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As Christmas approaches, Jack Whitehall is trying to race home to spend the holiday with his family in the movie Jack in Time for Christmas. He will be seen rushing for four days using different modes of transport.
It is a holiday comedy movie that features cameos from several celebrities, including Rebel Wilson and Jimmy Fallon, and combines unscripted travel experiences with scripted comedy.
Jack in Time for Christmas was released on December 3, 2024, and is available for streaming on Prime Video.
For those who enjoyed Jack in Time for Christmas, which takes viewers on a roller-coaster ride that ultimately ends with a heart filled with gratitude for the holiday season, here are 7 movies that will leave viewers happily grinning. Be sure to watch for the celebrity cameos in most of them.
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1) The Night Before
Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt play three childhood friends who meet up annually on Christmas Eve to discover the best party in New York City in The Night Before movie.
Lizzy Caplan, Jillian Bell, Mindy Kaling, and Michael Shannon are also featured.
Ethan Miller lost his parents in a vehicle accident in December. Chris and Isaac, his closest pals, promise to be with him on Christmas Eve every year. They resolve to stop the custom but are concerned about Ethan since he faces difficulties as a musician.
After taking drugs at Isaac's house, the friends go to several places, including the Rockefeller Center tree, where Ethan shows them the tickets he stole from the Nutcracker Ball. When they encounter Ethan's ex-girlfriend, Diana, Isaac confesses his anxiety about becoming a father.
Just as the three friends confront pivotal moments in their friendship, Jack in Jack in Time for Christmas also goes through a self-discovery. In both movies, the holiday season is used as a catalyst for reflection.
Where to watch: Netflix, Apple TV+, Prime Video
2) Four Christmases
Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon play lead roles in the holiday comedy-drama Four Christmases. The plot centers on a couple whose vacation plans were canceled. This then forces them to attend four family gatherings.
San Francisco residents Brad McVie and Kate Kinkaid are contented, unmarried pairs with no plans to get married or have children. They love to dance and travel overseas to escape their difficult upbringings.
They have to visit all four of their divorced parents in just one day when their vacation is canceled due to fog around Christmas. Brad gets assaulted by his brothers when they first visit his father, Howard, and Kate finds out that his true name is Orlando.
Expensive presents and tumultuous family relationships cause tension to rise, and Brad eventually falls off the roof, followed by surprises, and maybe a happy ending.
There are similarities in both Four Christmases and Jack in Time for Christmas — when Brad visits his father, they exchange an awkward conversation, and when Jack visits his estranged family, emotions run high. These moments highlight how the holiday season forces characters like theirs to open unhealed family wounds.
Where to watch: Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max, Netflix
3) Happiest Season
The movie stars Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Daniel Levy, Mary Holland, Victor Garber, and Mary Steenburgen. Happiest Season is about a young woman who tries to tell her conservative parents she is queer, while visiting them for Christmas with her girlfriend.
Reluctantly, Abby Holland, who has detested Christmas ever since her parents passed away, consents to spend the season with Harper Caldwell's family. However, Harper admits upon their arrival that she has not come out to her parents out of concern that it will affect her father's mayoral campaign.
Abby accepts Harper's request to spend the holidays acting like her straight roommate. She starts to wonder about their future as she makes her way through a holiday filled with awkward situations, secrets, and Harper's complex family dynamics.
The theme of chaos followed by acceptance is a similarity in both Jack in Time for Christmas and The Happiest Season.
Where to watch: Netflix, Apple TV+, Prime Video
4) A Christmas Story Christmas
A Christmas Story Christmas is a sequel to the 1983 film A Christmas Story. In December 1973, 33 years after A Christmas Story, 42-year-old Ralph "Ralphie" Parker, his wife Sandy, and their two children live in Chicago.
Ralph and his family move to Indiana after his father passes away. There, Ralph is told to write his father's obituary and carry on his custom of making Christmas special. Ralph's children make friends with the Bumpus kids, and he reconnects with his childhood friends Flick and Schwartz.
Ralph's Christmas spirit is put to the test following a string of catastrophes, which include a damaged arm and a stolen car.
Similar to the movie A Christmas Story Christmas, Jack in Time for Christmas also focuses on reflecting on the past and rediscovering family bonds and their importance.
Where to watch: Hulu
5) Love Hard
A young woman discovers she has been catfished while spending Christmas. The Love Hard stars Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, and Darren Barnet.
Columnist Natalie Bauer is fed up with bad dates that she has through dating apps. After matching with Josh Lin and developing a close bond, she goes to surprise him for Christmas, only to find out that Josh has catfished her by using the photos of another man.
Natalie becomes enraged when she discovers that Tag Abbott, the true photographer, is Josh's friend. Josh then persuades her to spend the holidays with his family while posing as his girlfriend.
As Natalie embarks on a journey to find love, Jack's journey in Jack in Time for Christmas is filled with fun and excitement. In the end, both characters learn more about themselves during the holiday season than they ever did before.
Where to watch: Netflix
6) A Bad Moms Christmas
The plot follows three moms featuring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn dealing with their mothers Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, and Susan Sarandon who are visiting during the holidays.
Christmas is a chaotic time for Amy, Kiki, and Carla because of controlling mothers, high expectations, and unexpected family visits. They've had enough of handling family strife and fighting over lavish Christmas preparations. Although their agreement to streamline the holiday season results in amusing blunders, it also strengthens their bond.
Letting go of expectations and forming bonds beyond the surface level are the similarities that can be seen in both the movies Jack in Time for Christmas and Bad Moms Christmas.
Where to watch: Prime Video, Apple TV+
7) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
The third film in National Lampoon magazine's Vacation film series, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is a Christmas comedy released in 1989.
The movie, based on Hughes' short story "Christmas '59" that was published in National Lampoon, chronicles Clark Griswold and his attempts to enjoy a traditional family Christmas as they go south.
When Clark Griswold and his family cut down a huge tree without any equipment, mayhem breaks, ruining their idyllic Christmas plans. Then, a power outage results from Clark decorating the house with thousands of lights, and the mishaps continue.
A series of comedic mishaps take place in both the lives of Jack and Clark, and fans can most probably relate to this similarity in the movies Jack in Time for Christmas and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
Where to watch: Prime Video, Apple TV+
Jack in Time for Christmas is available on Prime Video and viewers can choose a movie that involves comedy and holidays from the list.
