Movies like Mystic Christmas (2023)
The best movies like Mystic Christmas (2023) are Operation Mistletoe (2024), Navigating Christmas (2023) and The Secret Gift of Christmas (2023). If Mystic Christmas hooked you with its tv movie and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- NewestOperation Mistletoe (2024)Released 2024
Operation Mistletoe (2024)
When Grace's former classmate (and crush) Ryan arrives home for Christmas, Grace's best friend initiates "Operation Mistletoe" to get them together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Navigating Christmas (2023)
Recently divorced Melanie brings her son to a remote island for Christmas, where she connects with a lighthouse owner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Secret Gift of Christmas (2023)
Bonnie is a personal shopper who helps her new, widowed client Patrick reconnect with his young daughter. Though Bonnie and Patrick's ideas of shopping couldn't be more different, she is determined to get Patrick and his daughter everything on their wish list.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Santa Summit (2023)
Amidst a sea of Santas at their town's annual Christmas celebration, three friends all find what they’re looking for: Christmas spirit, potential romance, and a strengthened bond of friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Open by Christmas (2021)
When Nicky finds an unopened Christmas card from a high school secret admirer, she and her best friend Simone search to find and thank the anonymous author.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Jinglebell Jubilee (2023)
A city manager recruits the help of a childhood friend in setting right his town’s Christmas Charity event, while she sets to work setting him up with her close friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Scouting for Christmas (2024)
Busy realtor and single mom Angela meets bakery owner William after her daughter tries to set them up by having him cater her scout troop’s holiday event.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Yuletide the Knot (2023)
Small town wedding planner Rachel is planning her biggest Christmas wedding for an influencer couple, is thrown a surprise when the bride's manager turns out to be Logan, her first love and high school sweetheart - her one that got away.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Magic in Mistletoe (2023)
Successful yet recluse author Harrington returns to his hometown for an annual Christmas festival, where he must face his publicist there for damage control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Holiday Hotline (2023)
Upon leaving London and working at a cooking hotline, Abby connects with an anonymous caller — a single dad who Abby unknowingly is also smitten with in real life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Christmas with a Kiss (2023)
This Mahogany film follows a woman who returns home for her family’s Christmas Carnival, unexpectedly meeting a photo journalist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Christmas in the Pines (2021)
As Ariel, an up-and-coming magazine writer, and Mark, a successful architect, battle over ownership of an idyllic Christmas cottage, they soon discover that their cozy holiday getaway may not be the only thing they love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)
Sadie Walker is starting over in her hometown of Chesterfield, New York, following a series of major life disruptions that include leaving her law practice after losing her biggest case and no longer being engaged.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Dickens of a Holiday! (2021)
To make the 100th anniversary of her hometown's Victorian festival a success, Cassie invites action movie star and former high school classmate Jake to play Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A Christmas Blessing (2023)
Renowned TV star Mandy Gilmore says goodbye to her hit culinary series, A World of Food, with plans to travel the globe dining in all 142 Michelin star restaurants. Before jetting to Paris, Mandy stops in Milwaukee with the deed to her deceased aunt’s food pantry, Angel’s Fare, recently purchased by adjacent business owner, Adam Carraway. A simple transaction. Until pantry volunteer, Otto Nessen reminds all that Aunt Susie's love of cooking was truly love of feeding and inspires one more holiday feast for those who need it most. Haul out the holly! For we need a little Christmas now.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Mistletoe Mixup (2021)
Holly is a young workaholic with no time for romance, or the holidays. She ends up meeting two great guys on the same day, but unbeknownst to her, they turn out to be brothers. While on a holiday ski trip, a sibling rivalry ensues for her affection. Will she find true love this Christmas, or spend another holiday alone?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Everything Christmas (2023)
Christmas lover Lori Jo and her roommate head to Yuletide Springs for a longtime tradition to honor her late grandmother — and meet two men, Carl and Jason, along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
My Favorite Christmas Tree (2022)
Kyla is a skilled genealogy researcher who’s made a thriving business of putting together family trees. When she comes across new information regarding her mother’s mysterious extended family, she and her sister travel to the charming town of Conifer, hoping to piece together their ancestry. The search leads Kyla to a generations-old Christmas tree farm, its stubborn but handsome owner… and, possibly, love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Checkin' It Twice (2023)
A journeyman hockey player falls for a real estate agent in a career crisis when he's traded to her hometown and moves into the cottage in her hockey-loving family's backyard.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A Furry Little Christmas (2021)
A big-city veterinarian falls for a small-town doctor when he sets out to recreate a New York City Christmas in her Vermont hometown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A Fabled Holiday (2022)
Talia and her childhood best friend Anderson unexpectedly reunite in a curiously familiar looking town full of Christmas spirit that restores its visitors when they need it most.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
To All a Good Night (2023)
After a small-town photographer saves a man’s life, she learns he’s in town to buy her family’s parkland, the location of the annual Christmas celebration.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Candy Coated Christmas (2021)
Molly Gallant, a Los Angeles-based marketing-executive on top of the world, returns to her mother’s home town of Peppermint Hollow after her plans to launch a business are derailed by circumstance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
An Ice Palace Romance (2023)
A journalist faces old fears when she returns to her hometown ice rink to cover a story. With the help of the owner and his young daughter, she begins to reevaluate her life's purpose.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Christmas on Cherry Lane (2023)
Three couples at different parts of life navigate big turning points in their lives over the holidays.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Coyote Creek Christmas (2021)
While throwing a "Christmas Around the World" party at her family's inn, an event planner discovers Christmas magic with a charming father-son duo whose presence brings about tension and joy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWinter Castle (2019)
When Jenny attends her sister’s winter wedding at an ice hotel, her heart melts over the best man, the problem is he unexpectedly brings a “plus one,” seemingly dashing her hopes for a wintery romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInventing the Christmas Prince (2022)
Shelby is about to quit her job as a rocket engineer when her daughter becomes convinced that her Scrooge-like boss, Evan, is the Christmas Prince from a story Shelby invented years ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Flipping for Christmas (2023)
Right before Christmas, realtor Abigail agrees to help her sister with what she believes will be an easy flip of an inherited home. Things get tricky when the co-beneficiary Bo has a different idea.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Cranberry Christmas (2020)
A separated couple feign marital bliss on national television to help their town’s Christmas festival – and their business. But what will the future hold for them when rekindled love is complicated by new opportunities?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Mystic Christmas?
The closest matches to Mystic Christmas are Operation Mistletoe (2024), Navigating Christmas (2023) and The Secret Gift of Christmas (2023). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Mystic Christmas?
People who watched Mystic Christmas most often go on to Operation Mistletoe (2024), Navigating Christmas (2023) and The Secret Gift of Christmas (2023).
What is the newest movie like Mystic Christmas?
Operation Mistletoe (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Mystic Christmas?
Yes: Operation Mistletoe (2024), Navigating Christmas (2023) and The Secret Gift of Christmas (2023).
How are movies similar to Mystic Christmas chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Mystic Christmas, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.