Best LGBTQ+ Christmas films to watch in 2025

This festive season, dive into a brilliant mix of LGBTQ+ Christmas films streaming now.

Whether you’re after fresh new stories or old favourites that feel like a cosy hug, this selection of modern classics and brand new releases will fill your holidays with more than a bit of festive sparkle.

Here are our picks of what's on offer, plus where you can watch them.

Best new LGBTQ+ Christmas films

A Keller Christmas Vacation

Streaming on Sky Go and NOW Cinema

Three adult siblings join their parents on a Danube river trip in this life-affirming film. Dylan’s ready to pop the question (or is he?), Cal’s nursing a broken heart, and Emory’s navigating life post-job loss. Add a father recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s, sprinkle in some magical European Christmas market charm, and it's got all the festive charm and poignancy you could want.

The Christmas Writer

Available to buy or rent

Proof that writer's block isn't exactly the worst thing in the world... When a bestselling lesbian Christmas author is paralysed by writer's block, she returns to her hometown searching for inspiration and finds it in the form of a charming single mum who owns the local bookstore, forcing her to choose between the life she built and the love she never saw coming. Literary lovers, this one’s for you: a gentle, feel-good story that’s all about hope and healing.

Oh. What. Fun.

Streaming on Prime Video

Michelle Pfeiffer shines in this heartfelt Christmas drama that centres on family, forgiveness, and the messy, beautiful bonds that hold us together. Also starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Felicity Jones, it’s like a warm cup of cocoa for your soul, reminding us how Christmas is really a time for healing old wounds and making new memories.

Returning favourites

Happiest Season

Streaming on Prime Video

Meeting your girlfriend's family for the first time can be tough – it's even tougher when she hasn't come out to her family yet and you're planning to propose... cue hilarious, emotional chaos. Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis star in this standout festive romcom that earned strong reviews when it arrived in 2020.

Make the Yuletide Gay

Streaming on Prime Video or rent from Apple TV

The holidays get overly festive as Olaf “Gunn” Gunnunderson (Keith Jordan), an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. Celebrating coming out and queer joy with heaps of heart, it’s easy to see how this has become something of a cult classic since it first arrived in 2009.

Let It Snow

Streaming on Netflix

This sparkling ensemble movie weaves together multiple heartwarming stories, including a sweet queer teen romance set in a snow-covered small town. It’s the perfect mix of youthful excitement and festive spirit – just be sure you watch the 2019 Netflix film rather than the 2020 ski-based horror movie of the same name. Very different vibes.

Notes of Autumn

Streaming on Prime Video

Ellie, a pianist, and Leo, a writer, decide to swap lives for a while, leading them to unexpected friendships and the realisation that their hearts may lie in places they’d never imagined. Think The Holiday, but with a wonderfully modern gay twist. It’s the sort of gentle and slow-burning love story probably best enjoyed snuggled under a blanket by the fire with a cosy drink in hand.

Christmas on Cherry Lane

Streaming on Prime Video

The Christmas Eve-set film follows a young couple preparing to welcome their first child; an empty-nester and her fiancé ready to start a new chapter; and a couple who unexpectedly have the chance to expand their family. Set on a charming little street with characters across three generations, this Hallmark anthology warmly celebrates the ups and downs of love.

Carol

Streaming on Apple TV

Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, is a beautiful, subtle and deeply moving portrait of a forbidden 1950s love between two women. This isn’t just a Christmas movie, it’s an artful exploration of love and courage against the odds, going on to rack up multiple Oscar nominations, including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Holiday Sitter

Streaming on ITVX and Prime Video

Sam, played by Jonathan Bennett, is a workaholic bachelor who's babysitting his niece and nephew during the holidays. Completely out of his element, he recruits help from a handsome neighbour and soon finds himself in an unexpected romance. Light-hearted and breezy, The Holiday Sitter is pretty ideal for when you want some more easy-going festive fun.

Single All the Way

Streaming on Netflix and Prime Video

Desperate to avoid his family's judgment about being single, Peter persuades best friend Nick to pose as his boyfriend on a trip home for the holidays. Starring Ugly Betty star Michael Urie as Peter and The White Lotus icon Jennifer Coolidge as Aunt Sandy, this has also become a bit of a modern classic for its heartfelt take on friendship and love.

The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls

Streaming on 5

Follow a lovely gay couple as they dive into wedding plans and family chaos during Christmas time, the fan-favourite sequel sees Mike Mitchell (played by Robert Buckley) unexpectedly roped into a Christmas house decorating reality TV show against his brother Brandon Mitchell (Jonathan Bennett). It's another Hallmark Christmas movie so you know exactly what you're getting, and it all adds up to something funny, romantic and heartwarming.

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