Movies: TV Remakes
Theatrical feature films redone for television.
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- DirectorFielder CookStarsSebastian CabotJane AlexanderDavid HartmanA department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is.
- DirectorJoseph HardyStarsCliff RobertsonDiane BakerJames OlsonThe story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsRichard CrennaLee J. CobbRobert WebberA scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing his man is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsYvette MimieuxMonte MarkhamMelvyn DouglasDeath takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsLee RemickRonald PickupJack ThompsonThe wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsDabney ColemanTom SelleckJames R. MillerThe story of three returning World War II veterans, and how they try to cope with returning to civilian life.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsTuesday WeldJoan HackettSam WaterstonThe wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. After several days, some unusual circumstances point to clues that he is not dead after all.
- DirectorFred WaltonStarsShawnee SmithTammy LaurenCandace Cameron BureA group of pranksters unintentionally gets the attention of a serial killer who soon starts targeting them.
- StarsDon JohnsonJason RobardsJudith IveyA loner arrives in a small town only to be condemned for the sins of his father.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsVal KilmerSonia BragaCharles DurningThe true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsAnthony HopkinsLesley-Anne DownDonald PleasenceIn Paris, before the Nazis penetrate into the city, an Austrian refugee doctor falls in love with a mysterious woman.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsBeau BridgesRobert PowellSimon WardWhen British Lieutenant Faversham resigns his commission rather than fight in the 1882 Sudan war, his army pals present him with the four white feathers of cowardice.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyDavid SusskindStarsArlene FrancisFarley GrangerLee RadziwillA woman (Radziwill) is found murdered in her apartment by a gunshot to her face. The detective assigned to solve the case spends a lot of time in her apartment, which contains a large portrait of her and finds himself falling in love with her. He, of course, solves the case in spite of an unexpected twist that sends the investigation in an entirely different direction.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsBlair BrownLynn RedgraveDavid CarradineA freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.
- DirectorGilbert CatesStarsRichard ThomasSharon GlessJack WardenDaughter of the owner of a shoe store rebels against her father by marrying one of his employees.
- DirectorDonald WryeStarsMarlo ThomasOrson WellesWayne RogersIn the spirit of "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), a young woman must give up her dream and remain in her small hometown as head of her family's Building and Loan business.
- DirectorAnthony HarveyStarsKatharine HepburnSam WaterstonJoanna MilesAmanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Her son plans escape; her daughter withdraws into a dream world. When a "gentleman caller" appears, things move to crisis point.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnIan SaynorBill FraserA strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.
- DirectorRobert MooreStarsLaurence OlivierMaureen StapletonJack HedleyThe story of conflicts, power plays and secrets in a wealthy Mississippi family.
- DirectorSilvio NarizzanoStarsLaurence OlivierJoanne WoodwardCarrie FisherAn emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsRichard ThomasErnest BorgnineDonald PleasenceA young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsBen GazzaraJack CarterDane ClarkA Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsJack LemmonGeorge C. ScottHume CronynTwelve men must decide the fate of one when one juror objects to the jury's decision.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsJack LemmonGeorge C. ScottLane SmithBased on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsKirk DouglasJason RobardsDarren McGavinA biblical orator opposes a liberal lawyer defending a man for teaching Darwinism in the 1920s South.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsJean StapletonBarry BostwickBlythe DannerEmmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a slightly daft family who do exactly as they please.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsSally FieldWilliam HurtNed BeattyA wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsRalph RichardsonDeborah KerrBeau BridgesLeonard Vole is accused of murdering an elderly rich woman, and the only alibi to him depends on his wife Christine.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsElizabeth MontgomeryAnthony HopkinsMichele LeeA television producer (Elizabeth Montgomery) with a terminal illness is given the strength to keep going by her love for her doctor (Sir Anthony Hopkins).
- DirectorStephen FrearsMartin PasettaStarsWalter CronkiteRichard DreyfussNoah WyleCold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
- DirectorLarry ElikannStarsLoni AndersonStephanie ZimbalistMichele LeeThree women are going on a trip that leaves incommunicado with the rest of the world and before they leave; a woman who either has a history or relationship with each of their husbands leaves them a letter that says that she is leaving with one of their husbands. As they wait to return so they could find out who it is, they each remember an important moment in their lives that involves them and their husbands...and the woman.
- DirectorJim GoddardStarsChris SarandonPeter CushingKenneth MoreAn ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.
- DirectorPaul AaronStarsPatty DukeDiana MuldaurCharles SiebertDevoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf and blind Helen Keller into the light of learnedness.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsRicky SchroderAlec GuinnessEric PorterAn American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental Lord, who oversees the trust.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsMark HarmonMargaret WelshNorm SkaggsRemake of Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943).
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsElizabeth TaylorMark HarmonValerie PerrineAging movie star Alexandra del Lago, also known as Princess Kosmonopolis (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), fears her career is over due to her fading youthful looks. She takes up with a handsome young man, Chance Wayne (Mark Harmon), who once had promise as an actor, but who has fallen into the life of a gigolo. Together, they travel to Chance's home town, where he hopes to regain the love of his one-time girlfriend Heavenly Finley (Cheryl Paris). But Chance's departure years before has destroyed Heavenly's possibilities of a happy life, and her father, "Boss" Tom Finley (Rip Torn), wants revenge on Chance. Chance hopes to take Heavenly with him to start the movie career he believes the Princess offers him, but she is so fragile in her dread of lost youth that no one's dreams seem likely to come true.
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsRichard ThomasRosanna ArquetteDennis QuaidA young deaf mute is befriended by a Vista worker.
- DirectorIan SharpStarsTrevor EveGeraldine ChaplinOlivia HusseyIn the 18th century were born two siamese brothers on Corsica who paradoxically carry different feelings of hate and reconciliation in their blood.
- DirectorDesmond DavisStarsGreta ScacchiColin FirthJohn GielgudCamille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
- DirectorDouglas CamfieldStarsJames MasonAnthony AndrewsSam NeillWilfred of Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars. He finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England. Will justice prevail and will all fair ladies in distress be rescued?
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsAnthony AndrewsJane SeymourIan McKellenParis, 1792: After France becomes a republic, aristocrats are guillotined. The English Sir Percy tries to save as many as he can as The Scarlet Pimpernel in disguises.
- DirectorLee PhilipsStarsRichard ThomasMichael BrandonWendell BurtonDuring the Civil War, a young man enthusiastically joins the Union army thirsting to find glory and honor, but his first battle opens his eyes to the reality of how un-glorious and dishonorable war really is.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsRichard ChamberlainTrevor HowardLouis JourdanA young officer, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friends," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsRichard ChamberlainPatrick McGoohanLouis JourdanD'Artagnan and his fellow Musketeers plot to replace the ineffectual Louis XIV of France with his secretly imprisoned twin brother Phillipe, who is the firstborn and rightful King.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsKarl MaldenJonathan KahnJohnny DoranA spoiled little rich boy learns what life is really like after he falls overboard in the middle of the ocean and is picked up by a crusty old sea captain.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsRichard JordanAnthony PerkinsCyril CusackJean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins).
- DirectorMichael TuchnerAlan HumeStarsAnthony HopkinsDerek JacobiDavid SuchetDisfigured man Quasimodo (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is feared and tormented by the townspeople of Notre Dame, but he has a sensitive nature of which few are aware.
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsGlenn ClosePatrick StewartJonathan Rhys MeyersKing Henry II meets with Eleanor of Aquitaine at Christmastide 1183 to choose one of his sons as his successor.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsCarroll O'ConnorLeslie AckermanJohn AndersonThe longtime head of a powerful political machine is determined to win a fourth election and stay in power, despite challenges to his regime by young, dissatisfied opponents, and his worries that his age and his ill health may have an effect on the election's outcome.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsVanessa RedgraveLynn RedgraveBruce A. YoungAn elderly, bedridden former movie star is "cared for" by her sister, who hates her and keeps her a virtual prisoner in the family mansion.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenJulie KavnerEd HerlihyAn ordinary American family goes on vacation to Europe. Because of the Cold War they are stuck in the U.S. Embassy surrounding by the Soviet forces.
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsDustin HoffmanKate ReidJohn MalkovichAn aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsChristopher ReeveDaryl HannahRobert ForsterModern remake of Rear Window in which the lead character is paralyzed and lives in a high-tech home filled with assistive technology.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsRichard KileyShirley KnightClifton JamesDuring the Civil War, a Quaker couple risks their lives by helping runaway slaves.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsRichard AttenboroughCyril CusackEdith EvansThe legendary novel by Charles Dickens comes to life in this colorful interpretation directed by Delbert Mann.
- DirectorJerrold FreedmanStarsPat HingleLynn CarlinPaul JabaraIn the midst of the Depression, a crotchety doctor whose practice is in the Brooklyn slums takes an interest in a local teenager, whose hostility and erratic behavior the doctor believes is due to more than just his environment.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsRobert UrichCarl WeathersEd LauterRemake of the 1958 classic, in which two convicts of different color must cooperate in order to survive when they manage to escape a chain gang sentence.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsLindsay WagnerMartin BalsamPamela ReedThe movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condemned with capital punishment because of her participation in a hold up in which a person was killed.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsMaximilian SchellJoan PlowrightJames CocoDuring World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.