My Favorite Fall and Thanksgiving Movies
These are my favorite fall and thanksgiving movies, perfect for every fall movie night. There is nothing like curling up on a brisk night, with all your apple & pumpkin scented candles lit, and watching a fall movie. Grab a cozy blanket & check this list of wonderful movies out!!!🍂
1.An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
Drama | Family
Based on a short story by Louisa May Alcott. Widow Mary Basset and three children have fallen on difficult times, it is especially apparent when they cannot even afford a real thanksgiving dinner this year. Tilly her eldest daughter and an aspiring writer, writes to her estranged Grandmother whom she has never met, exaggerating their circumstances in a lengthy letter. Her Grandmother comes to their farm to offer her help, but it is met by her daughter Mary’s resentment.
(You can watch An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving on Pluto TV for free or buy it on Amazon Prime Video. The DVD is also available for purchase on Amazon.)
2. The Lake House
Drama | Fantasy | Romance
This fantasy romance is about a lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside house begins to exchange love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
(The Lake House is available to watch on Netflix. You can purchase it on YouTube, Redbox, & Amazon Prime Video. You can also purchase the DVD from Amazon & ThriftBooks.)
*I don’t recommend The Lake House for children
3. November Christmas
Family | Drama
November Christmas is the moving story of two families, a community, and the idea that Christmas doesn't have to come just once a year.
This holiday story tells how neighbors come to help a family trying to cope with their young daughter’s illness. The story is narrated by the healthy adult daughter who shares her story with a group of children through a children’s book she has written and illustrated. The father’s unwavering love toward his sick little girl propels him to come up with a plan to move the clock: pushing up all the holidays. His unlikely ally is his neighbor, a quiet but perceptive farmer who figures out the plan. The two co-conspirators find they have something in common and join forces to bring the little girl and her brother Halloween in August, and Christmas in November, with the farmer enlisting friends in town to join the cause, and by doing so, mending his own old bridges of friendship.
(You can watch November Christmas on Pluto TV for free. You can rent or buy it from Amazon Prime Video. It is also available with a subscription on Hallmark Movies Now, YouTube, Philo, & Peacock.)
4. Love Finds you at the Thanksgiving Day Parade
Drama | Romance
An eager Thanksgiving parade coordinator is shocked when a wealthy consultant is hired to analyze its finances. Faced with teaching him that the parade means so much more to her than money, she finds herself reluctantly falling for him.
(Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade is available to watch for free on Pluto TV. You can also buy it on Amazon Prime Video or watch with a subscription on Hallmark Movies Now.)
5. Miracle on 34th Street
Comedy | Drama | Family
After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
When Doris Walker frantically recruits a last-minute replacement for a drunken Santa Claus in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, he seems just ideal for the job and perhaps for a good reason - he says his name is Kris Kringle and that he's the real Santa Claus. She pays him no mind and he proves be popular at the main store as well. He seems to be able to speak many languages and knows just what kids want and creates a bit of a sensation when he refers shoppers to other stores rather than Macy's. When he has a run-in with the store's therapist, Granville Sawyer, who tries to have him committed leading to a court case where Doris' neighbor, Fred Gailey, tries to prove that he is the real Santa Claus. More important to Kris throughout all of this is to get Doris and her six-year-old daughter, Susan, to believe in him.
(Miracle on 34th Street can be watched with a subscription on Amazon Prime Video & Disney+. You can also YouTube, Redbox, & Apple TV.)
6. You’ve Got Mail
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Struggling bookstore owner
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
(You’ve Got Mail is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Redbox, & Apple TV. It is also available with a subscription on HBO Max.)
*I don’t recommend You’ve Got Mail for children
photo credit A Little Dash of Sunshine Co.
*All synopsis credit goes to IMDb with partial edits by me. Photo credits to original owners.
Happy Fall & Happy Thanksgiving!💛🍁🍂
