Movies like To Have and to Holiday (2024)
The best movies like To Have and to Holiday (2024) are A Fiancé for Christmas (2021), Holidate (2020) and The Knight Before Christmas (2019). If To Have and to Holiday hooked you with its tv movie and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLast Christmas (2019)7.2/10 from 2,715 votes
- NewestJoy to the World (2025)Released 2025
A Fiancé for Christmas (2021)
Perpetually single Sawyer makes a fake wedding registry, hoping a shopping spree with a scan gun will be the ultimate retail therapy. But when the registry is discovered and the whole town throws her a surprise bridal shower, she's too embarrassed to tell the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Holidate (2020)
Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Knight Before Christmas (2019)
A medieval English knight is magically transported to present day where he ends up falling for a high school science teacher.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOur Holiday Story (2024)
Dave and Nell recount the Christmas where they unknowingly fell in love while working as rivals on a town festival, as their daughter’s boyfriend struggles to navigate his own relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The 5-Year Christmas Party (2024)
Over five years, Alice and her old theater school rival, Max, reunite each holiday season to work at a Chicago catering company's Christmas parties. While their undeniable chemistry grows, the timing is never right for romance - until the company's final season pushes them to confront their true feelings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Deck the Walls (2024)
Rose, a Chicago-based interior designer, returns to her Ohio hometown to save her brother's Christmas charity house flip, only to face her past, rekindle an old rivalry with her brother's best friend, and unexpectedly find love and purpose.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A California Christmas (2020)
With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBelieve in Christmas (2024)
Two best friends travel to Christmasland, a place filled with hope and miracles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Set It Up (2018)
Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Heiress of Christmas (2023)
Loryn, heiress to a famous department store Hamptons, is put to the test by her Grandmother in an attempt to motivate and inspire her. Things do not run smoothly as Loryn navigates her way through the pit falls of working at the store during its busiest time of the year – Christmas! To succeed she must impress the store’s handsome but cynical manager, Aiden.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Holiday (2006)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisConfessions of a Christmas Letter (2024)
Settie Rose, an eccentric matriarch, hires struggling novelist Juan to write her holiday contest entry. A mixup sparks gossip of Juan's engagement to Settie's daughter Lily, leading the family to play along humorously.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Holiday Engagement (2011)
Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents, in the shadow of her more successfully-attached siblings. So when Hillary's fiance, workaholic lawyer Jason King, dumps her because she isn't willing to relocate for his potential promotion, she panics because she had been promising to bring him home to meet her expectant family, whom she does not want to let down! As a last-minute idea, her best friend Sophie convinces her to actually hire someone to "play the role" of Jason for her return home on Thanksgiving.. leading to an interesting combination of sparks & revelations for all involved.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisAn Unexpected Valentine (2025)
A chance encounter on Valentine's Day brings Hannah and Finn together as they race through New York City to return a lost engagement ring and save one couple's special day.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
It's the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking—and the wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex, lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas in Rome (2019)
An independent-minded American tour guide is fired from her job in Rome just before Christmas. She crosses paths with an American executive named Oliver, who wants to buy a high-end Italian ceramics company. Oliver hires Angela to be his tour guide around the Eternal City, as the owner of the ceramics company won’t sell it to him until he learns “the heart and soul of Rome.” But is there another heart and soul that he may win?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Christmas Fiancé (2022)
A part-time student working at a resort restaurant in beautiful Italy is hired by her boss to be his fiancé for the holidays, so he can avoid getting married. Things get complicated when she begins to have genuine feelings for him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Christmas Inheritance (2017)
To inherit her father's company, socialite Ellen must first visit his small hometown, where she learns the value of hard work and helping others.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrading Up Christmas (2024)
Michelle, a dreamer determined to help her sister, embarks on a journey to trade a Christmas stocking for a house, all while finding love and renewed hope with a local reporter who believes in her vision.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Last Christmas (2019)
Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisResort to Love (2021)
Aspiring pop star Erica ends up as the entertainment at her ex-fiancé’s wedding after reluctantly taking a gig at a luxurious island resort while in the wake of a music career meltdown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Wedding Pact (2014)
Two best friends in college Mitch and Elizabeth make a pact that if in ten years after graduation they are both not married they will marry each other. Ten years later Mitch (still single) finds out Elizabeth never got married so he decides to travel across the country, find her and follow through on their pact. What he soon realizes is it wont be a simple as he thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisEverybody Loves Somebody (2017)
On the surface, Clara Barron seems to have it all: a job as an OB-GYN; a great house in LA; and a loving family. But, the one thing Clara doesn't have figured out is her love life. Pressured by a family wedding in Mexico, Clara asks a co-worker to pose as her boyfriend for the weekend festivities,- only to be caught by surprise when her ex- boyfriend (and family favorite) suddenly shows up after disappearing from her life completely. Torn, Clara must decide between going back to the past or open her heart to new and unexpected possibilities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Princess Switch (2018)
When a down-to-earth Chicago baker and a soon-to-be princess discover they look like twins, they hatch a Christmastime plan to trade places.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJoy to the World (2025)
Lifestyle guru Joy Edwards - whose cookbooks feature her perfect home life and family - is horrified when a TV network decides to film Christmas dinner at her fabled, but fabricated, country home. Now, she must recruit her best friend Max to pose as her fake husband for the cameras - but they both discover something real along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Merry Liddle Christmas Baby (2021)
This holiday, the Liddles have much to be merry about! Jacquie Liddle and her husband, Tyler, are preparing for the arrival of their first baby. With their family expanding in ways they could never have expected, the Liddles are headed for a crazy Christmas filled with merry mayhem and lots of love and laughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
The Christmas Consultant (2013)
Christmas is just around the corner but suburban workaholics Maya Fletcher and her husband Jack are too busy to get into the holiday spirit. As their Christmas to do list grows and deadlines fast approach, holiday spirit is at an all time low. Maya forgets she promised to host a Christmas Eve party for her and Jack’s whole family. In an effort to impress a potential new client, Maya has also invited him to spend the holidays with the family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
A Husband for Christmas (2016)
Brooke and Roger, two graphic designers in a soon-to-be-merged company, help one another by agreeing to a loveless marriage of convenience, suggested by their new boss. In the process, Brooke gets to upstage the sister who just announced her engagement to Brooke's ex-boyfriend during the holidays. But, with their “marriage” in question, will Brooke and Roger find a spark they didn’t know existed?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
As Luck Would Have It (2021)
When Lindsey travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort, she decides to enter the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment—and win over a handsome local.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMarrying Mr. Darcy (2018)
Schoolteacher Elizabeth Scott and businessman/philanthropist Donovan Darcy are blissfully in love and newly engaged. As the weeks fly by and the arrangements for their small autumn wedding grow more elaborate and Donovan, wrapped up in his work, is increasingly unavailable. Reminded yet again of their tremendous differences in background and temperament, Elizabeth can’t help but ask herself: should she marry Mr. Darcy?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like To Have and to Holiday?
The closest matches to To Have and to Holiday are A Fiancé for Christmas (2021), Holidate (2020) and The Knight Before Christmas (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after To Have and to Holiday?
People who watched To Have and to Holiday most often go on to A Fiancé for Christmas (2021), Holidate (2020) and The Knight Before Christmas (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like To Have and to Holiday?
Last Christmas (2019), rated 7.2/10 by 2,715 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like To Have and to Holiday?
Joy to the World (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like To Have and to Holiday?
Yes: A Fiancé for Christmas (2021), Holidate (2020) and The Knight Before Christmas (2019).
How are movies similar to To Have and to Holiday chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside To Have and to Holiday, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.