Hallmark Channel is known for its Christmas movies, but the network has expanded to Hanukkah-themed features as well.
In 2012, Hitched for the Holidays paid homage to several Hanukkah traditions, but it wasn’t until 2019 that Hallmark started making at least one Judaism-focused holiday movie for the season.
Both Double Holiday and Holiday Date focused on Hanukkah festivities in 2019 before Love, Lights, Hanukkah! continued the tradition in 2020. The network has since given viewers a closer look at the religious celebration with 2021’s Eight Gifts of Hanukkah and 2022’s Hanukkah on Rye.
In 2023, Hallmark crossed the plot of Groundhog Day with Hanukkah in Round and Round. In the movie, a Jewish woman gets trapped reliving Hanukkah on a loop. She tries everything possible to get herself to the eighth day of the Festival of Lights while falling in love with someone who doesn’t remember meeting her each day.
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Scroll down for a complete guide — and Us Weekly’s unofficial ranking — of Hallmark’s Hanukkah films:
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