The Best Christmas Movies That Aren’t Actually Christmas Movies

Nothing brings the family together quite like the ancient tradition of banging your Amazon Fire Stick against the coffee table until it starts working again. But seriously, movies are an essential part of the holiday season. So essential that Hallmark cranked out 40 of those suckers in 2019 alone.

But it’s a day or so after Christmas and you’ve exhausted all the obvious picks — Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Christmas Story, and even brand-new fare like Netflix’s animated movie Klaus. But the relatives are still in town for a few more days and… now what? The good news is, there’s an entire category of movies that take place on or around Christmas that aren’t exclusively Christmas. Here are 10 Christmas-ish movies to watch during that awkward week between Christmas and New Years.