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by ReelRarities • Created 12 years ago • Modified 3 days ago
My list of movie-saves, some from 50's but mostly 60's & up that wish were available as dvd release but sadly are not... or once were and went out of print. We especially enjoy the 70's 'suspicion & suspense', 'teen trauma', and 'tragic but true' made for tv movies that started airing in the 70's as a 'movie of the week'.

The ABC Movie of the Week and others that followed brought us some of the best... casts of wonderful actors we'd often only seen on the big screen, now in our homes... and these TvMs always had something going on that sucked you in and kept you watching :)

When Looking at my lists please note there is a "Sort By" option, I prefer to look at titles by release date, earliest to latest... but can choose other options to view by using the Sort By option ;)
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  • William R. Moses, Michelle Stafford, and Dani Kind in Like Mother, Like Daughter (2007)

    1. Like Mother, Like Daughter

    20071h 32mTV-14TV Movie
    5.1 (450)
    Dawna Wilkins is a strong, independent and self-made woman. Married and divorced at an early age, she raised her daughter Emily by herself and put herself through school, now to become the well respected head of the Hanson, an ancient art museum. Through her college professor friend David Geraine, Dawna meets John Collins, an Anthropology professor specializing in Incan artifacts, he who helps Dawna authenticate some pieces for an upcoming Incan exhibit. As a favor to Dawna, John accepts Emily into his class to help her complete her degree requirements. Although Dawna is attracted to John, with others who know them both seeing them as a good match, John confides to David that he sees her nothing more than a friend. Approximately one month later, Emily goes missing, after having just broken up with her slacker boyfriend, Keith Merrick. Emily's murdered body is soon discovered buried in a remote shallow grave. John is there to support Dawna, both during the time that Emily was only missing and during Dawna's mourning over Emily's death. The police and John, among others, believe Keith to be the murderer. But Dawna will have to pay attention to signs around her or else possibly befall the same fate as her daughter.
    DirectorRobert MalenfantStarsMichelle StaffordWilliam R. MosesDani Kind
  • Valerie Bertinelli and Harry Hamlin in Night Sins (1997)

    2. Night Sins

    19974hTV Movie
    6.5 (357)
    A female FBI investigator takes over jurisdiction in Dear Lake, a small northern town just as a young boy is abducted. Her investigation leads to a bigger series of abductions and murders dating back over 20 years. Her investigation also brings her into a mutual attraction with the small-town police chief who shares her investigation.
    DirectorRobert Allan AckermanStarsValerie BertinelliHarry HamlinKaren Sillas
  • Annie Potts and Harry Hamlin in Her Deadly Rival (1995)

    3. Her Deadly Rival

    19951h 36mTV Movie
    6.0 (248)
    A man's marriage is threatened by an unknown admirer.
    DirectorJames HaymanStarsHarry HamlinAnnie PottsLisa Zane
  • After Jimmy (1996)

    4. After Jimmy

    19961h 39mTV Movie
    6.4 (316)
    Drama about a teenage boy's suicide.
    DirectorGlenn JordanStarsMeredith BaxterBruce DavisonPeter Facinelli
  • Engaged to Kill (2006)

    5. Engaged to Kill

    20061h 34mTV-14TV Movie
    5.0 (403)
    Abby's 19-year-old daughter has a great new boyfriend, Nick. When danger arises, Abby turns to Nick for help, unaware that Nick blames Abby for the death of his previous girlfriend and has been waiting for the opportunity to get revenge.
    DirectorMatthew HastingsStarsMaria del MarJoe LandoDominic Zamprogna
  • Nicholle Tom and Philip Riccio in My Family's Secret (2010)

    6. My Family's Secret

    20101h 27mPG-13
    4.2 (507)
    Grady suffers from multiple personality disorder. Lara doesn't know she just angered the most dangerous one.
    DirectorCurtis CrawfordStarsNicholle TomDylan NealPeter MacNeill
  • George Dzundza, Marc Singer, and Veronica Hamel in Determination of Death (2001)

    7. Determination of Death

    20011h 40mPG-13TV Movie
    5.3 (368)
    In order to free themselves from debt, a husband and wife plan to fake the husband's death but the scheme goes terribly awry.
    DirectorMichael MillerStarsVeronica HamelMichele GreeneJohn Ratzenberger
  • Instinct Courage (2007)

    8. Instinct Courage

    20071h 30mTV Movie
    4.4 (350)
    When an ex-romance author who is trapped in an unsatisfying marriage decides to give love another chance with a man she met over the Internet, she finds herself caught up in a terrifying murder mystery.
    DirectorYelena LanskayaStarsJanine TurnerCostas MandylorMaeve Quinlan
  • Too Close to Home (1997)

    9. Too Close to Home

    19971h 55mTV-PGTV Movie
    6.2 (508)
    Obsessed with her adult son and angered by the idea of him leaving her and marrying a beautiful nurse, a mother does everything in her power to prevent his independence.
    DirectorBill CorcoranStarsJudith LightRicky SchroderSarah Trigger
  • Fighting for My Daughter (1995)

    10. Fighting for My Daughter

    19951h 27mTV Movie
    5.6 (277)
    Charming working class boy Eric is moving up by pimping in Martin Duvall's nightclub. He falls in love with naive Jessica 'Jesse' Kerner, who enjoys the luxury life and doesn't have to do a thing. Still Jesse's single mother Katherine 'Kate' Kerner, who always was permissive to avoid resembling her own strict mother, judge Edna Burton, mistrusts Eric. Her bugging ends up driving Jesse in the arms of hard pimp Russell, who hides her. Kate goes looking, but the police sees no crime, so Edna's help is now wanted.
    DirectorPeter LevinStarsLindsay WagnerPiper LaurieChad Lowe
  • Nancy McKeon and Lindsay Wagner in This Child Is Mine (1985)

    11. This Child Is Mine

    19851h 40mTV Movie
    6.5 (149)
    Fact-based story about an unwed teen (Nancy McKeon) who fought a major court battle to recover her infant daughter from adoptive parents (Lindsay Wagner, Chris Sarandon).
    DirectorDavid GreeneStarsLindsay WagnerChris SarandonMichael Lerner
  • Bad to the Bone (1997)

    12. Bad to the Bone

    19971h 36mTV Movie
    5.2 (409)
    A mass seductress kills her mother for inheritance then two years later manipulates her brother to kill her lover in a bloodlust for the next scam.
    DirectorsBill NortonKate RyersonStarsKristy SwansonJeremy LondonDavid Chokachi
  • No Child of Mine (1993)

    13. No Child of Mine

    19931h 33mTV-PGTV Movie
    5.9 (190)
    A woman accustomed to always having the last word in every situation finds herself trying to "rescue" her grandson Jesse from being signed away to grow up in an institution for Down Syndrome children.
    DirectorMichael KatlemanStarsPatty DukeTracy NelsonG.W. Bailey
  • Bruce Boxleitner, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Boatman, and Kate Vernon in House of Secrets (1993)

    14. House of Secrets

    19932hTV Movie
    5.4 (266)
    Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome turns out to be more than she planned on as she begins to believe that her husband has come back from the dead to get her.
    DirectorMimi LederStarsMelissa GilbertBruce BoxleitnerKate Vernon
  • Daughters of Privilege (1991)

    15. Daughters of Privilege

    19911h 30mNot RatedTV Movie
    4.8 (187)
    A Florida newspaper owner's daughter gets involved with her father's archrival who uses this to bring down his business.
    DirectorMichael FrescoStarsDick Van DykeDaphne AshbrookKate Vernon
  • Jessica Lange and Tammy Blanchard in Sybil (2007)

    16. Sybil

    20071h 29mTV-14TV Movie
    6.9 (1.8K)
    A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.
    DirectorJoseph SargentStarsJessica LangeTammy BlanchardRon White
  • Homecoming (1996)

    17. Homecoming

    19961h 45mPGTV Movie
    7.5 (1.2K)
    Tales of a group of siblings who are forced to fend for themselves when they are abandoned by their mother in the parking lot of a shopping mall. They eventually meet their grandmother, a loner who is reluctant to take them in.
    DirectorMark JeanStarsAnne BancroftKimberlee PetersonTrever O'Brien
  • The Husband She Met Online (2013)

    18. The Husband She Met Online

    20131h 30mTV-14TV Movie
    4.8 (462)
    A woman meets a charming and wealthy man who becomes obsessive and controlling.
    DirectorCurtis CrawfordStarsMeredith MonroeJason Gray-StanfordDamon Runyan
  • Family Sins (2004)

    19. Family Sins

    20041h 26mPG-13TV Movie
    6.3 (1.1K)
    A seemingly respectable pillar of the community hides sickening secrets within the walls of her family home.
    DirectorGraeme CliffordStarsKirstie AlleyDeanna MilliganWill Patton
  • Robert Forster, Mary Tyler Moore, and Jean Stapleton in Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001)

    20. Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes

    20011h 30mTV-PGTV Movie
    6.4 (359)
    Fans of Mary Tyler Moore may be taken aback by her performance in this fact-based drama, in which she plays a character far removed from her bubbly Laura Petrie and Mary Richards personae. She gets deep inside the role of Sante Kimes, whose childhood of abuse and exploitation leaves a legacy of amorality that she passes on to her son Kenny (Gabriel Olds).
    DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsMary Tyler MooreRobert ForsterGabriel Olds
  • Susan Dey in Bed of Lies (1992)

    21. Bed of Lies

    19921h 40mTV Movie
    5.6 (197)
    Southern waitress Vickie Daniel, a low born woman married to rich man, is accused of his murder. However, the subsequent trial reveals their marriage was nothing more than a bed of lies, abuse, and infidelity.
    DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsSusan DeyChris CooperG.W. Bailey
  • Kelly McGillis in Black Widower (2006)

    22. Black Widower

    20061h 30mTV Movie
    5.4 (303)
    True story of a charming, popular American who managed to kill his mother and 3 wives before anyone even suspected him.
    DirectorChristopher LeitchStarsKelly McGillisDavid LipperFrancis X. McCarthy
  • Randall Batinkoff and Elizabeth Berkley in Black Widow (2008)

    23. Black Widow

    20081h 25mTV Movie
    4.8 (873)
    A photo journalist begins to suspect her best friend Danny's new love interest could be linked to the murders of wealthy men.
    DirectorArmand MastroianniStarsElizabeth BerkleyAlicia CoppolaAdriana DeMeo
  • Look Again (2011)

    24. Look Again

    20111h 27mTV Movie
    4.8 (619)
    Just as her life is coming together, a young woman experiences a terrible tragedy when her boyfriend is murdered by an intruder from whom the woman herself barely escapes. The police capture a man they believe to be the killer, but the young woman, still unsettled, has her doubts. Things take a frightening turn when she meets her friend's new boyfriend and suspects him to be the killer.
    DirectorJean-Marc PichéStarsMorena BaccarinPaul ChristieSadie LeBlanc
  • Encounter with Danger (2009)

    25. Encounter with Danger

    20091h 28mTV-14TV Movie
    4.9 (300)
    As Jack leaves town for business, he seizes the opportunity to take Lori along so that they rekindle their relationship. But when he disappears, Lori discovers that Jack was about to reveal the corruption that exists within the company. All of a sudden, all traces of his existence vanish as well. Does Jack really exist or is he a fragment of Lori's vivid imagination? She sets out on a wild hunt for answers.
    DirectorNeill FearnleyStarsShannen DohertyMark HumphreySebastien Roberts

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