21 Great Black Hallmark Movies To Watch

For a long time, you only saw black actors in Hallmark movies playing the best friend or an extra. But in recent years, we’ve begun to see movies with black leads, and we love to see them. There’s a romance movie for every season of the year. Check out the 21 black hallmark movies starring two black romantic leads.

Spring

Fashionably Yours

After years of organising fashion in the city, Lauren decides to move home. In exchange for her organizing services, mover Rob makes it his mission to help her see the beauty of Seattle.

A Second Chance at Love

Alicia and Arnold’s marriage is amiss. Rather than face the problem, Alicia immerses herself in her divorced parents’ affairs by setting them up on a dating app. Starring Kat Graham and Kendrick Sampson.

Summer

Love, Take Two

Lily produces a wedding reality show, but her success driven world is flipped when her ex, Scott, is cast as groom-to-be. Lily must revisit her past if she’s to find her own happily ever after. Starring Heather Hemmens and Cornelius Smith Jr.

Caribbean Summer – Coming Soon

Jade, a news producer heads to the Caribbean for relaxation, only to fall victim to a rental scam. Serendipitously, she befriends the real owner, Ford, and discovers fun and romance. Starring Heather Hemmens and Ser’Darius Blain.

Autumn

Advice to Love By

When a love advice author and a dating columnist cross paths, attraction blooms into more. Using strategies from their own playbooks, is it possible they’ve both met their match – each other. Starring Erinn Westbrook and Brooks Darnell.

My Best Friend’s Bouquet

Josie Hughes believes the wedding bouquet is always caught by the right person. So when she catches it at her best friend’s wedding and begins dating eligible bachelor Will, she decides the bouquet is responsible. But could her perfect match be someone else who’s been right in front of her all along? Starring Chaley Rose and Nathan Witte.

Napa Ever After

After inheriting her estranged grandmother’s winery in Napa Valley, Cassandra, a high-powered attorney, takes a sabbatical from her job to renovate the property that was the source of the fractures within her family. With the help of handsome local Alec, she learns more about the grandmother she hardly knew and is able to reconcile the past, while finally opening herself up to a love like she’s never known. Starring Denise Boutté, Colin Lawrence and Tiffany Yvonne Cox.

To Her, With Love

Two teachers fall for each other while saving their school’s art department. Starring Skye P. Marshall and Tobias Truvillion with a cameo by Shanice Wilson-Knox.

Unthinkably Good Things

At a crossroads in her career and love life, Allison (Karen Pittman) is in need of the love and support of her two friends Melina (Joyful Drake) and Reesa (Erica Ash). When they visit her in Tuscany, the reunion causes each woman to reexamine the state of her own life and relationships. While they have different personalities and perspectives, they know each other’s truths and help to make life-changing decisions.

Between the good wine, delicious food, a healthy serving of romance, set against the beautiful backdrop of Tuscany the three women relish in the importance of friendship and inspire each other to make this next season the best one yet and to take the leap to pursue the life and loves they have always wanted. Starring Karen Pittman, Joyful Drake, Erica Ash, Lance Gross, Jermaine Love and Luca Seta.

A Nashville Legacy

Two teachers fall for each other while saving their school’s art department. Starring Skye P. Marshall and Tobias Truvillion with a cameo by Shanice Wilson-Knox.

Winter

Memories of Christmas

Noelle, a star San Francisco financial dealmaker, returns to her quaint Michigan town to pack up and sell her inherited childhood home and attend the annual Christmas Charity Gala established by her late Christmas-obsessed mother. As the town braces for the sale of the beloved lodge where the Gala is held, Noelle makes the deal of a lifetime, all while experiencing renewed joy in the holidays and discovering unexpected love. Starring Christina Milian and Mark Taylor.

One Winter Proposal

Old flames are reignited and current flames burn brighter when the fan-favourite foursome returns to the ski resort where it all began. Stars Taylor Cole, Jack Turner, Rukiya Bernard, and Dewshane Williams. One Winter Weekend is the first movie in the series, followed by One Winter Proposal and thirdly One Perfect Wedding.

Our Christmas Journey

As a single mom and her teenaged son with autism come to a crossroad during Christmas, she must learn to let go so he can flourish as she finds her own heart healing in unexpected ways. Starring Holly Robinson Peete, Lyriq Bent and Nik Sanchez.

A Christmas Treasure

After opening a 100-year-old time capsule and meeting a charming chef, Lou questions whether or not she should move to New York after Christmas and further her writing career. Starring Jordin Sparks and Michael Xavier.

A Christmas Miracle

Ever-optimistic single mom Emma Sanderson is looking for a Christmas miracle to write about for the lifestyle magazine at which she has landed a temporary job. While following her lead on the story, Emma discovers unexpected romance with a supportive colleague and takes it upon herself to bring about a Christmas miracle for a lonely street musician. Starring: Tamera Mowry-Housley, Brooks Darnell and Barry Bostwick.

A Family Christmas Gift

When Amber spends the holidays with her Aunt Dora and helps plan a fundraising Christmas Concert, it brings Amber closer to her aunt and a new love into her life. Starring Holly Robinson Peete, Dion Johnstone and Patti Labelle.

A Christmas Duet

Well-loved music duo Averie and Jesse, famous for their duet “Wouldn’t Be Christmas,” haven’t played together since they went their separate ways years ago. Averie gave up music and opened a beautiful lodge in a snowy Vermont town – while Jesse still tours, struggling to find the same kind of success they had as a duo. When fate brings them together over the holidays at Averie’s lodge just in time for the annual Yuletide Festival, can the magic of Christmas help reunite them once again? Starring Chaley Rose, Rome Flynn and Teryl Rothery.

The Christmas Doctor

Zoey is a traveling doctor who prefers short assignments to staying put, so when she is assigned to a small town clinic for the holidays, she is surprised when she starts to feel at home. Starring Holly Robinson Peete and Adrian Holmes.

The Holiday Stocking

New angel R.J. returns to earth as a stranger and has the chance to help his sisters to reconcile, something he didn’t accomplish in his lifetime.

Christmas Everlasting

Lucy gets the best Christmas news ever when she learns she’s made partner at her law firm. However, when her sister with special needs, Alice, passes away, Lucy must return home to learn the terms of her sister’s eccentric will. Starring Tatyana Ali, Dondré T. Whitfield, Dennis Haysbert, and Patti LaBelle.

Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing

As Michelle’s wedding approaches, Hannah steps up to help finish the launch of the new Evergreen museum while questioning her relationship and future with Elliot. Starring Rukiya Bernard and Holly Robinson Peete.

That concludes the 21 black Hallmark movies to check out. How many of these have you seen? What’s your favourite film to watch? Let us know in the comments below.

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