Top 10 Romantic Hallmark Movies and Series to Watch This Valentine’s Day

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Top 10 Romantic Hallmark Movies and Series to Watch This Valentine’s Day

By Movieguide® Contributor

The season of love is upon us—Valentine’s Day! Some would say that the most romantic movies and shows can be found on the Hallmark Channel. We’ve gathered some fan-favorites like WHEN CALLS THE HEART and LOVE COMES SOFTLY. We’ve also included THE LOST VALENTINE which showcases the beloved Betty White. We even through in HOLIDAY TOUCHDOWN: A CHIEFS LOVE STORY because who says you can’t celebrate Christmas on the holiday of love? Enjoy this list of our ten favorite flirty Hallmark movies in honor of Valentine’s Day!

LOVE COMES SOFTLY

Quality:
****
Content:
+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.
LOVE COMES SOFTLY was the "most watched" Hallmark Channel television program ever and one of the most Christian. Set in the Old West, it demonstrates how Christian wisdom, understanding, love, prayer, and compassion triumphs over trials and tribulations, to bring true love and conversion to this frontier family.

THE SWEETER SIDE OF LIFE

Quality:
***
Content:
+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)
THE SWEETER SIDE OF LIFE is about a woman forced to move in with her father, a small town baker after her wealthy Manhattan husband divorces her. THE SWEETER SIDE OF LIFE has good moral lessons of what’s important about life and the heart of the story makes up for its light production values.

WHEN CALLS THE HEART

Quality:
****
Content:
+2 Moderately questionable elements.
WHEN CALLS THE HEART is a charming Hallmark TV show set in 1910 Canada about a woman named Elizabeth Thatcher coming to a small coal-mining town to teach. WHEN CALLS THE HEART is an entertaining television show with a strong Christian, moral worldview. With great acting and heart warming writing, it's a wonderful show safe for the whole family.

A TIME TO DANCE

Quality:
***
Content:
+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)
A TIME TO DANCE is a TV movie about a man who marries his high school sweetheart, but 20 years later they aren’t so happy, so they have to be reminded why they married in the first place. A TIME TO DANCE has a positive Christian, moral message extolling marriage and is an entertaining movie from the Hallmark Channel.

CEDAR COVE: EPISODES ONE THROUGH THREE

Quality:
****
Content:
+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)
The Hallmark TV series CEDAR COVE revolves around Olivia, a local judge with a budding relationship with a reporter who must come up with creative solutions for the town’s problems. CEDAR COVE is a beautiful, well-written program and comes up with moral solutions to the town’s problems, but there are some obscenities and adult situations.

REMEMBER SUNDAY

Quality:
****
Content:
+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)
REMEMBER SUNDAY is a wonderful Hallmark Hall of Fame production about a guy with short-term memory whose disability threatens his strong new romance with an appealing young woman. With sacrifice, prayer and love transcending its romantic notions, REMEMBER SUNDAY is one of the best television movies ever made in terms of excitement and jeopardy.

ICE DREAMS

Quality:
****
Content:
+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.
ICE DREAMS is a very well told story about an Olympic skater who gave up when her father died but finds new life on the ice, with help from God and prayer. ICE DREAMS is very well constructed, redemptive and spiritually uplifting.

THE LOST VALENTINE

Quality:
****
Content:
+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.

OVER THE MOON IN LOVE

Quality:
***
Content:
+2 Moderately questionable elements.
OVER THE MOON IN LOVE tells the story of two high school friends who reunite after 12 years apart, but their budding romance is threatened when the young woman, a professional matchmaker, is blackmailed into setting her friend up with the blackmailer. OVER THE MOON IN LOVE is a wholesome romance sure to warm your heart during cooler evenings and presents a strong moral worldview with some Romantic elements.

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.

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Quality: - Content: +1
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