13 Christmas movies filmed or set in NC to watch this holiday season
If you want to experience a little bit of the North Pole in North Carolina, you may want to check out a few festive films set or shot across the state.
The Tar Heel state has been a backdrop for a long list of popular television shows and movies, including some bringing the magic of Christmas to the big screen.
So if you want to get a bit of Hollywood holiday cheer with hometown ties this season, here’s a list of Christmas movies filmed or set in North Carolina:
“A Biltmore Christmas” (2023)
Filming locations in NC: Asheville
Starring: Bethany Joy Lenz, Jonathan Frakes, Kristoffer Polaha
Synopsis: “It follows Lucy as she’s hired to write the script for a remake of a holiday movie. She joins a tour of the grounds and when she knocks an hourglass over, she finds herself transported back in time to 1946.”
How to watch: Stream on Hallmark+, Netflix and Prime Video.
“The Angel Doll” (2002)
Filming locations in NC: Wilmington
Starring: Betsy Brantley, Beatrice Bush, Pat Hingle
Synopsis: “Two small town boys sharing paper route. ‘Whitey’ Black lives in poverty with his single mother and young middle class Jerry Barlow. When Whitey wants to buy his small sister a doll it all opens their eyes to the vastness life around them.”
How to watch: Stream on Prime Video.
“Christmas at the Grey Horse Inn” (2021)
Filming locations in NC: Tryon
Starring: Linda Evans, Toni Hudson, Ethan Trace
Synopsis: “Writer Charlotte Quinn has lost her publisher, boyfriend and Christmas spirit. She flees ATL for NC to settle her aunt’s estate and inherits an Inn and a pair of horses that will have to be sold to pay the taxes. How will she save the day?”
How to watch: Not currently available on any streaming services.
“Christmas in Conway” (2013)
Filming locations in NC: Wilmington
Starring: Andy Garcia, Mandy Moore, Cheri Oteri
Synopsis: “Duncan Mayor loved Susie so much he wanted to give her one last Christmas gift before she passes away. He didn’t care about any consequences or anything else.”
How to watch: Stream on Hallmark+, Plex, Pluto TV and Prime Video.
“Christmas in Harmony” (2021)
Filming locations in NC: Wilmington
Starring: Ashleigh Murray, Luke James, Basil Wallace
Synopsis: “Harmony is tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus- directed by an ex-boyfriend. By Christmas Eve, they could be harmonizing in the key of love.”
How to watch: Stream on Hallmark+ and Prime Video.
“Christmas Joy” (2018)
Filming locations: Filmed around Canada, but set in the fictional Crystal Falls, NC
Starring: Danielle Panabaker, Matt Long, Lucia Walters
Synopsis: “Joy Holbrook is a market researcher about to get a sweet promotion just in time for the holidays. But she receives an urgent phone call from home and rushes back to help her Aunt recover from surgery, reuniting with her former crush, Ben.”
How to watch: Stream on Hallmark+ and Prime Video.
“A Christmas Love Story” (2019)
Filming locations in NC: Charlotte
Starring: Kristin Chenoweth, Scott Wolf, Kevin Quinn
Synopsis: “A youth choir director needs to write a big song for the Christmas Eve show but ‘finds herself distracted’ when a boy with a golden voice joins her choir, which will come as news to his widowed father.”
How to watch: Stream on Hallmark+, Peacock, Pluto TV, Tubi and Prime Video.
“An Evergreen Christmas” (2014)
Filming locations in NC: Charlotte
Starring: Charleene Closshey, Robert Loggia, Naomi Judd, Booboo Stewart
Synopsis: “Leaving her seemingly glamorous Hollywood life on hold, Evergreen Lee is forced to return to her small hometown of Balsam Falls, Tennessee and her family’s once-thriving Christmas tree farm to attend her father’s funeral.”
How to watch: Fawesome, Peacock and Tubi.
“Finding Christmas” (2013)
“In the opening of the movie, there is a street scene that is supposed to be downtown Butters, NC,” according to IMBD.
Starring: Tricia Helfer, J.T. Hodges, Mark Lutz
Synopsis: “Sean, a New York adman, swaps his swanky loft for an aspiring musician’s North Carolina cottage after a proposal gone wrong leads him to find a holiday escape. Sparks fly when he meets single mother Ryan. On the other end of the swap, singer Owen is charmed by Sean’s sassy assistant Mia. As these singles open up their homes, they also unexpectedly open up their hearts for the romantic possibilities in store this Christmas.”
How to watch: Hallmark+
“Inheritance Up Christmas” (A Different Kind of Christmas) (1996)
Filming locations in NC: Wilmington
Starring: Shelley Long, Barry Bostwick, Nathan Lawrence
Synopsis: “Although admitting, if confronted with the information, that he is also known by the name Robert George, a man moves into the town of Greendale in June purporting to be Santa Claus, everything about him which is Christmas every day, including having a reindeer in his yard, wearing the recognizable red suit all the time, and outfitting his house with all the Christmas accouterments, among which is a machine that blows snow bombs.”
How to watch: Stream on Fawesome, Freevee, Plex, Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Tribeca Shortlist and Tubi.
“A Nashville Christmas Carol” (2020)
Filming locations in NC: Charlotte
Starring: Wes Brown, Jessy Schram, Kix Brooks
Synopsis: “A workaholic television producer receives a visit from her recently-deceased mentor, who warns her that her current path leads to a dark future.”
How to watch: Stream on Hallmark+, Peacock and Prime Video.
“One Christmas” (1994)
Filming locations in NC: Wilmington
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Winkler, Swoosie Kurtz
Synopsis: “A young man is sent to visit his estranged father for Christmas in 1930 in New Orleans. Based on an autobiographical short story by Truman Capote.”
How to watch: Stream on Prime Video.
“USS Christmas” (2020)
Filming locations in NC: Wilmington
Starring: Jen Lilley, Trevor Donovan, Barbara Niven
Synopsis: “Maddie, a reporter for a Norfolk newspaper, embarks on a Tiger Cruise during Christmas time where she meets a handsome naval officer and stumbles upon a mystery in the ship’s archive room.”
How to watch: Stream on Hallmark+ and Prime Video.
This story was originally published December 6, 2024 at 12:33 PM with the headline "13 Christmas movies filmed or set in NC to watch this holiday season."
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