Christmas movies steal the hearts of Aussies over holiday season – This Christmas, enjoy a jolly festive flick from home with your loved ones.
‘Tis the season to be together with family, and there’s no communal experience like watching a movie from the comfort of your own home. There are so many Christmas classics available to buy or rent on digital platforms this year, as well as one very Pawsome new release for families…
Christmas is the perfect time of year to try digital buying or renting. Is there a favourite film from your childhood you haven’t been able to find? Are you wanting to watch a beloved festive classic without the ads? Are you re-watching a favourite Christmas movie year on year, but want to own it? Buy or rent on digital platforms, and find everything you need with ease, ad-free, and add it to your own digital collection.
One of the most popular Christmas titles to buy or rent this year is THE GRINCH (2018), the animated, family friend, Benedict Cumberbatch version of the Dr Seuss classic, or go back in time to see Jim Carrey in HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000). ELF (2003) often tops the annual re-watch list, as well as British classic LOVE, ACTUALLY (2003), NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989) and THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004).
Tis the season for nostalgia, and viewers like to look back at the Christmas classics of yore.
If you’re looking for something new to watch with the kids this Christmas, A PAW PATROL CHRISTMAS is newly available to buy or rent on digital platforms. When Santa comes down with a sickness, Rubble steps up to rescue the holiday spirit while racing against Mayor Humdinger’s sneaky plan to swipe everyone’s gifts.
Tune in with the family to see what the Paw Patrol pups have to do to save Christmas! Other more recent popular Christmas movies available to buy or rent include VIOLENT NIGHT (2022), an action comedy starring David Harbour, and DEAR SANTA (2024), with Jack Black starring in a devilish Christmas family comedy.
Nearly 22 million films were digitally rented or purchased in Australia over the past 12 months. Australians are increasingly building their own movie collections, with digital purchases up 22% in 2025. Christmas is no exception, with many families choosing to buy digital copies of their favourite season flicks to enjoy year on year.
See the full list of Christmas movies below.
- The Grinch (2018)
- Available to buy or rent on digital platforms
- Synopsis: A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.
- Rating: G
- A Paw Patrol Christmas (2025)
- Available to buy or rent on digital platforms
- Synopsis: When Santa comes down with a sickness, Rubble steps up to rescue the holiday spirit while racing against Mayor Humdinger’s sneaky plan to swipe everyone’s gifts.
- Rating: G
- ELF (2003)
- Available to buy or rent on digital platforms
- Synopsis: Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn’t know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.
- Rating: G
- Love Actually (2003)
- Available to buy or rent on digital platforms
- Synopsis: Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
- Rating: M
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
- Available to buy or rent on digital platforms
- Synopsis: The Griswold family’s plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
- Rating: M
- How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
- Available to buy or rent on digital platforms
- Synopsis: On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.
- Rating: PG
- Violent Night (2022)
- Available to buy or rent on digital platforms
- Synopsis: When an elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family compound on Christmas Eve, a disgruntled Santa Claus must take them out to save both the hostages and his Holiday.
- Rating: MA15+
- The Polar Express (2004)
- Available to buy or rent on digital platforms
- Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.
- Rating: G
- Dear Santa (2024)
- Available to buy or rent on digital platforms
- Synopsis: When a young boy mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial spelling error, a devilish Jack Black arrives to wreak havoc on the holidays.
- Rating: PG
- Arthur Christmas (2011)
- Available to buy or rent on digital platforms
- Synopsis: Santa’s clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a misplaced present to a young girl in less than two hours on Christmas Day.
- Rating: G
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Christmas movies steal the hearts of Aussies over holiday season
