11 Streaming Holiday Films Starring People of Color - Lifehacker

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey combines a genius toy maker with adventures in Black girl magic; the heartfelt holiday comedy Nothing Like the Holidays has an all-Latinx cast; and Lifetime produced their first Asian American-led Christmas film with the romantic comedy A Sugar & Spice Holiday.

Along with favorites like The Best Man Holiday, here are a few more films giving space for people of color in holiday movies.

The film has a classic holiday feel with big dinners, drunk aunties, and a scandal or two, and Mo’Nique’s portrayal of Aunt May is reason alone to watch.

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is the Netflix original holiday film of magical proportions.

The romantic comedy stars Tony Giroux as love interest Billy Martin, and is a journey into family traditions and falling in love.

It’s a classic romantic comedy for the family.

Black Nativity is a holiday musical about reuniting with long lost family members. Jennifer Hudson plays a single mother, Naima, who reaches out to her parents after many years to help with her son.

Starring John Leguizamo and Luis Guzmán, the Rodriguez family comes together for Christmas like they always do—but amidst all the laughs and quality time, they’re told that their mother, Anna Rodriguez (Elizabeth Peña), and father, Edy Rodriguez (Alfred Molina), are splitting up.

The film shows what siblings will do when family is everything, and is a tender-but-hilarious comedy with a full Latinx cast.

With a majority Indigenous cast, starring Graham Greene, Timothy Vahle, and Sheila Tousey, Christmas in the Clouds is a charming holiday film.

Sequel to the 1999 film The Best Man, the full cast comes back for a holiday weekend reunion with more drama, laughs, and certainly some tears.

You can rent The Best Man Holiday on Prime Video.

Based on the classic children’s book The Snowy Day written by Ezra Jack Keats, the Prime Video original film tells the story of Peter on his adventures in the snow.