Elf
2003
1h 37mPG
Buddy the elf goes to New York to find his dad and treats the whole city like the North Pole. Will Ferrell, 2003, and it is on Prime and Max. If the room can only agree on one movie, it is often this.
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Elf is safe, funny, and already quoted by everyone in the room. The Polar Express is the dreamy one. A Christmas Story is the one your dad will talk over, fondly. All three are on Max. Skip Christmas Vacation if the little kids are still on the rug. It gets salty.
5 movies · checked November 12, 2026 · US only · included or free, not rentals
The Polar Express
2004
1h 40mG
A boy who is starting to doubt gets a train to the North Pole. The motion-capture looks like a dream, the song is stuck in the culture, and Max has it.
A Christmas Story
1983
1h 33mPG
Ralphie wants a Red Ryder BB gun, the Old Man battles the furnace, and a lamp shaped like a leg arrives. On Max. You can recite parts of it and still be happy it is on.
A Christmas Story Christmas
2022
1h 42mPG
Ralphie is the dad now, and he wants the Christmas he remembers for his own kids. The 2022 sequel, on Max, for people who grew up with the lamp.
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
1h 39mPG
The Kranks try to skip Christmas and the neighborhood will not allow it. Broad, sunny, and on Max. A good one when you want the comedy turned up.
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