Do you ever hope to go back in time to the beautiful 19th century rugged, open country where trust, faith, love, family, friends and hard work are core values still sought after and revered? Are you a sucker for some good old-fashioned love stories? Then the “Love Comes Softly” series is for you!
Are you confused about which movies are part of the series? Well, many people are! It’s a great Christian series by Janette Oke but it can be tricky knowing which order to watch them in. So here’s the list with the correct order of the Love Come Softly Series – if you want to watch them in storyline order, not the order they were released.
#1 – Love Begins (2011)
Is it any Good? Bear-ometer score: 72% like it
Mommy Bear’s Family Movie Review – Love Begins is a wonderful beginning to an excellent series. I have read the book series and these movies are similar in ways but pretty different. If you haven’t read the books or if you don’t compare them to the movies (because they really are quite different) then you will really enjoy the entire movie series.
Main Characters – Ellen Barlow and her sister Cassie, Clark Davis
Summary – After their father’s passing, Ellen Barlow (Julie Mond) and her sister Cassie struggle to maintain the family farm in Anderson’s Corner. When Clark Davis (Wes Brown) finds trouble in town on his way to California, Ellen agrees to hire him at the farm to work off his debts.
Before long, Clarke and Ellen unexpectedly develop feelings for each other. Ultimately, a turn of events inspires the pair to begin a legacy of love and faith together in this stirring family drama.
#2 – Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
Is it any Good? Bear-ometer score: 72% like it
Mommy Bear’s Family Movie Review –This is the most recent movie in the series and just like all of the other movies in the series, it is inspirational and motivating. It has a great story to follow and is touching.
Main Characters – Ellen Barlow Davis and her daughter Missie, Clark Davis
Summary – With the bank threatening to seize their farm, Clark Davis (Brown) and his wife Ellen (Julie Mond) struggle to support their family on land withered by drought. To make ends meet, Ellen takes a job in town, but she pushes herself to exhaustion and succumbs to scarlet fever.
Devastated, Clark is determined to stay and raise their daughter on the land that he and Ellen loved. With help from his parents (Ladd and Boxleitner), the family’s love and courage lead them to inspire new beginnings in this compelling story based on the epic Love Comes Softly series.
#3 – Love Comes Softly (2003)
Is it any Good? Bear-ometer score: 84% like it
Mommy Bear’s Family Movie Review – It is very uplifting and keeps you on your feet. It has a great story of strength and faith. This is the original movie and probably the best done one, IMHO.
Main Characters -Marty and Aaron Claridge – Clark Davis and daughter Missie Davis
Summary – Marty and Aaron Claridge (Katherine Heigl and Oliver Macready) travel west in search of new opportunity. But when tragedy strikes and Marty is suddenly widowed, the young woman must face the rugged terrain, bleak weather, and life among strangers – alone.
That is until a handsome widower named Clark Davis (Dale Midkiff) suggests a platonic “marriage of convenience” until Marty can return home. As the months pass, though, Marty and Clark discover an unexpected new love where there was once only loss.
#4 – Love’s Enduring Promise (2004)
Is it any Good? Bear-ometer score: 82% like it
Mommy Bear’s Family Movie Review – This is a movie that shows faith and wisdom. It is a heartwarming film that everyone in the family can watch and enjoy together. You don’t have to worry about the content being dirty at all. You will fall in love with this series if you give it a try.
Main Characters – Clark, Marty & Missie Davis -Willie LaHaye
Summary – Based on Janette Oke’s best-selling novel, this poignant sequel to Love Comes Softly will draw you in from beginning to end. Missie Davis (January Jones) is devoted equally to teaching school and doing her fair share on the farm.
When a handsome railroad heir (Mackenzie Astin) starts to woo her, Missie is nearly swept off her feet. That is until a mysterious stranger (Logan Bartholomew) with a troubled past shows up. Torn between two very different men, Missie learns what is truly important in this inspiring film that the whole family will enjoy.
#5 – Love’s Long Journey (2005)
Is it any Good? Bear-ometer score: 82% like it
Mommy Bear’s Family Movie Review – Another wonderful part of the Love Comes Softly series. It is fun to see Missie and her husband embark on their new journey together. This series is very wholesome and good.
Main Characters – Missie Davis LaHaye & Willie LaHaye
Summary – Missie’s (Erin Cottrell) surprise discovery – her pregnancy – sets her on a new course that’s at once thrilling and terrifying.
After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband, Willie (Logan Bartholomew), have headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie’s parents. Now, caught between the excitement of the new adventure and the pain of not knowing when she’ll see her family again, Missie copes with the challenges, and cherishes the rewards, of her new homestead.
#6 – Love’s Abiding Joy (2006)
Is it any Good? Bear-ometer score: 71% like it
Mommy Bear’s Family Movie Review –This is a wonderful story of hope and joy. It is a great way to show that although we have struggles and trials in our lives the Lord always knows what he is doing and has a plan for each of us.
Main Characters – Missie Davis LaHaye & Willie LaHaye – their adopted son Jeff LaHaye and love interest Colette Doros
Summary – Following a treacherous journey West, Missie (Erin Cottrell) and her husband (Logan Bartholomew) have set up a homestead where they’ve begun to raise a family. And now that a railroad line connects the states, Missie’s father (Dale Midkiff), is able to visit. But when the joyful reunion is interrupted by tragedy, the faith and love of this family is once again challenged in a story you and your family will never forget.
#7 – Love’s Christmas Journey (2012)
It was really hard to decide where to put this movie since it has characters that are barely mentioned or not mentioned at all in any of the other movies. I decided to put it here because it makes the most sense character-wise since all the movies that follow this have Belinda in them. You may wish to watch it last or watch it separately, at Christmas time.
Main Characters –
Ellie Davis King (Clark and Marty’s daughter, not mentioned in the films but in the book Love’s Enduring Promise) & Aaron Davis (Clark and Marty’s daughter, seen in the movie Love’s Enduring Promise), both half-siblings of Missy (daughter of Clark & Ellen, who dies in Love’s Everlasting Courage)
Summary – Inspired by the best-selling “Love Comes Softly” book franchise written by Janette Oke, the first-ever uplifting, almost 3 hours, Christmas story in the series.
While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter (neither her husband nor daughter are in any other movies), recently widowed Ellie Davis King visits her brother Aaron Davis and his children for Christmas.
Ellie agrees to watch Aaron’s children when he has to leave town. When a fire is set, Ellie works with a handsome deputy to clear a friends name and learns that if she can trust her faith, this Christmas may bring more miracles than she hoped.
#8 – Love’s Unending Legacy (2007)
Is it any Good? Bear-ometer score: 75% like it
Mommy Bear’s Family Movie Review –This is not my favorite of the series but I still liked it a lot. It has a cute and precious storyline and makes it intriguing to watch. This movie is sweet and shows another great side to love!
Main Characters – Missie Davis LaHaye & Son Mattie LaHaye – Belinda Marshall, Jacob Marshall – Zach Tyler
Summary – Missie LaHaye bids a reluctant goodbye at the grave of her late husband Willie, who died two years previously in the line of duty as the sheriff of Tettsford Junction. Even after giving up her job as the town schoolteacher, Missie has found running the ranch on her own overwhelming, so she has resigned herself to letting her son Jeff and his new bride take control of it jointly with her brothers Aaron and Arnie.
Missie and her ten-year-old son Mattie travel back to her hometown to live near the farm of her parents, Clark and Marty Davis.. Certain she will never find love again.
Missie redirects her feelings and when the “orphan train” arrives in town, she adopts Belinda, a feisty young teenager who’s arrived with a secret. As Missie struggles with raising Belinda, she finds she is falling for the local sheriff who might be the only man who can help her save Belinda….and herself.
#9 – Love’s Unfolding Dream (2007)
Is it any Good? Bear-ometer score: 80% like it
Mommy Bear’s Family Movie Review – This is a cute film from the Love Comes Softly series. There is a lot of determination and dedication shown by the main characters and not to mention some fun romance to go along with it. It is fun to watch the story unfold as you wonder what will happen next.
Main Characters – Belinda Marshall LaHaye Tyler – Drew Simpson
Summary – Missie’s (Erin Cottrell) adopted daughter Belinda (Scout Taylor-Compton) is determined to become a doctor, but despite her dedication and ability, Doc Jackson (Robert Pine) believes women should stay at home – and so does Belinda’s suitor, Drew Simpson (Patrick Levis)!
But with faith and hard work, Belinda begins winning the hearts and minds of everyone around her, including a wealthy dowager (Nancy Linehan Charles), who just might help make Belinda’s dreams come true in this satisfying family drama that also stars Samantha Smith and Dale Midkiff.
#10 – Love Takes Wing (2009)
Is it any Good? Bear-ometer score: 71% like it
Mommy Bear’s Family Movie Review –This movie is great for learning and seeing a good example of faith and hope when you endure and keep trying.
Main Characters – Belinda Marshall LaHaye Tyler Simpson
Summary – Still as feisty as ever, Belinda Simpson is now a doctor in a small Missouri town where an unknown plague is spreading fear and resentment among the townspeople. One local resident thinks the illness was spread from the town orphanage and wants to see it shut down.
Belinda struggles to make sense of the disease and God’s plan for the beleaguered town. But with the support of Lee Owens, the town’s handsome young blacksmith and her best friend, Belinda learns that if she can rely on faith and love then everything else may just fall into place!
#11 – Love Finds a Home (2009)
Is it any Good? Bear-ometer score: 76% like it
Mommy Bear’s Family Movie Review –This one is a little bit more boring than the others in the series in my opinion but I still enjoyed it. The storyline is not as dynamic as the rest of it is.
Main Characters – Belinda Marshall LaHaye Tyler Simpson Owens
Summary – The eight compelling film based on Janette Oke’s acclaimed Love Comes Softly novel series stars Sarah Jones as Dr. Belinda Owens, a young woman with a loving husband (Jordan Bridges) and a rewarding career. But when Belinda’s pregnant friend Annie (Haylie Duff) comes to stay, Belinda must come to grips with her own inability to conceive.
And when Annie’s meddlesome mother-in-law (Oscar Winner Patty Duke) gives Belinda advice about her medical practice. Belinda looks to a higher power for strength, wisdom and even diplomacy in this riveting installment of the popular, uplifting films about the enduring power of love and faith.
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Billy Burgess says
You forgot the last movie Love's Christmas Journey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%27s_Christmas_Journey
Mommy Bear Media says
Thanks for the heads-up. I did not include it since it is not on DVD yet, but looks like it's coming out on 10/30/12 so I'll order it and get it on our site when it comes out.
j. donovan says
I don’t have the dvd’s, but I’ve watched them several times. It would be nice if the hallmark channel would play all of them and in order. Have any pull with them? Thanks
Rebecca Baron says
Unfortunately, no. I wish they would do the same thing!
Andrea Martz says
On this movie Haley Duff’s character was pregnant. She then qent to be with her husband before the birth of her baby. Lillian was adopted from the orphanage on this movie. She wasn’t grown up. Also it ended with Belinda getting married. She wasnt pregnant. There is another movie out there somewhere. I remember seeing it several years ago. Lillian was probably 16. Belinda was pregnant. They lived in a white house. I think Belinda and a boyfriend went in a cave and started caving in. She and the boyfriend were rescued by her adopted Dad. Does anyone remember what I’m talking about?
Andrea Martz says
I accidentally typed Belinda. It should be Lillian and her boyfriend went in a cave or something similar to one.
Judi Johnson says
I agree, I would love to see them in order, to make more sense of the story he is trying to portray, I loves these shows but would like to see them in order and WITHOUT Commercials. Also I saw them on TBN and they are selling them which I thinks sucks.
joe peavey says
I am not sure what you mean by “they are selling them.” Could you elaborate?
Jody says
Frndlytv tv is doing that now
I dvrd them
Love Comes Softly Fan says
Love’s Christmas Journey comes sometime after Love’s Unending Legacy and around the time of Love’s Unfolding Dream since Aaron and Ellie are Clark and Marty’s children (married in Love Comes Softly) and Missy is older than Aaron by 10-12 years (Belinda in Unfolding Dream is Missy’s adopted daughter). Hope that helps.
mechelle J says
I thought marty and clarke had two son’s. Aaron who Marty was pregnant with when her husband Aaron died and another son who is “Loves enduring promise”? I did not remember that they had a girl (ellie). Can anyone clear up?
Thanks
Leann says
Me either I’ve watched all except this one
Andrea Martz says
Clark snd Missy had 2 boys. The first one was by her husband that died then they had a boy together.
Cherish says
I believe in the books series they had a daughter named Ellie =)
Donna says
The movies are quite different from the books. I think the titles are in the same order as the books, but there are a lot of differences in the story line.
Cynthia Cuykendall says
Yes the difference are vastly different! In my opinion so different that they are barely related. Same time period and some similar names but other than that they don’t go together. I like the movies but can’t think of them as the books turned into movies. Even the movies seem a bit disjointed.
Haterofanythingnotromance says
No way!
kristie says
Clark had a daughter by his first wife..his first wife died ND then he met soon to to be second wife who was married too..and her husband died. She was pregnant by her first husband had a boy..then she had another baby boy by Clark her second husband..
Laura says
Ellie was in the book series but not the movie. It gets confusing.
Hope this answers your question.
Barbara Solomon says
I was also wondering who Ellie was also, when Missy met Willy, Clarke and Marty had 2 sons?
Brie W says
in the book Marty has the son of her first husband, then a son and a daughter with Clark. In the movies they change Willie’s background to add more drama and they neglect to add Marty & Clarks adopted daughters.
Phil says
Please forgive me if I’m wrong. I got interested in the series when Hallmark showed several of them on s Saturday a few weeks ago. I haven’t seen all of them yet. I have ordered the DVD’s. In one of the movies I watched Marty and Clark had two sons and the daughter that they lost due to crib death. Then the local pastor talks her in to adopting an older daughter. Afterwards they find out that the girl has a brother given to another abusive family. Anyway they eventually get him away from the family. I’m sorry but I don’t remember all the names.
Virginia says
They did not state that the last child after Aaron was a boy. The child never spoke in the movie and the child’s name was never mentioned. It could have been a girl. Remember Missy as a child, she dressed in boys clothes. Also the boy Marty had from her first husband did not die. She named him after her first husband. He is the child that caused Clark’s accident with the ax on his leg.
Erin L. Hilderman says
Marty had Aaron, from her late husband. Clark delivered and raised him. Clark had Missy, from his late wife Ellen. Clark and Marty has another boy; which they named Arnie. He does speak a few lines in the movie, Love’s Enduring Promise, then you never hear him mentioned again.
Jamie says
Ellie was adopted
Patrick O’Hara says
I believe the second child’s name is Ernie, not Ellie. He is the direct child of Clark and Marty after their marriage. He appears in Love’s Enduring Promise.
Patrick 😊
Pamela says
Please Note: Number 9 and Number 10 came out last in production but if you want to watch them in the order of the story line and what comes first in the order of time then you must start with no#9 listed here as it is number #1 in the story. Then watch #10 listed here next which is the 2nd DVD in the story. Then the rest of the order here is correct because their listing of no#1 Love comes softly is 3rd in the story line. Love comes Softly was the first book written and most of us read it and fell in love with the story. And each year or so the Author would come out with another book; usually of the next generation. After the last DVD in the series; Love finds a Home, The Public Loved the Story so much that Janette Oke finally went back and wrote about the past lives of the 2 main characters that started in her first book Love comes Softly. So those are Love Begins and then Love’s everlasting courage. That should be watched before Love comes Softly. As far as Loves Christmas Journey…i would watch that last. You can kept reading the many comments but i can assure you my comment is the real deal. I have all 11 DVDs and all the books and plan to past them down in my family after I’m dress and gone. I’m 65 yrs old and have been enjoying these since i was a young mother. GOD BLESS , ENJOY!
Judy says
Pamela,
That is awesome! I watched “Love Comes Softly” on Hallmark Channel last night. (I recorded it and got too busy to watch it a couple of weeks ago when it was on.) I knew of the book and remembered it as I watched the movie because years ago my younger sister passed all her Janette Oake books on to me after she read them. Anyway, I decided last night to share these movies (the whole series) with my soon to be 11 year old granddaughter. (I also have to look and see if I still have the books in my book collection – probably do!)
I am a couple of years older than you and still enjoy a good, Godly love story. This is why I want to share it with my granddaughter! Thanks for sharing – it blessed my heart to know there were others in my age group watching these movies. I pray they have a wonderful impact on my granddaughter!
Lynnette says
Putting #9 and #10 at the beginning makes no sense! They are about Clark and Marty’s adopted granddaughter. To put them at the beginning before Clark and Marty even meet is illogical!
Vickie says
Thank you for clearing that up. It was confusing to have the #9 character have the same name as the #1 character and HIS daughter is also named Missy! NOW it all makes since!!
My husband and I love these sweet Christian movies and will be sad to get to the end. I guess all we lack is the Christmas movie. Thank you again!
Andrea Martz says
It’s listed. It’s number 7. I love the movies. I’ve watched them so many times.
Jamie L Turner-DeLeon says
Its number 7 on the list above
Friederike says
It’s mentioned earlier. I think #8
Billy Burgess says
Love's Christmas Journey takes place after Love Finds a Home.
Steve says
You are correct on that!
Sherry Gibbs Atanasoff says
I haven't watched any of these yet because it seemed impossible to figure out the order, and I'm picky that way. Thank you so much for doing this!
Rachel Brister Long says
the order is definitely confusing! I'm not sure the order listed here is correct? Can anyone help? I have 10 DVDs in the series…. now I found Loves Beginning and Love's Christmas Journey…. so… Is Loves Beginning the 1st and not Love Comes Softly?
Mommy Bear Media says
Yes. The order is very confusing. The first three came out last but are actually the first ones in the series. Love's Christmas Journey is first (just came out on DVD about a month ago) then Love Begins and so on.
Kaylee says
loves christmas journey is not first, as it is about Aaron which is Marty’s son from her first marriage, that she has in love comes softly, so it would most likely be last or around the same time as the last one which is love finds a home.
Andrea Martz says
It should be after loves abiding joy. I wish Clark and Missy were in the latter movie
Sheryl Reider says
If you go by the way they came out, the order is:
1.Love comes softly. 2:Loves enduring promise
3:Loves Long journey 4: Loves Abiding Joy
5:Loves unending Legacy. 6:Loves Unfolding Dream 7: Love Takes Wing. 8:Love finds a home
9:Love Begins. 10:Loves Everlasting Courage
11:Loves Christmas Journey. I bought them as they came out in this order.
Phyllis Barringer says
We have watched 2 of these movies and I really liked them, so glad you put them in order for my husband and I. Thanks
Rachel Brister Long says
SO: There are 11 total in the Love Comes Softly Series?
William E. Rose says
I have just purchased the 10 DVD set of “Love Comes Softly”. Now I want to purchase the “Loves
Christmas Journey”. I have fallen in Love with this series ans wish to find out if there is a listing of anymore in this same art of watching and the older ones that take part in this age or Year. I am 89 years of age and I find these type of film to be the finiest ever printed in to film. The younger Generation can learn much from the way of life in those days and what they had to do to get along and it was fun time too. Thank You for any and all information you can give to me. I am late at finding this site and much has gone on before my seeing this site. Please excuse my intelligence on this must wonderful Site. Please keep up your good work for all of us.
Barbara Solomon says
If you watch Love Begins, (1st movie) that is when they introduce Clarke Davis, he ends up marring Ellen, his first wife. Then comes Loves Everlasting Courage. Ellen and Clarke have a daughter Missy. Then the story goes to Love Comes Softly after Clarke lost his wife Ellen, Missy is about 8 when Marty comes into the picture.
Lynnette says
I totally agree!
Mitzi Jordan Fisher says
Thanks for the list. I haven’t seen half of these. Guess I have something to look for.
Mitzi Jordan Fisher says
Thanks for the list. I haven't seen half of these. Guess I have something to look for.
Vishwanath Samsundar says
This order is wrong. Movies in a series are meant to be viewed chronologically which is how the writer/director intends it for the audience. It is impossible to look at movies in your order, because while we were viewing Love Comes Softly in 2003, Christmas Journey was not created until a decade later. Christmas Journey has to be viewed last… that is the point of creating what is known as a “prequel”.
Ambika B. Samsundar says
i love this series! and yes this MUST MUST be watched in order
Rebecca Piccolo Baron says
This list is meant for those people who buy the movies and want to watch them in the order that they happened in the character's lives, not production order. If you want to watch them in production order, we have the release date so you can easily figure that out. Thanks for stopping by!
LT Gerbracht says
Vishwanath Samsundar- Sorry to tell you but this order listed here is correct- They just weren’t produced that way. I’ve watched all of these on numerous occasions and own several.
Barbara Solomon says
Who is Ellie? In the Christmas Journey…I haven’t seen that one yet, but can’t seem to be able to figure out where she fits in?
Julie says
She was Marty and Clark’s daughter in the books. I like the movies but I am tired of all the husbands dying. They didn’t in the books. Belinda was not adopted but Clark and Marty’s youngest daughter. The movies have changed the family members around and changed story lines. I whole heartedly encourage reading the book series it was my absolute favorite growing up and I made sure I got it on kindle so I know I can read it at any time.
Mary Barnes Palacios says
I love these movies Love Comes Softly. Can someone email me the names and order the movies comes in so I can make sure I have them all. My email is marypalacios67@yahoo.com. Thanks Mary
Rebecca Piccolo Baron says
This list is meant for those people who buy the movies and want to watch them in the order that they happened in the character’s lives, not production order. If you want to watch them in production order, we have the release date so you can easily figure that out. Thanks for stopping by!
Andrea Martz says
Rebecca the list you posted is correct right? I remember watching several of them it went way back to before Missy was born so it was kinda confusing. I love these movies. Will there be any more in the future to add to the Love Saga?
Nan Singh says
I appreciated your listing all the Janette Oke movies in order! Thanks–these movies have really given me a much needed lift!
Nan Singh says
I appreciated your listing all the Janette Oke movies in order! Thanks–these movies have really given me a much needed lift!
Crystal Hoopingarner says
loves christmas journey is not the first one. its one of the last arron is marty’s son which she dosen’t have till she marries clark. but love begins and loves everlasting courage are a prequal to love comes softly and are before marty and clark meet.
Billy Burgess says
Love’s Christmas Journey takes place after Love Finds a Home.
Brenda Gaspard says
Love's Christmas journey cant be first its about Aaron, Marty's son so how can it be first? Love Begins is first, Love's Christmas journey is or should be last. I am going to keep searching, I have all the movies and would also like to know the order.
Vicki Doutt says
1.Love Comes Softly is first,2. Love's Enduring Promise, 3.Love's Long Journey,4. Love's Abiding Joy,5. Loves, Unending Legacy,6. Love's Unfolding Dream, 7.Love Takes Wing,8.Love Finds A Home, 9. Love Begins.10. Love's Everlasting Courage, 11. Love's Christmas Journey. I have all of them but the last two. I Love them and watch them often.
Deb M says
I don’t understand how everyone can say that Love comes softly is first…how do you think the whole sequence started.. with Clark Davis and Ellen Barlow..which afterwards they got married and missy was born… now the story goes on after that..
Terri Simpson says
Love that series but only have first 3 hint hint my husband
Vicki Doutt says
I have 9 of them.
Billy Burgess says
You forgot the last movie Love’s Christmas Journey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%27s_Christmas_Journey
Margaret Dyck says
They have the order right except for the first one. Ellie and Aaron are Marty and Clark's kids, so that movie would have to be sometime after Love Comes Softly. These movies have the characters and the timeline all screwed up. The books make more sense. But I still love these movies.
Emily Thompson says
My daughter and I are reading the books. We just read the movie synopsis that says that Willie dies. My daughter doesn’t even want to watch the movies anymore. Why would they stray that far from the original story line? Then she adopts the girl who is her sister in the books? I do not understand why they made such major changes in the story line. Disappointed 🙁
Christina says
Love comes softy is the first movie and love endearing promise is this second
Deb M says
This is how it begins… Love begins.Love’s Everlasting courage..Love comes softly..love’s Enduring Promise…love’s long journey…love’s Abiding joy…love’s Unending Legacy…love’s Unfolding dreams…love’s takes Wings…Love finds a home..love’s Christmas journey…
C Snyder says
YESSS!! Deb M.. I have them all and all of the books. Watching them today.. I didn’t want to argue with anyone or hurt anyone’s feelings by sounding rude. But YOU ARE CORRECT!! (smiley face) Thank you for clearing this up for everyone..
Pamela Machino says
I agree. I have researched this for years and this is the way i watch them. If you what them how they came out then you will just get confused!!
Shayla says
So i’m confused…where is the Christmas one supposed to go in the story?
Gwen Neal says
These movies are wonderful I love God’s message in each one There is not enough movies like this anymore.
Yvonne Hale says
I just recently purchased Loves Comes Softly, and my mother (91) and I watched it about 5 times, plus. Then I saw 4 other movies from this series and purchased them and now we are watching them. The order is confusing, but when I found your list of the correct order that was so helpful, now I can tell my children what I need from my Christmas list.
Vicky Benson says
I just finish Volume 1 & 2 of the Love Comes Softly series by Janette Oke. I just read a comment from Yvonne Hale from Dec Dec 8th 2015, saying they found 4 more movies from this series. I would really like to find these DVDs. Is there any way I can find out the names and where to find the rest of this series??
Carolyn O'Dell says
THEY ARE SHOWING AGAIN NOW ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL 187 AND YOU CAN RECORD THEM.DURING FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF 2019.
Rb says
Where does ellie come in when did clark and marty have her? Thought the only girl was missy….
Robert Densem says
You commentators are largely correct on “Loves Christmas Journey”. The story occurs somewhere between “Love Takes Wing” and “Love Finds a Home” but is not directly related to these characters. Aaron Davis and Ellie King in this story are the half-brother and sister of Missie Davis and the natural children of Clark and Marty. The story, like “Love Begins” and “Love’s Everlasting Courage” is not written by Janet Oke. It should appear last in your published order for viewing. Maybe there is confusion over Ellie. She is not the Ellie who marries Clark Davis, but his daughter.
You can date the movies roughly from the 1850’s gold rush (Love Begins) and the dates on the crosses at the start of “Love’s Unending Legacy” (Sonny Huff – 1879, Kathy LaHaye – 1885 – Willie LaHaye – 1886)
I hope this helps
Susan says
Uh, Aaron is the baby who was born at the end of Love Comes Softly. His father was Aaron, who died, making Marty a widow, who then married Clark. He was an adult in Love’s Christmas Journey in 2011 (8 years after he was born in the 2003 movie! ). Clark and Marty had another son, Arnie, in the second movie. I don’t know who Ellie is, from Love’s Christmas Journey. Maybe Clark and Marty had another daughter after Missy married Willie and they moved away? Is she mentioned in any of the movies when Clark and/or Marty visit or write to Missy? And I always wondered what happened to Ellen’s younger sister, Cassie, after Ellen married Clark in Love Begins. (I’ve seen them all lots of times on Hallmark and TBN!)
Susan says
I meant in the movie made second (2004), Love’s Enduring Promise, not the second chronologically. So confusing!
p.s. I’ve only seen the one where Willie dies two times, several years apart. I don’t like that one.
laurie says
i like all of them ,, i hope she can make more 🙂
Rachel Meyer says
Thanks for the list! Exactly what I wanted.
It made me laugh that you find the last one boring – that’s my very favorite! I think it’s hilarious. I guess I like character development more than exciting plot.
Jesus Lover says
Great series! It makes you want to watch more!
Gail Morrison says
Where did Cassie go? I don’t recall her being mentioned.
Mary Holmes says
What happened to Ellen’s sister, Cassie. She is not mentioned in the next movie after Ellen and Clark at wed.
Mary Holmes says
I assume Clark Davis had a son also named Clark Davis, but there is no explanation as to how they became separated.
joan rhinehart says
everyone who left comments said something different about the order of the movies …so I am still very confused ….
MaryBeth Moore says
I just watched in this order..
Love Comes Softly
Loves Enduring Promise
Loves Long Journey
Loves Abiding Joy
Loves Unending Legacy
Loves Unfolding Dream (it says The sixth installment) in the description.
I’m gonna watch the other 4 now and see if I can figure out the order. I watch it every time it’s on but they haven’t had all 11 on yet. Unless I missed recording them.
Elizabeth says
My friend recommended these books to me, so I bought part 1 of the collection (books 1-4) but haven’t read them yet. Just last night I found 3 of the movies in a used book store and snatched them up, but had no idea what order they go. Thanks for this page – it will really help me to know in what order to watch the movies as I track them down!
Sarah Roberts says
Here is a couple possible ways that I think the order of the movies go.
1. Love Begins; 2. Love’s Everlasting Courage; 3. Love Comes Softly; 4. Love’s Enduring Promise; 5. Love’s Long Journey; 6. Love’s Abiding Joy; 7. Love’s Unending Legacy; 8. Love’s Christmas Journey; 9. Love’s Unfolding Dream; 10. Love Takes Wing; 11. Love Finds a Home;
1. Love Begins; 2. Love’s Everlasting Courage; 3. Love Comes Softly; 4. Love’s Enduring Promise; 5. Love’s Long Journey; 6. Love’s Abiding Joy; 7. Love’s Unending Legacy; 8. Love’s Unfolding Dream; 9. Love Takes Wing; 10. Love Finds a Home. Then Similar to /Inspired by movies Above is Love’s Christmas Journey. My sisters and I have been trying to figure the exact order of the movies and we have come to the conclusion that maybe Love’s Christmas Journey doesn’t fit into the order of the rest of the movies so it should be watched at a different time then the rest of them. If one of these orders is not correct then I am still very confused. So if someone could let me known what you think that would be great!
April says
Hi there… took me a little while to figure them out as well but I think viewers have a better knowledge of the order than the producers or TV networks. I agree with your second version and that Christmas Journey is not part of the series- Aaron would be a character but his sister was Missy, not Ellie. He was named after his mother’s first husband, & his biological father(Marty was married to Aaron when he died in Comes Softly). I am rewatching all the movies right now and started with Christmas Journey, just finished Long Journey, so the first few are fresh in my mind.
Rebecca Baron says
Sorry, everyone! I just went through and changed the order of the movies and now I’m pretty sure I have them in the correct order. I got my information from the link at the bottom of the page from Hallmark Channel. They should know the order but I did find they don’t know as much as they should. They forget to include one of the movies. I researched IMDB and found where it fits in. Enjoy the movies!
April says
WOW! From the first time I pulled this page up until now, approximately 6 months time span, SOMEONE has changed the “order” of the list of these great movies! You can’t just do that – Love’s Everlasting, the one SOMEONE has changed to #-10 HAS be number ONE because it STARTS the series with Clark and his FIRST wife. My question is, WHERE does Christmas Journey fit in? It’s obviously not the first but not the last either as Aaron, one of the main characters is the baby from Love Comes Softly(named after his deceased father) after Clark remarries but Ellie was not Aaron’s sister, Missy was…. so was this a production error or just an extra movie??? And this also would have meant Missy had remarried a third time from her sheriff husband, had a third child(WHEN DID ALL THIS HAPPEN??!!) YES, I HAVE WATCHED THESE MOVIES A LOT AND AS I AM NOW AN ENGLISH MAJOR, AM VERY INTO PROOFING/EDITING….
April says
Oh my! And I have to admit I am wrong…Love Begins HAS to be the first because that’s when Clark and Ellen first meet- then Everlasting Journey, followed by Comes Softly…..then etc etc. I still think Christmas Journey IS NOT part of the series but from the same producers, writers and same storyline.
April says
Lots of opinions but I guess when you watch these movies so many times, one would become somewhat of an expert(of what I’m not sure), but seems like I notice something more or different every time I watch. So, it would start with Love Begins, Everlasting Coursge, Comes Softly, Enduring Promise, Long Journey, Abiding Joy, Unending Legacy, Unfolding Dream, Takes Wing, & Finds a Home(all Love, of course). The Christmas Journey is not part of the series but does have some of the same characters, follows a split storyline, etc.. I have to say, these movies have a calming influence on my mind when I’m stressed- glad they came out on DVD!
PAT says
From what I’ve seen, April has the perfect list according to storyline. Even though Love Begins & Love’s Everlasting Courage were produced last (2011), they were written to begin the series. After the 1st two, the rest were produced from 2003 to 2009, except for Love’s Christmas Journey=2012. Clear as mud?? Anyway, very worthwhile TV watching. Yay, Hallmark!
PS FYI: Some movies are shown on Hallmark Channel & some on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Do check the guide…
Rebecca Baron says
And is it just me it seems to me like they like to play some of them a lot and then some of them hardly ever. I’m sure that’s partly because some really aren’t as good as the others . . .
Monica Solis says
So where do you watch the Christmas movie in the series? I am going to binge watch them with my kids but it’s been a while so now I lost track of the order and I just ordered the Xmas dvd that I was missing.
I know it’s been a year but I appreciate it. 🙂
Rebecca Baron says
OK. Check out the list now and see if you think I got it right. I was confused there for a bit. It makes it especially confusing when they use different characters for the same people and they just play them so randomly on Hallmark.
April says
AARON DAVIS AND ELLIE KING IN THIS STORY ARE THE HALF-BROTHER AND SISTER OF MISSIE DAVIS AND THE NATURAL CHILDREN OF CLARK AND MARTY. THE STORY, LIKE “LOVE BEGINS” AND “LOVE’S EVERLASTING COURAGE” IS NOT WRITTEN BY JANET OKE. DON’T BE CONFUSED BY ELLIE. SHE IS NOT THE ELLIE WHO MARRIES CLARK DAVIS, BUT HIS DAUGHTER. This is the plot summary for Love’s Christmas Journey… not sure where it came from because if Ellie were really one of Clark & Marty Davis’ natural children, I think she would have shown up in an earlier movie, such as Love’s Unending Legacy OR Love’s Unfolding Dream. Also, Aaron is Marty’s natural child but not Clark’s- Aaron’s father died at the beginning of Love Comes Softly, that’s who he’s named after “Aaron Luke, his father and mine” Marty tells Clark the day he’s born. Marty and Clark do have a son together but his name is Arnie. Ok, this has made me tired and I need a nap…
The movies are all good and Hallmark is remiss in playing them all together when they show “marathons”.
kathlene says
read the book series I don’t understand how anyone could get things so messed up. the baby who died was Kathy and she was not clark and marty’s baby but willie and missy’s. also missy is the one who adopted belinda who was the orphan from the train and her brother eventually. yes clark and martie did have two sons. in the love’s enduring promise aaron who is the son from aaron and marty then there is arnie who is the son of clark and marty. in that series they have three children.
Heather says
Thank you SOOO MUCH, this has been a huge help. I also agree with all of your comments on each mobie, the zingers and not-so zingers in the series but all wonderful movies about strong faith 🙂
Rebecca Baron says
Yep. It’s an awesome series!
sandy barnett says
Aaron the son of Marty and Aaron in Love comes Softly, I assumed got married as he has 2 children in loves Christmas Journey. What happened to his wife? and is their courtship and her death addressed in the book series?
laurie says
What happened to Ellen’s sister Cassie?
Mariposa says
Sorry, but if you read the books you know that they are in the right order, to begin with, the way the movies were made. As a writer myself I know we sometimes go back after and do a backstory to fill you in like them remembering where certain things happened. It doesn’t make the order wrong with the way the books or movies were made. Think of it as someone coming into your life at one point then later you telling them about your parents’ or grandparents’ lives before you. It doesn’t mean that they should’ve told you about them before you learn about them.
Kathleen M. Bailey says
What ever happened to Cassie (Ellen’s sister)?
Barrow says
I like all the movies with Belinda. I like smart women. They are a turn on Although Katherine Heigl is among my favorite actors, so her movies are good too.
Barrow says
All the movies are on Up Faith and Family on Amazon Prime