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TV Movie movies

Feature-length productions crafted for the small screen, offering cozy storytelling and diverse themes.

Subgenres include: Family TV Movie, Holiday TV Movie, Romance TV Movie.

161. Hercules and the Amazon Women

Hercules and the Amazon Women
Adventure Fantasy TV Movie Action
6.3
19941h 31minNew Zealand, United States
Director: Bill L. Norton

Overview

Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their destination, they find the monsters are in fact Amazonian women who are controlled by Hera. "Hercules and the Amazon Women" is the first movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".


162. La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine
Comedy TV Movie
7.9
19931h 12minFrance
Director: Michel Hazanavicius

Overview

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)


163. And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On
Drama TV Movie
7.8
19932h 20minUnited States
Director: Roger Spottiswoode

Overview

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.


164. Body Bags

Body Bags
Horror Comedy TV Movie Science Fiction
6.2
19931h 35minUnited States
Director: John Carpenter

Overview

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college student working a graveyard shift is terrorized by a serial killer; a hair transplant goes horribly wrong; and a baseball player loses an eye and gets a new one from a recently executed murderer.


165. 12:01

12:01
Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
6.8
19931h 32minUnited States
Director: Jack Sholder

Overview

Office employee Barry Thomas is caught in a "time bounce" caused by a glitch in the company's secret project. Now the same day occurs again and again - and Barry's the only one who can do anything about it, including saving the life of beautiful research assistant Lisa Fredericks.


166. Ghostwatch

Ghostwatch
Horror Mystery TV Movie
7.4
19921h 31minUnited Kingdom
Director: Lesley Manning

Overview

For Halloween 1992, the BBC decides to broadcast an investigation into the supernatural, hosted by TV chat-show legend Michael Parkinson. Parky (assisted by Mike Smith, Sarah Greene & Craig Charles) and a camera crew attempt to discover the truth behind the most haunted house in Britain. This ground-breaking live television experiment does not go as planned, however.


167. Cast a Deadly Spell

Cast a Deadly Spell
TV Movie Mystery Comedy Horror Fantasy
6.4
19911h 36minUnited States
Director: Martin Campbell

Overview

In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.


168. The BFG

The BFG
Animation Family Fantasy TV Movie
6.7
19901h 27minUnited Kingdom
Director: Brian Cosgrove

Overview

Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but a mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children of the world.


169. Buried Alive

Buried Alive
Thriller Crime Horror TV Movie
6.4
19901h 34minUnited States
Director: Frank Darabont

Overview

A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires in surprising ways.


170. Treasure Island

Treasure Island
Adventure Family TV Movie
7.0
19902h 11minUnited Kingdom, United States
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston

Overview

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.