Peacock has both Grinches, the Jim Carrey one and the 2018 cartoon, plus the twenty-six-minute Boris Karloff special when you only have half an hour. The Holdovers is the modern classic, rated R for language and gentle in the ways that matter. Love Actually is here too, with the usual mixed feelings.
10 movies · checked November 12, 2026 · US only · included or free, not rentals
The Holdovers
2023
A crusty teacher, a student with nowhere to go, and a cook who is grieving spend Christmas break at an empty boarding school. Paul Giamatti. Rated R for language, and it is one of the best Christmas films in years. On Peacock.
Love Actually
2003
A pile of London love stories collide at Christmas, some delightful and some that have aged worse than others. Rated R. On Netflix and Peacock. We still put it on, with a little side-eye at a couple of the plots.
The Grinch
2018
Benedict Cumberbatch voices the Grinch in the 2018 animated one, which is brighter and kinder than you might remember from the trailer. On Peacock. Very easy for kids.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
Jim Carrey in the full green makeup, committing completely. The 2000 live-action Grinch, on Peacock. Louder than the cartoon, and a lot of millennials want exactly that.
Almost Christmas
2016
A family tries to cook their late mother's recipes and not fall apart doing it. Danny Glover holds the center. On Hulu and Peacock. Have a plate nearby.
Genie
2023
A workaholic dad wishes for more time and gets Melissa McCarthy as a genie instead. It is a Christmas movie even though the wish is the headline, and Peacock has it.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
Twenty-six minutes, Boris Karloff, and the song. The original TV special, on Peacock. This is the one to watch when dinner is in the oven and you still want the real Grinch.
The Best Man Holiday
2013
Old friends pack into one house for Christmas and the secrets come out with the gifts. It is rated R and it earns the feeling. On Prime and Peacock. Have it for a grown-up night.
The Family Man
2000
Nicolas Cage's high-finance life wakes up as a suburban dad, and Christmas is the thing that might make him stay. On Hulu and Peacock. A what-if with a soft landing.
A Bad Moms Christmas
2017
The moms are stressed, the grandmothers arrive, and Christmas becomes a contest. It is rated R and it means it. Funny if your December is already too much. Hulu, Paramount+, and Peacock.
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