There’s No Place Like Home for a Safe Movie Night

One of the best things about the holiday season is all the great movies to watch at home with your loved ones. From classics like A Christmas Carol, It’s a Wonderful Life, and White Christmas to popular favorites such as Home Alone, Love Actually, and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, there’s a movie for every audience. While Christmas certainly has the widest selection of movies, there are also great Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and New Year’s–themed movies to stream.

We want to help make sure your streaming during this time of the year is safe and enjoyable, and that means avoiding dangerous and illegal sites and platforms. As friends and family are gifting and receiving new tech gadgets such as mobile phones, gaming consoles, tablets, laptops, and smart TVs to enjoy at home, it’s important to be aware of safe sources to download apps as well as avoid scam websites that prey on unwitting holiday shoppers. Cyberattacks targeting holiday shoppers are always a topic of concern, making cybersecurity awareness a key topic.

StreamSafely’s Top 25 Holiday Nice List

With countless holiday movies that come out every year, it can be difficult to settle on exactly which one you’re in the mood for and then figure out where to watch it. To help guide you, we’ve listed the top 25 holiday favorites that made our “nice list,”—movies that stream on safe, verified sites—featuring classics like A Christmas Story and Home Alone to animated favorites like The Polar Express and A Charlie Brown Christmas, with details on where you can stream them all.

More Holiday Movies

Holiday movies are a great way to cuddle up at home and get into the holiday spirit each season, and this handy guide includes a variety of films themed around Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, and New Year’s.

StreamSafely Holiday Checklist

Between wrapping gifts and wrangling kids, who has time to deal with malware?

It’s important to stay safe online while enjoying your favorite shows and movies. This holiday safety checklist helps protect your family from pirated content, malicious websites, phishing emails, explicit or mature content, and more.

Holiday Tech Tips for a Safer Season

The holiday season brings new tech gifts, more time online, and plenty of opportunities for family fun–making it the perfect moment to brush up on safe, responsible digital habits. Whether you’re setting up gaming consoles, gifting smartphones, scrolling social media, or shopping for the best deals, a few simple precautions can help protect your family from scams, cyber threats, and inappropriate content. Explore these tips and resources to stay informed and keep everyone in your family safe online this season.