Movies like The Christmas Ball (2020)
The best movies like The Christmas Ball (2020) are Lights, Camera, Christmas! (2022), Christmas on Cherry Lane (2023) and Catering Christmas (2022). If The Christmas Ball hooked you with its romance and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Noel Diary (2022)6.3/10 from 414 votes
- NewestUnwrapping Christmas: Olivia's Reunion (2024)Released 2024
Lights, Camera, Christmas! (2022)
When a holiday rom-com movie shooting in her town needs a costume designer, Kerry, a local shop owner, steps into the role. While working on the movie, she rediscovers her passion for costume design and finds herself falling for Brad, the film’s famous leading man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
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
Catering Christmas (2022)
A fledgling caterer, Molly Frost, is hired by Jean Harrison, the perfectionistic director of the renowned Harrison Foundation, to cater this year’s annual Christmas Gala dinner. Things get complicated when Molly falls for Jean’s nephew, Carson, 30s, a travel photographer with no desire to take over the family’s foundation… until his aunt assigns him to the task of making sure the catered dinner goes perfectly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Noel Diary (2022)
Cleaning out his childhood home at Christmas, a novelist meets a woman searching for her birth mother. Will an old diary unlock their pasts — and hearts?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnce Upon a Main Street (2020)
Amelia Lewis is super excited when she buys an available storefront, planning to open a year-round Christmas shop. But her celebration comes to a screeching halt when she discovers that Vic Manning has also bid on the property. After continually bickering and trying to one-up each other, the two combatants learn to work together and even get the merchants on Main Street to put aside their differences for the greater good.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
A Merry Scottish Christmas (2023)
When estranged siblings Lindsay and Brad travel to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mother Jo, a big family secret is revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI'm Glad It's Christmas (2022)
An aspiring Broadway singer is convinced to participate in a small-scale production for her local Christmas celebration. Along the way, she finds hope and unexpected mentorship towards her dream career. But will her professional success come at the cost of her chance at love?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Mistle-Tones (2012)
Holly, blessed with an amazing singing voice, is all set to audition for the newly vacated spot in a legendary local Christmas group which was founded by her late mother years ago. Shocked and upset when the slot goes to the barely talented best friend of the group's leader, Marci, Holly sets out to create her own musical group, The Mistle-Tones. After challenging their rivals to a sing-off on Christmas Eve, Holly finds herself on a journey to the real meaning of Christmas with some new friends and a new love thrown in for good measure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023)
They've swapped Christmas – again. Can Hayley and James' relationship survive another turbulent family Christmas or has their future together gone off-piste?!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas by Design (2023)
During a Christmas challenge to create a holiday-theme clothing line, a designer looks closer at most important in life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Christmas Island (2023)
When a snowstorm diverts Kate's first private flight bound for Switzerland, to Christmas Island in Nova Scotia, she must team up with an air traffic controller to secure her dream job as the family's pilot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Ghosts of Christmas Always (2022)
Katherine is a Ghost of Christmas Present and she must help one soul, Peter, rediscover his Christmas spirit. But this year has something unusual in store.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Brush with Christmas (2022)
Over the week leading up to Christmas in the town of Bayside, Charlotte tries to capture her own unique style in the local art scene while also helping her mother, run the family restaurant. Disheartened and struggling to find time for her art, Charlotte throws out her latest painting, only to discover that it has been anonymously submitted to the Christmas art festival. It turns out that Wyatt, a visiting artist, stumbled upon her discarded work and is now using the festival’s exposure to find its mysterious creator.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisA 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 & drama
Crown Prince of Christmas (2022)
Madison, an aspiring musician, jokingly tells her overbearing family that she is dating the prince of a small European nation. The joke goes too far as her friend and co-worker Sebastian is roped into impersonating the prince while visiting her family in New Jersey. Little does Madison know that Sebastian happens to be hiding a royal secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
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 thisDancing Through the Snow (2021)
Ballet teacher Olivia gets more than she bargained for when she casts the talented Lily as the lead in the Christmas recital of The Nutcracker, and finds herself falling for Lily’s handsome firefighter father Michael. When a video of Michael practicing ballet with his daughter goes viral, Olivia sees how much dance really means to the community.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Christmas Around the Corner (2018)
Claire (Alexandra Breckenridge), a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, escapes to a quaint town in Vermont for the holidays and becomes a guest of the Fortenbury Bookstore. Upon arrival, Claire finds Christmas celebrations have been canceled by the town after a flood and the bookstore is in a dire state of disrepair. She immediately takes on the challenge to revitalize the store, but clashes with the owner, Andrew (Jamie Spilchuk), who initially rejects all her proposed improvements. Eventually, sparks fly as the two begin a budding romance, and Claire’s infectious optimism inspires Andrew to join her in reviving the yuletide spirit. But everything comes to a screeching halt when Claire discovers that Andrew is planning to sell the bookstore in the New Year. Will the spirit of Christmas be enough to change Andrew’s mind and encourage him to follow his heart?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA New Orleans Noel (2022)
Grace and Anthony, who despite having gone to college to study architecture together, are too different. But, when they're both hired to work on the home of a New Orleans praline icon, things between them change and they end up celebrating Christmas together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
A Belgian Chocolate Christmas (2022)
Photographer takes her best friend's place at a Belgian culinary school at the holidays and connects with the chocolateir leading the class. As romance begins to bloom, the only problem is a case of mistaken identity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
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
Sealed with a List (2023)
Carley is determined to get through her list of abandoned resolutions from last year and enlists the help of coworker Wyatt.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Coming 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 thisChristmas in Scotland (2023)
On vacation in Scotland, a New York installation designer finds herself tasked with helping a small, rural community create a festive light display and compete in a ‘Best Christmas Village’ festival, despite the interventions of a wealthy, influential heir who sees Christmas as an inconvenience. Forced to work together, the decorator and the heir unite to bring seasonal magic to the entire community, making both realize they wish to spend next and every Christmas together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
A Christmas Dance Reunion (2021)
Lucy Mortimer, a successful attorney who returns with her mum to their old Christmas getaway - the Winterleigh Resort - which is on the brink of closing down for good. Much to her surprise, Lucy is reunited with her childhood Christmas dance partner Barrett Brewster and the pair give the resort a new lease of life as the passion between them heats up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Saying Yes to Christmas (2021)
A magical Christmas wish makes a career-obsessed June say yes to every invitation while she's home for the holidays. But when an old flame, Blake, joins her hectic schedule of Christmas activities, past feelings are reignited. June must choose between saying yes to her career and life in the city or to her heart in her hometown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Christmas in Tahoe (2021)
To save her family hotel's Christmas show, talent booker Claire must ask for help from her ex-boyfriend Ryan, the lead guitarist of a now-famous band that fired her as their manager years ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Designing Christmas with You (2023)
With her career on the line, a decorator must work with an unexpected partner to showcase a house for an upcoming Christmas gala.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Unwrapping Christmas: Olivia's Reunion (2024)
Olivia, the gift wrapping expert at All Wrapped Up, makes a delivery to a remote cabin only to find her ex-boyfriend Benjamin on the other side of the door. After the pair have a minor spat, an unexpected storm traps them together. Neither of them is happy to be forced to spend time together. However as talk turns to shared memories, old feelings and warmth begins to resurface and they are left wondering if it’s possible to get it right a second time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Unwrapping Christmas: Mia's Prince (2024)
Mia, an accountant at All Wrapped Up, is stunned when local celebrity Beau Cavannagh, who looks just like her favorite romance novel hero, enters her life. Despite her doubts, Beau, an heir to a wealthy family, proves his feelings for her are real, even as his family disapproves. Mia soon finds herself swept up in a fairytale romance that's straight out of her dreams.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Christmas Ball?
The closest matches to The Christmas Ball are Lights, Camera, Christmas! (2022), Christmas on Cherry Lane (2023) and Catering Christmas (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Christmas Ball?
People who watched The Christmas Ball most often go on to Lights, Camera, Christmas! (2022), Christmas on Cherry Lane (2023) and Catering Christmas (2022).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Christmas Ball?
The Noel Diary (2022), rated 6.3/10 by 414 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Christmas Ball?
Unwrapping Christmas: Olivia's Reunion (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Christmas Ball?
Yes: Lights, Camera, Christmas! (2022), Christmas on Cherry Lane (2023) and Catering Christmas (2022).
How are movies similar to The Christmas Ball chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Christmas Ball, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.