HBO Films & Mini Series
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1. Between Friends (1983 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Two middle-aged women with nothing in common meet by accident and develop a close friendship while continuing to deal with their own lives.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Carol Burnett, Henry Ramer, Bruce Grey
Votes: 322
2. Flashpoint (1984)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two U.S. border patrolmen find a buried 20+ year old jeep in the desert with a skeleton, rifle and $800,000. They keep the money. Suddenly, the FBI shows a lot of interest in the car.
Director: William Tannen | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway
Votes: 3,169 | Gross: $3.85M
3. Countdown to Looking Glass (1984 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Dramatic doomsday scenario in which the Cold War fully escalates. The story is told through a live news report that follows the apocalyptic world-ending nuclear exchange between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.
Director: Fred Barzyk | Stars: Scott Glenn, Michael Murphy, Helen Shaver, Patrick Watson
Votes: 718
4. Half a Lifetime (1986 TV Movie)
57 min | Drama
A regular night of poker among for friends turns into a night full of conflict, accusations and self-examinations.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Keith Carradine, Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Gary Busey
Votes: 36
5. Apology (1986 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
For her newest sculpture artist Lily has an unusual idea: During the exhibit she wants to play anonymous apologies. She sets up an answering machine on a special phone line and publicly ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Weller, George Loros, John Glover
Votes: 361
6. The Last Innocent Man (1987 TV Movie)
Unrated | 109 min | Thriller
Harry is tired of getting murderers off in court and quits. He has a relation with Jenny. She wants him to defend her separated husband. He allegedly murdered a cop posing as hooker.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Ed Harris, Roxanne Hart, David Suchet, Bruce McGill
Votes: 389
7. The Heist (1989 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Framed con-man seeks revenge by planning a racetrack heist.
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Tom Skerritt, Wendy Hughes, Noble Willingham
Votes: 867
8. Perfect Witness (1989 TV Movie)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A witness to a mob killing has second thoughts about testifying when he realizes his family might become a target.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Aidan Quinn, Stockard Channing, Laura Harrington
Votes: 496
9. The Image (1990 TV Movie)
R | 89 min | Drama
When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Albert Finney, John Mahoney, Kathy Baker, Swoosie Kurtz
Votes: 295
10. By Dawn's Early Light (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A non-NATO nuclear missile is fired from Turkey at USSR, where it detonates. Soviet response is automatic as it's seen as a NATO missile. Can continued escalation be avoided? We follow the US president and a bomber crew.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau
Votes: 4,098
11. Framed (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Kristin Scott Thomas, Todd Graff, Michael Lerner
Votes: 446
12. Fever (1991 TV Movie)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do with him. When she's kidnapped by Ray's... See full summary »
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Armand Assante, John Achorn, Joe Spano, John Dennis Johnston
Votes: 272
13. Doublecrossed (1991 TV Movie)
Unrated | 109 min | Action, Drama
Based on a true story, this made-for-cable film tells about Barry Seal, a pilot who was a drug smuggler for the infamous Medellin cartel out of Colombia. He was caught by the US Drug ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Young | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Robert Carradine, Richard Jenkins, Adrienne Barbeau
Votes: 335
14. Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Drama
Three short stories about women and men relationship. The first about a successful boxer in New York City, whose wife only wants to return to her home town in Kansas. The second about a man... See full summary »
Directors: Walter Bernstein, Mike Figgis, Kristi Zea | Stars: Matt Dillon, Kyra Sedgwick, Jerry Stiller, Kevin Rooney
Votes: 338
15. Cast a Deadly Spell (1991 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
In a fantastical 40's where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Fred Ward, David Warner, Julianne Moore, Clancy Brown
Votes: 4,843
16. A Private Matter (1992 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 88 min | Drama
The story of Sherri Finkbine, a woman who sought a medically recommended abortion and endured a firestorm of public controversy about her decision.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Aidan Quinn, Estelle Parsons, Sheila McCarthy
Votes: 316
17. Running Mates (1992 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
In this political satire, a Senator running for President is involved in some controversies when his political enemies expose some hidden secrets about his new wife, a successful author of children's books.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Diane Keaton, Ed Harris, Ed Begley Jr., Ben Masters
Votes: 354
18. Blind Side (1993 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Thriller
A rich couple's car hits a Mexican cop. Fearing prison for the accident, the couple continues to USA. An insistent man wants a job at their furniture store/factory, vaguely hinting to the accident.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Rebecca De Mornay, Ron Silver, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 1,792
19. The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993 TV Movie)
R | 99 min | Biography, Comedy, Thriller
Wanda Holloway tries to hire a hitman (through her ex's brother) to kill either or both a cheerleader and her mother. With the intended victims out of the way, Wanda's daughter gets the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Holly Hunter, Beau Bridges, Swoosie Kurtz, Elizabeth Ruscio
Votes: 1,444
20. Daybreak (1993 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Romance
This drama, based on Alan Bowne's play "Beirut," takes place in a decrepit New York City of the near future, controlled by a fascist government.
Director: Stephen Tolkin | Stars: Moira Kelly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Martha Plimpton, Omar Epps
Votes: 1,748
21. White Mile (1994 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller
The longing to win a race converts a simple wildwater rafting competition into war.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Alan Alda, Peter Gallagher, Robert Loggia, Bruce Altman
Votes: 749
22. Witch Hunt (1994 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
In a twisted 1950's where everyone does magic, a private detective investigates a murder case without it.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Bogosian, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Votes: 1,715
23. Above Suspicion (1995)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
A paralyzed cop struggles with his life following a failed special operation and gets depressed. His wife and brother try to get him out of that state which causes a series of unpredictable events.
Director: Steven Schachter | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Kim Cattrall, Edward Kerr, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 2,114
24. Don't Look Back (1996 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
Drug addict Jesse think he's found the answer to all his problems in the form of a breifcase full of money. However, the money isn't his and stealing it from right under the nose of a ... See full summary »
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Eric Stoltz, John Corbett, Josh Hamilton, Billy Bob Thornton
Votes: 733
25. If These Walls Could Talk (1996 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
The movie examines the abortion issue through three stories set in different eras: 1952, 1974 and 1996.
Directors: Cher, Nancy Savoca | Stars: Demi Moore, Shirley Knight, Catherine Keener, Jason London
Votes: 5,026
26. In the Gloaming (1997 TV Movie)
PG | 67 min | Drama
A loving mother, a son in search of peace, four people separated by more than miles. Now, in the twilight of their time together, reconciliation finally begins for a family who never really knew each other until it was almost too late.
Director: Christopher Reeve | Stars: Glenn Close, Bridget Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 1,467
27. Gia (1998 TV Movie)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.
Director: Michael Cristofer | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mercedes Ruehl
Votes: 50,297
28. Earthly Possessions (1999 TV Movie)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A bored wife, who is planning to run away from her minister husband, is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an ... See full summary »
Director: James Lapine | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Phoebe Lapine, Anna Rose Menken, Marge Redmond
Votes: 1,516
29. RKO 281 (1999 TV Movie)
R | 86 min | Biography, Drama
Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane (1941), despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Director: Benjamin Ross | Stars: Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich
Votes: 6,504
30. Witness Protection (1999 TV Movie)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama
A mobster, suspected of cooking the books, is targeted by the mob boss. His family manages to escape. He cuts a deal with FBI for witness protection program. A rough week follows for the family.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Shawn Hatosy, Skye McCole Bartusiak
Votes: 2,039
31. If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Trio of stories about lesbian couples in three different decades.
Directors: Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Marian Seldes, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Perkins
Votes: 7,600
32. Wit (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald
Votes: 11,406
33. 61* (2001 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle race to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record.
Director: Billy Crystal | Stars: Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Anthony Michael Hall, Richard Masur
Votes: 17,651
34. Dinner with Friends (2001 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two married couples have their twelve-year bond of friendship put to the test when one couple reveals that they are splitting up.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette
Votes: 3,335
35. Pretty When You Cry (2001)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence.
Director: Jack N. Green | Stars: Sam Elliott, Jamie Kennedy, Carlton Elizabeth, Michael Cavalieri
Votes: 459
36. The Laramie Project (2002 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, History
The true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard.
Director: Moisés Kaufman | Stars: Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, Kathleen Chalfant, Laura Linney
Votes: 6,958
37. The Girl in the Café (2005 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence's professional obligations.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Bill Nighy, Kelly Macdonald, Meneka Das, Anton Lesser
Votes: 8,742
38. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 133 min | Drama, History, Western
A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west.
Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, Anna Paquin
Votes: 7,444
39. As You Like It (2006)
PG | 127 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
A daughter of the powerful Duke must show her courage and inventiveness to be with the man she loves.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Takuya Shimada, Brian Blessed, Richard Clifford, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 3,731
40. Taking Chance (2009 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 77 min | Drama, War
Based on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming.
Director: Ross Katz | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker
Votes: 14,778
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