Hallmark New Year's Movies

Ranked by IMDb average rating. Includes films tagged for New Year's, from dedicated midnight-kiss and resolution stories to Christmas movies whose plots carry through to New Year's Eve.

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   New Year's Wish

   2015 · 85 min★ 8.4

   The top score here at 8.4 with over 600 votes. A Hope Valley New Year's, with the town throwing a grand celebration while Elizabeth and Jack patch up a jealousy spat and Rosemary tells a whopper about being married to impress a reporter. This is a true New Year's film, the countdown and fresh-start theme right at the center, though it is also a When Calls the Heart ensemble piece with several threads. There is a famously odd recipe headed for a time capsule. Warm and busy. A real delight for series fans, and the best-rated title here.

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   When Calls the Heart

   2014 · 43 min★ 7.9

   Rated 7.9 with nearly 16,000 votes, by far the most-watched film on this list. The When Calls the Heart pilot, tagged for New Year's because the story builds toward the town's big Hope Valley celebration. Heads-up: the New Year's angle is mostly the season's framing; this is really the front door to the whole series, a wealthy schoolteacher swapping the city for a rough coal-mining town out West. Erin Krakow and the regulars take shape here. If you have never started the show, begin with this. New-Year's-adjacent, but foundational.

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   A Bramble House Christmas

   2017 · 84 min★ 7.1

   Rated 7.1 with nearly 2,900 votes. A Bramble House Christmas: struggling single-mom nurse Willa (Autumn Reeser) inherits $100,000 from a grateful patient, and the patient's suspicious son Finn (David Haydn-Jones) follows her to a B&B under a fake name. Be clear that this is a Christmas film tagged through to New Year's, not a midnight-kiss story. The fun is the trust-and-honesty romance and a B&B owner who keeps changing how she broke her ankle. A warm holiday watch with a strong lead. New-Year's-adjacent, but genuinely cozy.

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   Taking a Shot at Love

   2021 · 84 min★ 7.1

   Rated 7.1 with over 2,000 votes. Taking a Shot at Love pairs former ballerina Jenna (Alexa PenaVega) with injured NHL star Coop (Luke Macfarlane), who reluctantly uses ballet to rehab a high-ankle sprain. It is tagged for New Year's as winter-season framing rather than a countdown plot, so set expectations there. The draw is the sports-meets-art training montage energy and the lead chemistry, complete with a pro hockey player training next to five-year-old ballerinas. Charming and easy. More winter romance than true New Year's, but a fan favorite.

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   The Color of Rain

   2014 · 87 min★ 7.1

   Rated 7.1 with over 1,800 votes. The Color of Rain, based on a true story: after Gina (Lacey Chabert) loses her husband to cancer at Christmas, she connects with Michael (Warren Christie), whose wife dies weeks later, and the two grieving parents slowly merge their families. It is tagged for New Year's as part of a holiday timeline that spans a full year of healing, so this is the most serious film here, not a party movie. A raw, tear-jerking blended-family drama. Powerful, but know going in that it is a weepie, not a midnight kiss.

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   Time for You to Come Home for Christmas

   2019 · 84 min★ 7.0

   Rated 7 with over 1,500 votes. Time for You to Come Home for Christmas: recent widow Kat (Alison Sweeney) takes her son to her Virginia hometown and meets a veteran musician (Lucas Bryant) on the train who is secretly searching for the man who saved his life. A Christmas film carrying through to New Year's, so the holiday tag is seasonal rather than a countdown plot. The grief-and-fate angle is the real draw, with a miraculous connection I will not spoil. Based on a Luke Bryan song. Tender and sentimental. New-Year's-adjacent.

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   Sealed with a List

   2023 · 84 min★ 7.0

   Rated 7 with over 1,200 votes. Sealed with a List is a genuine resolution movie: passed-over employee Carley (Katie Findlay) quits to tackle a list of abandoned New Year's resolutions before year's end, and the boss's freeloading son Wyatt joins her in a self-improvement pact. This is the fresh-start theme done properly, list and midnight and all, with a method-actor Santa who refuses to remove his beard and an intense sewing teacher who calls herself "scary Oprah." Funny and warm. One of the truest New Year's films here, and a personal pick.

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   Hearts of Winter

   2020 · 83 min★ 6.8

   Rated 6.8 with over 1,300 votes. Hearts of Winter pairs interior designer Bethany (Jill Wagner) with a resistant widower (Victor Webster) after her home-makeover contest picks his house, which he never even entered. It is tagged for New Year's as winter framing rather than a countdown plot. The draw is the grief-to-joy thaw as Bethany helps him and his daughter, plus a self-aware gag where the film acknowledges internet "shipping" culture and people wanting them to just kiss already. Pleasant and cozy. More winter than New Year's.

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   Morning Show Mysteries: Murder Ever After

   2021★ 6.8

   Rated 6.8 with over 300 votes. A Morning Show Mysteries entry: TV host and cookbook author Billie Blessings (Holly Robinson Peete) is pulled into a case when remains turn up in a friend's father's basement, set around New Year's Eve. Mystery rules apply, so only the hook: a seven-year disappearance, a web of secrets, and a live-TV showdown. Detective Tyrell (Colin Lawrence) works it with her. No spoilers on who or how. The New Year's countdown frames the investigation. A pleasant cozy mystery for series fans, with Al Roker in the mix.

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    The Birthday Wish

    2017 · 85 min★ 6.7

    Rated 6.7 with over 2,800 votes. The Birthday Wish: meticulous commercial director Gwen (Jessy Schram) wishes to see her future and gets a supernatural vision of herself married to her easygoing colleague Dave (Luke Macfarlane), not the boyfriend she expected. Tagged for New Year's as winter-season framing rather than a countdown plot. The fun is the fate-versus-planning premise and a few odd touches, like a sudden macadamia allergy that signals the vision coming true. Charming with a light magical streak. More birthday wish than New Year's, but very likable.

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    Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa

    2018 · 84 min★ 6.7

    Rated 6.7 with over 2,200 votes. Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa sends retail designer Lisa (Jill Wagner) home to fulfill a New Year's resolution, where she teams with a local contractor (Mark Deklin) to save the town's beloved general store. So the resolution angle is real, even though it is primarily a Christmas film carrying into the new year. A cozy preserve-the-tradition romance with a 25-year-old letter and a mystery key. The Evergreen-series warmth is the appeal. Sweet and gentle. Part Christmas, part fresh-start, and easy to enjoy.

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    A New Year's Resolution

    2021 · 84 min★ 6.7

    Rated 6.7 with nearly 1,500 votes. A New Year's Resolution is a true New Year's film: workaholic TV producer Kelly (Aimee Teegarden) vows to say "yes" to every invitation until her 30th birthday, turns it into an on-air segment, and falls for a marketing exec (Michael Rady) whose bank lands in her newsroom's crosshairs. The resolution premise and the integrity-versus-romance conflict are the draw, plus Kelly's intense phobia of magicians. Light and breezy. One of the genuine fresh-start movies here, right down to the title.

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    One Winter Weekend

    2018 · 84 min★ 6.6

    Rated 6.6 with over 2,200 votes. One Winter Weekend opens on a New Year's Eve breakup, then sends relationship writer Cara (Taylor Cole) on a "dating cleanse" ski getaway where a booking mix-up forces her to share a chalet with two strangers. The New Year's hook is mostly the inciting breakup; the rest is snowed-in romance, with a fun "wine charm theory" running gag. Pleasant and low-stakes, and the first of a pair with One Winter Proposal. Easy comfort viewing. New-Year's-adjacent, leaning into ski-lodge coziness.

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    One Winter Proposal

    2019 · 84 min★ 6.6

    Rated 6.6 with over 1,500 votes. One Winter Proposal reunites the foursome from One Winter Weekend (Taylor Cole, Jack Turner and friends) at the same ski resort, where old flames reignite and a proposal is in the air. It is tagged for New Year's and built around a winter-resort reunion, with one couple weighing whether to commit. Watch the first film before this one; it is a direct continuation. A gentle second-chance and will-they-propose romance. Cozy for fans of the original pairing. More ski-lodge sequel than midnight-kiss movie.

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    The Bridge Part 2

    2016 · 85 min★ 6.6

    Rated 6.6 with over 1,200 votes. The Bridge Part 2: seven years after a painful split, Molly and Ryan (Katie Findlay, Wyatt Nash) are drawn back to a beloved bookstore threatened by a flood, a foreclosure, and the owner's accident. A Christmas film carrying into New Year's, so the holiday tag is seasonal framing. The draw is the second-chance romance and the save-the-bookstore community effort, plus a controlling father who edits phone calls like a spy. More dramatic than most. Based on a Karen Kingsbury story. New-Year's-adjacent.

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    Hitched for the Holidays

    2012 · 87 min★ 6.5

    Rated 6.5 with nearly 2,500 votes. Hitched for the Holidays: after breakups around Thanksgiving, Rob and Julie (Joey Lawrence, Emily Hampshire) answer a personal ad to be each other's fake holiday dates and keep their meddling families at bay, with the whole charade racing toward midnight on New Year's Eve. It spans several holidays but genuinely climaxes on New Year's, fake-relationship style. Cheerfully chaotic, including a stolen police horse through Times Square. A fun, busy comedy. A real New Year's payoff under all the family meddling.

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    Christmas on My Mind

    2019 · 84 min★ 6.5

    Rated 6.5 with nearly 2,000 votes. Christmas on My Mind: Lucy (Ashley Greene) wakes with amnesia, convinced she is late to marry her ex, with no memory of the past two years or her current fiance. A Christmas film whose wedding plot lands on New Year's Eve, so it earns both tags. The amnesia hook drives a second-chance romance with Andrew W. Walker, no spoilers on where her heart goes. A soapy, fun premise played sincerely. More Christmas-into-New-Year's than a countdown movie, but the NYE wedding date counts.

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    SnowComing

    2019 · 84 min★ 6.4

    Rated 6.4 with nearly 1,500 votes. SnowComing sends Samantha home for the town's winter festival and her father's coaching retirement, where she runs into her high-school sweetheart, now an NFL quarterback (Trevor Donovan). Tagged for New Year's as winter-festival framing rather than a true countdown plot. The draw is the second-chance hometown romance and a save-the-library subplot, with real NFL faces like Joe Theismann in the cast. Light and pleasant. More winter-festival reunion than New Year's, but a cozy watch for sports-romance fans.

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    Oh Christmas Tree!

    2013 · 87 min★ 6.3

    Rated 6.3 with over 2,600 votes. Oh Christmas Tree! (originally Fir Crazy): after a marketing exec (Sarah Lancaster) is fired and dumped on the same day, she reluctantly runs her family's Christmas-tree lot on a Manhattan sidewalk and clashes with a Grinch-like CEO. A Christmas film tagged through to New Year's, so the holiday angle is seasonal. The fun is the family-loyalty redemption arc, sparked by a 40-pound frozen turkey landing on her dad's foot. Breezy and warm. New-Year's-adjacent, but a likable holiday underdog story.

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    Christmas Everlasting

    2018 · 85 min★ 6.3

    Rated 6.3 with over 1,200 votes. Christmas Everlasting: high-powered lawyer Lucy (Tatyana Ali) returns to her Wisconsin hometown after her sister's death, required by the will to live in their childhood home for four weeks through the holidays. A Christmas film carrying into the new year, so the tag is seasonal. The draw is the grief, a hidden family secret, and a rekindled high-school romance, plus a quilting "secret society" and a Cookiemas party. Patti LaBelle and Dennis Haysbert appear. Heartfelt and a little soapy. New-Year's-adjacent.

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    Royal New Year's Eve

    2017 · 84 min★ 6.2

    Rated 6.2 with over 2,100 votes. Royal New Year's Eve is a true New Year's film: aspiring designer Caitlyn (Jessy Schram) falls for a man she thinks is a struggling model but who is actually a prince (Sam Page), all while designing the gown for his socialite girlfriend's New Year's Eve ball. The countdown and the royal-ball climax are the whole structure. A Cinderella-flavored romance with a memorable bit about a prince's life-altering reaction to a New York street-cart hot dog. Cheryl Ladd appears. Genuinely New Year's, and fun.

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    Uncorked

    2009 · 90 min★ 6.2

    Rated 6.2 with nearly 1,000 votes. Uncorked: after losing her job, a driven businesswoman (Julie Benz) reassesses her life and falls for a widowed single-dad vineyard owner, until a new job offer forces a choice. It is tagged for New Year's as winter-season framing rather than a countdown plot, so know that going in. The draw is the wine-country setting and the career-versus-love decision. Elliott Gould and JoBeth Williams round out the cast. Gentle and easygoing. More vineyard romance than New Year's, but a pleasant lower-key watch.

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    A Kiss at Midnight

    2008 · 90 min★ 6.2

    Rated 6.2 with over 500 votes. A Kiss at Midnight leans right into the holiday: traditional matchmaker Susan (Faith Ford) makes a New Year's resolution to find her own match, while the daughters of a rival dating-site CEO (Cameron Daddo) secretly set their widowed father up with her. The midnight-kiss and resolution angles are both real here. A warm tradition-versus-technology romance with kids playing matchmaker and a best friend who happens to be a nun. Dyan Cannon and Hal Linden appear. A genuine New Year's setup, sweet and old-fashioned.

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    Broadcasting Christmas

    2016 · 84 min★ 6.0

    Rated 6 with over 2,100 votes. Broadcasting Christmas: rival news broadcasters and former flames (Melissa Joan Hart, Dean Cain) compete for the same morning-show host job and rediscover what drew them together. A Christmas film tagged through to New Year's, so the holiday angle is seasonal framing rather than a countdown plot. The draw is the enemies-to-lovers, second-chance workplace romance and the easy star wattage of the leads. Jackee Harry appears. Light and familiar. New-Year's-adjacent, but a brisk, comfortable holiday rom-com.

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    A Rose for Christmas

    2017 · 84 min★ 6.0

    Rated 6 with over 1,800 votes. A Rose for Christmas: art teacher Andy (Rachel Boston) takes over her ailing father's family business building a Rose Parade float, clashing with a rigid corporate exec nicknamed "The Bulldozer" (Marc Bendavid). This one has a genuine New Year's hook, the Rose Parade deadline lands on New Year's Day, so the tag fits better than most Christmas crossovers. The draw is the art-versus-commerce romance and the oddly high-stakes drama over the parade's all-botanical materials rule. Pleasant and warm. A nicely on-theme pick.

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    A Midnight Kiss

    2018 · 81 min★ 6.0

    Rated 6 with over 1,000 votes. A Midnight Kiss is a true New Year's film, right down to the title: a brother and sister preparing to take over the family party-planning business land a high-stakes New Year's Eve event, and perfectionist Mia (Adelaide Kane) clashes with a free-spirited filmmaker (Carlos PenaVega) brought on to help. The midnight-countdown climax is the whole structure. A breezy save-the-business romance with the holiday baked in. Light and easy. One of the genuinely New-Year's-centered films here, if you want pure midnight-kiss energy.

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    June in January

    2014 · 87 min★ 5.8

    Rated 5.8 with over 1,100 votes. June in January: bride June (Brooke D'Orsay), who dreamed of a perfect June wedding like her late mother's, is forced to move it to a wintry January when her fiance takes a new job, then battles her overbearing future mother-in-law. A wedding film with a New Year's-season tag, so the holiday angle is light. The draw is the letting-go-of-perfection arc, with a strictly enforced "mean girl ban" and a catering fight over kale crisps. Marilu Henner appears. Modest but pleasant. More winter wedding than New Year's.

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    Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door

    2006 · 84 min★ 5.8

    Rated 5.8 with over 700 votes. Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door: childhood neighbors Theresa and Mark (Crystal Allen, Ken Marino), whose families have feuded for 25 years over rival Halloween barbecues, fall in love and then watch their mothers hijack the wedding. It is tagged across several holidays including New Year's, so the NYE angle is incidental. The fun is the warring-moms comedy and a talking bird trained to say "Bela Lugosi." Patty Duke and Shelley Long lead the chaos. Goofy and broad. New-Year's-adjacent at best.

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    Christmas in Harmony

    2021 · 84 min★ 5.5

    Rated 5.5 with over 800 votes. Christmas in Harmony: Harmony (Ashleigh Murray) is tricked into auditioning for a holiday chorus directed by her ex-boyfriend, and old feelings resurface by Christmas Eve. A Christmas film carrying into New Year's, so the holiday tag is seasonal. The draw is the music, the second-chance romance, and a strong cast including Loretta Devine. Lower-rated and gentler than most. New-Year's-adjacent rather than a countdown movie, but a sweet, song-filled watch if you like a musical lean.

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    The Love Club

    2023 · 84 min★ 5.3

    Rated 5.3 with nearly 500 votes, the lowest-rated film here but a genuine New Year's story. The Love Club: ten years after four friends form a support pact on New Year's Eve, interior designer Nic (Brittany Bristow) is engaged to a man she does not love and goes hunting for the college pen pal she never forgot. The midnight-vow framing and fresh-start theme are real. Expect a ring-in-the-gravy proposal and a fake-soulmate scheme. A bumpy but earnest friendship-and-romance comedy. The first of a small franchise. Rough around the edges, but on-theme.