The Best Christmas Movies and TV Shows on Hallmark

What it's about: A miracle occurs for a homeless family consisting of two wayward children and their protective aunt with the help of an angel. When a young woman's niece and nephew are threatened with foster care after her sister is hospitalized following yet another overdose, she flees with them until they land in the sleepy town of Bethlehem just before Christmas and a series of kindnesses and coincidences gives the trio a chance at happiness.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Philo & fuboTV) & stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: After Avery’s storybook Christmas wedding is canceled unexpectedly, dance instructor Roman helps her rebuild her dreams.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Bride-to-be Jessie Patterson calls off her third engagement - during the ceremony! She swears off serious relationships, until she meets and is pursued by Aiden MacTiernan. Aiden, on the other hand, has bet his friends he is marriage material, and can find a fiancé in the four weeks leading up to Christmas. When Jessie and Aiden begin to fall for each other, Jessie must decide if she is ready for serious love, and Aiden must decide if his bet is worth risking his relationship with Jessie.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: Single mom Maggie is facing Christmas alone until Lucas crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected house guest. Together they overcome Christmas while finding comfort in their growing bond.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: When his father dies, Terry (Gary Sinese) returns to the house where he grew up, planning to stay only long enough to clean and settle the estate. Yet something indescribable keeps him there longer than expected. Soon, he is reunited with memories and people from his past and his life is changed forever.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision) & stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Two competing TV hosts are sent to a festive small town over Christmas. While pretending to get along for the sake of appearances, they discover that there’s more to each other than they thought.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife and well-intentioned parents. But when his young son faces a tragedy, Michael needs to make amends with his past. A mysterious man named Nick gives Michael a gift and instills in him the courage to find the joy that he lost.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (Peacock Premium), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Lisa's trip home to Evergreen for the holidays finds her shepherding an effort to save the town's beloved general store, fulfilling the wishes of a Christmas past and finding a romance full of Christmas magic.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & Vudu).

What it's about: Although she loves Christmas, Santa’s elf Christine (Summer Glau) wonders if there could be more to life than making toys in the North Pole. When Santa receives an emergency wish from a little boy in Los Angeles, he puts Christine on a special assignment, sending her to L.A. to give the VanCamp family—mom Sara (Eva La Rue), dad Scott (Dan Gauthier), and their two kids Ally (Izabela Vidovic) and Will (Mason Cook)—a holiday wake-up call. Will Christine fail her assignment and be sent back to the North Pole for good, or will the VanCamps come to their senses about the meaning of Christmas?

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: As Christmas nears, heiress Jessica Morgan seizes what seems like her last chance to experience a relaxed Christmas and heads off to the small town of Glenbrooke, where she meets a handsome fireman.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Forced to take the intercontinental trip to Los Angeles by train, and determined to chronicle his adventure, disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon finds himself westbound with a variety of characters. While all passengers on the Christmas train appear to be headed for the same destination, Tom has no idea that the rugged locomotives taking him across America will instead detour straight into his heart.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: The Boyajian family learned of 18-year-old John's death in the Persian Gulf War on Christmas Eve eleven years earlier and have not celebrated Christmas since. They have been so consumed by his death that they have forgotten the joys of the holidays, until a mysterious visitor enters their lives and rekindles the spirit of the season.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision) & stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Mrs Merkle (or Mrs. Miracle as she is know by some) finds herself in a toy department of a department store that is having all kinds of financial problems, but leave it to this kind lady as she will get the Christmas spirit flowing very freely at this store.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. While struggling to balance his career and family life, he has recurring dreams about an angel.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision) & stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Los Angeles television producer Maggie Baker unwittingly falls for Danny Wise, the son and former producer of his mother’s popular annual Christmas special Julia Wise Lifestyle. When Maggie’s secret plan to reunite Danny and his two brothers with Julia during the live broadcast in Vermont goes awry, Maggie is reminded that above all, it is the love for family and friends that makes the merriest of Christmas.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: A young father asks for pumpkins at the local farm stand. "In August? No." the farmer replies. The farmer ruminates on the odd request and gets involved with strangers for the first time since his son's death long ago.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Prime Video & Vudu).

What it's about: As Christmas approaches, a department store worker whose life lacks fulfillment meets her guardian angel, who offers her a chance to change her circumstances by magically transporting her to Christmases past whenever she tries on a new pair of shoes.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: At Christmas, a cheerful publicist teams up with a cynical business owner and his team to help a charity in need.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Eric Randall, an author of bachelor lifestyle books, is left in charge of his young niece and nephew for the holidays. Eric turns to his neighbor April, a lover of all things Christmas, for help.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: When Kayleigh, a romance writer, has her column cancelled right before Christmas, she heads home to reconnect with her family. Kayleigh gets an unexpected visit from the man who cancelled her column who fights not only to bring her back to the publisher but also for her heart.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: A developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas Program."

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & Vudu).

What it's about: Emily is a top newscaster who has achieved her career dreams but still has regrets about the guy who got away five years earlier. When the Christmas carnival comes to town, a ride around the carousel takes her magically back in time to the carnival five years before…giving her a second chance at love before she must return to Christmas present.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: After her life in New York unexpectedly falls apart, powerhouse stockbroker Sam Wallace returns to her small town for the holidays and reconnects with her high school sweetheart who helps reignite her humanitarian spirit just in time to help their community on Christmas.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Duncan Mayor decides the perfect Christmas present for his terminally ill wife, Suzy, is a ride on a real Ferris wheel, set up in their very own back yard. As a young man, it was the perfect place for a wedding proposal. Now, years later, in order to relive the experience with his wife, Duncan will go to any length to make their fantasy become a reality.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Manhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Heche) bonds with a young man who has run away from his father. When the father returns to New York a year later to sell his Christmas trees, he and Catherine cross paths.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Up Faith Family & TVision), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: When Belinda heads back to her hometown for the holidays, things get complicated when she is forced to team up with her ex at the town's annual Christmas scavenger hunt.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: When her niece is cast in The Philadelphia Ballet’s production of the Nutcracker, a jaded ex-ballerina is forced to come to terms with the life and love she left behind.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: The tight-knit neighbors on Arthur Avenue have proudly lit Christmas luminaries for 40 years, but that long-standing tradition is cancelled this year when Matt Norman, a teenage boy in the neighborhood, is hospitalized in desperate need of a heart transplant. As his parents Ann and Mike anxiously pray by his bedside, a donor is found, while in Detroit, a mother is in anguish at her own son’s bedside. When Matt's neighbors decide to honor him in the best way they know how, they just might help save his life.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now) & stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Set in the 1960s, Christmas in Canaan is a drama about a black family and a white family that learn to love each other out of their Christian beliefs.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Philo & fuboTV), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $4.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: A reporter searches for the love story behind an antique engagement ring. With the help of the ring’s owner’s grandson, they learn the legacy his grandparent’s left behind.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: An urban family that can’t seem to get along gets stranded in a remote, impoverished lumber town two days before Christmas. When they become involved in the town’s home-grown Christmas pageant, they not only help solve the town’s problems but learn to connect with each other just in time for the holidays.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $4.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Prime Video & Microsoft).

What it's about: A doctor returns home for Christmas to find that her father has decided to retire from his own practice. After reuniting with her high school sweetheart, she wonders if she should stay and take over her father's practice.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 2 services (iTunes & Vudu).

What it's about: When Lila is hired by the Royal Family of Marcadia to repair a carousel, she must work with the Prince to complete it by Christmas.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Corrine's holiday season gets an unexpected dose of romance when she meets the mysterious Harold, who is on a deadline from a higher power to help Corrine find her true love by Christmas Eve. As the clock ticks down to Harold's deadline, Corrine must decide if she will open up to Christmas love.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Philo & fuboTV), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: Drake Hunter, the president of Hunter Marketing, has the perfect plan to boost sales for his father's toy company over the holiday season--hire department store Santas to promote his father's merchandise. When the real Santa Claus turns Drake into a Santa lookalike, Drake finds himself working as a dress-up Kris Kringle to make ends meet. Stripped of power and position, Drake discovers the importance of honesty, compassion, and respect as he helps an unprivileged girl enjoy the magic of Christmas. Stars Kevin Sorbo.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & Prime Video).

What it's about: While coming to terms with his dad's recent passing in a tractor accident, 13-year-old George McCray is living with his grandparents on their Kansas farm. George misses his mom, Jill, who has moved to Minnesota to deal with her grief, but there is the promise of their reunion at Christmas. George feels needed on the farm as he helps his grateful grandfather Bo with daily chores and comforts his grandmother Cora. He has also made friends with Mary Ann and became attached to Tucker, the smart and friendly dog the McCrays take in when his troubled owner Frank Thorne lands in jail.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $5.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: As Christmas approaches, Paula, a St. Louis antique appraiser, reluctantly accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Daniel, a career-focused attorney. When her Aunt Jane senses she has mixed emotions over the engagement, she invites Paula to her Nantucket home. Upon her arrival, Paula plans a trip to the nearby island of Martha's Vineyard where she meets a charming inn owner.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Successful architect Taylor Scott is poised for a promotion and a move to Paris but before that’s decided, her boss tasks her with creating a life-sized gingerbread house for a holiday competition. She partners with pastry chef Adam Dale, and though their styles are different, they form a deep connection working together.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Philo & fuboTV), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $4.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Susan is a newspaper staffer who decides to generate some Christmas spirit by writing an article about her family’s storied 100-year-old, hand-carved, heirloom Christmas angel. This leads her to accidentally meet Brady, a cute, upbeat artist who insists that he and Susan become fast friends (at least). It turns out that this angel also has the spiritual power to bring people together – as it seems to be doing with Susan and Brady. What’s behind this enchanted ornament? As time moves on, more about this captivating artifact is revealed.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Philo, fuboTV & Hallmark Movies Now), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: Professor Evan Farnsworth is a widower who works tirelessly at a prestigious boarding school in Maine, dedicating all his time to helping his students believe in themselves. Accepting a job to teach the students left behind during Christmas vacation, including talented scholarship student Juliet, nerdy outcast Albert and privileged bad boy Drew, Farnsworth quickly faces a challenge when Drew gets into trouble. Upset his wealthy parents ditched him for a Paris skiing vacation, he takes his anger out on the neighboring town’s ancient Wishing Tree, a bare tree decorated with handwritten notes containing the townspeople’s greatest holiday wishes. A much loved tradition, it doubles as a fundraiser for needy families, depending on donations from eager wish-makers. Drew's troublemaking eventually threatens Farnsworth's job, but with the help of the town and the special Wishing Tree, Farnsworth discovers that anything is possible.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Philo & fuboTV) & stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Isabella takes her granddaughter to Ireland to stay with a famous family friend for the holidays, only to discover that the best Christmases are simply spent with each other.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision) & stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Christmas is fast approaching and years of long workdays employed at New York’s top corporate law firm are about to pay off now that Lucy Toomey will be made partner after the New Year. However, when Alice, her older sister with special needs, unexpectedly passes away, Lucy returns back to Nilson’s Bay, Wis., to attend the funeral and handle her estate. While Lucy dreads returning to her childhood home, she also feels real sorrow that she was too busy to take her sister’s last call. Once back in Nilson’s Bay, Lucy meets Peter, her old high school sweetheart and Alice’s former attorney, who informs her of the terms of Alice’s eccentric will that states in order for Lucy to inherit the family home, she must live there for 30 days through the holidays.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $4.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Prime Video & 2 others).

What it's about: A teenager has his Sitka Spruce tree chosen to be planted outside the White House as the new national Christmas Tree.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: Tis the season for making dreams true. If everything goes according to plan for one young boy, he just may be sharing this Christmas with a new dad. Ever since her husband died, Sarah Armstrong has divided her time between working at a community center and caring for her nine-year-old son, Jesse. When Jesse wins the All I Want for Christmas contest sponsored by a toy company, his wish comes as no surprise to find a new dad. Just in time for the holidays, All I Want for Christmas is a surprise romantic treat for anyone who believes in the magic of love, friendship, and family.

Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a subscription service (TVision), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (Google Play, Prime Video & YouTube).

What it's about: When a pair of feuding colleagues, Kyle and Jenna are thrown together after their siblings, Jim and Trisha fall in love, they have to learn to get along in time for their nephew's birth on Christmas. Realizing Jim and Trisha have major money troubles, Kyle and Jenna band together to help and end up on a snowy New York adventure that will prove miracles really do happen at Christmas.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision) & stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: An up-and-coming attorney risks it all to help defend Santa when Christmas is in jeopardy of cancellation.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $4.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & Prime Video).

What it's about: As Christmas approaches, a single mother (played by Reba McEntire) struggles to raise her son and keep up the payments on her Oregon ranch, which is difficult since she's heavily in debt. But she's a tough cookie, and proves that a steadfast attitude and an open heart go a long way in surviving the cold hearts and greed of the Scrooges around her.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision) & stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: The Christmas Board of Directors has decided to cancel Christmas since children everywhere have lost the true spirit of giving. But Santa Claus, not willing to give up his favorite holiday without a fight, demands 30 days to prove them wrong. The board assigns him what seems like an impossible mission: he must change the hearts of two self-absorbed kids and make them see the true meaning of Christmas.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: Santa's first born daughter, Rudolfa, is secretly selling pieces of the North Pole, and eventually take over where she attempts to ruin Christmas, and replace Santa's workshop with a brand new casino. But Santa's lost daughter Kristin returns to the North Pole with her two children who are desperate to save Christmas, and rebuild the shattered village.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (TVision) & stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).

What it's about: When Bobber undergoes experimental surgery to help him walk again, Daniel Burton falls in love with his beautiful rehabilitation doctor and invites her to spend Christmas at the farm.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark).