Best movies like Spotlight on Christmas
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Plot Summary:
Dumped two weeks before Christmas, actress Olivia O’Hara secretly returns to her tiny hometown to hide out, eat cookies and avoid the press. What she doesn’t expect is to be faced with the family she left behind, meeting a charming new guy Casey Rawlins, and a noisy reporter following her every move.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 902
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, touching, feel good, entertaining, romantic drama
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The Christmas Ring (2020)
Plot Summary:
A reporter searches for the love story behind an antique engagement ring. With the help of the ring’s owner’s grandson, they learn the legacy his grandparent’s left behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, touching, melancholic, talky
Similar in 82%
Radio Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
When her Philadelphia radio station is closed for repairs during the holidays, DJ Kara Porter is forced to broadcast from the small town of Bethlehem.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing (2020)
Plot Summary:
As Michelle’s wedding approaches, Hannah steps up to help finish the launch of the new Evergreen museum while questioning her relationship and future with Elliot.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, romantic, feel good, sweet
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Christmas a la Mode (2019)
Plot Summary:
The dairy farm Emily has been running since her father passed away has fallen on hard times. When Emily’s sister, Dorothy, and her handsome business partner, Charlie, show up with a proposition to sell the farm, Emily comes up with an ingenious plan to buy out her sister's shares. She holds an online holiday ice cream flavor contest that goes viral with the help of a key ingredient, Charlie's amazing apple pie. Still, as the Christmas Eve deadline for the buyout approaches, Emily needs a Christmas miracle to save the family farm and her father's legacy.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, sweet
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The Christmas Cure (2017)
Plot Summary:
A doctor returns home for Christmas to find that her father has decided to retire from his own practice. After reuniting with her high school sweetheart, she wonders if she should stay and take over her father's practice.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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A Christmas Break (2020)
Plot Summary:
School teacher Addison Tate wants this Christmas to be special for her kids especially since the School Board has decided that it will be the last as the school will be closing. When Addison meets Danny, a Hollywood actor home to reconnect with his roots, on a Christmas tree lot, sparks fly, uniting the two to save the school from closing right before Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, sweet
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Love Always, Santa (2016)
Plot Summary:
After losing her husband Bradley three years ago on Christmas Day, Celia Banks never thought she’d fall in love again. Now, her entire world revolves around taking care of her daughter, Lilly. Lilly writes a letter to Santa with one wish – for her mommy to be happy and find love again.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, romantic drama
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Christmas She Wrote (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Kayleigh, a romance writer, has her column cancelled right before Christmas, she heads home to reconnect with her family. Kayleigh gets an unexpected visit from the man who cancelled her column who fights not only to bring her back to the publisher but also for her heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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A Godwink Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
As Christmas approaches, Paula, a St. Louis antique appraiser, reluctantly accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Daniel, a career-focused attorney. When her Aunt Jane senses she has mixed emotions over the engagement, she invites Paula to her Nantucket home. Upon her arrival, Paula plans a trip to the nearby island of Martha's Vineyard where she meets a charming inn owner.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, visually appealing, romantic drama
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Time for You to Come Home for Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
A recent widow travels with her son to Virginia hometown for Christmas. On the way they meet a man who is also heading to the same destination. As they continue to spend time together, the pair grows closer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, touching, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional
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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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Christmas in Mississippi (2017)
Plot Summary:
Photographer Holly Logan returns to her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi for Christmas. The town is resurrecting their traditional holiday light show for the first time since a terrible hurricane struck five years earlier. Holly volunteers to pitch in, but soon has second thoughts when she discovers the festival is run by her high school sweetheart, Mike.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Reunited at Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Frazzled and struggling with writer’s block, novelist Samantha, along with her boyfriend, heads home to her late grandmother’s home to spend Christmas. While at home with family, her grandmother’s wise words reveal the true meaning of Christmas with Samantha at a time when she most needs encouragement.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Christmas on the Vine (2020)
Plot Summary:
Brooke, a young marketing executive, goes back to her hometown excited to relive her Christmas memories, while helping a struggling family-owned winery. Her marketing assignment involves an unlikely partnership with Tyler, the charismatic, yet stubborn owner of the winery. Brooke quickly learns that the town’s Christmas spirit has disappeared due to a wine conglomerate buying out all of the local wineries. Determined to bring Christmas back to the town, Brooke and Tyler work together and discover they share more than a love for wine.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, touching, sweet, captivating, romantic drama, gay cinema
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Christmas Cookies (2016)
Plot Summary:
Aunt Sally's Christmas Cookie Company is sold to a large conglomerate and executive Hannah must seal the deal and shut down the factory, which is the small town of Cookie Jar's lifeblood. What was supposed to be a simple assignment for Hannah becomes complicated when she meets Jake, the factory owner who's determined to keep the factory in town. Despite not being a fan of the holiday, the Christmas spirit in this small town is infectious and she gets swept up in the joy of the season while also falling in love with Jake.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, romantic, feel good, sweet
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A Veteran's Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Captain Grace Garland, a decorated U.S. veteran, returns home after two tours of Search and Rescue in Afghanistan. After being separated from her beloved K9 partner, Grace must rediscover the magic of Christmas. When she finds herself stranded in the town of River’s Crossing a couple weeks before Christmas, the local judge, Joe Peterson, offers her a place to stay on his property and takes it upon himself to show Grace everything she has been missing; Christmas, family, community, and love.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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A Song for Christmas (2017)
Plot Summary:
Pop superstar Adelaide Kay is so fed up with her controlling manager that she sneaks off the tour bus after their latest squabble. Though exhilarated to be free, she finds herself stranded in the freezing cold of a Pennsylvania winter, with no money and no plan. A local family, the Lapps, take her in. They know the true meaning of the season, even if they’re close to losing their dairy farm. No one in the family recognizes Adelaide except Dillon, the oldest son. He figures she’s the ticket to fast cash and plots to snap photos of Adelaide around the farm and sell them to the tabs. What he doesn’t plan, however, is their mutual attraction.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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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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Love You Like Christmas (2016)
Plot Summary:
Maddie, a high-powered marketing executive, is on her way to a client’s wedding but her plans are derailed by car trouble. When a fork in the road leads her to Christmas Valley, a town in love with Christmas, an unexpected encounter and a group of strangers that start to feel like family will have her questioning what she’s really been missing in life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane (2018)
Plot Summary:
Emma Reynolds returns to Oliver's Well to celebrate Christmas for the last time with her siblings in the home they grew up in. After their parents recently passed, the siblings reluctantly agree to sell the family home on Honeysuckle Lane after the New Year, leaving Emma in charge of its belongings. While antiques expert Morgan Shelby appraises Emma's mother's collection, they find a hidden surprise in an antique desk that takes them on a journey to discover the power of love and family during the holidays.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, light, captivating
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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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A Welcome Home Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
Chloe (Jana Kramer) has always supported various military organizations, including the town’s Army toy drive for Christmas. This year, she is paired up with Michael (Brandon Quinn), a vet who recently returned home, and together they recruit other veterans and active military personnel to help in the cause. As the community gears up for the Officer’s Christmas Ball, where all the kids will meet Santa Claus and receive their gifts, Michael and Chloe begin to realize the greatest gift this season has been each other’s company.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 961
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, feel good, sweet, captivating
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The Christmas Doctor (2020)
Plot Summary:
A week before Christmas, Dr. Alicia Wright is offered an assignment away from home. A mysterious man from her past journeys to find her before Christmas and brings with him a revelation that could change Alicia’s life forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, feel good, sweet, entertaining
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Return to Christmas Creek (2018)
Plot Summary:
As Christmas approaches, Amelia Hughes, a career-focused Chicago app developer lacking in holiday spirit, returns to her small hometown of Christmas Creek to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There, she reunites with her childhood best friend Mike and her estranged uncle Harry, whose mysterious rift with Amelia’s father divided her family during the holiday season when she was a child.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy
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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 in Tennessee (2018)
Plot Summary:
Allison Bennet, along with her daughter Olivia and mother Martha, run a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee. When Matthew, a charming real estate developer, tries to buy the town for a corporate ski resort, Allison and the townspeople must work together to prevent that from happening. And just when the Bennet ladies seem out of luck, an unexpected visitor – with a well-known sweet tooth for cookies and milk – comes to the bakery and may in fact be the key to solving everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, emotional, romantic comedy
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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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Christmas Encore (2017)
Plot Summary:
A struggling actress is cast in her last off (off) Broadway show - a modern take on “A Christmas Carol” - before giving up her dream and moving home. Instead, she finds romance with her director and a renewed passion for her craft and the city. But when the historic theater loses its lease and the show is set to fold, she and her cast mates are need of a Christmas miracle.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic drama
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A Very Country Christmas (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jeanette Williams is a busy single parent, trying to make the best life for her and her daughter. With no time to follow current celebrity gossip, Jeanette is unaware of when a Country superstar returns to their small town to escape the intrusive paparazzi and the chaos of fame. A chance meeting between the two have them both letting their guards down and opening their hearts to the possibility of romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy
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'Tis the Season for Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
The holiday drama follows an out-of-work actress who returns to her quaint hometown, where a Christmas romance proves the life she once left behind could turn out to be even better than Broadway.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, light, humorous, romantic comedy