Movies like The Angel Tree (2020)
The best movies like The Angel Tree (2020) are A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020), Write Before Christmas (2019) and Time for You to Come Home for Christmas (2019). If The Angel Tree hooked you with its mystery and tv movie, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedA Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019)6.3/10 from 577 votes
- NewestTime for Them to Come Home for Christmas (2021)Released 2021
A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020)
A workaholic television producer receives a visit from her recently deceased mentor, who warns her that her current path leads to a dark future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Write Before Christmas (2019)
A recently single Jessica sends Christmas cards to people who have impacted her life—the aunt who raised her, her younger brother in the military, a popstar who was part of the soundtrack of her life, the music teacher who inspired her, and the best friend who always tells the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime for You to Come Home for Christmas (2019)
A recent widow travels with her son to her Virginia hometown for Christmas. On the way they meet a man who is also heading to the same destination. As they continue to spend time together, the pair grows closer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
You Light Up My Christmas (2019)
Emma returns to her hometown built around her family's pioneer Christmas Light Factory two weeks before Christmas. However upon Emma's return, she discovers the lights have gone dim in the once festive town, prompting her to reconnect with an old flame to set their hearts and the town ablaze with light again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both 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
The Christmas Bow (2020)
When an accident puts her music dreams on hold, a gifted violinist reconnects with an old family friend, who helps her heal and find love during the holidays.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Christmas On My Mind (2019)
When Lucy wakes up with a wedding dress in hand, she believes that she is late to her wedding with her ex-boyfriend Zac. However, she has no recollection of the past 2 years, including the fact that she is engaged to another man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeliver by Christmas (2020)
Bakery owner Molly meets Josh, a widower who recently moved to town with his young son, but she is also charmed by a mysterious client whom she’s never met in person and she doesn’t realize that they’re the same man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
A Family Christmas Gift (2019)
When Amber spends the holidays with her Aunt Dora and helps plan a fundraising Christmas Concert, it brings Amber closer to her aunt and a new love into her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Christmas with the Darlings (2020)
Just before the holidays Jessica Lew is ending her tenure as the assistant to her wealthy boss to use her recently earned law degree within his company, but offers to help his charming, younger brother as he looks after his orphaned nieces and nephew over Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Swept Up by Christmas (2020)
An antique seller and a cleaner clash over how to downsize a magnificent estate right before Christmas. As the two uncover the house’s treasures, they find a way to reconnect the reclusive owner with his own Christmases past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
A Homecoming for the Holidays (2019)
Country singer Charlotte is home for the holidays and brother Ryan's fellow ex-soldier Matt is in town. Writing her new album, Charlotte works with Matt to build a house for a friend in town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
A Godwink Christmas (2018)
As Christmas approaches, Paula, a St. Louis antique appraiser, reluctantly accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Daniel, a career-focused attorney. When her Aunt Jane senses she has mixed emotions over the engagement, she invites Paula to her Nantucket home. Upon her arrival, Paula plans a trip to the nearby island of Martha's Vineyard where she meets a charming inn owner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime for Them to Come Home for Christmas (2021)
During the holidays, a woman with amnesia catches a ride with her handsome nurse to investigate the only clue to her identity: a newspaper clipping for a Christmas Festival with a cryptic invitation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
A 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
Nostalgic Christmas (2019)
When Anne helps her father close the family's toy store, what she finds will help inspire an entire town that is need of some Christmas cheer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChristmas on the Vine (2020)
Brooke, a young marketing executive, goes back to her hometown excited to relive her Christmas memories, while helping a struggling family-owned winery. Her marketing assignment involves an unlikely partnership with Tyler, the charismatic, yet stubborn owner of the winery. Brooke quickly learns that the town’s Christmas spirit has disappeared due to a wine conglomerate buying out all of the local wineries. Determined to bring Christmas back to the town, Brooke and Tyler work together and discover they share more than a love for wine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
A Christmas for Mary (2020)
In search of a story, an up-and-coming journalist goes back to her home town and uncovers a forgotten tale of young love, inspiring her to follow her heart and find her own true love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
A Little Christmas Charm (2020)
Holly, a jewelry designer finds a lost charm bracelet and teams up with investigative reporter Greg in hopes of finding the owner and returning it by Christmas Eve.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Christmas Club (2019)
Two busy strangers meet when they help an elderly woman find her lost Christmas savings. Thanks to fate and Christmas magic, they also find something they were both missing: true love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Jingle Bell Bride (2020)
Wedding planner Jessica Perez travels to a remote town in Alaska to find a rare flower for a celebrity client and is charmed by the small town during Christmas, as well as the handsome local helping her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Dashing Home for Christmas (2020)
Holiday traveling mishaps force a successful business consultant to find a way home with help from a stranger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Hearts of Winter (2020)
An interior designer brings new life to the house of a widower and his daughter and finds love in the process.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Too Close for Christmas (2020)
When Hayley accepts an invitation to spend Christmas with her sister’s new in-laws, her seemingly perfect holiday takes a turn when Paul, Hayley's brother-in-law's brother, unexpectedly shows up. Still harboring a grudge against Paul for ending her last relationship, Hayley reluctantly spends time with Paul and slowly realizes she may have been too quick a judge on Paul
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisSweet Autumn (2020)
Maggie, a successful entrepreneur, returns home for a will reading and discovers she’s inherited half of her aunt’s famed maple candy business. What she doesn’t understand is why Aunt Dee’s maple supplier, Dex, inherited the other half. Her return also coincides with the town’s Sweet Autumn Fest, and through a series of letters Aunt Dee left, Maggie and Dex search for the reason behind her aunt’s final wishes. As she and Dex grow closer, Maggie must decide if the life she built is the one she wants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChristmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)
A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas Under the Stars (2019)
When Nick is fired from his high-powered investment firm at Christmastime, he takes a job at a Christmas tree lot. There, he meets Julie, an astronomy teacher who’s always looked to the stars for hope. As the Christmas spirit washes over him—and he begins falling for Julie—the once self-centered Nick discovers the joy of helping others.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChateau Christmas (2020)
Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019)
Christmas brings the ultimate gift to Aldovia: a royal baby. But first, Queen Amber must help her family and kingdom by finding a missing peace treaty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSharing 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Angel Tree?
The closest matches to The Angel Tree are A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020), Write Before Christmas (2019) and Time for You to Come Home for Christmas (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Angel Tree?
People who watched The Angel Tree most often go on to A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020), Write Before Christmas (2019) and Time for You to Come Home for Christmas (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Angel Tree?
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019), rated 6.3/10 by 577 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Angel Tree?
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Angel Tree?
Yes: A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020), Write Before Christmas (2019) and Time for You to Come Home for Christmas (2019).
How are movies similar to The Angel Tree chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Angel Tree, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.