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2020 Recap: Vote For Your Favorite "Season" of Hallmark Movies

Despite a year marred by a pandemic, Hallmark still managed to entertain fans with scores of original new movie premieres.  

We'll take a walk down memory lane with a quick recap of each "season" of Hallmark, and then you will have a chance to vote on which season of 2020 was your favorite.

We aren't including Christmas movies because their pure, unmatched awesomeness gives them an unfair advantage!  Don't worry though--you'll get a chance to vote on your favorite, new Christmas movie at year's end.  


Not only are we reviewing the Hallmark movie year in pictures, but if you click on the hyperlinked movie titles, you can visit each blog post that includes fun stuff, like quizzes, polls, and more. 


Winterfest

  • Winter in Vail --Lacey Chabert and Tyler Hynes--Chelsea inherits a house in Vail. She meets Owen and gets a much needed break. Together, they put on Strudelfest to highlight the charm of Old Vail.
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  • Love in Winterland--Italia Ricci and Chad Michael Murray--Ally, a final contestant on a dating show, must face her high school sweetheart when she is chosen for the Hometown Date.

  • Love on Iceland--Kaitlin Doubleday and Colin Donnell--Seeking inspiration for work, Chloe gathers her college travel group back together for a trip to Iceland. When her ex, a member of the group, shows up uninvited, sparks fly.
Image:  Crown Media
  • Amazing Winter Romance--Jessy Schram and Marshall Williams--When journalist, Julia, goes back home to find inspiration, she discovers her childhood friend has built a giant snow maze which prompts her to find her way to true love.
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  • Hearts of Winter--Jill Wagner and Victor Webster--An interior designer brings new life to the house of a widower and his daughter and finds love in the process.
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Love Ever After

  • A Valentine's Match--Bethany Joy Lenz and Luke Macfarlane--Fired from her job as a reality TV host, Natalie returns home for Valentine's Day, only to find herself running the town festival's auction with her ex-fiancé thanks to two scheming mothers.
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  • Matching Hearts--Taylor Cole and Ryan Paevey--As Valentine's Day nears, a matchmaker is tasked by her mentor to find a match for an entrepreneur who believes staying single is the key to success.
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  • The Secret Ingredient--Erin Cahill and Brendan Penny--Small-town baker, Kelly, gets a big surprise when she is invited to compete on a Valentine's Day baking show in New York City--and an even bigger surprise when she runs into her ex-fiancé.
Image:  Crown Media
  • Love in Store--Alexandria Breckenridge and Robert Buckley--Two rival home shopping hosts are forced together while competing for a promotion. Along the way, they find their on-air chemistry kindles an off-air spark.
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Spring Fling

  • Just My Type--Vanessa, a pop culture writer in NYC, lands the interview of a lifetime with renowned mystery author Martin Clayborne. It's a rocky start, but as they spend more time together, she learns there is much more to him than meets the eye.
Image:  Crown Media
  • You're Bacon Me Crazy--Cleo Morelli, an aspiring Portland chef, tries to win a food truck competition while the competition tries to win her heart.
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  • Fashionably Yours--After years organizing 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.
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  • Nature of Love--City girl, Katie, is writing a magazine feature on a glamping resort. Far from sporty, she faces her fears trying the camp's activities with help from Will, a rugged outdoorsman and nature guide.
Image:  Crown Media


A Little Romance

  • Love in the Forecast--After swearing off dating for a full year, Leah quickly learns her new commitment has made her a magnet for men.
Image:  Crown Media
  • Love Under the Olive Tree--Cabella Oil and Brandini's have been competing oil ranches for decades. However, their grand children discover they may have more in common than they realized--and sparks begin to fly.
Image:  Crown Media

Summer Nights

  • Romance in the Air--After learning her job is on the line, Eden returns to Lake Tahoe where she used to spend her summers growing up. There, she's reunited with her childhood friend, Riley, and finds that the draw of her past might direct her future to a happiness she's been missing in her life.

  • Love on Harbor Island--Interior designer, Lily, returns home to help her Aunt Maggie run her marina-side bed and breakfast when she meets Marcus, a handsome seaplane pilot whose work delivering rescue dogs helps Lily discover that home really is where the heart is.
Image:  Crown Media
  • Wedding Every Weekend--Nate and Brooke are going to the same four weddings, four weekends in a row. To avoid set-ups, they go together as "wedding buddies." But what starts as a friendship soon becomes deeper.


Fall Harvest

  • Follow Me to Daisy Hills--When Jo realizes that her family's general store in Daisy Hills is losing money, her father, Duke, calls in a favor to help. Duke's help is Jo's ex-boyfriend, Blake, a former Daisy Hills native.
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  • Falling for Look Lodge--Lily wants to be an activities director at Look Lodge, and she is thrilled when she's given the chance to do so by helping Noah and his family, who are there for his sister's wedding.
Image:  Crown Media
  • Country at Heart--A struggling country singer meets a Nashville songwriter in need of inspiration. Teaming up to write a song, their work gets complicated but results in both a hit song...and true love.
Image:  Crown Media
  • My Best Friend's Bouquet--A hopeless romantic misses all of the signs of true love when she puts her trust in a bouquet tossed at a wedding.
Image:  Crown Media
  • Sweet Autumn--Maggie, a successful entrepreneur, returns home for a will reading and discovers she's inherited half of her aunt's famed maple candy business. What she doesn't understand is why Aunt Dee's maple supplier, Dex, inherited the other half. Her return also coincides with the town's Sweet Autumn Fest, and through a series of letters Aunt Dee left, Maggie and Dex search for the reason behind her aunt's final wishes. As she and Dex grow closer, Maggie must decide if the life she built is the one she wants.
Image:  Crown Media


Vote For Your Favorite Hallmark Season!


With so many amazing movies to consider (though, admittedly, a few bombs are included), can you pick which Hallmark 2020 movie season is your favorite?

Psssst.....my favorite is WINTERFEST.  

Time to cast your vote!

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You Can Order These 2020 Hallmark Movies On DVD

Not all of your Hallmark seasonal favorites have had time to make their way to DVD, but here are the ones that have so far.  Do you see any you want to add to your collection?



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Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 30, 2022 at 6:30 PM

    My favorite movie of the season is "LOVE STRIKES TWICE". Great Film I absolutely LOVED IT!

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  2. AnonymousMay 30, 2022 at 6:32 PM

    My favorites this season are all THE WEDDING VEIL (Wedding Veil, Unveiled and Legacy) movies and LOVE STRIKES TWICE.

    ReplyDelete

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