Good "made for tv" movies?

Richard Dower

Saw one recently with Amber Tamblym called The Russel Girl, the British actress Jennifer Elle was in it, anything else one might look for?

Otis Driftwood

Scum.

Richard Dower

Me...or the movie?

markesmith

Scum's great, nedtheshed, but I'd say OP thinks you insulted him! Scum's quite gritty. The Firm (1988) is class, Gary Oldman's in it.

mike65

Do they make Made for TV movies anymore (as opossed to mini-series)? In the 70s it was a big thing - ABCs movie of the Week was usually worth watching.

Some favs - The Jericho Mile, Duel, Something Evil, All You Need Is Cash, (Kolchak) The Night Stalker, Tail Gunner Joe, Thursdays Game, L.A. Takedown

Dodge

The Last Seduction was made for HBO and its a cracking film

Otis Driftwood

Richard Dower wrote: »

Me...or the movie?

Emm,the movie.

markesmith wrote: »

Scum's great, nedtheshed, but I'd say OP thinks you insulted him! Scum's quite gritty. The Firm (1988) is class, Gary Oldman's in it.

Forgot about the Firm.Good movie alright.

Running Bing

Threads and Barbarians at the gate are both top notch.

L31mr0d

Lifepod (1993) - It's a sci-fi adaptation of the Hitchcock movie "lifeboat". I thought it was very well done.

ziedth

Phoenix (1998)

Good Film Saw it years ago.

mike65

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, a riot.

Nolanger

Abigail's Party - fu*kin' hilarious - "we are not listening to Demis Roussos!".

Ann22

I saw The Night Stalker too Mike, it was very good. I like true life tv movies about serial killers, often better than ones that go to dvd. Like the 80's two parter 'The Deliberate Stranger' with Mark Harmon as Ted Bundy, much better than the film 'Bundy'. I loved 'To Catch a Killer' too with Brian Dennehy, unforgettably chilling performance as John Gacy, another two parter. There was another good one -'The Hillside Stranglers' and an old one '10 Rillington place', don't know if that ever went to cinema.

Would you class Man From Earth as a made for tv movie?

mike65

'10 Rillington place', don't know if that ever went to cinema.

10 Rillington Place was a decent hit at the flicks in 1971. Saw it on TCM a while back - quietly grim.

okee

Salems Lot.
Scared the bejeepers out of me, the image of the child vampire
floating outside the window still haunts me 28 years later
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC5HZzjjI9Y

constitutionus

"the park is mine"

tommy lee jones plays a vietnam vet (could be korea, not sure now ) who carries out a collegues plan to seize control of central park for a certain period of time to highlight the plight of forgotten vets (the bloke committed suicide before he implemented it himself, tommys character stumble upon it while dealing with his affects- which includes all the guns explosives and ammo he'd stockpiled till then )

TBH i dont think he actually killed anyone in the entire film but it was smarter than the average action film of the time.

it came out in the mid 80s and its a cracking little film but its IMPOSSIBLE to get now for some reason. been trying for literally years but it only came out on video here and there doesnt look to have a DVD release coming anytime soon.

Ciaran B

Citizen X. Really good HBO movie based on the true story of a serial killer in the Soviet Union. Excellent cast including Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland and Max von Sydow, really well filmed and nicely bleak. Recommended.

mike65

Good shout - exellent film. Kenneth Branagh in Conspiracy

johnny_ultimate

Ingmar Bergman made a couple of fantastic TV movies in his time. An early one was the still intense and taboo challenging Rite, but his final TV movie Saraband is one of the most powerful films of this decade, with all the introspection, rule-breaking and intelligence you'd expect from the man.