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Movies Like Visions of Christmas Past

If you liked Visions of Christmas Past (1979), a tv movie and drama movie directed by Robert Birnbaum, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Seeds of Yesterday

    Seeds of Yesterday (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and drama

    The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.

  2. 2The Christmas Shoes

    The Christmas Shoes (2002)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie

    Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second…

  3. 3Sound of Christmas

    Sound of Christmas (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and drama

    Lizzie is a young piano teacher working at a music school while trying to save enough money for a Steinway piano. The school is gearing up for their major Christmas fundraiser and she has committed much of her time to…

  4. 4Hello Sister, Goodbye Life

    Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and tv movie

    A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.

  5. 5Snowglobe

    Snowglobe (2007)

    ★ 6/10Also tv movie

    A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to…

  6. 6The Bridge Part 2

    The Bridge Part 2 (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and drama

    The second-half of the movie picks up in the present day, seven years later, with Ryan returning home from being on the road touring as a professional singer and Molly working at her father's corporation.

  7. 7A Wrinkle in Time

    A Wrinkle in Time (2003)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie

    Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any…

  8. 8Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder

    Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also tv movie and drama

    A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body.

  9. 9Anne of Green Gables

    Anne of Green Gables (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and tv movie

    Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…

  10. 10Girl Fight

    Girl Fight (2011)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and tv movie

    Inspired by a true story, Girl Fight recounts the harrowing story of a 16-year-old, stellar high school student whose life spirals downward when her former friends conspire to upload onto the Internet a shocking video…

  11. 11Double Teamed!

    Double Teamed! (2002)

    ★ 6/10Also tv movie and drama

    Heather and Heidi play volleyball for their school team, when their family decides that they need to go to a bigger school so that they will have a better chance for scholarships. But at the new school, the twins are…

  12. 12Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

    Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and tv movie

    "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. This once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes place inside the tight-knit Parton family as…

  13. 13Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

    Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and tv movie

    At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.

  14. 14Mansfield Park

    Mansfield Park (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and tv movie

    Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford

  15. 15The Bridge

    The Bridge (2015)

    ★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and drama

    The sweeping tale of Molly Callens and Ryan Kelly, two young students who share a profound friendship their first semester in college, a time that becomes the defining moment of their lives.

  16. 16Full-Court Miracle

    Full-Court Miracle (2003)

    ★ 5.8/10Also tv movie

    Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film centers on a group of young Jewish basketball players who search for a coach to help them out of a slump. The main character…

  17. 17The Assault

    The Assault (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie

    After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she…

  18. 18A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

    A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)

    ★ 6.9/10Also tv movie and drama

    Aurora Teagarden and her boyfriend Martin are thrilled when they get an unexpected visit from his niece and her new baby. Their excitement is short lived when his niece disappears and the baby is left behind. Once…

  19. 19Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman (1985)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and tv movie

    Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.

  20. 20How Sarah Got Her Wings

    How Sarah Got Her Wings (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and tv movie

    Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shocked to find that her name is not on…

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