Thursday, 26 February 2026

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

 

Following their engagement, Riley Stevenson (Jennifer Freeman) and Prince Mandla Amitu (Thapelo Mokoena) settled down to life in Los Angeles.

But then her Aunt Gina (Trisha Mann) and Uncle Ray (Tony Grant) put on a Christmas Eve engagement party in Glasgow, Kentucky, which will facilitate an opportunity for Queen Nobantu (Abena Ayivor) and King Chidike (Sello Maake Ka-Ncube) to meet Riley’s family for the first time.

What could possibly go wrong?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOPE (2025)

 

Prince Christopher (Robert Adamson) of St Monica wants to briefly escape his royal life to experience Christmas in a different country, so he travels to New York with his chaperone Malcolm (Butch Klein).

While he’s exploring the city he meets charitable non-profit founder Julia (Jenna Michno) at her charity and introduces himself as Chris and then begins volunteering with Julia helping families in need while in the City.

The more time they spend together they develop feelings for each other, both unexpected and welcome in equal measure, a real Christmas gift.

But what will happen when the truth comes out?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ON DUTY (2025)

 

Blair Birch (Janel Parrish) and Josh Cannon (Parker Young) have been bitter rivals since Basic training at Quantico, seemingly continuing a feud began by their fathers Richard Birch (Peter Jacobson) and Cliff Cannon (Scott Reeves).

Six years later they both end up on the same base and immediately get into an argument with messy consequences, and are both assigned to Christmas Duty as a punishment for 24 hours.

They plan a quiet duty but they are forced to team up for a special mission when a snowstorm prevents all the Christmas presents from reaching the base.

They must put their differences aside in order to work together to save Christmas for the children and save their relationship along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A NEWPORT CHRISTMAS (2025)

 

In 1905 spirited and charitable Rhode Island socialite Ella (Ginna Claire Mason) dreams of using her wealth to help the less fortunate in Newport.

However after her father tells her that he intends to announce her engagement at the approaching Christmas Eve Ball to a man she has never met, she is angry so goes out in her sailboat to clear her head.

As a comet shoots across the night sky, she wishes for a different life and to feel true love, then she is shocked to suddenly find she is no longer alone in the boat because Nick (Wes Brown) is at the helm.

An argument ensues over ownership of the vessel until they reach dryland when she realises, she is in fact in Newport in the year 2025.

Nick is a local historian and works at her old family home, which is now a museum but as she learns about her legacy and experiences glimpses of the modern world she grows close to Nick and finally knows how true love feels.

But she must travel back in time to her past when the Comet reappears on Christmas Eve because every day, she spends in 2025 erases more of her from history.

So is her newfound love to be cruelly snatched away from her or is there something more surprising awaiting her at home?  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A KELLER CHRISTMAS VACATION (2025)

 

The three Keller siblings, each dealing with personal issues, Dylan Cal and Emory (Jonathan Bennett, Brandon Routh and Eden Sher) are summoned to Europe by their parents, Anne and Ben (Laurel Lefkow and Nigel Whitmey) for a river cruise down the Danube from Germany, through Salzburg, to Vienna.

They are reluctant to accept as they have grown apart and the thought of spending ten days together makes them cringe but they agree because that's what families do, but fear the worst only to find unexpected fun, romance and joy along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ABOVE THE CLOUDS (2025)

 

Christmas Above the Clouds is an amusing reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

 

This modern retelling of the story is set on a flight between the US and Australia where heartless a workaholic CEO Ella Neezer (Erin Krakow) is trying to skip Christmas.

In addition she is making her PA Bobbi Cratchit (Emily Tennant) miss Christmas with her sick son Tim (Daniel Shevchuk).

Also on the flight, in the seat beside her, is her ex-fiancé Jake Phelps (Tyler Hynes).

She is first visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of her old mentor Marlene Jacobson (Gabrielle Rose), who warns her there will be further visitations to show her the errors of her ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Faith Wright), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Matthew Clarke) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Garfield Wilson).

The three quirky spirits shine a light on the dark corners of her life so that she might rediscover the magic of Christmas-and reclaim the love she thought she'd lost forever.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS CROWN (2025)

 

When Princess Charlotte of Marovia (Ellise Roth) learns about an impending betrothal to her lifelong friend Prince David (Sebastien Darcel-Sinclair), she decides to briefly escape her royal life to indulge her baking passion with her friend Kate Jones (Kimm Dizdari) who has entered a Christmas baking competition in New England.

When she arrives, she meets Luke (Callum Buckley)and introduces herself as Charlie and stays at his family’s Inn during the competition.

While her countries press is searching for her she falls in love with Luke and his family, but what will happen when he learns the truth and she has to return home?