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The top Christmas films to watch on Netflix this festive season, from The Grinch to A Very Murray Christmas

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The Christmas break is just around the corner, and there has never been a better time to snuggle down and watch a festive film. And true to form, Netflix has you covered.

Here's our pick of some of the best films on the streamer to watch right now.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Ron Howard’s now 23-year-old (!) adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ 1957 children’s book is still, even after the squillionth watch, a blast: plays the Grinch, a cantankerous green monster-creature, who, feeling particularly malevolent one year, decides to steal all the presents, decorations and food of the Who, the townspeople of Whoville. As artists, Carrey and Seuss are individually zany, kooky - a bit

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