From guilty pleasures to heartfelt animations and heartbreaking dramas for the whole family, it 's time to make some hot chocolate and settle in to watch this year's Christmas movies. 1. Christmas Eve in Miller's Point, 2024 A warm drama that invites viewers into the home of the Italian-American Balsano family, where four generations gather to celebrate Christmas, sharing joys, sorrows and memories. Relationships between relatives are revealed as teenagers try to escape the hustle and bustle of adulthood, young parents struggle to cope with chaos, and middle-aged siblings discuss the fate of the family home. What happens on screen can hardly be called a full-fledged plot, but rather disparate fragments of memories. Christmas Eve in Miller's Point is a kaleidoscope of life stages. A movie for those who are not looking for traditional comedy, but for a walk through nostalgic feelings. 2. An Almost Christmas Story, 2024 A tiny owl with a broken wing named Luna hides in the hollow of a giant spruce. While the baby waits for its father to return, the tree is cut down and taken to the main square of New York. There, Luna meets a girl who has run away to the skating rink and doesn't know how to get back. Two different but surprisingly similar children find each other in the middle of a snowy metropolis to become guides on their way home. A touching short film based on real events in 2020, when an owl was found in the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. The striking visual style and the length of only 25 minutes make this movie an ideal choice for a family break from the holiday hustle and bustle. 3. Our Little Secret, 2024 The star of the 2000s, Lindsay Lohan, undergoes a transformation in Netflix 's Christmas rom-coms. This is her third project for the platform and her most successful. According to the plot, the woman meets her first love ten years after a breakup. But it is not just an encounter – she is forced to spend the holiday week under the same roof with her ex because of their current partners, who turn out to be siblings. In order not to ruin the family vacation, the two pretend not to know each other. But it is difficult to hide the feelings that have not yet cooled. 4. That Christmas, 2024 That Christmas is one of the best holiday projects of the past year. The main character is a boy who is left alone for Christmas because his mother works as a nurse in a small town where there is a shortage of workers. He is given the opportunity to find a common language with an evil teacher who also suffers from loneliness. Another part of the plot is given to a group of children who organize a perfect holiday while their parents are stuck in a snowstorm, and to twin sisters: one is a humble ray of light, and the other is a villain whose time for redemption has come. 5. Carry-On, 2024 If you're used to watching Die Hard on Christmas Day, this action movie starring Taron Egerton is a good alternative. On the busiest day of Christmas, an airport security officer finds a single earpiece on the carry-on conveyor belt and receives an anonymous message ordering him to put it on. A mysterious voice gives clear instructions: a man with illegal luggage will soon be passing through the security checkpoint, and the officer must let him through. The main character has no choice, because after a few attempts to report a possible threat, he becomes convinced that his pregnant girlfriend is being held at gunpoint by a sniper.
