THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS EVE (1947)

 

To prevent her fortune from falling under the control of her grasping  nephew Phillip Hastings (Reginald Denny) wealthy widow Matilda Reed (Ann Harding) must produce for Judge Alston (Clarence Kolb) at her home on Christmas Eve, her three long-lost adopted sons.

Mario (George Raft) a shady character exiled in South America, bankrupt playboy Michael (George Brent) and hard-drinking rodeo rider Jonathan (Randolph Scott).

So will she be able to locate them in time for the Christmas Eve reunion?

Joan Blondell, Virginia Field, Dolores Moran and Konstantin Shayne also star.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS BY THE BOOK (2022)

 

Author Holly Kincade (Lindy Booth) hasn’t had a best seller for seven years and her editor sister Ivy (AnnaMaria Demara) warns her that the publisher will drop her unless she has a hit.

So she sets out to write a bestselling holiday book, and succeeds in writing a work of fiction, unfortunately everyone believes it’s a true story, this leads to her being invited onto Canada’s number one TV chat show with host Audra (Amy Matysio) where things go from bad to worse.

Holly and her kids have to spend two weeks in a small rural town where she has to recreate the magical childhood Christmas described in her hit book.

So they must try and learn how to celebrate the perfect Christmas, and it all goes horribly wrong, when the kids Hailey and Xander (Georgie Murphy and David Webster) get a cab and leave, the only positive seems to be producer Josh (Jamaal Grant), so will it still come good in the end.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY (2023)

 

Katie (Brittany Underwood) is a hardworking and ambitious reporter waiting patiently  for her big break when the regular host Carol (Meredith Thomas) takes a Christmas break.

She is tasked by her boss Jerrod (William Baldwin) with getting an interview with a Royal visitor, Prince Jonathan (Jonathan Stoddard) who is in New York for the dedication of an exhibition he is making an address at.

He has something of a reputation for refusing to give interviews, however when Katie meets him at the airport, and he first sets eyes on her he relents, and they discover love during the holiday despite being from different worlds.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – COUPLED UP FOR CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

Tiffany Williams (Sara Canning) is going home for Christmas is finally going be reunited with her longtime family friend and ex-boyfriend Brett Stevenson (Joe Perry) and is expecting to rekindle their former relationship.

However it turns out he has a serious girlfriend Matilda Cameron (Jocelyn Chugg) and everyone seems to love her.

When she meets Peter Brooks (Marcus Rosner) at the bar she discovers he has been similarly disappointed by the object of his affection, Lorraine Stanton (Skye MacDonald).

So the two heartbroken strangers decide to pretend to be dating to win the affection of their respective perceived soulmates with hilarious results.

But this is a Christmas RomCom so there is a happy ending, just not the one they were expecting.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LAUGHING ALL THE WAY (2023)

 

Aubri Wilson (Paniz Zade) is PA and ghost writer for veteran standup and owner of the comedy club Bella Deldomino (Mary Walsh) and is placed in charge of the Christmas variety show, which turns out to be a make-or-break moment in her career.

With only weeks till to event Aubri is in pursuit of the perfect headliner for the event, when famous comedian and Hollywood star Mike Baxter (Jake Epstein) turns up out of the blue at the club that launched his career.

Every day he is at her side with the organization of the show and rediscovers his stand-up roots, and nurtures her in her own comic aspirations and they fall completely in love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SAYING YES TO CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

June Kingsley (Erika Prevost) is a hard-working Associate Editor at a large children's book publisher who is expecting to work through Christmas, again, when her  demanding boss Shannon Snyder (Sabrina Grdevich) insists she goes home to spend Christmas with her family.

The reason is not altruism however she has found out that famous author Sally Wells (Catherine De Seve) is spending Christmas with her daughter in June's hometown and Shannon wants her to sign her up as she has just quit her old publisher.

June is reunited with her childhood friend Blake Harris (Romaine Waite) and he makes a Christmas wish for June to join in with some of the Christmas activities which magically causes her to say yes to every request and is forced to embark on a hectic schedule of Yuletide activities.

She enjoys the events which forces her to reevaluate her career and her relationship with Blake. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SAY YES TO CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

June Kingsley (Erika Prevost) is a hard-working Associate Editor at a large children's book publisher who is expecting to work through Christmas, again, when her  demanding boss Shannon Snyder (Sabrina Grdevich) insists she goes home to spend Christmas with her family.

The reason is not altruism however she has found out that famous author Sally Wells (Catherine De Seve) is spending Christmas with her daughter in June's hometown and Shannon wants her to sign her up as she has just quit her old publisher.

June is reunited with her childhood friend Blake Harris (Romaine Waite) and he makes a Christmas wish for June to join in with some of the Christmas activities which magically causes her to say yes to every request and is forced to embark on a hectic schedule of Yuletide activities.

She enjoys the events which forces her to reevaluate her career and her relationship with Blake. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS VENUE (2023)

In a fancy restaurant in the city just before Christmas Cait Miller (Jessy Holtermann) is expecting a proposal from Steven (Jamie Craib) but he breaks up with her instead, so Cait decides to escape the city and surprise her father Phil (Rick Montgomery Jr) at the family Inn.

When she arrives, she finds the Inn empty except for handyman Drew Patterson (James Liddell) who was her old high school friend, and he is there to tackle the mounting list of repairs because her father is preparing to sell up.

Fortunately Cait's best friend Vic (Zina Ellis) is a wedding planner and one of her clients Eric and Mia (LeJon Woods and Rachel Robyn Wagner) were looking for a last-minute venue as the one they had booked fell through.

Cait comes up with a plane with Drew's help, to host the couple for Christmas and persuade them to have their wedding at the Inn.

However Mia’s mother Maria (Jan Beatty) distrusts unmarried couples so Cait ups the ante and says Drew was her husband much to his surprise and everything is going well until Steven turns up wanting to reconcile and Cait has a life changing decision to make.   

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – TYING THE KNOT AT CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

In a fancy restaurant in the city just before Christmas Cait Miller (Jessy Holtermann) is expecting a proposal from Steven (Jamie Craib) but he breaks up with her instead, so Cait decides to escape the city and surprise her father Phil (Rick Montgomery Jr) at the family Inn.

When she arrives, she finds the Inn empty except for handyman Drew Patterson (James Liddell) who was her old high school friend, and he is there to tackle the mounting list of repairs because her father is preparing to sell up.

Fortunately Cait's best friend Vic (Zina Ellis) is a wedding planner and one of her clients Eric and Mia (LeJon Woods and Rachel Robyn Wagner) were looking for a last-minute venue as the one they had booked fell through.

Cait comes up with a plane with Drew's help, to host the couple for Christmas and persuade them to have their wedding at the Inn.

However Mia’s mother Maria (Jan Beatty) distrusts unmarried couples so Cait ups the ante and says Drew was her husband much to his surprise and everything is going well until Steven turns up wanting to reconcile and Cait has a life changing decision to make.   

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS VINTAGE (2023)

 

The Williams and Hermannhof families are rival winemakers, at least in the eyes of Parker Williams (Ignacyo Matynia) who has forbidden his stepbrother Tony (Reid Rathore) from dating Emily Hermannhof (Maddison Bullock) because she is the “opposition”, he even wrote a clause in their partnership contract.

So Emily hatches a plan and asks her older sister Samantha (Karlee Eldridge), who left the winery to become a flight attendant, to come home and woo Parker and therefore nullify the contract if both brothers are dating the opposition.  

Of course it doesn’t all go according to plan, but they do fall for each other but then he finds out who she is.

Samantha also has to address the issue with her father (Corbin Timbrook) which led to her leaving in the first place.

Everything comes to a head with the Christmas wine competition where the two families go head-to-head.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MISTLETOE AND MERLOT (2023)

 

The Williams and Hermannhof families are rival winemakers, at least in the eyes of Parker Williams (Ignacyo Matynia) who has forbidden his stepbrother Tony (Reid Rathore) from dating Emily Hermannhof (Maddison Bullock) because she is the “opposition”, he even wrote a clause in their partnership contract.

So Emily hatches a plan and asks her older sister Samantha (Karlee Eldridge), who left the winery to become a flight attendant, to come home and woo Parker and therefore nullify the contract if both brothers are dating the opposition. 

Of course it doesn’t all go according to plan, but they do fall for each other but then he finds out who she is.

Samantha also has to address the issue with her father (Corbin Timbrook) which led to her leaving in the first place.

Everything comes to a head with the Christmas wine competition where the two families go head-to-head.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MISTLETOE & MERLOT (2023)

 

The Williams and Hermannhof families are rival winemakers, at least in the eyes of Parker Williams (Ignacyo Matynia) who has forbidden his stepbrother Tony (Reid Rathore) from dating Emily Hermannhof (Maddison Bullock) because she is the “opposition”, he even wrote a clause in their partnership contract.

So Emily hatches a plan and asks her older sister Samantha (Karlee Eldridge), who left the winery to become a flight attendant, to come home and woo Parker and therefore nullify the contract if both brothers are dating the opposition. 

Of course it doesn’t all go according to plan, but they do fall for each other but then he finds out who she is.

Samantha also has to address the issue with her father (Corbin Timbrook) which led to her leaving in the first place.

Everything comes to a head with the Christmas wine competition where the two families go head-to-head.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS CASANOVA (2023)

 

Elise Hanneman (Kalinka Petrie) is a podcaster looking for a good Christmas episode when she talks to friend zone occupant Daniyal Khan (Fuad Ahmed) just after he discovered that he might have feelings for his lifelong friend Tanya Schultz (Samantha Brown).

Elise agrees to be Daniyal's guide and counsel to set up a perfect Christmas by getting him and Tanya together, but it soon becomes apparent that the only man for Tanya was her boyfriend Cliff (Brendan Morgan) and Elise realises she has been trying to help him win over the wrong woman.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CRAZY CHRISTMAS LOVE (2023)

 

Elise Hanneman (Kalinka Petrie) is a podcaster looking for a good Christmas episode when she talks to friend zone occupant Daniyal Khan (Fuad Ahmed) just after he discovered that he might have feelings for his lifelong friend Tanya Schultz (Samantha Brown).

Elise agrees to be Daniyal's guide and counsel to set up a perfect Christmas by getting him and Tanya together, but it soon becomes apparent that the only man for Tanya was her boyfriend Cliff (Brendan Morgan) and Elise realises she has been trying to help him win over the wrong woman.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOLIDAY FOR HIRE (2024)

Katie (Christie Leverette) is looking forward to taking her boyfriend Dean (Bobby Slaski) to her parents for Christmas so she will not be the only singleton, again, but the day before taking him home, just after telling her mum Mary (Jennifer Taylor)  that Dean was coming with her, he dumps her, so she is going to be single for the Holidays.

Then her best friend Sarah (Jeanne Lau) suggests she hires a man to pretend to be her boyfriend for Christmas and after some disastrous interviews of unsuitable candidates she picks Josh (Andrew Rogers).

The family love him and everything is going well between Katie and Josh until the real Dean turns up wanting to reconcile and the truth comes out, but the real truth is she loves fake Dean more than the real Dean. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MATCH MADE FOR CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

Katie (Christie Leverette) is looking forward to taking her boyfriend Dean (Bobby Slaski) to her parents for Christmas so she will not be the only singleton, again, but the day before taking him home, just after telling her mum Mary (Jennifer Taylor)  that Dean was coming with her, he dumps her, so she is going to be single for the Holidays.

Then her best friend Sarah (Jeanne Lau) suggests she hires a man to pretend to be her boyfriend for Christmas and after some disastrous interviews of unsuitable candidates she picks Josh (Andrew Rogers).

The family love him and everything is going well between Katie and Josh until the real Dean turns up wanting to reconcile and the truth comes out, but the real truth is she loves fake Dean more than the real Dean.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE HEIRESS OF CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

Loryn Hampton (Katerina-Maria Vitkoff) is heiress to the Hamptons department store but is only interested in pampering, shopping, holidays and the trappings of her social position.

So in an attempt to motivate her into taking an active part in the running of the business her Grandmother and founder of the store Helen (Sarah Orenstein) has her employed in secret at the store in order to learn the business during its busiest time of the year and if she refused to cooperate, she would be cut off.

She is introduced to the store manager Aidan (David William Pinard) as a friend by Helen and has the thankless task of getting her to do the simplest of tasks.

But as he navigates her way through working at the store something extraordinary happens between them.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS HEIRESS (2023)

 

Loryn Hampton (Katerina-Maria Vitkoff) is heiress to the Hamptons department store but is only interested in pampering, shopping, holidays and the trappings of her social position.

So in an attempt to motivate her into taking an active part in the running of the business her Grandmother and founder of the store Helen (Sarah Orenstein) has her employed in secret at the store in order to learn the business during its busiest time of the year and if she refused to cooperate, she would be cut off.

She is introduced to the store manager Aidan (David William Pinard) as a friend by Helen and has the thankless task of getting her to do the simplest of tasks.

But as he navigates her way through working at the store something extraordinary happens between them.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS CHAIN (2024)

Brothers Dez and Jerome (Stephen Wesley Green and Tyler Andrews) are on Christmas leave and travel on the special Northeast Regional train on Christmas Eve.

Among the other passenger are other military personnel and a jazz band, the Star-Spangled Spirit, and one of the group is a kind-hearted musician called Sabrina (Carissa Murray).

Jerome is recovering from a serious kidney injury which has left him requiring a transplant and his mother is anxious for him to get home for Christmas.

Half an hour from Providence the train breaks down and are forced to make an unexpected stop, and the passengers take refuge at a remote diner which causes their Christmases to take a heartwarming turn, and someone is given the gift of life.