Movies Like The Wishing Tree

If you liked The Wishing Tree (2012), a comedy and tv movie movie directed by Terry Ingram, 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
Single All the Way (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and comedy
Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pretend that they’re now in a relationship. But when Peter’s mother sets…
2
'Twas the Text Before Christmas (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and comedy
Addie is a New York City chiropractor mistakenly receives a text from “Nana.” The accidental text turns into a loving friendship between the matronly Nana and Addie who now communicate regularly. Nana invites Addie to…
3
Falling for Christmas (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy
An engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia in a skiing accident.
4
Starting Over (1979)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
5
Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also tv movie and comedy
Sadie Walker is starting over in her hometown of Chesterfield, New York, following a series of major life disruptions that include leaving her law practice after losing her biggest case and no longer being engaged.
6
Catering Christmas (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and comedy
A fledgling caterer, Molly Frost, is hired by Jean Harrison, the perfectionistic director of the renowned Harrison Foundation, to cater this year’s annual Christmas Gala dinner. Things get complicated when Molly falls…
7
Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance
Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad split-second decision to swap trains and surprise each other. Passing each…
8
Out to Sea (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance
Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and…
9
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and tv movie
Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.
10
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and tv movie
Christmas brings the ultimate gift to Aldovia: a royal baby. But first, Queen Amber must help her family and kingdom by finding a missing peace treaty.
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Christmas Getaway (2017)
★ 7/10Also romance and tv movie
When a reservation mix-up at a mountain resort forces a newly-single travel writer to share a cabin with a handsome widower and his precocious daughter over the holidays, their lives are transformed by the magic of…
12
Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas (2021)
★ 7/10Also tv movie and comedy
After a series of mishaps, Mickey, Minnie and the gang are separated all over the world and must try to get back to Hot Dog Hills by Christmas Eve. A mysterious and jolly stranger shows up to tell them about The…
13
A Merry Little Ex-Mas (2025)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedy
Recently separated, Kate hopes to celebrate one last perfect family Christmas with her soon-to-be ex-husband Everett and their kids before their divorce is final and the house is sold. But her holiday plans are…
14
Christmas on Windmill Way (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy
Mia Meijer gets ready for the Christmas Market Dutch Bake-Off and suspects that her grandmother, Ann, will walk away with the cherished Golden Rolling Pin thanks to her Kerststol, a traditional Dutch fruited Christmas…
15
A Merry Christmas Wish (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movie and comedy
Janie, a rising marketing executive living in The Big Apple, returns to her hometown of Woodland Falls when her Great-Uncle Randall passes away. Randall has even arranged for his farmhand, Dylan to help at the event…
16
A Cookie Cutter Christmas (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and comedy
Two longtime rivals and elementary school teachers duke it out during the holidays in a Christmas cookie bake-off, but their real feud ignites over a shared interest in a handsome single dad. With both determined to…
17
Christmas Wonderland (2018)
★ 6/10Also tv movie and romance
Heidi, who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator. Now, a week before the gallery’s big…
18
Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and tv movie
A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.
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Jingle Bell Heist (2025)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedy
Two down-on-their-luck hourly workers team up to rob a posh London department store on Christmas Eve. Will they steal each other's hearts along the way?
20
12 Gifts of Christmas (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and comedy
When Anna Parisi, an unemployed fine arts painter, is unable to make ends meet, she is hired to become a personal Christmas shopper for Marc, an uptight corporate exec. As they begin working together, Marc learns that…