20 best movies like Holly's Holiday (2012)

List of the best movies like Holly's Holiday (2012): A Christmas Wedding Date, Kiss Me Goodbye, 12 Dates of Christmas, Ruby Sparks, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Prelude to a Kiss, Penelope, Christmas Cupid, About Time, Twice Upon a Yesterday.

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Markimdb: 5.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:23

After being fired, Rebecca hours back to her old home town to attend her friends wedding on Christmas Eve and visit her mother. But when she tries to return home she finds she must relive Christmas Eve over and over until she gets it right.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also Jolly's ghost, who doesn't approve of her new mate. Invisible to anyone but Kay, he tries to prevent the wedding. Written by Tom Zoerner

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

In an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve, Kate ends up ruining her blind date with Miles, a handsome guy she's been set up with. In a strange twist of fate, Kate is given the chance to re-live Christmas Eve twelve times.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

    Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

      When notorious womanizer Connor Mead attends his brother Paul's wedding, he is forced to re-evaluate his behavior as he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future, along with his deceased uncle. The experience changes his attitude and allows him to reconnect with his first and only love, Jenny.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:39

        Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, family, cartoon, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        Sloan is beautiful, stylish, and on the fast track to success at her public relations firm. After her client Caitlin ends up in a coma and becomes her own personal ghost of Christmas past, present, and future; she finds out first hand that her unethical ways needs to change and reuniting with a past jilted lover may be the answer.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:03

          The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
          CountrySpain, France, United Kingdom, Germany, USA
          Duration01:31

          Victor Bukowski is an out-of-work actor with problems. He's got a lousy agent, he has a habit of falling out with directors and he's still in love with his ex-girlfriend. However, Victor is about to embark on an unexpected emotional journey which will make him confront his future and his past mistakes.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:35

          With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrecomedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:46

          Ally Darling (Anna Faris) is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA, Spain
          Duration01:34

            A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:27

            After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA

            Charles Whitley travels from 1903 to 2020 where he meets Megan Turner, a tour guide at his historic mansion, and experiences a 21st Century Christmas.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:45

              An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:39

              In this comedic fantasy, science has facilitated the search for a soul mate via biotechnological implants that count down to the moment one is supposed to meet his or her match. But Oona is worried: She's nearly 30, and her TiMER isn't ticking yet. Will her dream guy get snatched up by someone else?

              Markimdb: 5.7
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:32

              Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal psychologist coworker Diane Farrow decide to test it on themselves. The awkward pair suddenly find themselves alluring to anyone they approach, but soon realize they are most attracted to each other.

              Markimdb: 5.9
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA

              George Murray's fiancée Jane Gardner gets cold feet after accepting his ring, terrorized by her first wedding with Doug, who cheated that very day with their wedding coordinator. After a car crash, George finds himself 10 years in the past, just days before Doug's day.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:32

              After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), a grief-stricken British businessman, Ian Wyndham, living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA

              Thirty-nine-year old divorcé Louise Harrington (Linney) works in the admissions office at Columbia University School of the Arts. She is unnerved when she receives an application from F. Scott Feinstadt, the same name of her high school sweetheart who was killed in a car crash, and calls the student to arrange an interview. His appearance, mannerisms, and painting style closely resemble those of her former love, and she begins to suspect the young artist may be the reincarnation of her old flame. Hours after meeting, the two embark upon an affair. Also complicating Louise's life are her relationship with her ex-husband Peter , who confesses he is learning to cope with a sex addiction that, unknown to her, plagued their marriage; her ne'er-do-well brother Sammy, who is favored by their mother Ellie despite his shortcomings; and her best friend Missy, who stole the original Scott from Louise before his death and seems intent on doing the same with the contemporary version.

              Markimdb: 5.8
              Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration02:30

              A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.

              Markimdb: 5.3
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:32

              Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, sport
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:41

              Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:30

              Holly stopped believing in Santa Claus after her wish to meet the man of her dreams never came true. So Santa sets her up with Ryan, who isn't entirely truthful about himself. Now Holly faces a dilemma: marry her current boyfriend, Ted, or fall in love with someone who has lied to her.

              Markimdb: 5.4
              Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:13

              P-A-X-497/341, aka “Pax” , a curious young man from the well-ordered but loveless future, travels to present day New Orleans in search of romance novelist Elizabeth Barrett – whose book he has come upon during an archeological dig in the year 3127. Hoping Elizabeth can explain the concept of love to him, which is now nonexistent in his time, Pax embarks on an adventure filled with new discoveries. Elizabeth introduces Pax to life in the year 2011, filled with love, music and of course, destiny. When Pax doesn’t return to the future by the given deadline, Bob, his fellow scientist, travels back in time to find him. Meanwhile, as Elizabeth helps Pax learn about love, she ends up confiding in her colleague, played by Valerie Harper, about her own upcoming “surprise” engagement.

              Markimdb: 5.4
              Genrecomedy, melodrama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration01:32

              British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a shoulder to cry on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy, a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has almost forgotten his old flame until Vera shows up with a surprise of her own.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

              Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Her last date with disaster? That of having accepted to work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:44

              A young boy, Josh Baskin makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman. What will he find out about this strange world?

              Markimdb: 6.2
              Genrecomedy, melodrama
              CountryGermany, USA, Canada
              Duration01:36

              While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:39

              A businessman is reunited with the four lost souls who were his guardian angels during childhood, all with a particular purpose to joining the afterlife.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:35

                A woman who is robbed on her way to catch the 1:30 train to Boston is left stranded in New York City. She meets a man who helps her during the course of the night and the two form a romance.

                Markimdb: 5.3
                Genrecomedy, melodrama
                CountryUSA, Germany
                Duration01:43

                Mary Fiore, San Francisco's premiere wedding planner is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client, wealthy Fran Donnolly. As Mary continues making the wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.

                Markimdb: 7
                Genrefantasy, melodrama
                CountrySouth Korea

                Soo-hyun comes across magical pills that allow him to go back and forth in time. 30 years to the past, young Soo-hyun meets future Soo-hyun and learns that his girlfriend will soon die because of him. In order to save her, the two Soo-hyuns try to change the past together, but a completely new and unexpected past is formed that leads to a new future.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genrecomedy, melodrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:52

                After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genrecomedy, melodrama
                CountryJapan

                Nino is a quiet outcast with only a bird for a friend. Kira is a popular boy with a big secret. Even though they live next to each other, they have never spoken. But when Nino learns Kira's secret, everything begins to change, and what starts as a hesitant friendship grows into something more... but how long can it last?

                Markimdb: 8.1
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryIndia
                Duration02:31

                He is cute. He's shrewd. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can't speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Cos he can't! Next summer ride a rollercoaster of emotions with Barfii - the Chalu Chaplin!

                Markimdb: 5.4
                Genrecomedy, melodrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:44

                When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.

                Markimdb: 7
                Genrefantasy, melodrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:46

                Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's experiences, creating a bond that apparently can't be broken.

                Markimdb: 6.2
                Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:58

                A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:43

                Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

                Markimdb: 5.4
                Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:40

                A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and he takes her back to his butcher shop in New York city, where her powers tend to influence everyone she meets while working in the shop. Through her advice, she helps others and eventually finds the true man of her dreams.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:39

                  Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.

                  Markimdb: 6.1
                  Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
                  CountryCanada

                  Mary Tobin has wonderful memories of family gatherings at the Christmas Lodge. When she arrives for a weekend vacation, she quickly realizes that the lodge that she loves has fallen into serious disrepair. With a lack of funds and a looming deadline, she not only restores the Christmas lodge's charm but finds love along the way.

                  Markimdb: 5.8
                  Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
                  CountryUSA

                  A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to breakdown because of her family, she receives a snowglobe in the mail. When she opens up the snowglobe, she is transported into the world inside, where Christmas is the heart and soul for everyone who lives there. She discovers she can return to her world by going down a small path in the small forest at the edge of the village, and can return whenever she winds up the snowglobe. After a long set of visits to the globe, she accidentally gets trapped inside.

                  Markimdb: 5.2
                  Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
                  CountryGermany, USA
                  Duration01:36

                  After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredients, she is given a magical crab by mysterious Gene O'Reilly. Afterward, Amanda's dishes suddenly become excellent, inducing strong emotional reactions in everyone who eats them. Tom Bartlett, who is preparing to open his own eatery, tries her cooking and falls in love.

                  Markimdb: 7.2
                  Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
                  CountryUSA, Canada
                  Duration02:32

                  After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.

                  Markimdb: 5.4
                  Genrefantasy, comedy
                  CountryUSA

                  A woman is granted 12 wishes by a kooky Christmas life coach, but the consequences of the wishes coming true creates more problems than it solves.

                  Markimdb: 6.3
                  Genremelodrama, drama, family, cartoon
                  CountryUSA, Canada
                  Duration01:34

                  Natalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the two then begin dreaming about each other. But, according to fountain mythology, they only have a week to turn those dreams into reality.

                  Markimdb: 6.4
                  Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:02

                  Pete Sandich is a reckless fire-fighting pilot who is killed in what was to have been his final mission. Ascending to Heaven, Pete is introduced to business-like angel who instructs the spectral Pete to pass on his aviation knowledge to his young successor. While doing so, Pete also smoothes the course of romance for his earthly girlfriend who, after several months of grieving, finally falls in love with another man.




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