29 Best Romantic Christmas Movies on Netflix to Watch This Holiday

Christmas and romance go hand in hand, and Netflix has become a treasure trove for anyone seeking the perfect holiday love story. There’s something about the season’s twinkling lights, festive traditions, and cozy settings that amplifies the magic of falling in love. Whether it’s a chance encounter under the mistletoe, a holiday-themed meet-cute, or a heartfelt proposal by the fire, romantic Christmas movies capture the joy and wonder of the season like nothing else.

Netflix offers a sleigh full of holiday romances, from lighthearted rom-coms to heartfelt dramas, all designed to warm your heart during the chilly months. Whether you’re looking for timeless classics or brand-new festive favorites, these romantic Christmas movies on Netflix are guaranteed to bring the holiday spirit—and maybe a few happy tears.

Holiday in the Wild (2019)

Director: Ernie Barbarash
Starring: Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis
Watch on: Netflix

When her husband abruptly ends their marriage, empty nester Kate embarks on a solo second honeymoon in Africa, finding purpose — and potential romance.

A Castle For Christmas (2021)

Director: Mary Lambert
Starring: Brooke Shields, Cary Elwes, Lee Ross, Andi Osho
Watch on: Netflix

The story follows a famed American author, Sophie, who travels to Scotland and finds herself wanting to buy a castle, but the prickly owner, a Scottish Duke named Myles, is reluctant to sell to a foreigner. Working to find a compromise, the pair constantly butt heads, but along the way they just may find more than they bargained for.

The Merry Gentlemen (2024)

Director: Peter Sullivan
Starring: Britt Robertson, Chad Michael Murray
Storyline: To save her parents’ small-town performing venue, a former big-city dancer decides to stage an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.
Available on: Netflix

Our Little Secret (2024)

Director: Stephen Herek
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Ian Harding, Tim Meadows, Jon Rudnitsky, Henry Czerny, Judy Reyes, Chris Parnell, Kristin Chenoweth
Watch On: Netflix

After discovering their significant others are siblings, two resentful exes must spend Christmas under one roof while hiding their romantic history.

Falling for Christmas (2022)

Director: Janeen Damian
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, George Young, Jack Wagner, Olivia Perez
Watch On: Netflix

A young, newly engaged heiress has a skiing accident in the days before Christmas. After she is diagnosed with amnesia, she finds herself in the care of the handsome cabin owner and his daughter.

Holidate (2020)

Director: John Whitesell
Starring: Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Jake Manley, Jessica Capshaw, Andrew Bachelor, Frances Fisher, Manish Dayal, Kristin Chenoweth
Watch on: Netflix

Randomly meeting at a store return counter introduces Sloane to Jackson. Both tired of nightmare dates (him) and meddling family (her) during the holidays, they strike an arrangement, whereby they meet as a couple only during the holidays to make life at the very least tolerable. Slowly, so slowly, while scoffing at the cliches of romance (and to their surprise), their relationship grows into something deeper.

Hot Frosty (2024)

Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Starring: Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Katy Mixon Greer, Lauren Holly, Chrishell Stause, Joe Lo Truglio, Craig Robinson
Watch On: Netflix

When a young widow’s magic scarf brings a dashing snowman to life, can he help her rediscover romance, laughter and holiday cheer before he melts away?

Meet Me Next Christmas (2024)

Director: Rusty Cundieff
Starring: Christina Milian, Devale Ellis, Kofi Siriboe, Tymika Tafari, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, Matt Sallee, Kalen Allen
Watch On: Netflix

In pursuit of a fairytale romance with the man of her dreams, Layla must race through New York City to get her hands on the hottest ticket in town: the sold out Pentatonix Christmas Eve Concert.

Let It Snow (2019)

Director: Luke Snellin
Starring: Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Kiernan Shipka, Odeya Rush, Liv Hewson, Mitchell Hope, Jacob Batalon, Joan Cusack
Watch On: Netflix

In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings together a group of young people. They soon find their friendships and love lives colliding, and come Christmas morning, nothing will be the same.

Love Hard (2021)

Director: Hernán Jiménez
Starring: Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet
Watch on: Netflix

Hopeless romantic but eternally single LA journalist Natalie (Nina Dobrev) thinks things are beginning to look up when she swipes right on a dreamy guy from the East Coast, Tag (Darren Barnet). Taking a leap of faith, she jumps on a flight to surprise her crush for the holidays, only to discover that she’s been catfished by Tag’s childhood friend who is equally unlucky in love, Josh (Jimmy O. Yang). This lighthearted romantic comedy chronicles her attempt to reel in love.

Christmas with You (2022)

Director: Gabriela Tagliavini
Starring: Aimee Garcia, Freddie Prinze Jr.
Watch on: Netflix

Rom-com icon Freddie Prinze Jr. returns to the genre in this holiday offering, directed by Gabriela Tagliavini. Aimee Garcia co-stars as an exhausted pop star whose label is demanding a holiday track before Christmas. Seeking inspiration, she travels to upstate New York to meet with a young fan, but when a snowstorm hits, she has to crash with the teenager’s family. Luckily, the girl’s widowed father (Prinze) is a songwriter, too — and it turns out they make pretty good music together.

Single All The Way (2021)

Director: Michael Mayer
Starring: Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Luke Macfarlane, Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Robertson, Jennifer Coolidge, Kathy Najimy
Watch on: Netflix

The plot follows a man (Michael Urie) who convinces his best friend (Philemon Chambers) to pretend to be his boyfriend when he goes home for Christmas, only to be set up on a blind date by his mother (Kathy Najimy).

A California Christmas (2020)

Director: Shaun Piccinino
Starring: Lauren Swickard, Josh Swickard
Watch on: Netflix

Needing to acquire a California family farm to complete a business deal, CEO Amy Van Aston forces her Casanova son Joseph to seduce the woman owner into complying or else lose his lavish lifestyle. Mistaken for an expected ranch hand, Joseph accepts the job as a means to infiltrate the situation and get the owner to sell. Unfortunately, manual labor isn’t in his background, and neither is falling for a woman he’s trying to seduce. it sequel A California Christmas: City Lights released in 2021.

Operation Christmas Drop (2020)

Director: Martin Wood
Starring: Kat Graham, Alexander Ludwig
Watch on: Netflix

Congressional aide Erica forgoes family Christmas to travel at her boss’s behest. At a beach side Air Force base, she clashes with Capt. Andrew Jantz, who knows her assignment is finding reasons to defund the facility.

The Knight Before Christmas (2019)

Director: Monika Mitchell
Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Whitehouse, Emmanuelle Chriqui
Watch on: Netflix

Even once you’ve watched all the Princess Switch films, your Vanessa Hudgens holiday viewing is not complete! Monika Mitchell’s zany romantic fantasy The Knight Before Christmas stars the actor as a Midwestern high school teacher who falls in love, improbably enough, with a medieval knight (Josh Whitehouse). The knight has magically traveled through time to fulfill an unspecified cosmic quest by Christmas Eve. As one does!

Dash & Lily (2020)

Director: Fred Savage, Brad Silberling, Pamela Romanowsky
Starring: Austin Abrams, Midori Francis, Dante Brown, Troy Iwata
Watch on: Netflix

A whirlwind Christmas romance builds as cynical Dash and optimistic Lily trade dares, dreams and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations around New York City.

The Princess Switch (2018)

Director: Mike Rohl
Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar
Watch On: Netflix

Stacy, a type-A planner with a penchant for schedules, takes a spontaneous trip to the charming land of Belgravia at the suggestion of her sous chef and best friend, Kevin. While preparing for the Royal Christmas Baking Contest, Stacy faces an identical stranger and a strange request. Free-spirited but royally obligated,all Duchess Margaret Delacourt really wants is one last chance to experience life as a “normal person” before she dutifully marries the Crown Prince of Belgravia. Stacy can give her that wish. And then, who could resist following the look-alikes’ story further, with sequels Switched Again and Romancing the Star?

Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023)

Director: Mary Lambert
Starring: Heather Graham, Brandy Norwood, Matt Cedeño, Jason Biggs
Storyline: Every Christmas, without fail, Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte, her husband Rob, and their family on Jackie and her husband Valentino’s snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, Charlotte seizes the opportunity to prove that her old friend’s “perfect” life can’t possibly be that perfect. But in her overzealous attempt to expose Jackie, Charlotte nearly ruins Christmas for both families and must team up with her old friend to reassemble the pieces.
Watch on: Netflix

Christmas Inheritance (2017)

Director: Ernie Barbarash
Starring: Eliza Taylor, Jake Lacy, Andie MacDowell, Michael Xavier, Neil Crone
Watch on: Netflix

It’s a classic Christmas setup: A city dweller gets stuck in a small town, where they’re at first frustrated and eventually charmed. In this twist on that holiday subgenre from Ernie Barbarash, Eliza Taylor plays the spoiled city girl, Ellen; her CEO father sends her to his tiny New England hometown at Christmas to test whether she’s capable of inheriting his role. There, she meets Jake (Jake Lacy) and his aunt Debbie (Andie MacDowell), whose generous influence changes her perspective.

A Christmas Prince (2017)

Director: Alex Zamm
Starring: Rose McIver, Ben Lamb, Tom Knight, Sarah Douglas, Daniel Fathers, Alice Krige, Tahirah Sharif
Watch on: Netflix

Suddenly junior editor Amber gets a chance to go out and do some real reporting. She’s sent to Aldovia to report on prince Richard who has to decide whether he wants to become king or not before Christmas eve. When the prince don’t turn up for the planned press conference Amber seize the chance to sneak into the palace to try and find something to report. Once inside she’s mistaken for princess Emily’s new tutor who was originally expected after the holidays and she plays along to get the chance to find her scoop. From her new position she soon learns that there is more to prince Richard than the playboy image he gets in the press. There’s also complications around his accession to the throne. Amber is dragged into the events but will they be able to forgive her if they find out she’s a reporter? Viewers fell in love, too, prompting the release of A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding in 2018 and A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby in 2019.

The Holiday Calendar (2018)

Director: Bradley Walsh
Starring: Kat Graham, Quincy Brown, Ethan Peck, Ron Cephas Jones
Watch on: Netflix

A struggling but talented photographer inherits an antique holiday advent calendar, the contents of which seem to predict the future. Will this magical calendar lead her to love this holiday season?

Holiday Rush (2019)

Director: Leslie Small
Starring: Romany Malco, Sonequa Martin-Green, Deon Cole, Amarr M. Wooten, La La Anthony, Alysia Livingston, Andrea-Marie Alphonse, Selena-Marie Alphonse, Roscoe Orman, Malika Samuel, Deysha Nelson, Tamala Jones, Darlene Love
Watch on: Netflix

Single dad and radio DJ Rashon “Rush” Williams (Romany Malco) loses his job right as his four entitled kids share their pricey Christmas lists. To keep Rush on the air in Pittsburgh, his producer and aunt plan to help him buy another station – if the Williams family can downsize fast and embrace a simpler life. In this heartwarming film, a loving father reconnects with his children when they all learn that true joy comes from who you have, not what you have.

Carol (2015)

Director: Todd Haynes
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Kyle Chandler
Watch On: Netflix

Aspiring photographer Therese spots the beautiful, elegant Carol perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.

A Naija Christmas (2021)

Director: Kunle Afolayan
Starring: Abayomi Alvin, Kunle Remi, Efa Iwara and Rachel Oniga
Watch on: Netflix

Three loyal sons scramble to find wives they can bring home to their dying mother by Christmas as she plans the most gorgeous celebration ever. There’s not much snow in Lagos, but there is a lot of Christmas cheer in this family-friendly holiday film. We’re into this one.

The Noel Diary (2022)

Director: Charles Shyer
Starring: Justin Hartley, Barrett Doss, Essence Atkins, Bonnie Bedelia, James Remar
Watch on: Netflix

This holiday drama from Father of the Bride filmmaker Charles Shyer delivers a little bit of romance and a little bit of mystery. After the death of his mother, a successful novelist (Justin Hartley) travels to his hometown at Christmas to settle her estate. There, he meets a young woman (Barrett Doss) searching for answers about her own family history; together, they confront their pasts — and maybe find a future.

Twas the Text Before Christmas (2023)

Director: T.W. Peacocke
Starring: Merritt Patterson, Trevor Donovan, Jayne Eastwood, Patrice Goodman
Watch on: Netflix

Addie works as a chiropractor in New York. During the holiday season, she receives a text message that was sent to her by mistake. The older woman who sent it, Nana, lives in Vermont. Addie and Nana become friendly, and Nana invites Addie to her home for Christmas. Addie is usually the kind of person who plays it safe. However, with her own family out of the country, she accepts the invitation. Addie is welcomed by the rest of Nana’s family, including the son, James. This starts a new Christmas tradition in which Addie could find a new family and maybe even love.

Bringing Christmas Home (2023)

Director: Jill Wagner, Paul Greene, Jess Brown, Simon Arblaster
Starring: Mike Rohl
Watch on: Netflix

Retired military officer, now Military History professor, Caroline Upton is enlisted to assist antiques store owner, Russell Carlisle in finding the family of WWII Army officer Orin Newton before Christmas with the hope of returning precious personal artifacts – Orin’s dress uniform, medals, and a stack of love letters from his beloved Alice who waits for him back home. Epaulettes and insignia provide initial clues, though the search seems to dead end when Caroline discovers Orin was captured and listed as MIA. Caroline and Russell then search the love letters for clues as to what happened to Orin and whether he ever made it home to Alice.

A Royal Date for Christmas (2023)

Director: Bradley Walsh
Starring: Danica McKellar, Damon Runyan, Nigel Hamer, Patrice Goodman
Watch on: Netflix

Small-town boutique owner Bella has an aristocratic new client. Could an unlikely romance with a charming British duke be in the cards this Christmas?

A Paris Christmas Waltz (2023)

Director: Michael Damian
Starring: Jen Lilley, Matthew Morrison, Paul Freeman, Jade Ewen, Graziano Di Prima, Debbie Matenopoulos
Watch on: Netflix

Emma has always loved dancing, and over the past year, she has been attending a dance class after being persuaded by her best friend. When her accounting firm faces downsizing, she quits to save the job of a colleague with a family. Meanwhile, Leo, a former professional ballroom dancer, has been on a break but is convinced by his old dance teacher, choreographer Henry, to compete in this year’s dance competition in Paris. By chance, Emma happens to be at the same place where Leo is auditioning with potential dance partners. Leo dances with her and immediately wants her to join him in Paris to compete together.

List of Best Romantic Christmas Movies on Netflix

Here are the best Netflix Christmas romance movies that audiences love the most. I’m sure these romantic holiday movies on Netflix give you the festive vibes.