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Plot Summary:
Jillian, a successful political consultant whose next big project is the upcoming mayoral campaign for her boyfriend, is on the way to meet George’s family for the first time. After an unusual confrontation with a toy store Santa, Jillian can’t stop herself from wildly spilling the truth. Jillian must find a way to make it stop before her holidays, her job and her relationship are ruined.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, entertaining, not serious, romantic comedy, christmas comedy
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The Mistletoe Inn (2017)
Plot Summary:
When aspiring romance novelist Kim Rossi is unceremoniously dumped by her soon-to-be-published romance novelist boyfriend, Kim takes stock and decides to take a leap. She signs up for a romance writing retreat at a quaint Vermont Inn shortly before Christmas, where a top romance novelist is scheduled to attend and read the work of one lucky writer. Shortly after arriving, she crosses paths with Zeke, whom she initially finds to be intrusive and, naturally, ends up being her assignment partner. Worse yet, her ex is also at the retreat. Despite these bumps in the road, Kim steps outside her comfort zone and plunges into the writing exercises, surprising herself. Equally unexpected is the attraction that seems to be building between her and Zeke that promises to take her down a road she never imagined traveling. Based on the book by Richard Paul Evans.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional
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A Very Vintage Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dodie is a hopeless romantic just like the pieces in her vintage antique shop. When Dodie finds a hidden box full of romantic trinkets, she makes it her mission to deliver it to its rightful owner. Following the address, she manages to persuade the handsome but reluctant new tenant, Edward, to help her with her search.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 675
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Christmas in Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
Ellie Hartman is an aspiring crafter working in her small town’s bakery making famous Christmas Kringles. When the new, big-city CEO Nick Carlingson visits the bakery, he arrives filled with modernization ideas destined to lay off many employees.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional
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Christmas Reservations (2019)
Plot Summary:
It's Christmas at the Treeline Ski Resort, where Holly is the event coordinator at her family lodge. She plans every event and keeps all the guests happy. But when her college sweetheart, now widowed with two children, checks in, Holly discovers she has her own reservations about life and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 915
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Welcome to Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Resort developer Madison Lane is tasked with finding a location for a new ski resort. Her boss tells her to take a trip to Christmas, Colorado, to consider the location. On her way into town, Madison has a minor fender-bender with the town’s welcome sign. Town Sheriff Gage McBride gives Madison a ride into town so she can attend her meeting with the mayor while the car is towed and repaired. Little does Madison know that the town is on a mission to convince Madison that Christmas is the best place for the new ski resort.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Memories of Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Noelle was raised by the queen of Christmas. When she inherits her late mother’s house, she finds out that her mother had been hiring someone to decorate it — Dave. The deal is off, but Dave convinces Noelle to let him carry on the tradition. As the display goes up, Noelle’s defenses start to come down. She embraces the town’s Christmas gala that was her mother’s legacy, finds unexpected love, and develops a joy for the holidays that she never thought possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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The Christmas Pact (2018)
Plot Summary:
Can best friends fall in love? That’s the question next door neighbors Sadie and Ben will answer as they keep the spirit of Christmas and the magic of their childhood pact alive! When they were eight years old, they planted a scrawny 3-foot tall Christmas tree behind their church and the Christmas Pact began. But as life gets in the way the pact is threatened to be broken. Ben and Sadie need some Christmas Magic to recommit to each other and promise to keep their special holiday traditions. With each Christmas that passes by, Ben and Sadie’s Christmas tree grows taller and stronger; and so does their love. The pact bearing fruit to the magic of Christmas and the undeniable answer. Yes, friends can fall in love!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 613
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, realistic
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With Love, Christmas (2017)
Plot Summary:
Advertising execs Melanie Welsh and Donovan Goodwin disagree on a cellphone Christmas commercial they’re pitching. He says his sleek design will win over the client but she knows it lacks holiday spirit.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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A Christmas for the Books (2018)
Plot Summary:
Lifestyle guru and romance expert, Joanna Moret, has developed a fool-proof strategy for ending holiday loneliness and it's all detailed in her best-selling book, The Love Audit. After appearing on a morning show, she is offered the biggest opportunity of her career—to throw the MacAllen Holiday Gala—and if all goes well she'll get her own TV show. Little do her fans, or the MacAllen's, know that she is newly single and can't seem to apply her principles to her own love life. Joanna asks the morning show producer, Ted to pretend they are a couple or risk being exposed as a fraud.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country:
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, romantic comedy
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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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Christmas Bells Are Ringing (2018)
Plot Summary:
Samantha, a freelance photographer, is returning to Cape Cod for the first time since the death of her mother years earlier. She’s going to celebrate her father’s Christmas Eve wedding but is anxious to revisit past memories. On a deadline for a big Christmas spread that could ignite her career, she enlists the help of her childhood friend, Mike, to show her around. In the time she spends in Cape Cod, she realizes that Christmas is wherever your family is.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional
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A Very Nutty Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hard-working bakery owner Kate Holiday, has more cookie orders than she has time to fill this holiday season, and when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, any shred of Christmas joy she was hanging onto, immediately disappears. After Kate hangs the last ornament on the tree and goes to bed, she awakens the next morning to a little bit of Christmas magic. She gets the surprise of her life when Chip, a handsome soldier who may or may not be the Nutcracker Prince from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” appears in her living room.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Christmas at Holly Lodge (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sophie Bennett begins a new holiday tradition of spending every holiday at the Evergreen Inn and Ski Lodge, which she inherited from her parents. Evergreen Inn is a special place filled with people who cannot make it home for the holidays or who have had such wonderful experiences that it has become their home-away-from-holiday-home. This Christmas, Sophie will meet an unforgettable family, and her own life will be forever changed.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining, visually appealing, romantic comedy
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A Christmas Village (2018)
Plot Summary:
Piper Jansen is a slick public relations genius and owner of her own company "Piper's Picks." After creating countless successful campaigns, she decides to use her grandmother's holiday recipes to write and launch a book of her own but, suddenly finds herself in the middle of a very public scandal that threatens the launch of the book as well as her business.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining
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The Christmas Spirit (2013)
Plot Summary:
Charlotte Hart, a distinguished journalist, is spending time with her family over the holidays when a real estate developer approaches their small town with quite an offer. Skeptical and looking for the real scoop, Charlotte drives to see the real estate head honcho to question him. While she's en route, she gets into a terrible car accident and wakes up in the hospital only to realize that her body is in a coma, but her spirit is very much awake. She meets another spirit, who just happens to be the greedy developer. It turns out that he was on the other end of the accident and he too is in a coma. With only a few days left before the town votes on the development, Charlotte must try to change the minds of the developer and the town, but that is no easy task when no one can see or hear her. Will her voice be heard?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, christmas special
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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 Husband for Christmas (2016)
Plot Summary:
Brooke and Roger, two graphic designers in a soon-to-be-merged company, help one another by agreeing to a loveless marriage of convenience, suggested by their new boss. In the process, Brooke gets to upstage the sister who just announced her engagement to Brooke's ex-boyfriend during the holidays. But, with their “marriage” in question, will Brooke and Roger find a spark they didn’t know existed?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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A Christmas in Vermont (2016)
Plot Summary:
Riley Thomas is sent by her profit-obsessed boss to shut down one of the company’s holdings, a small outerwear company in Vermont, for missing profit targets. Riley finds that the company is the lifeblood of a town and, instead of closing down the iconic firm, she unexpectedly falls in love and learns valuable lessons beyond the bottom line.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, christmas comedy
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Girlfriends of Christmas Past (2016)
Plot Summary:
When three hilarious, strong-willed women join forces to seek the ultimate revenge on their cheating ex at his upcoming holiday retreat, love struck event planner Livvy meets Carter, the property manager organizing it all, leaving Livvy to question if she can leave off their revenge scheme long enough to finally forgive her ex and let a real holiday romance blossom.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, not serious, emotional, romantic comedy, christmas comedy
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A Puppy for Christmas (2016)
Plot Summary:
After breaking up with her boyfriend and losing her job, Noelle full fills her lifelong wish of getting a puppy. But Buster (the puppy) is the perfect pup she imagined and by spending Christmas with her co-workers quirky family she discovers the true spirit of Christmas and what it means to be family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy, christmas comedy
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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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Christmas Around the Corner (2018)
Plot Summary:
Claire (Alexandra Breckenridge), a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, escapes to a quaint town in Vermont for the holidays and becomes a guest of the Fortenbury Bookstore. Upon arrival, Claire finds Christmas celebrations have been canceled by the town after a flood and the bookstore is in a dire state of disrepair. She immediately takes on the challenge to revitalize the store, but clashes with the owner, Andrew (Jamie Spilchuk), who initially rejects all her proposed improvements. Eventually, sparks fly as the two begin a budding romance, and Claire’s infectious optimism inspires Andrew to join her in reviving the yuletide spirit. But everything comes to a screeching halt when Claire discovers that Andrew is planning to sell the bookstore in the New Year. Will the spirit of Christmas be enough to change Andrew’s mind and encourage him to follow his heart?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional
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My Christmas Inn (2018)
Plot Summary:
With the holiday season in full swing, Jen Taylor is about to score a big promotion at the San Francisco ad agency where she works. But her life is unexpectedly turned upside down when she inherits a cozy inn in Alaska from her aunt. When she goes to inspect the property and meets handsome town attorney Steve Anderson, she's surprised to find that nothing is what she expected. The small town community is full of fun and festive Christmas traditions and soon, Jen starts wondering if the inn might just be the place she belongs, and if Steve could be the Mr. Right she has been waiting for.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Wrapped Up In Christmas (2017)
Plot Summary:
With Christmas just around the corner, 8-year-old Molly asks the mall Santa to find a boyfriend for her beloved aunt.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 901
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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Christmas Land (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jules has just inherited a quaint magical Christmas-themed village and Christmas tree farm bequeathed her by her grandmother. She plans to sell it and use the profits to buy her dream home in New York City. But the longer Jules stays on the farm and the more she learns how important Christmas Land has been to so many families, the more Jules starts to question her motives to sell.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, emotional, 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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12 Dog Days Till Christmas (2014)
Plot Summary:
After being assigned to an animal rescue shelter as part of his community service by his probation officer, a troubled teenager is forced to get into the spirit of the holidays when he is recruited to help find homes for twelve unwanted dogs before Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 541
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, christmas comedy
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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 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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Road to Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Los Angeles television producer Maggie Baker unwittingly falls for Danny Wise, the son and former producer of his mother’s popular annual Christmas special Julia Wise Lifestyle. When Maggie’s secret plan to reunite Danny and his two brothers with Julia during the live broadcast in Vermont goes awry, Maggie is reminded that above all, it is the love for family and friends that makes the merriest of Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, sweet, emotional, christmas special, romantic comedy, christmas comedy, road movie