2020 gay holiday movies

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. We need some holiday escapism this year. We need predictable romance plots, relatable family rifts, workaholic heroines who fall in love with someone they initially can't stand, and titles featuring as many puns as possible.

We need queer holiday love stories that aren't Carol though Carol will always be top billing at every lesbian Christmas-movie watch party. It's time to heat up some hot chocolate, put on your coziest socks and sweater, and bask in the holiday joy. We all could use it. In true holiday movie fashion, this Paramount Network movie follows a big-city man, New York financier Wyatt Peter Portewho returns home to his family farm to convince his mom Andie MacDowell to sell it because…capitalism.

But in a perfect Brokeback Mountain -esque twist, he falls for the ranch hand on the property, whose name is literally Heath Juan Pablo Di Pace. Yee- haw. Watch Now. You know the drill: A hardworking congressional aide Kat Graham is sent to Guam to investigate the Air Force's use of military property to deliver gifts and supplies to local communities.

She meets and is charmed by the captain Alexander Ludwig leading 2020 gay holiday movies project. Can you guess where this goes next? Happiest Season is not the only new queer holiday movie premiering this season, but A New York Christmas Wedding might just be the most bizarre movie you see this year, period.

Now, she must make the choice: Does she want to live out her truth and honor her sexuality, or lead a life of lies? Yes, you're right—this isn't a movie. The notebook contains a series of dares, and when Dash finds it, he leaves his own set of dares for Lily.

This is proof that Gen Z is far more creative and adorable than millennials. The children will save us, truly. Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey star as Sloane and Jackson, two strangers who cook up a plan to be each other's fake family holiday dates. They pledge to be each other's "holidates" yes, the word is bad, but the idea is good for every upcoming holiday in the new year.

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Did you guess that they end up catching feelings for each other somewhere along the way? Oh, you hadn't ever thought of such a thing? Well, here you go anyway. This film follows the story of Jeronicus Jangle Whitakerwhose apprentice Key steals his best inventions. It's up to Jangle's granddaughter Madalen Mills to fix things.

The sequel to the Vanessa Hudgens Parent Trap -esque take on Christmas sees Duchess Margaret inherit the throne of Montenaro fake town, somehow sounds realand her lookalike, Stacy, has to step in to save the day before yet another lookalikeFiona, ruins everything.

Wait, so are we supposed to believe there are three people out there who look just like Vanessa Hudgens? I still want this movie to be about a pillow princess queer woman who learns to become a switch. When her cousin Francesca has to cancel the big opening of her Italian restaurant on Christmas Eve, Natalie Anni Krueger makes it her mission to make the event happen.

Despite their differences, they have to come together to try to make some Christmas magic happen—and maybe cook up a little lovetoo. How was that?