Looking forward to spending the weekend snowed in and cuddled up on the couch? We are too! To make the most of those cozy, cold-weather weekends, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite 2024 winter movies to watch. From long-time classics to more recent releases, there’s something for both kids and parents to enjoy. So sit back, relax, and make sure you grab the marshmallows for hot chocolate!
Family Movies to Watch This Winter
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
Rating: G, IMDB rating: 6.4/10, Release date: 2020
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Discouraged by all the commercialism he witnesses around him during the holiday season, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanut gang do their best to find the real meaning of Christmas.
IMDB rating: 8.3/10, Release date: 1965
Noelle
Santa’s daughter, Noelle, is on a mission to track down her brother, Nick, after he gets cold feet and flees the North Pole before he can officially inherit the role of Santa Claus.
Rating: G, IMDB rating: 6.3/10, Release date: 2019
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
In this musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’s cult classic, miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future in hopes he learns the error of his ways.
Rating: TV-Y7, IMDB rating: 6.2/10, Release date: 2022
Elf
Buddy, a human who is raised as an elf, just can’t shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in. On a mission to find where he belongs, Buddy travels to New York in search of his real father.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 7.1/10, Release date: 2003
Godmothered
An unskilled godmother-in-training ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored 30 years prior. There’s only one problem: that young girl is now a grown woman.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 6.1/10, Release date: 2020
Candy Cane Lane
Determined to win the neighborhood’s annual Christmas decorating contest, a man makes a pact with an elf to help him win–and the elf casts a spell that brings the 12 days of Christmas to life.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 5.6/10, Release date: 2023
The Santa Clause
When divorced Dad Scott Calvin accidentally knocks a man in a Santa suit off his roof, him and his son are magically transported to the North Pole, where an elf explains that Scott must take Santa’s place.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 6.6/10, Release date: 1994
The Christmas Chronicles
Siblings Kate and Teddy Pierce hatch a scheme to capture Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. When the plan goes awry, the kids join forces with a somewhat jolly Saint Nick and his loyal elves to save the holiday before it’s too late.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 7/10, Release date: 2018
The Grinch
In this new twist on an old classic, the Grinch and his dog, Max, live a solitary existence inside a cave overlooking Whoville. Aggravated by their holiday-loving neighbors, they hatch a plan to ruin Christmas.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 6.4/10, Release date: 2018
Eloise at Christmastime
A precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York’s Plaza Hotel decides to meddle and play matchmaker around the holiday season.
Rating: G, IMDB rating: 6.9/10, Release date: 2003
A Christmas Story Christmas
In this long-awaited sequel to the holiday classic, A Christmas Story, the beloved Ralphie returns to the big screen as an adult to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 6.7/10, Release date: 2022
