Hallmark HALL OF FAME Movies (Janet's WATCHED List)
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- DirectorDick LowryStarsKimberly Williams-PaisleyCampbell ScottEric CloseKimberly Williams and Caitlin Fein play a mother and child whose love conquers adversity.
- 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.
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsMinka KellyAndie MacDowellChad Michael MurrayCaretta "Cara" Rutledge tries to move beyond a difficult past but is forced to grapple with history head-on when she returns to fix the family beach house.
- DirectorRon OliverStarsTatyana AliDondré T. WhitfieldDennis HaysbertA hotshot lawyer returns to her childhood home following a death in the family.
- DirectorEric CloseStarsKristin ChenowethScott WolfKevin QuinnA youth choir director (Chenoweth) needs to write a big song for the Christmas Eve show but "finds herself distracted" when a boy with a golden voice (Kevin Quinn) joins her choir, which will come as news to his widowed father (Wolf).
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsLauren AmbroseAdam KaufmanSusie EssmanA quirky love story revolving around the unexpected wedding and unconventional married life of a 26-year-old widow and her late husband's brother, a handsome 30-year-old cardiologist.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsJeff HephnerFrank LangellaJulianne NicholsonPat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious, idealistic teacher, accepts Beaumont County South Carolina's school board superintendent's offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacraw Island. Staffless 'head' mistress Brown incarnates stupidity and blind rule obedience, her didactic skills consisting in scolding and spanking her students. Pat moves heaven and earth to motivate and educate, but after finally getting through to pupils and parents, is refused contract renewal by the arch-conservative authorities.
- 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.
- DirectorRichard PearceStarsAidan QuinnRachel GriffithsAmerica FerreraTom Guthrie, a high school history teacher, is faced with raising two young sons after his wife leaves him. Maggie Jones, a fellow teacher, tries to provide comfort and support.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsDean CainPeri GilpinLandon LiboironA tragic street racing accident kills a wife and her child leaving her husband to pick up the pieces and pursue justice against the boy that killed them.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsAlicia SilverstoneEion BaileyPolly BergenA single mom returns to her hometown after a lengthy absence, posing a potential threat to the marriage of her old high school flame and his wife.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsDianne WiestGina McKeeKeith McErleanA man in the final stages of A.I.D.S. is cared for by his sister, mother, and grandmother.
- 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."
- DirectorBrent ShieldsStarsKeri RussellSkeet UlrichMare WinninghamPregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
- 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.
- DirectorBrent ShieldsStarsEllen BurstynGlenn CloseThomas GibsonThe story of a painting as it moves from owner to owner through the centuries.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJim GoddardStarsChris SarandonPeter CushingKenneth MoreAn ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsAnna PaquinGoran VisnjicMichelle DockeryThe story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.
- DirectorDarnell MartinStarsJennifer Love HewittBetty WhiteSean FarisLucas Thomas's grandmother Caroline returns every Valentine's Day to the station where, at their first wedding anniversary, she waved off to the Pacific Theater of War in 1944 her husband Neill, a US Navy pilot who is still officially missing in action. Lucas, a former baseball star and reputable physiotherapist about to publish, tells the story to a station manager who assigns the item to Susan Allison. She gets involved and befriends Caroline, but resists her crush on Lucas on account of an already soulless engagement with international reporter Andrew Hawthorne. Caroline's mild cardiac crisis seems to ruin everything.
- DirectorJames Steven SadwithStarsJohn CorbettJessy SchramLogan HuffmanA special-education teacher helps his students, trains them, and looks for ways to take them to where they are dreaming to go: space camp.
- DirectorDick LowryStarsAnne HecheTate DonovanMichael MitchellManhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Heche) bonds with a young man who has run away from his father. When the father returns to New York a year later to sell his Christmas trees, he and Catherine cross paths.
- 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.
- DirectorAllan ArkushStarsSean FarisEloise MumfordDaniel Eric GoldTraumatized by her mother's death, a 6-year-old girl stops talking but is cared for by her three uncles. The story unfolds as all of them find the importance of family.
- DirectorSteven R. MonroeStarsNikki DeloachJeff HephnerBarbara NivenOld, widowed Walter invites Quinn and her mom, Dr. Lizzie, for tea. There, Lizzie meets his son, Charley, a pilot she's just hired for the hospital. Both Walter and the 50+ years younger Quinn need a friend. Lizzie and Charley, too?
- DirectorRon OliverStarsDermot MulroneyKimberly Williams-PaisleyDanny GloverA cynical journalist decides to take a train from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles for Christmas to get inspiration for a story in honor of his late father. He gets to know the other passengers and runs into an old flame while aboard.
- DirectorMartin WoodStarsRebecca RomijnJerry O'ConnellBruce DavisonTwenty years after she was last in Paris, a woman returns to the City of Light, where she reconnects with her college boyfriend and first love.
- DirectorRobert HarmonStarsSam ElliottJohn CorbettSarah PaulsonA brave young girl's battle against cancer has an effect on the people around her.
- 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.
- DirectorRon UnderwoodStarsBlythe DannerFaye DunawayPeter Fonda"Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person." Based on Anne Tyler's novel, the movie centers on Rebecca Davitch, a 53-year-old single mother and grandmother, and the cast of her colorful family around her.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsAngela LansburySam WanamakerChristopher BowenAn Englishwoman (Angela Lansbury) reviews her life with her adult children in mind.
- DirectorPaul ShapiroStarsKristin DavisEric McCormackShirley MacLaineUpon her untimely death, a workaholic who never put much value into the joys of Christmas finds herself recruited to be a Christmas Angel -- and is assigned a hard luck case that she accidentally falls in love with.
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsEloise MumfordMichael Stahl-DavidTess AtkinsLindsay, a psychology professor, gets a chance to decide between relocating to a new place for her dream job and marrying Jason, her childhood sweetheart when she is helped by a mysterious messenger.
- 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.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsEmily VanCampSteve TalleyTimothy BusfieldA 24-year-old first-time teacher overcomes her initial fears and prejudices and makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter's makeshift classroom.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorBrent ShieldsStarsChris KleinGretchen MolZach MillsReturning to USA after WWII, Noah goes wandering and angling. He comes to a small town and valley to catch a huge bass. He meets a cute widow and other good people there.
- DirectorJay RussellStarsAnne HecheKevin DanielsCarlos GómezA series of mishaps threaten a recently divorced mom's attempts to make her two kids' first Christmas "without dad" perfect.
- DirectorKenny LeonStarsKatharine McPheeMike VogelJoBeth WilliamsNatalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the two then begin dreaming about each other. But, according to fountain mythology, they only have a week to turn those dreams into reality.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsAndy GarciaMandy MooreCheri OteriDuncan Mayor loved Susie so much he wanted to give her one last Christmas gift before she passes away. He didn't care about any consequences or anything else.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsAlexis BledelZachary LeviMerritt WeverA lonely waitress meets a handsome, quirky jewelry store clerk who had a brain aneurysm and thus has short-term memory loss.
- DirectorJohn GrayStarsJulia StilesDavid WaltonCamryn ManheimAfter losing election for US Congress, the well spoken Hannah coaches a beer vendor for the position as he, contrary to Hannah, has a likable personality. Can they learn from each other?
- DirectorDarnell MartinStarsCuba Gooding Jr.Q'orianka KilcherDeWanda WiseA group of young inmates are given the opportunity to turn their lives around by becoming volunteer firefighters .
- DirectorJon AvnetStarsLaurence FishburneBradley WhitfordAnika Noni RoseWriter Mitch Alboms reluctantly agrees to pen the eulogy of his childhood rabbi.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsWinona RyderBarry PepperJohn BourgeoisBased on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- 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.
- DirectorPeter LevinStarsMarcia Gay HardenTaylor HandleyThomas GibsonAfter ten years without contact, Bobby Miller (16) shows up famished, exhausted and nightmare-ridden at would be-author Victoria 'Vicki' Miller's home. He ran away from his wicked, selfish mother Priscilla and spineless dad, Vicky's brother Rob. Their late dad took Bobby away as a neglected baby to be raised with Vicky's sister Ruth, her husband and their kids, until dad's death allowed his Bobby's dad Rob to file successfully to regain custody. Soon after, Victoria has to choose between concentrating on her novelist career, aided by brilliant publishing adviser Aiden Byrnes, or help doing the right thing for Bobby, and blood proves strong enough to engage lawyer-friend Ned Alvarez to fight for emancipation. But gaining that doesn't solve everything for the uneducated though bright knave, who soon makes makes dubious punker 'friends' and harbors a dark trauma.
- DirectorAnjelica HustonStarsRosie O'DonnellAndie MacDowellRichard T. JonesAfter their father's death, a woman spends time with her developmentally-disabled sister.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn GrayStarsScott GlennSaffron BurrowsJohn LynchA lonely widowed Irish fisherman meets a pretty mysterious woman who may just literally be the stuff of legends.
- DirectorMichael PressmanStarsCarla GuginoKathy BakerDavid ConradForced to take charge of her niece and nephew, Emilie Thompson needs a miracle to keep their family together.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsJeanne TripplehornArliss HowardLeo BurmesterA prisoner is tempted by the opportunity to escape during the Great Flood of 1927.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsEllen BurstynTeri GarrSammi DavisLondon in the early 1960s. The life of a couple is upset by the coming of a British Secret Service Agent who moves in across the street.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsMare WinninghamCloris LeachmanSid CaesarMargaret Ryder has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice and Abel. Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike out on her own or not. When Margaret decides to make a change and ends up getting married, her parents interpret the move as a betrayal -- and Margaret is forced to figure out a way to bridge her old life with her new one.
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsRalph BellamyEllen BurstynToni Campbell
- DirectorLiesl TommyStarsJennifer HudsonForest WhitakerMarlon WayansFollowing the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.