Holiday Films version 2, a list by Nathan

6.1

/2805/

64

/220/

59

/40/

2.3

/6291/

41

/14/

Football star, Graham Savoy, has always been too busy for love, but when he comes home to Notting Hill for Christmas, he changes his mind after meeting the one person who has no idea who he is.

57

41

6.2

/2917/

63

/175/

57

/23/

2.4

/4066/

age 10+

A widow struggling to keep the local vineyard and raising her two young boys may be in store for a Christmas miracle when she falls for a big city playboy sent to get intel on a prospective vineyard for sale.

43

33

5.5

/2343/

60

/195/

57

/56/

1.8

/3976/

8

/5/

Bella Sparks, owner of Bella’s Boutique, takes on a demanding new client named Stefan, who needs to be outfitted for a week of high-stakes meetings and events after his luggage goes missing. Imagine Bella’s reaction when she accidentally discovers Stefan is actually Stefan William Francis Brown, the Duke of Tangford.

55

40

5.4

/1564/

55

/99/

56

/33/

2.4

/3810/

62

age 13+

As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she hadn't denied her true feelings for her childhood best friend.

61

57

5.4

/2649/

62

/336/

63

/82/

2.5

/3784/

67

/6/

76

/43/

age 8+

Fifth-grader Andy finds himself without a present from Santa on Christmas morning. Realizing he must have landed on the “naughty list” and feeling unfairly maligned, Andy pulls together a team of eight other naughty-listers to help him execute an elaborate heist on Santa’s Village at the North Pole to get the presents they feel they deserve.

48

35

5.2

/2179/

58

/182/

51

/68/

2.1

/3352/

41

/16/

In this holiday romantic comedy, a mysterious woman who works at the post office answering Santa's mail captures the heart of a disillusioned postal carrier.

61

43

6.5

/2742/

66

/190/

67

/29/

2.5

/3334/

61

/14/

When a snowstorm diverts Kate's first private flight bound for Switzerland, to Christmas Island in Nova Scotia, she must team up with an air traffic controller to secure her dream job as the family's pilot.

64

42

6.6

/2631/

65

/162/

66

/42/

2.9

/3256/

69

/5/

Sam is a workaholic bachelor who babysits his niece and nephew before the holidays when his sister and her husband have to go out of town. Completely out of his element, he recruits help from their handsome neighbor Jason and finds himself in an unexpected romance.

49

32

5.2

/1408/

53

/104/

55

/49/

2.5

/3224/

38

/16/

age 7+

A mischievous 14-year-old boy and his irresponsible uncle almost ruin Christmas when they decide to take Santa's new high-tech sleigh for a joyride.

67

28

5.8

/1208/

63

/85/

59

/27/

2.9

/3047/

100

/1/

Marketing whiz Alma Beltran and Christmas tree whisperer Charlie Freemont cross paths when Charlie finds the perfect tree for the Maine Governor's Holiday Celebration — right in Alma's back yard. While they initially spar, romantic sparks soon begin to fly between the two women as the enchanting tree and some Christmas fairy dust from the town's pâtissière extraordinaire bring out the best in them and spark each other to take leaps of faith and fight for love and Christmas magic.

55

34

4.5

/439/

43

/38/

44

/11/

2.8

/2969/

90

/20/

It’s Christmas, so come with us on a blood-soaked sleigh ride to the conservative hometown of trans true-crime podcaster, Lola. Worried about the town’s reaction to her transition, Lola is ready to take on anyone this holiday season! However, she didn't expect that person to be a Santa masked killer - paying grisly homage to the town’s own haunted legend, The Toymaker. Now Lola - who has her own connection to the original Toymaker murders - must put an end to these gruesome murders.

45

33

4.5

/2250/

54

/197/

51

/63/

1.9

/2960/

37

/18/

age 7+

After inheriting a farm at Christmas time, a widowed father makes a bumpy adjustment to village life — while his kids hatch a plan to stay there forever.

46

35

4.8

/2192/

55

/231/

54

/100/

1.9

/2877/

39

/16/

A father begins dating his 29-year-old daughter Emma's high school frenemy soon after his wife passes away. His daughter embarks on a mission to break up the happy couple.

62

41

5.6

/1047/

60

/81/

63

/36/

2.4

/2789/

100

/5/

50

/7/

When Haley Hollis returns to her family ranch to try and save it from closure, she wasn't banking on spending so much time with ranch hand Kate - or falling for her.

54

41

5.3

/1567/

63

/355/

65

/110/

2.2

/2738/

45

/12/

Rowena "Ro" is a high-spirited 11-year-old hoping to add more spunk to her Christmas celebrations when her parents’ divorce is going anything but smoothly.

67

52

5.4

/1606/

61

/98/

66

/31/

2.8

/2600/

83

/18/

86

/36/

age 13+

Melvin, a British author living in America, returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his American fiancée Lisa to his eccentric British-Caribbean family. Their relationship is put to the test as she discovers the world her fiancé has left behind.

55

38

6.1

/2001/

64

/159/

67

/62/

2.3

/2577/

39

/13/

Olivia Anderson is a successful young woman who met her childhood sweetheart during her family’s annual Christmas visit to Hawaii. After being separated by distance and years, the two reunite at the same Hawaiian resort years later, and the old chemistry between them flares up anew—but circumstances conspire to keep them apart.

51

27

5.7

/1736/

63

/107/

49

/15/

1.9

/2537/

Holly is a young workaholic with no time for romance, or the holidays. She ends up meeting two great guys on the same day, but unbeknownst to her, they turn out to be brothers. While on a holiday ski trip, a sibling rivalry ensues for her affection. Will she find true love this Christmas, or spend another holiday alone?

40

19

4.2

/885/

51

/67/

40

/17/

1.9

/2532/

32

/17/

The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.

65

54

6.9

/2995/

70

/194/

67

/44/

2.8

/2491/

When Anna offers a stranded mother and son shelter in a blizzard, she learns that they are the Royal Family of Galwick. Anna shows the Prince how they do Christmas in her hometown, encouraging him to open his heart and be true to himself.

52

35

5.8

/2285/

62

/201/

59

/50/

2.1

/2457/

40

/2/

Janie, a rising marketing executive living in The Big Apple, returns to her hometown of Woodland Falls when her Great-Uncle Randall passes away. Randall has even arranged for his farmhand, Dylan to help at the event, which is being held in the farm’s sprawling barn. Aware that her Manhattan boyfriend is anxious for her to return to the city so the pair can jet off to a previously planned holiday on the beach, Janie begins to feel an unexpected emotional tug about living life in a more authentic, meaningful way.

60

37

6.2

/1796/

60

/129/

62

/31/

2.9

/2279/

58

/12/

When Wyatt returns home for the holidays to try to convince his mom to sell their family ranch, an unexpected romance with handsome ranch hand Heath may throw off his plans.

50

32

5.7

/1897/

62

/153/

58

/58/

2.2

/2150/

33

/3/

Sadie Walker is starting over in her hometown of Chesterfield, New York, following a series of major life disruptions that include leaving her law practice after losing her biggest case and no longer being engaged.

62

48

5.7

/1389/

58

/82/

49

/29/

3.1

/2123/

90

/31/

52

/29/

Metacritic

69

/16/

After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne searches for the true meaning of Christmas during one sad, strange December in suburban Virginia.

60

24

6.1

/985/

60

/45/

52

/25/

2.9

/2119/

73

/1/

A 20-something woman goes back to her hometown for the holidays for the first time in several years and is not only met with people from her past, but she's forced to deal with unresolved feelings too.

56

41

6.0

/2198/

66

/184/

57

/184/

2.6

/2099/

48

/17/

An overlooked middle child finds himself in the unexpected spotlight when he realizes his family's terrible Christmas day keeps repeating. As the only one experiencing the day over and over, he decides to use his unique gift to give the holidays a makeover and his family a Christmas they will never forget.

47

33

5.4

/2251/

60

/179/

55

/105/

1.9

/2095/

32

/7/

age 8+

Pediatric specialist Tasha Mason is focused on one thing; keeping the kids in her ward as healthy and happy as possible. So when her high-school crush, who just happens to be handsome Prince Alexander Cavalieri, breaks his leg on a nearby ski-slope, Tasha is forced to allow him to secretly get well on her floor and she’s furious that a spoiled Royal is interrupting the precious healing time her kids so badly need. Soon, however, Tasha learns that some tough love and a lot of Christmas spirit, could turn this royal pain into a knight in shining armor.

59

29

6.2

/1338/

61

/88/

55

/17/

2.9

/2038/

62

/11/

A celebratory parody of the traditional TV holiday romance that follows Holly, a go-getter real estate exec from New York City who heads to a small town to buy the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn and transform it into a mega-resort.

61

39

6.6

/1841/

69

/142/

62

/28/

2.4

/2018/

Struggling singer/songwriter Maggie is worried she's unable to compete with such a tech-savvy world. Upon returning home to help her parents on their farm she meets Archer, an entrepreneur who has come back to town to spend the holidays alone.

66

44

6.3

/1013/

61

/136/

60

/29/

3.2

/1937/

100

/6/

49

/8/

age 14+

In this true-life twist on a holiday fable, Jeremy Morris brings a whole new meaning to Christmas spirit when his extravagant seasonal display sparks a dispute with his neighbors that lands them all in court.

57

32

6.0

/1877/

60

/155/

63

/25/

2.7

/1934/

48

/5/

Three couples at different parts of life navigate big turning points in their lives over the holidays.

47

29

5.4

/1913/

57

/108/

53

/44/

2.0

/1918/

35

/7/

age 8+

Detective Mackenzie Bennett is hot on the trail of Carson, a suspected diamond thief, and goes undercover to catch him in the act. While undercover, Mack not only falls for Carson, but begins to suspect that he's been framed. Are feelings clouding Mack's judgment or are they focusing on the wrong suspect?

67

39

6.5

/2133/

68

/162/

63

/31/

2.9

/1860/

81

/8/

On the verge of her big break, aspiring news anchor Avery Quinn catches a home intruder wearing a red suit claiming to be Santa’s son, Chris.

52

30

5.8

/1952/

58

/124/

57

/51/

2.0

/1850/

47

/3/

An aspiring Broadway singer is convinced to participate in a small-scale production for her local Christmas celebration. Along the way, she finds hope and unexpected mentorship towards her dream career. But will her professional success come at the cost of her chance at love?

50

33

5.1

/1449/

52

/95/

49

/37/

2.5

/1819/

43

/7/

56

/17/

An unknown assailant spikes a family's Christmas punch with a military-grade drug, leaving them fighting to survive the night.

54

31

5.8

/1700/

61

/138/

57

/49/

2.2

/1791/

53

/3/

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.

51

39

5.5

/2581/

59

/197/

62

/52/

2.4

/1732/

33

/21/

age 13+

It’s Christmas and the charming city of York, home to Jules, 16, and her dad, David, is decked out ready for the festive season. In many ways, David and Jules’ relationship is no different from that of most fathers and their sixteen-year-old daughters. He struggles to understand her, she refuses to communicate with him. He wants to be involved in her life, she wants her own space. In one important respect, however, David and Jules share a profound bond: the death of Jules’ mum, and David’s wife, in a car crash two years before. With both struggling to cope with everyday life in the shadow of their loss, Jules, inspired by happy memories of her mum, decides to take matters into her own hands.

51

36

6.1

/2500/

63

/176/

61

/63/

2.2

/1730/

29

/5/

Jamie owns a sightseeing and tour company in the small town of Cooperville, New York. Navigating the holidays with enthusiasm is trickier for Jamie since her husband Matt passed. Matt loved Christmas and found unparalleled joy in giving to others. While reminiscing with family, Jamie realizes the town desperately needs someone with Matt’s genius for thinking of the small gestures that bring genuine happiness to the holidays.

55

34

4.5

/1965/

63

/87/

70

/151/

1.9

/1711/

62

/12/

Lincoln Loud gears up for the ultimate Christmas, until he finds out that most of his sisters have plans to be elsewhere for the big day. Determined to remind his family that they all need to be together, Lincoln and his best friend Clyde McBride embark on a mission to preserve the family’s holiday traditions.

59

33

6.0

/1421/

62

/130/

62

/20/

2.6

/1683/

Workaholic lawyer Lucy Clark is celebrating her promotion alone on Christmas Eve when a mysterious rideshare experience transports her back to 1999. Reliving the holiday with her mom, sister and best friend - not to mention her high school crush - Lucy gets a second chance to understand where her relationships went wrong. Will this magical journey help her rewrite her future or leave her destined to be alone?

67

38

6.9

/1939/

69

/109/

70

/19/

3.0

/1681/

Five years after the events of the first film, Christmas is once again just around the corner. In a crazy turn of events, possibly brought on accidently by the brothers themselves, the director of Luke’s son Thomas’ school holiday musical steps down. Luke, desperate to make his son’s stage dreams come true, enlists the help of his brothers Taylor and Stephan. The trio also find themselves meeting their mother's new boyfriend and the brothers grapple with their own feelings about this relationship. In true Brenner brother fashion, they are all in for a Christmas they will never forget.

67

42

6.5

/1134/

73

/98/

72

/74/

3.0

/1667/

A queer lady holiday movie that follows the lives of three very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set right before Christmas through New Years.

66

40

6.9

/1977/

70

/126/

69

/24/

2.8

/1662/

When Olivia, a successful interior designer, finds an old letter from Santa promising she’ll meet the love of her life by Christmas Eve — and that his name will be Nick — she’s stunned to meet not one, but three guys named Nick.” In addition to navigating three holiday romances, she finds herself drawn to a co-worker.

65

39

6.6

/2408/

66

/169/

69

/40/

2.8

/1638/

71

/2/

Cat lovers Zachary and Marilee are thrown back together at Christmas when they're tasked with finding homes for a litter of adorable kittens.

50

28

6.0

/1147/

63

/163/

53

/25/

3.0

/1631/

16

/8/

Jack Whitehall invites his notoriously stuffy father onstage in London's West End for a Christmas comedy extravaganza, complete with celebrity guests.

60

36

6.0

/1352/

64

/175/

64

/49/

2.6

/1625/

64

/7/

age 8+

When her best friend's father is falsely accused of stealing the town's prized jingle bells, a young amateur sleuth and her friends must find the real thief before Christmas.

61

34

6.3

/2156/

66

/145/

64

/37/

2.3

/1596/

Popcorn

69

/4/

Retired military officer, now Military History professor, Caroline Upton is enlisted to assist antiques store owner, Russell Carlisle in finding the family of WWII Army officer Orin Newton before Christmas with the hope of returning precious personal artifacts – Orin’s dress uniform, medals, and a stack of love letters from his beloved Alice who waits for him back home. Epaulettes and insignia provide initial clues, though the search seems to dead end when Caroline discovers Orin was captured and listed as MIA. Caroline and Russell then search the love letters for clues as to what happened to Orin and whether he ever made it home to Alice.

49

25

5.7

/1522/

61

/59/

62

/24/

1.8

/1524/