The Best Hallmark Christmas Movies Streaming in 2025

By Leigh Hewett

Hallmark movies have become synonymous with the holiday season. We’ve created a round-up of the best Christmas movies Hallmark offers in 2025. From the importance of honoring veterans in THE CHRISTMAS CUP to the exciting time-travel romp in A NEWPORT CHRISTMAS, you’ll feel the holiday spirit in no time (with a dash of romance, just for fun). We’ve even thrown in a handful of our favorites from past holiday seasons. So, sit back and enjoy one (or more) of these feel-good flicks from Hallmark this season.

THREE WISEST MEN

Quality:

****

Content:

-1 Caution advised for older children, including teenagers, and sensitive adults.

In THREE WISEST MEN on The Hallmark Channel and Hallmark+, the Brenner brothers are back, and just as chaotic as ever, plenty of problems — all while trying to have the best Christmas ever. THREE WISEST MEN is humorous, heartfelt and wholesome, with a relatable plot, a strong moral worldview stressing family and supporting your loved ones, and positive references to Christmas, but there’s some lying and one brother is thinking of living with his girlfriend.

A NEWPORT CHRISTMAS

Quality:

****

Content:

+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)

In A NEWPORT CHRISTMAS, Gilded Age socialite Ella makes a wish on a comet for a different life, and winds up in 2025. With the help of local historian Nick, Ella must figure out how to get back to her own time before she winds up changing the past.

THE CHRISTMAS CUP

Quality:

****

Content:

+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)

THE CHRISTMAS CUP is a romantic comedy on the Hallmark Channel about a Marine staff sergeant returning to her hometown after recovering from an injury, who must decide whether to re-enlist or come home to settle down with a young local fireman. THE CHRISTMAS CUP is a funny, well-acted romance with an ending that promotes “the Christmas Spirit” of forgiveness and reconciliation that Jesus our Savior represents.

THREE WISER MEN AND A BOY

Quality:

****

Content:

+2 Moderately questionable elements.

THREE WISER MEN AND A BOY is a hilarious and heartfelt sequel on the Hallmark Channel to THREE WISER MEN AND A BABY, where three brothers, Luke, Stephan and Taylor must band together to save Luke’s son’s school Christmas play and figure out how to handle their mother’s new boyfriend, a pastor. THREE WISER MEN AND A BOY has an excellent, hilarious script, features wonderful performances from the three lead actors, and has a strong moral, pro-family worldview with positive references to Christmas.

A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

Quality:

***

Content:

+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)

A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY is a Christmas romance on the Great American Family network about a news reporter who becomes romantically entangled with a

SCOUTING FOR CHRISTMAS

Quality:

***

Content:

+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)

SCOUTING FOR CHRISTMAS is a holiday romance that follows Angela, a hardworking single mother who learns to slow down, ask for help, and accept love as she and her daughter start a baking project with local bakery owner William. Overall, SCOUTING FOR CHRISTMAS is a sweet Christmas romcom that fans of the genre will enjoy. The movie has a positive moral worldview, emphasizing working together, helping each other, and being a good parent.

BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS

Quality:

***

Content:

+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)

BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS on the Hallmark Channel follows a former foster child with few good Christmas memories, but she learns to appreciate the holiday in the too-good-to-be-true town of Christmasland. BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS is fun and engaging, with a meta plot that pokes good-natured fun at the cliches of Christmas movies, and it has a strong Christian, moral worldview, stressing the importance of family, friends, celebrating Christmas, and faith, with references to Christmas carols and a subplot about an angel statue.

CHRISTMAS WISHES & MISTLETOE KISSES

Quality:

****

Content:

+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.

CHRISTMAS WISHES & MISTLETOE KISSES is one of the best Hallmark Christmas movies. The plot may be familiar, but the execution is superb, with wonderful acting, poignant dialogue and unexpected plot twists.

THE GIFT OF PEACE

Quality:

****

Content:

+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.

THE GIFT OF PEACE is a drama on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries about a widow who finds hope and a way back to her passion for painting, with the help of a community support group at a local church. THE GIFT OF PEACE has positive references to faith and is a powerful movie about how people can hold both sadness and happiness together at Christmas time but can find solace and healing in church with the help of other people.

HOLIDAY TOUCHDOWN: A CHIEFS LOVE STORY

Quality:

***

Content:

+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)

HOLIDAY TOUCHDOWN: A CHIEFS LOVE STORY on the Hallmark Channel follows Alana and Derrick as they bond over their love for the Kansas City Chiefs and Christmas. HOLIDAY TOUCHDOWN: A CHIEFS LOVE STORY is a sweet Christmas romance that stresses family, love and coming together as a community, but it’s marred by a plot about Alana and her family’s belief in a lucky hat.