A Biltmore Christmas remains the highest-rated Hallmark Christmas movie on IMDB at 7.6, while four classics, including Silent Night with Linda Hamilton and A Dog Named Christmas, join the Top 10 as Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas starts Oct. 16.
The rankings below use viewer ratings on movie fan site IMDB as of Oct. 10, 2026. Movies with the same rating are ranked by number of votes. Silent Night, Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas, A Dog Named Christmas and Five More Minutes are new to the list, replacing To All a Good Night, Ghosts of Christmas Always, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year and The Nine Lives of Christmas.
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| Rank | Title | IMDb Rating |
Year | Plot Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Biltmore Christmas | 7.6 | 2023 | A screenwriter travels back to 1946 at the Biltmore Estate and discovers love and inspiration. |
| 2 | November Christmas | 7.6 | 2010 | A community comes together to celebrate Christmas early for a young girl battling cancer. |
| 3 | A Season for Miracles | 7.6 | 1999 | Emilie takes in her niece and nephew and finds kindness and miracles in a small town. |
| 4 | Three Wise Men and a Baby | 7.5 | 2022 | Three estranged brothers care for a baby during the holidays and rediscover family bonds. |
| 5 | My Christmas Family Tree | 7.5 | 2021 | A DNA test reveals a surprise family, leading to a heartwarming Christmas with strangers. |
| 6 | Silent Night | 7.5 | 2002 | On Christmas Eve 1944, a German mother and her son persuade American and German soldiers sheltering in their cabin to call a truce. Stars Linda Hamilton. |
| 7 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas | 7.5 | 2014 | Postal detectives put their holiday plans aside to answer a little girl’s letter to God, written while her mother is gravely ill. |
| 8 | A Dog Named Christmas | 7.5 | 2009 | A young man with a developmental disability rallies his rural town to foster shelter dogs over Christmas. Stars Bruce Greenwood. |
| 9 | Five More Minutes | 7.5 | 2021 | A woman who wishes she’d had more time with her late grandmother gets a magical chance to relive moments from the past. |
| 10 | Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas | 7.4 | 2022 | A mysterious voicemail leads to a journey of second chances and holiday romance. |
Related stories:
Christmas Movies Every Friday on Hallmark
Hallmark Annual Countdown to Christmas
SiriusXM’s All-Year Christmas Channel
Below is a preview of “A Biltmore Christmas.”

