Our pick of the best gifts for movie lovers for Christmas 2026
XGIMI Elfin Flip 4K
Most projectors demand a permanent perch, trailing cables, and a minor qualification in geometry. XGIMI’s Elfin Flip 4K is considerably more accommodating. Its compact frame doubles as a stand and protective cover, rotating through 150 degrees to throw sharp 4K pictures onto walls or ceilings. An RGB triple-laser light source supplies 1600 ISO lumens, while Google TV puts Netflix and other streaming favourites onboard. Optical zoom also helps it fit awkward rooms without sacrificing resolution. It’s powerful enough for a proper movie night, yet portable enough to make cinema feel spontaneous – a rare combination, and an unusually exciting present indeed.
Tap to tidy
Automated focus, keystone correction, obstacle avoidance, and wall-colour adaptation handle all the tedious setup work, leaving its fortunate recipient free to start arguing about what everyone should actually watch instead.
Game on
Gamers get VRR, ALLM, and claimed one-millisecond latency at 1080p/120Hz in Game Mode, with VRR enabled and auto-keystone disabled. Suddenly, the living-room wall becomes an enormous competitive multiplayer arena.
Speak up
The built-in seven-watt Harman Kardon speaker means impromptu screenings require no extra audio kit. It’s a welcome touch when you’re moving between rooms or aiming pictures at the ceiling, too.
LG OLED Evo AI C6
The C6 is the all-rounder of LG’s 2026 OLED family – brighter, smarter, and oh-so-tempting. Its self-lit pixels produce perfect blacks and contrast, while Dolby Vision adds lavish HDR. LG’s processing sharpens and upscales lower-resolution material, while four HDMI inputs support 4K/120Hz, VRR, and ALLM gaming. A spectacular present that’s sure to stick out under (next to?) the tree.
Documentary Now! Fourth Edition, Revised and Expanded
This gloriously straight-faced companion treats Documentary Now!’s fictional film history with the reverence reserved for Bergman or Kurosawa. Across more than 600 pages, it gathers stills, posters, archival oddities, essays, and new writing from the show’s creators and collaborators. There’s even complete sheet music for Co-Op: The Musical. A beautifully absurd coffee-table monument to mockumentary nerdery.
Magnetar UDP800 MKII
Streaming convenience is lovely, but discs still deliver the collector’s thrill – and often the finest picture and sound. Magnetar’s imposing universal player handles all the important acronyms: 4K UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD, CD, SACD, and DVD-Audio, with Dolby Vision and HDR10+ support. The second-gen model upgrades its processing, shielding, and disc mechanism, chasing even quieter operation and cleaner signals.
LG Sound Suite H7
LG’s H7 crams eight full-range drivers, four woofers, and eight passive radiators into one ambitious soundbar. It upmixes Dolby Atmos content to 9.1.6 channels on its own, with room calibration tailoring sound to the space. Add compatible optional Sound Suite speakers for FlexConnect; Sound Follow also requires an active FlexConnect setup and a supported UWB phone.
Manhattan Aero 4K TV Streamer with Freely
The Aero gives any existing TV a remarkably painless upgrade. Shove into HDMI, add Wi-Fi or Ethernet, and Freely supplies more than 70 live channels and extensive catch-up television without an aerial. TiVo OS also corrals Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, YouTube, and hundreds of free TiVo+ channels. It supports 4K streaming, voice search, and even throws in an HDMI cable for good measure.
Hisense PX4TUK Pro
Hisense’s ultra-short-throw proves that cinematic scale doesn’t need ugly ceiling mounts. Capable of creating a massive 200in picture while sitting close to the wall, its RGB triple-laser system reaches a claimed 3500 lumens, assisted by a dynamic iris for stronger contrast. Built-in VIDAA handles streaming, while Devialet-tuned Dolby Atmos audio makes the PX4 Pro an unusually complete cinema system in one handsome box.
Sonos Beam Ultra
The Beam Ultra keeps the compact footprint that made its predecessor accommodating, then widens the sound. Sonos promises true 7.1.2 Dolby Atmos, deeper bass, and clearer dialogue, with adjustable AI Speech Enhancement for pesky mumble-prone productions. HDMI eARC makes setup straightforward, while Bluetooth, AirPlay 2, and the Sonos ecosystem ensure this bar remains useful when the TV is off.
Amazon Ember Artline
Amazon’s art-focused television would rather resemble a framed print than a dormant black rectangle. Its slim design and matte 4K QLED screen sell the illusion. Framed configurations include one chosen frame, with additional designs sold separately, and more than 2000 artworks are included. When movie night begins, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and Fire TV take over, while Omnisense can wake the display as somebody enters.
Stockholm After Dark – Limited Collector’s Edition Box Set (Blu-ray)
Eureka’s three-disc collection excavates five Swedish crime films made between 1938 and 1953, including two starring Ingrid Bergman. Restored by the Swedish Film Institute and newly subtitled, the films arrive in a hardbound slipcase with a collector’s book. Only 2000 copies are planned, lending this 468-minute slab of shadowy cinema the scarcity that physical-media obsessives find completely, utterly irresistible.
Epson Lifestudio Grand Plus EH-LS970
Epson’s flagship ultra-short-throw projector uses 4K enhancement to put 8.3 million pixels on screen. Its 4000-lumen 3LCD laser system produces pictures up to 150in without the rainbow artefacts that can trouble single-chip DLP projectors. Google TV, Bose-engineered speakers, and app-assisted setup make it agreeably self-contained. A formidable, wall-filling alternative to an enormous television.
WiiM Bar
WiiM’s first soundbar embraces visible controls, with a circular 2.1in touchscreen that displays album artwork, settings, and playback information, complementing a 3.0.2-channel array with upward-firing drivers. Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and RoomFit cover cinematic duties, and it’s a deft hand at doing justice to your favourite tunes, too. It’s the screen, though, that makes it stand out from most.
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