Where to watch Elf in Australia: Netflix, Stan, Disney+ and four more for Christmas 2026

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Elf is streaming in Australia on seven services this Christmas: Netflix, Stan, Disney+, Prime Video, BINGE, HBO Max and Foxtel Now. If you already pay for any of them, it costs nothing extra. If you have none, the cheapest way in is a free trial (BINGE gives new customers 7 days), and the cheapest paid option is a $4.99 rental on Apple TV or Prime Video, in 4K.

Every way to watch Elf in Australia

Service	How	Cheapest price	Free trial
Netflix	Included	Standard with ads $9.99 a month	None
Stan	Included	Basic with ads $9.99 a month, 50% off for 2 months until 30 November 2026	None
Disney+	Included, added 2 November 2026	Standard with Ads $9.99 a month	None
BINGE	Included	Basic $10 a month, $3 for the first month until 30 November 2026	7 days, new customers on monthly plans
Prime Video	Included with Prime	$12.99 a month	30 days for eligible new Prime members
HBO Max	Included	Basic With Ads $119.99 a year	None
Foxtel Now	Included	Starter $35 a month	10 days for new customers
Apple TV, Prime Video store, Fetch TV	Rent	$4.99 (4K on Apple TV and Prime Video)	None

Availability comes from our daily check of Australian services, last run on 15 November 2026, and matches JustWatch Australia on the same day. Prices are from each service's own site, checked between 28 October and 10 November 2026. Christmas films move around a lot in December, so we recheck Elf every day and the Elf page always shows today's list.

The cheapest way to watch Elf

You already subscribe to something. With seven services carrying it, there is a good chance Elf is already in a library you pay for. Search for it in Netflix, Stan, Disney+ and Prime Video before you sign up to anything new.

You subscribe to nothing. A BINGE free trial covers Elf at no cost if you cancel within 7 days, and BINGE also carries most of the Christmas films below. If you would rather keep paying through December, BINGE's $3 first month (until 30 November) is the cheapest month of any service on this list. Prime Video's 30-day Prime trial is the longest, and runs through most of the festive season if you start it in early December.

You only want this one film. Rent it for $4.99 on Apple TV or the Prime Video store. An Apple TV rental gives you 30 days to start watching and 48 hours to finish once you press play, plenty for a 96-minute film.

Is Elf on free-to-air TV this Christmas?

Not yet. No free-to-air network has listed Elf in its December schedule so far, and it is not on 7plus, 9Now, 10 Play, ABC iview or SBS On Demand. Networks publish their Christmas schedules a week or two out; if Elf turns up, it will appear on the Elf page with the channel and time, and our free-to-air TV guide will list it.

Flicks also lists Elf back on some cinema screens this season, with sessions in Perth, Adelaide, Geelong and Bendigo. Check your local cinema for times.

About the film

Elf (2003) stars Will Ferrell as Buddy, a human raised at the North Pole who travels to New York to find his father, a hard-nosed children's book publisher played by James Caan. Zooey Deschanel plays Jovie, Mary Steenburgen and Bob Newhart co-star, and Peter Dinklage has a memorable scene as an author Buddy mistakes for an elf. Jon Favreau directed it from David Berenbaum's script. It opened in Australian cinemas on 27 November 2003, runs 96 minutes and is rated PG, so it suits most family viewing.

It is a New Line Cinema film, now part of Warner Bros., which is why it sits on HBO Max and in the Foxtel group (BINGE and Foxtel Now) on top of the licensed runs on Netflix, Stan, Prime Video and Disney+.

More Christmas films to stream in Australia

If Elf is the start of your Christmas list, these are where the other favourites stream today:

Film	Where it streams in Australia
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)	Netflix, Stan, Disney+, Prime Video, Paramount+, BINGE, Foxtel Now
The Grinch (2018)	Stan, Disney+, Prime Video, Paramount+, BINGE, Foxtel Now
Love Actually (2003)	Stan, Prime Video, Paramount+, BINGE, Foxtel Now
The Holiday (2006)	Stan, Prime Video, Paramount+, BINGE, Foxtel Now
The Polar Express (2004)	Netflix, HBO Max, BINGE, Foxtel Now
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)	Stan, HBO Max, Foxtel Now
Home Alone (1990)	Disney+ only

Stan, BINGE and Foxtel Now carry the most of these. For the full list, with family picks and romantic comedies, see our guide to the best Christmas movies to stream. More Will Ferrell: Step Brothers is on Stan, BINGE and Foxtel Now, and Anchorman has its own page with today's options.