One of the best kinds of movies is from Hallmark. They’re often romances that are often described as sappy, dramatic, and even sometimes cringy. From the dialogue to the actions, the characters are one of a kind. But even so, you can’t hate them. But what are the best Hallmark movies ever? There are some that are just so bad that they’re great to watch, but there are others that actually pull at heartstrings. Here are just a few of the many great Hallmark movies that show off how talented the company is with its romantic dramas.
10. Christmas Getaway, Prime Video (2017)
The first of many best Hallmark movies ever is Christmas Getaway, a 2017 movie that follows a travel writer during Christmas vacation. While she wants to spend Christmas alone, the place she’s staying at realizes that they’ve double booked her with a widowed father and his daughter.
In order to complete her assignment, she decides that they’ll share the room, and of course, what starts as hesitation soon blossoms into bonding and love. It’s a beautiful story filled with romance and drama, as well as a dash of comedy. And with a Tomatometer rating of 76%, it’s one of the many great Hallmark movies of all time.
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9. The Christmas Box, Amazon (1995)
One of the best Hallmark movies ever comes from 1995 with The Christmas Box. The 67% rated movie follows a ski shop owner who reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and their daughter into an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow.
Not only does he stress about his situation, but the ongoing struggle to balance his career and family life causes him to have recurring dreams about an angel.
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8. Love Begins, Prime Video (2011)
Even with a 69% rating on Tomatometer, Love Begins is another great Hallmark movie that fans can’t get enough of. The 2010 movie follows a traveling man, Clark David, who has adventurous dreams of seeing the world.
But when that’s put into jeopardy after he and his friend start a fight that damages a local cafe. While working off his sentence of the damages by working as a farmhand, he starts to fall in love with the farm’s owner, Ellen, who works on the farm with her sister, Cassie.
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7. The Lost Valentine, Peacock (2011)
Sitting at 76% on Tomatometer and 7.4 out of 10 on IMDb, The Lost Valentine is yet another one of the best Hallmart movies starring one of the best actresses, Betty White. The movie was so great that it made it to the Hallmark Hall of Fame and is based on the novel by James Michael Pratt of the same name.
The story follows Lucas Thomas’ grandmother Caroline who returns every Valentine’s Day to the station where, at their first wedding anniversary, she waved off to the Pacific Theater of War in 1944, to her husband who is still missing in action.
6. The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Prime Video (2013)
Another one of the best Hallmark movies ever is The Watsons Go to Birmingham. The movie is based on the historical fiction novel by Christopher Paul Curtis sharing the same name that highlights the realities of racial injustice to both adult and young audiences.
The movie follows the Watsons who set out on a family road trip where their experiences give them a newfound courage to stand up for what is right and help them grow stronger as a family in the process. Even with an IMDb 6.5 rating and a 76% rating on Tomatometer, it’s still one of the most favored out of all Hallmark movies.
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5. Edge of the Garden, Pluto TV (2011)
Edge of the Garden is incredibly popular amongst Hallmark fans. With a Tomatometer of 77% and a 7 out of 10 on IMDb, this movie is one of the best Hallmark movies ever. It follows the story of Brian Connor who works as an executive in his family’s multi-billion dollar tech business, which was also the reason behind his break-up with his fiancee.
To get away from that memory, he goes to Seabrook, Maine, where he buys an abandoned house. Once moving in, he starts to communicate with a woman who lived in the house 50 years ago and died of mysterious circumstances.
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4. November Christmas, Prime Video (2010)
November Christmas is one of the best Hallmark movies ever. With an IMDb rating of 7.5 and 76% on Tomatometer, the inspiring Christmas drama is based on a short story written by Greg Coppa.
The story follows a young couple struggling with the illness of their daughter and the effect their family had on the small, rural community they have become a part of. The hard-hitting topics truly make this a heartwarming story that shows the power of small acts of kindness.
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3. The Color of Rain, Peacock (2014)
Another one of the best Hallmart movies of all time is The Color of Rain, which has a stunning rating of 7 out of 10 on IMDb, and a 68% Tomatometer rating. Available on the Hallmark channel, Peacock, and Amazon Prime, follow the story of Gina and their two sons. On Christmas Day in 2005, Matt Kell’s life is taken by cancer, and she’s left a widower.
Not only must she work through the loss, but support her children as well. In hopes of being closer to her kids, she volunteers at their elementary school and meets Jack, Danny, and Charlotte Spegn. Not only does she find comfort, but she finds love as well, in a beautiful love story that shows the power of leaning on those around you during hard times.
2. Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again, Prime Video (2017)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again has several known titles, with the original being Dead Letters, and another as Lost Letter Mysteries. The drama and romantic TV movie is considered one of the best Hallmark movies ever and was created by Touched by an Angel‘s Marth Williamson, with the show focusing on United States Postal Service employees who work in the Dead Letter Office.
The movie follows the employees who take it upon themselves to track down intended recipients of the undeliverable mail. In this particular movie, the employee finds a vase full of letters with mysterious origins. Tomatometer rates this as an 87% rating with an IMDb rating of 7.7.
1. Love Comes Softly, Amazon (2003)
Love Comes Softly is a Christian drama film set in the 19th century. The movie is based on a series of books by Janette Oke, and originally aired on Hallmark Channel, but is now available on Amazon. It’s by far one of the best Hallmark movies ever with an 87% on Tomatometer and 7.3 on IMDb.
The story follows a young woman on her way to a new life in the 1800s who suddenly finds herself a widow. Now she must live with a recently widowed young man and his daughter for protection, but can she also find love again? It’s truly romantic and heartwarming.
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