Movies like The Bridge (2015)
The best movies like The Bridge (2015) are The Bridge Part 2 (2016), Under the Christmas Sky (2023) and Ms. Christmas Comes to Town (2023). If The Bridge hooked you with its tv movie and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedA Christmas Carol (1984)7.5/10 from 444 votes
- NewestHeaven Down Here (2023)Released 2023
- Same seriesThe Bridge Part 2 (2016)The Bridge
The Bridge Part 2 (2016)
The second-half of the movie picks up in the present day, seven years later, with Ryan returning home from being on the road touring as a professional singer and Molly working at her father's corporation.
Why it matches: Same series: The Bridge · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnder the Christmas Sky (2023)
Esteemed astrophysicist Kat, scheduled for her first trip into space but sidelined due to an accident, meets a new man at the local planetarium. Together, they must work hard to open a new exhibit by Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ms. Christmas Comes to Town (2023)
When Ms. Christmas, a shopping channel host, receives a terminal diagnosis, she heads on a multi-city excursion to spread Christmas cheer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Heaven Down Here (2023)
Inspired by Mickey Guyton’s song of the same name, “Heaven Down Here” tells the story of four disparate people who find themselves stranded in a local diner on Christmas Eve when a snowstorm hits the town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Joyeux Noel (2023)
Copy editor Lea and pragmatic reporter Mark head to France to learn about a mysterious artist behind a romantic Christmas painting.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Christmas in Evergreen (2017)
Allie, a veterinarian in Evergreen, reluctantly will spend Christmas with her long-distance boyfriend. Bound for the airport, she has engine trouble, and Ryan, headed to Florida with his daughter Zoe, stops to help. Sure they won’t meet again, they ignore their attraction, and part ways. At the diner, Zoe wishes on a snow globe, and a storm seems to grant her wish.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Christmas Heart (2012)
The tight-knit neighbors on Arthur Avenue have proudly lit Christmas luminaries for 40 years, but that long-standing tradition is cancelled this year when Matt Norman, a teenage boy in the neighborhood, is hospitalized in desperate need of a heart transplant. As his parents Ann and Mike anxiously pray by his bedside, a donor is found, while in Detroit, a mother is in anguish at her own son’s bedside. When Matt's neighbors decide to honor him in the best way they know how, they just might help save his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
A Veteran's Christmas (2018)
Captain Grace Garland, a decorated U.S. veteran, returns home after two tours of Search and Rescue in Afghanistan. After being separated from her beloved K9 partner, Grace must rediscover the magic of Christmas. When she finds herself stranded in the town of River’s Crossing a couple weeks before Christmas, the local judge, Joe Peterson, offers her a place to stay on his property and takes it upon himself to show Grace everything she has been missing; Christmas, family, community, and love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAn Old Fashioned Christmas (2010)
Isabella takes her granddaughter to Ireland to stay with a famous family friend for the holidays, only to discover that the best Christmases are simply spent with each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love (2020)
After 15 years, Pat moves home from Hawaii with his two sons and through a series of coincidences, or Godwinks, ends up stuck in traffic next to his high school sweetheart, Margie, at Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHoliday Road (2023)
A travel writer, a tech entrepreneur, a devoted mother and more strangers are stranded at the airport for the holidays, they rent a van for an unexpected road trip.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Miss Christmas (2017)
Holly Khun, known to Chicago as “Miss Christmas,” always finds a beautiful tree for the plaza, but this year’s was damaged, and the lighting ceremony is in 10 days. Hoping for a miracle, she combs through fan mail, and finds Joey McNary of Klaus, Wisconsin, has the perfect tree. Off she goes to Klaus, where she meets Joey’s handsome dad Sam.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas at Holly Lodge (2017)
Sophie Bennett begins a new holiday tradition of spending every holiday at the Evergreen Inn and Ski Lodge, which she inherited from her parents. Evergreen Inn is a special place filled with people who cannot make it home for the holidays or who have had such wonderful experiences that it has become their home-away-from-holiday-home. This Christmas, Sophie will meet an unforgettable family, and her own life will be forever changed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCheckin' 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 drama
A Season for Family (2023)
While Maddie’s adopted son wants to meet his brother Cody, who was adopted into another family, Cody’s father, isn’t ready.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Back to Christmas (2014)
Saddened about spending another Christmas alone, Ali meets Ginny, a quirky and spunky woman, at a diner on Christmas Eve. Ali tells Ginny that she was to be married on New Year's Eve last year, but over the course of the holidays she and her fiancé unexpectedly split. When Ali explains that she would do everything differently if she could go back in time, Ginny tells her that "sometimes people do get second chances." The following morning, Ali wakes up to find herself transported back to that Christmas before her planned wedding. While she sets out to avoid the mistakes of her past, she learns that changing the course of history is no easy task.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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
A Country Christmas Harmony (2022)
Follows Luke and Chrissy, a former country music duo and ex-sweethearts who run into each other years later after Chrissy disappeared on Luke, but now they realize they can only survive the holidays with the other one's help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Every Time a Bell Rings (2021)
Three reunited sisters discover their late father planned one last scavenger hunt - an annual holiday tradition when they were young. As their sisterly bond gets rekindled, they soon learn important lessons about what they want in life and in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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 drama
Mystery on Mistletoe Lane (2023)
When moving to a new town, Heidi and her kids discover a Christmas mystery with the help of the local handyman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
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 drama
The Christmas Note (2015)
Having just moved back to her hometown without her serviceman husband but with her young son, Gretchen Daniels finds her life in disarray as Christmas approaches. But she discovers new purpose when she helps to deliver a message to her neighbor, Melissa, which makes her an ally in the quest to find the neighbor's sibling she never knew she had. The women become bonded not only by the search, but by the understanding that being there for each other means they're no longer alone. This friendship becomes the greatest Christmas gift of their lives. Based on a bestselling novel by Donna VanLiere.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime for Us to Come Home for Christmas (2020)
Five guests are mysteriously invited to an inn to celebrate Christmas. With the help of the owner Ben, Sarah discovers that an event from the past may connect them and change their lives forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
A Christmas Carol (1984)
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSound of Christmas (2016)
Lizzie is a young piano teacher working at a music school while trying to save enough money for a Steinway piano. The school is gearing up for their major Christmas fundraiser and she has committed much of her time to plan the event. One afternoon, she meets Brad who takes an interest in her playing and asks if she will teach his uninterested teenage daughter. She begins to break through to the young girl, and sparks begin to fly with Brad, but she is shocked to find out that his interest is not solely in her playing, but in the property that houses the music school. She sets out to save the school and the event, but can she work things out with Brad?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Wrinkle in Time (2003)
Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNovember Christmas (2010)
A young father asks for pumpkins at the local farm stand. "In August? No." the farmer replies. The farmer ruminates on the odd request and gets involved with strangers for the first time since his son's death long ago.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChristmas in Angel Falls (2017)
Gabby Messinger, a Guardian Angel who has trouble following the rules and is known for meddling in the love live’s of others, is tasked by the Angel Michael to help the town of Angel Falls find its Christmas spirit again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Bridge?
The closest matches to The Bridge are The Bridge Part 2 (2016), Under the Christmas Sky (2023) and Ms. Christmas Comes to Town (2023). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Bridge?
People who watched The Bridge most often go on to Under the Christmas Sky (2023), Ms. Christmas Comes to Town (2023) and Heaven Down Here (2023).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Bridge?
A Christmas Carol (1984), rated 7.5/10 by 444 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Bridge?
Heaven Down Here (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Is The Bridge part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to The Bridge, which includes The Bridge Part 2 (2016).
Are there English movies like The Bridge?
Yes: The Bridge Part 2 (2016), Under the Christmas Sky (2023) and Ms. Christmas Comes to Town (2023).
How are movies similar to The Bridge chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Bridge, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.