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My Top Twenty Made for Television Movies/Mini-Series

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  • Robert Mitchum, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman, David Dukes, and Ali MacGraw in The Winds of War (1983)

    1. The Winds of War

    19837 epsTV Mini Series
    8.1 (5K)
    The trials of the Henry and Jastrow families in the early years of World War II.
    StarsRobert MitchumAli MacGrawJan-Michael Vincent
  • War and Remembrance (1988)

    2. War and Remembrance

    1988–198912 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series
    8.2 (3.3K)
    The trials of the Henry and the Jastrow families amidst the events after the U.S.'s entry into World War II.
    StarsRobert MitchumJane SeymourHart Bochner
  • Roots (1977)

    3. Roots

    19778 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    8.4 (20K)
    A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
    StarsLeVar BurtonRobert ReedJohn Amos
  • James Earl Jones, Debbie Allen, Irene Cara, Dorian Harewood, Debbi Morgan, Georg Stanford Brown, Avon Long, and Beah Richards in Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

    4. Roots: The Next Generations

    19797 epsTV Mini Series
    7.8 (2.9K)
    The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
    CreatorErnest KinoyStarsDebbi MorganDorian HarewoodPaul Koslo
  • The Tribe (1970)

    5. The Tribe

    19701h 30mG
    7.3 (944)
    Marine Corps drill instructor Tom Drake, who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees, is pitted against drafted, iconoclastic hippie Adrian who refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.
    DirectorJoseph SargentStarsDarren McGavinEarl HollimanJan-Michael Vincent
  • Anthony Hopkins, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, and Leslie Caron in QB VII (1974)

    6. QB VII

    19742 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.7 (905)
    A physician (Sir Anthony Hopkins) sues a novelist (Ben Gazzara) for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.
    StarsBen GazzaraAnthony HopkinsLeslie Caron
  • A Rumor of War (1980)

    7. A Rumor of War

    19802 epsTV Mini Series
    6.6 (371)
    The memories of a US Marine lieutenant in Vietnam who slowly gets disillusioned as the war progresses.
    StarsBrad DavisKeith CarradineMichael O'Keefe
  • The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)

    8. The Murder of Mary Phagan

    19882 epsPGTV Mini Series
    7.4 (952)
    In early-twentieth-century Atlanta, the murder of a young girl prompts strong reactions from the community and ultimately leads to the arrest of a man who could actually be innocent.
    StarsJack LemmonRichard JordanRobert Prosky
  • Game, Set, and Match (1988)

    9. Game, Set, and Match

    1988– 13 epsTV Series
    8.4 (283)
    Bernard Samson is a spy in the employ of S.I.S., London Central.
    StarsIan HolmMichael CulverMichael Degen
  • Caroline? (1990)

    10. Caroline?

    19901h 40mNot RatedTV Movie
    7.2 (578)
    A 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?
    DirectorJoseph SargentStarsStephanie ZimbalistPamela ReedGeorge Grizzard
  • Promise (1986)

    11. Promise

    19861h 37mTV Movie
    7.6 (516)
    When his mother dies, Bob not only inherits her house, but also the custody of his younger brother, who suffers from schizophrenia and epilepsy. At the age of 21, Bob promised to look after his brother. Although he has barely seen him in the many years since then and strives against the commitment, he doesn't dare to put him in a home either.
    DirectorGlenn JordanStarsJames GarnerJames WoodsPiper Laurie
  • Kirstie Alley and Steven Ivany in David's Mother (1994)

    12. David's Mother

    19941h 32mTV-MATV Movie
    6.2 (394)
    A woman estranged from her husband and family insists on caring for her autistic son alone.
    DirectorRobert Allan AckermanStarsKirstie AlleySam WaterstonStockard Channing
  • The Day After (1983)

    13. The Day After

    19832h 7mTV-PGTV Movie
    7.0 (19K)
    The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
    DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsJason RobardsJoBeth WilliamsSteve Guttenberg
  • Mira Sorvino, Carla Gugino, and Alison Elliott in The Buccaneers (1995)

    14. The Buccaneers

    19956 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    7.1 (2.7K)
    Four American girls go to England to find husbands.
    StarsCarla GuginoAlison ElliottMira Sorvino
  • Elizabeth Montgomery and Jane Seymour in The Awakening Land (1978)

    15. The Awakening Land

    19783 epsTV Mini Series
    8.2 (510)
    Frontierswoman Sayward Luckett's struggles in Ohio during the late-18th and early-19th centuries.
    StarsElizabeth MontgomeryHal HolbrookJane Seymour
  • Paul Giamatti in John Adams (2008)

    16. John Adams

    20087 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    8.4 (38K)
    The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
    StarsPaul GiamattiLaura LinneyJohn Dossett
  • Chiefs (1983)

    17. Chiefs

    19833 epsTV Mini Series
    8.1 (1.9K)
    Three generations of police chiefs for a southern town go about their jobs while a serial murderer operates.
    StarsCharlton HestonKeith CarradineStephen Collins
  • Nostromo (1996)

    18. Nostromo

    19965 epsTV Mini Series
    6.6 (288)
    In an unstable South American country, Nostromo, trusted and legendary among peers, is ordered to secure a silver shipment. But even the bravest can be foolish.
    StarsBrian DennehyAlbert FinneyColin Firth
  • Sally Field in Sybil (1976)

    19. Sybil

    19763 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    7.9 (7.7K)
    A young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed sixteen different personalities is treated by a doctor.
    StarsJoanne WoodwardSally FieldBrad Davis
  • Law and Order (1976)

    20. Law and Order

    19762h 30mTV Movie
    7.5 (109)
    Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.
    DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsDarren McGavinKeir DulleaRobert Reed

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