Hallmark Valentine's Day Movies

Rated 7.4 with over 6,700 votes, and one of the most-loved films Hallmark has ever made for the holiday. A cynical journalist (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is sent to profile Caroline, an elderly woman who has waited at the same train station every Valentine's Day for 65 years for a husband lost in WWII. Betty White plays Caroline, and she is wonderful. It is a story about enduring love and long-delayed closure, and it does not cheat its emotions. Bring tissues. This one earns every tear it asks for.

Rated 6.8 with over 1,500 votes. Small-town baker Kelly (Erin Cahill) is invited onto a Valentine's Day baking show in New York and walks straight into her ex-fiance, who, unknown to both, is her secret competitor in a blind cook-off format that keeps them physically apart. The contrivance is shameless and I did not care, because the bake-off energy is fun and the second-chance spark is real. Brendan Penny plays the ex. Sweet in both senses of the word, with a satisfying behind-the-scenes setting. A solid pick.

Rated 6.7 with nearly 1,300 votes. A skeptical TV reporter (Eloise Mumford) is sent to investigate a bakery rumored to hold a secret recipe for finding true love by Valentine's Day, and tangles with the master chocolatier (Dan Jeannotte) who runs it. The magic-chocolate premise leans into gentle whimsy rather than playing it straight, which is the fun of it. A cozy enemies-to-lovers bakery romance with a light supernatural touch. Sweet, on-theme, and easy to put on. A pleasant Loveuary staple.

Violet has until Valentine's Day to finish her late father's signature scent, so she hires an inexperienced botanist to help. The deadline drives the work that brings them together.

Rated 6.6 with over 1,600 votes. Fired from her reality-TV hosting gig, Natalie (Bethany Joy Lenz) retreats home for Valentine's Day and gets maneuvered by two scheming mothers into co-running the town festival's auction with her ex-fiance (Luke Macfarlane). It is the classic second-chance, meddling-parents, small-town package, and it knows it. Likable leads, festival coziness, and zero surprises. Sometimes that is precisely what you want from the holiday. A reliable, on-theme Loveuary watch with a strong pair at the center.

Rated 6.5 with over 2,700 votes. An advice columnist (Sarah Rafferty) starts a real-life romance with a veterinarian (Sam Page), not realizing he is also the anonymous troll picking fights with her column under a fake name. The dueling secret identities are the engine, and the newspaper editor stoking an online war to sell Valentine's papers is a nice cynical touch. A charming enemies-to-lovers romance with a dog in the mix and two well-cast leads. Breezy, a little clever, and a solid pick for the holiday.

Shy florist Helen meets a man at a Valentine's masquerade ball and sets out to find him again. The event launches the search and romance.

Jamie discovers that her first love Sawyer is behind a development threatening her neighborhood bookstore. Old Valentine's cards help them confront their past while she fights to protect the shop.

Rated 5.9 with over 1,000 votes. After the worst Valentine's date of her life, high-strung ad exec Katherine (Nicky Whelan) has a magical spell cast on her and wakes up reliving the day on repeat until she finds the right man. Marina Sirtis plays the fairy godmother. It is another Valentine's time loop, and it leans into the comedy of Katherine's rigid checklist for the perfect partner slowly falling apart. A light, magical do-over romance about wanting the wrong things. Silly in a good way, and pleasant company for the holiday.