Christmas movies on Netflix that are so bad we find them funny again
Ach,: The time ofs, theand theand the time when overworked women inChristmas filmshave to move to a small town and find the man of her dreams in a lumberjack shirt. The American production company has been around for years“Hallmark”a name with (bad)made. Slowly picks up tooNetflixand releases his own trashy Christmas films. So here's a mix ofand Hallmark Christmas movies that, in my opinion, are both bad and super funny.
This one important criterion must be ato end up on this list: He is not allowedonlybe bad - the acting or the story has to be so bad, so absurd and ridiculous that all you can do is laugh. That's why, for examplenot on the list because the film is unfortunately not funny enough - the story is neither particularly absurd nor surprising, although the film can in no way be described as “good”.on the other hand is actually surprisingly good and I wouldn't call it a bad Christmas movie - although it is still cheesy.
These are the best bad Christmas movies on Netflix
Is it my personal opinion that these films are both bad and funny? Yes. Is it also my very personal Christmas watchlist that I love? But absolutely! You just have to be aware that in theseA very outdated image of women and families is often shown and idealized. This is of course very problematic, but if you are aware of it and can view the films critically, then it shouldn't be a problem. A personal tip: Invite friends and drink mulled wine and bake cookies together beforehand. Have fun!
Disclaimer: Titles that have not been produced by Netflix themselves have no guarantee that they will remain on the streaming service
“Princess Swap” with Vanessa Hudgens on Netflix
Vanessa Hudgensis with theis now just as closely linked as with the “High School Musical” trilogy. What motivated her to suddenly get into the “absurd Christmas movie” business is beyond me, but I love it nonetheless. In“Princess Swap”is about the baker Stacy, who takes part in a baking competition and meets the duchess of a fantasy land who - surprise surprise - looks very similar to her!
It's absolutely clear what needs to be done at a moment like this: they swap roles and for some reason their loved ones don't notice. Thebecomes even more absurd with every Christmas film as more and more Vanessa Hudgens lookalikes are added. I really want a fourth part in which Vanessa Hudgens plays every person. Dear Netflix producers, just think of how much money you would save!
Netflix Christmas film: “Christmas in the Wilderness”
The whole story is in the title: It's Christmas and for some reason I want toKristin Davisspend the holidays in the wilderness. But unfortunately her husband leaves her at short notice and she has to go on her safari in Zambia alone. In a detour she then meets a – of course conventionally attractive – pilot, played by Rob Lowe, who takes her to his reservation.
“Christmas in the Wild”has such an absurd story, but it's still kind of funny - especially when the two main characters spend Christmas saving a baby elephant that isn't visible to the camera. After a series of cheesyThis Christmas film is actually a welcome distraction, as all people wear here are muddy green khakis and stare sadly at (not visible) elephants.
“Christmas Wedding Planner” on Netflix
What happens when you combine the two tackiest eventsand weddings, brings together? Then the following is created: “Christmas Wedding Planner”. She's a wedding planner, he's a private detective - extremely conventionally attractive, of course - and for some reason Serena's mother acts outin this Christmas film. Kelsey is supposed to plan her cousin's extremely elaborate and expensive wedding.
But there's a twist: a secret source has hired a private detective to stop the wedding! In the film there are incredibly absurd intrigues set up by relatives and the private detective is the bride's ex and nothing really makes sense. But that's exactly why the film is so bad that it's good again.
Spiritual Christmas film: “The Spirit of Christmas”
NetflixandAmazonhave been taking turns watching this wonderful Christmas film on theirs for yearsto offer. This film is one of the most absurdly bad Christmas films ever written. Officially this film is considered ChristmasMystery-Dramabut the only mystery about this bad classic is how someone came up with this plot. A 'workaholic' lawyer is supposed to have a property appraised for her boss. That's why, shortly before Christmas, she travels to the snow-covered village on the property, where she can also sleep.
But then she finds out: the property is cursed and an extremely conventionally attractive ghost is wreaking havoc here. But instead of the Christmas film suddenly turning into a horror film, the lawyer thinks to herself: “Mh, that ghost looks extremely good” andstarts a love affair with him. You read that right. Thiscelebrates one woman's undying love for her Christmas spirit. Please view immediately.
“Christmas with a view” auf Netflix
No, unfortunately this film has nothing to do with the classic “Room with a view” by EM Forster. It's about a ski resort that is thrown into turmoil when a famous chef takes over the management of a restaurant. Our main character Clara is not enthusiastic about this – extremely conventionally attractive – young TV chef and tries to avoid him. Of course, the two still fall in love in the end.
But this Christmas film isn't about the story - it's just secondary.“Christmas with a View”is so full of sequential errors (the steak is there in one shot, it's gone in the next), gaps in logic, and bad acting that you should definitely start a drinking game with it. Truly one of the worst and funniest Christmas films ever.
Christmas film on Netflix: “The Christmas Card”
“The Christmas Card”is a traditional Christmas film about a young successful woman having to learn the 'true meaning' of Christmas: It's not good to be successful as a woman because she should rather bake cookies and be with this immature man who Unfortunately, they also look conventionally attractive. Before Ellen can take over her father's company, she has to complete one last task and deliver a Christmas card to a snowy town. There, of course, she meets the Christmas spirit Jake incarnate, who helps her love Christmas again.
Please do not take this film too seriously, as the underlying story is deeply misogynistic and celebrates the patriarchal structures imposed on women. But if you are aware of it, you can do this terrible thingChristmas movietake it with humor and even see it as a kind of satire - because no woman would ever behave like that.
“A Castle for Christmas” auf Netflix
Watching this film, your parents will say: At least the scenery was very beautiful! And that's true. An author travels to Scotland to escape a scandal and buys a small castle just because. There she meets a grumpy duke who lives next door to her in the castle. I think castles are pretty cheap in Scotland. The scenery is beautiful, you see old castles and the Highlands and you can almost distract yourself from the plot of this oneNetflix Christmas moviemakes pretty little sense.
The highlight of this Christmas debacle is the poor Scottish accents that the non-Scottish actors try to imitate. There's also an incredibly funny moment in which the film briefly introduces two villains who later play absolutely no role. This was so frustrating that I almost threw my plate of cookies at the TV. If anyone has the director's number - I just want to talk!
Christmas on Netflix with “A Knight before Christmas”
Wow, just wow. This movie had me lying on the floor crying with laughter. The pun atis incredibly flat and all the actually 'funny' moments in the Christmas film feel rather wooden - but the Netflix film shines in the moments where it wants to be 'serious'. The knight Sir Cole (everyone pronounces him “Circle” in the original English) is banished from the Middle Ages to Ohio before Christmas. There he is immediately run over by Vanessa Hudgens, who for some reason has an entire guest house in her garden in which she accommodates the injured knight. And at some point they fall in love.
Nobody in this film acts like a normal person and the value of wardrobe (Vanessa Hudgensreally wears a different expensive one every day) was so exorbitant that Netflix could unfortunately only afford two locations. This Christmas movie tries to convey some kind of moral, but I couldn't see it under that giant knight's armor. Absolute must-watch for Christmas.
Queer Christmas film on Netflix: “Single all the Way”
The only onequeer Christmas filmon this list! That means either everyone is that good or there just aren't that many. Answer: As you may notice, Christmas films focus more on Christian traditions and values - there is hardly any room for being queer. That's why I'm even more pleased that Netflix“Single all the Way”still produced it and I would have liked to say that it is really good, but unfortunately “Single all the Way” is just as bad as its straight counterparts.
Peter is tired of his family pestering him at Christmas about when he will finally have a serious relationship. That's why he brings home his best friend, who pretends for him that they're together. What follows is a chaotic Christmas season, with a plot that is far too cliched and boring dialogues - but the actors move through the script so charmingly and cleverly, which doesn't actually give them anything, that you just have to like the film.
Royal Christmas: “A Christmas Prince”
In 2017, no one would have expected that the absurd Christmas romcom “A Christmas Prince” would turn into a trilogy. And yet:“The Royal Wedding”and“The Royal Baby”complete the story about the journalist Amber and Prince Richard. The whole thing is pretty low-budget, but there's a reason for that: the film launched the NCU (Netflix Christmas Universe) and paved the way for many other so-bad-they're-good-again Christmas movies. In addition, many other Christmas films on Netflix – such as “Princess Swap” – address the fictional kingdom of Aldovia.
The funniest thing about “A Christmas Prince” – at least for me as a journalist? The way our main character is portrayed as a journalist, of course. Again and again you see her writing notes, which aren't notes at all, but rather thoughts like: “I have to find out!!!” (Yes, that is a direct quote from her professional journalistic notes). And all the ethical boundaries she crosses? I don't even want to start with that. But the film doesn't take itself too seriously, and so we don't have to!
Christmas film on Netflix: “A Christmas Miracle for Daisy”
A very popular job for women in Christmas movies: interior designer. Also Whitney (Jill Wagner) in“A Christmas Miracle for Daisy”cares especially about pretty ones(as we all know interior designers do). But then she gets an assignment that changes her life: she is supposed to search the house of her ex-boyfriend Conner (Nick Bateman– no relation to Jason Bateman) and his daughter Daisy.
And Daisy? She wants a new mother for Christmas... Yes, feel free to read that sentence again. She then chooses Whitney - although unfortunately she and Daisy's father have no chemistry at all. The acting performance, especially with our male star, is absolutely subpar - and is only undercut by the fake snow, which couldn't be faker. At least it was entertaining.
Christmas musical on Netflix: “Cinderella Story: a Christmas wish”
What's wrong with all these bad ones?still missing? That's right: bad music! Ifstars in some movie, thenmustshe is allowed to sing – she can usually do it quite well. But who thought about the fact that they were in“Cinderella Story: A Christmas Wish”needs so much autotune? It's absolutely absurd that anyone thought, "Yes, a voice like that could come from a human body!"
The story is not surprising - a Cinderella story. Kat Decker (Laura Marano) wants to make it big as a singer, but is treated as a servant by her cartoonish villain stepmother and stepsisters. Her only bright spot: the good-looking and charming Santa actor at her part-time job as a singing elf. Of course there is a ball that our Cinderella has to sneak into. Did I want the Cinderella story with Santa and Christmas elves? No, but it definitely brightened my afternoon.
“Magic Mike” for Christmas: “The Merry Gentlemen”
A young woman finds true love thanks to strippers - all we can say is: Girl,same. In this "Magic Mike" rip-off with a winter hat, professional dancer Ashley learns that her parents' club is on the verge of bankruptcy. We know charity events to save local spots from many small town films. But here Ashley decides to develop a lewd choreography with the most handsome men in her small town. Then save the club with an exclusive strip show.
One of the strippers is played by Chad Michael Murray – teen star of “Cinderella Story”, “Freaky Friday” and of course. Apparently he was supposed to get the big crowds - but they forgot to pay for his dance lessons. So he stumbles along with his nice upper body between the actual dancers - and of course still warms Ashley's heart.
The film is long, long, not nearly as explicit as “Magic Mike”, so I have to disappoint you. But it's absurd and funny and pretty cheaply made. So perfect for an Advent evening!
The best, worst Christmas movie on Netflix: “Christmas As You Wish”
This film has a very special place in my heart.“Christmas as you wish”is just so unbelievably bad - from the acting to the plot to the film set, everything is so low budget that it's ridiculous. I don't know why this movie was ever made, but I thank the people at Hallmark anyway.
It's about Gretchen with the far too perfect curls, who apparently doesn't have a family of her own and therefore helps the conventionally attractive Steven to give his family the perfect Christmas. Because it's Gretchen's jobreallyto decorate offices for Christmas.Jonathan Bennet(“Mean Girls”) stars Steven anddoesn't blink oncethroughout this entire film. It's really scary at times. His family somehow only seems to consist of robots who, just like him, move and behave in a strangely stiff manner. The absolutely perfect Christmas film when you open the second bottle of mulled wine.
The New Best Worst Christmas Movie on Netflix: “Hot Frosty”
For some reason, all of my favorite bad Christmas movies have something to do with Gretchen from “Mean Girls.” In “Hot Frosty” Lacey Chabert (formerly Gretchen) plays our main character Kathy, who falls in love with a snowman. The title “Hot Frosty” doesn’t stand for [insert Urban Dictionary definition here, which you definitely shouldn’t google], but rather for a good-looking Frosty the Snowman brought to life by a random scarf. Through his washboard stomach and his presumably negative body fat percentage, the widow Kathy rediscovers the meaning of life.
The film and its premise are incredibly ridiculous, the Manic Pixie Dream Golden Retriever aka Jack the Snowman is so over the top, the whole plot with the stars from “Brooklyn 99”insane– and yet I love him so much. Doug Judy aka Pontiac Bandit and Detective Boyle from “Brooklyn 99” play a different version of their series charactersway too goodfor this low budget film. In the end, an entire village believes that Jack must be a snowman, because of course he isno other explanationcan give. At one point you can see the Comic Sans font on official medical papers.
“Hot Frosty” was really on the verge of being considered a “bad” Christmas movie because the movie obviously achieves what it sets out to do. He does it simply perfectly. Still, it's a movie about a hot snowman, which is why it ended up on this list.
