Kids & FamilyBarbie magically comes to life in this modern adaptation of the E.T.A. Hoffmann classic. The tale begins when Barbie, playing the role of Clara, receives a beautiful wooden Nutcracker as a gift from her favorite Aunt. That night, while Clara sleeps, the Nutcracker springs to life to ward off the evil Mouse King who has invaded Clara’s parlor. She awakes and aids the Nutcracker, but the Mouse King shrinks her by casting an evil spell. Clara and the Nutcracker set off on a spectacular adventure to find the Sugarplum Princess, the only one who can break the Mouse King’s evil enchantment. The tale is enhanced with spectacular dance scenes created by the acclaimed choreographer Peter Martins, and features the beloved music by Tchaikovsky. The real-life movements of dancers from the New York City Ballet bring the beauty of ballet to the screen in a way never seen before. Barbie in The Nutcracker shows that, if you are kind, clever and brave, anything is possible…
ComedyOh, the joy of family. A new comedy from writer/director David E. Talbert (Baggage Claim) and producer Will Packer (Ride along, Think Like a Man series), Almost Christmas tells the festive story of a beloved patriarch who asks his family for one gift this holiday season: to get along. If they can honor that wish and spend five days under the same roof without killing one another, it will be a Christmas miracle. Share the holiday love, laughs, and charm with an all-star cast including Danny Glover, Mo’Nique, JB Smoove, Gabrielle Union, and Omar Epps.
HolidayAshley and Mary-Kate Olsen star in this lighthearted, action-packed, romantic comedy. Running away to visit their grandmother at Christmastime, the adventurous twins find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when they become entangled with madcap gangsters.
ComedyEight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them!
ComedyDiscover the magic of the Mean One this holiday season! Oscar-winning director Ron Howard and Oscar®-winning producer Brian Grazer bring Christmas' best-loved grump to life with the help of the irrepressible Jim Carrey as The Grinch. The Grinch is a celebration of the holiday spirit no home should be without! Why is The Grinch (Carrey) such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and The Grinch's world upside down, inside out…and funny side up in her search for the true meaning of Christmas.
Kids & FamilyEnter an extraordinary world filled with magic and wonder -- where every holiday has its own special land... and imaginative, one-of-a-kind characters! The Nightmare Before Christmas tells the heartfelt tale of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, and all things that go bump in the night. Bored with the same old tricks and treats, he yearns for something more, and soon stumbles upon the glorious magic of Christmas Town! Jack decides to bring this joyful holiday back to Halloween Town. But as his dream to fill Santa's shoes unravels, it's up to Sally, the rag doll who loves him, to stitch things back together. This critically acclaimed movie milestone captured the heart and imagination of audiences everywhere with its Academy Award-nominated stop-motion effects, engaging Grammy-nominated music, and the genius of Tim Burton (Batman, Planet of the Apes). The Nightmare Before Christmas -- a delightful treat the whole family will enjoy!
ComedyThe fun begins when the rich and greedy Duke Brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) wager a bet over whether born loser Valentine (Eddie Murphy) could become as successful as the priggish Winthorpe (Dan Akroyd) if circumstances were reversed. The Dukes have the money to make this happen, but when Valentine and Winthorpe catch on they arrange for a rich and riotous payback!
Action & AdventureFrom the producers of Nobody and John Wick comes a bare-knuckle, coal-dark holiday action-comedy that says you should always bet on red. When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound taking everyone inside hostage, they are not prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus. David Harbour (Stranger Things) stars as St. Nick, delivering some serious season's beatings to save the family and the spirit of Christmas.
George Chialtas, Allan Jacobsen & Henry Lenardin-Madden
Holiday¡Feliz Navidad! It's Christmas time, but Swiper is up to no good! After he lands on Santa's naughty list, Dora must help the sneaky fox discover the true spirit of Christmas. You can help too as you join Dora in this retelling of a holiday classic!
HolidayWhen Jesse gets dumped right before the holidays by her boyfriend Shawn, his parents convince her to still spend Christmas with them, and Shawn’s handsome cousin, while Shawn is away. From producers Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley, Christmas With The Campbells is “a shockingly hilarious ... spin on cheesy Hallmark holiday Romance” (SlashFilm).
Kids & FamilyBarbie™ in A Christmas Carol is a heart-warming adaptation of the classic Dickens story filled with cherished Christmas carols, fabulous fashions and lots of laughs! The tale stars Barbie™ as Eden Starling™ the glamorous singing diva of a theatre in Victorian London. Along with her snooty cat, Chuzzlewit, Eden selfishly plans to make all the theatre performers stay and rehearse on Christmas Day! Not even Eden's costume designer and childhood friend, Catherine can talk Eden out of her self-centered tantrum. It's up to three very unusual Christmas Spirits to take Eden on a fantastical holiday journey that will open her heart to the spirit of the season and the joy of giving. Barbie™ in A Christmas Carol is a family favorite to enjoy every holiday season!
Kids & FamilyDora and Boots are waiting for their friend, the Hip-Hop-Bunny, to bring his basket filled with eggs and treats for their big Egg Hunt! But just as the Bunny arrives at the forest, Swiper swipes the basket and throws it far, far away into the Rainbow Garden -- where it's headed for a waterfall! It's Dora and Boots to the rescue as they join the Bunny on an Easter Day Adventure.
ComedyEach Christmas, an industrial tycoon and his family travel from New York City to Florida to spend the holiday season in the sun, and while they are gone, a philosophical homeless man takes up residence in the millionaire's Fifth Avenue mansion. Letting himself in through a hole in the fence, he puts on designer clothes, smokes expensive cigars, eats gourmet food, and opens up the townhouse to his homeless friends so that they, too, can share in the holiday spirit. When the real homeowner's daughter returns to NYC early and discovers the house has been taken over, the homeless haven is in danger of disappearing forever. However, the warmhearted nature of the homeless intruders reinvigorates the unhappy wealthy family, and everyone succumbs to the true spirit of Christmas. Starring Victor Moore ("Swing Time," "The Seven Year Itch"), Academy Award-nominee Ann Harding ("Holiday," "When Ladies Meet") and Emmy Award-nominee Charles Ruggles ("Bringing Up Baby," "The Parent Trap").
DramaA Hallmark Channel original movie. Isobel (Alicia Witt) plans a storybook Christmas with her boyfriend, including a snow-covered cottage in the Northwest, and a carefully composed bucket list of classic holiday traditions. But when the boyfriend goes AWOL, the list proves challenging and a tempting new romance turns her life upside down.
DramaA Hallmark Channel original movie. Ellie Hartman (Brooke D’Orsay), an aspiring crafter working in her small town’s bakery, shows Nick Carlingson (Daniel Lissing), the new CEO from the big city, that it is people and not machines that make the business a success during his visit to the bakery's main floor at Christmas time.
ComedyClassic Christmas romantic comedy stars Janet Leigh ("Psycho," Touch of Evil") as a poor young widow torn between a boring successful businessman and a romantic ne'er-do-well. Oscar-nominee Robert Mitchum ("Cape Fear," "Crossfire") and Wendell Corey ("Rear Window," "Sorry, Wrong Number") co-star.
ClassicsIn the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the young vibrant princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
HolidayA Hallmark Channel original movie. When her family’s beloved eatery, The Starlight Café, is slated for demolition, Annie vows to put a stop to it before Christmas.
HolidayA Hallmark Movies & Mysteries original movie. As Christmas approaches, Paula (Kimberley Sustad), a St. Louis antique appraiser, reluctantly accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Daniel. Sensing her reticence, her Aunt Jane (Kathie Lee Gifford) invites Paula to her Nantucket home. When Paula visits nearby Martha's Vineyard, she meets a charming inn owner, Gery (Paul Campbell), and enjoys celebrating the holiday festivities with him. Although Paula develops feelings for Gery, she moves forward with her engagement, but Aunt Jane reminds her that sometimes we receive messages from above to help determine which direction life should take.
DramaA Hallmark Channel original movie. Joy Holbrook (Danielle Panabaker) is a market researcher in DC and is about to get a sweet promotion, just in time for the holidays. But she receives an urgent phone call from home and rushes back to Crystal Falls, NC to help her Aunt recover from surgery and is reunited with her former crush, Ben (Matt Long). Together, they compete in the town’s legendary baking competition, the “Cookie Crawl,” and she realizes that what she's wanted all along was waiting for her back home.
DramaA Hallmark Channel original movie. As app developer Molly (Jen Lilley) and her unlikely match Jeff (Brant Daugherty) accompany each other to their Christmas events, sparks fly in the midst of a business arrangement.
DramaA Hallmark Channel original movie. Looking for a fresh angle to her book on relationships, perpetually single dating expert Merry (Rachael Leigh Cook) heads to snow covered Vermont. She finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Adam (Travis Van Winkle).
HolidayA Hallmark Channel original movie. At Christmas, a cheerful publicist teams up with a cynical VP and his eclectic team to help a charity in need.
DramaDaniel Farrell is a young widowed father who is navigating mourning and parenting Tyler, his adolescent son. Father and son have a great relationship so Tyler can't wait to confide to his dad that he as a crush on a girl in his class. Assuming that his dad is an expert on women, Tyler solicits his dad's help in wooing the girl. While teaching his son the ropes on dating, Daniel discovers he too has many things to figure out about love. Stars William Baldwin and Natalie Brown.
HolidayStarring the voices of Jason Alexander, Don Knotts and Shelley Long. As told by one of Santa’s merriest elves, this animated tale opens on a small farm where Beth, Tommy and their parents are all worried about finding the money to buy each other gifts. But when their Dad sells the one thing they care about most in order to give the kids store-bought presents, it looks like it might be the unmerriest Christmas ever! Now with a little Christmas magic and an unforgettable sleigh ride, the family learns the best gifts don't come from stores…they come from the heart.
DramaGrace McQueen (Jessica Tandy) is a retired widow who isn’t content to just sit back and watch the grass grow. She wants more from life. After being turned down for several jobs, Grace begins a new chapter in her life when she discovers the world of public access cable television. She produces her own modest family story hour. Her warmth and charisma make her a natural on TV, and her cable show becomes an overnight success. Soon Grace is discovered by the networks and must choose between becoming a network creation, or being herself.
HolidayThis classic tale takes place on the night before Christmas, when Clara and Franz receive a Nutcracker as a gift from their uncle. This present sparks a magical dream, and a night filled with amazing stories and characters. The Mouse King, Sugar Fairies, Chime Puppets and other timeless characters, makes this ballet, set to Tchaikovsky’s music, an unforgettable experience. Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Boris Spassov, Conductor. Filmed at the Slovak National Theatre Bratislava- June 30, 1995 & July 1, 1995.
HolidayWhen Hannah Harper is sent to a Christmas-themed town called Cookie Jar to negotiate the sale of the town's famous cookie company, she gets more than she bargained for with the company's charming owner Jake. A Hallmark Channel original movie.
Kids & FamilyCelebrate the snowy holiday season with the Bubble Guppies and Team Umizoomi! First, join the Guppies for a fin-tastic snow-filled feature. Everyone in Bubbletucky is getting ready for the holidays … everyone except Mr. Grumpfish. The Guppies need to work together to show their grumpy neighbor the joy of the holiday season. Then, as a bonus holiday gift, team up with Team Umizoomi in two special episodes! Use your mighty math powers to help Milli, Geo, and Bot make Sanjay's holiday wish come true by finding him a sled on a journey through snowy Umi City. Then, help the team save the day when The TroubleMakers set 50 baby penguins loose in Umi City. You can count on a swim-sational holiday with Bubble Guppies and Team Umizoomi in these three festive episodes!
HolidayWhen Tangie, a teddy bear goes into the Smile-erator on his head, his smile is put on upside down, causing him to end up on the bargain bin on Christmas Eve with other misfit toys, then onto Winkle's Emporium, a discount store. There, Tangie does his level best over the coming year to become a part of some family. He spends his time in Winkle's front window with Jack, a Jack-in-the-box with claustrophobia and Bird, a cuckoo clock bird with agorophobia.
HolidayAs a woman’s Christmas wedding approaches, she is given the chance to experience the life she always dreamed of and must decide if the life she is currently living is the one she really wants.
DramaA Hallmark Channel original movie. With Christmas season fast approaching, department store window decorator Sloan Van Doren (Chyler Leigh) is hoping to take over the recently vacated, head window designer spot but finds she has to prove herself by going up against rival Jake Dooley (Paul Campbell). As the two compete they find they may have more in common than they think.
RomanceA compilation of the Sissi film trilogy, depicting the marriage between Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph and his cousin, Bavarian Princess Elisabeth (Romy Schneider).
DramaA young woman visiting her father’s homeland in the Soviet Republic of Estonia, discovers he's part of the dissident anti-Soviet underground. At first repelled by the country’s lack of luxuries, her compassion grows when she learns Christmas is not allowed to be celebrated, the churches are closed, and the citizens are living in fear. She soon joins forces with the rebellion’s leader and becomes engulfed in the struggle with the KGB. Based on historical fact, this is an inspirational movie of courage, compassion, and hope.
George Chialtas, Allan Jacobsen & Henry Lenardin-Madden
Kids & FamilyDora and friends need your help on a magical double-length quest to save the Snow Princess and her whole Snowy Forest! Plus, help Dora bring a new toy to her baby brother and sister AND take Perrito to meet his twin puppy brother on Twins’ Day!
HolidayWhen Christmas comes each year and children’s thoughts turn toward Santa Claus and his reindeer flying through the night sky bringing presents, the magic of the season will prove to be as infectious as ever, thrilling each glad heart it touches. This program explores the history surrounding Christmas and the jolly old elf himself, Santa Claus. Take wonderful journey to explore the delights of Christmas. Find out all about Santa Claus and follow the Reindeer’s tracks all the way to Lapland, where the snow glistens and Santa waits by a welcoming, crackling fire to greet his visitors. As well as meeting Santa Claus, there are lots of Christmas stories and places to see, full of seasonal magic. Perfect as Christmas approaches or throughout the holiday season, this program will introduce the traditional tales of Christmas to younger viewers while treating more experiences lovers of the season to a truly beautiful, nostalgic ride on Santa’s Sleigh.
HolidayCan a grouch find reason to enjoy the holiday season? It's Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, and Oscar has just received a Ghost-o-Gram. He will be visited by three ghosts tonight: a famous British Grouch, a talking Christmas tree, and a robot. They will help Oscar examine Christmases past, present, and future on Sesame Street. Will their adventures be enough to help Oscar put aside his grouchy ways in favor of the holiday spirit? Join Elmo, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, and the rest of the cast of Sesame Street in this heart-warming twist on the classic Charles Dickens tale.
HolidayImagine yourself in a cozy warm chalet, high in the snowy mountains with a spectacular winter view. Fat snowflakes gingerly drift past the frosted window panes as you sit back, relax, and take in the scenery. In our chaotic world it is very important to steal a moment of peaceful relaxation and meditation. But if you are like one of the millions of people who find it difficult to find that special place of peace, this unique program offers you a vacation escape from the cares of the world outside. Four different musical selections to match your mood with this continuously looping winter entertainment. So snuggle up to this truly mood-altering program and let your winter dreams begin. Track One: Winter Meditation, Track Two: Classical Serenity, Track Three: Classical Dreams, Track Four: Christmas Lounge.
HolidayCharlie, a young boy from China travels all the way from Shanghai to find his fathers restaurant in Hollywood is in trouble. He must convince 3 people to believe in the Spirit of Christmas in order to save his family's dream. This Multi-Award Winning, Family Christmas Comedy will bring your entire family together and includes musical numbers with Bertie Higgins, John Ford Coley and Darren Dowler.