TV Movie Movies
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
As two warring media moguls grapple for ownership of a coveted professional football team, they use the newspapers, magazines and television stations they own to destroy each other’s reputations.
Sharpe’s Justice (1997)
Napoleon has been exiled to Elba, the English have returned from the wars, and Major Richard Sharpe finds himself in a sort of exile to lead a company of Yorkshire…
Quicksilver Highway (1997)
Aaron Quicksilver is a mysterious storyteller whose listeners invariably end up as the subjects of his gruesome, grisly tales. He tells a new bride stranded on a desert highway a…
Sharpe’s Revenge (1997)
Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean’s gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane – urged on by a friend –…
A Deadly Vision (1997)
A waitress who has psychic visions of murders before they happen is asked by a police detective to help find a serial killer.
Rose Hill (1997)
Four orphan boys running from the law in New York stumble upon a baby in a carriage. They decide to head west and take the baby which they name Mary…
In the Gloaming (1997)
Danny, dying of AIDS, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny’s father and his sister.
Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)
After being humiliated in English class by his teacher Mr. Griffin, High School student Mark Kinney and his friends plot their revenge. The prank goes wrong when Mr. Griffin dies…
20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what’s sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by…
Prison of Secrets (1997)
Lynn Schaffer is willfully irresponsible once too often, gets fired and refuses a plea-bargain with her employer. She’s now convicted and because of this uncooperative attitude gets the maximum sentence,…
The Hunchback (1997)
Based on Victor Hugo’s famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmeralda.
The Outsider (1997)
In a futuristic theme park, people interact with androids in mafia gangster scenarios, unleashing their deepest violent and sexual desires on the android characters. A new android, called the Outsider,…
Jane Eyre (1997)
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark,…
Journey of the Heart (1997)
Janice is the subject of the town gossips for four reasons: she wears too much lipstick, her hair is too big, she is a single-mother and her two children are…
Dying to Belong (1997)
When a girls friend is killed by a college hazing, she is the only one who can find out the truth.
George Carlin: Personal Favorites (1997)
After starring in a dozen or so HBO Special Presentations, comedian George Carlin has amassed a substantial body of work in the cable channel’s vaults. Personal Favorites is a greatest-hits…
Miss Evers’ Boys (1997)
The true story of the US Government’s 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela’s 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
…First Do No Harm (1997)
When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie’s…
Passion and Romance: Double or Nothing (1997)
Romance novelist Kathleen Connell meets the suave Jack at one of her book signings. He asks for a date, and she agrees. Through various mishaps, their date is postponed twice,…
Old Man (1997)
A prisoner set on serving his time gets recruited to save a pregnant woman trapped in a tree during the Great Flood of 1927. A massive storm drives them farther…
Last Stand at Saber River (1997)
As America recovers from the Civil War, one man tries to put the pieces of his life back together but finds himself fighting a new battle on the frontier. Cable…
Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997)
It is a very hot summer in the city as the well known detectives of the 87th Precinct investigate serial rapes and a mysterious homicide (which do not appear to…
The Only Thrill (1997)
A small-town store owner with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress.
Legend of the Lost Tomb (1997)
While excavating near the Pyramids, Dr. Leonhardt finds a small box with a map to the treasures of the Pharaoh Ramessess II. On his way to deliver this to the…
Autopsy 4: The Dead Speak (1997)
Pine needles. Chewing gum. Cat hair. Paint. They’ve all been important clues that aided America’s ‘detectives of death’ in solving mysterious cases of unnatural or violent death. This fascinating sequel…
Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997)
A retired and disgruntled scientist is brought out of retirement to explain why tidal waves are wiping out coastal communities. But is he part of the problem?
After the Silence (1996)
Laura is a 20 year old deaf girl who has never been taught sign language. She is rescued from neglect and physical abuse by Pam, a social worker. Pam teaches…
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out… when a magical Christmas wish is granted and Elmo gets to see what the world would be like…
The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas (1996)
The made for television movie Munster’s Scary Little Christmas, created three decades after the demise of the original series, concerns son Eddie missing his home in Transylvania. Soon the entire…
To Love Honor and Deceive (1996)
Sydney Carpenter is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, Matthew. When her husband and son are…
The Cherokee Kid (1996)
Isaih Turner didn’t want to be a hero-all he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were cruelly murdered by the wealthy and powerful Cyrus Bloomington, the young Isaiah…
A Holiday for Love (1996)
A man is sent to a small town to assess which of the workers in the local factory that supplies the town with jobs should get the boot when the…
Lying Eyes (1996)
A high-school senior becomes a target for murder when her clandestine affair with an older lawyer gets out of control.
A Different Kind of Christmas (1996)
When you’re the city attorney you don’t need the kinds of problems that her father was giving her. After her mother died, her father began doing his “Santa Schtick,” as…
Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
Neglected by her husband during the pre-Christmas rush, Mrs. Claus takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a drive, only to end up stranded in the neighborhood of Manhattan’s Lower…