Christmas Time Is Here! 48 Most-Anticipated Holiday Movies For 2022
So many Christmas movies, so little time! With over 141 holiday movies coming out of Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix, BET+, and more this year alone, it can be overwhelming trying to figure out what movies to add to your must-watch list to get into the Yuletide spirit… so we did it for you. Grab your mini marshmallow-filled hot cocoa and a fist full of Christmas cookies for energy because here are 46 holiday movies you don’t want to miss.
A Kismet Christmas
Sarah Ramos plays a children's book author who reconnects with her family and her childhood crush when she returns to her hometown. She soon discovers a long-held family legend might be true.
A Kismet Christmas premieres October 23 on Hallmark Channel.
Ghosts of Christmas Always
The Ghost of Christmas Present must help one soul rediscover his Christmas spirit… but something unusual is in store. Kim Matula, Ian Harding, Beth Leavel, Lori Tan Chinn, and Reginald VelJohnson star.
Ghost of Christmas Always premieres October 30 on Hallmark Channel.
A Magical Christmas Village
Alison Sweeney, Luke Macfarlane, and Marlo Thomas star in this film about a family that sets up an heirloom miniature Christmas village that resembles their town and grants Christmas wishes.
A Magical Christmas Village premieres November 4 on Hallmark Channel.
Lights, Camera, Christmas!
Kimberley Sustad and John Brotherton star in a Christmas movie within a Christmas movie. A local shop owner rediscovers her passion for costume design while working on a holiday rom-com movie set… and finds herself falling for the film’s famous leading man.
Lights, Camera, Christmas! premieres November 5 on Hallmark Channel.
Christmas Masquerade
A woman is mistaken for her glamorous boss at a masquerade ball… but can she keep up the ruse and find real love despite her holiday facade?
Christmas Masquerade premieres November 6 on UPtv.
Well Suited For Christmas
A fashion designer lands a spot in a competition to make a tuxedo for the city’s most eligible bachelor for a Christmas charity gala. They begin to fall for each other as she learns about the man behind his image and the real reason behind his charity.
Well Suited For Christmas premieres November 6 on Lifetime.
Falling For Christmas
It’s Christmas meets Overboard in Falling For Christmas! Lindsay Lohan plays a spoiled hotel heiress who suffers amnesia after a skiing accident and finds herself in the care of a blue-collar lodge owner (Chord Overstreet) for Christmas.
Falling For Christmas drops on Netflix on November 10.
The First Noelle
Noelle is determined to win back her ex who is back in Atlanta for Christmas with his new girlfriend — also named Noelle.
The First Noelle hits BET+ on November 10.
Christmas On Mistletoe Lake
Every Christmas, a adventurous woman picks a random spot on the map to take an trip — and this year she’s headed to Mistletoe Lake during their annual Christmas Harbor Festival. There she helps a man and his daughter renew their Christmas spirit by participating in festival one last time before selling his boat.
Christmas On Mistletoe Lake premieres November 10 on Lifetime.
One Delicious Christmas
Vanessa Marano plays a woman struggling to balance the restaurant and inn that she inherited from her parents and her personal life. Her best hope is to land an investment from a restaurant mogul… but will she have to change the menu curated by her late father to secure it? Bobby Flay even appears as a top food critic!
One Delicious Christmas drops November 11 on Discovery+.
A Christmas Open House
The Bold Type’s Katie Stevens stars as an ambitious Atlanta property stager who teams up with her old high school crush to flip and sell her mom’s home in Georgia. But can their romance really blossom when she intends to return to Atlanta to start her own business instead of stay in their hometown?
A Christmas Open House drops November 11 on Discovery+.
Designing Christmas
Cohosts of the House Sweet Home renovation show Stella (Jessica Szohr) and Pablo (Marco Grazzini) need a new plan when the owners of a home slated for their holiday episode pull out. They use it as an opportunity to renovate Stella’s family home and have move up her wedding for a Christmas Eve ceremony on the property that is bound to make it their biggest and best episode yet. But does Stella have complicated feelings for her Pablo that could jeopardize everything?
Designing Christmas hits Discovery+ on November 11.
The Royal Nanny
An MI5 agent goes undercover as the royal nanny. She must overcome the challenges of her assignment — like resisting the charms of the prince — in order to keep the royal family safe this Christmas.
The Royal Nanny airs November 12 on Hallmark Channel.
Our Italian Christmas Memories
In an effort to jog their grandfather who is struggling with dementia’s memory, the Colucci siblings set out to recreate their late grandmother’s legendary pasta. Good Witch star Sarah Power leads.
Our Italian Christmas Memories premieres November 12 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Six Degrees of Santa
A Christmas enthusiast and single mom creates a program that allows anonymous Santas to send a gift and instructions to be passed along, enjoyed, and regifted. But when her own gift lands in the hands of an Internet entrepreneur, he becomes convinced the original Santa might be his soulmate and enlists her help to track down this mystery woman.
Six Degrees of Santa premieres November 13 on Lifetime.
A Christmas Story Christmas
A Christmas icon returns as Peter Billingsley reprises the role of Ralphie Parker in this direct sequel to A Christmas Story. Set in the 1970s, an adult Ralphie returns to his childhood home to give his kids a magical Christmas like he had growing up.
A Christmas Story Christmas drops on HBO Max on November 17.
Christmas With You
A burned out pop star (Aimee Garcia) escapes to grant a young fan’s wish in small town New York where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love (Freddie Prinze Jr.).
Christmas With You hits Netflix on November 17.
Sweet Navidad
A pastry chef with homegrown skills and dreams of opening her own own Puerto Rican-influenced bakery takes on a job at a hotel’s holiday gala. Sparks fly when this messy baker who cooks from the heart is paired with a chef who is all about perfection and technique.
Sweet Navidad premieres November 17 on Lifetime.
Christmas Party Crashers
Two con artists meet after crashing the same millionaire’s Christmas party and agree to work together to achieve each other’s mission.
Christmas Party Crashers premieres November 17 on BET+.
A Country Christmas Harmony
Brooke Elliott stars as a faded country music superstar who is forced to return to the hometown she left behind to try to revive her career with a live Christmas concert. But when she runs into her ex and former musical partner, the two realize they need each other’s help to survive the holidays.
A Country Christmas Harmony airs November 18 on Lifetime.
Spirited
The Ghost of Christmas Present selects a dark soul to be reformed, but picks the wrong Scrooge. Now he must examine his own past, present, and future. Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, and Octavia Spencer star.
Spirited drops November 18 on Apple TV+.
Inventing The Christmas Prince
Tamera Mowry-Housley plays a rocket engineer who has plans to quit her job when her daughter becomes convinced that her Scrooge-like boss is the Christmas Prince from a story she invented years ago.
Inventing The Christmas Prince airs November 18 on Hallmark Channel.
Santa Bootcamp
When an event planner is hired by a mall magnate to stage the ultimate Christmas Gala, she finds herself being sent to Santa Bootcamp to find the perfect Santa and inspiration she needs to make the evening a success. Plus Rita Moreno stars as a bootcamp drill sergeant with a heart of gold!
Santa Bootcamp premieres November 19 on Lifetime.
A Show-Stopping Christmas
The artistic director of the Onota Theatre will do everything she can to stop the Scrooge-like owner of the theater from selling it, from calling up the ghosts of her past, present, and future to getting a famous Hollywood actor to start in their production of A Christmas Carol.
A Show-Stopping Christmas airs November 20 on Lifetime.
When I Think Of Christmas
Degrassi’s Shenae Grimes-Beech stars as a former musician turned lawyer who returns to her hometown and reconnects with her ex-boyfriend. The two end up planning a Christmas concert that leads them all back to their musical roots.
When I Think Of Christmas airs November 20 on Hallmark Channel.
A Christmas Mystery
One hundred years ago, a strip of Santa's magical jingle bells were discovered by a young boy in Pleasant Bay, Oregon, bringing about a century of prosperity and peace for the small town. Now, just days before Christmas, the bells are missing, and it's up to a group of intrepid kids to solve the case. The Haunting of Hill House and M3GAN actress Violet McGraw stars.
A Christmas Mystery hits HBO Max on November 24.
The Christmas Clapback
Every year the Miles sisters battle each other for a chance to win the neighborhood Christmas Church Cook-Off competition. But when a vivacious social media influencer enters the competition, the sisters must choose to rise together or fall divided.
The Christmas Clapback drops November 24 on BET+.
The Sound of Christmas
Serayah stars as a down-on-her-luck music teacher who leads a wealthy widower (Ne-Yo) away from his gold-digging girlfriend and back to love and music during the Christmas holidays.
The Sound of Christmas hits BET+ on November 24.
#Xmas
A woman poses as a family influencer to enter a brand’s design contest, enlisting the help of her best friend and her baby nephew. When her video is selected as a finalist, she is torn on whether to go on with her perfect 'family' or reveal the truth. Pretty Little Liars’s Brant Daugherty stars.
#Xmas airs November 25 on Hallmark Channel.
Steppin’ Into The Holiday
Mario Lopez stars as a former Broadway star who returns to his hometown for Christmas after being abruptly fired from his reality TV job. He volunteers to help with the town dance studio’s recital fundraiser by reviving the traditional Christmas Eve show, which was once a showcase for local talent.
Steppin’ Into The Holiday premieres November 25 on Lifetime.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
Run DMC’s Rev Run delivers a hip-hop reimagining of The Nutcracker ballet set in New York City that finds Maria-Clara on a holiday adventure to bring her parents back together.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker drops November 25 on Disney+.
A Tale of Two Christmases
In a Sliding Doors-style holiday, a woman gets to experience two different Christmases — one where she stays in the city and celebrates with a new crush and his friends, and one where she returns home for all the traditions with her family... and a longtime friend who may have feelings for her. Good Witch’s Kat Barrell, Chandler Massey, and Evan Roderick star.
A Tale of Two Christmases airs November 26 on Hallmark Channel.
A Holiday Spectacular
In 1958, an heiress from Philadelphia puts her high-society wedding plans on hold in order to sneak up to New York City and make her secret dream come true: dancing live on stage in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall.
A Holiday Spectacular airs November 27 on Hallmark Channel.
A Hollywood Christmas
An up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood who has made a name for herself directing Christmas movies ironically has to “save Christmas” when a network executive threatens to halt production on her latest movie. Now she must juggle all the classic tropes in order to get her movie and her life to their happy endings.
A Hollywood Christmas drops December 1 on HBO Max.
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens' ageless legend is reborn in this supernatural, time-traveling, musical (Scroogical?) adaptation of the definitive Christmas story. With his very soul on the line, Scrooge has but one Christmas Eve left to face his past and build a better future. Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, and Johnny Flynn star.
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol hits Netflix on December 2.
Violent Night
An elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone hostage inside. However, they aren't prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus (David Harbour) is on the grounds, and he's about to show why this Nick is no saint.
Violent Night debuts in theaters on December 2.
A Big Fat Family Christmas
A photojournalist eager to make it on her own gets a dream assignment — shooting the Chang family's annual holiday party for a cover story — but she doesn't reveal that they are, in fact, her family. Shannon Chan-Kent, Shannon Kook, and Tia Carrere star.
A Big Fat Family Christmas airs December 2 on Hallmark Channel.
A Fabled Holiday
Two childhood best friends unexpectedly reunite in a curiously familiar-looking town full of Christmas spirit that restores its visitors when they need it most.
A Fabled Holiday premieres December 3 on Hallmark Channel.
The Holiday Stocking
A new angel is given the chance to address his one regret, that he didn't help his sisters reconcile while he was still alive. Returning to earth as a stranger, he gets each of them to revive the Holiday Stocking, their parent's old tradition to encourage charity at Christmas.
The Holiday Stocking premieres December 3 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Undercover Holiday
Noemí González plays a newly minted pop star returning home for the holidays. She tells her family the man she’s bringing home with her is her new boyfriend when, in reality, he’s her overzealous security guard.
Undercover Holiday airs December 4 on Hallmark Channel.
Something From Tiffany’s
Nothing compares to the magic and excitement of the holidays in New York City, where a special box from Tiffany & Co. could change the course of a person's life. Or several lives with the simple mix-up of gifts. Zoey Deutch, Kendrick Smith Sampson, Ray Nicholson, and Shay Mitchell star.
Something From Tiffany’s hits Prime Video on December 9.
The Holiday Sitter
Jonathan Bennett stars as a workaholic bachelor enlisted to babysit his niece and nephew before the holidays. Completely out of his element, he recruits help from their handsome neighbor. This is Hallmark’s first LGBTQ+-led movie.
The Holiday Sitter premieres December 11 on Hallmark Channel.
A New Diva’s Christmas Carol
In a new take on Vanessa Williams’ 2000 film A Diva’s Christmas Carol comes A New Diva’s Christmas Carol. Ashanti plays Aphrodite, a musician known for performing the timeless love song of the era… that she absolutely hates. Now she’s the meanest judge on Pop The Question and becomes the reluctant mentor to a breakthrough contestant, but tries to steer her away from love anthems. Can three spirits help Aphrodite go on a journey through love (and Christmas) past, present, and future to let love back in? Vivica A. Fox, Robin Givens, and Mel B also star.
A New Diva’s Christmas Carol debuts December 14 on VH1.
A Christmas To Treasure
The passing of beloved Ms. Marley reunites six estranged friends for one final hometown holiday treasure hunt. As the search unfolds and fond childhood memories are relived, sparks fly between former best friends.
A Christmas To Treasure premieres December 16 on Lifetime.
’Twas The Night Before Christmas
A former actress trying to break into directing testing her skills with a town's annual Christmas Eve courtroom production in which the true authorship of the famous poem 'A Visit from St. Nick' is debated. Pretty Little Liars’ Torrey DeVitto and Zane Holtz star.
‘Twas The Night Before Christmas premieres December 17 on Hallmark Channel.
The Holiday Dating Guide
Maria Menounos plays a dating coach who is so close to making her lifelong dream of writing a book come true, but her publisher won’t proceed without knowing her dating advice actually works. She sets out to prove him wrong by following her dating rules and making a man fall for her by Christmas Eve… in just 12 days.
The Holiday Dating Guide premieres on Lifetime on December 17.
Hanukkah on Rye
A matchmaker connection is put to the test when the duo realize they are competing deli shop owners. Jeremy Jordan, Yael Grobglas, and Lisa Loeb star.
Hanukkah on Rye airs December 18 on Hallmark Channel.
Fuhgeddabout Christmas
Wild ‘N Out stand out Justina Valentine stars as an Italian American superstar who realizes her family is fed up with her workaholic ways, so she gets help from her celebrity friends, Santa, and magical elves to give them the best Christmas ever. The mockumentary-style Christmas comedy features larger-than-life characters (many played by Valentine herself) and appearances by DC Young Fly, Conceited, Vinny Guadagnino, Perez Hilton, Teresa Giudice, Fetty Wap, Sway, and Nick Cannon.
Fuhgeddabout Christmas debuts December 21 on VH1.
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