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- DirectorDonna DeitchStarsErik KnudsenBrittany MurphyJason PriestleyThis movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy," a woman joins the Navy during the 1950s and discovers lesbianism. In "Mr. Roberts," a teacher in a 1970s classroom struggles with his closeted gay status. Finally, in "Amos and Andy," a father wrestles with his own emotional acceptance of a present day wedding between his son and another man.
- DirectorHelen ShaverStarsJames Earl JonesJake LeDouxBrendan FletcherA 12-year-old boy and his older brother have just lost their dad. At their summer cottage, the younger boy befriends a black doctor who has to deal with local prejudice and racism.
- DirectorRichard PearceStarsRichard ThomasJulie KavnerFrances Lee McCainTwo marginally intellectually disabled young adults fall in love and wish to marry.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsArt CarneyCliff De YoungRobert Hy GormanSentimental drama about an aging man's fond reminiscences of his relationship with his grandfather in 1950 midwest and the time they spent together raising racing pigeons.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsBen GazzaraEileen BrennanRobby BensonA sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure on him from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
- DirectorJeremy KaganStarsArt CarneySissy SpacekHenry WinklerA harrowing look at the 1960s and early 1970s through the eyes of Katherine Alman, a wealthy debutante who slowly, but inexorably spirals down into a fight for the causes that shook a nation, leading a path to the underground life.
- DirectorEric TillStarsHelen BurnsCarolyn DunnChris MakepeaceThe Lighthouse Island is about a young man named Zeb Norman. Zeb comes to a small strange town to look for a gift for his fiancée Rosalie. Zeb finds a pair of silver slippers in a local antique shop run by an elderly lady called Clara Buford. Clara makes a deal with Zeb, if he helps her obtain a mysterious pearl that was stolen from her by an ancient rival, Zeb can have the silver slippers. Zeb accept the deal with Clara and they shake hands on it. Little does Clara know, that Zeb has his own mysterious and surprising reasons to want the silver slippers.
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsColleen DewhurstRobert CarradineJonathan HadaryStory of a gay man who finds out he has aids and how people react.
- DirectorBradford MayStarsEd MarinaroNoelle ParkerBoyd KestnerAmy Fisher's version of the three made-for-TV movies on the case. Her real-life account of her affair with Joey Buttafuoco and her conviction for aggravated assault for shooting Buttafuoco's wife.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsSela WardRon SilverJudith IveyThe fact-based true story of the rapid rise to fame and untimely death of Jessica Savitch - one of America's first female news anchors.
- DirectorJace AlexanderStarsLaura San GiacomoJane KaczmarekAnnabella SciorraThe triumphant true story of three sisters who unite in the face of adversity when one of them is diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
- DirectorHoward DeutchStarsBrad GarrettSaul RubinekGretchen EgolfThe story begins at the height of Gleason's career. He has it all: women, wealth, and extraordinary power. But he is haunted by memories of his childhood. Gleason spends his formative years entering amateur contests, performing in sleazy night spots. Along the way, he steals gags from the best comics in town and finds love with Genevieve, a dancer whom he marries. But Gleason isn't the ideal husband or even a responsible father as he abandons his family to answer the call of Hollywood. Brash, arrogant, and egotistical, he alienates his directors and the man who discovers him. When he ends up back in New York, Gleason gets one of those rare second chances in the new medium of television, creating some of its most unforgettable characters. But even as Gleason becomes the talk of the tube, his life - ruled by demons of rage, booze, and insecurity - unravels.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsHolly Marie CombsDavid LipperCassidy RaeDiane and David love each other, but when they go to separate army academies, David has an affair. Diane snaps and ultimately something very sinister happens that the couple get involved in.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsCybill ShepherdStephen LangBlake HeronJanice 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 strange. Ray (6) is a hellraiser and Tony (9) is autistic. One day, however, Tony sits down at the piano and plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and Janice knows there may be hope for him (and them) yet.
- DirectorBethany RooneyStarsIsabella HofmannTracy NelsonNeil MaffinLisa's husband, Bill, abuses her. With her sister's encouragement, she takes their three kids and leaves her husband. Bill keeps interfering with Lisa's attempts at a new life. She gets an order of protection against him, but the police can't do anything else to help her. One night Bill breaks into Lisa's apartment and shoots her. As she dies in the hospital, Lisa asks her sister to promise to take care of her three children. The sister takes the kids into her home, but Bill is still on the loose, an ever present threat.
- DirectorRandall MillerStarsJulie CondraMarina BlackMark FamigliettiBoisterous dreamer Ruby and timid but smart Holly Tanner are best friends, ordinary nice country girls who dream of fame and riches. When the boss rewards Ruby's fashion-ambitious initiative with the sack, they quit their small town dead-end seamstress jobs heading for Chicago, where they audition as bunny girls, which proves harder, more demanding and less glamorous then they imagined. 'Bunny mom' Miranda Mantell, who runs a tight ship based on demerits for the sack and premiums for merits, puts them -and over a dozen other recruits- trough elaborate training. Extravert Ruby takes to serving and pleasing like a duck to water, yet collects demerits, shy Holly bumbles and blushes, but smooth, charming young barman Corky kindly sees her trough a rough start while 'room director' Ben deals with the kind of men who get so fresh their dads would have given them a 'whooping' back home, and in time she becomes good enough at the job to 'graduate' to the black suit. Holly worries now jealous Ruby's flirtatious teasing is tempting faith while patient gentleman Corky wins Holly's heart...
- DirectorDavid AnspaughStarsMarlo ThomasEllen MuthPeter FriedmanThis film finds a mother and her teen daughter both being diagnosed with cancer. This discovery helps to overcome the longtime antagonistic relationship that the two have developed.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsKirstie AlleyHenry CzernyGloria ReubenA masterful work accurately details the current consensus of what exactly occurred to prompt the colonial witch trials.
- DirectorJohn BradshawStarsJosie BissettCraig OlejnikGrant NickallsPeople question the sanity of an obituary writer as she investigates a murder in this thrilling drama. Starring TV icon Josie Bissett.
- DirectorDavid WellingtonStarsAnnabeth GishChandra WestCallum Keith RennieAfter being kicked off a jury for arriving five minutes late, a troubled woman becomes obsessed with the verdict, which sent a woman her age to prison for life. As she fights to have the case reopened, her bond with the prisoner forces her to confront questions of guilt, justice and responsibility. A true story,
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsStockard ChanningShane Thomas MeierWendy CrewsonOpenly gay college student Matthew Shepard (Shane Meier) was murdered in an act of a hate crime with a senseless violence and such cruelty that attracted global attention. His death has changed the whole world forever.
- DirectorKevin FairStarsEric MabiusKristin BoothYan-Kay Crystal LoweThe POstables are on a mission to deliver a soldier's letter from Afghanistan to a teenager who's being relentlessly bullied, while Oliver's estranged father surprises him with news that shakes him to his core.
- DirectorKevin FairStarsEric MabiusKristin BoothYan-Kay Crystal LoweThe DLO postals give testimony before a closed Congressional committee regarding an American soldier missing in action and presumed dead whose daughter they met previously. At the same time Rita participates in the national Miss Special Delivery pageant.
- DirectorLynne StopkewichStarsEric MabiusKristin BoothYan-Kay Crystal LoweOliver, Shane, Rita and Norman face personal challenges following Valentine's Day.
- DirectorKevin FairStarsEric MabiusKristin BoothYan-Kay Crystal LoweA woman requests a letter to her ex be retrieved because it contains a valuable lottery ticket. Meanwhile Oliver and Shane struggle to navigate their new romance; and Norman and Rita encounter a rough patch in their relationship.