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Temperatures are close to negative and the urge to take refuge at home in front of the television grows more and more persistent. So what better way to get in the holiday mood than to sit comfortably in front of your television and binge-watching excellent Christmas movies or cartoons.

Because winter is undoubtedly the ideal time of year to improvise long cocooning evenings and cozy plaids. If you’ve already binge-streamed all the Christmas feature films available on Netflix, don’t panic, we’ve got you covered.

1. Home Alone (1990)

IMDb RATING: 7.6/10

An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

2. The Holiday (2006)

IMDb RATING: 6.9/10

Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other’s countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.

3. Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

IMDb RATING: 6.3/10

The legend of Santa Claus is put in jeopardy when an unscrupulous toy manufacturer attempts to take over Christmas.

4. Elf (2003)

IMDb RATING: 7.0/10

Raised as an over-sized elf, a human travels from the North Pole to NYC to meet his biological father who doesn’t know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.

5. How the Grinch stole Christmas (2000)

IMDb RATING: 6.2/10

On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.

6. The Santa Clause (1994)

IMDb RATING: 6.5/10

When a man inadvertently makes Santa fall off of his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.

7. The Nightmare Before Christmas

IMDb RATING: 8.0/10

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.

8. Gremlins (1984)

IMDb RATING: 7.3/10

A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

9. Miracle on 34th St. (1947)

IMDb RATING: 7.9/10

After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy’s, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he’s not mistaken.

10. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

IMDb RATING: 7.7/10

The Muppet characters tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser’s redemption on Christmas Eve.

11. A Christmas Carol (2009)

IMDb RATING: 6.8/10

An animated retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.

12. Bad Santa (2003)

IMDb RATING: 7.0/10

A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.

13. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

IMDb RATING: 8.6/10

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

14. A Christmas Carol (a.k.a. Scrooge) (1951)

IMDb RATING: 8.1/10

Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the errors of his ways.

15. A Christmas Story (1983)

IMDb RATING: 7.9/10

In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

16. Carol (2015)

IMDb RATING: 7.3/10

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

17. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

IMDb RATING: 7.9/10

An artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world.

18. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

IMDb RATING: 8.4/10

Depressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.

19. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)

IMDb RATING: 7.6/10

The Griswold family’s plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

20. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

IMDb RATING: 6.8/10

One year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City – and the same criminals are not far behind.

21. The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

IMDb RATING: 7.0/10

The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.

22. Scrooged (1988)

IMDb RATING: 7.0/10

A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.

23. Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018)

IMDb RATING: 6.4/10

A grumpy Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch) plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.

24. Christmas With the Kranks (2004)

IMDb RATING: 5.4/10

With their daughter, Blair, away, Luther and Nora Krank decide to skip Christmas all together until she decides to come home, causing an uproar when they have to celebrate it at the last minute.