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- DirectorJoyce ChopraStarsHelen HuntChad AllenLarry DrakePamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a local TV station. When her dreams of fame are dashed by rejection, she seduces 15-year-old Billy, one of her students. Pam challenges Billy to prove his love for her by getting rid of her husband. The stakes heat up with a huge insurance policy on her husband's life.
- DirectorJim DonovanStarsAlyson HanniganHowie LaiDaphne HoskinsHigh school teacher Mary Stauffer and her eight-year old daughter, Beth are held captive for 53 days by an obsessed former student. Based on a true story.
- DirectorJeffrey G. HuntStarsAddison HolleyNicolette PearseIan LakeWhen a teenager reveals that she is gay to her devout Mormon parents, they decide to send her to a conversion therapy home in Utah.
- DirectorPeter SullivanStarsJessica AmleeScott PattersonBrian McNamaraFollows the abduction of 16 year old girl in California in 2013.
- DirectorJanice CookeStarsGinnifer GoodwinAngela FairleySherri SaumRegina Louise, an abandoned black child, is placed in a home where she demonstrates anger issues. Jeanne Kerr, a white counselor, empathizes with her and they form a bond which leads to a petition for adoption. The home's director, a black woman, informs her that she will fight the petition, believing that a black child could not be raised by a white woman; the judge agrees. Regina is sent to a private institution and Jeanne's attempts to communicate with her are hindered. When Regina comes of age the institution releases her, with no financial or other support; however, they turn over all of Jeanne's letters which had been withheld from her. Regina pursues an education and begins a search for the woman she always thought of as her mother.
- DirectorKaren MoncrieffStarsChristina RicciJudith LightJosh BowmanA young journalist looks behind the curtain of a nearby mental hospital, only to uncover the grim and gruesome acts they bestow upon their "patients".
- DirectorMark GanttStarsColin EgglesfieldLisa ConradMendel FogelmanBruce Beresford-Redman, a producer for the reality TV show "Survivor," becomes the prime suspect in the strangulation death of his wife in Mexico.
- DirectorVondie Curtis-HallStarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorKeke PalmerSherri ShepherdA baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsNeil Patrick HarrisKelli WilliamsRichard Ian CoxTwo thousand miles from home, Jim and Jennifer Stolpa (with baby Clayton) lose their way and are stranded in an endless wilderness of deep snow, battling for survival against the elements. Using only meager supplies and resourcefulness, the young couple struggles to keep themselves and their infant son alive in a frozen shelter while awaiting rescue. Realizing they won't be found, Jim ultimately strikes out on a courageous 50-mile mission, determined to reach help and return to save his loved ones in this exciting and moving true story.
- DirectorDick LowryStarsMeredith BaxterStephen CollinsMichelle JohnsonBetty torments her husband with childish vandalism and verbal threats after he leaves her for another woman, but nobody anticipates what ends up happening as the games escalate.
- DirectorRoger YoungStarsDean CainSarah Joy BrownG.W. BaileyAs the police search for a missing pregnant woman, new evidence emerges that throws suspicion on her seemingly devoted husband.
- DirectorTim HunterStarsAngie HarmonJamey SheridanDale MidkiffAfter becoming a victim of video voyeurism, a Louisiana woman fights for justice.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsRena SoferVictor GarberMaria RicossaKerry Ellison is sexually harassed at work. No matter how much she complains, the problem, Jack Gilcrest, is unstoppable. Kerry's only left option is court. Will she win?
- DirectorAlan MetzgerStarsElizabeth MontgomeryDavid ClennonJohn M. JacksonA woman marries her boyfriend on his deathbed for his money so she can move on to the next guy. When he turns up mysteriously ill the police step in and investigate the strange circumstances.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsLeVar BurtonMadge SinclairPaul BenjaminTrue story of Ron LeFlore, a troubled Detroit youth who rose from Michigan prisons to star in Major League Baseball.
- DirectorHolly DaleStarsRobert JoyDavid FoxTracey MooreMarlene Moore has spent most of her life in prison, and is considered so dangerous that the authorities want her locked up indefinitely - though she has never committed a serious crime.
- DirectorCathy ElliottStarsHelen BaxendaleCharlie BrooksErica RogersA dramatisation of the crimes of Beverley Allitt, a nurse at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital, in 1991.
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsFarrah FawcettDavid AckroydStéphane AudranThe true story of one of the richest women in America - heiress to the Woolworth fortune. She had vast wealth and seven husbands, but never found lasting love.
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsBrian DennehyWilliam DevaneTracey NeedhamThe take-down of an infamous leader of a small polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group, who ordered assassinations of his opponents.
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsFarrah FawcettTom ContiGeraldine PageFarrah Fawcett plays real-life Beate Klarsfeld, a German Protestant housewife who, with the help of her Jewish law-student husband, Serge, began an unrelenting campaign after World War II to bring Nazi war criminals to justice, most of which is centered on Klaus Barbie. The story follows her pursuit while she survives jail, torture, numerous assassination attempts, and arrests in South America and in Germany.
- DirectorBill D'EliaStarsMichele LeeChet AtkinsDavid James ElliottThe story of the life of country-music legend Dottie West.
- DirectorJohn PowerStarsJohn StamosCynthia GibbDavid FaustinoA woman unwittingly marries a psychopathic serial killer.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsMaureen McCormickDwight SchultzGreg KeanThis biography of country music star Barbara Mandrell looks at her early career and follows her career through the tragic auto accident in 1984 which almost killed her, and her ultimate recovery and change of outlook on life. Mandrell portrays herself in her later life, and Maureen McCormick offers a good portrayal of the younger Mandrell.
- DirectorDavid NgoSpanning the course of one week, this documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look at Jackie's experience as she competes in this unique pageant. From the first rehearsal to the final coronation, the film reveals the strength and spirit of a woman who has rebuilt her life in America after surviving personal tragedies suffered from the Vietnam War. Jackie enters the pageant as the first Asian-American Ms. Virginia Senior America and the first Vietnamese-American to ever compete in the national pageant. With perspectives from family members, other contestants, and pageant organizers, this documentary also provides exclusive insight into the world of senior pageantry.