THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MY SWEET AUSTRIAN HOLIDAY (2024)

American Lawyer Charlotte Dobler (Brittany Bristow) moved to Vienna to become master chocolatier at the historic Dobler Chocolate Shop which she took over following the sad passing of her beloved grandmother.

All is not well however despite  being one of the three finalists in the Vienna Chocolatier of the Year competition because she is in danger of losing the shop in the  historic market due to Danube Developments redevelopment project.

One day while she is in the midst of an appeal to city hall, and the City Clerk

(Adam Boncz), she attends a fund raiser and meets Henry Broadbent (Will Kemp), the new CEO of his retired father's development business, Eurostar, though he is also a philanthropist.

Sympathetic to her plight a bond forms between the two, but Henry soon learns that not only does his company owns Danube, but his father, Gordon Broadbent (Drew Taylor), acquired Danube specifically because of the redevelopment.

So Henry has to decide what is most important to him, Eurostar and by extension his father’s wishes, or the burgeoning romance with Charlotte.

 

Richard Sheridan Willis, Suzanne McKenney, Catherine Disher and Jinesea Bianca Lewis also feature. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – IN MERRY MEASURE (2022)

Darcy (Patti Murin), is widely considered to be one of the finest pop vocalists of her generation, but that generation is dwindling, and she has been without a record deal or representation for some time.

So she leaves her New York City base, to spend Christmas with her recently widowed sister Gretchen (Jennifer Robertson) and her daughter Megan (Cassidy Reichman) in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio, for the first time since she was a teenager.

Unexpectedly, because of her niece, she ends up coaching the choir at her old high school, Montgomery County high school, with her old high school rival, Adam (Brendan Penny) for a carolling competition.

In the process of the preparation she spends a lot of time with Adam, Darcy finds she has to balance her priorities, between her music career, family, the choir and an unexpected romance.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS (2010)

In this adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott story set in the late 1880's, wealthy English aristocrat Isabella (Jacqueline Bisset) and her granddaughter Tilly (Catherine Steadman) visit relatives in Ireland for the Christmas holidays.

Much to Isabella’s surprise she finds that the Earl and Lady Shannon (Robert O'Mahoney and Marion O'Dwyer) have become impoverished and are hoping they could improve their fortunes with a favourable marriage between their son Cameron (Leon Ockenden) and Tilly however she is engaged already to Gad (Kris Turner) who unexpectedly arrives to surprise her for Christmas.

So who will she choose?

Ian McElhinney and David Herlihy also star. 

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

American Lawyer Charlotte Dobler (Brittany Bristow) moved to Vienna to become master chocolatier at the historic Dobler Chocolate Shop which she took over following the sad passing of her beloved grandmother.

All is not well however despite  being one of the three finalists in the Vienna Chocolatier of the Year competition because she is in danger of losing the shop in the  historic market due to Danube Developments redevelopment project.

One day while she is in the midst of an appeal to city hall, and the City Clerk

(Adam Boncz), she attends a fund raiser and meets Henry Broadbent (Will Kemp), the new CEO of his retired father's development business, Eurostar, though he is also a philanthropist.

Sympathetic to her plight a bond forms between the two, but Henry soon learns that not only does his company owns Danube, but his father, Gordon Broadbent (Drew Taylor), acquired Danube specifically because of the redevelopment.

So Henry has to decide what is most important to him, Eurostar and by extension his father’s wishes, or the burgeoning romance with Charlotte.

 

Richard Sheridan Willis, Suzanne McKenney, Catherine Disher and Jinesea Bianca Lewis also feature.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A VINTAGE CHRISTMAS (2019)

Dodie Brite (Tia Mowry-Hardrict) and Olivia (Agam Darshi) are opening their own antique store and a few days before they are due to open their doors for the first time Dodie finds a memory box of sentimental trinkets concealed in the bottom of a wardrobe.

As she is a hopeless romantic, she makes it her mission to deliver it to its rightful owner and manages to persuade the handsome Edward (Jesse Hutch), to help her with her search and that leads to a very unexpected conclusion.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS MASTERPIECE (2020)

After the funeral of her mother Jules (Kelly Amshoff), precocious 14-year-old Emma Evans (Brooke Chamberlin) and her 80-pound Goldendoodle Rocky (Cooper), are forced to move to the town of Lakeside to live with her estranged grandparents  Marcus and Irene (Michael Comstock and Judy Littlefield).

She has the same artistic flair with painting, and life, as her mother and that helped lead her through the grief and heartache and when she meets reclusive artist Braxton Tate (Dain Paige) and he reluctantly agrees to tutor her, then she meets new people and gets involved with the town’s holiday art show.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOLLY AND THE HOT CHOCOLATE (2022)

On her way to visit her toxic boyfriend Tommy (Tommy Pope) to meet his family, Philadelphia food critic Holly (Hanna Gaffney) crashes her car into a billboard in Pine Falls, outside Boston, and is rescued by widowed truck driver Rudy (Ryan Farrell).

While her car is being repaired, she has to stay at the B&B owned by Rudy’s mother, Deb (Alice Schaerer).

Tommy is more concerned with the safety of an avocado dish she is bringing him than her wellbeing so while she is there, she spends a lot of time with Rudy and his daughter Stephanie (Olivia Gropp) and as a result she begins to reevaluate her life choices.