Summary

When watching a Hallmark Christmas moving picture , the audience ask to debar their skepticism and go along for the ride , but when the plots drift further and further from realism , it becomes harder to do so . Romantic flick often blur the lines of realism in favor of phantasy and excited payoff , but Hallmark has made some flick that are completely unconcerned with what makes sense in literal life . Despite this , these motion-picture show end up being fun to watch disregardless , if only because they ’re just so refutable .

The Hallmark Channel has give rise made - for - television movies with family - oriented and romanticist plots since its inception . Owned by the greeting notice ship’s company , Hallmark , which has remove the holiday by violent storm , the movies often revolve around big events , and Christmas is one of the bighearted for the internet . After so many years of making Christmas moving-picture show their Super Bowl , the channel has delved into Modern and interesting dominion to find original plot for a musical genre often fulfil with figure .

Hallmark Christmas movies have become a popular holiday custom and many of them spotlight the most famous Hallmark picture tropes .

A Collage of Three Images from Hallmark Christmas movies, including one of Dolly Parton

10Northpole (2014)

Directed By Douglas Barr

Bailee Madison plays Clementine the Elf inNorthpole , a fantastical film about become everyone on Earth back in the Christmas spirit . Though many Christmas pic are predicated on magic and phantasy , Northpoletakes this to the next level . It seems the only hoi polloi in the world who can solve this are Chelsea ( Tiffani Thiessen ) and her Logos Kevin ( Max Charles ) . set aside the macrocosm of Santa ’s magical city , and the fact that it would collapse if hoi polloi did n’t believe , the fact thatChelsea and Kevin are chosen out of all others to save Christmas , and Chelsea just so happens to cope with her stark humanity , does n’t make a draw of mother wit .

9The Santa Stakeout (2021)

Directed By Peter Benson

The wild-eyed chair ofThe Santa Stakeoutare constabulary officers who must go undercover as a married coupleto investigate a series of robbery . Why it would be necessary for Tanya ( Tamera Mowry - Housley ) and Ryan ( Paul Campbell ) to bewilder as a couple alternatively of simply investigating the direction normal detectives would is never made unmortgaged by the film . Instead , it ’s but a gimmick to get the pair to fall in love for real while falling in sexual love with Christmas at the same time . If this really happened , not only would it be incredibly unprofessional , but it would forestall any police work from getting done .

8A Boyfriend For Christmas (2004)

Directed By Kevin Connor

People postulate Santa for a muckle of strange gifts when they ’re new , not really carry to get what they postulate for . However , after Holly ( Kelli Williams ) wishes for a boyfriend when she ’s 13 , her wish comes true , but only twenty years later , when a homo suddenly come along in her life claim to be the boyfriend she necessitate for . Santa ( Charles Durning ) also play a tumid role in the motion-picture show , convert Holly to give this mystery story boyfrienda fortune , and cope to apply legerdemain to create beloved . Even if it were potential for Santa to give this kind of gift , it ’s unlikely many masses would want it .

7A Wish For Christmas (2016)

Directed By Christie Will Wolf

A Wish For Christmasmay not have a individual plotline that ’s plausible , but it does have a scented and encouraging message . Sara ( Lacey Chabert ) has her estimation stolen by her knob in a here and now of complete unprofessionalismthat she could have reasonably sued him for . Instead of take sound action , she make a wish to Santa . Her wish is to have the power to utter her creative thinker and take legal action when people take the air all over her . While this is a lovely opinion , it does end up engender her in a lot of hassle and does n’t calculate for the agency citizenry were treating her before she had this power .

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6A Christmas To Remember (2016)

Directed By David Weaver

In a classic typeface of amnesia , Jennifer ( Mira Sorvino ) lose her retentivity in a car clang and is nursed back to health by John ( Cameron Mathison).Jennifer is a no - gimcrackery reporter who require to learn about the look of Christmas and John is more than happy to teach her after she has no idea who she is . As romanticistic as it may seem , a kinship would never work after starting this agency , and Jennifer want to stay and leave her onetime life behind after regaining her memory does n’t make any sense . Though spate of other Christmas Romance have used this plot twist , it did n’t work then , and it still does n’t .

5Santa Switch (2013)

Directed By Dave Cass

In a premiss standardized in tone toThe Santa Clause , Santa SwitchseesSanta ( Donovan Scott ) deciding to take a vacation for this Christmas season and leave his office and duties to Dan ( Ethan Erickson).Dan has been struggle to make death meet and show up for his syndicate , so add the pressure and duty of being Santa hardly seems pretty unhelpful . It ’s up to Eddie ( Sean Astin ) to get Dan into condition , but there ’s no reasonableness for Dan to be the one to take over for Santa . While he see about the power of Christmas , he does n’t learn much about concrete ways to be a better hubby and founder .

4A Heavenly Christmas (2016)

Directed By Paul Shapiro

asterisk Kristin Davis , known for playing Charlotte onSex and the City , as Eve , A Heavenly Christmastakes a distinctly spiritual coming to the traditional Christmas fixed storage - com . The film adopt place in the wake of her sudden death when she is bring on to be a Christmas saint and solve the problems of Max ( Eric McCormack ) . Max needs all the help he can get as he has just started caring for his niece , and is down on his fortune within his calling .

Of course , despite being dead , Eve falls in honey with Max anyway and a tragical dearest story unfold . In a lurid twist , it turns out that Eve was n’t dead , merely in a comatoseness , and her task was a mean to redeem herself . Not only was Eve put to work in the afterlife , but the angels around her were lying the whole time .

3The Christmas Card (2006)

Directed By Stephen Bridgewater

One of Hallmark ’s most famed films , The Christmas Card , follows Cody ( John Newton ) when he returns from his duty tour in Afghanistan to cross down an unknown woman who send him a Christmas circuit board . Why this cleaning woman would desire to be found after remain anonymous , and why Cody would believe that they would have a romantic connection is unclear . Not only that , but it turn out that Faith ( Alice Evans ) , the woman , already has a boyfriend . Naturally , Faith does end up choose Cody after knowing him for such a short time and turns her life upside down for a valet de chambre who is essentially a homewrecker .

2A Christmas Detour (2015)

Directed By Ron Oliver

A Christmas Detournot only drive braggart familiarity with the plausibility of its story , but it also makes both leads unlikable while doing so . Paige ( Candace Cameron Bure ) and Dylan ( Paul Greene ) receive out of the blue when the planer they ’re on ends up being rerouted . The pair terminate up falling in honey , but they do so whiletrying to get Paige back to New York City in time for her wedding to another human race . They have known each other only a few days , Paige is already in a profoundly commit relationship , and they have little in common . watch out the duo get together is not only confusing but also dishearten .

1Christmas At The Palace (2018)

Directed By Peter Hewitt

There are manyamazing quote in Hallmark Royal Christmas movies , andChristmas At The Palaceis no elision . Katie ( Merritt Patterson ) is hired by a King , Alexander ( Andrew Cooper ) , to teach his daughter how to deoxyephedrine skate . It would make sense if a royal family already had someone on their paysheet , who experience in the country , to do this , but he rent Katie anyway . The country in the fictional San Senova , and where or what this country is remain unclear .

Thoughshe is an outsider in the land and does n’t always have sex the societal pool cue of being a royal , Alexander fall in beloved with her anyway . It ’s seldom the type that a king gets to select his married woman , and him place his country ’s happiness on the line for this scant love affair is another example of Hallmark take liberties with the game . to boot , what Katie want , and the difficulties of regal life play a small role in her conclusion to become queen .

Split image of Hallmark actresses from Christmas movies

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Clementine and Kevin walking down stairs in Northpole

Ryan standing next to a tree in A Boyfriend For Christmas

Sara and Molly in A Wish For Christmas

Jennifer and John with his family in A Christmas To Remember

Eve watching Max, Lauren, Marla, and Joe play in A Heavenly Christmas

Faith, Cody, and Paul standing outside in The Christmas Card

Paige and Dylan in the snow in A Christmas Detour