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What’s the best Maine Hallmark Christmas movie? 8 movies ranked based on reviews
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As the harsh winter weather sends New Englanders to celebrate the holidays indoors, there is no better way to get in the festive mood than with a blanket, a mug of hot cocoa and a holiday movie – and for Hallmark, there is no better setting for a holiday movie than a small New England town.
In fact, many of the channel’s holiday films are set in Maine. Whether set in real towns like Bristol or the fictional St. Ives, the aesthetic snowy backdrop and charming small-town feel Maine is known for make the state the perfect setting for a feel-good holiday flick.
Here are 8 Hallmark Christmas movies set in Maine that are available to watch this season, in order of worst to best rankings from IMDb.
In “Nostalgic Christmas,” Anne returns home for the holidays to the fictional town of North Bay, Maine to help her dad sell his toy store and retire from his wood-carving career. When Anne must co-chair the town’s Christmas celebration with handsome widower Keith, she questions whether her future is back in New York or right there in her hometown.
IMDb rating: 6.3
Where to watch: fuboTV, Prime Video premium, Hallmark+, 1/1/25 at midnight on the Hallmark Channel
“The Wishing Tree” follows Evan Farnsworth, a professor at a boarding school in Maine who offers to teach the students left behind during Christmas vacation. After one of the students gets into trouble and threatens Evan’s job, a magical wishing tree decorated with handwritten Christmas wishes brings the professor and his students closer together.
IMDb rating: 6.3
Where to watch: Peacock, Pluto TV, fuboTV, Prime Video premium, Hallmark+
After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend and getting short term amnesia, Lucy returns home to the fictional Bedford Harbor, Maine for the town’s Christmas celebration, where she rediscovers herself.
IMDb rating: 6.5
Where to watch: fubo, Prime Video premium, Hallmark+, 12/28 at 8 p.m. on the Hallmark Channel
Set in Bristol, “Cranberry Christmas” tells the story of separated couple Dawn and Gabe who pretend to be happy in their marriage to help save the town’s annual Christmas Cranberry Festival put on by their family cranberry farm.
IMDb rating: 6.5
Where to watch: Prime Video premium, Hallmark+, 12/24 at 8 a.m. on the Hallmark Channel
“Let it Snow” follows Stephanie, a resort executive played by Candace Cameron Bure of “Full House,” as she prepares a renovation proposal for Snow Valley Lodge, a Maine resort which her father’s resort company has just acquired. Faced with tension with the property guide Brady, the need for approval from her detached father and a Christmas Eve deadline, Stephanie must decide whether she wants to continue in her Grinch-like ways or embrace Christmas tradition and “let it snow.”
IMDb rating: 6.6
Where to watch: fuboTV, Philo
New this year, “A Novel Noel” tells the story of a burnt out book editor from New York City who takes a temporary job at a bookstore in fictional St. Ives, Maine over the holidays. While there, she rediscovers her passion for creativity and finds love with the annoying son of the bookstore’s owners.
IMDb rating: 6.6
Where to watch: fuboTV, 12/27 at 8 p.m. on the Hallmark Channel
In “Fallen Angel,” successful Los Angeles lawyer Terry must return to his estranged father’s home in Maine after he passes, leading Terry to confront his traumatic memories and reconnect with a woman from his past.
IMDb rating: 7.0
Where to watch: Pluto TV, PLEX, Prime Video premium, Hallmark+
Taking the highest ranking for Hallmark Christmas movies set in Maine is “Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas,” which follows a woman with amnesia as she travels from a hospital in fictional Covington, Maine to a Christmas tree lighting in South Carolina in hopes of rediscovering her identity.
IMDb rating: 7.2
Where to watch: Prime Video premium, Hallmark+, 12/26 at 6 p.m. on the Hallmark Channel