Movies Like Girlfriends of Christmas Past

If you liked Girlfriends of Christmas Past (2016), a romance and comedy movie directed by Jake Helgren, 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
EXmas (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and comedy
When Graham decides to surprise his family by traveling home for Christmas, he is shocked to discover them already celebrating with an unexpected guest of honor, his ex-fiancée, Ali. The two exes battle it out to see…
2
Holiday in Handcuffs (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance
A ne’er-do-well thirty-something attempts to appease her family by kidnapping herself an attractive boyfriend for the family Christmas. Despite unlikely odds and dysfunctional family moments, the two fall in love and…
3
Just Friends (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
4
Merry Matrimony (2015)
★ 5.8/10Also romance and tv movie
Brie Traverston is up for partner at her firm if she can successfully coordinate a Christmas wedding reshoot and ignore all the feelings that come with working with the one-that-got-away Eddie Chapman and his possibly…
5
A Biltmore Christmas (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and tv movie
Contemporary screenwriter Lucy Hardgrove is hired to pen the remake of the holiday classic His Merry Wife!, which was shot at the renowned Biltmore Estate. Taking a tour of the grounds, she accidentally knocks over an…
6
A Christmas Melody (2015)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romance
Kristin has just had to close her small Manhattan clothing boutique to return to her Ohio home town and live in her parents' former home. It's an adjustment for Kristin and her young daughter— especially when she runs…
7
'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…
8
Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and comedy
Single mom Maggie is facing Christmas alone until Lucas crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected house guest. Together they overcome Christmas while finding comfort in their growing bond.
9
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…
10
Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance
They've swapped Christmas – again. Can Hayley and James' relationship survive another turbulent family Christmas or has their future together gone off-piste?!
11
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…
12
No Sleep 'Til Christmas (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance
Lizzie, a high-end event planner, lies awake nightly while her devoted fiancé Josh rests peacefully. When a sleep-deprived incident causes her to run into Billy, a low-key bartender who is just as sleepless and…
13
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…
14
Love Hard (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romance
An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same…
15
The Holiday (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romance
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
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Christmas Made to Order (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and romance
When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen to bring holiday joy to his home. Gretchen’s expert Christmas spirit brings Steven’s…
17
Jingle Around the Clock (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romance
Elle decides to reunite her college friends for Christmas, but her plans are thwarted by an opportunity at work to spearhead a Christmas campaign relaunch. She's forced to team up with ad campaign "fixer" Max, who has…
18
Christmas in Love (2018)
★ 6/10Also tv movie and romance
Ellie Hartman is an aspiring crafter working in her small town’s bakery making famous Christmas Kringles. When the new, big-city CEO Nick Carlingson visits the bakery, he arrives filled with modernization ideas…
19
The Other Woman (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance
After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.
20
A Christmas Prince (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and tv movie
When a reporter goes undercover as a nanny to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love - but will she be able to keep up her lie?