Hallmark’s ‘Countdown to Christmas’ Is Here! We Bring You All 32 Must-See Festive Films

Get ready to cozy up under a blanket and watch your first Hallmark Christmas movie of the season because the official ‘Countdown to Christmas’ movie lineup has finally dropped! Check out the 32 movies that will be released this upcoming season!

October premieres

‘Twas the Date Before Christmas

Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 18

Starring Amy Groening and Robert Buckley, Jessie (Groening) lies to her family about bringing a date to their annual Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics to prevent its cancellation. She meets Bryan (Buckley) on a dating app, who agrees to spend Christmas with Jessie and her family.

Holiday Crashers

Premiere Date: Saturday, Oct. 19

Best friends who work together at a card shop pretend to be other people and crash private Christmas parties they learned about from their shop’s invitations. But their lies catch up to them as they dig themselves in deeper, getting invited to even bigger events.

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Scouting for Christmas

Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 20

Starring Tamera Mowry-Housley and Carlo Marks, single mom Angela (Mowry-Housley) claims she doesn’t have time to date. When her 10-year-old daughter takes matters into her own hands and asks a local bakery owner to cater her scout troop’s event, feelings arise between the him and Angela.

Operation Nutcracker

Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 25

Ashley Newbrough and Christopher Russell star in this movie as an event planner and the heir to the Warby family name who must track down a missing nutcracker that is set to be auctioned off. This movie originally premiered on the Hallmark Movies Now streaming service as part of ‘Christmas in July’.

The Christmas Charade

Premiere Date: Saturday, Oct. 26

Rachel Skarsten portrays a careful librarian who finds herself in the middle of an FBI operation. When she is forced to play the girlfriend of Special Agent Josh (Corey Sevier), she assists in tracking down an art thief.

The 5-Year Christmas Party

Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 27

Former high school rivals, Alice (Katie Findlay) and Max (Jordan Fisher) reunite every year to work a catering company’s Christmas parties. Each year, their connection deepens, but the timing is never right until the company throws its final party.

November premieres

A Carol for Two

Premiere Date: Friday, Nov. 1

Violette (Ginna Claire Mason) dreams of making it to Broadway, so she moves to New York City and gets a job at the legendary diner, Fiore’s, where she gets the opportunity to perform in their Christmas Eve concert.

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Our Holiday Story

Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 2

Our Holiday Story is a tale of two intersecting love stories between Dave and Nell and their daughter, Jo, and her boyfriend, Chris. Starring Nikki DeLoach and Warren Christie as Nell and Dave.

Holiday Mismatch

Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 3

Sabrina the Teenage Witch co-stars, Caroline Rhea and Beth Broderick, reunite as clashing women in a Christmas committee, who discover they’ve accidentally set up their adult children up through a dating app. The mother find an unexpected friendship as their children begin to fall for each other.

Trivia at St. Nick’s

Premiere Date: Friday, Nov. 8

Pretty Little Liars co-stars, Tammin Sursok and Brant Daugherty, reunite as an astronomy professor and football coach at a university, who take part in a faculty holiday scavenger hunt on campus.

Santa Tell Me

Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 9

Interior designer, Olivia (Erin Krakow), discovers an old letter from Santa, which says she will meet the love of her life by Christmas Eve and that his name will be Nick. Olivia soon meets three guys with the same name leaving her wondering who the letter is about.

‘Tis the Season to Be Irish

Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 10

Starring Fiona Gubelmann and Eoin Macken, a house flipper goes to Ireland to renovate an old cottage but is stopped in her tracks when a local realtor is insistent on preserving his town’s history.

Christmas with the Singhs

Premiere Date: Friday, Nov. 15

Asha Singh (Anuja Joshi) loves Christmas, but when she is stuck working at the hospital during the holidays, she wishes for some Christmas spirit. Soon, an old high school classmate, Jake, reappears and the two fall for each other, but realize their fairytale isn’t everything it seems.

Jingle Bell Run

Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 16

A cautious teacher (Ashley Williams) gets paired up with former hockey player, Wes (Andrew Walker), after she gets signed up to participate in a Christmas themed reality competition.

Confessions of a Christmas Letter

Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 17

Settie Rose (Angela Kinsey) asks struggling writer, Juan (Alec Santos), to assist her in their town’s holiday letter-writing contest, but a mix-up leads to a rumor that Juan is engaged to Settie’s daughter, Lily.

Christmas on Call

Premiere Date: Friday, Nov. 22

ER doctor, Hannah (Sara Canning), and EMT, Wes (Ser’Darius Blain), have to learn how to balance their relationship and demanding work schedules during the holidays.

Three Wiser Men and a Boy

Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 23

This sequel is set five years later as the Brenner brothers try to make the holidays special. But when the director of Luke’s son’s holiday musical backs out, the brothers work together on the show.

To Have and To Holiday

Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 24

Celeste (Madeleine Arthur) and Jason (Robert Bazzocchi) get engaged after just a few months, so his father puts their love to the test in a pre-wedding boot camp.

Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle

Premiere Date: Thursday, Nov. 28

Three adult siblings return home to choose a new leader for their family’s company, honoring their grandmother’s wishes. Starring Rachel Boston, Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes, Tanner Novlan, Matthew James Dowden and Max Lloyd-Jones

A ’90s Christmas

Premiere Date: Friday, Nov. 29

A workaholic lawyer is transported back to 1999 through a rideshare after celebrating her new promotion. Starring Eva Bourne, Chandler Massey and Katherine Barrell.

Deck the Walls

Premiere Date: Friday, Nov. 29

Interior designer, Rose, returns home to help her brother with a charity house flip. Starring Ashley Greene, Wes Brown and Danny Pellegrino.

Believe in Christmas

Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 30

Beatrice (Meghan Ory) joins her best friend on a trip to Christmasland, where she meets Ethan (John Reardon). She soon questions what is part of the experience and what is real.

Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story

Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 30

Alana Higman (Hunter King) wants her family to win the “Fan of the Year” contest for the Kansas City Chiefs. Director of Fan Engagement, Derrick, must evaluate Alana and her family and their love for the team, when the two start to fall for each other. But when a lucky hat goes missing, Alana questions everything she believed about fate and her future with Derrick.

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December premieres

The Finnish Line

Premiere Date: Sunday, Dec. 1

Anya follows her dad’s footsteps in dog sled racing by heading to Finland to take part in the annual race. Starring Kim Matula, Beau Mirchoff and Nichole Sakura

The Christmas Quest

Premiere Date: Sunday, Dec. 1

Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha star as exes who are sent to Iceland to search for the legendary treasure of the Yule lads. They soon find themselves in the middle of an adventure as others join the hunt.

Private Princess Christmas

Premiere Date: Friday, Dec. 6

Princess Violet of Wingravia loves being a royal but dislikes her responsibilities. The Queen decides her daughter must pass a leadership boot camp, led by Captain Ryan Douglas, or she will lose the throne to her uncle. Starring Ali Skovbye, Derek Klena and Erica Durance.

Sugarplummed

Premiere Date: Saturday, Dec. 7

Emily wants the perfect Christmas she sees on TV, so she is surprised when Sugarplum, a character from her favorite show, magically appears. Starring Maggie Lawson and Janel Parrish.

Leah’s Perfect Gift

Premiere Date: Sunday, Dec. 8

Leah admires Christmas from afar because she is Jewish, but longs to celebrate the holiday. When her boyfriend invites her to his family’s festivities, she accepts. But she soon realizes fitting into their uptight Christmas plans is harder than it seems.

Hanukkah on the Rocks

Premiere Date: Friday, Dec. 13

Lawyer Tory finds herself unemployed one week before Hanukkah, she ends up on a quest to find the last box of coveted Hanukkah candles and is led to a self-discovery. Starring Stacey Farber, Daren Kagasoff and Marc Summers.

The Santa Class

Premiere Date: Saturday, Dec. 14

Kate North (Kimberley Sustad) reluctantly takes over her father’s Santa School when she and her co-worker, Dan (Benjamin Ayres) believe they’ve discovered the real Santa, who is lost and without his memories.

Following Yonder Star

Premiere Date: Sunday, Dec. 15

A TV mother’s life is turned upside-down by a scandal, so she decides to head to a luxury Vermont resort. But a booking conflict leads her to a small B&B where she meets an astronomy teacher.

Happy Howlidays

Premiere Date: Saturday, Dec. 21

Jessica Lowndes stars as a web page editor spending the holiday solo when she encounters a stray dog. Lowndes will star opposite the winner of the Hallmark reality competition series, Finding Mr. Christmas , which airs beginning October 31, 2024.

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