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- DirectorJohn GrayStarsBrad JohnsonKathleen QuinlanTom SizemoreWorld War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they arrive at their home village.
- DirectorMichael Toshiyuki UnoStarsJoanne WoodwardLaura LinneyReed DiamondDrama about a couple (Woodward, Weaver) and their problematic daughter (Linney) who is a cocaine addict.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsNathan LaneRobert Sean LeonardTony GoldwynJack Palmer is a social worker whose job has taken precedence over his personal life. Mainly, his job is to help four mentally challenged men live regular lives in a home. They consist of: Norman, who works at a donut shop and has a thing for keys; Barry, who thinks he is a golf pro and doesn't communicate well with his father; Arnold, who is into all things Russian and has a habit of spending money; and Lucien, who is into Spider Man and must testify before the state senate. Jack wants to help them, but he also thinks it is time to move on with his life. The hard part is trying to say goodbye to the guys he cares about.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsJames GarnerJoanne WoodwardKathryn ErbeA married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsMichael MoriartyPeter FacinelliKevin ConwayThe struggle between a father and son at odds over the youth's career choice.
- DirectorBrent ShieldsStarsMary-Louise ParkerPeter GallagherBebe NeuwirthCate has a vintage clothing store. She attends her nasty dad's birthday party/family gathering where she meets Harry. She's dating Philip but he's dull - contrary to Harry.
- DirectorRobert MarkowitzStarsJames GarnerJudith IveyRuby DeeA grumpy man must rejoin his community when his godchild gets in trouble and a childhood friend refuses to accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.
- DirectorBrent ShieldsStarsMatt KeeslarPatrick BerginGeorge HearnIn 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a forty mile cattle drive rather than selling his cattle to an unscrupulous local buyer. Brenda Fricker appears as Keeslar's aunt and Mark Lambert is an army deserter, who signs up for the drive.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsJudy DavisJamey SheridanLauren HewettA young girl goes to live with her father and stepmother in the Australian outback after her mother's death. Stars Judy Davis and Jamey Sheridan. From the Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsJulie HarrisJena MaloneTed LevineAfter her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home.
- DirectorMichael SwitzerStarsGary SiniseJoely RichardsonGordon PinsentA high-powered Los Angeles lawyer returns to his estranged father's home in Maine where he faces tragedy, haunting memories and someone from his past.
- DirectorMartha CoolidgeStarsWilliam HurtElizabeth McGovernBrian BenbenWhen Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, a feud erupts between Lee and Turner Knight, the owner of the funeral home. As Lee's many promotional ideas become more and more outrageous, he continues to enrage Knight until one of the promotions backfires with grave consequences.
- DirectorDick LowryStarsKimberly Williams-PaisleyCampbell ScottEric CloseKimberly Williams and Caitlin Fein play a mother and child whose love conquers adversity.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsGena RowlandsDiane LaneNeal McDonoughA former New York City executive (Diane Lane) moves to the country with her husband (Neal McDonough) and befriends an illiterate elderly farm woman (Gena Rowlands).
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsStephanie ZimbalistPamela ReedGeorge GrizzardA mysterious woman claiming to be the deceased daughter of a rich man tries to solve the problems of his untrusting son and supposedly mentally handicaped daughter. But one question stands in her way: is she really Caroline?
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsBruce GreenwoodLinda EmondNoel FisherA developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas Program."
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsJessica TandyHume CronynJohn DenverAnnie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can handle the wilderness on her own.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsJames WolkTreat WilliamsDominic Scott KayBrad Cohen who, despite being challenged by Tourette's Syndrome at a very young age, defies all odds to become a gifted teacher.
- DirectorMichael PressmanStarsCarla GuginoKathy BakerDavid ConradForced to take charge of her niece and nephew, Emilie Thompson needs a miracle to keep their family together.
- DirectorAlan GrintStarsGennie JamesBarret OliverJadrien SteeleMary Lennox is sent to live at Misselthwaite Manor where she befriends a young boy and learns about a secret garden.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsAngela LansburySam WanamakerChristopher BowenAn Englishwoman (Angela Lansbury) reviews her life with her adult children in mind.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsLolita DavidovichJ.A. PrestonJean Louisa KellyA female FBI agent comes to a distrustful Amish community to investigate a multiple building arson incident.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsCallum BlueBarbora BobulovaPeter BowlesBased on a true story, a British soldier stranded in enemy territory during WWII falls in love with a local Italian girl. But with the Germans advancing, the war that brought them together could now separate them forever.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsJason RobardsBrenda FrickerMax PomerancJourney and his grandfather Marcus have to come to terms with each other's reactions to the loss when Journey's mother, Min, decides to leave Journey and his sister Cat to be looked after by their grandparents.
- DirectorDick LowryStarsVing RhamesGloria ReubenRuben Santiago-HudsonThe unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her knowledge, her father took the boy and raised him. Twelve years later, she is now a successful family-court judge in L.A. Over the years, she has avoided her father and knows nothing of the child. That all changes when he decides that is time she knew her own child and heads for L.A. However, he quickly finds that she wants nothing to do with her father and cares little about the son she never knew.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsVanessa RedgraveChad WillettMarguerite MoreauA young man taking care of his dying mother is distraught and grief-stricken when she finally passes away. On the advice of his doctor, he takes a job in an upscale nursing home, and is assigned to take care of an elderly woman named Esther. At first Esther is a bitter, angry woman and pushes him away, but as she gradually warms to him, he discovers that he and Esther have much more in common than he imagined.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsMercedes RuehlCristine RoseJamey SheridanAn adopted woman tries to track down her family and ends up discovering that she was stolen from her birth mother on a reservation when she was just a little girl.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsCampbell ScottJennifer Jason LeighDavid Dukes20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsMaximilian SchellKyra SedgwickMaureen StapletonSister given up by Italian family only to be reunited 22 years later.
- DirectorCarl SchenkelStarsJames CoburnLisa ZanePaul KerseyAtticus goes to Mexico to unravel the reason behind his his son's suicide. As he tries to overcome his own feelings over his son's death, Atticus discovers it might not be a suicide at all and tries to uncover the mystery.
- DirectorRon LagomarsinoStarsKathy BatesElizabeth PerkinsClark GreggTwo sisters take a journey of discovery and reconciliation based on the memoirs of Margaret Moorman. Christine has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and must rely on others for support even though she longs for an independent and ordinary life. When her mother dies, her sister Judy becomes responsible for her care. The two are left to face the struggles of finding common ground.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsRebecca De MornayKeith CarradineEllen BurstynA husband, wife, and their daughter try to cope with the tragic death of their young son that the latter indirectly unintentionally caused.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsJessica LangeDavid StrathairnTom AldredgeAlexandra Bergson inherits the family farm and struggles to carve a home and a fortune from the windswept prairie. Along the way, she forfeits her one chance for love, but never forgets the teenager who stirred her heart. He returns 15 years later and rekindles within Alexandra a long-buried dream and newfound desire. Willa Cather's famous novel comes stirringly to life in this made-for-TV movie.
- DirectorLarry ElikannStarsJudy DavisSam NeillAnthony HigginsMary Lindell works for the French Red Cross in occupied France during World War II and helps Allied airmen who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.
- DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsScott GlennArija BareikisRobert Sean LeonardA young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming season, the boy learns that his challenges guide him in discovering who he really is.
- DirectorLloyd RichardsStarsCharles S. DuttonAlfre WoodardCarl GordonAn African-American family struggles to retain their heritage, in the form of a history told in the carvings on the family piano. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano and use the money to buy farmland, but sister Berniece won't part with it.
- DirectorTony BillStarsSissy SpacekAlfre WoodardJodelle FerlandA troubled foster child with an affinity for drawing and artwork, becomes attached to her eccentric and forgetful new foster mother, also an artist.
- DirectorJohn GrayStarsSissy SpacekMary-Louise ParkerS. Epatha MerkersonA nurse fights for custody of her H.I.V. positive foster daughter with her inept, junkie mother. Finally they come to an agreement that they should all live together.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsJeff DanielsLea SalongaDebra MonkGeri Riordan is adopted, half-Vietnamese, eighteen, and a piano prodigy. She also feels as if she doesn't know who she really is, and when her adopted father dies, she begins to search for her biological father. The trail leads into the redwood forest the Riordans have owned for generations, to a 'Nam vet who lives there. But he doesn't want to talk to her, and Geri must convince him to give her the answers she's looking for.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsCatherine Zeta-JonesClive OwenRay StevensonReddleman Diggory Venn drives slowly across the heath, carrying a hidden passenger in the back of his van. When darkness falls, the country folk light bonfires on the hills, emphasizing the pagan spirit of the heath and its denizens.
- DirectorChristopher CainStarsJennifer GarnerJeffrey D. SamsZak OrthIn the late 1800s, four young, New York City street kids save an abandoned baby girl and move to Montana to start a new life. Stars Jennifer Garner. From the Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsDean CainPat HingleDebbi MorganIn a Dixie small-town, the late Sheriff was quite content to preside over a truly segregated community. There the rich brothers, Harlan and Mason Davis, are lords. His successor, World War II veteran Frank Richards, has a more modern view on justice and equality, which doesn't help his social acceptance anywhere. He also has doubts about the mysterious masked 'peg-leg' to whom all murders where ascribed. Harlan is shot after an African-American boy threatens him with a gun to stop his old-fashioned 'liberalities'. Frank and the prosecutor's retired dad, agree to act as defense council, investigate, cued by the boy's Caucasian playmate, Luke Winter, and turn both case and town around.
- DirectorMichael PressmanStarsBlythe DannerEdward HerrmannMelina KanakaredesA lonely teen troubled by a past family tragedy is suspicious of his sister-in-law, believing she is being unfaithful. His confrontation with his brother sets off a series of tragic events.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsGlenn CloseChristopher WalkenLexi RandallA single New England woman responds to an advertisement by a Midwestern widower in which he asks for a bride to help him raise his two children.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsGlenn CloseChristopher WalkenJack PalanceOn a cold winter day a mysterious stranger shows up at the Witting Farm. He is John Witting, the father of Jacob Witting who abandoned Jacob and his mother when Jacob was little. Jacob is very hurt by what his father did to him many years ago that he won't have anything to do with him to which his wife Sarah must do everything to bring Jacob and his father back together again for the sake of Jacob and his three children Anna, Caleb, and Cassie who love their grandfather very much.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsGlenn CloseChristopher WalkenLexi RandallJacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.a.k.a. "Sarah, Plain and Tall: Skylark"
- DirectorJohn GrayStarsScott GlennSaffron BurrowsJohn LynchA lonely widowed Irish fisherman meets a pretty mysterious woman who may just literally be the stuff of legends.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsJames WoodsElizabeth McGovernLen CariouA man who acts upon his conscience opens a Pandora's box of racism and intolerance. Temple Rayburn (James Woods) is an attorney who lives and works in a small Southern community in the 1940s. When Rayburn and his wife Celia (Elizabeth McGovern) encounter a young man named Ben Tyler (Charles Mattocks)--a mentally-challenged African-American youth with nowhere to go--they take pity on him and let him stay in their home. However, in a time and place when black and white citizens were not allowed to use the same drinking fountain, Temple's decision raises more than a few eyebrows, and the Rayburn household soon becomes the center of a local political firestorm.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsJeff DanielsMarlee MatlinEd WaterstreetFamily drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsAmber TamblynJennifer EhleHenry CzernySarah Russell, a 23-year-old aspiring medical school student, visits her family to share some important news but instead finds herself confronting a difficult period from her past.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsHume CronynJessica TandyChristine BaranskiAn unusual love story in which a strange white dog appears and helps Sam Peek, a Georgia tree farmer, cope with the loss of his wife, Cora. Stars Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. From the Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard CrennaBen CrossJulie CoxIn the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsMatthew ModineClaire BloomJudith IveyArriving in a new town, a child pretends to be deaf-mute to protect himself - a ruse which works so well that for twenty years he is custodian to all the town's secrets.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsJeanne TripplehornArliss HowardLeo BurmesterA prisoner is tempted by the opportunity to escape during the Great Flood of 1927.