Movies Like The Return of Ironside
If you liked The Return of Ironside (1993), a tv movie movie directed by Gary Nelson, 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.
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My Christmas Prince (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also tv movieSamantha, a dedicated teacher in Manhattan, returns to her home town of Maple Falls, Wyoming every year for Christmas. This year, she’s delighted when her boyfriend Alex, a European diplomat from the tiny country of…
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The Hunchback (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movieBased on Victor Hugo's famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmeralda.
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A Merry Christmas Wish (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movieJanie, 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…
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As Luck Would Have It (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also tv movieWhen Lindsey travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort, she decides to enter the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment—and win over a handsome local.
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Love, Classified (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movieRomance novelist Emilia is a whirlwind who blows back into the lives of her adult children, Taylor and Zach, under the pretense of a book signing arranged by her hometown's local book shop. As Emilia tries to…
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'Tis the Season to be Merry (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movieLooking for a fresh angle to her book on relationships, Merry heads to snow-covered Vermont. She finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Chris.
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Love and Sunshine (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also tv movieAlly Craig has been fostering retired military dog, Sunshine, as she recovers from a broken engagement. But sparks fly again when Sunshine's military partner, Jake Terry, returns to claim the dog.
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Crossfire Trail (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movieRafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the integrity of drifter Covington. And an…
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Next Stop, Christmas (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movieAngie wonders what her life would be like if she had married a former boyfriend who became a famous sportscaster. She takes the train home to spend Christmas with her family and inexplicably finds herself 10 years in…
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Love in Winterland (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movieAlly, a final contestant on a dating show, must face her high school sweetheart when she is chosen for the Hometown Date.
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When Calls the Heart (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movieElizabeth Thatcher, a cultured young teacher in 1910, fears leaving her comfortable world in the city. But when she accepts a teaching position in a frontier town, she finds new purpose and love with a handsome Royal…
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Home by Spring (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movieWhen an ambitious event planner gets an opportunity she can’t refuse, she goes undercover as her boss and returns to her rural hometown. With the help of her family and the man she left behind, she pulls off the…
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Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movieThe true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
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Haul Out the Holly (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movieEmily arrives home, hoping to visit her parents, only to discover that they are leaving on a trip of their own. As she stays at their house for the holidays, their HOA is determined to get Emily to participate in the…
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A Kiss Before Christmas (2021)
★ 6/10Also tv movieEthan, always the nice guy, wakes up in a new reality at Christmas. Initially, he is enthralled with his new life but soon realizes that it's not what he thought it would be.
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Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also tv movieThree brothers get the surprise of their lives when they are forced to work together to care for a baby over the holidays. As they slowly get the hang of things, they find themselves on unexpected journeys of…
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Runaway Romance (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movieWhen she’s written out of her show, her relationship and her seemingly perfect life, reality TV star Ann Stanway leaves Hollywood and finds herself marooned in Amish country. But when Ann is taken in by the owner of a…
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Christmas at Castle Hart (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movieBrooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart, Earl of Glaslough. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she’s hired to host his castle’s epic Christmas…
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Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movieKennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.
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A Bramble House Christmas (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movieWhile settling his father’s estate, Finn Conrad becomes suspicious as to why the man left a nurse $100,000. His dad knew her for less than two months before he died. Just before Christmas, Finn wants what to reclaim…