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Best Made-For-TV Thriller Movies

by halloweenh27 • Created 7 years ago • Modified 7 years ago
A list of amazing thriller movies, produced for televison broadcast
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  • Udo Kier in Killer Deal (1999)

    1. Killer Deal

    19991h 30mTV-14TV Movie
    4.8 (196)
    The year is 2013. After a world-wide economic collapse in 2009, the entire middle-class is wiped out, leaving only high-class and low-class. The high-class rich reside in a place called Parkland. Parkland is surrounded by high walls so they would be separated from the low-class citizens. There are no jobs, so there is no way that low-class citizens would ever achieve a better life. The high-class citizens want what they call "eternity" life. They build TV billboards to advertise "Eternity" life, in which poor citizens donate organs which the rich citizens need to survive and live longer. In exchange, the remaining family of the donor will receive $10 million and residence in Parkland. One man, Sgt. Jimmy Quinn and his family are allowed to live in Parkland because of his achievements and is to be promoted detective at Parkland...without being a donor. When the donor for the creator of Eternity, Dr. Roland Parker, is killed, they are in a desperate search of another donor. After waking up one morning with a hangover, a donation contract, and fired from the police department, he believes these donations are not so voluntary; he sets out to find proof before his time is up.
    DirectorClay BorrisStarsRick RossovichClaudette MinkEllen Dubin
  • Heaven's Fire (1999)

    2. Heaven's Fire

    19991h 27mTV-PGTV Movie
    4.2 (419)
    Terrorists seize a building with intent to blow it up. However, one of the men trapped in the building is an ex-treasury agent, who just happens to be there with his wife and children in a tour group. Having to fight the terrorists and fires that breakout in the high rise...
    DirectorDavid Warry-SmithStarsEric RobertsJürgen ProchnowVenus Terzo
  • Panic in the Skies (1996)

    3. Panic in the Skies

    19961h 30mTV-14TV Movie
    4.4 (390)
    The cockpit of a Boeing 747 is struck by lightning during takeoff for a flight to Europe, fatally injuring the flight crew. Laurie, the senior flight attendant, enlists the aid of passenger Brett Young. They determine that the autopilot can bring the plane in for a landing, but soon learn that the autopilot is locking onto the transponders of airfields at random, including signals from small airports with runways too short to accommodate the jumbo jet. Meanwhile, federal officials on the ground who have lost radio contact with the jet debate whether the plane should be shot down to prevent a more disastrous crash in a heavily populated area.
    DirectorPaul ZillerStarsKate JacksonEd MarinaroErik Estrada
  • Lost Souls (1998)

    4. Lost Souls

    19981h 30mPGTV Movie
    5.3 (309)
    As a family moves into their new country home, strange events occur, making them believe that their autistic daughter is communicating with the spirits of two murdered children.
    DirectorJeff WoolnoughStarsJohn SavageBarbara SukowaRichard Lintern
  • Nicole Eggert and Coolio in Submerged (2000)

    5. Submerged

    20001h 35mR
    3.3 (886)
    Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
    DirectorFred Olen RayStarsCoolioMaxwell CaulfieldBrent Huff
  • Suzanne Somers and Timothy Busfield in The Darklings (1999)

    6. The Darklings

    19991h 32mTV-PGTV Movie
    5.4 (350)
    A bed-ridden teen believes he has witnessed the murder of one of his neighbors. When no body is found, he then recruits friends to attempt to prove the death.
    DirectorJeffrey ReinerStarsSuzanne SomersTimothy BusfieldRyan DeBoer
  • Kimberley Hews in The Other Wife (2016)

    7. The Other Wife

    20161h 31mTV-14TV Movie
    4.6 (682)
    Kate is devastated to learn that her husband Billy has been living a double life. Even worse, a killer is after her because he thinks that she has the money her late husband stole.
    DirectorNick LyonStarsKimberley HewsTonya KayChristine Sclafani
  • Penelope Ann Miller and Daniel Baldwin in Killing Moon (1999)

    8. Killing Moon

    19991h 35mTV Movie
    4.1 (557)
    A scientist and a dishonest agent work toward different ends as a mysterious virus afflicts passengers on a flight to Hawaii.
    DirectorJohn BradshawStarsKim CoatesDaniel BaldwinPenelope Ann Miller
  • Survivor (1999)

    9. Survivor

    19991h 30mTV-14TV Movie
    4.4 (330)
    An Arctic oil rig crew discovers something strange far beneath the Earth's surface, which may or may not be responsible for the series of murders that begin to take place.
    DirectorDavid StraitonStarsGreg EviganRachael CrawfordClaudia Michelsen
  • Rob Estes and Shannon Sturges in Terror in the Mall (1998)

    10. Terror in the Mall

    19981h 25mTV-14TV Movie
    4.2 (479)
    A group of people are trapped in a deserted mall during a flood along with an escaped prisoner.
    DirectorNorberto BarbaStarsRob EstesShannon SturgesKai Wiesinger
  • Jason Bateman and Chynna Phillips in Moving Target (1988)

    11. Moving Target

    19881h 40mNot RatedTV Movie
    5.7 (775)
    A teenage musician goes on the run from killers and the police when he returns home to find his home empty and his family gone.
    DirectorChris ThomsonStarsJason BatemanJohn GloverJack Wagner
  • Michael Boisvert and Antonio Sabato Jr. in Force of Impact (2006)

    12. Force of Impact

    20061h 29mTV-MATV Movie
    3.8 (693)
    The sky is literally falling as one of the nation's leading astronomers, Madison Kelsey, believes she is tracking a huge rogue asteroid rocketing toward earth.
    DirectorSam IrvinStarsAntonio Sabato Jr.Rae Dawn ChongMichael Boisvert
  • Christina's House (2000)

    13. Christina's House

    20001h 36mR
    4.4 (2.5K)
    A teenage girl fears for her sanity when strange occurrences give her new home a menacing air.
    DirectorGavin WildingStarsBrendan FehrBrad RoweAllison Lange
  • Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare (1995)

    14. Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

    19951h 25mTV-14TV Movie
    4.1 (1.1K)
    When bees attack an isolated country house, a family must stick together to survive.
    DirectorRockne S. O'BannonStarsRobert HaysNancy StaffordRyan Phillippe
  • Dream House (1998)

    15. Dream House

    19981h 30mRTV Movie
    4.1 (312)
    Techno terror. A young couple move into a sophisticated home of the future where everything is automated by a super computer. However, the cutting edge device soon turns murderous!
    DirectorGraeme CampbellStarsTimothy BusfieldLisa JakubBrennan Elliott
  • Sherilyn Fenn and Jenny-Lynn Hutcheson in Nightmare Street (1998)

    16. Nightmare Street

    19981h 23mTV-14
    5.6 (448)
    After a woman jumps in front of a truck to save her daughter's life, she wakes up in the hospital in a seemingly alternate reality where everyone and everything in her life are different, including her own name.
    DirectorColin BuckseyStarsSherilyn FennRena SoferSteve Harris
  • Cabin by the Lake (2000)

    17. Cabin by the Lake

    20001h 31mRTV Movie
    5.5 (2.6K)
    A screenwriter, who lives in a cabin by the lake near Los Angeles, drowns young women, then goes back to visit their bodies and do their laundry.
    DirectorPo-Chih LeongStarsJudd NelsonHedy BurressMichael Weatherly
  • Lesley Ann Warren and Corbin Bernsen in Murderous Intent (1995)

    18. Murderous Intent

    19951h 35mTV-PGTV Movie
    4.8 (252)
    A woman discovers that she's the linchpin of a plot by her mother and her mother's lover to kill his wife.
    DirectorGregory GoodellStarsCorbin BernsenLesley Ann WarrenTushka Bergen
  • The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989)

    19. The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

    19891h 32mTV-14TV Movie
    5.1 (487)
    A woman's husband and his lover try to drive her mad at their seaside mansion.
    DirectorJerry LondonStarsSela WardMichael WoodsRoscoe Born
  • Inferno (1998)

    20. Inferno

    19981h 30mPG-13TV Movie
    4.3 (690)
    Scorching disaster movie starring James Remar (Dexter). When a huge fireball hurtles towards the Earth the authorities have only hours to react before temperatures soar beyond human tolerance.
    DirectorIan BarryStarsJames RemarStephanie NiznikDaniel von Bargen
  • Mommy's Little Girl (2016)

    21. Mommy's Little Girl

    20161h 30mTV-14TV Movie
    5.4 (576)
    Growing up under terrible circumstances in a loveless home, a girl who finally finds happiness refuses to let anyone take it from her.
    DirectorCurtis CrawfordStarsFiona GubelmannEmma HentschelJames Gallanders
  • Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None (2000)

    22. Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None

    20001h 9mTV-Y7TV Movie
    7.5 (1.1K)
    The Rockmores set out on a family road trip with an uninvited Kel stashed in the trunk. While camping out in the woods, Kenan has a scary encounter with a mysterious, shadowy figure...
    DirectorMichael GrossmanStarsKenan ThompsonKel MitchellKen Foree
  • Judd Nelson and Nicollette Sheridan in The Spiral Staircase (2000)

    23. The Spiral Staircase

    20001h 28mTV-PGTV Movie
    5.0 (428)
    During a storm, a group of people are trapped inside a mansion with a killer.
    DirectorJames HeadStarsNicollette SheridanJudd NelsonAlex McArthur
  • John Ritter, Mary Page Keller, and Hal Linden in The Colony (1995)

    24. The Colony

    19951h 32mPG-13TV Movie
    5.7 (835)
    Rick and Leslie Knowlton move their family from a crime-ridden inner-city suburb to an alleged violence-free haven overseen by godlike businessman Phillip Denig. They soon discover that life in The Colony is more sinister than it seems.
    DirectorRob HeddenStarsJohn RitterMary Page KellerHal Linden
  • The Lake (1998)

    25. The Lake

    19981h 35mTV-PGTV Movie
    5.3 (786)
    A nurse returns to her home town to care for her dying father, and finds everyone she knows there has undergone a bizarre personality change.
    DirectorDavid JacksonStarsYasmine BleethLinden AshbyStanley Anderson

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