Movies Like Secret Santa

If you liked Secret Santa (2003), a tv movie and family movie directed by Ian Barry, 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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Christmas at Grand Valley (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and family
Burned out from the hubbub of the Chicago gallery world, artist Kelly returns home to the picturesque Grand Valley just in time for Christmas. Leo, businessman and all-star dad to his children, struggles to balance his…
2
A Royal Christmas (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie and romance
A young working girl with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fiancé announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at…
3
Return to Christmas Creek (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and family
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…
4
Mr. 365 (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and romance
When workaholic reality TV producer Sophie starts working on a holiday-season show about Will, a wildly sexy guy who celebrates Christmas every day of the year, she finds herself falling for her mysterious, unlikely…
5
Poinsettias for Christmas (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and tv movie
It’s just weeks before Christmas when Ellie gets a call to return home to help her father on the family’s poinsettia farm. The family business is on the line to deliver tens of thousands of plants for the town’s annual…
6
A Godwink Christmas: Meant For Love (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also tv movie and romance
Multiple coincidences and a chance meeting bring together Alice and Jack, two strangers from very different family backgrounds, for an unexpected Christmastime courtship filled with personal revelations, misread…
7
Grounded for Christmas (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and tv movie
When a winter storm hits Cleveland and grounds flights, the nearby hotels quickly fill up with stranded travelers. Nina, a pilot, reluctantly agrees to let her arrogant but charming fellow pilot, Brady, stay at her…
8
Snow Queen (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also family and tv movie
Since a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely and isolated, Gerda's only joy is Kai, the handsome bellboy. A…
9
Christmas Magic (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and family
Carrie Bishop, a successful event planner in New York City, is left unconscious after a car accident. In order to "pass over" to Heaven, she must help Scott Walker and his daughter Abby save their restaurant and find…
10
All of My Heart: Inn Love (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and tv movie
Brian and Jenny are preparing for the grand opening of their bed and breakfast, Emily's Country Inn, when a big storm hits Buck County. Brian agrees to go back to Wall Street to boost their funds, while Jenny scrambles…
11
Secret Millionaire (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and tv movie
When a bored millionaire (Steve Lund) is mistaken for a parking attendant by a beautiful girl (Siobhan Williams) who is protesting against his family’s intention of closing a local park, he uses the misunderstanding to…
12
Same Time, Next Christmas (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and tv movie
Olivia Anderson is a successful young woman who met her childhood sweetheart during her family’s annual Christmas visit to Hawaii. After being separated by distance and years, the two reunite at the same Hawaiian…
13
A Winter Princess (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movie and romance
When Carly, secretly a princess, plans Snowden Peak’s Snow Ball with Jesse, their attraction is undeniable. In planning the event, the two make the gala a fundraiser to help infuse much needed resources into the…
14
Christmas at Dollywood (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie and romance
Event planner Rachel lands her biggest job yet – Dollywood's 30th Smoky Mountain Christmas celebration, where she’s teamed with operations director Luke to plan an event as glamorous as Dolly Parton herself. Sparks…
15
The Amazing Mr. Blunden (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also family and tv movie
Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts. They’ve travelled forwards in time to seek help, believing they’re…
16
Stardust (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also romance and family
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest…
17
Legends of the Hidden Temple (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also family and tv movie
Three siblings who break away from a lackluster temple tour in a jungle finds themselves immersed in a real-life mission comprised of obstacles that they must complete in order to escape alive.
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Wedding Bells (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and romance
Nick and Molly, commitment-phobic and busy professionals with little in common, are asked to be the best man and maid of honor at the wedding of their mutual friends, Amy and Jamie.
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Bad Date Chronicles (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and tv movie
Leigh runs the website "Bad Date Chronicles," which allows people to anonymously post horrible date experiences. When rival blogger Conner becomes the subject of one of her posts, they agree to date each other to see…
20
Running for Grace (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also family and romance
An orphan boy of mixed race finds family with the newly arrived white village doctor in Hawaii. The boy can run like the wind, and begins bringing Doc's medicine to coffee pickers throughout the mountainous region. On…