Hallmark Romance Movies

Ranked by IMDb average rating (with vote counts as a tiebreaker), drawn from the films tagged as romance in our database.

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   The Christmas Wishing Tree

   2017 · 120 min★ 8.4

   The highest-rated title here at 8.4, and pure Hope Valley. Erin Krakow's Elizabeth is aching for her Mountie fiancé Jack while the town tries out a new ritual: a Wishing Tree where you hang an ornament asking for help on someone else's behalf, never your own. That selflessness is the whole engine of When Calls the Heart, and this leans all the way into it, with Jack Wagner, Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith filling out the ensemble. If you already love the show, it's catnip. If you don't, it's a warm way in.

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   New Year's Wish

   2015 · 85 min★ 8.4

   Another 8.4 from the Hope Valley faithful, this one set on New Year's Eve. The town is juggling a surprise proposal from Elizabeth's past, the jealousy that follows, and Rosemary's whopper of a lie about being secretly married to dazzle a big-city reporter. The full bench shows up, Lori Loughlin and Daniel Lissing included. It's a clean, festive dose of the series, and a friendly door in if you haven't started watching yet.

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   Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made

   2021 · 86 min★ 8.1

   The Signed, Sealed, Delivered crew (Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth) returns, and this entry folds a wedding into the usual postal-detective tenderness. Rated 8.1. Oliver and Shane are prepping their own big day while helping a boy with leukemia find a lost friend, and Rita and Norman face the hope of starting a family. It's faith-tinged and unabashedly gentle, built for the people who already adore these characters. Newcomers might want to start earlier in the series, but fans will be a puddle.

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   When Calls the Heart

   2014 · 43 min★ 7.9

   The pilot that started a phenomenon, and at nearly 16,000 votes it has by far the biggest audience on this list. Erin Krakow's Elizabeth Thatcher leaves a wealthy Eastern family to teach in a rough frontier mining town and meets the local Mountie, Jack. Rated 7.9. This is the origin point of the entire Hope Valley world: a schoolteacher finding her spine, a slow-burn that would go on to run for years. If you've ever wondered where to begin with When Calls the Heart, begin right here.

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   Guiding Emily

   2023 · 84 min★ 7.8

   A grown-up, genuinely dramatic romance, and one of my picks for when you want a Hallmark with weight. Sarah Drew plays Emily, who loses her sight after a climbing accident and rebuilds her independence with the help of a guide dog in training and a steady friend, Matthew. Rated 7.8, with Eric McCormack. It earns its feelings instead of manufacturing them, and yes, the dog wrecks you a little. Watch this one when you're in the mood to actually feel something.

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   Good Witch: Secrets of Grey House

   2016 · 84 min★ 7.8

   Good Witch fans, this is your lane. Catherine Bell's Cassie Nightingale helps a famous author realize her fictional town is rooted in the real history of Grey House, all while Middleton goes Halloween-mad over a book launch. Rated 7.8, with Bailee Madison and James Denton. It's the Good Witch house style: small-town cozy with a pinch of the uncanny, the kind where you're never quite sure if the magic is real. Soft, charming, and easy company on an autumn night.

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   Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart

   2016 · 84 min★ 7.7

   More Signed, Sealed, Delivered, this time circling Valentine's Day. The Postables track down a singed letter from a decades-old mailbox incident while Norman frets over a possibly historic valentine and Rita's pageant fame threatens their plans. Rated 7.7, with the regular team (Mabius, Booth, Geoff Gustafson). This is the series at its most openly romantic, and unashamed about it. A good pick for the actual fourteenth of February.

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   Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again

   2017 · 87 min★ 7.7

   The Postables find a hidden room and a mysterious vase with a letter inside, and suddenly the question is whether to do what's legal or what's right. Rated 7.7, with Barry Bostwick and Colleen Camp joining the regulars. This leans into the moral-puzzle side of the show, with a family farm and a rightful owner pulling in opposite directions, and threads a slow, sweet affection through the team. A touch more substantial than the average Hallmark, without losing the warmth.

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   My Christmas Family Tree

   2021 · 84 min★ 7.6

   Aimee Teegarden plays Vanessa, a social worker who grew up in foster care and takes a DNA test that turns up an entire family she never knew existed. She spends Christmas with them, including a charming family friend named Kris. Rated 7.6, with Andrew W. Walker. The real subject is belonging, dressed up in holiday lights, and it's sweeter and more tearful for it. Lovely company for a quiet December evening when you want something that's about more than the meet-cute.

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    Home for Christmas

    2019 · 90 min★ 7.6

    Christmas in Hope Valley, with Elizabeth prepping little Jack's first holiday and birthday while two suitors, Nathan and Lucas, orbit her. Rated 7.6. This is When Calls the Heart at maximum festivity: a town festival, paper lanterns, a job offer threatening to pull a beloved character away for good. The ensemble is enormous and the warmth is total. Essential for series fans, and a snug self-contained dose of Hope Valley spirit for everyone else.

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    Three Wise Men and a Baby

    2022 · 84 min★ 7.5

    A rare male-led Hallmark, and an absolute charmer. Three estranged brothers (Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew W. Walker) get stuck minding a baby left at a fire station at Christmas and have to relearn how to be brothers in the chaos. Rated 7.5 across more than 4,000 votes. The diaper-fumbling banter is genuinely funny, and the sincerity underneath is real. If the standard formula has worn you down, this is the palate cleanser. One of the easiest recommendations on the list.

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    November Christmas

    2010 · 96 min★ 7.5

    The serious end of the spectrum, and a heavy one. Sam Elliott, John Corbett and Sarah Paulson anchor the story of a small town that decides to celebrate the holidays early for a young girl battling a serious illness. Rated 7.5. This is a community-rallies tearjerker more than a romance, so go in clear-eyed: it aims for the throat, not the flutter. Beautifully cast and quietly devastating. Keep tissues within reach.

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    Silent Night

    2002 · 100 min★ 7.5

    Not your usual cozy night in. Linda Hamilton stars in a story set on Christmas Eve 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, where a German mother forces enemy soldiers to leave their weapons outside and share a meal. Rated 7.5. It's old-school Hallmark with actual stakes, more about common humanity than romance, and bracingly somber for the brand. Worth a look for anyone who assumes the channel only does meet-cutes in mittens. It does not.

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    Five More Minutes

    2021 · 83 min★ 7.5

    Nikki DeLoach plays Clara, home for Christmas to help run her late grandfather's holiday shop, where she finds his old journal and reconnects with her high-school sweetheart. Rated 7.5, with a faint thread of the magical (there's a mysteriously helpful new employee who's a little too perfect). It's grief and second chances under a soft glow, and it sneaks up on you. The kind of movie that gets you crying and then has you smiling about it five minutes later.

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    Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas

    2022 · 84 min★ 7.4

    Holland Roden and Tyler Hynes in a clever set-up: a journalist gets a heartfelt wrong-number voicemail meant for someone else and uses her reporter skills to find the intended recipient before Christmas. Rated 7.4. There's a snow-globe clue, a country-singer cameo from Tenille Townes, and a real spark between the leads. Part light mystery, part second-chance romance, and smarter than the premise has any right to be. A cozy watch with a little bite.

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    Ghosts of Christmas Always

    2022 · 84 min★ 7.4

    A Christmas Carol riff with a twist: the lead is Katherine, a Ghost of Christmas Present (Kim Matula), assigned to a man who's already overflowing with holiday cheer and somehow remembers her from a year ago. Rated 7.4, with Ian Harding. The whole scrooging operation runs out of a 'Department of Cosmic Order' like some afterlife corporate office, which is funnier than it sounds. Playful, a little meta, and weirder than it lets on. Great for anyone who likes a high-concept hook with their cocoa.

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    A Dog Named Christmas

    2009 · 95 min★ 7.4

    A quieter, character-first one. Noel Fisher plays Todd, a young man with a developmental disability who talks his skeptical father and his whole rural community into adopting shelter dogs for Christmas. Rated 7.4, with Bruce Greenwood. This is family drama more than romance, and it's honest about a father's old wounds. Sincere, a little melancholy, very fond of its dog. Come for the heart rather than the swoon, and it pays off.

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    To All a Good Night

    2023 · 90 min★ 7.4

    Kimberley Sustad's Ceci, a small-town photographer, rescues a mysterious motorcyclist (Mark Ghanimé) in a snowstorm, then grows suspicious when she learns he's a land developer who might be eyeing her family's parkland. Rated 7.4. There's a boot-thieving dog, a Christmas tradition worth protecting, and a slow thaw between two guarded people. The will-they push-and-pull does most of the work, and it works. A solid choice for a snowy night with the lights low.

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    Unexpected Grace

    2023 · 84 min★ 7.4

    A tender, slightly unusual one. Thirteen-year-old Grace finds a note from a schoolgirl looking for a friend, writes back, and the correspondence sets off a chain that touches three lives. Rated 7.4, with Erica Durance and Michael Rady. The romance grows alongside a story about grief and connection across generations, so it plays heartfelt rather than fizzy. Sweet, a little sad, quietly hopeful. The right movie for a reflective evening.

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    Good Witch Spellbound

    2017 · 94 min★ 7.4

    Good Witch around Halloween, with a 150-year-old prophecy rattling Middleton while shop owners compete for the best-decorated storefront. Rated 7.4. Catherine Bell, Bailee Madison and James Denton are back for the familiar blend of small-town charm and faint magic. There's less romance here than in the Christmas entries and more cozy-mystery atmosphere, but the warmth is unmistakable. Comfort viewing aimed squarely at the Good Witch faithful and anyone who loves an autumn mood.

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    Good Witch: Tale of Two Hearts

    2018 · 120 min★ 7.4

    More Good Witch, set around a Halloween anniversary festival and masquerade gala. Cassie's prized family heirloom, a ruby called the Heart of Middleton, vanishes from a museum exhibit at the worst possible moment, and the town's romantic luck seems to wobble with it. Catherine Bell, Bailee Madison and James Denton are back. Rated 7.4. It's the usual Middleton blend, cozy small-town warmth with a pinch of the uncanny, this time wrapped around a wedding and a missing gem. Comfort viewing for the Good Witch crowd.

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    Love Comes Softly

    2003 · 88 min★ 7.3

    The film that built a small empire. In the 1800s, a young woman (Katherine Heigl) heading west is suddenly widowed, and to survive the winter she moves in with a recently widowed man and his young daughter. Rated 7.3 across more than 7,000 votes, one of the most-watched titles here. This is frontier romance at its most earnest, a marriage of necessity that may become something more. Corbin Bernsen features. The original Love Comes Softly, and the start of a long saga.

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    The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    2008 · 88 min★ 7.3

    Brooke Burns plays Jen, a corporate analyst and single mom who runs Christmas like a project plan, until her uncle (Henry Winkler) shows up with a charming stranger (Warren Christie) in tow. Rated 7.3 over more than 5,000 votes. The fun is in watching her color-coded holiday meet a man who refuses to be scheduled. Winkler's warmth carries a lot of it. A classic opposites-attract setup with a big audience behind it.

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    The Wedding Veil

    2022 · 84 min★ 7.3

    The one that kicked off a whole trilogy. Lacey Chabert leads as a teacher who, with two longtime friends, finds an antique veil said to unite its wearer with her true love. Kevin McGarry, Autumn Reeser and Alison Sweeney fill out the friend group. Rated 7.3. The veil legend gives it a faint touch of the magical, but at heart it's a warm friendship-and-romance story. The launchpad for the Wedding Veil films, and the place to start if you want them in order.

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    The Wedding Veil Legacy

    2022 · 84 min★ 7.3

    The third Wedding Veil film, and Tracy's turn. Tracy (Alison Sweeney) meets restaurateur Nick (Victor Webster) and agrees to help run his place in exchange for his help saving an original draft of The New Colossus, then starts to feel uneasy as they get closer. Lacey Chabert and Autumn Reeser round out the trio. Rated 7.3. A slow, slightly wary romance with a literary treasure on the side. Best enjoyed after the first two.

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    Hanukkah on Rye

    2022 · 85 min★ 7.3

    A Hanukkah rarity, and a charmer. Molly and Jacob (Yael Grobglas, Jeremy Jordan) hit it off, then discover they run competing delicatessens, which complicates everything. Lisa Loeb features. Rated 7.3. The rival-businesses hook is well-worn, but the deli setting and the holiday backdrop make it feel fresh, and the leads have genuine spark. A warm, latke-scented love story for anyone tired of the usual Christmas-tree fare.

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    A Reason for the Season

    2024 · 84 min★ 7.3

    Taylor Cole plays Evie, an heiress who has to grant Christmas wishes to the people who saved her life the night she was born in order to earn her trust fund. She hires a local attorney, Kyle (Kevin McGarry), to track them down and quietly figure out what they need, all while staying anonymous. Rated 7.3. A secret-identity, secret-Santa premise with a ticking clock to Christmas Eve, and an easy chemistry between the leads. Sweet and gently high-concept.

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    The Wedding Veil Journey

    2023 · 84 min★ 7.3

    The fourth Wedding Veil film sends newlyweds Tracy and Nick (Alison Sweeney, Victor Webster) on a long-overdue honeymoon to Greece, where they get stranded on a secluded island and end up confronting the choices they've made. Lacey Chabert and Autumn Reeser appear. Rated 7.3. The island setting is a gorgeous change of pace, and the story trades meet-cute for an established couple actually working things out. A travel-postcard romance for fans who've followed the saga.

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    A Mrs. Miracle Christmas

    2021 · 84 min★ 7.3

    Caroline Rhea plays Gloria Merkel, a mysterious housekeeper who turns up just as a grieving family loses its faith in Christmas. Steve Lund and Kaitlin Doubleday feature. Rated 7.3. There's a gentle whisper of the magical to Gloria, the kind of helper who's a little too good at showing up exactly when needed. This is comfort and grief in equal measure, more about healing a household than a swooning romance. A soft, tearful December watch.

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    Color My World with Love

    2022 · 84 min★ 7.3

    A genuinely unusual one, and tender for it. Emma (Erica Durance) is thrown when her daughter Kendall gets engaged, because both Kendall and her fiancé have Down syndrome, and Emma isn't sure she's ready. David DeSanctis features. Rated 7.3. It's a story about a parent learning to let go as much as a romance, and it treats its young couple with real warmth and dignity. Quietly moving, and unlike most of what's on this list.

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    Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters

    2024★ 7.3

    The Postables return (Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Geoff Gustafson, Crystal Lowe), this time tracking down the intended recipients of three dead letters that turn out to hit close to home. Gregory Harrison features. Rated 7.3. By now the appeal is the family you've watched grow over years, and this one leans into their personal lives as much as the mail. Gentle, faith-tinged, and built for longtime fans. Newcomers should start earlier in the series.

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    Our House

    2006 · 90 min★ 7.3

    A different kind of Hallmark, and an affecting one. Doris Roberts plays a lonely socialite who opens her mansion to homeless people after a young woman (Judy Reyes) saves her life. Rated 7.3. The romance here is secondary to a story about second chances and unlikely community under one roof. Roberts is wonderful, and the whole thing has a warmer, scrappier feel than the usual mistletoe fare. Worth a look if you want substance with your sweetness.

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    The Nine Lives of Christmas

    2014 · 86 min★ 7.2

    One of the most beloved cat movies the channel has, and rightly so. Brandon Routh plays Zachary, a committed bachelor whose tidy single life gets upended when a stray cat decides to adopt him, right around the time he meets Marilee (Kimberley Sustad). Gregory Harrison features. Rated 7.2 over nearly 5,000 votes. The cat is the secret weapon, the romance is easy and warm, and the whole thing goes down like cocoa. A reliable feel-good favorite.

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    On the 12th Date of Christmas

    2020 · 84 min★ 7.2

    Mallory Jansen and Tyler Hynes play rival game creators, both gunning for the same promotion, forced to team up to build a Christmas scavenger hunt. Rated 7.2 over more than 2,800 votes. The enemies-to-collaborators setup is catnip, and the puzzle-building premise gives them a reason to keep circling each other. Hynes brings his usual quiet charm. A clever, competitive holiday romance that's more fun than the logline suggests.

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    A Dickens of a Holiday!

    2021 · 84 min★ 7.2

    Brooke D'Orsay plays Cassie, who, to save her hometown's 100th Victorian Christmas festival, recruits an action-movie star and former classmate (Kristoffer Polaha) to star in A Christmas Carol. Rated 7.2. The faded-classmate-turned-celebrity hook is a good one, and the small-town-meets-Hollywood friction powers the romance. There's real warmth in the staging of the play within the movie. A cozy, festive second-chance story with a theatrical streak.

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    The Wedding Veil Unveiled

    2022 · 84 min★ 7.2

    The second Wedding Veil film follows Emma (Autumn Reeser) to Italy, where she teaches and researches the veil said to bring its owner love, and meets Paolo (Paolo Bernardini), the son of a local lace-making family. Lacey Chabert and Alison Sweeney appear. Rated 7.2. The Italian setting and the lace-making craft give this one a lovely texture, and the slow-build romance suits it. A travel-romance middle chapter, best watched in trilogy order.

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    Holiday Road

    2023 · 84 min★ 7.2

    Nine strangers get stranded at an airport over the holidays and pile into a Christmas road trip to Denver together. Sara Canning and Warren Christie anchor it. Rated 7.2. It's an ensemble piece more than a two-hander, with misadventures and late-night conversations doing the heavy lifting and a romance threading through the chaos. The road-trip framing keeps it moving. A warm, slightly different holiday watch for anyone tired of the single-couple formula.

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    North to Home

    2022 · 84 min★ 7.2

    Lyndsy Fonseca, Kimberley Sustad and Erica Durance play three adopted sisters coming home to their mother Suzanne (Barbara Niven) for a reunion, each wrestling with something that threatens to derail it. Rated 7.2. This is a family drama with romance woven through rather than the other way around, all sibling history and homecoming feelings. Strong ensemble, gentle pace. A good pick when you want warmth that isn't built around a meet-cute.

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    The Reading Room

    2005 · 93 min★ 7.2

    A standout, anchored by James Earl Jones. Keeping a promise to his late wife, a widower opens a reading room where people can learn to read, then has to defend it against problems in the neighborhood. Joanna Cassidy features. Rated 7.2. The romance is one strand in a richer story about literacy, community and grief. Jones gives it gravity you don't often get on the channel. Quietly inspiring, and more drama than swoon.

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    The Good Witch

    2008 · 89 min★ 7.1

    The film that started the entire Good Witch universe. A darkly beautiful, mysterious woman (Catherine Bell) arrives in town and moves into the local haunted mansion, leaving everyone to wonder whether she's a witch or the legendary Grey Lady. Chris Potter co-stars. Rated 7.1 over more than 5,000 votes. It's cozier and a touch stranger than the long-running series it spawned, with romance growing under all the small-town suspicion. The place to start if you want Good Witch from the beginning.