The best Hallmark Christmas movies bring holiday cheer to every kind of viewer, from longtime fans to first-time watchers. Check the Hallmark Channel schedule to see when you can catch these holiday movies.
IMDB rating: 6.7/10
Genre: Romance
Director: Catherine Cyran
Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Greyston Holt, Jon Cor
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Childhood friends Lina (Rachael Leigh Cook) and Max (Greyston Holt) decide to travel home together for the holidays. A storm interrupts their journey, leaving them to find an alternate route. Old feelings resurface as they must work together to make it to Christmas dinner in time.
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IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Torrey DeVitto, Chad Michael Murray, Lolita Davidovich
Director: Pat Williams
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Following a devastating breakup, Jessica (Torrey DeVitto) reflects on the people who matter most. She decides to send Christmas cards to everyone who has positively influenced her, from her favorite teacher to her favorite pop star. As luck would have it, her childhood crush (Chad Michael Murray) replies, leading to an unexpected relationship.
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Jason Borque
Starring: Aimee Teegarden, Andrew Walker, and James Tupper
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Vanessa (Aimee Teegarden) takes a DNA test and is shocked when the results reveal a family she never knew she had. She travels to meet them for Christmas and learns lessons about the importance of family and love.
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IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Starring: Jill Wagner, Mark Deklin, Holly Robinson Peete
Director: Sean McNamara
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
To her disappointment, professional designer Lisa (Jill Wagner) returns home for Christmas to find the town’s old general store abandoned. Determined to restore the historic building, she reaches out to a local contractor named Kevin (Mark Deklin), and the two become business partners. As their relationship evolves, Lisa begins to question whether she wants to leave her hometown.
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IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Genre: Drama
Starring: Laura Osnes, Aaron Tveit, Victoria Clark
Director: Dustin Rikert
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes
When they’re stranded during a terrible blizzard, a mother (Victoria Clark) and her son (Aaron Tveit) are taken in by a kind woman named Anna (Laura Osnes). Anna soon discovers that she’s housing the Royal Family of Galwick, and she finds herself falling for the Prince, who is intrigued by her small town’s Christmas traditions.
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IMBD rating: 6.4/10
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Director: Jeff Beesley
Starring: Victor Webster, Rachel Boston, Stephanie Sy
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
When her family’s cookie company falls on hard times, Annie (Rachel Boston) steps in as the new CEO. Unfortunately, someone steals her grandmother’s secret recipe right before the holiday season, so Annie enlists a handsome baker named Sam (Victor Webster) to reverse-engineer her grandma’s cookies.
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IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Merritt Patterson, Jon Cor, Luke Roessler
Director: Paul Ziller
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
In this heart-warming story, a photographer (Merritt Patterson) must take time off from work to care for her grandmother during the holidays. She quickly strikes up a friendship with her neighbor David (Jon Cor), who needs help caring for his family. Brought together by less-than-ideal circumstances, they ultimately end up having a genuinely picture-perfect Christmas.
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IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Candace Cameron Bure, Eion Bailey, Mark Deklin
Director: Lee Friedlander
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Have you ever wanted to switch lives with someone else? It’s not so hard if you have an identical twin. Two sisters decide to trick their friends and family for the holidays, trading places and planning each other’s respective Christmas parties. As they try to keep up the charade, they gain a stronger appreciation for each other.
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IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Starring: Jeremy Jordan, Yael Grobglas, Lisa Loeb
Director: Peter DeLuise
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes
Molly (Yael Grobglas) and Jacob (Jeremy Jordan) have a lot in common, which is why their matchmaker considers them a perfect fit. In fact, they have a little too much in common: It turns out that they are the owners of competing delis. Can they reconcile over Hanukkah?
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Genre: Romance, Fantasy
Director: Dustin Rikert
Starring: Lyndsy Fonseca, Chandler Massey, Lea Thompson
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour 24 minutes
Angie (Lyndsy Fonseca) wistfully wonders what would have happened if she’d married her ex (Chandler Massey). As she takes the train home to see her family for Christmas, she finds herself dropped off in 2011. With the help of the train’s mysterious conductor (Christopher Lloyd), Angie begins to understand what truly matters in life. The movie also stars Lloyd’s Back to the Future co-star Lea Thompson.
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IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Candace Cameron Bure, Paul Greene, Sarah Strange
Director: Ron Oliver
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes
A snowstorm brings two strangers together at an airport hotel in New York. Paige (Candace Cameron Dure) is desperate to meet her future in-laws before her wedding, so she seeks help from fellow traveler Dylan (Paul Greene) to get home for the holidays. Meanwhile, Dylan is heartbroken from a recent breakup, so he turns to the bride-to-be for a rebound.
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IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Genre: Romance
Starring: Candace Cameron Bure, Luke Macfarlane, Jean Smart
Director: Michael Robison
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes
After a falling out with her family, Noelle (Candace Cameron Bure) isn’t too down about accidentally getting trapped inside a shoe store on Christmas Eve. Things get weird when a mysterious woman appears who claims to be her guardian angel, and the two visit Christmases past, present, and future. In the end, Noelle discovers that nothing is more important than family.
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IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Comedy
Director: Michael Scott
Starring: Merritt Patterson and Jon Ecker
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 23 minutes
Maya (Merritt Patterson) and Alex (Jon Ecker) are high school friends who reunite over Christmas to sell Alex’s uncle’s Mexican bakery. The bakery’s specialty? Gingerbread cookies that grant wishes. Will true love be granted?
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IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Candace Cameron Bure, Tim Rozon, Beth Broderick
Director: David Weaver
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes
After deciding to ditch everything and leave Boston for a fresh start, Lauren Gabriel (Candace Cameron Bure) takes an unexpected trip to a quaint town called Grandon Falls. She slowly discovers that there’s more to the snowy village than meets the eye. Plus, she learns a few lessons about family and the meaning of Christmas along the way.
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IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Genre: Romance, Fantasy
Director: Gary Yates
Starring: Torrey DeVitto, Zane Holtz, Amanda Barker
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Aspiring director Madison (Torrey DeVitto) has found the perfect subject for her first film: Every Christmas Eve, her hometown hosts a courtroom drama where the locals fiercely debate who really penned the classic Christmas poem “A Visit from St. Nick.”
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: David Winning
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kimberley Sustad, and Gregory Harrison
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Picking up where The Nine Lives of Christmas ended, Zachary and Marilee are tasked with finding homes for nine kittens amid the Christmas holidays. Will the adorable felines help smooth their rocky patch in time for Christmas?
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IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Genre: Romance
Starring: Jonathan Bennett, Chelsea Hobbs, George Krissa
Director: Ali Liebert
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
When his sister leaves town before the holidays, Sam (Jonathan Bennett) agrees to watch her kids while she’s gone. He’s in way over his head, but a kindly neighbor named Jason (George Krissa) is glad to help. As it turns out, they make a pretty good parental team.
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IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
Genre: Romance
Starring: Ava Weiss, Katrina Bowden, Christopher Russell
Director: Max McGuire
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Elementary school teacher Ryan (Christopher Russell) gets an unwelcome early Christmas surprise when he’s diagnosed with colorblindness. Fortunately, one of his students has an optometrist mommy named Michelle (Katrina Bowden). Even better, she’s single.
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IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Lacey Chabert, Sam Page, Franco Nero
Director: Ernie Barbarash
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
An American tour guide (Lacey Chabert) living in Rome loses her job just before the holidays. She gets a stroke of luck when she meets an American entrepreneur named Oliver (Sam Page) looking to purchase an Italian ceramics company. As she guides him through the ancient city streets, the two discover more and more about each other.
IMDb Rating: 6.3/10
Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: David Winning
Starring: Danica McKellar, Benjamin Ayres, and Jason Hervey.
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Arborist Olivia (Danica McKellar) helps Christmas tree farmer Jack investigate a mysterious illness affecting the trees on Jack’s Christmas tree farm. Will love take root as they get to the bottom of what’s ailing the firs?
IMDb Rating: 5.8/10
Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: David I. Strasser
Starring: Janel Parrish and Ryan Paevey
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Paige (Janel Parrish) is an event planner who returns home to throw a “Christmas Around the World” party at her family’s inn. She meets a single dad and his son, and soon the magic of Christmas touches everyone’s fates.
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IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Genre: Romance
Starring: Ashley Williams, Calix Fraser, Niall Matter
Director: Allan Harmon
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Single mom Maggie (Ashley Williams) is prepared to spend Christmas alone, but she gets an unexpected visitor. Maggie gains a new appreciation for the holidays through her new budding relationship with Lucas (Niall Matter).
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IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Tyler Hynes, Mallory Jansen, Clare Filipow
Director: Gary Yates
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
A couple of misfit video game designers team up to create a scavenger hunt as a way to spread Christmas cheer. Their game brings the whole town together, and they eventually find what they had been looking for all along in one another.
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IMDb Rating: 5.7/10
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Katherine Barrell, Evan Roderick, Chandler Massey
Director: Jason Bourque
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Christmas comes only once a year, so you have to make the most of it. Should Emma (Kat Barrell) celebrate in the city with her friends, or should she go back to her childhood home and maintain family traditions? Whichever she picks, holiday plans don’t always play out like they do in your head.
IMBD rating: 5.9/10
Genre: Romance
Director: Terry Ingram
Starring: Danica McKellar, Dylan Neal, April Telek
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Advice columnist Kayleigh (Danica McKellar) specializes in romance. Unfortunately, her column gets canceled just before Christmas, leaving her without a paycheck. She heads home to seek solace in her family, only to get called back to the city by the publisher (Dylan Neal), who pushed her out.
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IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Carly Pope, Kristoffer Polaha, Laura Cilevitz
Director: Don McBrearty
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
In Double Holiday, Hanukkah and Christmas go hand-in-hand. Rebecca (Carly Pope) has to cancel her Hanukkah plans when she gets roped into organizing a Christmas party with her annoying co-worker, Chris (Kristoffer Polaha). The two learn how to get along until they find out that they’re competing for the same promotion.
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IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Genre: Romance
Starring: Brooke D’Orsay, Ryan Paevey, Daphne Hoskins
Director: Ruby J. Munro
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Like many childhood friends, Talia (Brooke D’Orsay) and Anderson (Ryan Paevey) went their separate ways as adults. One year during their holiday travels, the former friends cross paths in an unusual place that brings together people when they need each other the most.
IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
Genre: Romance
Starring: Lacey Chabert, Brendan Penny, Sherry Miller
Director: Don McBrearty
TV Rating: TV-PG
Run Time: 1 hour, 22 minutes
Despite being offered a job with her father’s company, Darcy (Lacey Chabert) decides to move away from home and start her own business. When she comes home to plan a Christmas charity event, she reunites with an old friend (Brendan Penny), who convinces her to reconnect with her dad.
An adaptation of a book by Melissa de la Cruz, this movie is the perfect family film for the holidays.
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IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Starring: Danica McKellar, Niall Matter, Zoë Noelle Baker
Director: Michael Robison
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 23 minutes
If you’ve never been to Dollywood, you can get a glimpse of the amusement park in Christmas at Dollywood. When an event planner (Danica McKellar) from Tennessee returns home from up north to organize the theme park’s Christmas festivities, she bumps heads with the local manager (Niall Matter) on every detail. Is it any surprise that they fall in love?
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IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring: Alicia Witt, Mark Wiebe, Lawrence Dane
Director: Jonathan Wright
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 27 minutes
On her way to meet her future in-laws for Christmas, Alice (Alicia Witt) loses her luggage and phone at the airport. By chance, she runs into her future brother-in-law (Mark Wiebe) at the baggage claim, and he offers her a ride to his parents’ house. Alice quickly falls in love with her new family, but did she pick the wrong brother to marry?
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IMDb Rating: 5.7/10
Genre: Romance
Starring: Hunter King, Jordan Renzo, Sharon Coade
Director: Clare Niederpruem
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 27 minutes
Eager to one day be crowned king, Prince Edmond (Jordan Renzo) gives his mother a Corgi to get in her good graces, but the plan backfires. An American dog trainer named Cecily (Hunter King) is his only hope for making the wild puppy presentable for the Christmas Ball.
IMDb Rating: 5.8/10
Genre: Romance, Fantasy
Director: Michael Robison
Starring: Jordin Sparks and Michael Xavier
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Struggling writer Lou (Jordin Sparks) opens a mysterious 100-year-old time capsule and meets Kyle, a charming chef who’s also conflicted about his future. The magic of the holiday season leads them toward some big decisions.
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IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Jill Wagner, Wes Brown, P. Lynn Johnson
Director: James Head
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
When an out-of-town corporation tries to buy out Aunt Sally’s Christmas Cookie Company, the whole town of Cookie Jar comes together to save their local business. At first, corporate representative Hannah (Jill Wagner) is unsympathetic to the company’s owner (Wes Brown). However, that changes when they fall for each other. Consider it a retelling of the classic Grinch story with a romantic twist.
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IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Genre: Romance
Starring: Merritt Patterson, Luke Macfarlane
Director: Jason Hudson
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
A celebrated pianist named Margot (Merrit Patterson) returns to her family home, Chateau Newhaus, for the holidays. When her ex-bandmate and ex-boyfriend Jackson (Luke Macfarlane) hears that Margot is back in town, he wants to bring the band together for one more show.
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IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Starring: Tia Carrere, Shannon Chan-Kent, Shannon Kook
Director: Jennifer Liao
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes
Ambitious photojournalist Liv (Shannon Chan-Kent) gets a lucky break when her boss asks her to cover the extravagant Chang family’s Christmas party, unaware Liv is actually part of the family. Can Liv keep the secret from her attractive co-worker, Henry (Shannon Kook), who is eager to know more about her?
IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Genre: Romance, Mystery
Director: Peter Benson
Starring: Tamera Mowry-Housley, Paul Campbell, and Joe Pantoliano
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Tanya (Tamera Mowry-Housley) is a police detective who must go undercover with fellow detective Ryan (Paul Campbell) to investigate a string of burglaries hitting high-profile holiday parties. The prime suspect? The jovial chair of the Christmas committee. Will posing as newlyweds turn this partnership romantic?
IMDb Rating: 5.5/10
Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Rusty Cundieff
Starring: Ashleigh Murray, Luke James, Basil Wallace, and Michelle Williams
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Beautiful and talented singer Harmony (Ashleigh Murray) is reluctant to join the town choir, but just before Christmas, she’s tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus—directed by her ex-boyfriend. Will they be harmonizing in the key of love by Christmas?
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IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
Genre: Music, Romance
Starring: Kaitlin Doubleday, Adrian Grenier, Sunny Mabrey
Director: Eric Close
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
In this sequel to Christmas at Graceland, Harper (Kaitlin Doubleday) goes home to Memphis to be a nanny for a widower named Owen (Adrian Grenier). The two become friends and begin to bring out the best in each other, and Harper finds herself questioning if she wants to leave home after the holidays are over.
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IMDb Rating: 5.9/10
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Lyndie Greenwood, Brooks Darnell, Holly Robinson Peete
Director: Alfons Adetuyi
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Ella (Lyndie Greenwood) is determined to reunite her fractured family for the holidays. With encouragement from her ex-boyfriend Griffin (Brooks Darnell), Ella’s family celebrates Christmas and Kwanzaa to put aside their past differences and build new memories together.
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IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Aimee Teegarden, Tanner Novlan, Miriam Smith
Director: Jonathan A. Rosenbaum
TV Rating: TV-G
Run Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
It’s been 15 years since the “cursed class” graduated from high school. Now a decade and a half into adulthood, the former classmates reunite for the holidays and reflect on how they’ve changed. As expected, old romantic flames rekindle, and a few bridges might get burned.
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