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Holiday Hotline (2023)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Upon leaving London and working at a cooking hotline, Abby connects with an anonymous caller — a single dad who Abby unknowingly is also smitten with in real life.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, romantic comedy, lighthearted, culinary, wistful
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, single father, holiday romance, heartwarming, chemistry, workplace romance, female protagonist, meet cute, serendipity, personal growth, urban, secret admirer, father daughter relationship, single parent, christmas eve, second chance, reconciliation, party, smuggling, holiday, ritual, loyalty, gift, dinner, false identity ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
turkey, london, chicago
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, romantic comedy, uplifting and lighthearted films with plots about christmas, holiday romance, holiday, second chance, christmas movie, small town and christmas eve mostly in Romance, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Holiday Hotline: We Met in December (2025), Christmas Above the Clouds (2025), She's Making a List (2025), Santa Tell Me (2024), Under the Christmas Sky (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two strangers meet on a layover and fall for one another — but forget to exchange numbers. The next day, they fly to Chicago separately, just miss each other, and “embark on separate quests to find one another."
Style:
romantic comedy, romantic drama, feel good, lighthearted, wistful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holiday, christmas, meet cute, self discovery, serendipity, personal growth, urban, second chance, bittersweet, holiday romance, cross country, fall in love ...
Place:
chicago
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95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Lily, the marketing guru of All Wrapped Up, believes the universe guides us to our destiny and it appears that it’s guiding her toward a celebrity realtor. However, when she feels an unexpected spark with journalist Sean Whitlock during an ...
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, lighthearted, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
holiday, christmas, holiday romance, female protagonist, love triangle, winter, small business owner, chemistry, small town, fate, meet cute, self discovery ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a workaholic CEO tries to skip Christmas by flying to Australia, she’s in for the flight of her life. Haunted by her past, present, and future, she’s forced to confront the choices that led to her success yet left her flying solo. With the ...
Style:
romantic comedy, uplifting, feel good, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spirit, ghost, airplane, christmas, holiday, heartwarming, personal growth, self discovery, redemption, second chance, supernatural, families ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Naughty or Nice inspector Isabel Haynes doesn’t anticipate anything out of the ordinary when she’s assigned to evaluate 11-year-old Charlie Duncan. However, soon, Isabel falls for Charlie’s widowed father Jason, which makes her question the ...
Style:
lighthearted, feel good, romantic comedy, uplifting, sentimental
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, heartwarming, single father, family drama, families, meet cute, mischievous children, widower, small town, ethical dilemma, snow ...
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When Olivia, a successful interior designer, finds an old letter from Santa promising she’ll meet the love of her life by Christmas Eve — and that his name will be Nick — she’s stunned to meet not one, but three guys named Nick.” In ...
Style:
romantic comedy, lighthearted, feel good, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, female protagonist, love triangle, career woman, workplace romance, self discovery, mistaken identity, snow, women, magic realism, couples ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Esteemed astrophysicist Kat, scheduled for her first trip into space but sidelined due to an accident, meets a new man at the local planetarium. Together, they must work hard to open a new exhibit by Christmas.
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, uplifting, rom com, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, astrophysicist, meet cute, second chance, personal growth, astronomy, workplace romance, opposites attract, small town, resilience, recovery ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Follows Stella, who has worked for the past six years with Pablo as co-hosts of a house renovation show, but as they work together more closely than ever before, she gets complicated and unexplored feelings that may jeopardize everything.
Style:
feel good, romantic, entertaining, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
christmas, female protagonist, couples, holiday romance, love, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, holiday ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Can theater director Lila rise to the challenge of putting on the perfect Christmas ballet, while also discovering her office Secret Santa in the process?
Style:
feel good, psychological, christmas special, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, xmas, theater, christmas spirit, celebration, marketing, winter, snow, christmas season, christmas present, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mira Varma takes pride in her family's business of making fruitcakes, despite the decline in its popularity of once being America's most-gifted holiday confection. When Mira's parents decide to hire Brady Phillips and his high-powered ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, family business, holiday, heartwarming, christmas spirit, coping, male female relationship, family relations, relationships, husband wife relationship, love affair, life ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Maddie, a high-powered marketing executive, is on her way to a client’s wedding but her plans are derailed by car trouble. When a fork in the road leads her to Christmas Valley, a town in love with Christmas, an unexpected encounter and a group of ...
Style:
light, humorous, feel good, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
small town, christmas, holiday, single father, christmas romance, father daughter relationship, happy ending, car breakdown, fall in love, winter, unlikely couple, opposites attract ...
Place:
ohio, new york
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man finds himself hopelessly stranded in a small town on Christmas Eve, unable to shake the stray dog who ran him off the road, and irresistibly drawn to the free-spirited, local veterinarian.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sincere, romantic comedy, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, dog, pets, human animal relationship, holiday romance, holiday, veterinarian, owner dog relationship, small town, christmas season, christmas spirit ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Ryan is an elementary school teacher, who learns that he is colorblind. Michelle, an optometrist, and mother of one of his students, helps bring color into his life in time for the holidays.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, romantic comedy, lighthearted, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, winter, school, self discovery, personal growth, single parent, children, small town, second chance, community, intimate ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A military widow, whose faith in Christmas has lapsed, rents an apartment to a handsome Army Captain, recovering from an injury in battle, and whose faith in Christmas is inspirational. As they team up to save the town’s military museum with a ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, military, christmas romance, new love, second chance, change of heart, war widow, small town, fall in love, transformation, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a scandal upends a famous TV mother’s life ahead of the holidays, she heads to a luxury Vermont resort for Christmas. Upon arriving, a booking error leads her to a quaint B&B owned by an astronomy teacher.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, sentimental, lighthearted, romantic comedy
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, hopes, heartwarming, second chance, personal growth, healing, small town, community, redemption, female protagonist, winter ...
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Every year, Isabelle (Tatyana Ali) and her high school sweetheart Mike (Cornelius Smith Jr.), rocked their small town’s annual Christmas Eve Pageant with a sweet Christmas duet. But after graduation, Isabelle left to study at Juillard in New York ...
Style:
feel good, sincere, semi serious, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, small town, christmas eve, love interest, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, writer's block, music teacher, holiday romance, second chance, high school sweetheart, reconciliation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Maya and Alex, old friends from high school, work together over Christmas to sell his uncle’s Mexican bakery famous for its gingerbread cookies that the patrons believe grants wishes.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, light hearted, romantic comedy
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, bakery, christmas romance, family business, female protagonist, friends to lovers, second chance, homecoming, community, inheritance, tradition ...
Place:
new york, colorado
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Thanks to some Christmas magic, Emma gets to experience two different Christmases – one where she stays in the city and celebrates with a new crush and his friends, and one where she returns home for all the traditions with her family…and Drew, ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, light, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
christmas, female protagonist, holiday romance, heartwarming, relationships, couples, holiday, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, love, self discovery ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rose, a Chicago-based interior designer, returns to her Ohio hometown to save her brother's Christmas charity house flip, only to face her past, rekindle an old rivalry with her brother's best friend, and unexpectedly find love and purpose.
Style:
feel good, rom com, romantic comedy, lighthearted, inspirational
Plot:
holiday romance, christmas, heartwarming, sibling relationship, family reunited, home renovation, getting home, personal growth, small town, female protagonist, second chance, nostalgia ...
Place:
ohio, chicago
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Follows Jacquie Liddle as she and Tyler try to plan their perfect destination Christmas wedding. Naturally, Jacquie’s plans go awry when her boisterous family intervenes in her planning and her snooty wedding planner quits in protest. While ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, light, romantic ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, wedding, christmas eve, holiday romance, love and romance, family gatherings, christmas spirit, happy ending, lifestyle change, christmas season, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A grieving daughter discovers a red envelope from her mom that contains a final request: for her to complete a Christmas Checklist of twelve activities before Christmas, the last one being “Find Love”.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
christmas, bucket list, holiday, relationships, love affair, christmas spirit, satire, couples, christmas season, desire, heartwarming, hopes ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A recently single Jessica sends Christmas cards to people who have impacted her life—the aunt who raised her, her younger brother in the military, a popstar who was part of the soundtrack of her life, the music teacher who inspired her, and the ...
Style:
light, feel good, sincere, captivating, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas season, christmas romance, brother sister relationship, gift, love and romance, life turned upside down, family relations, christmas spirit, nothing goes right, fall in love ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alex is an ambitious architect who is looking forward to celebrating Christmas at her mother’s beautiful Swiss Inn, until she finds out that her former best friend Beth who married Alex’s ex-boyfriend Jesse will also be there. Could a new ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, funny, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, holiday romance, snow, heartwarming, family relations, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, love ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
switzerland, swiss alps
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When Cheryl visits the Christmas carnival in her hometown, she gets a second chance in life when she is transported to Christmas five years in the past.
Style:
feel good, light, romantic, humorous, lighthearted ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, time travel, holiday, holiday romance, second chance, one more chance, adulthood, christmas present, disorder, hopes, nothing goes right, couples ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ellie decides to go back home for Christmas, and help her dad with the candle-making business. Little does she know, however, that her father has charming, writer Logan staying with him, looking for inspiration for his writings.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sincere, exciting, light ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, female protagonist, relationships, couples, hometown, love, fall in love, love and romance, family relations, male female relationship, small town ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Waitress and animal lover, Molly Bishop is desperate for a holiday miracle. Broke and needing major car repairs, she's counting on a big career opportunity to come through before the holidays - without using her family's name to get there. ...
Style:
feel good, lighthearted, uplifting, sentimental, romantic comedy
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, cafe, independence, meet cute, car trouble, small town, second chance, animal lover, christmas eve, ethical dilemma, class differences ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Dave and Nell recount the Christmas where they unknowingly fell in love while working as rivals on a town festival, as their daughter’s boyfriend struggles to navigate his own relationship.
Style:
sweet, feel good, lighthearted, romantic comedy, uplifting ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, love story, small town, meet cute, nostalgia, family drama, snow, second chance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, boyfriend, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An aspiring Broadway singer is convinced to participate in a small-scale production for her local Christmas celebration. Along the way, she finds hope and unexpected mentorship towards her dream career. But will her professional success come at the ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, light, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, hopes, holiday romance, heartwarming, love, love and romance, couples, happy ending, love story, relationships, male female relationship, optimism ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a marketing executive learns she’s short on the down payment for her dream condo, she’s informed that her great aunt left her half of a cat café in upstate New York. Hoping to sell it before the holidays, she then meets Dr. Ben Kane, the ...
Style:
light hearted, uplifting, romantic comedy, feel good
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holiday romance, christmas, small town, community, animal rescue, second chance, meet cute, fund raising, small business, opposites attract, personal growth, estate ...
Place:
bay area
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Aria Eubank convinces a famous travel writer to do a feature story on her beloved hometown, however, when the travel guru and his ghostwriter both show up, Aria finds her heart torn between Sterling Masters and Alex Barlett, the man who has ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sweet, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, christmas romance, christmas eve, novelist, father daughter relationship, holiday, partner, moral dilemma, revelation, christmas time, argument, passport ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The movie centers around Elizabeth who, with the support of her mother-in-law Nonna, is doing everything she can to keep her late husband’s once acclaimed — but now struggling — Italian restaurant afloat. With business going downhill, she is ...
Style:
lighthearted, thrilling, captivating, romantic comedy, feel good ...
Plot:
italian restaurant, cooking, love story, love affair, restaurant owner, male female relationship, love and romance, restaurateur, relationships, restaurant, love interest, heartwarming ...
Place:
washington state, hong kong
Similarity:
33%
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