Best movies like Heart of the Holidays
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Plot Summary:
After her life in New York unexpectedly falls apart, powerhouse stockbroker Sam Wallace returns to her small town for the holidays and reconnects with her high school sweetheart who helps reignite her humanitarian spirit just in time to help their community on Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Love is a Piece of Cake (2020)
Plot Summary:
Jessie Dale is a third generation baker who loves her cake shop more than anything in the world. When developers threaten to buy her building and force her out, she must do all she can to save her bakery, all while juggling a blossoming romance with her client's brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Holiday Hearts (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ashley Williams and Paul Campbell team up in this Christmas classic.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, gay cinema
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Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen (2019)
Plot Summary:
Christmas enthusiast party planners Ella and her sister, Marianne, clash with their client, Edward, who is a not-so-jolly toy company CEO.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, sweet, emotional, gay cinema
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Love's Second Chance (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Rose, a passionate fashion stylist in her 30's living in New York, inherits her grandmother's vintage dress shop, she returns to her small hometown to take care of the store. As she's contemplating closing the store for good, she runs into her charming high school crush, Cole Murphy, who convinces her to restore the store and help people in need that can't afford new clothes. After hesitantly agreeing, the two friends reminisce about their old feelings, and realize that the store is not the only that deserves a second chance, but so does their love.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 473
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Engaging Father Christmas (2017)
Plot Summary:
It's Christmas and Miranda leaves Seattle with a suitcase full of presents to join her long- lost family in Carlton Heath, where she will experience the joyful traditions she missed as a child. Last Christmas, Miranda fell in love with Ian, a local man who helped her as she searched for her father, James Whitcomb, a famous theatre actor she believed had a connection to the town. At his widow Margaret’s request, Miranda agrees to keep it a secret to protect the family from scandal.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, sweet, captivating
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In the Key of Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Photographer Maggie learns her ex-boyfriend/ex-singing partner is in the wedding she is working. Tensions run high until they sing together, remembering how good they were as a duo.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining
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Falling in Love Again (2018)
Plot Summary:
Ricky and Tara are a recently divorced couple navigating the challenges of co-parenting their young son while recovering from the wounds of their failed relationship. But after moving on to new partners, they soon find the grass isn't quite greener and they might just want that old thing back. Will they take a second shot at love?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Love's Match (2021)
Plot Summary:
Smart and beautiful matchmaker Leah Price is the owner of dating website Soulmatch. But when one of her clients still doesn’t find love, Leah reluctantly agrees to allow devilishly handsome rival matchmaker Peter Beckett, whose speciality is arranging romantic meet-cutes, to help her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Seizing Love by Force, Winter (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hikari works at a design office. Her upbringing is not a wealthy one, but now she has a good job and an affectionate fiancé Kota. She is happy and feeling very much fulfilled. But, when she happens to see her ex-boyfriend Shin, once the love of her life, her relationship with her fiancé starts to fall apart... Hikari and Shin used to work for the same design office where he was her boss. They had been lovers but one day, all of a sudden, Shin left her without a word. Now, he is married to Ran. Ran’s over posses- sive manic love towards Shin makes her consumed with jealousy against Hikari. And Hikari’s fiancé Kota also finds himself suffering from his love and his jealousy... Shin’s presence is driving him slowly but steadily to the brink of insanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Love Locks (2017)
Plot Summary:
Lindsey Wilson first found love in the romantic city of Paris when she was a university student studying art there. Now, twenty years later, she is returning to the City of Light to take her daughter on an adventure there. With a little inspiration from the city's famed "love locks" on its scenic bridges, the adventure proves to be a journey of romance and rediscovery for the divorced Lindsey when she reconnects with her college flame in Paris and finds that her first love just might be the lasting love of her life after all.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Art of Falling in Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
A spirited artist with a mysterious bucket list gets a commission to paint a mural on a new hospital wing in a charming community. When she finds herself falling for the handsome architect designing the addition, she must decide if she can trust him with her list, and the painful memory behind it, or if he’ll break her heart and prove that it’s better to be alone than to be close to someone who will leave.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 507
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining, scenic
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Love Unleashed (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hailey throws puppy parties and meets Ryan, whose daughter wants a dog and her dad to remarry. Though smitten with each other, Ryan and Hailey are at odds since he’s developing a mall where she wants a dog park. Still, they grow close, and Ryan even helps when Hailey’s neighbor tries to shut down her business. But soon Hailey fears she’s barking up the wrong romantic tree when Ryan grows distant. Refocusing her efforts on a dog sanctuary, Hailey is suddenly asked to throw a puppy party that might result in a forever home for her dogs and her heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, emotional
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Designed with Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Clothes designer Skye goes mobile with a “fashion truck” – but she can’t drive the truck and run the business alone. Help comes in the unlikely form of handsome entrepreneur Kevin. As they work together, Skye and Kevin find they have more in common than they thought… could it be love?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Holiday for Heroes (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman and a soldier exchange letters for a year before their worlds collide.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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His Love Is Blind (2016)
Plot Summary:
Can love conquer all? Will it melt the hardened heart of Amanda Crawford when her son wants to marry a visually impaired young woman? Is love truly Blind? His love is blind. Can Cassie and Chase overcome the obstetrical that stand in their way for happiness?.
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IMDB Votes:
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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A Midnight Kiss (2018)
Plot Summary:
With only one week to prepare, Lisa Patterson and her family of party planners are given the biggest job in their company’s history: a New Year’s Eve party for tech entrepreneur Megan Clark. But when her brother breaks his leg and her parents head off on a planned vacation, Lisa must reluctantly enlist the help of her brother’s visiting college buddy, David Campos, to help her pull off the event which just so happens to fall on her favorite day of the year. But what Lisa didn’t plan on was falling in love in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 948
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Royally Wrapped For Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lindsay Palmer, the NY director of an international charity organization, is called to the Kingdom of Veronia by the royal family who runs the foundation to interview for the job of overseeing the whole operation. As Lindsay is put through the interview process, she ends up finding true love with the prince.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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New Year's Kiss (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kelly Hartwick, a rock-star creative director, swears off dating in order to focus on a major Christmas ad campaign.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining
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The Christmas Ornament (2013)
Plot Summary:
Newly widowed Kathy plans to skip out on decking the halls and trimming the tree this Christmas, trying to avoid anything that will bring back memories of her late husband. The only Christmas tradition she will observe is baking cookies for her friends, a passion since she was a child. When Kathy meets handsome Christmas tree shop owner Tim, their undeniable chemistry - along with an ornament Tim gives her that symbolizes hope - helps Kathy open up to the joys of the season again. With the support of her best friend Jenna, and the budding relationship with Tim, Kathy begins to embrace the hopeful message of the ornament. Although Kathy wants to take a chance on Tim, she struggles to find the balance between preserving the memory of her husband and moving on with her own future. Is the Christmas ornament a sign that she can have a hopeful future?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, light, sincere, feel good, captivating, christmas special, entertaining
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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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Looks Like Christmas (2016)
Plot Summary:
When two type-A single parents battle it out for control of the Christmas holiday at their kid’s middle school, they get more than they bargained for when they learn a little something about the true meaning of Christmas, while opening themselves up for the possibility of a new romance.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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A Romance Wedding (2021)
Plot Summary:
Zoe Davis is a successful and highly driven wedding planner in the big city. When her father asks her for help at the family café shop, she happily drives back to her cozy hometown of Romance, Oregon. Little does she know her mom has already hired Will to help, an aspiring chef and coincidentally…Zoe’s childhood sweetheart! Tensions rise between Zoe and Will, but so does the chemistry. Will they settle their differences and find lost love along the way?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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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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Afterburn/Aftershock (2017)
Plot Summary:
Businesswoman Gia Rossi is determined to be successful in her new job, but when her ex lover Jax Rutledge waltzes back into her life, their passionate connection ignites not only in the boardroom, but the bedroom.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Snowkissed (2021)
Plot Summary:
A travel-averse journalist chases her dream assignment where she unwillingly finds herself mentoring a handsome B&B owner who wants to be a tour guide.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining
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A Christmas Proposal (2021)
Plot Summary:
Chef who dreams of having own food trucks, agrees to pose as girlfriend of an attorney. Working together, they try to prove he's the ideal candidate to take over the family firm, but is complicated as real sparks begin to fly.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Christmas in Toyland (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Charlie Sawyer, a data analyst at a toy store chain, discovers the only way to keep their brick and mortar locations open is to replicate whatever the company’s best performing location is doing, she's sent by corporate to meet convivial, yet stubborn, store manager, Grant Levinson, whose secret to success will challenge her to open up her mind… and her heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Magical Christmas Shoes (2019)
Plot Summary:
A pair of magical shoes step into Kayla Hummel’s holiday season, allowing her to rediscover her Christmas spirit and find love too.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Joy For Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
When her family firm’s annual Christmas toy drive is in jeopardy, Holly Silver must convince pro athlete Jack Kane to be the public face of the campaign to help save it. As Noelle helps Jack rediscover the meaning of Christmas, Holly reconnects with her own family traditions. While Jack and Holly go through challenges of making Christmas dreams for others come true, they discover kindred spirits in each other and the potential for the gift of romance this holiday season.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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My Grown-Up Christmas List (2022)
Plot Summary:
Taylor, a journalist, and Luke, in the military, share a special bond that grows between them over the course of several Christmases that they spend together and apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing