Movies Like The Noel Diary (2022)

The Noel Diary is a 2022 comedy, drama, romance film from Charles Shyer with a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with A Maple Valley Christmas and The Muppet Christmas Carol.

Comedy Drama Romance

A Maple Valley Christmas

2022

Erica is a rancher who has spent her whole life working the family farm with her mother and sister. When Aaron arrives and disrupts her plans, she starts to question what it is she actually wants.

6.4

MagicScore

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

7.4

MagicScore

Noel Next Door

2022

A hard-working, single mom gets into a war of words with a neighbor who she feels is ruining Christmas, only to find that this misunderstood grouch just may steal her heart.

7.0

MagicScore

A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love

2020

After 15 years, Pat moves home from Hawaii with his two sons and through a series of coincidences, or Godwinks, ends up stuck in traffic next to his high school sweetheart, Margie, at Christmas.

6.9

MagicScore

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

2024

The Herdman kids are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community. But this Christmas, they're taking over their local church Pageant – and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked little town the true meaning of Christmas.

6.9

MagicScore

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

6.8

MagicScore

Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas

2018

Famous musician Heath and small-town girl Cara are each traveling back to Oklahoma for the holidays when they get stranded in Chicago. Despite his fame, she has no idea who he is, but they hit it off—and she even ends up providing some inspiration for the Christmas song he's writing.

6.5

MagicScore

Let It Snow

2019

In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings together a group of young people. They soon find their friendships and love lives colliding, and come Christmas morning, nothing will be the same.

6.1

MagicScore

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

1966

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.

7.5

MagicScore

#10

A Christmas Carol

1984

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

7.5

MagicScore

#11

Scrooge

1951

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

A Christmas Carol

1971

7.1

MagicScore

#13

Unlocking Christmas

2020

When a mysterious key and a holiday riddle arrive on their doorsteps, Kate and Kevin embark on a Christmas romance adventure they’ll never forget.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas

2020

Five guests are mysteriously invited to an inn to celebrate Christmas. With the help of the owner Ben, Sarah discovers that an event from the past may connect them and change their lives forever.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

A Christmas Carol

1938

7.0

MagicScore

#16

A Christmas Carol

2009

6.9

MagicScore

#17

A Christmas Carol

1999

6.9

MagicScore

#18

Spirited

2022

Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

Scrooge

1970

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

2000

The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Noel Diary?

The top films similar to The Noel Diary by MovieMagicScore are A Maple Valley Christmas (6.4), The Muppet Christmas Carol (7.4), Noel Next Door (7.0). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Noel Diary worth watching?

The Noel Diary holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10 from 380 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Noel Diary?

The Noel Diary (2022) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Charles Shyer, starring Justin Hartley, Barrett Doss, Bonnie Bedelia.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Noel Diary?

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About movies like The Noel Diary

This ranked list pairs The Noel Diary (2022), a comedy and drama and romance film from Charles Shyer, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Justin Hartley 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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