Movies Like You Light Up My Christmas

If you liked You Light Up My Christmas (2019), a romance and tv movie movie directed by Rhonda Baraka, 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
Return to Christmas Creek (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and tv movie
As Christmas approaches, Amelia Hughes, a career-focused Chicago app developer lacking in holiday spirit, returns to her small hometown of Christmas Creek to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There, she reunites…
2
Dear Christmas (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also tv movie and romance
Natalie Morgan is an author and host of a popular podcast, Holiday Love, which shares true stories of holiday romance with its listeners. While to the outside world and her listeners everywhere see Natalie is an expert…
3
Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and tv movie
Lisa's trip home to Evergreen for the holidays finds her shepherding an effort to save the town's beloved general store, fulfilling the wishes of a Christmas past and finding a romance full of Christmas magic.
4
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.
5
The Christmas Ornament (2013)
★ 6/10Also romance and tv movie
Newly widowed Kathy plans to skip out on decking the halls and trimming the tree this Christmas, trying to avoid anything that will bring back memories of her late husband. When Kathy meets handsome Christmas tree shop…
6
Christmas at the Plaza (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and tv movie
With Christmas approaching in New York City, historian Jessica is hired to create an exhibition honoring the history of Christmas at The Plaza Hotel. When she is paired with Nick, a handsome decorator, they wind up…
7
A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and romance
Hotel manager Willow returns to her stunning Virginia hometown to help her sister plan a Christmas wedding at the inn her family once owned. She must work with current owner and single dad David, who wants to let go of…
8
Enchanted Christmas (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and tv movie
Weeks before Christmas, interior designer Laura is sent to her hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico to remodel a landmark hotel. As Laura is kept busy with the renovations, her 8-year-old daughter Nicole is introduced to…
9
A Little Christmas Charm (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and tv movie
Holly, a jewelry designer finds a lost charm bracelet and teams up with investigative reporter Greg in hopes of finding the owner and returning it by Christmas Eve.
10
Chateau Christmas (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and tv movie
Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.
11
A Glenbrooke Christmas (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and tv movie
As Christmas nears, heiress Jessica Morgan seizes what seems like her last chance to experience a relaxed Christmas and heads off to the small town of Glenbrooke, where she meets a handsome fireman.
12
Christmas Under the Stars (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and tv movie
When Nick is fired from his high-powered investment firm at Christmastime, he takes a job at a Christmas tree lot. There, he meets Julie, an astronomy teacher who’s always looked to the stars for hope. As the Christmas…
13
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…
14
Christmas in Homestead (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and tv movie
Jessica is one of the most famous actresses in the world, leading a glamorous – if tabloid worthy – life. But all that is thrown for a loop when she goes on location to shoot a holiday themed film in the…
15
Sharing Christmas (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and tv movie
A real estate developer is given the opportunity of his career to transform an old shopping complex into a prime location. Unfortunately, there is one tenant who is holding out—the Christmas shop owner he met by…
16
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.
17
Christmas Next Door (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and tv movie
Eric Randall, an author of bachelor lifestyle books, is left in charge of his young niece and nephew for the holidays. Eric turns to his neighbor April, a lover of all things Christmas, for help.
18
Catch a Christmas Star (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and tv movie
Nikki Crandon is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Whether she's singing the National Anthem or promoting her latest album, everyone knows who she is—none more so than New Jersey high school basketball coach…
19
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…
20
Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movie and romance
Emma Reynolds returns to Oliver's Well to celebrate Christmas for the last time with her siblings in the home they grew up in. After their parents recently passed, the siblings reluctantly agree to sell the family home…