The 28 Best Gay Christmas Movies, Ranked (With Trailers)

“Carol” is the best gay Christmas movie ever made. Todd Haynes’ love story, set in 1952, starts at a department store counter during the Christmas rush, and nothing on cable or streaming has topped it since.

The rest of the best gay Christmas movies run from art-house to Hallmark: “Tangerine,” “Happiest Season” and “Single All the Way” round out the top four, and Hallmark’s “The Christmas House” sits at No. 6. Every entry below says what the queer storyline actually is and, where Gayety could confirm it, where it streams in the U.S. as of November 2026.

One more is on the way. Lifetime’s “A Firefighter’s Christmas Calendar” premieres Sunday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. ET, too late to rank but not too late to schedule. How Gayety Ranked These Queer Holiday Movies

This is an editorial ranking, not a poll. Four things counted: how central the queer story is, how well the movie is made, whether it holds up on a second December viewing and what it meant for representation when it arrived. A gay couple with three scenes ranks below a gay couple who drive the plot. Most of these are Hallmark, Lifetime and indie TV movies, and they’re judged against each other as much as against “Carol.”

Streaming notes come from each service’s own title page or, where none exists, from JustWatch’s U.S. listings checked this week. Catalogs change constantly, so check the app before you settle in. Every Ranked Gay Christmas Movie at a Glance RankMovieYearWhere it premieredWhere to stream (U.S., Nov. 2026)1Carol2015TheatersPrime Video, or free with ads on Tubi2Tangerine2015Sundance, then theatersFree with ads on Tubi and The Roku Channel3Happiest Season2020HuluHulu4Single All the Way2021NetflixNetflix5Tokyo Godfathers2003Theaters in JapanHoopla6The Christmas House2020Hallmark ChannelHallmark+7Kiss Kiss Bang Bang2005TheatersHowdy (Prime Video channel)8The Holiday Sitter2022Hallmark ChannelHallmark+9The Christmas Setup2020LifetimeHoopla10Let It Snow2019NetflixNetflix11The Christmas Baby2025Hallmark ChannelHallmark+12Rent2005TheatersFree with ads on YouTube13Friends & Family Christmas2023Hallmark ChannelHallmark+148 Women2002Theaters in FranceNot streaming in the U.S.15A Keller Christmas Vacation2025Hallmark ChannelHallmark+16Christmas on Cherry Lane2023Hallmark ChannelHallmark+17Under the Christmas Tree2021LifetimePrime Video18The Family Stone2005TheatersHulu, Prime Video19Dashing in December2020Paramount NetworkNot confirmed (check listings)20A New York Christmas Wedding2020NetflixNot on U.S. Netflix21The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls2021Hallmark ChannelHallmark+22A Christmas to Treasure2022LifetimeHoopla23Season’s Greetings From Cherry Lane2024Hallmark+Hallmark+24Christmas at the Ranch2021Tello FilmsTello25Season of Love2019Tello FilmsTello (rent or buy)26Make the Yuletide Gay2009DVDDekkoo27Merry & Gay2022DIVABoxOffice.tvFree with ads on Tubi and The Roku Channel28A Holiday I Do2023Tello FilmsTelloSwipe horizontally to view all columns. 1. ‘Carol’ (2015)

Cate Blanchett is Carol Aird, a married woman shopping for her daughter’s Christmas present. Rooney Mara is Therese Belivet, the clerk who waits on her while, as Turner Classic Movies puts it, “working the Christmas rush in a department store” in 1952 Manhattan.

The affair puts Carol’s custody of her daughter at risk. Todd Haynes adapted Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Price of Salt,” which she published under the pseudonym “Claire Morgan,” TCM notes. Cincinnati stood in for New York, and Haynes shot on Super 16mm for a period-photo look.

The holiday is just why two strangers end up in the same room. That’s enough for No. 1. It streams on Prime Video and free with ads on Tubi, per JustWatch. 2. ‘Tangerine’ (2015)

Sean Baker’s “Tangerine” is the loudest Christmas Eve on this list. The film, in Screen Daily’s words, “paints a portrait of transgender sex workers and their clients.” Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez), fresh out of jail, learns her boyfriend (James Ransone) cheated and tears across Hollywood after him. Her best friend Alexandra (Mya Taylor) mostly wants an audience for her nightclub show. It was “captured on iPhone 5S mobiles fitted with prototype anamorphic lenses,” the trade reported.

Baker co-wrote it with Chris Bergoch. After Sundance, Magnolia Pictures opened it July 10, 2015, per Rotten Tomatoes. It’s for adults, like the red band trailer. It streams free with ads on Tubi and The Roku Channel, per JustWatch. 3. ‘Happiest Season’ (2020)

Abby (Kristen Stewart) plans to propose at her girlfriend’s family Christmas dinner. Then she learns Harper (Mackenzie Davis) has kept their relationship secret, and the family, in the words of Hulu’s synopsis, “don’t even know she’s gay.”

Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Dan Levy, Mary Steenburgen and Victor Garber fill out the house. Clea DuVall directed and co-wrote it with Mary Holland. Variety called it “the first holiday romantic comedy about a same-sex couple from a major Hollywood studio,” and Hulu told the trade it “broke premiere records for the streamer.”

“I think it’s a privilege. And yes, I know being the first comes with a lot of expectations,” DuVall told Variety. It’s still on Hulu. 4. ‘Single All the Way’ (2021)

Netflix’s logline starts simply: “Peter asks his best friend to pose as his boyfriend on a Christmas visit home,” and then his family plays matchmaker. Michael Urie is Peter, Philemon Chambers is the best friend, and Kathy Najimy, Luke Macfarlane and Jennifer Coolidge are the family chaos. Michael Mayer directed.

Netflix’s Tudum calls it the streamer’s “first original gay Christmas movie.” “It is a world devoid of homophobia,” Urie told W magazine. On Coolidge, he said: “It is a truly, truly, truly delightful experience working with her.”

“I felt like it was time for a lot of outlets to get into the gay Christmas arena,” Urie told Tudum. It’s the most rewatchable movie here, and it’s on Netflix. Urie talks “Shrinking” in Gayety’s interview. 5. ‘Tokyo Godfathers’ (2003)

Three homeless friends find “an abandoned baby in the trash on a cold Christmas Eve,” as Roger Ebert wrote, then chase her family across Tokyo through a run of coincidences that would embarrass Dickens. Satoshi Kon co-wrote and directed.

The friends are Gin, a washed-up drinker, Miyuki, a young runaway, and Hana. When GKIDS restored the film for 2020, it cast Shakina Nayfack as Hana in its English dub, with Kate Bornstein in the cast. “Hana is a trans woman with a heart of gold,” Nayfack told Animation Magazine.

It’s the only animated film on this list. In the U.S., it streams free through the library service Hoopla, per JustWatch. 6. ‘The Christmas House’ (2020)

The Mitchell parents call their sons home to rebuild the family Christmas house. Brandon (Jonathan Bennett) and his husband, Jake (Brad Harder), arrive while, Hallmark says, “they are anxiously awaiting a call about the adoption of their first child.”

“This appears to be the first time Hallmark has made a same-sex couple the main characters in a Christmas film,” NBC News reported before the Nov. 22, 2020, premiere. Michael Grossman directed.

“This movie is so important because I’m part of the progress, and it feels good,” Bennett told ET. Co-star Robert Buckley recalled the Smithsonian asking for “a couple of pieces of wardrobe and some props to put in our archives,” MediaVillage reported. It streams on Hallmark+, per JustWatch. 7. ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ (2005)

Shane Black’s directing debut is a Los Angeles noir soaked in tinsel. “I really wanted to set it at Christmas,” Black told Empire.

Robert Downey Jr. is Harry Lockhart, a small-time thief who stumbles into a screen test and gets paired with a private eye for research. That’s Val Kilmer as Gay Perry, whom Roger Ebert called “a gay detective.” Michelle Monaghan plays Harmony Faith Lane.

Warner Bros. opened it wide Nov. 11, 2005, per Rotten Tomatoes. Perry is a co-lead with half the plot, rarer in a 2005 studio thriller than it should have been. It streams on the Howdy channel through Prime Video, per JustWatch. 8. ‘The Holiday Sitter’ (2022)

Bennett is back, now as the romantic lead. “Sam (Bennett) is a workaholic living his best bachelor life in New York City,” Hallmark’s press release says. His sister (Chelsea Hobbs) leaves him with her teen son and young daughter.

He leans on their neighbor Jason (George Krissa), and romance follows. Ali Liebert directed “from a script by Greg Baldwin and Tracy Andreen, from a story by Bennett & Baldwin,” the release says, and it premiered Dec. 11, 2022.

TV Guide called it “the network’s first gay romantic comedy.” The jump from supporting husband to rom-com lead is why it outranks most of its network siblings. It streams on Hallmark+, per JustWatch. Bennett later hosted the 37th GLAAD Media Awards. 9. ‘The Christmas Setup’ (2020)

Ben Lewis plays Hugo, a New York lawyer home in Milwaukee for the holidays. His mother, Kate (Fran Drescher), arranges for him to run into Patrick (Blake Lee), “Hugo’s friend and secret crush,” per Lifetime’s movie page. Then a promotion in London complicates everything.

Lewis and Lee are “the real-life same-sex married couple” at the center of “Lifetime’s first holiday movie to feature an LGBTQ romance as the main storyline,” NBC News reported. Pat Mills directed, according to Canada’s National Screen Institute, and it premiered on Lifetime Dec. 12, 2020.

Drescher plays the meddling mom like a contact sport. It streams free on Hoopla, per JustWatch. 10. ‘Let It Snow’ (2019)

A snowstorm hits a small town on Christmas Eve, and Netflix’s description says it scrambles “the friendships, love lives and futures of” several high school seniors. Kiernan Shipka, Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore and Odeya Rush lead the ensemble.

The queer thread is “a budding romance between Dorrie (Liv Hewson of Santa Clarita Diet) and Kerry (Anna Akana of Jupiter’s Legacy),” Tudum wrote. It’s one storyline of several, which keeps it from ranking higher.

Luke Snellin directed, adapting the book by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, Netflix said. It’s still on Netflix. 11. ‘The Christmas Baby’ (2025)

Erin (Ali Liebert) and Kelly (Katherine Barrell) are a couple running a busy holiday business. Then a baby boy turns up on their doorstep, Hallmark says, “days before Christmas with a note written specially for them.” They take him in and start thinking about adopting him.

Eva Tavares directed, and Barbara Niven plays Betty Mitchell. Screenwriter Topher Payne calls it “a love letter to the families we choose.” It premiered Dec. 21, 2025, per TheWrap’s Countdown to Christmas schedule, and it was a 2026 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Film, Streaming or TV, as TheWrap’s nominee list shows.

Hallmark’s page links straight to it on Hallmark+. 12. ‘Rent’ (2005)

Chris Columbus’ film of Jonathan Larson’s musical “begins on Christmas Eve 1989 and concludes 365 days later,” Reelviews noted. Both bookends are Christmas.

Jesse L. Martin plays Tom Collins, a philosophy professor living with HIV, who falls for Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia), a street drummer. Idina Menzel is Maureen, and Tracie Thoms is Joanne, the lawyer she leaves Mark (Anthony Rapp) for. Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson and Taye Diggs complete the cast, per Screen Daily.

“Six of the eight original cast members return,” Reelviews wrote. The film never quite escapes the stage, but Collins and Angel are reason enough. It streams free with ads on YouTube, per JustWatch. 13. ‘Friends & Family Christmas’ (2023)

“Hallmark Channel is making a little bit of Christmas history with its first holiday movie centered on a lesbian romance,” TV Guide wrote ahead of the Dec. 17, 2023, premiere.

Humberly González plays Daniella, an artist, and Ali Liebert plays Amelia, a lawyer who hasn’t stopped working since a broken engagement. After a blind date, they agree to fake a relationship to get their parents off their backs for the holidays. The feelings don’t stay fake. Anne Wheeler directed.

Liebert directed “The Holiday Sitter” a year earlier, so she worked behind the camera on Hallmark’s first gay rom-com and in front of it on the network’s first lesbian holiday romance. It streams on Hallmark+, per JustWatch. 14. ‘8 Women’ (2002)

François Ozon’s “8 femmes” snows in a family at a French country house over Christmas in the late 1950s. Then the only man in the house turns up with “a knife in his back,” as Dennis Schwartz put it.

Every woman is a suspect, and among the secrets that spill out, Schwartz listed “a lesbian relationship.” Whose? Watch it. Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Ludivine Sagnier and Firmine Richard make up the cast.

It’s also a musical. “Each actress has a number,” Rolling Stone noted. The queer plot is one reveal among many. It isn’t streaming in the U.S., per JustWatch. The trailer comes from the Dutch distributor, Cinemien. 15. ‘A Keller Christmas Vacation’ (2025)

Three estranged adult siblings get a Christmas gift from their parents: a European Christmas river cruise, according to Hallmark’s synopsis. Jonathan Bennett, Brandon Routh and Eden Sher play the siblings Dylan, Cal and Emory, NBC Boston’s schedule shows.

“What started as a love story about two guys at Christmas, and their siblings, turned into something so much bigger,” Bennett wrote on Instagram, Entertainment Now reported. It premiered on Hallmark Channel Nov. 9, 2025, CBS Austin reported, and earned a 2026 GLAAD Media Award nomination.

Christmas markets, sibling grudges and a gay lead who gets both the romance and the family plot. It streams on Hallmark+. 16. ‘Christmas on Cherry Lane’ (2023)

Three households on one street hit turning points over the holidays. One is “a couple who unexpectedly have the chance to expand their family on Christmas Eve,” in Hallmark’s words. That couple is Mike (Jonathan Bennett) and Zian (Vincent Rodriguez III).

In a clip Pop Culture Planet released, a social worker tells them they’re next in line to take in a 6-year-old. Catherine Bell, John Brotherton, Erin Cahill and James Denton anchor the other two stories.

Anthologies split the screen time, and this one does. Mike and Zian’s relationship gives this ensemble a queer family story alongside its other holiday milestones. It streams on Hallmark+, per JustWatch. 17. ‘Under the Christmas Tree’ (2021)

Marketing exec Alma Beltran (Elise Bauman) and tree expert Charlie Freemont (Tattiawna Jones) clash over the tree for the Maine governor’s holiday celebration, then fall for each other, per Lifetime’s movie page.

TheWrap called it “the channel’s first-ever project with a lesbian couple as the focus” when Lifetime unveiled its 2021 slate. Lisa Rose Snow directed from a script by Michael J. Murray, and it premiered Dec. 19, 2021.

Ricki Lake turns up as the town’s “pâtissière extraordinaire,” which is exactly the kind of casting this genre exists for. It streams on Prime Video, per JustWatch. 18. ‘The Family Stone’ (2005)

Sarah Jessica Parker plays Meredith Morton, a buttoned-up New Yorker meeting her boyfriend’s loud Connecticut family. “As the movie opens, the Stones are preparing to celebrate Christmas,” Roger Ebert wrote.

The queer storyline belongs to Thad (Ty Giordano), described by Ebert as the family’s “gay and deaf” son. Brian White plays his partner, Patrick. Diane Keaton, Dermot Mulroney, Rachel McAdams and Claire Danes co-star. Thomas Bezucha wrote and directed.

Thad and Patrick aren’t the leads. They’re the measuring stick: how each outsider treats them is how the Stones decide who belongs. It streams on Hulu and Prime Video, per JustWatch. 19. ‘Dashing in December’ (2020)

Wyatt (Peter Porte) goes home to talk his mother into selling the family ranch. Instead, the synopsis says, “an unexpected romance ignites between Wyatt and the dashing new ranch hand, Heath Ramos.” Juan Pablo Di Pace plays Heath, and Andie MacDowell plays Wyatt’s mother, Deb.

It “premieres Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. ET on the Paramount Network with simulcasts on Logo, Pop and TV Land,” People reported in 2020. Jake Helgren wrote and directed. “The film also includes original songs from Cody Belew, Fancy Hagood and Styles Haury.”

It’s a cowboy romance with a Christmas tree. If that sentence works for you, it ranks higher on your list. Gayety couldn’t confirm a current U.S. streaming home, so check JustWatch before movie night. 20. ‘A New York Christmas Wedding’ (2020)

Jennifer Ortiz (Nia Fairweather) is about to marry David Wilks on Christmas Eve when an angel (Cooper Koch) shows her what her life could have been “had she followed her true feelings for her childhood friend Gabrielle Vernaci (Adriana DeMeo),” NBC News wrote.

Otoja Abit wrote and directed it, and he also plays the groom. The supernatural setup points Jennifer straight at the woman she gave up. The ambition is real, and the execution is uneven.

It streamed on Netflix in 2020, NBC News reported, but its Netflix page now says it “currently isn’t available to watch” in the U.S. The trailer comes from producer MarVista Entertainment. 21. ‘The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls’ (2021)

The family is back for round two. “The Mitchell brothers compete to see who can create the best Christmas House,” as Hallmark’s page puts it.

“Brandon (Jonathan Bennett) and husband Jake (Brad Harder) are the proud parents of two,” MediaVillage reported. Rich Newey took over as director, and it aired Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021.

Sequels rarely beat the original, and this one doesn’t try. It’s here because the couple from the first film got to keep being a family on screen. It streams on Hallmark+, per JustWatch. 22. ‘A Christmas to Treasure’ (2022)

“The passing of beloved Ms. Marley reunites six estranged friends for one final hometown holiday treasure hunt,” Lifetime says. Taylor Frey plays brand strategist Austin Craig, and “sparks fly once again” with his former best friend Everett Matthews (Kyle Dean Massey), BroadwayWorld reported on the Dec. 16, 2022, premiere day.

Frey and Massey are married in real life. “In our industry, a lot of straight couples get the opportunity to work together and play off one another,” Frey told MediaVillage, which reported the couple welcomed daughter Rafa in October 2021. Jake Helgren (“Dashing in December”) wrote and directed.

It streams free on Hoopla, per JustWatch. 23. ‘Season’s Greetings From Cherry Lane’ (2024)

The sequel moved to Hallmark+ and tells three Christmases in one house. Rotten Tomatoes’ synopsis covers 1951, 2003 and “In 2024, a couple try to arrange special holiday surprises for each other.”

The film “continues the story of Mike (Jonathan Bennett) and his husband Zian (Vincent Rodriguez III)” after they adopt their daughter, CinemaBlend reported. Bennett told the site, “we actually got to use my husband’s Christmas song as the song of the movie.”

Gail Harvey directed, and it arrived Dec. 5, 2024. It’s a pleasant visit with characters you already like. It streams on Hallmark+. 24. ‘Christmas at the Ranch’ (2021)

Haley (Laur Allen), a city power player raised by her grandmother, comes home to the family ranch in Nashville when her brother Charles (Archie Kao) needs help saving it from the bank. The ranch hand, Kate (Amanda Righetti), isn’t impressed. You can guess the rest, per Tello Films.

Lindsay Wagner plays Meemaw, and Christin Baker directed. It’s a small production with real affection for the genre. It’s included with a Tello subscription. 25. ‘Season of Love’ (2019)

“Three couples, three love stories, one unforgettable season” is how Tello sells it, and every couple is two women.

Christin Baker directed, and the cast includes Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Sandra Mae Frank, Laur Allen, Janelle Marie Rodriguez, Jessica Clark and Emily Goss, per AllMovie, which quotes the pitch as “a Love, Actually for our [queer] community.”

It made the case for sapphic holiday rom-coms before Hallmark or Lifetime did. It ranks below the big cable entries on polish, not on nerve. Tello offers it to rent or buy. 26. ‘Make the Yuletide Gay’ (2009)

Olaf “Gunn” Gunnunderson (Keith Jordan) “is an openly gay college student everywhere, except, you know, back home,” Tudum wrote. So he goes back in the closet for Christmas, and his boyfriend, Nathan (Adamo Ruggiero), shows up anyway.

Rob Williams wrote and directed, per Rotten Tomatoes. It “came out on DVD on November 10, 2009 in the US,” Film Inquiry noted, adding that Williams later wrote a sequel in book form. Kelly Keaton and Derek Long play Gunn’s parents.

The comedy is broad. It still told the closeted-at-Christmas story a decade before “Happiest Season.” It streams on Dekkoo, per JustWatch, and the trailer is Dekkoo’s. 27. ‘Merry & Gay’ (2022)

Becca (Dia Frampton) left her small town for New York theater. Three years later she’s home for the holidays, and her high school sweetheart Sam (Andi René Christensen) is still there, per Film Threat. Friends and family meddle accordingly. Stella Parton plays Mrs. Wilkinson.

It was “the flagship film for the new lesbian/queer streaming service DIVABoxOffice.tv,” Film Obsessive reported. Christin Baker directed, her third film on this list.

The title does the marketing. It streams free with ads on Tubi and The Roku Channel, per JustWatch. 28. ‘A Holiday I Do’ (2023)

Jane (Lindsay Hicks), a single mom running the family horse farm, agrees to stand up at her ex-husband’s holiday wedding. Tello promises “an unexpected romance sparking between Jane and the wedding planner Sue.” Rivkah Reyes plays Sue.

Marsha Warfield plays Andrea, and Jill Larson is Mary Ellen McSurely, per Rotten Tomatoes. Paul Schneider and Alicia Schneider directed.

The premise is a good one. The movie doesn’t do enough with it, which is why it closes the list. It’s included with a Tello subscription. Lifetime’s ‘A Firefighter’s Christmas Calendar’ Premieres Nov. 29

Holly Deveaux plays rookie firefighter Dani Ramos, trying to revive her station’s toy drive. Kyana Teresa is Sasha, a photographer whose firefighter calendar idea, per TV Guide’s Lifetime schedule, “quickly heats up their fundraising efforts and a surprising connection with Dani.”

There’s a catch, because there always is. “But with Dani afraid to risk her place on her new team, and with Sasha’s dream job in Paris calling,” the logline continues, “they’ll need more than mistletoe to take a chance on love.”

Lifetime’s schedule lists the premiere for Sunday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. ET, and says new movies are available the day after they air. It’s unranked because it hasn’t premiered on Lifetime yet, and Lifetime hasn’t posted a trailer. Gayety’s November 2026 roundup tracks the month’s other queer releases. ‘Oh. What. Fun.’ Has a Small Queer Thread

Prime Video’s 2025 comedy stars Michelle Pfeiffer as a mom her family forgets at the holidays. Michael Showalter directed. Chloë Grace Moretz plays Taylor, “a serial monogamist who always brings a new woman home for the holidays,” as The Associated Press review described her.

That’s a supporting thread, so it isn’t ranked. It was still a 2026 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Film, Streaming or TV, TheWrap’s list shows. Amazon says it’s streaming exclusively on Prime Video. ‘Some of My Best Friends Are…’ Is the 1971 Gay Bar Christmas Film

“On Christmas Eve in New York City, a gay bar called the Blue Jay is decorated for the holidays,” the American Film Institute’s catalog begins its synopsis of Mervyn Nelson’s ensemble film, the oldest on this page by three decades.

Rue McClanahan, Fannie Flagg, Gary Sandy, Gil Gerard and Candy Darling are in the cast. American International Pictures opened it in Los Angeles on Oct. 1, 1971, per AFI, whose notes say the bar on screen “was actually the Zodiac bar in Manhattan.” This unranked historical pick belongs in any history of queer Christmas on film. Gay Christmas Movies FAQ What Was the First Gay Hallmark Christmas Movie?

“The Christmas House” (2020). NBC News reported it “appears to be the first time Hallmark has made a same-sex couple the main characters in a Christmas film.” Jonathan Bennett and Brad Harder play husbands waiting on an adoption call. TV Guide called 2022’s “The Holiday Sitter” the network’s first gay romantic comedy. What Was Hallmark’s First Lesbian Christmas Movie?

TV Guide reported that “Friends & Family Christmas,” which premiered Dec. 17, 2023, was Hallmark Channel’s first holiday movie centered on a lesbian romance. Humberly González and Ali Liebert star. What Was Lifetime’s First Gay Christmas Movie?

“The Christmas Setup,” which premiered Dec. 12, 2020. NBC News called it Lifetime’s first holiday movie with an LGBTQ romance as the main storyline. Lifetime’s first lesbian-focused holiday romance followed in 2021 with “Under the Christmas Tree.” What Is the Best Lesbian Christmas Movie?

Gayety ranks “Carol” first overall. For a straight-up holiday rom-com, “Happiest Season” with Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis is the pick, and it streams on Hulu. More sapphic picks are in Gayety’s best lesbian movies list. Does Netflix Have a Gay Christmas Movie?

Yes. Netflix calls 2021’s “Single All the Way,” starring Michael Urie and Philemon Chambers, its “first original gay Christmas movie,” and it’s still streaming there. The 2019 teen ensemble “Let It Snow” also has a romance between Dorrie and Kerry. Are There Christmas Movies With Transgender Characters?

Yes. “Tangerine,” which Screen Daily called a portrait of “transgender sex workers and their clients,” follows best friends Sin-Dee and Alexandra across Los Angeles on Christmas Eve. In the animated “Tokyo Godfathers,” Hana, one of three homeless friends who find a baby on Christmas Eve, is a trans woman, voiced in GKIDS’ English dub by Shakina Nayfack. What New Gay Christmas Movie Premieres in 2026?

Lifetime’s “A Firefighter’s Christmas Calendar,” a romance between a rookie firefighter and a photographer, premieres Sunday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. ET. Hallmark’s 2026 Countdown to Christmas schedule, as published by TV Guide, doesn’t describe any new movie with a same-sex lead couple. Netflix’s announced 2026 holiday slate doesn’t either.

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