Three films opened in U.S. theaters on December 25, 2024: Robert Eggers’s gothic horror film Nosferatu, A24’s relationship drama Babygirl, and Searchlight’s Bob Dylan story A Complete Unknown. They are historical releases, not upcoming 2026 movies. Which one fits depends on whether you want supernatural dread, a CEO’s risky affair, or the early-1960s New York music scene.
Which films opened on Christmas Day 2024?
Official film pages list all three releases for December 25, 2024. Focus Features announced Nosferatu for U.S. audiences that day; A24’s official page gives the same date for Babygirl; and Searchlight’s press page states that A Complete Unknown was in theaters everywhere on December 25.
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Nosferatu - Extended Cut Blu-ray + Digital | $13.19 | Buy on Amazon |
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Nosferatu - Extended Cut 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital | $18.99 | Buy on Amazon |
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F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu: Deluxe Remastered Edition - Blu-ray | $18.99 | Buy on Amazon |
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Nosferatu The Vampyre [Blu-ray] | $7.99 | Buy on Amazon |
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Nosferatu: gothic horror and dread
Robert Eggers’s film follows estate agent Thomas Hutter to Transylvania, where he encounters Count Orlok. Back home, Hutter’s new bride, Ellen, is troubled by visions and dread. The official home-video page lists a runtime of 2 hours 13 minutes and an R rating for bloody violent content, graphic nudity, and some sexual content. Its listed cast includes Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, and Simon McBurney. Focus Features’ Nosferatu page and Universal Pictures At Home’s film page provide the official details.
Babygirl: a CEO’s affair and its stakes
A24 describes Babygirl as the story of a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family at risk when she begins an affair with her much younger intern. The official page identifies it as a 2024 film and lists December 25 as its release date. A24’s Babygirl page has the film’s synopsis.
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#1 Best Overall
- Genre: Horror
- Number of Discs: 1
- Number of Tracks: 0
- Rating: R
- Director: Robert Eggers
A Complete Unknown: Bob Dylan in early-1960s New York
Set in New York in 1961, James Mangold’s film follows a 19-year-old musician from Minnesota as he arrives in the city and rises through its music scene. Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan. The cast also includes Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, and Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie. Searchlight’s press page lists the film as opening everywhere on December 25, 2024: Searchlight’s A Complete Unknown page.
How to choose among the three
- Choose Nosferatu for gothic horror centered on a vampire, unsettling visions, and dread. Its R rating and listed content descriptors can help viewers assess suitability.
- Choose Babygirl if the CEO’s affair and the risk to her career and family are the subject that interests you most.
- Choose A Complete Unknown for a story about Bob Dylan’s arrival in New York and the city’s music scene in 1961.
Finding a theater or showtime
These were Christmas Day 2024 releases, so the release-date announcements do not establish what is playing at a particular theater now. Check a local theater’s listings or a ticketing service for current showtimes and availability. The official sources cited here do not establish comparable formats, local screenings, or audience-suitability details for Babygirl and A Complete Unknown.
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Best Value
Rank #4
- Factory sealed DVD
Rank #3
- Remastered in HD from the archival 35mm restoration by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
- Featuring Hans Erdmann's original 1922 score in 5.1 Surround or 2.0 stereo
- Includes The Language of Shadows, a 52-minute documentary on F.W. Murnau
- Starring Max Schreck as Nosferatu, based loosely on Bram Stoker's Dracula
- From the Kino Classics label
Rank #2
- Genre: Horror; Thriller
- Number of Discs: 2
- Number of Tracks: 0
- Rating: R
- Number of Albums: No
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