If you’re going home for Thanksgiving this week and dreading it, no worries: There are plenty of holiday-tinged movies and TV shows to suggest watching with your family to avoid any awkward conversations. Hallmark and Lifetime movies really just bring the people together, ya know?
Below, nine titles you should watch if you’re looking to have a smooth-sailing Thanksgiving break!
Queen America: Catherine Zeta-Jones plays a ruthless pageant coach in this new comedy, also starring Victoria Justice Streaming on Facebook Watch
Escape at Dannemora: Patricia Arquette transforms in this searing miniseries from Showtime about the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape. Available to watch on Hulu with the Showtime add-on
The Little Drummer Girl: An adaptation of John le Carré’s 1983 novel, this drama miniseries centers on a Israeli spy who asks an actress to help him find a Palestinian terrorist traversing through Europe. 9 P.M. ET on AMC
The Final Table: It’s like Top Chef, but way fancier. Streaming on Netflix
A Christmas Arrangement: Read the official synopsis, below. 10 P.M. ET on Lifetime
“Flower shop owner Poppy (Nicky Whelan) enters the annual holiday floral show for a chance to win the grand prize, but standing in her way of victory is Garrett (Miles Fisher), the underappreciated protégé of florist extraordinaire Blair (Daphne Zuniga). While Poppy and Garrett’s rivalry heats up on the flower show floor, an undeniable romance begins amid a whimsical holiday backdrop.”
The Christmas Contract: Read the official synopsis, below. 8 P.M. ET on Lifetime
“It’s Jolie’s (Hilarie Burton) first time going back home to Louisiana since her devastating breakup with Foster (Hunter Burke). Seeing him is inevitable as their parents run the town’s annual Christmas market together, but when she discovers Foster is bringing home a new girlfriend, Jolie cannot bear the thought of going home alone and seeing them together. Her best friend Naomi (Danneel Ackles) suggests that Jolie bring her flaky brother Jack (Robert Buckley) home for Christmas as he has no plans this year. Jolie, a professional Web designer, is hesitant, so Naomi, a lawyer, creates a Christmas contract to give them both something they want—a buffer for those awkward moments around Jolie’s ex and a website to help sell Jack’s upcoming novel. Unbeknown to them, the Christmas contract proves to be so much more than what they signed up for.”
Every Other Holiday: Read the official synopsis, below. 10 P.M. ET on Lifetime
“Recently separated parents Tracie (Schuyler Fisk) and Rick (David Clayton Rogers) spend every other holiday with their young daughters Harper and Ava. But this Christmas the girls have only one thing on their wish lists—to spend Christmas with both Mom and Dad at Tracie’s family farmhouse. The temporary reunion will be no walk in the park for Tracie and Rick, but perhaps this Christmas gathering can help rekindle the lost romance between the two and make their daughters’ greatest wish come true.”
Poinsettias for Christmas: Read the official synopsis, below. 8 P.M. ET on Lifetime
“It’s just weeks before Christmas when Ellie (Bethany Joy Lenz) gets a call to return home to help her father (John Schneider) on the family’s poinsettia farm. The family business is on the line to deliver tens of thousands of plants for the town’s annual parade. The problem is the poinsettias have yet to turn red! As Ellie searches for the solution, she is reminded of where her heart truly lies as she falls in love with both her roots and a local botanist (Marcus Rosner).”
Christmas Everlasting: Read the official synopsis, below: 8 P.M. ET on Hallmark
“Christmas is fast approaching and years of long workdays employed at New York’s top corporate law firm are about to pay off now that Lucy Toomey (Tatyana Ali) will be made partner after the New Year. However, when Alice, her older sister with special needs, unexpectedly passes away, Lucy returns back to Nilson’s Bay, Wisconsin, to attend the funeral and handle her estate. While Lucy dreads returning to her childhood home, she also feels real sorrow that she was too busy to take her sister’s last call. Once back in Nilson’s Bay, Lucy meets Peter (Dondre T. Whitfield), her old high school sweetheart and Alice’s former attorney, who informs her of the terms of Alice’s eccentric will that states in order for Lucy to inherit the family home, she must live there for 30 days through the holidays.”
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