Funny Christmas Movies to Get You Through the Holiday Season
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Key Takeaways
- Peacock’s holiday comedy lineup includes classics and fan favorites such as Love Actually, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Jingle All the Way, and Genie.
- The selection spans multiple generations and styles, from animated and family-friendly stories like The Grinch to romantic comedies and awkward family reunion comedies such as Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers.
All we want this holiday is a little Christmas comedy. From fan favorites like How the Grinch Stole Christmas to classics like Love Actually and Meet the Parents, Peacock has got a bag full of gifts for every comedy fan this season! Read more details, below:
Funny Christmas movies to watch on Peacock
Love Actually (2003)
In this beloved holiday film, Londoners navigate the complexity of relationships across nine intertwined stories with one emotion connecting them all: love. Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, and Bill Nighy lead the all-star ensemble.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Give the gift of laughter to all the Grinches on your block. Jim Carrey brings the notorious Christmas hater to life (green fur and all!) as he tries to steal the holiday spirit from Whoville.
The Grinch (2018)
A greener Grinch and a bigger Christmas. In this updated classic, the cranky green Scrooge goes all out to stop the WHOs of Whoville from having their biggest Christmas celebration yet (with a little help from his trusty dog Max, of course).
Almost Christmas (2016)
A beloved patriarch asks his family to get along during the holiday season, but it'll require a Christmas miracle for them to spend five days together without killing each other.
SNL: Christmas
If you're in the mood for TV over a film, there's a fantastic compilation of Saturday Night Live's funniest holiday sketches streaming on Peacock. Live (and jolly!) from New York, it's Saturday night!
Genie (2023)
In this Peacock Original, get ready to rock around the Christmas tree. Magical genie Flora (Melissa McCarthy) helps her newfound friend Bernard (Paapa Essiedu) unlock the spirit of the holidays and friendship to win his family back.
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol (1962)
In the classic holiday TV special, Mr. Magoo plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a grouchy businessman who learns the error of his greedy ways on a magical Christmastime journey.
Jingle All the Way (1996)
It wouldn’t be the holidays without a little bit of hijinks. A crazed postman (Sinbad), a tough policeman, and a shady Santa get in the way of a workaholic father (Arnold Schwarzenegger) trying to buy the coveted popular toy action figure, Turbo Man, for his son.
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See You Next Christmas (2021)
Roast some chestnuts on this hot holiday fire! Friends Logan (AJ Meijer) and Natalie (Elizabeth Guest) start believing fate is pushing them together when they keep showing up unattached at their friend’s annual Christmas party.
Meet the Parents (2000)
The holidays wouldn’t be complete without awkward family reunions and first meetings. When Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo) brings her boyfriend Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) home for a wedding, her father Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro), an ex-CIA agent, takes a disliking to him and turns the visit into a nightmare.
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Meet the Fockers (2004)
The sequel to Meet the Parents picks up when Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) fears the worst after he accompanies his fiancée's uptight father and mother to meet his free-spirited mom Roz (Barbra Streisand) and dad Bernie Focker (Dustin Hoffman).
