Top 15 Netflix festive films you'll probably be watching this Christmas

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Netflix holiday romance The Noel Diary is proving very popular on internet searches. (Image: KC Bailey/Netflix)
Netflix holiday romance The Noel Diary is proving very popular on internet searches. (Image: KC Bailey/Netflix)

The season of cosy blankets and hot chocolates by the fire is almost upon us - and for those staying at home, Netflix has already prepared this year's round of Christmas movies.

And while our initial high hopes for the streaming giant's 'big-hitter' Best. Christmas. Ever! were largely dashed, there's still plenty of decent festive filmic fare in the locker to get excited about. But with so much to see, where do you even begin? To help, the experts at have revealed what are likely to be the most popular films this festive season by analysing global monthly search volumes for the highest-rated Netflix Christmas movies.

The Noel Diary takes first place for the most popular Netflix Christmas movie, with a whopping 117,400 average monthly searches. Released in 2022, the movie tells a heartfelt Christmas story about a writer who goes back home to settle his mother’s estate and finds a secretive diary that sends him on an unexpected path. While the romantic movie got thousands of searches, it holds an average IMDb rating of 6.1/10. In second place is Holidate, which managed to generate a total of 94,800 average monthly searches. The romantic comedy follows the story of two strangers, played by Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey, who decide to be one another’s platonic plus ones over the holidays, but feelings quickly get involved. Just like The Noel Diary, Holidate has a 6.1/10 IMDb rating.

With 88,900 average monthly searches, Christmas with You comes third. This holiday movie is focused on a pop star who needs an escape and finds herself in a small town, where she manages to find inspiration and possibly, love as well. The movie was released in 2022 and has a rating of 5.6/10 on IMDb. Following in fourth is the Netflix Christmas special Love Hard, with 52,300 average monthly searches. Starring Nina Dobrev as the main character, Natalie Bauer, the movie is about a writer from Los Angeles who falls for a guy on a dating app and flies all the way to the East Coast to meet him, only to find she’s been catfished. Boasting a 6.3/10 IMDb rating, Love Hard makes for a great light-hearted Christmas watch.

Rounding off the top five, with 41,050 average monthly searches is The Christmas Chronicles. Starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, the intriguing film follows a brother and sister on their mission to catch Santa on camera. The Christmas Chronicles came out in 2018 and has the highest IMDb rating of all movies in the top 10, with a healthy 7/10.

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Top 15 most popular Netflix Christmas movies

Rank

Movie

IMDb Rating (/10)

Average Global Monthly Search Volumes

1

The Noel Diary

6.1

117,400

2

Holidate

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6.1

94,800

3

Christmas with You

5.6

88,900

4

Love Hard

6.3

52,300

5

The Christmas Chronicles

7

41,050

6

Single All the Way

6.2

37,100

7

The Princess Switch

6.1

33,240

8

El Camino Christmas

5.7

21,100

9

A Christmas Prince

5.8

20,300

10

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

6.2

17,350

11

Christmas Inheritance

5.7

16,510

12

Klaus

8.2

16,410

13

Operation Christmas Drop

5.8

16,120

14

Let It Snow

5.8

14,100

15

Holiday in the Wild

6.2

13,200

We'd love to hear about your favourite Christmas movies, whether it's Die Hard, It's A Wonderful Life or The Noel Diary let us know your top festive filmic fare in the comments.

Paul Speed

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