Broadcast's Best: Made-for-TV Movies
The BEST Made-for-TV Movies...according to Alyssa
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- DirectorSteve StaffordStarsLynda CarterMichele GreeneAmanda PetersonAlthough this movie is about the Playboy magazine, there are no erotic scenes. Instead it tells the story of three women, who seem to have nothing in common: Abigail is college student at Yale and daughter of one of the professors; Meredith is a married mother and owner of a bowling alley; Janet is a successful broker -- yet all of them decide to pose for the Playboy adult magazine, shocking their peers, friends and co-workers. They have to suffer the consequences, but manage to turn it into a precious experience of life.If you can get your hands on this little gem, you will not be disappointed.
- DirectorGary ShermanStarsStaci KeananCheryl LaddD.W. MoffettA flirtatious teenager with an eye for older men gets more than she bargained for when the handsome stranger she's pursuing turns out to be a serial killer.Dana from Step by Step isn't allowed to date boys, so instead, she stalks hot, older men and cons the DMV into giving her their contact information (that's normal). She calls them and basically has phone sex with them. Then, she chooses to stalk the wrong man...the CANDLELIGHT KILLER!!!
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsCrystal BernardJudge ReinholdTraci LordsSusan switches identities with her new friend Nicole, so that Nicole can pay for her medical bills with Susan's insurance. Then Susan finds herself trapped in her new identity when Nicole ends up dead under questionable circumstances.Traci Lords dies under that chick from Wings' insurance policy, so everyone thinks the chick from Wings is dead, so she assumes the role of the Traci Lord's character...whoa!
- DirectorKit HoodStarsPat MastroianniStacie MistysynNeil HopeThe Degrassi kids spend one last summer together.If you're as big of a Degrassi Junior High/High fan as I am, this is a must-watch! "Joey, did you *beep* Tessa Campinelli!?!?!"
- DirectorMarina SargentiStarsCassidy RaeVincent IrizarryAllison SmithDerek Bradshaw, a 33-year-old lawyer, courts and wins Amy Miller, an 18-year-old high school cheerleader. The affair progresses until she learns that he is married and has a family. During this period, she has been receiving anonymous notes, been the victim of vicious pranks and ultimately, life threatening attacks.
- DirectorMichael MillerStarsPatrick DuffyKate MulgrewJohn AndersonAfter twenty years of marriage, a man starts over with his children after his wife leaves him in order to "find herself."Patrick Duffy is so hot! Take off your shirt and hold a baby, Duff!
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsJenna DewanAshley BensonAimée Spring FortierThe new cheerleading coach at a high school is asked to resign by administrators after she tries to rein in five cheerleaders engaging in scandalous behaviour.Can we start a petition to get this released on DVD?
- DirectorMary HarronStarsAgnes BrucknerMartin LandauAdam GoldbergThe life of Anna Nicole Smith, from small-town dancer to Playboy centerfold, to her marriage to a billionaire, to her eventual self-destruction.This one was really good! I especially liked her prosthetic boobs.
- DirectorDoug CampbellStarsJamie LunerCaitlin ThompsonAl SapienzaHigh-school senior Casey finds herself seduced into the fast lifestyle of a call-girl ring run by a campus police officer and must pull herself out before she loses all self-control.Are they your average high school girls? No! They're hookers!
- DirectorCharles Stone IIIStarsRochelle AytesKeke PalmerEvan RossThe story of Legendary hip hop/r&b/pop trio TLC.This one was so good, I teared up during the funeral scene.
- DirectorPeter SvatekStarsElizabeth BerkleyCorey SevierRick RobertsA young, attractive high school chemistry teacher is accused of sexually assaulting one of her students. As she pleads not guilty, the student keeps saying otherwise.Watch out, Jessie! Your student is gonna git you!
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsValerie BertinelliStephen CaffreyGraham BeckelNewlywed Laurie Wade's marriage and eventually her whole life shatters because of her deep-rooted psychotic behavior. She goes from brief "short circuits" to overtly murderous behavior. The film never tries to explain the cause of her mental collapse, except for a hint or two, but instead takes us into her frightening state of mind.This movie is terrifying! 7 - 7 - 7 - 7!!!!
- DirectorCourteney CoxStarsGarret DillahuntBrando EatonLaura San GiacomoThomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.What a weirdo, seducing a teenager over the internet, then killing your coworker out of jealousy. Perv!
- DirectorDonald WryeStarsOdette AnnableAntonio Sabato Jr.Johnny BarkerEmma Norman spends a wild Spring break holiday on Mintners Cove beach, California, with her female friends, Lori, who seeks a new fling and academic Stefanie. There, slick stud Greg Vlasi gives them a good time and shoots video of them on beach and yacht (possibly drugged and/or drunk). The video is doctored and released onto the internet as porn distributed by Nick Bronson in LA. Soon Emma's promising career as Minneapolis school teacher is over. Her fireman fiancé David in home small-town Prairie dumps her, even her dad's firm gets boycotted. A pervert stalks her.I love made-for-tv movies about naughty teachers. This chick got crrrrazy in Mexico...and some dude videotaped her and cut it together to look like she had sex with him.
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsCandace Cameron BureFred SavageGregory Alan WilliamsA shy high school student's seemingly perfect relationship with a popular jock quickly turns abusive and dangerous.I never would've pegged Fred Savage to be the girlfriend-beating type.
- DirectorEric LaneuvilleStarsJennifer Love HewittTeddy SearsSonja BennettA young woman takes a job at a massage parlor to support her family when her husband is unable to work, and soon finds her life spiraling out of control.So good it spawned a mediocre series!
- DirectorBlair TreuStarsKatherine HeiglDanielle HarrisDonnie JeffcoatA younger sister wishes to switch places with her popular older sister and the two bickering siblings awaken to find the wish has come true.Katherine Heigl before she sucked.
- DirectorStephen KayStarsJake McDormanAgnes BrucknerJoshua CloseOn the surface, Philip Markoff appears to be the ideal med student, fiancé and future son-in-law - but there's something seriously wrong with him.He had everything going for him..why'd he have to kill all those masseuse prostitutes?
- DirectorDeborah ChowStarsHeather GrahamEllen BurstynKiernan ShipkaAfter the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.It's not as good as the 80s version, but just as campy!
- DirectorTara MieleStarsLaura WigginsIzabella MikoCallie ThorneA 17-year-old dancer joins a "thinspiration" website and devotes herself to the almost religious glorification of "thin", until she becomes completely possessed by the dark world of anorexia.Being skinny is EVERYTHING, you butterfly. RIP Leo. Your dad is a douche!
- DirectorJace AlexanderStarsTania RaymondeJesse Lee SofferLeah PipesBased on the disturbing murder trial that gripped the nation, this Lifetime Original Movie tells the story of a seductive, aspiring photographer found guilty of killing her former lover.Jodi, you are bad, very bad.
- DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsAna VillafañeDan PayneNatalie RadfordAfter the murder of her parents, Jo (Ana Villafañe) is relocated from her big city home to the countryside of Montana. Jo makes friends with locals Brett (Jeremy Sumpter of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS) and Jesse (Tyler Blackburn of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS), but just as she's building a new life, her past catches up to her.Girl in the witness protection program is a PIMP!
- DirectorKaren MoncrieffStarsHeather GrahamRose McIverWyatt NashIn 1970, 10 years after the attic, the 3 siblings' adoptive dad dies; their bio mom still rejects them. Ballerina Cathy moves in with a ballet dancer in NYC to start a life away from her med-student brother/lover.Talk about incest! This is like 187429174x better than the first movie!
- DirectorLane Shefter BishopStarsFreya TingleyAlexa Rose SteeleRay GallettiA girl desperate to be in the "in" crowd learns the perils of getting a high from asphyxiation.Omg, I loved it! So good!
- DirectorJason LapeyreStarsSam KindsethDylan EverettTiera SkovbyeAfter being cast in the hit teen sitcom Saved by the Bell (1989), six unknown young actors must deal with the Hollywood spotlight and the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny.This one was pretty good. I really liked the guy who played Zack because he had dark, bushy eyebrows that mismatched his hair. I would have liked some more drama. What about the Zack-Slater-Kelly threesomes, huh!?