When is Home Alone on TV? How to watch the Christmas movie online
Macaulay Culkin's Christmas classic will be available to stream over the festive period.
When it comes to Christmas movies, there are few which hold such a strong please in film fans' hearts as 1990's Home Alone.
The festive family comedy film starring Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister remains the most cherished Christmas movies of all time – in fact, it came third in a 2023 RadioTimes.com poll, just behind The Muppet Christmas Carol and It's a Wonderful Life.
The film sees eight-year-old Kevin accidentally left behind when his family go on holiday. He soon finds he has to defend the family home from two burglars, played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.
Boasting a brilliant soundtrack and spawning an extensive franchise, Home Alone remains an annual must-watch for many film fans when putting together their Christmas watch-list. Endlessly rewatchable, Macaulay Culkin even recently revealed what he'd want to do with a reboot of the franchise.
But is the first film airing on TV this year, and how can fans in the UK stream it? Here’s everything you need to know.
Home Alone: Where to watch the Christmas movie online in the UK
As one of the greatest family films of all time, it is perhaps fitting that Home Alone (and its sequels) are streaming on Disney Plus this Christmas, along with the reboot, Home Sweet Home Alone, which is also available on the streaming platform.
Home Alone (as well as its first two sequels) is also available to stream currently on Channel 4 until the end of the year, but it is not available on any other subscriber services such as Netflix or NOW TV. However, you can rent or buy the Christmas classic on Amazon Prime Video and Sky Store.
When is Home Alone on TV this Christmas?
Home Alone is more or less guaranteed at least one airing on terrestrial TV every Christmas – and this year, it's showing on Channel 4 at 5:30pm on Christmas Eve and will be repeated on 4Seven at 3:15pm on Christmas Day.
Fans are also in for an extra treat this year, as legendary sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York will also be showing on Christmas Day at 5:50pm on Channel 4 (and repeated on Boxing Day at 3pm on 4Seven).
Is Home Alone in cinemas in 2025?
Yes! Home Alone is returning to select cinemas across the UK throughout December.
To see the Christmas classic on the silver screen, head to your local cinema and see if it's playing.
Home Alone movies: How many films are there?
Following on from the first movie (released in 1990), there was a 1992 sequel – Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, which saw Kevin... well, you can guess.
Home Alone 3 followed in 1997, though this threequel focused on a new young protagonist – Alex Pruitt (Alex D Linz) – who must battle both the chickenpox and four burglars working for a North Korean terrorist group (yes, really).
Though the Home Alone series hasn't returned to cinemas since, several movie spin-offs have followed – 2002's Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House saw a recast Kevin McCallister (Mike Weinberg) again up against Marv (with French Stewart replacing original actor Daniel Stern), while 2012's Home Alone: The Holiday Heist again focused on a new lead, with Christian Martyn playing 10-year-old Finn Baxter.
In 2021, Jojo Rabbit star Archie Yates led the cast of Home Sweet Home Alone, a spin-off film for Disney Plus. He played Max Mercer, a boy who (you guessed it) gets left behind when his family head off on holiday to Japan, and eventually ends up embroiled in all sorts of dramas when a married couple mistakenly think he has stolen a valuable doll from their home.
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Home Alone house location: Where was Home Alone filmed?
The exterior scenes for the McCallister house in the original Home Alone were filmed on location at 671 Lincoln Avenue in the North Shore village of Winnetka, Illinois.
The house's main staircase, basement, attic and some of the first floor landing were also used for interior shots, while all other parts of Kevin's home were built on a sound stage to allow more space for crew and equipment.
Home Alone is streaming on Disney Plus and Channel 4.
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