‘Tis that time of year again! Each year, the filmed-in-Utah holiday movie list continues to grow and some familiar faces are making appearances this time around. Check out our list of the latest premieres and the movies of holidays past – naughty and nice – that you can watch to keep you in the spirit all season long.
Best. Christmas. Ever!
Now streaming on Netflix
Destined at Christmas
Destined 2: Christmas Once More
Now available on Great American Family
Destined at Christmas stars Shae Robins & Casey Elliott. The movie follows Kim and Theo who meet on Black Friday shopping and there is spark between them, but the couple gets separated due to panic. Both of them can’t forget each other and try to search with little information. Can destiny bring back them together? The film was written & directed by Utahn, Brittany Wiscombe, and shot in & around Weber and Utah counties. The sequel, Destined 2: Christmas Once More premiered in 2023.
Falling for Christmas
Now streaming on Netflix
Falling for Christmas features the return of Lindsay Lohan in her first lead role in nearly a decade. Lohan plays a spoiled heiress that lands in the cozy care of a down-on-his-luck widower (Chord Overstreet) and his daughter at Christmastime after losing her memory in a skiing accident. The film had the fourth-biggest opening weekend for a Netflix original in November 2022 and most of the filming was done in Salt Lake, Summit and Wasatch counties, most notably the Goldener Hirsch in Park City and the Blue Boar Inn in Midway.
Haul Out the Holly
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
Now available on Hallmark Channel
Lacey Chabert stars as Emily in Haul Out the Holly who unexpectedly spends the holidays alone at her parents’ house, when their HOA insists that she participate in its many Christmas festivities. Filmed around the Cottonwood Heights neighborhood of Salt Lake County, this Hallmark original movie is Chabert’s 12th holiday film with the network and also stars Wes Brown, Stephen Tobolowsky, Melissa Peterman and Ellen Travolta. The sequel Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up premiered in 2023.
Check out a complete list of filmed-in-Utah holiday movies and explore the filming locations of these holiday movies around Utah. You can also find our holiday list on Letterboxd.
2024:
Deck the Walls
Enchanting Christmas
A Christmas of Wonders
2023:
Destined 2: Christmas Once More
Journey to Christmas
Best. Christmas. Ever!
Santa, Maybe
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
2022:
Destined at Christmas
A Cozy Christmas Inn
Falling for Christmas
Haul Out the Holly
Christmas with the Campbells
The Holiday Stocking
2021:
A Picture Perfect Holiday
Candy Coated Christmas
Mistletoe Mixup
Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers
Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday
Sister Swap: Christmas in the City
A Fiancé for Christmas
The Housewives of the North Pole
Hot Chocolate Holiday
My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To
2020:
Holly & Ivy
Christmas Tree Lane
The Christmas Bow
The Christmas Edition
A Crafty Christmas Romance
Dashing in December
The Christmas Project Reunion
The Forgotten Carols
The Santa Box
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special
2019:
The Road Home for Christmas
Check Inn to Christmas
Staging Christmas
Matchmaker Christmas
Christmas Hotel
2018:
Shoelaces for Christmas
Christmas Wonderland
Jingle Belle
My Christmas Inn
Christmas Made to Order
The Christmas Apron
2017:
Wrapped Up in Christmas
Enchanted Christmas
Switched for Christmas
Sharing Christmas
My Christmas Prince
My Broken Horse Christmas (short)
2016:
My Christmas Love
The Christmas Project
2015:
12 Gifts of Christmas
I’m Not Ready for Christmas
Christmas Land
2014:
Christmas Under Wraps
The Christmas Dragon
2012:
The Mistle-Tones
2011:
A Christmas Wish
Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas!
2006:
Unaccompanied Minors
2005:
Christmas in the Clouds
2000:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
1984:
Silent Night, Deadly Night
1980:
Mr. Krueger’s Christmas
Check out a complete list of filmed-in-Utah holiday movies here.