Best movies like Just in Time for Christmas
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Plot Summary:
Lindsay is faced with a life-altering decision as Christmas approaches: Stay in her tiny hometown and marry boyfriend Jason or accept a coveted post teaching at an Ivy League college on the other side of the country. What to do? Fortunately for Lindsay, she has some big-time help in the form of a magical messenger who is able to transport her three years into the future to see how it would all turn out.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, funny, realistic, inspirational, romantic comedy
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Jingle Around the Clock (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Elle Bennet decides to reunite her college friends for a special Christmas celebration, her plans are thwarted by an opportunity at work she can’t pass up -- spearheading a Christmas campaign relaunch to prove she’s ready for a career-altering promotion. Much to her surprise, she’s forced to team up with advertising campaign 'fixer' Max, who has a completely different take on the Holidays. But as Elle and Max work together and learn more about each other’s Christmas traditions, they unexpectedly find themselves falling for each other. With the help of a little Christmas magic, will Elle pull off the perfect Christmas reunion and find the love she’s been searching for?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, sweet, romantic comedy
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Married by Christmas (2016)
Plot Summary:
Due to an antiquated clause in her grandmother’s will, an ambitious young executive may lose her place at the family company unless she can get married by Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, christmas comedy
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Small Town Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Author Nell Phillips’ first book has become a surprise best-seller of the Christmas season. Nell’s last stop on a nationwide book tour takes her to the town of Springdale, the hometown of Emmett Turner, a young man she met over five years ago while both were junior copy editors at a New York publishing company. Nell was hurt when Emmett stood her up for a dinner date and then disappeared from New York without any explanation. As Nell is quick to admit, Emmett’s colorful, nostalgic anecdotes about Springdale inspired her to write this book that is shaping her life and especially this holiday season.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Christmas Wonderland (2018)
Plot Summary:
Heidi, who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator. Now, a week before the gallery’s big Christmas party, she must return home to watch her niece and nephew. She comes face to face with her high school love, Chris, now a teacher, and offers to help him find a new last-minute location for the Christmas dance.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, emotional, romantic comedy
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Candy Cane Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
Since childhood, Candy Cane Lane has been Phoebe's favorite Christmas tradition. This Christmas, however, the neighborhood decides to skip the decoration, crushing Phoebe's spirits. As Phoebe's searching for a new tradition to lift her holiday spirits, she realizes that it's not the traditions we cherish, but the people we spend them with. As Phoebe is preparing for her new tradition, she stumbles upon the final thing her Christmas was missing: love!.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 751
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: light, touching, feel good, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Christmas Scavenger Hunt (2019)
Plot Summary:
When Belinda heads back to her hometown for the holidays, things get complicated when she is forced to team up with her ex at the town's annual Christmas scavenger hunt.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, feel good, semi serious, romantic comedy, gay cinema
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12 Gifts of Christmas (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Anna Parisi, an unemployed fine arts painter, is unable to make ends meet, she is hired to become a personal Christmas shopper for Marc, an uptight corporate exec. As they begin working together, Marc learns that Christmas giving has less to do with the amount of money spent and more to do with the importance of the gift, while Anna discovers she might find success as an artist in a way she never expected. The best gift of all of course is the love they discover with one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: entertaining, light, feel good, sincere, romantic, cute, romantic comedy
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Marry Me This Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
Bounce original movie, starring Brandon Jay McLaren and Gabrielle Graham.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, romantic, feel good, entertaining
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Christmas at Pemberley Manor (2018)
Plot Summary:
As Christmas approaches, Elizabeth Bennett, a New York event planner, is sent to a quaint, small town to organize their holiday festival. When she arrives, she finds William Darcy, a high-profile billionaire lacking in holiday spirit, in the process of selling the charming estate she hoped to use as a venue. Determined to make her event a success, Elizabeth persuades the reluctant Darcy to let her hold the festival on the historical estate once known for its holiday cheer. When they wind up working together to arrange the festivities, the unlikely pair begins falling for each other. But when complications arise and the festival is unexpectedly shut down, the couple parts ways and Darcy moves forward with his plans to sell the estate. On the night before Christmas, a wistful Elizabeth hopes for a Christmas miracle to revive the festival, save the estate, and rekindle her holiday romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, sweet, feel good, touching, emotional, period piece, modern day adaptation
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The Christmas Cottage (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Lacey takes a rare break from work for her friend Ava's Christmas Eve wedding, she reconnects with her former flame, Ean. The two decorate the cottage where the newlyweds will spend their honeymoon – a cottage said to bring true love to anyone who stays there – and feel their chemistry return.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sweet, funny, light, feel good, romantic drama
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It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a New England Christmas decorating competition searches for the town with the most Christmas spirit, the Mayors of East and West Riverton go all out to get their towns to the top of the holiday heap.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, gay cinema
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A Christmas Wedding (2006)
Plot Summary:
Emily (Sarah Paulson) and Ben (Eric Mabius) find their plans to marry on Christmas day coming apart at the seams when Ben is left to plan the wedding details after Emily is forced to go on a business trip. Though Emily, a perfectionist, is determined to have a fairytale wedding, she realizes that love is all that really matters when a freak storm threatens to keep her from making it home in time for the big day.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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A Cookie Cutter Christmas (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two longtime rivals and elementary school teachers duke it out during the holidays in a Christmas cookie bake-off, but their real feud ignites over a shared interest in a handsome single dad. With both determined to win the prize and the romance, their competitiveness could jeopardize what matters most this Christmas season.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Deliver by Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
Bakery owner Molly meets Josh, a widower who recently moved to town with his young son, but she is also charmed by a mysterious client whom she’s never met in person and she doesn’t realize that they’re the same man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, inspirational, romantic, sweet, gay cinema
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Christmas by Chance (2020)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy and popular entrepreneur hires Chance Hazelton, owner of a struggling shop called Gifts by Chance, to help him organize a perfect proposal for his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy, christmas comedy
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My Christmas Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
A hopeless romantic who can’t ever seem to give a guy a real chance begins receiving each of the "12 Days of Christmas” as gifts anonymously at her door. As she tries to figure out who is sending the gifts, she begins to believe that the mystery suitor could finally live up to her expectations.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, sweet, surprise ending, romantic comedy
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A Bride for Christmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bride-to-be Jessie Patterson calls off her third engagement - during the ceremony! She swears off serious relationships, until she meets and is pursued by Aiden MacTiernan. Aiden, on the other hand, has bet his friends he is marriage material, and can find a fiancé in the four weeks leading up to Christmas. When Jessie and Aiden begin to fall for each other, Jessie must decide if she is ready for serious love, and Aiden must decide if his bet is worth risking his relationship with Jessie.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, light, sincere, cute, realistic, semi serious
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Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater (2020)
Plot Summary:
Single mom Maggie is facing Christmas alone until Lucas crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected house guest. Together they overcome Christmas while finding comfort in their growing bond.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy, christmas comedy, gay cinema
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Snowbound for Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
A marketing executive is invited by her charming and handsome boss to pitch a major project to prospective clients at a posh resort and the two get snowed in together before any of the other guests can arrive. Now, with the hotel to themselves, a fairytale snowscape outside and sparks flying inside, they find that being alone together is all the Christmas magic they need.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Once Upon A Holiday (2015)
Plot Summary:
When an actual, honest-to-goodness royal princess runs off from her official obligations and duties for a couple of days to see how the other half lives, she winds up falling for a good Samaritan who is unaware of her real identity during the holiday season. Will her true love still feel the same way once he learns the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, feel good, exciting, light, touching, sweet
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Christmas in the Air (2017)
Plot Summary:
Lydia, a successful professional organizer, is constantly trying to grow her business, but even her ambition takes a back seat to love when she meets Robert, a frazzled widower with two young children. A toy inventor, Robert is asked to present his new Christmas toy line to a superstore. His challenge is he only has 12 days to get his life and his business in order. Talk about a Christmas rush! Lydia shows Robert that this task goes way deeper than messy junk drawers and encompasses every aspect of his life. While she’s intent on helping him straighten out details he had long ignored, Robert teaches the buttoned-up Lydia that messiness can be a delightful part of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, emotional, romantic comedy
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All About Christmas Eve (2012)
Plot Summary:
'Tis the Season for Evelyn Wright...literally, she is a party planner in NYC. At the last minute Eve finds out that one of her agency's top clients is throwing a HUGE Christmas event, in LA, on Christmas Eve! Eve must decide whether to take on the event or risk her career to go on a romantic vacation with her boyfriend Darren. Unbeknownst to Eve, her future all depends on whether or not she makes a plane. We see it both ways, in parallel.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, captivating
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Finding Santa (2017)
Plot Summary:
Christmas is a busy, busy time for the residents of Green River, particularly for Grace Long, the third generation of her family to steward the New England town’s signature Christmas Eve parade. This year’s audience for the parade promises to be in the millions, thanks to a national morning show that has chosen Green River as the site of its Christmas Eve day program.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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Christmas List (2016)
Plot Summary:
Isobel Gray plans a storybook Christmas with her boyfriend, including a snow-covered cottage in the Northwest, and a carefully composed bucket list of classic holiday traditions. But when the boyfriend goes AWOL, the list proves challenging and a tempting new romance turns her life upside down. Will Isobel have a White Christmas ending under the mistletoe?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy, christmas comedy
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A December Bride (2016)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring interior designer Layla is dreading the Christmastime wedding of her cousin who’s marrying Layla’s ex-fiancé. Although Seth is the one responsible for introducing the bride and groom, she begrudgingly accepts his offer to be her date as she’s out of options. Seth gets carried away at the reception and announces they’re engaged, forcing a mortified Layla to keep up the pretense.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional, cute, romantic comedy
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A Cinderella Christmas (2016)
Plot Summary:
Angie works hard to run her uncle’s events business while her cousin Candace takes the credit. When Angie takes a night off to have fun at the Christmasquerade Ball, the mask and gown allow her to let loose, and she quickly catches the eye of Nicholas, a wealthy local bachelor. But then Angie has to go before revealing her identity, leaving Nicholas searching for his mystery woman in this modern take on the classic fairy tale.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: romantic, emotional, light, sweet, fairy tale
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A Christmas Wedding Date (2012)
Plot Summary:
After being fired, Rebecca hours back to her old home town to attend her friends wedding on Christmas Eve and visit her mother. But when she tries to return home she finds she must relive Christmas Eve over and over until she gets it right.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, light, sweet
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Merry Matrimony (2015)
Plot Summary:
Brie Traverston is up for partner at her firm if she can successfully coordinate a Christmas wedding reshoot and ignore all the feelings that come with working with the one-that-got-away Eddie Chapman and his possibly new girlfriend Isabella.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, cute
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A Christmas Kiss (2011)
Plot Summary:
Wendy Walton is the best designer in Boston... but no one knows it yet. Hoping to kick-start her career, Wendy has left work with the local theatre to take a job as an assistant to Priscilla Hall, the most prestigious designer in the city. Ms. Hall works Wendy around the clock, which is how Wendy finds herself trapped in an elevator late one night with an incredibly handsome stranger. Wendy and the mystery man share an impulsive, romantic, life changing kiss before the doors open and Wendy runs out, leaving him behind. The next day at work, Wendy answers the door to find the handsome gentleman standing in front of her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, sentimental, touching, semi serious, sincere, captivating, entertaining, romantic, sweet
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Surviving Christmas (2004)
Plot Summary:
Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, he revisit his old childhood home in the hope of reliving some old holiday memories – but he finds that the house in which he was raised is no longer the home in which he grew up.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, funny, entertaining, hilarious, light, captivating, black comedy, teen, happy