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Plot Summary:
Aspiring reporter Hope Jensen uncovers the remarkable secret behind a holiday phenomenon: money-filled glass jars anonymously given to people in need.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 932
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: uplifting, thought provoking, touching, feel good, sweet
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Christmas Crash (2009)
Plot Summary:
A husband, wife and their two daughters take a Christmas break at a lodge in the woods. There's evident tension between the couple. He's pulled by attention to his corporation and negotiations about a merger. Even on their vacation he's on the phone. She's feeling abandoned. He takes her on a light plane flight to a cabin across the lake, but their plane suddenly loses altitude. They crash into the lake before they can notify anyone. The husband is more seriously hurt but with his wife's assistance they navigate cross-country towards a distant highway.. While they struggle to cross a ridge, the husband's business partner moves behind the scenes to sell the company to raiders, apparently assuming Frank is dead. Attacked by rogue wolves, the husband and wife are rescued in the nick of time. The FAA begins an investigation of the plane crash while the family begins to heal the emotional and physical wounds.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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A Christmas Truce (2015)
Plot Summary:
During a shaky 24-hour holiday truce amid the Battle of the Bulge, American Captain John Myers and a Belgian farm girl, Alina, fall in love. Forced to separate when fighting resumes, the couple vows to reunite, under a bell tower, the first Christmas Eve after the war ends, if each is alive and eager.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, touching, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, scenic
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The Christmas Heart (2012)
Plot Summary:
The tight-knit neighbors on Arthur Avenue have proudly lit Christmas luminaries for 40 years, but that long-standing tradition is cancelled this year when Matt Norman (Ty Wood), a teenage boy in the neighborhood, is hospitalized in desperate need of a heart transplant. As his parents Ann (Teri Polo) and Mike (Paul Essiembre) anxiously pray by his bedside, a donor is found, while in Detroit, a mother (Tess Harper) is in anguish at her own son’s bedside. When Matt's neighbors decide to honor him in the best way they know how, they just might help save his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, sweet, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Christmas Princess (2017)
Plot Summary:
Against the backdrop of Christmas in Southern California comes Christmas Princess, a heart-warming story inspired by true events about one brave high school girl who overcomes her difficult past to become one of the elite princesses in the world-renowned royal court of the Tournament of Rose Parade presented by Honda.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, touching, sweet, entertaining
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Homemade Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
Every year, Megan, an ambitious young woman uses the weeks leading up to Christmas to become the ultimate holiday freelance assistant for hire, helping with any Christmas related tasks for extra income. But when the opportunity arrives to save a Christmas party and dazzle her crush, she must choose between the man of her aspirations and Mr. Right.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy, christmas comedy
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The Christmas Choir (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, The Christmas Choir is the inspiring account of how one man can make a remarkable difference simply by giving of himself. Workaholic accountant Peter Andrews (Jason Gedrick) has overlooked Christmas, friends and even his fiance for far too long. As a result, his life begins to fall apart. But a chance encounter with a homeless man named Bob (Tyrone Benskin) changes everything and inspires Peter to start a choir that eventually goes on to enormous success. With the help of the unconventional Sister Agatha (Rhea Perlman) and his new found friends at the shelter, Peter learns that Christmas is not a season but a state of mind and that everyone deserves a second chance at life and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Dear Santa (2011)
Plot Summary:
Crystal, a rich party girl, finds a little girl's letter to Santa asking for a new mother, and she vows to win over the father and daughter before the holidays.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, touching, serious, entertaining, romantic drama
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Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (2018)
Plot Summary:
Told she would have less than a few months to live without a liver transplant, Heather Krueger’s time was running out when a kind stranger, Chris Dempsey, heard of her plight and discovered he was a perfect match. The two met and before long a friendship developed into romance. The movie follows Heather and Chris’ journey over three Christmases as his selfless gesture leads to a Christmas miracle for everyone involved. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: romantic, uplifting, touching, feel good, entertaining, emotional
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A Christmas Exchange (2020)
Plot Summary:
The holiday season has started and Molly Cooper is looking for joy. Finally living her childhood dream, Molly swaps her quaint farmhouse for London Financier Patrick Kingston’s posh apartment. Through the ups and downs of her new life in London and searching for romance, Molly begins to look forward to all communication with Patrick. Likewise, Patrick finds Molly’s warm emails and texts charming and compelling. Sparks fly between them as they get to know each other as they live in each other’s spaces.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, touching, feel good, sweet
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I'm Not Here (2017)
Plot Summary:
A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, rough, touching, melancholic
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You Light Up My Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
Emma returns to her hometown built around her family's pioneer Christmas Light Factory two weeks before Christmas. However upon Emma's return, she discovers the lights have gone dim in the once festive town, prompting her to reconnect with an old flame to set their hearts and the town ablaze with light again.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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Christmas Homecoming (2017)
Plot Summary:
A military widow, whose faith in Christmas has lapsed, rents an apartment to a handsome Army Captain, recovering from an injury in battle, and whose faith in Christmas is inspirational. As they team up to save the town’s military museum with a Christmas fundraising event, these two ‘wounded birds’ find themselves falling in love — and being healed by the magic of Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, uplifting, touching, feel good, sweet, romantic drama
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Mrs. Worthington's Party (2007)
Plot Summary:
Father Jonathan Keene - a cold, impatient Catholic priest arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas to do what he does best: shut down a dying parish.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, serious, realistic, contemplative, independent film
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Within These Walls (2001)
Plot Summary:
Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura Dern).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, emotional, realistic
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Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding (2020)
Plot Summary:
Follows Jacquie Liddle as she and Tyler try to plan their perfect destination Christmas wedding. Naturally, Jacquie’s plans go awry when her boisterous family intervenes in her planning and her snooty wedding planner quits in protest. While nothing goes as initially planned, Jacquie and Tyler get a Christmas wedding more memorable than they could have ever dreamed.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, sweet, entertaining
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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 Unwrapped (2020)
Plot Summary:
Charity, an ambitious reporter, learns the true meaning of Christmas when she investigates Erik Gallagher, a beloved member of the town who insists all the gifts he provides every Christmas are from none-other than Santa himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, touching, feel good, romantic comedy
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Christmas Ever After (2020)
Plot Summary:
Popular romance novelist Izzi Simmons spends every Christmas at her favorite snowy bed & breakfast, but this year, she's faced with an impending deadline and a severe case of writer's block. Luckily, inspiration strikes in the unlikely form of the B&B's new owner Matt, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the handsome hero from Izzi's novels. As both partake in the lodge's annual itinerary of Christmas activities, Izzi's writer's block is cured and the first pages of her and Matt's own love story may just be beginning.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 847
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, touching, feel good, fairy tale
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Our First Christmas (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cindy and Tom Baer-Neil have been married for nearly a year, each having lost their first spouse. With the holidays just around the corner, Cindy and Tom are determined to make the new family’s first Christmas perfect. But their respective children have different plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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A Majestic Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Christmas in the charming town of Briar Falls will be bittersweet this year when architect Nell goes back to her hometown having been given the job of turning the historic Majestic Playhouse into a modern multiplex, much to the town’s objections. The Playhouse has been home to their annual Christmas tableaux, which will now have to end after a long and historic tradition to the town. This job is Nell’s first promotion, and one she wishes she hadn’t been chosen for, especially when she meets the new owner of the theater, Connor, whose vision and ideas clash with Nell’s. Since Connor hasn’t had much experience celebrating Christmas, Nell hopes that if she can give him a crash course in Christmas during the town’s Twelve Day Festival, that he might just change his mind about modernizing the Majestic.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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A Christmas Carousel (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Lila is hired by the Royal Family of Marcadia to repair a carousel, she must work with the Prince to complete it by Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, sweet
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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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A Cheerful Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
While doing her job to deliver the most magical Christmas ever to a royal couple, Lauren finds herself falling for their son who soon shares her love of everything Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, visually appealing
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Noel (2004)
Plot Summary:
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. The poor Jules arranges to spend Christmas Eve in the hospital, where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was a teenager. The lives of some of these characters cross with others along the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, emotional, sentimental, sincere, realistic, semi serious, independent film, gloomy, iconic
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Christmas Eve (1986)
Plot Summary:
Story of a well-to-do elderly woman, who befriends the homeless and volunteers her time with children, who learns she has an incurable illness and wants desperately to reunite her three grown grand children (who are scattered across the U.S. living their own lives), with their estranged father, her son. She hires a private detective to search for them so as to try to get everyone together on Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, realistic
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America Brown (2004)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative, independent film
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The Valley of Tears (2012)
Plot Summary:
Marie, a Canadian editor specialized in testimonies of Genocide survivors, starts to receive anonymous large envelopes with the narrative of Ali, a young Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Intrigued, Marie investigates the origin of these envelopes and finds out who is the anonymous writer. This is how she establishes a connection with Joseph, a Lebanese worker hired to paint the offices. A strange relation develops between these two persons who come from very different worlds. But after a while, Joseph abruptly disappears and Marie, overwhelmed by the mission fallen on her, starts a journey into the past, through a small village in Lebanon, in the heart of a bloodthirsty culture were lies the key of all the enigmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Christmas at Maxwell's (2006)
Plot Summary:
A successful American family retreat to their summer home on the banks of Lake Erie to find meaning in life, illness, loss, and change this Christmas. With a successful career in the wine business, and two amazing children, what more can a family ask for. But this Christmas will change the Austin family forever with Suzie falling ill. With Andrew struggling over his wife's ill health and the children trying to find peace and solace on their own, only a miracle can help them through this Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, sincere, touching, independent film, serious, emotional, realistic
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Little Men (1998)
Plot Summary:
In this adaptation of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, two street kids from Boston find themselves at Plumfield, a rural boarding school run by Jo and her husband -- and they soon learn academic and life lessons they won't ever forget.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 615
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: juvenile, independent film, sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic, romantic, clever
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A Joyous Christmas (2017)
Plot Summary:
Just before Christmas, bestselling author Rachel Kennedy returns to her hometown to host an event for her upcoming book. Though being home is difficult since losing her parents and losing touch with her brother, David, she finds strength from unexpected sources, namely her local producer, Jack and a selfless stranger, Joy. Jack and Joy help Rachel connect with the community, reunite with her brother and reevaluate her motivational message. Rachel and Jack develop an undeniable bond, but Rachel is torn between their relationship and career pressure from her manager, Stuart. As the event approaches, Joy reveals a secret from her past that has a lasting impact on Jack, and Rachel must find a message that brings her fans — and herself – lasting joy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, romantic drama