Movies like Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!
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Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! (2025)
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A Christmas-loving weatherman has had a tough year; upon returning to his hometown, he bumps into a former teacher who always cheered him on, and his former crush — and things start to look up.
Style:
romantic comedy, uplifting, feel good, lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
holiday romance, winter, snow, second chance, small town, optimism, high school crush, getting home, nostalgia, sibling relationship, meet cute, misunderstanding, christmas, holiday, disaster, bad luck, fund raising, escape room, christmas movie, reunion, darts, fundraiser
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, romantic comedy, lighthearted and uplifting films with plots about christmas, holiday romance, second chance, holiday, small town, christmas movie and meet cute mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!: Christmas Under the Lights (2024), Our Holiday Story (2024), Christmas at Mistletoe Manor (2025), The Santa Class (2024), She's Making a List (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Emily goes home to organize the Christmas carnival and meets a handsome artist. Starring Heather Hemmens and Marco Grazzini.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, lighthearted, sentimental, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, holiday romance, heartwarming, homecoming, winter, small town, family reunited, second chance, attraction, carnival, meet cute ...
Similarity:
95%
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:
81%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Alice, a New York cooking show YouTuber journeys to an English castle to lay the remains of a WWII nurse in the gardens, and finds herself in the midst of the holiday charm of its proprietor.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, romantic comedy, lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, winter, hopes, estate, meet cute, snow, second chance, redemption, romantic reunion, inheritance, holiday ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Kate North reluctantly takes over her father’s struggling Santa School, where she and a colleague discover an amnesiac Santa Claus and must help him regain his memories through their training program to save both the school and Christmas.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, lighthearted, comedy drama
Plot:
christmas, holiday, santa claus, amnesia, heartwarming, school, holiday romance, winter, identity, second chance, family business, small town ...
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alana Higman, a die-hard Kansas City Chiefs fan, and her family are competing to win the team's Fan of the Year contest, in a process judged by the director of fan engagement Derrick. As the pair spends time together, it's clear ...
Style:
romantic comedy, lighthearted, feel good, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
holiday, christmas romance, meet cute, nostalgia, small town, reconciliation, personal growth, competitiveness, christmas, second chance, holiday romance
Similarity:
70%
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:
69%
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A house flipper heads to Ireland to renovate and sell a cottage, but her plans change when she meets a local realtor determined to preserve his town’s heritage.
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, lighthearted, uplifting, romantic drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, small town, holiday, winter, meet cute, realtor, opposites attract, community, second chance, personal growth, recovery ...
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Struggling singer/songwriter Maggie is worried she's unable to compete with such a tech-savvy world. Upon returning home to help her parents on their farm she meets Archer, an entrepreneur who has come back to town to spend the holidays alone.
Style:
romantic comedy, uplifting, feel good, sentimental, reflective
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, songwriter, love story, heartwarming, getting home, homecoming, farmhouse, small town, family drama, personal growth, meet cute ...
Similarity:
57%
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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:
56%
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:
55%
Genre: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kaley, a young Au Pair, finds herself unable to return home for the holidays when a snowstorm derails her plans. In spite of her own disappointment she is determined to teach the girls she watches, alongside their charming Uncle, the magic of ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, lighthearted, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, au pair, blizzard, nanny, family relations, heartwarming, holiday romance, winter, magic, snowstorm, families, meet cute ...
Similarity:
54%
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:
53%
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Rebecca Miller returns home to Tennessee two weeks before Christmas to take care of her niece and nephew while their parents are away, the last thing she expected is to reconnect with her childhood best friend, Drew. As she attempts to revive ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, disturbing, heartfelt, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, childhood friend, holiday romance, friendship, love interest, reunited friends, lovers reunited, christmas season, male female relationship, relationships, getting home ...
Place:
tennessee
Similarity:
53%
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:
52%
Genre: Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Successful yet recluse author Harrington returns to his hometown for an annual Christmas festival, where he must face his publicist there for damage control.
Style:
feel good, lighthearted, light, romantic comedy, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
holiday, christmas, holiday romance, winter, festival, homecoming, small town, heartwarming, writer's block, snow, second chance, redemption ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When an antique nutcracker set to be auctioned at the Warby family Christmas charity goes missing, a demanding event planner and the heir to the Warby dynasty try to track it down.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, romantic comedy, sentimental, lighthearted ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, families, holiday romance, winter, meet cute, charity event, heir, family drama, auction, community, snow ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two unwitting ex-high school sweethearts who, while stranded at a random hotel bar during a snowstorm, discover their first love memories may be more than that after revisiting their past and present lives.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, couples, second chance, holiday romance, storm, love and romance, love, hotel, couple relations, love story, relationships, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
49%
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:
48%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Lucy Mortimer, a successful attorney who returns with her mum to their old Christmas getaway - the Winterleigh Resort - which is on the brink of closing down for good. Much to her surprise, Lucy is reunited with her childhood Christmas dance partner ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, romantic, disturbing, feel good ...
Plot:
christmas, love story, holiday, holiday romance, reunited friends, romantic triangle, lovers reunited, couples, hotel, dancing, love interest, dancer ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
To prevent her family from canceling the "Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics," Jessie lies and says she's inviting a date to the long-standing holiday tradition. She meets Bryan on a dating app, and he agrees to spend the holiday ...
Style:
rom com, romantic comedy, family comedy, lighthearted, feel good
Plot:
holiday romance, christmas season, fake dating, heartwarming, christmas, holiday, wooing, family drama, second chance, gift, christmas eve, christmas movie ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two Childhood sweethearts who shared a passion for roller skating are reunited 15 years later during the holidays, forcing them to question their love and life choices.
Style:
touching, light, captivating, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
christmas, holiday, holiday romance, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, couples, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, second chance ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ashley Mackenzie has always been the preeminent “Christmas Queen” in town. From making hand-crafted decorations for the office to hosting the town’s annual Christmas sweater competition, she loves everything about the holiday. That is, until ...
Style:
light, humorous, exciting, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, love, couples, holiday, holiday romance, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, love and romance, fall in love, couple relations, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ember Morley, a graphic designer and aspiring storybook illustrator in Manhattan is surprised when she learns she has inherited her Grandmother’s Christmas tree farm. She heads back to her hometown of Willow Hill in order to sell it before ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
christmas, female protagonist, holiday romance, holiday, love and romance, inheritance, fall in love, couples, male female relationship, relationships, small town, snow ...
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When pop star Darcy returns home to spend Christmas with her sister and niece, she unexpectedly finds herself coaching the high school choir with her onetime rival, Adam.
Style:
feel good, thrilling, christmas special, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
christmas, choir, christmas romance, getting home, holiday, music, couple relations, christmas season, satire, christmas spirit, love affair, xmas ...
Similarity:
43%
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:
43%
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:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When a snowstorm diverts Kate's first private flight bound for Switzerland, to Christmas Island in Nova Scotia, she must team up with an air traffic controller to secure her dream job as the family's pilot.
Style:
psychological, christmas special, captivating, thrilling, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, male female relationship, christmas spirit, holiday romance, winter, air traffic controller, relationships, problem, birth, christmas season, couple relations ...
Place:
nova scotia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When students all flee an elite university in Vermont for winter break, the locals and faculty hunker down for their favorite time of year - the annual Christmas Bar Trivia Tournament. For Celeste, a Type-A astronomy professor, this event combines ...
Style:
lighthearted, rom com, feel good, romantic comedy, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
holiday romance, opposites attract, friendship, personal growth, college campus, winter, chemistry, meet cute, stargazing, workplace romance, competitiveness, christmas ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a weather forecaster is asked to host her network's annual snow-cast in the wintry town of Leavenworth live with the network's morning show host and a longtime rival of hers, tension brews and romantic sparks fly between them on air.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, light, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, female protagonist, love, love and romance, relationships, love affair, male female relationship, couple relations, winter, families, chemistry ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During a business trip, event planner Kayley and sports agent Brett find themselves unable to fly home for Christmas due to a snowstorm. Determined to get back to NYC by Christmas Eve, the two team up and try to make their own way home.
Style:
feel good, christmas special, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, snow, travel, winter, holiday, snowstorm, holiday romance, christmas season, love affair, satire, teamwork, male female relationship ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
39%
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