New Hallmark Movies in 2026

Emily Tennant plays Elise, who returns to the Driftless area to wind up her late grandmother's bookstore and gets pulled into the town's Apple Blossom Festival. She reconnects with childhood friend Max (Carlo Marks), now running his family's cider business, and the two team up on book events and cider storytelling as old feelings resurface. A storm and a threatened sale of the shop raise the stakes. There is even a stray cat named Clover who becomes the town mascot. A cozy second-chance romance about community and creative renewal. No rating yet, this one is new for 2026.

Jen Lilley plays Ruby, a renowned New York gemologist invited to the kingdom of Gullion to restore its crown jewels before Prince Luca's coronation. Working closely with Luca (Dan Jeannotte), she ends up challenging royal tradition and complicating his relationship with his mother, the queen, who has an arranged match in mind. The crown-jewels restoration plays out over the week leading to the coronation and a flower festival. A duty-versus-love royal romance with a hands-on creative hook. Too new for a settled rating, but a tidy pick if the prince-meets-commoner setup is your comfort food.

Janel Parrish plays Tee, a Chinese American potter and shop owner who is pushed to put more of herself into her work just as the local Learning Tree community center faces closing. A new handyman, Will (Chris McNally), keeps turning up to help, encouraging her to trust her instincts while she reconnects with her family's traditions through art. As the community rallies to save the center, her art career and a romance both start to take shape. A warm self-discovery and found-family romance about heritage and confidence. No rating yet, it is a fresh 2026 release.

Alison Sweeney and Victor Webster are back for another Hannah Swensen mystery, and this one has a great hook: Hannah caters a masquerade at the newly renovated Lake Eden Inn when a storm-driven blackout strikes and an employee turns up dead. With the road washed out, everyone is trapped inside, so Hannah and Sheriff Ron must find the culprit before the storm clears and the killer escapes. Barbara Niven features. A storm-locked cozy whodunit with cookies, masks, and a tangle of suspects. We will tease the setup and leave the solution alone. No rating yet for this 2026 entry.

Alison Sweeney's second early-2026 title, this time as Hope Morgan, who returns to Ruidoso, New Mexico to chase her childhood dream of running a ranch and reviving the long-dormant Giddy Up Gala. Gabriel Hogan plays her ex, Jack, who has moved to town and is angling to win her back just as ranch mishaps and a strict inspection pile up. A chicken named Houdini keeps escaping and causing chaos. A second-chance ranch romance about learning to ask for help. Real Ruidoso scenery and a warm small-town feel. No settled rating yet.

Sarah Drew plays Kim, a Chicago news writer hoping to break through as an on-camera reporter, who travels to Carbondale, Illinois to cover a rare solar eclipse, seven years after she made a connection with a stranger at the last one. That stranger turns out to be astronomy professor Malcolm (Matt Long), and when her broadcast plan collapses and goes national, the two improvise live on air. A fate-and-timing romance about whether the right person can finally arrive at the right moment. Drew and Long make an easy pairing. No rating yet for this 2026 release.

Kim Matula and Aaron O'Connell play Emma, a New York gallerist, and Conrad, an investment banker, who feel a spark during a subway blackout, then lose each other before exchanging names. When a missed-connection ad brings them back together, they pretend to help each other track down the right person while slowly realizing they may have already found them. A possible Tokyo relocation complicates the timing. A fate-versus-intention romance built on a classic missed-connections hook, with a giant rodent clock turning up as gallery art. No rating yet, brand new for 2026.

Best friends and bartenders Naomi (Amy Groening) and Marcus (Evan Roderick) enter a Valentine's Day mocktail contest in Buffalo to launch their dream business and accidentally serve up what seems to be a real love potion. With the win comes a wave of romantic confessions and the nudge they need to face years of buried feelings. A mysterious tea-shop owner named Hal may be more than he appears. One of the more playful concepts on the early slate, friends-to-lovers with a light magical streak. No settled rating yet for this 2026 title. Charming and low-stakes.

Emilie Ullerup and Kristoffer Polaha play Kelly and Parker, strangers on the same Italian cruise who both miss the boat during a port stop and have to race across southern Italy to catch up. She is a PR consultant secretly scouting the cruise line for a buyout; he is the line's corporate attorney, so their banter has an undercurrent. A storm reroute, a train strike, and a donkey ride turn the trip into a cross-country chase. A forced-proximity travel romance with real Mediterranean scenery. No rating yet, but the Ullerup-Polaha pairing is a draw on its own.

Rachael Leigh Cook plays Annie, a bank teller who checks into a luxury Malta wellness resort under a friend's name and falls into the orbit of Jake (Luke Macfarlane), a private investigator posing as a guest while tracking a stolen Crestvell Diamond necklace. As Annie tries to reset her life and Jake works his case, the two grow close and untangle who really wants the necklace. Sound baths, juice detoxes, and a swan-towel resort backdrop add the comedy. A self-discovery romance with a caper running underneath. No settled rating yet for this 2026 release.

Jaicy Elliot plays Claire, a vice principal in a time crunch who travels into the Brazilian Amazon to hand-deliver a fellowship packet to her marine-biologist sister before a grant deadline expires. To get upriver she hires Danny (Rafael de la Fuente), a riverboat captain whose slogan is "Danny Delivers," and their journey through rapids and jungle detours turns into an unexpected adventure. Real Amazon and Mamiraua Reserve locations and a pink-dolphin backdrop set it apart. An opposites-attract, trust-and-teamwork romance with a genuine sense of place. No rating yet for this fresh 2026 title.

Lacey Chabert plays Sophia, the CEO of a fashion brand who races to Fiji to stop her ex-husband from selling his company shares, only for her private jet to crash and strand her on a supposedly deserted island with a chef named Max (Ian Harding). The two survive together, rediscover their passions, and grow close, with a dog named Gianni as their unlikely survival companion. The catch: the island has a luxury resort on the other side, and the "pirates" are part of a treasure-hunt attraction. A stranded-together romance about career reinvention. No settled rating yet for 2026.

A piano mysteriously appears in the park gazebo, getting in the way of city business, so city manager Allie (Laci J Mailey) joins forces with rookie cop Ryan (Beau Mirchoff) to have it removed, only to find both the music and each other hard to resist. That is most of what we know so far, this 2026 title is new and still light on detail. A small-town opposites-attract romance with a charming musical hook. No rating yet, and we will fill in more as it becomes available.

A teacher and an archivist team up to decode Revolutionary War-era love letters, and the trail sends them on a journey through historic Philadelphia where they uncover the past and a love story of their own. Stephen Huszar and Rebecca Dalton head the cast. The details are still thin on this 2026 release, so this is mostly the premise and the pairing for now. A history-flavored treasure-hunt romance set in a genuinely apt city. No rating yet; check back as more lands.

Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith return as Nelly and Detective Michael for another Nelly Knows Mysteries outing, this time solving the murder of a guest at a lavish dinner party. Gabrielle Rose and Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe feature in the cast. We are early on details for this 2026 entry, so the blurb stays short, but the appeal is clear if you already enjoy the series: an etiquette-minded amateur sleuth and her detective partner working a closed-circle case. We will tease the hook and leave the culprit well alone. No rating yet.

Mallory Jansen plays a travel writer whose tightly structured Australia assignment gets derailed by a laid-back ex-football player (Ryan Corr) who shows her the joy in unplanned moments. Dannii Minogue turns up in the cast, and the film is set around Melbourne. Specifics are still limited for this 2026 release, so this is the premise and the leads for now. A planner-meets-free-spirit travel romance with a fresh Australian setting, a nice change from the usual small-town backdrop. No rating yet; we will add more as it surfaces.