The best Christmas movies for interiors lovers
Is there anything quite as comforting or nostalgic as a good Christmas film? The best Christmas movies are where miracles happen (especially on 34th street), log fires roar, prime ministers dance their hearts out and it is always – always – snowing. For those blissful 90ish minutes, it really is a wonderful life. Aside from being the ultimate antidote to a bad day (it’s impossible not to feel a little but better after watching one of the best Christmas movies), they’re also guaranteed to get you into the festive spirit in time for the big day.
Watching Christmas classics has become just as much of a Christmas ritual as drinking mulled wine, nibbling on mince pies, browsing Christmas markets, decorating the Christmas tree and wrapping our Christmas presents – to the dulcet tones of Michael Bublé, of course.
Subject to where you register on the Richter scale of festive enthusiasm, you might have started your Christmas movie viewing some time ago. Perhaps you began with a Sunday afternoon soft-launch with something cosy and Christmas-adjacent like Harry Potter or While You Were Sleeping? But now that Christmas is just days away, it’s time to bring out the real big hitters.

Often our favourite Christmas films are the ones we remember from growing up, and now never fail to fill us with a wave of heartwarming nostalgia. That nostalgia is hard to beat and that’s why – for the same reason we love a comforting Nora Ephron or Nancy Meyers flick – the best and most evocative Christmas movies will rarely be from the last decade. Instead, we like to dive straight into those cosseting 1990s interiors and transport ourselves to a simpler, happier time.
Below we’ve gathered House & Garden’s edit of the best Christmas films for homes and interior lovers. They’re not necessarily how you’d want to decorate your own home, but the design certainly captures a mood and leaves your feeling warm and fussy, and wonderfully festive.
So put your feet up, pop the telly on, and get stuck into these festive favourites over the coming days and weeks (or months, no one’s judging here).












