It’s the most wonderful time of the year, which includes watching the best Christmas movies on Disney Plus.
We’re sharing our top movies to stream this holiday season.
Plus, you can use our free Disney Christmas movie list printable to keep track of the movies you plan to watch this season.
Best Disney+ Christmas Movies To Watch This Season 2023
Updated for 2023
Disney + is the dedicated streaming service home for movies and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more.
As we approach the holiday season, we’ve rounded up all of the Christmas and holiday-themed movies you can watch on Disney +.
Some of the Christmas movies are exclusive to Disney Plus, while others you can rent on Amazon Prime, Hulu, Apple TV, or for purchase.
Add a movie night to your Christmas holiday bucket list with these Christmas movie ideas.
There are a lot of great Christmas movies on Disney Plus to choose from.
Some are classics. Some are newer, and others you didn’t know existed.
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New Christmas Movies on Disney Plus for 2023:
11/8: The Santa Clauses Season Two
11/17: Dashing Through the Snow
11/23: The Naughty Nine
11/24: Christmas with Walt Disney
12/1: The Shepard
12/8: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas Cabin Fever
12/25: Doctor Who Holiday Special: The Church on Ruby Road
Along with sharing some of the best Disney Christmas movies, you can use our free Disney Christmas Movie Bucket List and the additional free printable for a quick bingo game.
This would be a fun way to make sure everyone is paying attention while watching the Christmas movies on this bucket list.
Whatever the case, we’ve scoured the site to find these top examples of the best Christmas Movies on Disney+ to stream this Holiday season.
Home Alone and Home Alone 2 are two Christmas movies we watch yearly. An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.
There’s also a Home Alone 3, Home Alone 4, and a reboot. However, the first two in this Home Alone series are the best.
Miracle on 34th Street is a classic Christmas story, and the original is even better than the remake.
In this movie, Santa Claus must convince a little girl to believe in him, and it becomes a major court case where he wins over the city of New York.
Lady and the Tramp may not be a traditional Christmas movie, but the story begins and ends at Christmas.
Lady is, after all, a Christmas present from Jim Dear to Darling. This reimagining of the animated classic is only available on Disney Plus.
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas This was a fun sequel.
It works better than other Disney animated sequels and is a genuinely enjoyable way to revisit the characters from the Disney Animation Studios’ masterpiece.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol This short but sweet adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic is a must.
It’s the first time original Disney characters were repurposed to stage a story on such a major scale. Jiminy Cricket plays the Ghost of Christmas Past. Goofy plays Jacob Marley.
The movie also features Mr. Toad as Fezzywig, the giant from Mickey, and the Beanstalk as the Ghost of Christmas Present.
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas A more recent feature headlined by Mickey, this collection of short stories is an excellent way to entertain children.
The three stories, in turn, feature Donald Duck, Goofy, Mickey, and Minnie. [make a Mickey Mouse Holiday Board]
Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas features five stories. Minnie and Daisy have a story, Scrooge and his nephews have a Duck Tales-inspired story, and The Goof Troop reunites for “Christmas Maximus” when Donald and Mickey each get a cartoon to close the feature.
A Muppets Christmas Carol is a feature-length adaptation of A Christmas Carol that seems at least a little bit inspired by Mickey’s Christmas Carol.
In this, Kermit plays Bob Cratchit instead of Mickey, but the cast is a mix of muppets and humans. Michael Cains’ chilling portrayal of Scrooge counters the zaniness of the muppets brilliantly.
Plus, It Feels Like Christmas is one of the best Christmas songs ever.
Disney’s A Christmas Carol is one of those classics that never gets old, no matter how many times they remake it.
A case in point, this is Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis’s collaboration to bring Scrooge to animated life like never before. All of the Christmas Carol adaptations are excellent Christmas movies on Disney Plus.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is an outside-the-box choice, but Christmas is a major theme throughout the film.
In this story, the White Witch has made everlasting winter in Narnia with no Christmas.
When Father Christmas arrives during the film, bringing gifts to the children, it is a sign that Aslan is returning to break the evil queen’s curse.
It’s great that this is one of the Christmas movies on Disney Plus available this year.
Prince Caspian, the second story in the Chronicles of Narnia, is also on Disney Plus this Christmas season, along with Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
They make for a handy little marathon or a weekend delving into CS Lewis’s fantastic and magical world.
Noelle. This is an exclusive movie for Disney Plus.
If you’re looking for that heartfelt and warm Christmas movie, this is the one to watch this season!
If you want a Christmas offering, watch Iron Man 3. The first film in Marvel’s phase 2 can be found under that category on Disney Plus.
You can also find it in its chronological order on Disney Plus.
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is a 21-year-old gem starring JTT and Jessica Biel.
It’s surprisingly entertaining, even good enough to watch year after year. JTT plays a wise-cracking smooth talker who is used to getting his way.
When he is lured back home across the country by the promise of a car, he has an epic and humbling adventure.
The Santa Clause is possibly the best Disney Christmas movie ever made. The sequels are Christmas Movies on Disney Plus, but the first movie is where it’s at.
Disney blends the cynicism of the 1990’s New York with the wonder and magic of the North Pole, and Tim Allen is the best guy for weaving in and out of those very different tones.
No series is complete, so watch Santa Clause 2 and Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is a cult classic about the leader of Halloween Town taking over Christmas when he stumbles upon Santa’s Workshop after lamenting his role as a “master of fright”
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a recent Disney release with splendid visuals.
The fanciful adaptation of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King includes music by James Newton Howard and an outstanding cast.
The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special.
In the “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” the Guardians, who are on a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, head to Earth in search of the perfect present.
The Marvel Studios’ Special Presentation stars Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Sean Gunn, and The Old 97’s with Michael Rooker and Kevin Bacon.
The Santa Clauses Season 1 & 2. Scott Calvin is back! After being Santa Claus for nearly thirty years, he’s as jolly as ever. But as Christmas declines in popularity, so does his Santa magic.
Scott struggles to keep up with the demands of the job and being there for his family.
Upon discovering there is a way to retire from his post, Scott considers stepping down as Santa Claus and finding a worthy successor so that he can become a better father and husband.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker. RUN DMC’s Rev Run brings us along for a hip-hop reimagining of The Nutcracker ballet set in New York City.
It’s the night of the annual New Year’s Eve Block Party, and Maria-Clara’s (Caché Melvin) Mom and Pop (Allison Holker Boss and Stephen “tWitch” Boss) aren’t getting along — and it’s bringing her down. Maria-Clara embarks on a holiday adventure to bring her parents back together, finding help along the way from the magical toymaker, Drosselmeyer (Comfort Fedoke), and the Nutcracker (Du-Shant “Fik-shun” Stegall), who she brings to life.
Other Christmas movies to watch on Disney +
Use our free Disney movie printable to keep track of the Christmas movies you plan to watch this season!
Once you’re done with this list, here are a few honorable mentions.
- Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws (our youngest used to watch every Santa Paws movie!)
- Good Luck, Charlie: It’s Christmas
- Star Wars: A New Hope
- The Christmas Star
- The Ultimate Christmas Present
- One Magic Christmas
- Prep and Landing
- And if you’re not ready to let it go, add Frozen and Frozen II to this list!
- Christmas… Again!!
- The Ultimate Christmas Present
- Twas’ The Night
- Home Sweet Home Alone (released in 2021)
- Godmothered
Have you watched any Christmas movies on Disney Plus?
Did your favorites make our list? Let us know!
First published 10/2020. Updated 12/2023
Rochelle says
Great list. Thanks
T Worthey says
Thank you!