The most wonderful and magical time for television is officially upon us.
November may just be getting started, but it’s the perfect kickoff for holiday movies.
If you love twinkling lights, meet-cute snowfalls, and a touch of small-town holiday magic, this is your season as networks and streamers are unwrapping a sleigh full of festive flicks.
While there are more than 5 to add to your list, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to narrow it down to the must-watch movies that are new and premiering this season that deserve a spot on your list.
They’re guaranteed to make your nights merry and bright!
A Keller Christmas Vacation
Mean Girls‘ Jonathan Bennett, Superman Returns‘ Brandon Routh and The Middle’s Eden Sher are estranged siblings who reluctantly join their parents on a Christmas river cruise through Europe, finding romance and family bonds along the way.
Stream Now on Hallmark +
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Calling all millennials who grew up watching the Disney Channel and loving the Jonas Brothers. Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas play three famous brothers who “race against time and face challenges during a chaotic journey from London to New York,” playing on a favorite holiday trope of desperately trying to make it home in time for Christmas with their family.
Premieres November 14th on Disney+ and Hulu
Timeless Tidings of Joy
When Calls the Heart star Paul Greene and Christmas Queen and Full House alum Candace Cameron Bure star in Great American Family’s film, which also includes Cameron Bure’s real-life daughter Natasha Bure as Ally, who inheirits a shop her grandmother, Joy, opened in the ’40s to sell handmade letter-press tidings.
Back in her hometown to sell her Grandmother’s beloved shop, Ally meets Bennett, an old soul, who wants to preserve the legacy.
Stream NOW on Great American Pure Flix
Premieres November 15th at 8/7c on Great American Family and GFam+
Three Wisest Men
You asked for it, so the Brenner brothers are back. Following the success of Three Wise Men and a Baby and Three Wiser Men and a Boy comes Three Wisest Men, as Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes and Andrew Walker face new personal challenges, all while dealing with their mother’s decision to sell the family home before Christmas, and trying to make the best of the holiday season.
Premieres November 15 at 8/7 CT on the Hallmark Channel
My Secret Santa
Virgin River’s Alexandra Breckenridge stars as a single mom who needs a job and tries to get one as Santa as a ski resort. But can she convince the hotel heir, played by New Amsterdam’s Ryan Eggold, that she’s the one for the job—and his heart—while she’s dressed as jolly St. Nick?
Streaming Dec. 3 on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Y5qYp8ro8
A Suite Holiday Romance
Calling Chicago Med fans! Jessy Schram stars as a writer named Sabrina, who is hired to ghostwrite a memoir in a luxury hotel when she meets Ian (Dominic Sherwood) at the bar, allowing him to think she’s wealthy. The catch? He’s also pretending to be someone he’s not.
Premieres Dec. 13 at 8/7 CT on the Hallmark Channel
A Pickleball Christmas
Mr. One Tree Hill, James Lafferty, is making his Christmas movie debut alongside Virgin River’s Zibby Allen. Lafferty plays a tennis star who comes home for Christmas and teams with the pickleball coach to save his family’s club, all while finding love in the process.
Premieres Dec. 20 at 8/7 CT on Lifetime