6 Best Department Store and Retail Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 24, 2026

Department stores and shopping malls make charming settings for comedy and holiday warmth. Miracle on 34th Street and The Shop Around the Corner are the old-school classics, Mallrats has two friends spending a day at the mall after getting dumped, and Confessions of a Shopaholic has a compulsive shopper hiding her debts. Jerry Maguire and In Good Company are looser fits, both about people rebuilding their careers.

In Good Company (2004)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A veteran advertising executive is demoted to work under a boss half his age after a corporate takeover.

Directed by Paul Weitz · 1h 50m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

TMDB ★ 5.9

A compulsive shopper deep in debt takes a job as a financial journalist to hide her secret addiction.

Directed by P.J. Hogan · 1h 44m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Jerry Maguire (1996)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Show me the money, and somehow it still lands every single time.

Directed by Cameron Crowe · 2h 19m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, TNT, TBS, tru TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Mallrats (1995)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Two aimless friends spend a chaotic day at the mall after both getting dumped by their girlfriends.

Directed by Kevin Smith · 1h 35m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

IMDb ★ 7.9 RT 96% Metacritic 88

A department-store Santa's claim to be the real thing ends up in an actual courtroom.

Directed by George Seaton · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Won 3 Oscars10 wins & 1 nomination

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 99% Metacritic 96

Two bickering coworkers are secretly, unknowingly falling in love as anonymous pen pals.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 39m · Rated NR

7 wins

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Department Store and Retail Movies

In Good Company (2004)

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

Jerry Maguire (1996)

Mallrats (1995)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

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