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Plot Summary:
When Kim's boyfriend breaks up with her instead of proposing, Kim's mom takes her away to a Christmas Retreat to reconnect with the spirit of the holiday. There she meets newly unemployed Mark.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
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A Brush with Christmas (2022)
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Charlotte captures the local art scene also helping mother run the family restaurant. Charlotte throws out her painting, to the Christmas art festival. Wyatt seeing her discarded work tries to find the mysterious artist who stole his heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 963
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min
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A Christmas Masquerade (2022)
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When Julieanne is mistaken for her boss at a Masquerade ball by a businessman, she continues the ruse over Christmas. Her mission is to secure him as a client. When his own motivations are revealed, they both realize, it just might be love.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
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A Christmas Spark (2022)
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It tells the story of recently widowed Molly who decides to visit her daughter for Christmas. She signs on to direct the town's Christmas pageant and falls for Hank, the town's most eligible bachelor.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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Love at the Christmas Contest (2022)
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A young woman enters a Christmas tree decorating contest to honor the memory of her mother, only to discover that the competition includes her recently-widowed high school sweetheart, and his adorable 10-year-old daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Crown Prince of Christmas (2022)
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Madison, an aspiring musician, jokingly tells her overbearing family that she is dating the prince of a small European nation. The joke goes too far as her friend and co-worker Sebastian is roped into impersonating the prince while visiting her family in New Jersey. Little does Madison know that Sebastian happens to be hiding a royal secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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Christmas in Rockwell (2022)
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A famous Hollywood actress returns to her hometown where she is enlisted to participate in a Christmas play which threatens her small peaceful village with the chaos of Hollywood.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min
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A Christmas Wish in Hudson (2021)
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Lori really needs a break for Christmas. When she sees Patrick Jacobs, a widowed firefighter from Hudson, Wisconsin on a reality cooking show, she feels a strong attraction and decides to take a shot at love, but she's not the only one.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Christmas Plus One (2022)
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When sisters Cara and Amy make a pact to find their soulmates by next Christmas, they’re not expecting to be so successful! One year later, Amy’s winter wedding approaches and Cara finally finds her own perfect man, inviting him as her plus one. But after immediately losing his number, all hope is lost. Will she find him in time to make her Christmas wish come true? Or does love have other plans for Cara?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
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When Christmas Was Young (2022)
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The story follows a headstrong music manager in desperate need of a hit song for his last remaining client, who finds himself falling for a gifted singer-songwriter with abandoned dreams of making it big, as he attempts to secure the rights to a Christmas song she wrote years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
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My Favorite Christmas Tree (2022)
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Kyla is a skilled genealogy researcher who’s made a thriving business of putting together family trees. When she comes across new information regarding her mother’s mysterious extended family, she and her sister travel to the charming town of Conifer, hoping to piece together their ancestry. The search leads Kyla to a generations-old Christmas tree farm, its stubborn but handsome owner… and, possibly, love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
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My Favorite Christmas Melody (2021)
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Once a promising singer-songwriter, Abby now finds herself writing uninspired jingles for commercials. As she heads home for the holidays, she's enlisted by the local high school music teacher to help save the school arts program. In the process, Abby rediscovers her voice and regains the confidence to go after her dreams and lets the possibility of love in too.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
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A Big Fat Family Christmas (2022)
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Liv is a photojournalist eager to make it on her own. To get a dream assignment – shooting the Chang family’s annual holiday party for a cover story – she doesn’t reveal that they are in fact, her family. When she finds herself growing close to Henry, the coworker covering the story with her, she wants to confide in him but doesn’t want to jeopardize her big break.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
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Reindeer Games Homecoming (2022)
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When her father dies, MacKenzie keeps his tradition of the town's fundraising "The Reindeer Games" alive, but when high school crush Chase shows up and plays against her, the spark between them is undeniable.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Merry Swissmas (2022)
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Alex is an ambitious architect who is looking forward to celebrating Christmas at her mother’s beautiful Swiss Inn, until she finds out that her former best friend Beth who married Alex’s ex-boyfriend Jesse will also be there. Could a new romance with the Inn’s handsome manager and single-father Liam be the key to show Alex the magic of Christmas and open her up to forgiveness this holiday season?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
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A Tale of Two Christmases (2022)
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Thanks to some Christmas magic, Emma gets to experience two different Christmases – one where she stays in the city and celebrates with a new crush and his friends, and one where she returns home for all the traditions with her family…and Drew, a longtime friend who may have feelings for her. Emma’s double holiday ultimately helps her discover what will truly make her happy in life as well as in love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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Inventing the Christmas Prince (2022)
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Shelby is about to quit her job as a rocket engineer when her daughter becomes convinced that her Scrooge-like boss, Evan, is the Christmas Prince from a story Shelby invented years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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Catering Christmas (2022)
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A fledgling caterer, Molly Frost, is hired by Jean Harrison, the perfectionistic director of the renowned Harrison Foundation, to cater this year’s annual Christmas Gala dinner. Things get complicated when Molly falls for Jean’s nephew, Carson, 30s, a travel photographer with no desire to take over the family’s foundation… until his aunt assigns him to the task of making sure the catered dinner goes perfectly.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
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Our Italian Christmas Memories (2022)
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The Colucci siblings, in an effort to jog the memory of their grandfather who is struggling with dementia, set out to recreate their late grandmother’s legendary pasta sauce.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 768
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
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Christmas in Pine Valley (2022)
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Natalie is the owner of a successful farm and home goods store that garners the attention of a major magazine. The magazine sends a reporter named Josh to profile Natalie’s company thinking it's a family-run business. Little does he know that Natalie's business is run by her with the help of longtime family friends. Knowing how much the article will help struggling farm, Natalie must convince Josh that her "family" and Christmas traditions are all real.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: gay cinema
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A Christmas Cookie Catastrophe (2022)
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Annie Cooper has big shoes to fill when she takes over as CEO of her late grandmother’s small-town cookie company and is doing her best to help their struggling business get back on track. That task gets more daunting when her grandmother’s secret recipe is stolen during the Christmas party. As Annie tries to crack the case and uncover the culprit she works with Sam, the owner of a local bakery, to recreate the recipe in the hope of saving the company and her job. As Annie and Sam bake batch after batch in pursuit of the perfect one, they begin to learn that their lives go together like milk and cookies.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
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Sappy Holiday (2022)
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When a hard-working but uninspired sous chef accidentally discovers her boyfriend is going to propose to her on Christmas Eve, she begins doubting their future together; especially when a handsome maple farmer rescues her from a snowstorm.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
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Twas the Night Before Christmas (2022)
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A former actress trying to break into directing tests her skills with a town’s annual Christmas Eve courtroom production in which the true authorship of the famous poem “A Visit from St. Nick” is debated.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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Steppin' into the Holiday (2022)
Plot Summary:
Former Broadway star, Billy Holiday, meets Rae, the charismatic owner of a local dance studio. Billy volunteers to help Rae with a dance recital fundraiser, their collaboration clicks and romantic sparks start flying.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Long Lost Christmas (2022)
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Hayley is an interior designer who plans to surprise her recently widowed mother Patricia with the perfect holiday present: the extended family she knows her mom yearns for.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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The Gift of Peace (2022)
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Artist Traci is a once-devout Christian who has stopped believing in God after her husband tragically died despite her prayers. As her second Christmas without him approaches, she tries going to a support group for inspiration and comfort.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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Jolly Good Christmas (2022)
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David is an American architect who relocates across the pond to take up a job at a prestigious London firm. As the clock counts down to Christmas Day, David is running out of time to buy his girlfriend – who also happens to be his boss’s daughter – a thoughtful present so he resorts to buying her a somewhat uninspired gift card.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min
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We Wish You a Married Christmas (2022)
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Becca and Robby are a married couple having a hard time connecting with each other as the holidays approach. Just before Christmas, they head to a cozy Vermont inn at the advice of their marriage coach so they can recharge. Their weekend away gets unexpectedly extended when a mishap puts their car out of commission and just may put them on the road to a very happily married Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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Marry Us for Christmas (2014)
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In the sequel to the popular UP Original Movie Marry Me For Christmas, it's a year after Marci and Blair declared their love for each other and decided to tie the knot. But as the big day approaches, Marci is so consumed with work that she hasn't had time to plan her wedding. To make matters worse, she may have to team up with former assistant/fake fiancé Adam to win a project she's been vying for - a little tidbit she hasn't shared with Blair. But Blair, as it turns out, has a secret of his own. Thanks to years of doing pro bono work for financially-strapped clients, he quickly is running out of cash and might have to accept an offer to work for his longtime nemesis, Marci's manipulative cousin Preston. Meanwhile, Marci's mother Stephanie is making some rather bold moves of her own with her sexy salsa teacher, Antonio, who's more than a little smitten with her - and about 20 years her junior. Will there be a wedding for Christmas? Better yet - whose wedding will it be?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Undercover Holiday (2022)
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When returning home for the holidays, newly minted pop star Jaylen tells her protective family that Matt is her new beau, when in reality, he’s her overzealous security guard.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
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A Magical Christmas Village (2022)
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When Summer’s mother Vivian moves in with her and her young daughter Chloe, her orderly existence is upended. Upon arrival, Vivian sets up an heirloom, miniature Christmas village resembling their town, and tells Chloe it grants Christmas wishes. As Chloe begins setting up the figurines, real-life events seem to mimic the scenes she creates. With a little help from the magic of the Christmas village, the family will be brought closer together and just maybe, Summer will learn to open her heart to love again.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
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