33 best Christmas movies and shows on Netflix in 2022

Best Christmas movies on Netflix: Love Hard

Release Year: 2021

Directed by Hernán Jiménez

Starring Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet, Harry Shum Jr., James Saito, and Mikaela Hoover

Let’s be honest: The paint-by-numbers romantic holiday movies that dominate our screens each year are an acquired taste. While they’re comforting to some, they lack the bite that others crave from their Christmas movies. Netflix calls on the charisma of The Vampire Diaries alum Nina Dobrev for the holiday rom-com Love Hard, and it’s sure to be a new annual favorite for many viewers.

Dobrev plays a woman from Los Angeles who travels to the East Coast for Christmas to surprise a guy she hit it off with on a dating app. Once she arrives, she learns that she has been catfished and looks to be set up with the man she thought she fell for, who’s played by Never Have I Ever heartthrob Darren Barnet. We were already in for Nina Dobrev, but Darren Barnet, too? Say no more!

If you loved Netflix movies like Holidate and Let It Snow, you’re definitely going to fall hard for Love Hard this holiday season and include it in your rotation every year after.

Written by Reed Gaudens