This year's Netflix Christmas movies have it all, from fake Santa beards to cute holiday thieves, and — thank goodness — a dog in a Santa suit.

My Secret Santa' starring Alexandra Breckenridge is the latest holiday film to be released on the streamer, which has several new offerings and recent classics worth revisiting.

Netflix has an esteemed history of animated movies. In terms of critical success, it doesn’t get much better than Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which took home the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. From adult animated films to perfect family flicks, 2025 has had it all. In this post, we rank all 9.

The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. That's the conclusion of The Associated Press' film writers, Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle, who have ranked their top films of the year.

Despite usually occupying very different film categories in fans’ minds, thanks to Clooney’s position with prestige pictures and Sandler being more often found in broad comedy movies, new Netflix flick Jay Kelly provides both of them with their best film in years.

The director of Point Break and The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow, returned to the director's chair after an almost nine year break with this tense and claustrophobic story about a single, unattributed nuclear missile being launched at the United States.

Ridley Scott's action drama won five Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Crowe and Best Picture, and was called "monumental movie-making" by The Daily Telegraph. A sequel starring Paul Mescal was released last year, though didn't make quite the impact of the original.

Netflix has recently added a legendary crime film that's widely regarded as one of the top movies of the 90s. As families begin gearing up for the Christmas season, many subscribers will be on the hunt for the ideal cozy watch to accompany their gift wrapping or simply to relax with after a long day.