Hallmark Valentine's Day Movies

Ranked by IMDb average rating. All are Hallmark films tagged with Valentine's Day, the network's Loveuary programming. Detailed notes cover the top 20.

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   Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart

   2016 · 84 min★ 7.7

   The highest-rated film here at 7.7 with nearly 1,200 votes. The Postables at the Dead Letter Office work a Valentine's case built around a singed letter and an old confession, while Norman turns up what might be a historical Valentine and Rita's sudden pageant fame complicates her plans with him. It is a warm, layered Signed, Sealed, Delivered outing that simply happens to fall on the holiday. Cozy, kind, and a little mysterious in the gentlest way. The strongest pick on the list, even if it is the least conventionally romantic.

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   The Lost Valentine

   2011 · 87 min★ 7.4

   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.

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   Remember Sunday

   2013 · 96 min★ 6.9

   Rated 6.9 with over 12,000 votes, which makes it by a wide margin the most-rated film on this list. A lonely waitress (Alexis Bledel) falls for a quirky former astrophysicist (Zachary Levi) whose short-term memory resets every night after a brain aneurysm, so he has to meet her all over again each morning through notes and recordings. It is tender and a little wistful, with more emotional depth than the premise lets on. Sincere rather than saccharine. A genuine standout, and the closest thing here to a real lump-in-the-throat watch.

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   Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery

   2016 · 85 min★ 6.9

   A Murder, She Baked mystery rated 6.9 with over 1,700 votes. Bakery owner Hannah (Alison Sweeney) becomes the prime suspect when her new rival turns up dead, which puts one of her two suitors in the awkward position of investigating her while the other helps clear her name. It folds a cozy whodunit into a Valentine's setting, with a love triangle and plenty of baked goods on the side. I will not touch the solution. If you like a little murder with your romance, this is an easy, satisfying watch.

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   The Blessing Bracelet

   2023 · 84 min★ 6.9

   Rated 6.9 with nearly 1,000 votes. A woman (Amanda Schull) rediscovers a blessing bracelet that helps restore her faith and her belief in love as the season turns. It is a gentle, faith-forward romance that actually spans Valentine's Day into Easter, so the Valentine's beat is one chapter of a longer hopeful arc rather than the whole story. There is a dog, there is quiet sincerity, there is no edge whatsoever. If you lean toward the inspirational side of Hallmark, this is a soft, warm pick. Mild and earnest.

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   Love, Romance, & Chocolate

   2019 · 84 min★ 6.8

   Rated 6.8 with over 2,300 votes. Dumped for being too predictable, food stylist Emma (Lacey Chabert) takes her planned romantic trip to Bruges alone and ends up teaming with a struggling chocolatier (Will Kemp) racing to become Belgium's Royal Chocolatier. Chocolate plus Bruges plus a competition is about as on-theme as Valentine's gets, and the travel-postcard setting does a lot of charming work. It is a sweet opposites-attract romance with Chabert at her cozy, dependable best. One of the more delightful watches on the list.

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   Matching Hearts

   2020 · 84 min★ 6.8

   Rated 6.8 with over 1,800 votes. A dedicated Portland matchmaker (Taylor Cole) is handed an impossible client: a cynical tech entrepreneur (Ryan Paevey) who has built a brand on staying single. They bond over a stray dog named Luna while she plans the firm's Valentine's party. It is the classic matchmaker-who-cannot-match-herself setup, executed with likable leads and a genuinely sweet animal-rescue thread. Warm, breezy, and squarely on theme. A reliable Loveuary pick when you want something undemanding and pleasant.

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   The Secret Ingredient

   2020 · 82 min★ 6.8

   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.

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   Valentine Ever After

   2016 · 84 min★ 6.7

   Rated 6.7 with over 2,300 votes. Two big-city friends (Autumn Reeser, Vanessa Matsui) turn a Wyoming getaway into court-ordered community service after a barroom mishap, and one of them falls for a stoic cowboy while stumbling onto her real calling on a struggling ranch. The dude-ranch setting and the self-discovery arc give it a different texture from the usual Valentine's fare, more wide-open-spaces than candle-lit dinner. A warm city-girl-meets-cowboy romance. Easygoing and charming, even if the holiday hook is faint.

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    Sweeter Than Chocolate

    2023 · 84 min★ 6.7

    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.

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    A Dash of Love

    2017 · 85 min★ 6.6

    Rated 6.6 with over 2,600 votes. An aspiring chef (Jen Lilley) lands a dream job at her idol's restaurant, befriends the executive chef (Brendan Penny), and after both are wrongly fired, the two open their own place to prove their food is better. The most-important-ingredient-is-love angle fits the holiday neatly, and there is a lot of warm kitchen energy throughout. It is an underdog-chef romance you root for without much effort. Pleasant, rootable, and exactly what it says on the tin. A comfortable watch.

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    My Secret Valentine

    2018 · 84 min★ 6.6

    Rated 6.6 with over 2,200 votes. Chloe (Lacey Chabert) comes home to the family Oregon winery for its Valentine's wine festival, discovers her father plans to sell, and begins an anonymous flirtation by chalkboard with a mysterious tenant in the family cabin. The secret-admirer-by-chalkboard gimmick is genuinely charming, even if you will spot the tenant's identity well before Chloe does. A save-the-business romance with a sweet little Valentine's mystery. Chabert and Andrew W. Walker make it easy to root for them.

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    Love Blossoms

    2017 · 80 min★ 6.6

    Rated 6.6 with nearly 2,000 votes. After her perfumer father dies, a chemist (Shantel VanSanten) returns to recreate his missing signature scent in time for a critical Valentine's deadline, recruiting a botanist (Victor Webster) with an extraordinary nose. The world of high-end perfume gives it an unusual, almost sensory hook that sets it apart from the bakery-and-flower-shop crowd. A legacy-and-second-chances romance with European polish and a slightly offbeat streak. Pleasant, distinctive, and a little more interesting than its rating suggests.

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    Cooking with Love

    2018 · 85 min★ 6.6

    Rated 6.6 with nearly 1,700 votes. A children's cooking-show producer (Ali Liebert) hires a hot-headed Michelin-starred chef (Brett Dalton) to rehab his image as the show's new host, and the two clash before they click. What gives it heart is the thread of the pair mentoring the young contestants together. A workplace enemies-to-lovers romance with cooking-show bustle and a Valentine's finale. Warm and easygoing if a touch familiar, and the kids keep it from feeling cynical. A fine, comfortable pick.

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    A Valentine's Match

    2020 · 82 min★ 6.6

    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.

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    All Things Valentine

    2016 · 83 min★ 6.5

    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.

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    Very, Very, Valentine

    2018 · 86 min★ 6.5

    Rated 6.5 with over 1,500 votes. A shy florist (Danica McKellar) meets a charming masked stranger at a Valentine's masquerade ball and enlists her best friend (Cameron Mathison) to help track him down, all while half-missing the obvious. The masquerade-mystery hook is delightfully old-school romantic, and the flower-shop setting gives it color. McKellar and Mathison have the easy chemistry you want from a pair like this. A sweet, gentle Valentine's romance that leans into the holiday's softer fantasies. Lovely to look at.

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    Walking the Dog

    2017 · 84 min★ 6.5

    Rated 6.5 with over 1,400 votes. Two rival lawyers (Jennifer Finnigan, Sam Page) keep clashing in court while their dogs fall head over heels, dragging the humans into a string of awkward play dates until they admit the pups had it figured out first. The matchmaking-dogs premise is irresistible if you have any soft spot for animals, and the four-legged co-stars cheerfully steal scenes. A warm enemies-to-lovers Valentine's romance with a small-town setting and a beach or two. Genuinely cute, and it knows exactly what it is.

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    Love Locks

    2017 · 95 min★ 6.4

    Rated 6.4 with over 1,700 votes. Twenty years on, a New York magazine editor (Rebecca Romijn) returns to Paris to enroll her daughter in art school and finds her college boyfriend (Jerry O'Connell) now owns her hotel. The City of Light and the love-locks tradition supply about as much Valentine's atmosphere as you can pack into 95 minutes. A second-chance romance that is also about reclaiming a passion she set aside. The Paris setting carries a lot of it, charmingly. A pleasant, postcard-pretty watch.

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    Playing Cupid

    2021 · 84 min★ 6.4

    Rated 6.4 with over 1,100 votes. A newly single middle-school teacher (Laura Vandervoort) is quietly set up with a divorced dad (Nicholas Gonzalez) after his daughter launches a matchmaking business for a class project and aims it straight at her own father. The kid-as-instigator premise is sweet, low-stakes, and a good fit for the holiday. A gentle romance carried by a charming young matchmaker and two leads with nothing to prove. Mild and likable. A fine cozy pick when you want something easy and warm.

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    Freshman Father

    2010 · 87 min★ 6.3

    Rated 6.3 with over 800 votes. High-school sweethearts John and Kathy (Drew Seeley, Britt Irvin) marry young after an unexpected pregnancy and move to Cambridge for John's Harvard scholarship, but the strain pulls them apart and leaves John raising their baby alone while finishing his degree. Annie Potts plays the aura-reading landlady who keeps him going. This is a heavier, more dramatic film than the Loveuary norm, dealing frankly with teen marriage and single fatherhood. A sincere story of perseverance, with the holiday more backdrop than centerpiece. Affecting if you want substance over sweetness.

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    Appetite for Love

    2016 · 84 min★ 6.2

    Rated 6.2 with over 2,600 votes. A corporate executive (Taylor Cole) is sent to rebrand a beloved diner as part of an acquisition, only to discover the place is in her hometown and the owner is her high-school sweetheart (Andrew W. Walker). The save-the-diner-versus-the-job tension is a clean setup for the holiday, and the second-chance spark is the draw. Cole and Walker are a dependable, easy-to-root-for pairing. A warm small-town second-chance romance with a likable lead duo. Comfortable, on-theme, and exactly what it promises.

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    Valentine in the Vineyard

    2019 · 84 min★ 6.2

    Rated 6.2 with over 1,200 votes. Back for a third "Vineyard" outing, Frankie and Nate (Rachael Leigh Cook, Brendan Penny) get engaged just as their siblings announce a Valentine's wedding of their own, so they keep their news secret to avoid stealing the spotlight. A low compatibility-test score then sends them spiraling into doubt. The vineyard setting is lovely, and there is an anxious llama named Mittens stealing scenes. A sweet science-versus-intuition romance for fans who have followed Frankie and Nate from the start. Cozy and familiar.

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    I Do, I Do, I Do

    2015 · 87 min★ 6.1

    Rated 6.1 with over 2,300 votes. A cautious architect (Autumn Reeser) marries a health-obsessed cardiologist after a whirlwind courtship, and when the ceremony goes disastrously, she wishes for a do-over and gets trapped reliving her wedding day on a loop. The Groundhog Day device gives this one more invention than the average Valentine's entry, and Reeser sells the growing panic of the repeat. A time-loop romance about taking a leap, with an adventurous brother in the mix. Fun, a little odd, and a refreshing break from the formula.

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    Love at First Glance

    2017 · 82 min★ 6.0

    Rated 6.0 with over 2,000 votes. Dumped for being too predictable, reporter Mary (Amy Smart) finds a charming stranger's lost phone on the subway and sets out to profile his adventurous life by interviewing everyone in his contacts. Adrian Grenier and Jonathan Bennett co-star. The phone-as-treasure-map device is a genuinely fun engine, and Mary's own reinvention, tango lessons, skydiving, a rescue dog, is the real arc. A self-discovery romance with an oddball spine. Likable and a touch unusual, with more going on than the holiday hook suggests.

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    A Ring by Spring

    2014 · 84 min★ 6.0

    Rated 6.0 with over 1,700 votes. A commitment-shy business consultant (Rachel Boston) is told by a fortune teller she will get a ring by spring or never marry, and promptly panics, embarking on an interview tour of her own ex-boyfriends to figure out what keeps going wrong. Stefanie Powers features. The literal ex-boyfriend tour is a clever, slightly self-aware structure, and the destiny-versus-choice question gives it a little more spine than usual. A breezy self-discovery romance with a wink. Charming if you like your Valentine's films a touch tongue-in-cheek.

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    Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride

    2018 · 82 min★ 6.0

    Rated 6.0 with over 560 votes. The third "Wedding March" film packs a full Valentine's weekend into Willow Lake Inn as Mick and Olivia (Jack Wagner, Josie Bissett) host a houseful of arriving family, including a surprise wedding announcement that reopens an old grudge. The ensemble juggling is the whole charm, all overlapping reconciliations and a sweet AI smart-speaker running gag. A cozy family-reunion romance for fans already invested in the series. Pleasant and warm, though newcomers may want to start earlier in the franchise.

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    Valentine's Again

    2017 · 81 min★ 5.9

    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.

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    Smooch

    2011 · 102 min★ 5.8

    Rated 5.8 with nearly 1,000 votes. A modern Frog Prince riff: an English royal (Simon Kassianides) is mugged in San Francisco and left with amnesia, and an 11-year-old girl becomes convinced her kiss turned a frog into a man. She talks her widowed mother (Kellie Martin) into hiring him as a nanny. A young Kiernan Shipka is in the cast. The storybook framing and the sheer oddity of the premise make it a curiosity more than a conventional romance. A whimsical, strange little Valentine's fairy tale for viewers who like their holiday films offbeat.

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    While You Were Dating

    2017 · 84 min★ 5.8

    Rated 5.8 with over 700 votes. Sixteen years after their divorce, Julia and Nick (Stefanie von Pfetten, William Baldwin) reconnect anonymously through a photo-sharing site and agree to a blind date, then realize who they are and decide to set each other up with friends instead. The exes-trying-not-to-rekindle setup leads to a string of disastrous double dates. It is a gentle second-chance comedy about the connection you already had. Mild and a little uneven, but amiable. A low-key pick for fans of the divorced-couple-finds-their-way-back premise.