We’re back! Last week we kicked off our Home For the Holidays: Love is in the Air series with part one of romantic love stores. This week we’re continuing with more of these holiday films blending love, laughter, and a little seasonal magic. From unexpected reunions in EXmas to chance encounters on a London train in This Is Christmas, romance blossoms in the most festive ways.
Follow a life-changing European getaway in Last Holiday or a live-swap adventure in The Princess Switch, each story celebrates connection, joy, and the thrill of new love. This collection is your ultimate guide to holiday romance on screen!
Last Holiday
Georgia, a retail worker receives a devastating medical diagnosis. She decides to stop playing it safe and live her life to the fullest. She embarks on a lavish holiday trip to Europe, where her confidence, kindness, and zest for life unexpectedly draw people into her orbit. A true blend of romance, self-discovery, and holiday escapism.
Director: Wayne Wang/ Starring: Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Gérard Depardieu
While You Were Sleeping
A lonely transit worker saves her longtime crush from an accident, only to be mistaken for his fiancée while he lies in a coma. Swept into his warm, yet chaotic family during the holiday season, Lucy finds herself caught in a web of misunderstandings, guilt, and an unexpected emotional connection.
Director: Jon Turteltaub / Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman
Let It Snow
Multiple love stories are intertwined in a small Midwestern town during a massive Christmas Eve snowstorm. As the weather forces friends, strangers, and romantic interests together, these relationships are tested, surprising confessions are made, and unexpected sparks fly.
Director: Luke Snellin /Starring: Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Kiernan Shipka, Jacob Batalon, Liv Hewson
The Perfect Holiday
A young boy is determined to help his mother rediscover love after heartbreak. He enlists a mall Santa to play matchmaker, unknowingly setting his mother up with a man who may be more than he seems.
Director: Lance Rivera / Starring: Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Queen Latifah, Charlie Murphy
The Princess Switch
A Chicago baker travels to a European kingdom for a Christmas baking competition and discovers she looks exactly like the country’s soon-to-be princess. The two women decide to secretly swap lives, which leads to one having a royal romance and the other experiencing life as a regular person. As both women find unexpected love, they now must decide whether to return to their original lives.
Director: Mike Rohl / Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar
Jingle Bell Heist
On Christmas Eve in London, sharp-witted retail worker and down-on-his-luck repairman, both struggling with their own personal hardships, cross paths when they set their sights on robbing one of the city’s most prestigious department stores.
Director: Michael Fimognari / Starring: Olivia Holt, Connor Swindells
EXmas
Graham returns home for the holidays expecting a quiet family Christmas, only to discover his family is celebrating the holiday with his ex-girlfriend. Trapped under one roof, old feelings, unresolved tension, and awkward family dynamics collide as the holiday unfolds.
Director: Jonah Feingold /Starring: Leighton Meester, Robbie Amell
This Is Christmas
A commuter secretly orchestrates a plan to bring together his fellow train passengers for a festive Christmas gathering. As these strangers connects, unexpected romances begin to form.
Director: Chris Foggin / Starring: Alfred Enoch, Kaya Scodelario
