Movies like Radio Christmas (2019)
The best movies like Radio Christmas (2019) are Merry Mystery Christmas (2023), Let's Meet Again on Christmas Eve (2020) and Finding Father Christmas (2016). If Radio Christmas hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- NewestTime for Her to Come Home for Christmas (2023)Released 2023
Merry Mystery Christmas (2023)
When Leslie, a rising star reporter inadvertently botches her investigative piece about a powerful City Council member, her boss decides she needs to pivot to something more seasonal. Her next assignment is to uncover the identity of a local late-night bandit who has been stealing beautiful home Christmas displays across the city. She’s not the only one on the case though, Preston, local detective and Christmas enthusiast has made it his mission to identify the culprit and restore the town’s holiday spirit. As they spend more time together, they discover more than just clues pointing them to their culprit, they also discover that their undeniable chemistry might actually be true love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Let's Meet Again on Christmas Eve (2020)
Two college sweethearts reconnect while coordinating a wedding just in time for the holidays.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Finding Father Christmas (2016)
Orphaned at a young age at Christmas, Miranda finds a clue that could unveil the truth about her father - and maybe a little something else will rekindle her Christmas spirit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRocky Mountain Christmas (2017)
Sarah Davis heads to her uncle’s struggling ranch to escape New York and the spotlight from a recent breakup. Returning home for the first time since her aunt passed, complications arise when Graham, an entitled Hollywood star, arrives at the ranch to prepare for his next film. As Sarah and Graham start to bond, Sarah may get more for Christmas than she bargained for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Christmas Promise (2021)
Nicole learns to deal with grief, with the help of her grandfather and a carpenter she hires to renovate the home that was once meant for her and her fiancé.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Christmas Encore (2017)
A struggling actress is cast in her last off (off) Broadway show - a modern take on “A Christmas Carol” - before giving up her dream and moving home. Instead, she finds romance with her director and a renewed passion for her craft and the city. But when the historic theater loses its lease and the show is set to fold, she and her cast mates are need of a Christmas miracle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSmall Town Christmas (2018)
Author Nell Phillips’ first book has become a surprise best-seller of the Christmas season. Nell’s last stop on a nationwide book tour takes her to the town of Springdale, the hometown of Emmett Turner, a young man she met over five years ago while both were junior copy editors at a New York publishing company. Nell was hurt when Emmett stood her up for a dinner date and then disappeared from New York without any explanation. As Nell is quick to admit, Emmett’s colorful, nostalgic anecdotes about Springdale inspired her to write this book that is shaping her life and especially this holiday season.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime for Her to Come Home for Christmas (2023)
Carly heads to a small town to lead a church choir at Christmastime, facing her first holiday season without her mother. While there, she connects with a man back in town after serving in the Army.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Christmas in the Air (2017)
Lydia, a successful professional organizer, is constantly trying to grow her business, but even her ambition takes a back seat to love when she meets Robert, a frazzled widower with two young children. A toy inventor, Robert is asked to present his new Christmas toy line to a superstore. His challenge is he only has 12 days to get his life and his business in order. Talk about a Christmas rush! Lydia shows Robert that this task goes way deeper than messy junk drawers and encompasses every aspect of his life. While she’s intent on helping him straighten out details he had long ignored, Robert teaches the buttoned-up Lydia that messiness can be a delightful part of life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Cape Cod Christmas (2021)
When a children's author hosts one last Christmas dinner with her disagreeable siblings before they sell the family house, she reunites with her childhood sweetheart who helps her find a way to keep the home she loves so dearly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Homegrown Christmas (2018)
After stepping down as CEO of her dream job, Maddie heads home for the holidays to gain perspective. She finds herself running into her old high school sweetheart Carter, and tensions quickly arise. When forced to put together a Christmas dance for the local high school, Carter and Maddie find themselves putting their differences aside and rediscover what made them fall in love all those years ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Christmas Cookies (2016)
Aunt Sally's Christmas Cookie Company is sold to a large conglomerate and executive Hannah must seal the deal and shut down the factory, which is the small town of Cookie Jar's lifeblood. What was supposed to be a simple assignment for Hannah becomes complicated when she meets Jake, the factory owner who's determined to keep the factory in town. Despite not being a fan of the holiday, the Christmas spirit in this small town is infectious and she gets swept up in the joy of the season while also falling in love with Jake.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Christmas Duet (2019)
Former couple and pop music duo Averie and Jesse unexpectedly reunite at her inn during the holidays. As they spend time together, they rediscover long-buried feelings and must decide if they are meant to live their lives solo or in harmony together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Just in Time for Christmas (2015)
Lindsay is faced with a life-altering decision as Christmas approaches: Stay in her tiny hometown and marry boyfriend Jason or accept a coveted post teaching at an Ivy League college on the other side of the country. What to do? Fortunately for Lindsay, she has some big-time help in the form of a magical messenger who is able to transport her three years into the future to see how it would all turn out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove You Like Christmas (2016)
Maddie, a high-powered marketing executive, is on her way to a client’s wedding but her plans are derailed by car trouble. When a fork in the road leads her to Christmas Valley, a town in love with Christmas, an unexpected encounter and a group of strangers that start to feel like family will have her questioning what she’s really been missing in life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Christmas Aunt (2020)
When Rebecca Miller returns home to Tennessee two weeks before Christmas to take care of her niece and nephew while their parents are away, the last thing she expected is to reconnect with her childhood best friend, Drew. As she attempts to revive the kids’ Christmas spirit and redeem their faith in Santa, she rediscovers her favorite childhood activity: 12 Days of Christmas–something she always did with Drew. As the kids’ faith in the holiday grows, Rebecca and Drew’s friendship returns, and she starts looking at Drew in a whole new light.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Our Christmas Love Song (2019)
When country star Melody Jones is accused of plagiarizing her holiday single, she returns home to spend Christmas with her estranged family and old flame and learns what is important in life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Christmas at Castle Hart (2021)
Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart, Earl of Glaslough. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she’s hired to host his castle’s epic Christmas party.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas Town (2019)
Lauren Gabriel leaves everything behind in Boston to embark on a new chapter in her life and career. But an unforeseen detour to the charming town of Grandon Falls has her discover unexpected new chapters - of the heart and of family - helping her to embrace, once again, the magic of Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Show-Stopping Christmas (2022)
Riley Burdett, the artistic director of the Onota Theatre in Massachusetts, learns that the theatre’s Scrooge-like owner Regina is preparing to close. So, she calls upon the ghosts of Regina’s past, present, and future to change her mind. Meanwhile, Riley casts a big TV star, Sam Palmer, who has moved to the area to escape, as Bob Cratchit in “A Christmas Carol.”
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Every Day Is Christmas (2018)
Shrewd money manager Alexis Taylor gets the holiday visit of a lifetime. A self-proclaimed workaholic who ‘humbugs’ love, Alexis ends up embracing the spirit of Christmas when her past, present, and future collide, forcing her to risk the one thing money can’t buy: her heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Sharing Christmas (2017)
A real estate developer is given the opportunity of his career to transform an old shopping complex into a prime location. Unfortunately, there is one tenant who is holding out—the Christmas shop owner he met by happenstance just days ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Christmas Edition (2020)
It’s Christmas time and Jackie, an up-and- coming journalist, finds that her life is at a crossroads until she finds an unexpected opportunity – to run a small-town newspaper in Alaska. Jackie decides to give it a try and relocates to the small picture-perfect small town. Using a series of Christmas articles, she’s able to quickly return the newspaper to profitability, and soon falls in love… both with her new home and the handsome son of the paper’s former owner. However, when her old boss announces plans to take over the paper for herself, Jackie will need a Christmas miracle to save it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
A Christmas Love Story (2019)
A youth choir director needs to write a big song for the Christmas Eve show but finds herself distracted when a boy with a golden voice joins her choir, which will come as news to his widowed father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Welcome to Christmas (2018)
Resort developer Madison Lane is tasked with finding a location for a new ski resort. Her boss tells her to take a trip to Christmas, Colorado, to consider the location. On her way into town, Madison has a minor fender-bender with the town’s welcome sign. Town Sheriff Gage McBride gives Madison a ride into town so she can attend her meeting with the mayor while the car is towed and repaired. Little does Madison know that the town is on a mission to convince Madison that Christmas is the best place for the new ski resort.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCross Country Christmas (2020)
Former classmates Lina and Max are traveling home for the holidays, until a storm hits and they have to work together to make it home in time, no matter the mode of transportation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBaby's First Christmas (2012)
When a pair of feuding colleagues, Kyle and Jenna are thrown together after their siblings, Jim and Trisha fall in love, they have to learn to get along in time for their nephew's birth on Christmas. Realizing Jim and Trisha have major money troubles, Kyle and Jenna band together to help and end up on a snowy New York adventure that will prove miracles really do happen at Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
The Road Home for Christmas (2019)
Two rival musicians, Lindsay and Wes who perform in a dueling piano show, suddenly find themselves without a gig on Christmas Eve and decide to road trip to their neighboring hometowns together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
A Kiss on Candy Cane Lane (2019)
A romantic drama in the backdrop of Christmas time in Wisconsin, revolving around two college sweethearts who rekindle their love during the holiday season.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Home for Christmas Day (2017)
Jane is a single mother dead set on protecting her teenage daughter Betsy from the harsh realities of life. When Betsy falls in love with an enlisted man, Jane tries her best to steer Betsy away from heartache. Little does Jane realize she and her daughter are about to learn important lessons of the heart and that taking chances can sometimes lead to the most extraordinary happy endings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Radio Christmas?
The closest matches to Radio Christmas are Merry Mystery Christmas (2023), Let's Meet Again on Christmas Eve (2020) and Finding Father Christmas (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Radio Christmas?
People who watched Radio Christmas most often go on to Merry Mystery Christmas (2023), Let's Meet Again on Christmas Eve (2020) and Finding Father Christmas (2016).
What is the newest movie like Radio Christmas?
Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Radio Christmas?
Yes: Merry Mystery Christmas (2023), Let's Meet Again on Christmas Eve (2020) and Finding Father Christmas (2016).
How are movies similar to Radio Christmas chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Radio Christmas, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.