THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MERRY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

Sarah (Aeon Cruz) and Kevin (Scott Mitchell) have been best friends since childhood when they first realised, they both had Christmas Day birthdays and every year they have a cake with candles to mark the occasion, together in her tree house to begin with and via facetime when they were apart.

But when Kevin returns to their hometown to open his own veterinary practice just in time for Christmas, they fall back into the easy friendship they have always shared until her boss shows an interest in him their relationship takes on a different hue and a budding romance appears to be bubbling just beneath the surface.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS RANSOM (2022)

 

On Christmas Eve a pair of bumbling crooks Nan and Shez (Geneviève Lemon and  Bridie McKim) break into the struggling Harrington and Sons toy store and take the owner Derrick (Matt Okine) and employee Pete (Ed Oxenbould) hostage and demand a ransom from his estranged sister Terri (Vivienne Awosoga) who owns a successful computer games company.

So it’s up to pregnant security guard Gladys (Miranda Tapsell) and a pair of mischievous kids Brady and Wombat (Tahlia Sturzaker and Evan Stanhope) to save the day in shades of “Die Hard”

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A PICTURE PERFECT CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

Ceci Carmichael (Kimberley Sustad) is a photographer for the local newspaper in the small-town of Harmony Bay who is still grieving the recent loss of her father and as a result has cancelled the local Christmas tradition he created called “Good Night” at which the townspeople decorate trees on the Carmichael grounds, with the proceeds from the Christmas tree sales being donated to charitable causes.

One day she is out taking photos when she witnesses an accident where a motorcyclist Sam Calloway (Mark Ghanimé) crashes in the woods, so she goes to his aid and saves his life, but in the moments before losing consciousness he asks her to marry him.
However when she visits him in the hospital, she discovers he’s a property developer  and she suspects he is trying to buy the parcel of land owned jointly by her and her step mother Vivian (Karen Kruper).

However once misunderstandings are straightened out, unexpected events unfold, and suddenly they are a couple, and they find themselves reviving her father's tradition.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT (2023)

 

Ceci Carmichael (Kimberley Sustad) is a photographer for the local newspaper in the small-town of Harmony Bay who is still grieving the recent loss of her father and as a result has cancelled the local Christmas tradition he created called “Good Night” at which the townspeople decorate trees on the Carmichael grounds, with the proceeds from the Christmas tree sales being donated to charitable causes.

One day she is out taking photos when she witnesses an accident where a motorcyclist Sam Calloway (Mark Ghanimé) crashes in the woods, so she goes to his aid and saves his life, but in the moments before losing consciousness he asks her to marry him.
However when she visits him in the hospital, she discovers he’s a property developer  and she suspects he is trying to buy the parcel of land owned jointly by her and her step mother Vivian (Karen Kruper).

However once misunderstandings are straightened out, unexpected events unfold, and suddenly they are a couple, and they find themselves reviving her father's tradition.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JOYEUX NOEL (2023)

 

A romantic painting of a French Christmas market at the Museum of Modern Art captures the imagination of Denver Post copy editor Lea (Jaicy Elliot) and after coming into possession of a musical jewellery box from the same period of the painting in which she found an incomplete journal in a hidden compartment about an unnamed artist and a young woman. 

As she is an aspiring reporter, she pitches the idea to her Editor because she’s looking for a feature story for their holiday edition but seasoned reporter Mark (Brant Daugherty) has already been assigned, so Lea is sent along with him to Petit Marchon in France.

Mark had never paid much attention to her in the office due to the difference in their status, and she always referred to him as "Moody Mark".

They certainly seem mismatched as he is a hard-bitten reporter who is unhappy being assigned a Christmas fluff piece and Lea is a romantic at heart who believes it’s her story and could have been her big break.

Its Lea’s first ever international trip, and she’s determined to get the most out of it and test out the legend of love being found at the Christmas market.

Despite their different working styles and different levels of experience, they find a balance investigating the story and find that the Christmas market works its magic in ways they least expect.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A TASTE OF CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

When a violent snowstorm hits town on Christmas Eve four people find themselves snowed in at the local diner.

The first is struggling widowed mother of two Imami (Krystal Joy Brown) a waitress who was coerced into working to make ends meet, when she would much rather be at home with her children.

The second is her Boss Dan (Richard Harmon) who manipulated her into working who is the very antithesis of the Christmas spirit.

Local pastor Felix (Juan Riedinger) is stranded after his car gave out while he was desperately trying to secure food for a homeless Christmas dinner and finally hospice nurse with a difficult patient Clara (Tina Lifford) whose daughter is leaving home.

Throughout the night they bond and unwittingly provide each other with the answer to their respective prayers.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HEAVEN DOWN HERE (2023)

 

When a violent snowstorm hits town on Christmas Eve four people find themselves snowed in at the local diner.

The first is struggling widowed mother of two Imami (Krystal Joy Brown) a waitress who was coerced into working to make ends meet, when she would much rather be at home with her children.

The second is her Boss Dan (Richard Harmon) who manipulated her into working who is the very antithesis of the Christmas spirit.

Local pastor Felix (Juan Riedinger) is stranded after his car gave out while he was desperately trying to secure food for a homeless Christmas dinner and finally hospice nurse with a difficult patient Clara (Tina Lifford) whose daughter is leaving home.

Throughout the night they bond and unwittingly provide each other with the answer to their respective prayers.