The 40 Best Hallmark Christmas Movies of 2022

The Santa Stakeout (2021): Best Undercover Romance

Tanya (Tamera Mowry-Housley) is a police detective who must go undercover with fellow detective Ryan (Paul Campbell) to investigate a string of burglaries hitting high-profile holiday parties. The prime suspect? The jovial chair of the Christmas committee. Will posing as newlyweds turn this partnership romantic?

Premieres Sunday, October 24, 2021.

Next Stop, Christmas (2021): Best Back to the Future Reunion

Angie (Lyndsy Fonseca) wistfully wonders what would have happened if she'd married her ex (Chandler Massey). As she takes the train home to see her family for Christmas, she finds herself dropped off in 2011. With the help of the train's mysterious conductor (Christopher Lloyd), Angie begins to understand what truly matters in life. The movie also stars Lloyd's Back to the Future costar Lea Thompson.

Premieres November 6, 2021.

Boyfriends of Christmas Past (2021): Most Romantic Retelling of A Christmas Carol

As Christmas approaches, marketing executive Lauren (Catherine Haena Kim) struggles with her feelings for her best friend, Nate (Raymond Ablack). To help her open up her heart, she's visited by the ghosts of four ex-boyfriends.

Premieres Saturday, October 23, 2021.

Christmas in Harmony (2021): Most Harmonious Christmas Movie

Beautiful and talented singer Harmony (Ashleigh Murray) is reluctant to join the town choir, but just before Christmas, she's tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus—directed by her ex-boyfriend. Will they be harmonizing in the key of love by Christmas?

Premieres Friday, October 29, 2021.

You, Me, and the Christmas Trees (2021): Greenest Christmas Story

Arborist Olivia (Danica McKellar) helps Christmas tree farmer Jack investigate a mysterious illness affecting the firs on Jack's Christmas tree farm. Will love take root as they get to the bottom of what's ailing the crop?

Premieres Friday, October 22, 2021.

A Christmas Treasure (2021): Best Christmas Movie for Aspiring Writers

Struggling writer Lou (Jordin Sparks) opens a mysterious 100-year-old time capsule and meets Kyle, a charming chef who's also conflicted about his future. The magic of the holiday season leads them toward some big decisions.

Premieres Sunday, November 7, 2021.

The Nine Kittens of Christmas (2021): Best Cat-Related Christmas Sequel

Picking up where The Nine Lives of Christmas ended, Zachary and Marilee are tasked with finding homes for nine kittens amid the Christmas holidays. Will the adorable felines help smooth their rocky patch in time for Christmas?

Premieres November 25, 2021.

Coyote Creek Christmas (2021): Best 'There's No Place Like Home' Christmas Movie

Paige (Janel Parrish) is an event planner who returns home to throw a "Christmas Around the Word" party at her family's inn. She meets a single dad and his son, and soon the magic of Christmas touches everyone's fates.

Premieres Saturday, October 30, 2021.

Gingerbread Miracle (2021): Sweetest Magical Holiday Romance

Maya (Merritt Patterson) and Alex (Jon Ecker) are high school friends who reunite over Christmas to sell Alex's uncle's Mexican bakery. The bakery's specialty? Gingerbread cookies that grant wishes. Will true love be granted?

Premieres Friday, November 5, 2021.

My Christmas Family Tree (2021): Best Long-Lost Family Christmas Movie

Vanessa (Aimee Teegarden) takes a DNA test and is shocked when the results reveal a family she never knew she had. She travels to meet them for Christmas and learns lessons about the importance of family—and love.

Premieres Saturday, November 13, 2021.

Cross Country Christmas (2020): Best Christmas Road Trip Romance Story

Childhood friends Lina (Rachael Leigh Cook) and Max (Greyston Holt) decide to travel home together for the holidays. A storm interrupts their journey, leaving them to find an alternate route. Old feelings resurface as they must work together to make it to Christmas dinner in time.

Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater (2020): Sweetest Unexpected Love Story

Single mom Maggie (Ashley Williams) is prepared to spend Christmas alone, but she gets an unexpected visitor. Maggie gains a new appreciation for the holidays through her new budding relationship with Lucas (Niall Matter).

Christmas She Wrote (2020): Best Publishing Industry Holiday Romance

Advice columnist Kayleigh (Danica McKellar) specializes in romance. Unfortunately, her column gets canceled just before Christmas, leaving her without a paycheck. She heads home to seek solace in her family, only to get called back to the city by the publisher (Dylan Neal), who pushed her out.

Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing (2020): Best Holiday Sequel

It's time to return to the town of Evergreen for yet another entry in the Christmas-themed franchise. In Bells Are Ringing, Michelle (Holly Robinson Peete) prepares for her Christmas wedding while her friend Hannah (Rukiya Bernard) contemplates the future of her own relationship.

The Christmas House (2020): Best LGBTQ Hallmark Holiday Movie With Family Drama

On the way to visit his family for the holidays, Brandon (Jonathan Bennett) and his husband eagerly await news about their adopted child. Meanwhile, his brother reunites with an old flame, igniting controversy in their hometown.

On the 12th Date of Christmas (2020): Best Holiday Romance Movie for Gamers

A couple of misfit video game designers team up to create a scavenger hunt as a way to spread Christmas cheer. Their game brings the whole town together, and they eventually find what they had been looking for all along in one another.

Jingle Bell Bride (2020): Best Alaskan Christmas Movie

To obtain a rare flower for a celebrity client, a wedding planner (Julie Gonzalo) travels to a remote part of Alaska just before the holidays. During her trip, she becomes enamored with the town's holiday spirit, as well as a charming young man (Rowe Jr.) who offers to help her find what she's looking for.

Chateau Christmas (2020): Most Rockin' Holiday Special

A celebrated pianist named Margot (Merrit Patterson) returns to her family home, Chateau Newhaus, for the holidays. When her ex-bandmate and ex-boyfriend Jackson (Luke Macfarlane) hears that Margot is back in town, he wants to bring the band together for one more show.

One Royal Holiday (2020): Most Charming Holiday Romance Story

When they're stranded during a terrible blizzard, a mother (Victoria Clark) and her son (Aaron Tveit) are taken in by a kind woman named Anna (Laura Osnes). Anna soon discovers that she's housing the Royal Family of Galwick, and she finds herself falling for the Prince, who is intrigued by her small town's Christmas traditions.

A Royal Christmas (2014): Best Royal Wedding Movie

Small-town seamstress Emily Corrigan (Lacey Chabert) adores her boyfriend Leo (Stephen Hagan). However, she's thrown for a loop when Leo reveals that he's been hiding a secret: He's the prince of a small European country. For Christmas, the couple visits his royal parents, who seem determined to sabotage their relationship.

Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa (2018): Best Small-Town Feel-Good Movie

To her disappointment, professional designer Lisa (Jill Wagner) returns home for Christmas to find the town's old general store abandoned. Determined to restore the historic building, she reaches out to a local contractor named Kevin (Mark Deklin), and the two become business partners. As their relationship evolves, Lisa begins to question whether she wants to leave her hometown.

Picture a Perfect Christmas (2019): Sweetest Feel Good Family Holiday Movie

In this heart-warming story, a photographer (Merritt Patterson) must take time off from work to care for her grandmother during the holidays. She quickly strikes up a friendship with her neighbor David (Jon Cor), who needs help caring for his family. Brought together by less-than-ideal circumstances, they ultimately end up having a genuinely picture-perfect Christmas.

The Nine Lives of Christmas (2014): Best Christmas Classic for Cat Lovers

A single fireman (Brandon Routh) who gave up on companionship finds it in an unexpected place: on his front doorstep. After taking in a stray cat, his newfound feline friend leads him to meet a veterinary student named Marilee (Kimberley Sustad). By Christmas, the three strangers become a family.

This movie is a must-watch for lovers of cats and the holidays.

Christmas Town (2019): Best Sci-Fi Christmas Fantasy

After deciding to ditch everything and leave Boston for a fresh start, Lauren Gabriel (Candace Cameron Bure) takes an unexpected trip to a quaint town called Grandon Falls. She slowly discovers that there's more to the snowy village than meets the eye. Plus, she learns a few lessons about family and the meaning of Christmas along the way.

Christmas at Dollywood (2019): Best Christmas Movie Set in a Theme Park

If you've never been to Dollywood, you can get a glimpse of the amusement park in Christmas at Dollywood. When an event planner (Danica McKellar) from Tennessee returns home from up north to organize the theme park's Christmas festivities, she bumps heads with the local manager (Niall Matter) on every detail. Is it any surprise that they fall in love?

Christmas at Graceland (2018): Best Music-Inspired Christmas Story

Christmas at Dollywood isn't the only Tennesse-themed holiday movie on the Hallmark Channel. In this one, Laurel (Kellie Pickler) meets her ex-boyfriend (Wes Brown) while on a trip to Memphis. The ex-lovers are also ex-bandmates, and their mutual love for music brings them back together in the City of Blues.

Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays (2019): Best Country Sequel

In this sequel to Christmas at Graceland, Harper (Kaitlin Doubleday) goes home to Memphis to be a nanny for a widower named Owen (Adrian Grenier). The two become friends and begin to bring out the best in each other, and Harper finds herself questioning if she wants to leave home after the holidays are over.

Double Holiday (2019): Best Hanukkah-Christmas Crossover

In Double Holiday, Hanukkah and Christmas go hand-in-hand. Rebecca (Carly Pope) has to cancel her Hanukkah plans when she gets roped into organizing a Christmas party with her annoying co-worker Chris (Kristoffer Polaha). The two learn how to get along until they find out that they're competing for the same promotion.

Write Before Christmas (2019): Sweetest Holiday Movie About Love and Loss

Following a devastating breakup, Jessica (Torrey DeVitto) reflects on the people who matter most. She decides to send Christmas cards to everyone who has positively influenced her, from her favorite teacher to her favorite pop star. As luck would have it, her childhood crush (Chad Michael Murray) replies, leading to an unexpected relationship.

Miss Christmas (2017): Best Movie About Christmas Trees

Miss Christmas is about a woman (Brooke D'Orsay) whose job is to find the perfect tree for Chicago's Radcliffe Christmas Tree lighting. She receives a letter from a boy who says he has the perfect tree in his yard, but his father (Marc Blucas) isn't willing to give it up. Can she charm the single dad into giving her what she wants?

A Christmas Detour (2015): Best Christmas Movie About Being Trapped at an Airport

A snowstorm brings two strangers together at an airport hotel in New York. Paige (Candace Cameron Dure) is desperate to meet her future in-laws before her wedding, so she seeks help from fellow traveler Dylan (Paul Greene) to get home for the holidays. Meanwhile, Dylan is heartbroken from a recent breakup, so he turns to the bride-to-be for a rebound.

A Very Merry Mix-Up (2013): Best Christmas Romantic Comedy

On her way to meet her future in-laws for Christmas, Alice (Alicia Witt) loses her luggage and phone at the airport. By chance, she runs into her future brother-in-law (Mark Wiebe) at the baggage claim, and he offers her a ride to his parents' house. Alice quickly falls in love with her new family, but did she pick the wrong brother to marry?

Switched for Christmas (2017): Best Christmas Movie About Twins

Have you ever wanted to switch lives with someone else? It's not so hard if you have an identical twin. Two sisters decide to trick their friends and family for the holidays, trading places and planning each other's respective Christmas parties. As they try to keep up the charade, they gain a stronger appreciation for each other.

Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe (2018): Best Jane Austin-Inspired Christmas Film

Despite being offered a job with her father's company, Darcy (Lacey Chabert) decides to move away from home and start her own business. When she comes home to plan a Christmas charity event, she reunites with an old friend (Brendan Penny), who convinces her to reconnect with her dad.

An adaptation of a book by Melissa de la Cruz, this movie is the perfect family film for the holidays.

Christmas Scavenger Hunt (2019): Most Charming Home-for-the-Holidays Movie

Belinda (Kim Shaw) and her ex Dustin (Kevin McGarry) parted ways on bad terms. It was so bad that she moved away from her hometown. When she returns home for Christmas one year, she's appalled to find that she's paired with Dustin for the town's Christmas scavenger hunt. Will they reconcile?

Cookie Cutter Christmas (2014): Best Holiday Bake-Off Movie

Lifelong rivals Christie (Erin Krakow) and Penny (Miranda Frigon) compete in the most brutal contest: a Christmas cookie bake-off. Christie is at a distinct disadvantage since she can't cook, but her luck turns around when she meets James, a single baker (David Haydn-Jones). Before he knows it, James finds himself in the middle of a love triangle.

Christmas at Pemberley Manor (2018): Most Unlikely Holiday Romance

When an event planner from New York named Elizabeth (Jessica Lowndes) takes a job organizing a Christmas festival for a small town, she runs into opposition from a billionaire (Michael Rady) who wants to sell her chosen venue. They eventually decide to work together, and their professional partnership turns romantic.

Christmas in Rome (2019): Best Holiday Abroad Movie

An American tour guide (Lacey Chabert) living in Rome loses her job just before the holidays. She gets a stroke of luck when she meets an American entrepreneur named Oliver (Sam Page) looking to purchase an Italian ceramics company. As she guides him through the ancient city streets, the two discover more and more about each other.

Christmas Cookies (2016): Best Spin-Off of the Classic Grinch Story

When an out-of-town corporation tries to buy out Aunt Sally's Christmas Cookie Company, the whole town of Cookie Jar comes together to save their local business. At first, corporate representative Hannah (Jill Wagner) is unsympathetic to the company's owner (Wes Brown). However, that changes when they fall for each other. Consider it a retelling of the classic Grinch story with a romantic twist.