The Best Hallmark Love Ever After Original Movies

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Vote up the best Countdown to Valentine's Day Hallmark original movies
Latest additions: Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, Mingle All the Way, Christmas in Rome
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Hallmark Channel celebrates Valentine's Day every year with a lineup of romantic movies during their Love Ever After event (formerly known as "Countdown to Valentine's Day"). This list of Hallmark Valentine films is full of both romantic films that Hallmark scheduled during their Valentine's Day countdown and World Premiere Original Valentine's Day movies.

From sweet stories like A Dash of Love and Very, Very Valentine to more dramatic films like Royal Hearts and Accidentally in Love, these Hallmark Valentine movies are ready to share the love, no matter what time of year it is. If you're looking for a great Valentine's Day movie and don't mind a guilty pleasure, you may find just what you're looking for here.

All of these movies are worth some love, but which of these Hallmark Valentine's Day films do you think is the best?

  • Valentine Ever After
    1

    Valentine Ever After

    212 votes

    Big city girls Julia (Autumn Reeser) and Sydney take a trip to a dude ranch in Wyoming for a fun weekend getaway. But when a brawl ensues in the local bar one night, the girls are sentenced to perform community service for disorderly conduct and are forced to stay in town, discovering a charitable cause that just might change their lives.

  • Falling For Vermont
    2

    Falling For Vermont

    187 votes

    When a best-selling author Angela (Julie Gonzalo) decides to escape the media frenzy, her plan goes awry when a she’s caught in a thunderstorm and crashes her car. Found wandering with no memory and no ID, the town doctor (and a single dad) offers up his guest house until her memory returns.

  • All of My Heart
    3

    All of My Heart

    207 votes

    Jenny's (Lacey Chapbert) life suddenly changes course when she inherits a country home and learns she must share it with a career-obsessed Wall Street trader. Their initial dislike for each other begin to change when they find themselves having to work side-by-side to restore their newly acquired home.

  • Appetite for Love
    4

    Appetite for Love

    205 votes

    Mina (Taylor Cole) has a boyfriend who has meticulously planned out their lives and a great job with International Corporate Brands. But when her work sends her to her hometown in Tennessee to convince an old, stubborn restaurant owner to sell, she encounters her ex-boyfriend, Clay, who claims he will never part with the property.

  • My Secret Valentine
    5

    My Secret Valentine

    192 votes

    A young woman (Lacey Chabert) takes advice from the chalkboard notes that her mysterious house rental tenant leaves when a slick sales rep arrives with plans to buy her family’s prized winery.

  • Moonlight In Vermont
    6

    Moonlight In Vermont

    185 votes

    High-end real estate broker Fiona Rangely (Lacey Chabert) she escapes to her family’s quaint in in Vermont to re-evaluate her life after she is dumped by her boyfriend. A complicated plan to get back at her ex-boyfriend that involves the handsome head chef Derek (Carlo Marks) gets more complicated when she realizes that she’s been thrown a curveball and that sometimes the best things in life are worth the wait.

  • A Dash Of Love
    7

    A Dash Of Love

    151 votes

    When an aspiring chef (Autumn Reeser) lands an assistant job at her idol’s restaurant, she's convinced her big break is just around the corner. But her joy is short lived when she discovers her idol’s stealing her recipes and fires both her and the handsome executive chef to protect her secret.

  • Matching Hearts
    8

    Matching Hearts

    118 votes
    As Valentine's Day nears, a matchmaker (Taylor Cole) is tasked by her mentor to find a match for an entrepreneur who believes staying single is the key to success.
  • Anything For Love
    9

    Anything For Love

    154 votes

    Katherine (Erika Christensen), a high-powered executive, and Jack, a male nurse, create internet dating profiles that don't tell the truth about their professions, hoping to find better luck. They are matched and find themselves falling in love, but hiding their true identities proves far trickier than expected.

  • Very, Very Valentine
    10

    Very, Very Valentine

    169 votes

    Helen (Danica McKellar), a kind hearted and shy florist, meets the perfect man at a Valentine's Masquerade Ball. When she enlists the help of her best friend Henry to track him down, she finds that her perfect man may already be right in front of her.

  • Love At First Bark
    11

    Love At First Bark

    157 votes

    Portland interior designer Julia Galvins (Jana Kramer) adopts a dog and seeks the help of expert and handsome dog trainer Owen Michaels (Kevin McGarry). When she is hired to design a nursery and a “puppery,” as well as plan a puppy shower fund-raiser for a pregnant client and her pregnant dog, Julia asks Owen’s advice, and their friendship just might turn into something more.

  • Love Blossoms
    12

    Love Blossoms

    164 votes

    Perfumer Violet (Shantel VanSanten) is desperate to formulate her late father’s unfinished signature scent. Under great pressure to finish by Valentine’s Day, Violet hires an inexperienced botanist with an uncanny ability to identify scents. It’s not long before their professional relationship turns romantic, threatening their deadline and feelings for each other.

  • Christmas Island
    13
    Rachel Skarsten, Andrew W. Walker, Kate Drummond
    11 votes
    When a snowstorm diverts Kate's first private flight to Christmas Island, she must team up with an air traffic controller to secure her dream job as the family's pilot.
    • Released: 2023
    • Directed by: David Weaver
  • Cooking With Love
    14

    Cooking With Love

    178 votes

    Optimistic and cheerful TV producer Kelly (Ali Liebert) doesn't have time for love. Bad boy celebrity chef Stephen (Brett Dalton) doesn't have time for anything besides cooking. Fun with a side of love ensues as Kelly and Stephen are paired on a children's cooking show.

  • Royal Hearts
    15

    Royal Hearts

    162 votes

    Montana rancher Hank (James Brolin) learns that he's the last heir of the late King of Merania and has inherited the throne. His daughter, Kelly, convinces the reluctant royal to step in as king so that the country can keep its independence.

  • It Was Always You
    16

    It Was Always You

    97 votes
    Elizabeth's engagement plans are thrown into disarray when her fiancée's free-spirited brother David returns home. David's unexpected influence prompts Elizabeth to question her life decisions.
  • Valentine in the Vineyard
    17

    Valentine in the Vineyard

    143 votes

    Frankie (Rachael Leigh Cook) and Nate (Brendan Penny) are back, managing life on the vineyard and planning a wedding in secret!

  • The Story of Us
    18

    The Story of Us

    133 votes

    Jamie (Maggie Lawson) learns that her first love Sawyer (Sam Page) is the architect of a development that wants to change her beloved neighborhood and threatens her bookstore. Can old Valentines help them see eye to eye?

  • All Things Valentine
    19

    All Things Valentine

    145 votes

    Avery (Sarah Rafferty), a blogger with a string of disappointing Valentine’s Days, is ready to give up on love when she meets handsome veterinarian Brendan. When she finds out he blames his recent break up on her blog and is the one leaving her angry comments, she begins to question the bond they’ve begun to build.

  • A Valentine's Match
    20

    A Valentine's Match

    107 votes
    Fired from her job as a reality TV host, Natalie (Bethany Joy Lenz) returns home for Valentine's Day, only to find herself running the town festival's auction with her ex-fiancé thanks to two scheming mothers.
  • Falling in Love in Niagara
    21
    Jocelyn Hudon, Dan Jeannotte, Masa Lizdek
    9 votes
    When her fiance leaves her right before the wedding, Madeline goes to Niagara Falls to honeymoon without him. She soon finds new love while reconnecting with her adventurous side.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: Marita Grabiak
  • A Very Merry Mix-Up
    22
    Alicia Witt, Mark Wiebe, Scott Gibson
    11 votes
    A woman plans to meet her future in-laws at Christmas and, through a serendipitous series of events, spends the holiday with a warm and caring family whose son catches her eye.
    • Released: 2013
    • Directed by: Jonathan Wright
  • The Secret Ingredient
    23

    The Secret Ingredient

    69 votes
    Small-town baker, Kelly (Erin Cahill), gets a big surprise when she is invited to compete on a Valentine's Day baking show in New York City - and an even bigger surprise when she runs into her ex-fiance.
  • Like Cats And Dogs
    24

    Like Cats And Dogs

    137 votes

    Spencer (Wyatt Nash) is a cat person. Lara (Cassidy Gifford) is a dog person. Their personalities couldn’t be more different, but when a reservation screw up lands them - and their pets - in the same vacation rental house, they all have to figure out how to get along with each other.

  • Love At First Glance
    25

    Love At First Glance

    131 votes

    Mary’s (Amy Smart) hope for an engagement is upended unexpectedly when her fiancé tells her he is looking for someone more adventurous. On her train ride home, she finds herself trading glances with a handsome stranger who, leaves his phone behind when he exits the train. As Mary tries to return the phone, she finds herself on a journey of self-discovery.

  • A Biltmore Christmas
    26
    Bethany Joy Lenz, Kristoffer Polaha, Robert Picardo
    12 votes
    A magical hourglass sends modern-day screenwriter Lucy Hardgrove to the set of the 1947 holiday movie classic "His Merry Wife!" However, before she can return to the present, Lucy must make things right or threaten to alter the future forever.
    • Released: 2023
    • Directed by: John Putch
  • Wedding March 3: Here Comes The Bride
    27

    Wedding March 3: Here Comes The Bride

    125 votes

    It’s a full Valentine’s Day weekend at the Inn when Olivia (Josie Bissett) and Mick (Jack Wagner) host Mick’s sister and her finance, Mick’s daughter and her boyfriend, and Olivia’s mother and her boyfriend. Things get chaotic when Mick’s sister decides to have her wedding at the Inn that weekend and Mick’s daughter announces plans to drop out of college.

  • A Reason for the Season
    28
    Taylor Cole, Kevin McGarry, Sarah-Jane Redmond
    6 votes
    In order to earn her trust fund and with the help of a handsome local attorney, Evie is tasked with granting Christmas wishes to the people who saved her life on the night of her birth.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: Jason Bourque
  • A Heavenly Christmas
    29
    Kristin Davis, Eric McCormack, Shirley MacLaine
    6 votes
    A workaholic's (Kristin Davis) untimely death leads to her recruitment as a Christmas angel. Her first task is to help a struggling singer (Eric McCormack) use his music to heal old wounds.
    • Released: 2016
    • Directed by: Paul Shapiro
  • A Carol for Two
    30
    Ginna Claire Mason, Jordan Litz, Charlotte d'Amboise
    6 votes
    New to New York, talented singer Violette takes a job as a singing waitress. Things get complicated when her duet partner sets her up with a friend but starts developing feelings himself.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: Jeff Beesley
  • The Christmas Charade
    31
    Rachel Skarsten, Corey Sevier, Kristin Booth
    6 votes
    Facing another dull Christmas alone, sparks fly when a risk-averse librarian accidentally gets wrapped up with a grinchy FBI agent in an undercover mission to save the Heart of Christmas.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: Corey Sevier
  • Love Locks
    32

    Love Locks

    132 votes

    A Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation.

    Lindsey (Rebecca Romijn) returns to Paris after 20 years and begins a journey of romance and rediscovery when she reconnects with her college boyfriend and first love.

  • Love in Store
    33

    Love in Store

    78 votes
    Two rival home shopping hosts are forced together while competing for a promotion. Along the way they find their on-air chemistry kindles an off-air spark.
  • Christmas in Rome
    34
    Lacey Chabert, Sam Page, Franco Nero
    7 votes
    Angela, an American tour guide in Rome, agrees to teach a culture-shocked businessman named Oliver about the heart of Rome at Christmas.
    • Released: 2019
    • Directed by: Ernie Barbarash
  • Christmas With the Singhs
    35
    Anuja Joshi, Ben Hollingsworth, Jaden Narwal
    7 votes
    Newly engaged Asha Singh and Jake O'Brien are excited to spend Christmas together, but their relationship is tested when their families' cultural and holiday traditions clash.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: Panta Mosleh
  • Be My Valentine
    36

    Be My Valentine

    108 votes

    Firefighter lieutenant Dan Farrell (William Baldwin) is a widower and single dad who isn’t looking for love. When he struggles to buy flower arrangements for the stations annual Valentine’s Day Firefighter’s Ball, Dan enlists florist Kate’s (Natalie Brown) expertise and soon the two are spending lots of time getting to know each other.

  • Beverly Hills Wedding
    37

    Beverly Hills Wedding

    54 votes
    When small-town wedding photographer Molly’s baby sister gets engaged, she enters the budget-conscious couple in a contest, wins a dream wedding – an all-expenses-paid, celeb-worthy event at a historic Beverly Hills hotel, thrown by “planner to the stars,” Terrence Roquefort. It all seems perfect but when the engaged couple seems uneasy with the new plans,, maid of honor duties bring Molly closer to the best man, her ex-boyfriend Cory, she reconsiders whose dreams she is trying to fulfill.
  • Jingle Bell Run
    38
    Ashley Williams, Andrew W. Walker, Michelle Brezinski
    9 votes
    Self-described bookworm Avery is paired with retired hockey star Wes to compete in a holiday race across America. The team struggles through themed challenges until romance runs its course.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: Lucie Guest
  • Playing Cupid
    39

    Playing Cupid

    71 votes
    A modern-day EMMA finds David Martinez being secretly set up with his daughter's teacher when the young girl begins a matchmaking business for a school project.
  • Mix Up in the Mediterranean
    40

    Mix Up in the Mediterranean

    55 votes
    A small-town cook impersonates his big city chef twin to compete in a culinary contest, falls for the woman in charge of the event, who thinks he is the brother who is married
  • Christmas in Notting Hill
    41
    Sarah Ramos, William Moseley, Joelle Rae
    5 votes
    Always too busy for love, famous soccer star Graham Savoy soon has a change of heart when he meets a visiting American during Christmastime.
    • Released: 2023
    • Directed by: Ali Liebert
  • While You Were Dating
    42

    While You Were Dating

    89 votes

    A divorced couple meet online and end up going on a blind date together. After an awkward reunion, they decide to set each other up with their friends, but old habits never quite die.

  • Mingle All the Way
    43
    Jen Lilley, Brant Daugherty, Lindsay Wagner
    4 votes
    A young entrepreneur is trying to win over investors for the dating app she has developed. To help bring on investors for expansion, she promises to take part in using it in the coming weeks before Christmas to find love and track her progress.
    • Released: 2018
    • Directed by: Allan Harmon
  • Christmas on Cherry Lane
    44
    Catherine Bell, Jonathan Bennett, John Brotherton
    4 votes
  • Holiday Mismatch
    45
    Caroline Rhea, Beth Broderick, Jon McLaren
    4 votes
    New retiree Barb joins a Holiday Committee but clashes with long standing member Kath. When they realize their kids have started dating, they conspire to break up the happy couple.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: Caroline Labrèche
  • Haul Out the Holly
    46
    Lacey Chabert, Wes Brown, Stephen Tobolowsky
    10 votes
    Emily comes home to visit her parents, only to discover they're leaving for a trip of their own. While staying at their house for the holidays, Emily meets members of the community who want her to join in the neighborhood's Christmas festivities.
    • Released: 2022
    • Directed by: Maclain Nelson
  • Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
    47
    Lacey Chabert, Wes Brown, Stephen Tobolowsky
    10 votes
    Emily and Jared are looking forward to celebrating the holidays together again, this time as a couple. They're also ready to work with members of the community to make this year's Christmas festivities the best yet.
    • Released: 2023
    • Directed by: Maclain Nelson
  • Smooch
    48

    Smooch

    Kellie Martin, Simon Kassianides, Nick Ullett
    510 votes

    Suffering from amnesia, a prince (Simon Kassianides) is taken in by a little girl (Kiernan Shipka). Convincing him he is a frog-turned-prince, he becomes her nanny and falls in love with her single mother (Kellie Martin).

    • Released: 2011
    • Directed by: Ron Oliver
  • Winter's Dream
    49
    Dean Cain, Kristy Swanson, Aren Buchholz
    702 votes

    A former ski champion (Kristy Swanson) reenters the competitive world when a 16-year old downhill racer asks for help, leading her to reawaken an old passion and find a new love.

    • Released: 2018
    • Directed by: David Winning
  • Perfect Match
    50
    Danica McKellar, Paul Greene, Graham Verchere
    1,566 votes

    Wedding planner (Danica McKellar) and event planner (Paul Greene) are hired to help out an engaged couple put together the wedding of their dreams.  The two planners are as different as night and day, but as they learn to compromise, they discover opposites can combine to produce incredible results.

    • Released: 2015
    • Directed by: Ron Oliver
  • The Sweeter Side of Life
    51

    The Sweeter Side of Life

    Kathryn Morris, James Best, Alastair Mackenzie
    818 votes

    Desiree Harper's (Kathryn Morris) perfect life as the wife of a high-powered Manhattan doctor comes to a sudden end when her husband says he wants a divorce and invokes their ironclad pre-nup, leaving her penniless. Desiree soon finds moves back to New Jersey to help her father run his struggling bakery and rediscovers her love of baking Will she choose to recapture what she's lost, or hold on to what she's recently found?

    • Released: 2013
    • Directed by: Michael Damian
  • Accidentally in Love
    52

    Accidentally in Love

    Jennie Garth, Ethan Erickson, Fred Willard
    782 votes

    Eddie James (Ethan Erickson), a disgruntled actor who wants to do more than play "Mulligan the Rabbit" on a children's TV show, discovers life can change in a heartbeat when he accidentally gets into a car accident with single mother Annie Baker (Jennie Garth). In the unexpected friendship that develops between them, Eddie tries to help Annie's nearly-blind daughter Taylor get an operation to restore her sight.

    • Released: 2010
    • Directed by: David Burton Morris
  • Elevator Girl
    53
    Lacey Chabert, Ryan Merriman, Patty McCormack
    1,443 votes

    Jonathan (Ryan Merriman) is a successful lawyer whose career is moving fast and Liberty (Lacey Chapbert) is a free-spirited woman with a carefree approach to life. Stuck in a broken elevator, sparks fly and they hit it off immediately. But will love allow them learn to embrace each other's flaws?

    • Released: 2010
    • Directed by: Bradford May
  • Love, Romance & Chocolate
    54

    Love, Romance & Chocolate

    Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp, Brittany Bristow
    1,683 votes

    Emma (Lacey Chabert) and chocolatier Luc (Will Kemp) compete for Belgium’s Royal Chocolatier. The beauty and romance of Bruges inspire unique chocolate combinations, but will their entry win without them losing their hearts?

    On a trip to Belgium, Emma is introduced to renowned chocolatier Luc, who is in the midst of a competition to create the most romantic chocolate in Belgium for the upcoming Belgian royal wedding. A budding romance develops between the pair.
    • Released: 2019
    • Directed by: Jonathan Wright
  • Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story
    55
    Hunter King, Tyler Hynes, Mary Beth McDonough
    3 votes
    Chiefs superfan Alana tries to win the Fan of the Year Award as a Christmas gift for her family, falling in love with someone in the Chiefs front office along the way.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: John Putch
  • Confessions of a Christmas Letter
    56
    Angela Kinsey, Lillian Doucet-Roche, Colleen Wheeler
    4 votes
    After years of losing her community's Christmas letter competition, Settie Rose hires Juan, a struggling novelist, to depict her dysfunctional family in the best possible light.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: Heather Hawthorn Doyle
  • Unwrapping Christmas: Tina's Miracle
    57
    Natalie Hall, Alec Santos, Kathryn Davis
    4 votes
    Successful gift-wrapping shop owner Tina is in charge of planning this year's annual Christmas gala. But things begin to go awry when the gala faces cancellation due to a scrooge-like estate owner.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: Max McGuire
  • Christmas with a Kiss
    58
    Mishael Morgan, Ronnie Rowe, Jaime M. Callica
    4 votes
    A woman returns home to help with her family's Christmas Carnival, and romance ignites. A photo journalist curates a surprise reunion.
    • Released: 2023
    • Directed by: Roger M. Bobb
  • The 5-Year Christmas Party
    59
    Katie Findlay, Jordan Fisher, Jeff Avenue
    4 votes
    Told over the course of five years, two recent college grads find themselves drawn together year after year while working for a catering company that specializes in holiday parties.
    • Released: 2024
    • Directed by: Peter Benson
  • Dater's Handbook
    60

    Dater's Handbook

    Meghan Markle, Kristoffer Polaha, Jonathan Scarfe
    1,175 votes

    Knowing she always picks the wrong type of guy, Cassandra Barber (Meghan Markle) turns to relationship expert, Dr. Susie, and her latest self-help book, “The Dater’s Handbook” to help with her ailing love life. Following the book's advice, she evaluates potential suitors, and then must ultimately choose between reliable George (Jonathan Scarfe) and fun-loving Robert (Kristoffer Polaha).

    • Released: 2016
    • Directed by: James Head