Movies like A Bride for Christmas (2012)
The best movies like A Bride for Christmas (2012) are Married by Christmas (2016), Our Christmas Wedding (2023) and A Very Merry Bridesmaid (2021). If A Bride for Christmas hooked you with its romance and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedChristmas Inheritance (2017)6.3/10 from 866 votes
- NewestA Cowboy Christmas Romance (2023)Released 2023
Married by Christmas (2016)
Due to an antiquated clause in her grandmother’s will, an ambitious young executive may lose her place at the family company unless she can get married by Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisOur Christmas Wedding (2023)
In the sequel, roles reverse as Nicole's boss plans newly engaged Nicole and Michael's wedding in two weeks at Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A Very Merry Bridesmaid (2021)
Leah's 30th birthday is on Christmas Eve, the same day as her brother's wedding. Her childhood crush is back in town for the wedding and he is determined to make sure her birthday does not go by the wayside.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing (2020)
As Michelle’s wedding approaches, Hannah steps up to help finish the launch of the new Evergreen museum while questioning her relationship and future with Elliot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Four Christmases and a Wedding (2017)
When event planner Chloe is hired to plan the local Christmas Festival, she is beyond thrilled to embrace the challenge. Professionally, everything is going great, but much to the dismay of her mother, Chloe confesses she has given up on ever finding Mr. Right. That all changes the night of the opening of the festival when she meets Evan. The two begin a whirlwind romance, but as Christmas Day nears, Chloe learns that Evan is being transferred overseas for work. What follows is three more Christmases where Chloe and Evan cross paths at the annual festival, but each year something - or someone - stands in the way of true love. Will a touch of Santa's magic on their fourth Christmas Eve finally bring them together?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Christmas Wedding Date (2012)
After being fired, Rebecca hours back to her old home town to attend her friends wedding on Christmas Eve and visit her mother. But when she tries to return home she finds she must relive Christmas Eve over and over until she gets it right.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Cookie Cutter Christmas (2014)
Two longtime rivals and elementary school teachers duke it out during the holidays in a Christmas cookie bake-off, but their real feud ignites over a shared interest in a handsome single dad. With both determined to win the prize and the romance, their competitiveness could jeopardize what matters most this Christmas season.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas in Montana (2019)
Before the holidays, Sara goes to Montana to help resistant Travis save his ranch. Can time on the ranch help restore her faith in Christmas in time for a miracle?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
The Christmas Cabin (2019)
When Seth unknowingly interrupts Sammi's quiet holiday getaway at her family cabin, their hearts get more than they bargain for; The Christmas Cabin is a romantic comedy about finding unexpected love with a little help from the Christmas season.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Christmas 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 Love Letter (2019)
When relationship advice columnist Amalie Hess receives an unsigned love letter in a Christmas card, she returns to her hometown to solve the mystery of who sent it and maybe find true love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A Vineyard Christmas (2023)
Heather Marques, host of Tannin TV’s popular show: Read Between the Vines, is determined to create the perfect Christmas episode by featuring a unique winery from her hometown in Washington State the specialists in Ice Wine. The only thing standing in her way? Rudy Knobloch, the attractive, stubborn owner of the winery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A Storybook Christmas (2019)
If event planner Celeste Everett is going to save her business and give her niece a happy Christmas season, she is going to need help. When the nanny she hires turns out to be a man, Celeste surprisingly realizes she may have also found Christmas love for herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Merry Matrimony (2015)
Brie Traverston is up for partner at her firm if she can successfully coordinate a Christmas wedding reshoot and ignore all the feelings that come with working with the one-that-got-away Eddie Chapman and his possibly new girlfriend Isabella.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlus One at an Amish Wedding (2022)
April works at a prestigious hospital in New York and has recently met a handsome veterinarian named Jesse. Jesse receives an invitation to his brother's wedding, so he and April travel to Amish Country to meet with those Jesse left behind years ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYou Can't Fight Christmas (2017)
Christmas designer Leslie Major is the biggest fan of Christmas ever. She is like a tidal wave of Yuletide cheer. Her biggest job every year is decorating the lobby of the famed Chesterton Hotel. As she is on a ladder decorating the tree, she falls into the arms of Edmund James - the grandson of the owner JJ James. Edmund is all business and thinks Christmas is superficial and frivolous.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisPerfect Match (2015)
When an engaged couple can’t agree on anything, the mother of the groom hires a wedding planner and an event planner to help put together the wedding of their dreams. The two planners are as different as night and day, but as they too learn to compromise, they discover opposites do indeed attract and can combine to produce incredible results!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisChristmas 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 thisMy Boyfriend's Back: Wedding March 5 (2019)
While planning her first wedding, Annalise is shocked to discover the best man is her ex-boyfriend. Meanwhile, inn owners Olivia and Mick both have secret plans in the works.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A Sugar & Spice Holiday (2020)
Suzie, a rising young architect, returns to her small hometown in Maine for Christmas. When she gets there, she is pushed to follow her grandmother's footsteps and enter the local gingerbread house competition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
The Mistletoe Promise (2016)
A chance meeting between two strangers who share a disdain for Christmas results in The Mistletoe Promise, a pact to help them navigate their holiday complications - together. But as they spend more time with each other and experience the magic of Christmas the phony couple discovers there may be more to their contract than business.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMarry Me at Christmas (2017)
Organizing a Christmas wedding is a true treat for bridal boutique owner Madeline Krug. She loves the challenge of finding the perfect dress for the bride and orchestrating an exquisite event. What Madeline didn’t expect was to be swept off her feet by the bride’s gorgeous brother, movie star, Jonny Blaze. Jonny came to the quirky town of Fool’s Gold to support his sister -- not to fall in love. Yet Madeline is the most extraordinary woman he’s ever met, and she finds the real Jonny even more captivating than her celebrity crush. Will the action star be brave enough to take on the role of a lifetime?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisComing Home for Christmas (2017)
Lizzie Richfield is at a crossroads when she lands a job as house manager for the exquisite Ashford Estate in the Virginia countryside. While planning one final Christmas Eve gala for the Marley family, Lizzie finds herself drawn to Robert—even as Kip pursues her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMatchmaker Santa (2012)
As a little girl, Melanie Hogan wished to find her own prince charming just like her parents found true love. Now an adult, Melanie is running her own bakery and dating a handsome CEO, Justin. Although things seem perfect when Justin asks Melanie to spend the holidays together at his beautiful lake house upstate—and meet his mother. Melanie finds herself spending more time with Justin’s best friend and loyal assistant, Dean, who just might be harboring a secret crush on her. When complications arise that throw Melanie and Dean together over the holiday, will the two realize they're meant to be?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisOne Small Hitch (2013)
On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy. Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families, and a series of events causes them to pretend to be a couple and start planning a phony wedding. When the playacting begins to foster real feelings, the two must make some serious decisions: Split up and return to their lives in LA, or make a life as a couple back in Chicago?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCampfire Kiss (2017)
Feeling disconnected with her teenage son, a protective mother decides to step outside of her comfort zone and take him camping. But as soon as she arrives, she begins butting heads with her cabin neighbor, a single father and outdoorsman who is also in search of a connection with his teen daughter. Stars Danica McKellar and Paul Greene.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Cowboy Christmas Romance (2023)
When pro real estate 'closer' Lexie Crenshaw is sent to her hometown of Tubac, AZ to close on a big ranch before Christmas, she is soon forced to confront former family drama as well as the sexy ranch owner who refuses to sell his home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Seven Year Hitch (2012)
Jennifer and Kevin are childhood best friends who have lived together, platonically, as adults for many years. When Jennifer decides to marry her cheating, manipulative boyfriend, Bryce Kevin has to stop the wedding to protect her from making, what he believes is, a terrible mistake. With a little help from his brother and neighbor Kevin discovers that he and Jennifer are already legally married due to common law, having lived together for seven years and, as such, Jennifer can not marry Bryce.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA 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
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like A Bride for Christmas?
The closest matches to A Bride for Christmas are Married by Christmas (2016), Our Christmas Wedding (2023) and A Very Merry Bridesmaid (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after A Bride for Christmas?
People who watched A Bride for Christmas most often go on to Married by Christmas (2016), Our Christmas Wedding (2023) and A Very Merry Bridesmaid (2021).
What is the highest-rated movie like A Bride for Christmas?
Christmas Inheritance (2017), rated 6.3/10 by 866 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like A Bride for Christmas?
A Cowboy Christmas Romance (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like A Bride for Christmas?
Yes: Married by Christmas (2016), Our Christmas Wedding (2023) and A Very Merry Bridesmaid (2021).
How are movies similar to A Bride for Christmas chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside A Bride for Christmas, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.