Movies Like A December Bride (2016)

A December Bride is a 2016 romance, tv movie film from David Winning with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Hitched for the Holidays and The Mistletoe Promise.

Romance TV Movie

Hitched for the Holidays

2012

A couple of single adults agree to pose as each others significant other throughout the holidays to keep their meddling families from harassing them, only to find that their feelings for each other are real.

6.4

MagicScore

The Mistletoe Promise

2016

A chance meeting between two strangers who share a disdain for Christmas results in The Mistletoe Promise, a pact to help them navigate their holiday complications - together. But as they spend more time with each other and experience the magic of Christmas the phony couple discovers there may be more to their contract than business.

6.3

MagicScore

A Christmas for the Books

2018

Lifestyle guru and romance expert Joanna Moret has developed a foolproof strategy for ending holiday loneliness and it's all detailed in her best-selling book, The Love Audit. After appearing on a morning show, she is offered the biggest opportunity of her career—to throw the MacAllen Holiday Gala—and if all goes well, she'll get her own TV show. Little do her fans—or the MacAllens—know that she is newly single and can't seem to apply her principles to her own love life. Joanna asks the morning show producer, Ted, to pretend they are a couple or risk being exposed as a fraud.

5.3

MagicScore

Window Wonderland

2013

With the Christmas season fast approaching, department store window decorator Sloan Van Doren is hoping to take over the recently-vacated head window designer spot but finds she has to prove herself by going up against rival Jake Dooley. As the two compete they find they may have more in common than they think. Stars Chyler Leigh and Naomi Judd.

5.6

MagicScore

Holiday

1938

Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!

7.3

MagicScore

Last Christmas

2019

Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.

7.2

MagicScore

Happiest Season

2020

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

7.1

MagicScore

Boxing Day

2021

Melvin, a British author living in America, returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his American fiancée Lisa to his eccentric British-Caribbean family. Their relationship is put to the test as she discovers the world her fiancé has left behind.

6.6

MagicScore

Your Christmas or Mine?

2022

Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad split-second decision to swap trains and surprise each other. Passing each other in the station, they are completely unaware that they have just swapped Christmases.

6.4

MagicScore

#10

Hot Frosty

2024

When a young widow's magic scarf brings a dashing snowman to life, can he help her rediscover romance, laughter and holiday cheer before he melts away?

5.9

MagicScore

#11

Four Christmases

2008

Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter. Now, Brad and Kate are left with precious little choice other than to swallow their pride and suffer the rounds.

5.8

MagicScore

#12

Surviving Christmas

2004

A wealthy executive, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) has no close relationships and becomes nostalgic for his childhood home as Christmas approaches. When he visits the house and finds another family living there, he offers the residents, Tom Valco (James Gandolfini) and his wife, Christine (Catherine O'Hara), a large sum of money to pretend they are his parents. Soon Drew tests the couple's patience, and, when their daughter, Alicia (Christina Applegate), arrives, things get increasingly tense.

5.7

MagicScore

#13

Love Hina Christmas Special: Silent Eve

2000

As another round of preliminary tests approach for Keitarō, so does Christmas. And as the first Christmas of the millennium, there is a rumor that if one confesses his love on this special eve it will come true. Keitarō has decided what he needs to do on this Christmas eve. But being a retaker, can he afford taking attention away from the tests on the same day?

5.6

MagicScore

#14

The Proposal

2009

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

Midnight at the Magnolia

2020

Longtime friends and local radio hosts Maggie and Jack fake it as a couple for their families and listeners in hopes of getting their show syndicated.

6.2

MagicScore

#16

Failure to Launch

2006

At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, an active dating life, and a great house - trouble is, he still lives with his parents, Al and Sue, who are not happy about it. Al and Sue are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to help. In desperation to push Tripp out of the nest once and for all, Al and Sue hatch a plan to hire Paula, an "interventionist," who has a formula in these cases.

5.8

MagicScore

#17

Grounded for Christmas

2019

When a winter storm hits Cleveland and grounds flights, the nearby hotels quickly fill up with stranded travelers. Nina, a pilot, reluctantly agrees to let her arrogant but charming fellow pilot, Brady, stay at her nearby parents' home. But when they discover her family is hosting a tree trimming party that night and that her ex will be there, Brady pretends to be her boyfriend to help her out.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

A Christmas Proposal

2021

A chef agrees to pose as a Seattle attorney's girlfriend to help him impress his family during Christmas. Their business arrangement gets complicated as real feelings develop while they work together to help him secure a promotion at the family firm.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

Snow Bride

2013

When a reporter encounters the eldest son of a famous political family at a mountain retreat, she winds up pretending to be his girlfriend over Christmas so he can save face with his family. Should she secretly expose newsworthy scoops about the famous family in order to save her job, or trust that she's falling in love for real? Stars Patricia Richardson and Katrina Law.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

A Midnight Kiss

2018

With only one week to prepare, Lisa Patterson and her family of party planners are given the biggest job in their company’s history: a New Year’s Eve party for tech entrepreneur Megan Clark. But when her brother breaks his leg and her parents head off on a planned vacation, Lisa must reluctantly enlist the help of her brother’s visiting college buddy, David Campos, to help her pull off the event which just so happens to fall on her favorite day of the year. But what Lisa didn’t plan on was falling in love in the process.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like A December Bride?

The top films similar to A December Bride by MovieMagicScore are Hitched for the Holidays (6.4), The Mistletoe Promise (6.3), A Christmas for the Books (5.3). Each shares romance/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is A December Bride worth watching?

A December Bride holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 155 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is A December Bride?

A December Bride (2016) is a romance, tv movie film directed by David Winning, starring Daniel Lissing, Jessica Lowndes, April Telek.

Where can I find more recommendations like A December Bride?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more romance recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like A December Bride

This ranked list pairs A December Bride (2016), a romance and tv movie film from David Winning, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Daniel Lissing take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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