The Best Female Director Movies and TV Shows on Hallmark Movies Now

What it's about: A young and cynical female journalist learns love may transcend trials and time as she discovers a story that will change her life forever. When war separates lovers on their wedding anniversary Feb. 14, 1944 at LA Union Train Station, Navy pilot Neil Thomas makes a promise he isn't sure he can keep - to return to the train station safe by their next anniversary. For sixty years Caroline Thomas keeps her promise by waiting at the train station until her missing in action husband can finally keep his with the "lost valentine." The message and meaning shows romance and love can be real; worth fighting, and maybe even dying for.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now & TVision), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: Angie works hard to run her uncle’s events business while her cousin Candace takes the credit. When Angie takes a night off to have fun at the Christmasquerade Ball, the mask and gown allow her to let loose, and she quickly catches the eye of Nicholas, a wealthy local bachelor. But then Angie has to go before revealing her identity, leaving Nicholas searching for his mystery woman in this modern take on the classic fairy tale.

Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi, PlutoTV, Peacock & 1 other), stream on a subscription service (Hoopla & Hallmark Movies Now) & rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: A young girl and her brother come of age at their great grandmother's house in Virginia during the 1940s. After a family tragedy, a young girl moves from New York with your younger brother to live with their great grandmother on a Virginia farm and comes closer to understanding the land and roots that inspired her father's writings while discovering herself, the love of family, and the power of truly believing.

Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi & Vudu), stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video, Hallmark Movies Now & Up Faith Family) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: Despite agreeing to an arranged marriage to a childhood friend, a successful businessman tries to track down a beautiful woman that he met at a Halloween party.

Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi, Peacock & Vudu), stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video & Hallmark Movies Now) & rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (Google Play, Prime Video & 2 others).

What it's about: Wendy is finally settling in to single life after the death of her husband. She runs a successful wedding planning company with the help of her friend Roseanne. Wendy's business and values are challenged when Marco, a charming but irritating divorce attorney, opens shop right next door!

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: After her own daughter abandons her child, an ambitious and orderly publisher has little choice but to raise the grandchild as her own.

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

What it's about: Uninspired and newly single painter Sara is down on her luck and wants nothing more than to get away from her problems. When she decides to take a trip to visit her mom, she becomes involved in the efforts to save a local church which is in danger of closing down.

Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi, PlutoTV & Vudu), stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now & Up Faith Family) & rent or buy from $7.99 on 1 service (iTunes).

What it's about: Cass, a high-powered attorney and single mother of two, is on the hunt for a new nanny after her precocious kids ran off the last one.

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

What it's about: A woman who avoids relationships opens a vintage bridal shop, and goes head-to-head with the snobbish owner of the town’s classical bridal shop—only to find out her rival is the mother of her new boyfriend.

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: As seen in flashback, this is the story of 43-year-old Julie a beautician who when 15 was forced by her mother to give up her baby for adoption. Her son, now 28, a minister, with his wife expecting, begins to search for his biological mother to find out his family medical history. She hears of his search and reunites.

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

What it's about: A story about a small, dying town in need of hope until one day a young boy gives them something to believe in.

Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi) & stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now).

What it's about: A meddling man and woman determined to stop a wedding for the good of the bride and groom instead wind up falling in love with each other.

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

What it's about: During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, Rabb keeps the colt as a consolation in these desperate times-a symbol of hope that leads the men of the First Cavalry on a journey of self-discovery and newfound brotherhood.

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

What it's about: Fitness instructor Julia is down on her luck, trying to make her baby boot camp a thriving business. To make ends meet, she becomes a part-time nanny for a single widowed father. Trouble is, she knows nothing about taking care of children.

Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: This made-for-TV bio-pic is about Marilyn Bell, a Canadian teenager who, in 1954, was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. She won the Toronto Canadian National Exhibition prize after Florence Chadwick, a then-famous American swimmer who was widely expected to win, dropped out in the middle of the race. Half of this heart-warming movie is devoted to the 21 hour swim in which the 16-year old Bell is exhorted by her pushy coach Gus Ryder not to give up.

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

What it's about: A newlywed couple burdened with economic hardship decides not to exchange Christmas presents to save money over the holidays. Secretly, they make sacrifices to buy the other a special gift.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hoopla, Hallmark Movies Now & TVision), stream on a TV everywhere service (Hallmark) & rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (Google Play).

What it's about: Two estranged sisters torn apart by their differences suddenly find themselves working together towards a common goal in this heartwarming drama...For years, overachiever Terri (Kristy Swanson) and her idealistic sister, Mandy (Alberta Mayne), have kept their distance from each other, as well as from their parents' struggling florist business. But when a tragic turn of events brings both women home, they discover just how much they need one another in order to continue their family legacy. Filled with romance, humor and hope, it's an endearing story about making time for the ones you love.

Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi, PlutoTV & Vudu), stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now, ConTV & Up Faith Family) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & Microsoft).

What it's about: A woman spends time with her developmental disabled sister after the death of their father.

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

What it's about: During a ride on his sleigh Santa is mistaken for an alien in a UFO. After an attack, he ends up seriously injured in a small town. Two children must help him, so Christmas is not jeopardized.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now) & rent or buy from $1.99 on 2 services (Google Play & Prime Video).

What it's about: Take Carmen Vega downtown and book her! Carmen (Sonia Braga) is guilty as charged of scheming with her two best friends, Marisol and Valeria (Rose Abdoo and Saundra Santiago) to stick her nose in everything in her two adult daughter’s lives. From secretly leaving baby books out for recently wed daughter Yolanda (Ana Ayora) and her husband Rico (George Contreras) to manipulating youngest daughter Ally (Mercedes Renard) into a doomed date with best friend Marisol’s son Pablo (Rafael Amaya), Carmen can’t stop interfering. Now, the notorious mother of good intentions with equally hideous results is about to get a crash course in butting out!

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 1 service (iTunes).

What it's about: When Nicki finds two horses stranded deep in the Rocky Mountain snow, she makes it her mission to find a way to get them to safety. With no other options, she picks up a shovel and starts to dig out the mile-long path, inspiring her father, Matt, and the rest of the community to join together and save the horses in the spirit of Christmas.

Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: When down-to-earth Alex says yes to her boyfriend's marriage proposal, she has no idea that her future-in-laws are none other than Mr. and Mrs. Claus.

Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi), stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: Sisters Kate and Melanie haven’t spoken to each other in years since a hurtful scene at Melanie’s wedding. Their parents, Wendy and Al, have let the pain of their daughters’ absence drive a wedge between them, and their tensions have led to a separation. Kate is determined to reunite the entire family for Christmas, and has the perfect spot… their old family home. The only problem is there’s someone else living there now.

Where to Watch: Available to watch free online (Tubi & Vudu) & stream on a subscription service (Hallmark Movies Now & Up Faith Family).

What it's about: A bereaved man takes a job at a health care center, where he befriends an elderly and embittered woman - and as time passes, he becomes obsessed with reuniting her with her long-lost true love.

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