The Christmas Chronicles – Picture: Netflix
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and if you’re wondering what Netflix’s most popular original Christmas movies and series have been, we’ve got the top 50 from the past few years.
All data below was provided to What’s on Netflix exclusively from the excellent team at FlixPatrol, with whom we’ve collaborated on a number of articles, and they also power our top 10 hub page.
We’re going to split this list into two parts. First, we’ll cover the Christmas movies, shows, and specials that have picked up the most points in the United States, and then we’ll move onto the global list. The global list collects the points for 80+ Netflix countries.
As a quick refresher, points are picked up every time a show or movie gets featured in the daily top 10. If you’re a movie that ranks #10 for one day, you’ll get one point; if you rank #1, you get 10 points.
This data has a few flaws, the biggest being that the Netflix top 10s were only introduced in February 2020 after a small test. Therefore, for example, the first Christmas Chronicles movie wouldn’t have picked up any points for two years following its initial release.
Table of Contents Most Popular Christmas Movies and Series in the Netflix US Top 10 Charts Most Popular Christmas Movies and Series on Netflix Globally
Most Popular Christmas Movies and Series in the Netflix US Top 10 Charts
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The Christmas Chronicles is THE Netflix Christmas franchise to beat at the moment. Kurt Russell’s return as Santa Clause in the sequel has picked up the most points thus far, but even the first movie scored way more than it probably should’ve been in the second spot.
The two big new Christmas movies for 2023 have also made strong starts following their releases in November, with Family Switch ranking fourth and Best. Christmas. Ever! in fifth.
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020) – 312 points
The Christmas Chronicles (2018) – 280 points
Love Hard (2021) – 177 points
Family Switch (2023) – 155 points
Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023) – 135 points
A Boy Called Christmas (2021) – 124 points
Falling for Christmas (2022) – 118 points
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) – 106 points
The Noel Diary (2022) – 105 points
A California Christmas (2020) – 89 points
A Castle For Christmas (2021) – 80 points
Operation Christmas Drop (2020) – 80 points
I Believe in Santa (2022) – 70 points
A California Christmas: City Lights (2021) – 61 points
The Princess Switch: Switched Again (2020) – 61 points
Single All The Way (2021) – 59 points
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (2021) – 57 points
Christmas With You (2022) – 55 points
DASH & LILY (Season 1) – 50 points
Father Christmas Is Back (2021) – 43 points
The Great British Baking Show: Holidays (2023) – 43 points
Sugar Rush Christmas (2020) – 34 points
A Not So Merry Christmas (2022) – 22 points
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (2022) – 21 points
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm (2022) – 18 points
Most Popular Christmas Movies and Series on Netflix Globally
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Moving into the global list – The Christmas Chronicles‘ second entry takes the top spot with a country mile in terms of points to the second spot, which is with last year’s Lindsay Lohan’s big return to the big screen in the form of Falling for Christmas.
Another romantic comedy, Love Hard, comes in third place, with this year’s Family Switch showing strength around the globe to come fourth.
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020) – 16,625 points
Falling for Christmas (2022) – 12,999 points
Love Hard (2021) – 11,612 points
Family Switch (2023) – 11,555 points
The Christmas Chronicles (2018) – 8,901 points
Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023) – 8,772 points
A California Christmas (2020) – 8,438 points
A Boy Called Christmas (2021) – 8,065 points
The Noel Diary (2022) – 7,119 points
The Princess Switch: Switched Again (2020) – 7,090 points
Operation Christmas Drop (2020) – 6,707 points
A Castle For Christmas (2021) – 5,868 points
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (2021) – 4,974 points
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) – 4,472 points
Christmas With You (2022) – 4,071 points
DASH & LILY (2020) – 4,002 points
I Believe in Santa (2022) – 3,430 points
Santana (2020) – 3,227 points
A California Christmas: City Lights (2021) – 3,103 points
I Hate Christmas (2023) – 2,965 points
Single All The Way (2021) – 2,842 points
Christmas as Usual (2023) – 2,808 points
Father Christmas Is Back (2021) – 2,656 points
Home for Christmas (2020) – 2,579 points
Just Another Christmas (2020) – 2,312 points
What’s your favorite Netflix Original Christmas movie or series? Let us know in the comments.