Here’s a mix of sweet, funny, swoony, campy, and occasionally chaotic LGBTQ+ Christmas films to get you through December with cocoa in hand.
1. Single All the Way (2021)
Netflix rom-com.
Michael Urie + Philemon Chambers + Luke Macfarlane.
Best-friends-to-lovers, small-town Christmas, meddling family… honestly adorable.
2. The Christmas Setup (2020)
Lifetime’s first gay Christmas romance.
Real-life husbands Ben Lewis and Blake Lee star.
Cute, earnest, and cozy.
3. Dashing in December (2020)
A ranch-set holiday romance with legitimate chemistry between the leads.
Handsome cowboys + snow + romance = yes.
4. Happiest Season (2020)
Okay, not “gay male,” but definitely a queer Christmas movie.
Kristen Stewart + Mackenzie Davis.
Family drama, coming out, holiday chaos. Aubrey Plaza steals the whole thing.
5. A New York Christmas Wedding (2020)
A queer twist on the alternate-timeline “What if?” holiday story.
Dramatic, sentimental, very angel-heavy.
6. Merry & Gay (2021)
A lesbian holiday musical romance — yes, literally.
It’s very Hallmark-channel-but-queer and kind of delightful.
7. A Jenkins Family Christmas (2021)
Not about a gay romance, but features a gay couple with a warm, positive storyline.
8. Season of Love (2019)
Often called “the lesbian Love Actually.”
Interwoven WLW romances with big holiday energy.
9. City of Trees (2019)
Soft, indie, queer holiday drama.
Not strictly a “Christmas rom-com,” but set around the holidays and emotional in a good way.
10. Make the Yuletide Gay (2009)
A classic in the gay Christmas canon.
Closeted college student brings his boyfriend home for the holidays. Very early-2000s gay indie vibes. Plenty of laughs.
11. The Christmas House (2020)
Hallmark’s first film featuring a gay couple in the main cast.
Their storyline is sweet and heartfelt, though not the A-plot.
12. A Very Queer Holiday (short, 2020)
Cute holiday short film with a fun, wholesome LGBTQ cast.
Dark family secrets. An uncle who knows too much. A boy who can’t ignore what he sees. Nick’s Awakening is the start of a paranormal journey where every answer comes with a new haunting.