The holiday season is officially here, and this year’s slate is one of the fullest yet. From second-chance romances and faith-centered family dramas to a tap-dancing showcase, a gospel-packed Tyler Perry production, a Christmas mystery series and one very dark holiday comedy, there’s something for every kind of viewer. New titles are rolling out from mid-October through December across Hallmark, STARZ, Prime Video, Netflix, The Roku Channel, Lifetime, OWN, AspireTV and UPtv. Here’s every new holiday project to put on your calendar, in order of premiere.
Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story | October 17 | Hallmark Channel
A freelance reporter profiling a Chicago Bears superfan on the way to her 500th game falls for the superfan’s grandson, and learns what it really means to be part of Bears Nation.
Starring: Lyndsy Fonseca, Robert Buckley, Marsha Mason, Barbara Alyn Woods, Khary Payton, with cameos from Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams, Mike Singletary, Charles “Peanut” Tillman, Tamera Mowry-Housley and Dyon “Mojo” Brooks
A Christmas Destiny | November 1 | STARZ
Serena Green, a successful photographer, and Jarrod Hardly, a musician and teacher, share an unforgettable Christmas Eve in Washington, D.C., before losing touch. Five years later they meet again at her sister’s holiday party, just as Serena is quietly dealing with a broken engagement and Jarrod is about to propose to someone else. Filmed on location in D.C., the film won the 2024 ESSENCE Film Festival Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature.
Starring: Karen Obilom, Derrick A. King, Kym Whitley, Lamman Rucker, Joyful Drake, Elle Varner, Asiahn, Rhonda Morman, Javon Johnson, Angelo Diaz
Writer: Chazitear and Bree West
Director: Chazitear
A Richer Christmas | November 1 | STARZ
An affluent family’s comfortable life comes apart when they lose everything just before the holidays. As they scramble to make sense of the chaos, they start to realize that the things that matter most never came with a price tag.
Starring: Tobias Truvillion, Teresa Celeste, Karlie Redd, Sencere M. Brown, Allen C. Shepherd Sr., LondonRose Sellars
Writer: Maurice Lindsay and Tressa Azarel Smallwood
Director: Damián Romay
Christmas Cover-Up | November 1 | STARZ
Tori, Gwen and Sam have spent years joking about getting rid of their boss at the payday loan store where they work. When he turns up dead in a Santa suit hours before the store’s biggest holiday sale, they become the obvious suspects. Instead of calling the police, they hide the body and try to keep the store running as if nothing happened, a plan that falls apart fast as customers, security and surprise visitors keep coming through the door.
Starring: Brely Evans, Trina Braxton, Towanda Braxton, Skye Griffin, Ray “Misster Ray” Cunningham, Gabriel Bush
Writer: Camara Davis
Director: Bobby Peoples and Renee Peoples
Christmas Owes Me Nothing | November 1 | Prime Video
The Malone family faces its first Christmas without the matriarch who held them together. Honoring his late wife’s final wish, Bishop Malone invites Eugene, a father rebuilding his life after prison, along with his wife and son, to the family’s annual holiday getaway. Under one roof, old wounds surface, especially for the bishop’s eldest daughter, Cassidy, and both families have to decide what forgiveness really makes possible.
Starring: Stanley Aughtry, James Jay Alexander, Natalie W. Baker, Paige Merritt, Lester Greene, Sasha Wakefield, Jerard McWhirter, Mason Douglas
Writer: Kyria Williams
Director: Derrick Mullen
Second Chance Holiday | November 5 | The Roku Channel
Dating expert Chelsey Banks is determined to break her “curse” of getting dumped every holiday season. When she reunites with her high school boyfriend, she starts to wonder whether her bad luck has been steering her back to her first love all along. The film is Ayesha Curry’s first leading role in a feature.
Starring: Ayesha Curry, Matthew Daddario, Dennis Andres, Arlene Duncan
Writer: Erin Muroski
Director: Maxwell McGuire
Mistletoe Murders Season 3 | November 5 | Hallmark Channel
Emily Lane teams up again with Detective Sam Wilner to solve three new Christmas mysteries as her past collides with her present.
Starring: Sarah Drew, Peter Mooney, with guest stars Holly Robinson Peete and Catherine Bell
Merry Memories | November 6 | Hallmark Channel
A rigid accountant helping care for her nephew while his military mom is deployed clashes with his free-spirited substitute teacher. The two team up to build the boy a holiday scrapbook and find themselves falling for each other along the way.
Starring: Lindura, Brendan Morgan
Tyler Perry’s The Gospel of Christmas | November 11 | Netflix
Pastor Isaac Jefferson inherits his family’s church in a struggling New York neighborhood and has to fight to save it, his marriage and his faith at the same time. Torn between a voice from his past urging him to give up and another pushing him to keep praying, Isaac leans on his wife, Rebecca, whose steady faith becomes his anchor. The film features an ensemble of gospel legends, with Kirk Franklin as music producer.
Starring: Durrell “Tank” Babbs, Fantasia Barrino Taylor, CeCe Winans, Shirley Caesar, Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Hezekiah Walker, Chanté Moore, Jekalyn Carr, Ann Nesby, Le’Andria Johnson, The Clark Sisters
Writer: Tyler Perry
Director: Tyler Perry
Mistletoe and Mimosas | November 15 | Hallmark Channel
A business consultant who inherits her late uncle’s debt-ridden Christmas bar faces off against a rival club owner in a 12-day holiday competition to save it, and their rivalry starts turning into something more.
Starring: Tamera Mowry-Housley, Kristoffer Polaha, Jennifer Robertson
Our Holiday Playbook | November 20 | Hallmark Channel
A woman recruits a former football star to pose as her boyfriend so he can join her family’s annual holiday flag football rivalry, and their fake relationship starts to feel real.
Starring: Taylor Cole, Charles Michael Davis
Christmas Everyday: Married and Bright | November 28 | Lifetime
In this sequel to 2025’s Christmas Everyday, Chicago fashion designer Fancy Ballantine is securing her boutique’s future while planning her dream Christmas wedding to fiancé Jaylen. When business pressure builds and a reformed ex unexpectedly returns, Fancy tries to carry every burden alone and pushes Jaylen away. As Christmas nears, she has to let go of the past before it costs her the future.
Starring: Brandy Norwood, Robert C. Riley, Debbi Morgan, Sy’Rai Smith
Writer: TBA
Director: TBA
The Christmas Showdown 2 | November 28 | OWN
OWN’s first-ever holiday sequel picks up with childhood best friends turned business partners Chastity and April in the first year of their company, H-Town Events. When the mayor brings in Largesse Productions, a national events firm run by the formidable Tate, the two have to defend their business and the town’s Christmas Spectacular while juggling their personal lives.
Starring: Amber Stevens West, Corbin Reid, Jenifer Lewis, Tommy Miles
Checking Inn for Christmas | November 28 | Lifetime
Journalist Claire lands a career-making assignment from her editor: a front-page feature on a charming holiday resort and its owner, Julian. Racing to hit her Christmas deadline, Claire is drawn in by fireside interviews and Julian’s vision for the inn, and eventually has to choose between the perfect headline and the perfect Christmas kiss.
Starring: Juliah Cheree Taylor, Vivica A. Fox, Jackée Harry, Josh Henderson, Vanessa Angel, Michael Paré, Eric Roberts
A Firefighter’s Christmas Calendar | November 29 | Lifetime
Rookie firefighter Dani Ramos is tasked with reviving her station’s struggling holiday toy drive. Photographer Sasha comes aboard with the idea of a firefighter calendar, sparking both the fundraiser and an unexpected connection with Dani. With Dani hesitant to risk her place on the team and Sasha’s dream job in Paris calling, the two have to decide whether to take a chance on each other.
Starring: Kyana Teresa, Holly Deveaux
Christmas in the Tropics | Dec. 6 in Theaters in Jamaica | Tubi and VOD coming soon
Still reeling from a painful breakup, content creator Abby Campbell heads home to Jamaica for the holidays expecting family, warmth and time to heal. Instead she finds her family’s beloved spice business in trouble and her grandmother’s legacy on the line. While fighting to save it, she gets pulled into a high-stakes negotiation with investor Tyler Washington, and the deal sparks an unexpected romance.
Starring: Kimberly Patterson, Nick Creegan, Christina Benjamin, Fae A. Ellington
Writer: Arayna Eison, Daneil Campbell and Kristin Iris Johnson
Director: Dale S. Lewis
The Snowflake Effect | December 4 | Hallmark Channel
A corporate attorney accidentally sets off a cursed holiday gift exchange and has to team up with a shop clerk to track down a magic antique snowflake before Christmas Day, or be stuck with bad luck for the next year.
Starring: Heather Hemmens, Mark Ghanimé
A Memorable Christmas | December 4 | AspireTV
Commercial real estate attorney Harper Freeman comes home for the holidays and learns that her own firm plans to demolish the community center where she volunteers teaching girls to dance. Harper has to decide what home and community really mean to her.
Starring: Asia’h Epperson, Mike Merrill, Kamel Goffin, Stephen Cofield Jr.
Christmas from the Heart | December 5 | Lifetime
Grieving widow Jade travels to Lisbon at Christmas to meet the man who received her late husband’s heart, then finds herself falling for his brother, Alex. Jade has to work through a complicated mix of love and grief while learning to open herself up to romance without feeling she’s betraying her late husband.
Starring: Tia Mowry, Henderson Wade
Tapping into Christmas | December 5 | OWN
When her New York career as a theater producer stalls, Jeni Walker heads home to Memphis for Christmas and finds her childhood community theater, Heritage House, on the verge of closing. She teams up with her sisters to stage a holiday tap showcase to save it, confronting an old injury and her fear of performing and rediscovering her love of the stage along the way. The film was created and choreographed by Chloé and Maud Arnold of Syncopated Ladies.
Starring: Corinne Foxx, Debbie Allen, Chloé Arnold, Maud Arnold, D Smoke, Obba Babatundé
The Toymaker’s Christmas Romance | December 5 | Lifetime
Ambitious toy executive Vanessa sees her dream of becoming CEO threatened by a looming corporate takeover. With the help of some Christmas spirits and charming toy designer Jordan, she has to rediscover the true meaning of the holidays before she loses everything she’s worked for.
Starring: Chantel Riley, Brendan Morgan
A Christmas Cookie Caper: A Puzzle Time Mystery | December 10 at 8:00 PM ET| UPtv
Serving as a sequel to 2025’s A Christmas Murder Mystery, amateur sleuth Vera Vexley investigates an unconscious celebrity baker during Winter Haven’s 100th Annual Christmas Cookie Challenge.
Starring: Vivica A. Fox, Morgan Bradley, Rob Mayes, Zachary Bostrom, and William Brock.
Writer: Peter Sullivan
Director: Peter Sullivan
Hearts All Aglow | December 18 | Hallmark Channel
A music historian chasing an interview with a legendary singer crosses paths with an attorney trying to recover a piece of his late mother’s history, and the two team up at a chaotic Christmas gala.
Starring: Mishael Morgan, B.J. Britt, Holly Robinson Peete