Best Christmas movies on Disney Plus UK in 2024 – from A Christmas Carol to Home Alone
There's a selection box-sized range of movies on Disney Plus this Christmas.
With Christmas just around the corner, it's likely that most of you have already been working your way through that checklist of must-watch festive movies.
From the many many adaptations of A Christmas Carol to action-packed hits like Die Hard (it's a Christmas movie, fight me), there are so many movies to choose from and, luckily, a ton of them are now available on Disney Plus.
The streaming platform has acquired dozens of Christmas flicks over the years and now boasts a strong collection of films, series and one-off specials.
Whether you fancy the heart-warming story of A Miracle in 34th Street or the frankly frightening escapades of Kevin McCallister in Home Alone's one and two, Disney Plus has something to suit everyone.
It also features a number of original movies like Noelle starring Anna Kendrick and the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday special.
So, without further ado, here's a list of the best films you can find on Disney Plus this Christmas.
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Best Disney Plus Christmas movies to watch in 2024
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Kermit and his gang of incomparable puppets are joined by Michael Caine for their own special interpretation of the classic Dickens Christmas tale, in which miserly Scrooge is visited by ghosts to help him mend his selfish ways.
Watch The Muppet Christmas Carol on Disney Plus
Noelle
When Santa retires and his son gets cold feet, it's up to his sister, Noelle, to take over the family business and inherit the Santa role. A family comedy starring Anna Kendrick, Bill Hader, Shirley MacLaine and Kingsley Ben-Adir.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special
The Guardians return in this one-off special in which the misfit superheroes travel to Earth in the efforts of cheering up Quill. Their plan... to bring him Kevin Bacon as a Christmas present.
Watch Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special on Disney Plus
Home Alone
Comedy starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister's wish to be free of his family is realised when they accidentally set off without him for a Christmas break in Paris. Suddenly finding himself home alone, Kevin's efforts to cope with the household chores are hindered by two inept criminals attempting a robbery.
Watch Home Alone on Disney Plus
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Sequel to the hit comedy, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. After becoming separated from his family en route to a Christmas holiday in Florida, Kevin McCallister finds himself alone in New York, where he's destined to meet two old enemies.
Watch Home Alone 2 on Disney Plus
A Christmas Carol
Animated fantasy based on Charles Dickens's classic tale, starring Jim Carrey. In Victorian London, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge has no time for the spirit of Christmas – then some unexpected visitors show him the error of his ways.
Watch A Christmas Carol on Disney Plus
Die Hard
Whether you believe it's a Christmas film or not, this action movie is a classic. It follows Bruce Willis as hard-headed cop John McClane, who finds himself on Christmas Eve taking on a gang of terrorists who hold the entire offices of an LA skyscraper hostage.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Fantasy adventure starring Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman. On Christmas Eve in Victorian London, Clara's father gives her a gift from her late mother – a locked, egg-shaped box - along with a note that reads: "Everything you need is inside."
At a ball later, Clara is encouraged to go in search of the key by her godfather, Drosselmeyer, and finds herself in a magical kingdom on the cusp of civil war.
Watch The Nutcracker and the Four Realms on Disney Plus
The Santa Clause
Seasonal fantasy starring Tim Allen and Judge Reinhold. Divorced father Scott Calvin steps into Santa's shoes when the festive visitor falls off his roof, but over the following year Scott's increasing obsession with his new job loses him custody of his son. As Christmas draws near, he finds delivering presents is the least of his problems.
Watch The Santa Clause on Disney Plus
The Santa Clause 2
Comedy sequel starring Tim Allen. It's the start of Santa Claus's busiest time of the year, but the man in red has a major problem – if he doesn't find himself a wife before Christmas Eve, he'll lose his job forever. If that wasn't bad enough, he's also starting to turn back into his Scott Calvin persona.
Meanwhile, back in his home town, Scott's teenage son has got himself into big trouble with his Yuletide-hating principal. Can Santa save his job, Christmas and his son?
Watch The Santa Clause 2 on Disney Plus
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Third instalment in the fantasy comedy franchise, starring Tim Allen and Martin Short. It's close to Christmas and Santa Claus has his hands full.
Not only is Mrs Claus heavily pregnant, but the in-laws have come to stay and a jealous Jack Frost is planning to hijack the festive season.
Watch The Santa Clause 3 on Disney Plus
Jingle All the Way
A family comedy featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and actor Sinbad. On Christmas Eve, Howard Langston (Schwarzenegger) is on a mission to buy his son the most in-demand Christmas toy around, but someone else also has their eyes set on getting the Turbo Man doll.
Watch Jingle All the Way on Disney Plus
Deck the Halls
Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick get into a neighbourly spat about who has the best-decorated house for Christmas. Hijinks ensues as the once silly competition gets far too out of hand.
Watch Deck the Halls on Disney Plus
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Christmas film or Halloween film? Either way, this animated musical follows Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, as he longs to escape the routine of Halloweentown.
Through a door in a tree, he stumbles upon Christmastown where he engineers the kidnapping of Santa Claus and wreaks havoc among the inhabitants.
Watch The Nightmare Before Christmas on Disney Plus
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Fantasy adventure based on the much-loved children's book by CS Lewis, starring Tilda Swinton. During the Second World War, the four Pevensie children are evacuated to stay with an old professor in his country manor.
The youngest, Lucy, stumbles upon an enchanted wardrobe that leads to the magical realm of Narnia, a land populated by talking animals and mythical creatures that has fallen under the malevolent spell of the icy White Witch.
Watch The Chronicles of Narnia on Disney Plus
Miracle on 34th Street
Beloved family classic starring Richard Attenborough and Mara Wilson. When Kris Kringle, a department store Santa, is threatened with being institutionalised in the run up to Christmas, a young girl and her mother set out to prove he is the real Santa Claus.
Watch Miracle on 34th Street on Disney Plus
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Anthology of three animated festive tales featuring the Disney characters. Donald Duck finds himself reliving Christmas day with his nephews over and over again, Goofy tries to convince his son that there really is a Santa Claus, and Mickey and Minnie Mouse both give up something special to get each other a present.
Watch Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas on Disney Plus
The Family Stone
Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Sarah Jessica Parker star in this comedy about a woman meeting her boyfriend's family for the first time.
When their values and opinions clash, the gathering starts to get heated.
Watch The Family Stone on Disney Plus
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