Christmas romance films

Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The film features an ensemble cast, composed predominantly of British actors, many of whom had worked with Curtis in previous projects. An international co-production of the United Kingdom, United States and France, it was mostly filmed on location in London. The film delves into different aspects of love as shown through 10 separate stories involving a variety of individuals, many of whom are interlinked as the plot progresses. The story begins five weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly countdown until the holiday, followed by an epilogue that takes place in the New Year.

1960 film directed by Billy Wilder

The Holiday is a 2006 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Nancy Meyers. Co-produced by Meyers and Bruce A. Block, the film was shot in both California and England. It stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as Amanda and Iris, two lovelorn women from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, who arrange a home exchange to escape heartbreak during the Christmas and holiday season. Jude Law and Jack Black play the film's leading men Graham and Miles, with Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, and Rufus Sewell playing supporting roles.

1995 film directed by Jon Turteltaub

2009 film by Mark Waters

1957 film by Leo McCarey

2001 film by Peter Chelsom

1940 film directed by Ernst Lubitsch

2008 film by Seth Gordon

1947 film directed by Henry Koster

1955 film by Douglas Sirk

White Christmas is a 1954 American Christmas musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs of Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song, "White Christmas", introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn.

2005 film by Roger Kumble

1942 film by Mark Sandrich

Holidate is a 2020 American romantic comedy film directed by John Whitesell and written by Tiffany Paulsen. It stars Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Jake Manley, Jessica Capshaw, Andrew Bachelor, Frances Fisher, Manish Dayal and Kristin Chenoweth.

The Family Stone is a 2005 American Christmas comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha. Produced by Michael London and distributed by 20th Century Fox, it stars an ensemble cast, including Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Luke Wilson.

1996 film by Penny Marshall

2018 film by Mike Rohl

2006 film by Wayne Wang

2021 film directed by Hernán Jiménez

2019 film directed by Luke Snellin

2022 film directed by Janeen Damian

2007 television film directed by Ron Underwood

2024 film directed by Stephen Herek

1940 film by Mitchell Leisen

1991 film by Robert Lieberman

2022 film directed by Charles Shyer

1951 film by Roy Del Ruth

1954 film by Frank Tashlin

1945 film by Peter Godfrey

1950 film by Don Hartman

1962 film directed by George Roy Hill

1949 film by Buster Keaton, Robert Zigler Leonard

2010 television film directed by Gil Junger

Fitzwilly is a 1967 American romantic comedy film directed by Delbert Mann, based on Poyntz Tyler's 1960 novel A Garden of Cucumbers (the title refers to Isaiah 1:8) and adapted for the screen by Isobel Lennart. Its title refers to the nickname of its protagonist, Claude Fitzwilliam, an unusually intelligent and highly educated mastermind of a butler played by Dick Van Dyke, who commits robberies to maintain the luxurious lifestyle of his employer. The film co-stars Barbara Feldon in her first feature-film role.

1992 film directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger

1947 film by Roy Del Ruth

1956 musical film directed by Norman Taurog

2020 film directed by Martin Wood

2024 film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti

2024 film directed by Rusty Cundieff

2009 television film directed by Norma Bailey

2018 film by Bradley Walsh

1946 film by Curtis Bernhardt

2024 film by Peter Sullivan

2021 film directed by Mary Lambert

2025 film directed by Steve Carr

2019 film directed by Leslie Small

2025 film directed by Michael Fimognari

2013 television film directed by John Kent Harrison

2021 film directed by Aml Ameen