwegian and has the lead from ‘home for Christmas’ in it! I love it already 🥰🥰

mackthepony · 17/12/2022 20:13

Sure it's been mentioned but I loved Home for Christmas which is actually a series rather than a film, but very good.

Bit like a Scandi Bridget Jones

mackthepony · 17/12/2022 20:14

Don't say you love me

^

Thanks for the reference! 🥂

mackthepony · 17/12/2022 20:15

I do love those trashy hallmark films too

burnoutbabe · 17/12/2022 20:18

Single all the way was good, I try and dig out gay content to boost ratings and encourage more and who doesn't enjoy watching 2 cute boys doing these cheesy lines!

Holiday sitter will be similar but not in uk yet

boatyardblues · 17/12/2022 20:22

DH tells me the sequel to Knives Out, Glass Onion, is available from next Friday. We’ll watch it on Christmas Eve.

choochooandspook · 17/12/2022 20:34

Bananabreakfast123 · 16/12/2022 22:01

Not I believe in Santa or Falling for Christmas. Both were so bad I couldn't finish them. I'd stick with the classics.

yes I agree both films were awful

Piemam · 17/12/2022 20:47

I Hate Christmas is Home for Christmas remade, different actors and locations. Home for Christmas is pretty good, so if you pick one of these, that's the one. Otherwise it feels too same-y. Unless you watch half-cooked? Then you might not realise. 🙃

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ratmatazz · 18/12/2022 03:25

burnoutbabe · 17/12/2022 20:18

Single all the way was good, I try and dig out gay content to boost ratings and encourage more and who doesn't enjoy watching 2 cute boys doing these cheesy lines!

Holiday sitter will be similar but not in uk yet

I saw this last year and its worth it for Jennifer Coolidge alone

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Forgottenmypasswordagain · 18/12/2022 03:32

I watched "Last Christmas" two days ago and if you like a breathtaking twist in your films, and a good tearjerker it is for you. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Christmas_(film)#Plot

notawittyname1954 · 18/12/2022 03:53

Another vote for Home for Christmas
and I love Dash and Lily

Kitkatcatflap · 18/12/2022 04:11

Castle for Christmas
The Holiday
The Happiest Season
Let it Snow

All on Netflix

Squeakyegg22 · 21/12/2022 18:43

If anyone has Sky/Now TV, I watched 'This is Christmas' today and recommend! Extremely predictable and cheesy but did enjoy it!

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ratmatazz · 21/12/2022 20:15

Just to report back - I watched falling for Christmas and loved it! It's meant to be totally naff, I think it laughs at itself... and I am a Lindsay Lohan fan so that helps.

I've started home for Christmas too.

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Bingbangbongbash · 21/12/2022 20:20

This is Christmas on Sky / now is lovely.

burnoutbabe · 22/12/2022 08:25

Apparently hallmark made 2 very similar movies called "sister swap" with 2 sisters and sane crew but each follows a different sister (with sone meet ups)

Hopefully comes to uk soon

SaveMeCheezus · 22/12/2022 08:29

I kind of liked Falling for Christmas Blush

Going off Netflix brand here, but Noelle on Disney+ is lovely family friendly Christmas stuff, and Spirited on AppleTV is absolutely brilliant (Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrel, how could it not be?).

Back to Netflix, it's a series rather than a film but I enjoyed Dash & Lily.

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