Whether you're looking for a family-friendly cartoon or an adults-only action movie, this holiday season, Hulu, one of the best streaming services, has you covered with some of the best Christmas movies ever, including classic Christmas movies and new seasonal favorites We've got you covered
But to narrow down all the hilarious options available on the streaming platform, we've selected five festive favorites that should be on your watch list this year We hope you'll feel right at home in your most comfortable slippers
Plus, there's a real holiday treat: Hulu is only 99 cents a month on Black Friday
"What's your favorite color, Buddy the Elf?" "I like to smile I like smiles the best" You are sitting on the throne of lies" This charming 2003 film directed by Jon Favreau follows Buddy (Will Ferrell), a human raised by Santa's elves, as he travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his real father, Walter (James Caan), in a quotable and memorable It's a toy box full of quotes and memorable scenes Along the way, the endlessly adorable Buddy encounters real-world wonders such as department stores, Manhattan's publishing industry, the Lincoln Tunnel, and a blonde Zooey Deschanel, and impressively teaches the human world that the best way to spread Christmas cheer is to sing loud enough for everyone to hear
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Both the 1947 original starring Edmund Gwen and Natalie Wood and the 1994 remake with Richard Attenborough and Mara Wilson are available for streaming on Hulu The Miracle on 34th Street, which depicts the excitement from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas in New York City, features a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Kris Kringle At first, few believed him to be anything more than a kindly old man with a white beard, including a skeptical mother and her young daughter Susan, but Kringle's warmth and cheerfulness were enough to melt even the coldest Christmas cynic
Stream the 1947 film on Hulu, or stream the 1994 version
All aboard This 2004 fantasy film is based on the classic children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg, published in 1985, It stars a skeptical boy who boards a mysterious passenger train bound for the North Pole on Christmas Eve in the 1950s Living national treasure Tom Hanks voices several characters, including the adult protagonist, the train conductor, and Santa Claus, in this animated film that masterfully combines live-action acting and motion-capture animation Unabashedly nostalgic and visually enchanting, this popular Robert Zemeckis film proves that no matter your age, you are never too old to believe in the magic of the holidays
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The Griswold family returns in the third installment of the "National Lampoon's Vacation" series Despite the word "vacation" in the title, this time the family, including Clark (Chevy Chase), Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), Audrey (Juliette Lewis), and Rusty (Johnny Galecki), are trying to have the perfect Christmas at home Naturally, Christmas chaos ensues, as the decorations cause a power outage in town, Ellen's redneck cousins drive their RV into the yard, Clark's bonus is not paid, and the cat is electrocuted But since this is Christmas, a fair amount of sweetness manages to offset all of the slapstick humor
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Yes, it's a Christmas movie for the billionth time The 1988 action film Die Hard stars Bruce Willis as John McClane He is an NYPD detective who struggles to save his estranged wife and a group of holiday revelers who are taken hostage by German criminal mastermind Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) during a company Christmas party For more gun-toting, bad-guy-slaying fun this holiday season, you can continue watching the "Die Hard" sequels, 1990's "Die Hard 2" and 1995's "Die Hard: With a Vengeance" on Hulu
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