WELL, HERE WE are again. Another Christmas, another rake of festive films to snuggle up in front of.

Maybe you watch the same films every year and are looking for your favourite Christmas classics, or perhaps you’re keen to catch up on some more recent releases.

Either way, this year’s TV offerings should have you covered. 

Here’s a list of every film on TG4, RTÉ and Virgin Media today and tomorrow. 

Christmas Day

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TG4

• Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) – 8am
• Finian’s Rainbow (1968) – 9:30am
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – 12:20pm 
• Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) – 2pm 
• Into the West (1992) – 6:15pm
• Róise & Frank (2022) – 8pm

RTE 1 

• Some Like It Hot (1959) – 8am
• Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) – 12:25pm
• The Jungle Book (1967) – 1:25pm
• Beauty and the Beast (1991) – 2:40pm
• Mary Poppins Returns (2018) – 4pm
• The Lion King (2019) – 6:15pm
• Belfast (2021) – 9:35pm
• The Godfather Part II (1974) – 11:10pm
• The Verdict (1982) – 2:20am

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RTE 2

• Paw Patrol: The Movie (2021) – 7:30am
• Puffin Rock and the New Friends (2023) – 8:45am
• The Witches (2020) – 10am
• Mirror Mirror (2012) – 11:40am
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) – 1:25pm
• Sing (2016) – 2:55pm
• Spirit Untamed (2021) – 5pm
• Angela’s Christmas Wish (2017) – 6:20pm
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) – 7:05pm
• Coming 2 America (2021) – 9pm
• The Hangover Part II (2011) – 11:40pm
• Rocky (1976) – 1:15am

Virgin Media One

• The Wizard of Oz (1939) – 4:25pm
• Gran Torino (2008) – 9pm

Virgin Media Two

• The Longest Yard (2005) – 9pm
• The Magnificent Seven (2016) – 11:15pm

St. Stephen’s Day

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TG4

• A Star is Born (1954) – 9am
• The Pink Panther (1963) – 1:15pm 
• The Boss Baby (2017) – 5pm  
• Mise Éire (1959) – 9pm
• Dirty Dancing (1987) – 11:40 pm

RTE One

• High Society (1956) – 8:05am
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) – 10am
• My Fair Lady (1964) – 2:40pm
• Paddington 2 (2017) – 6:30pm
• House of Gucci (2021)- 9:50pm

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RTE 2

• Zog (2018) – 7:55am
• Gangsta Granny (2013) – 9:25am
• Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993) – 10:50am
• Madagascar (2005) – 11:25am
• The Great Escape (1963) – 3:20pm
• Be Good or Be Gone (2020)- 11pm
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) – 12:50am

Virgin Media Two

• Tears of the Sun (2003) – 10pm

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