Lifetime, a list by Womblechutney

7.2

/18931/

74

/919/

80

/670/

3.5

/53208/

84

/28/

age 14+

On the night she plans on taking her own life, 17-year-old 'Lisa McVey' is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive and is raped. She manages to talk her attacker into releasing her, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective, who suspects she was abducted by a serial killer. Based on horrifying true events.

71

62

7.1

/4730/

71

/129/

72

/119/

3.0

/2686/

81

/103/

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

63

61

6.3

/18341/

69

/1406/

75

/807/

2.6

/53142/

59

/31/

age 14+

Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.

73

60

7.4

/4230/

69

/91/

70

/66/

3.3

/1590/

86

/135/

For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled apart, Gracie will have to do the impossible and make the ultimate sacrifices to keep her family together.

64

59

6.6

/10928/

70

/854/

72

/408/

3.0

/12683/

54

/20/

A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

68

56

7.3

/4240/

75

/291/

69

/120/

3.0

/2374/

65

/12/

Jenna Hudson and Kevin Jenner are polar opposites working for the same online publication in New York City. With both having nowhere they want to be for Christmas, they volunteer for a special writing assignment. After a snowstorm forces their plane to land in none other than Santa Claus, Indiana, the two are placed in a Christmas Wonderland and the focus of their story shifts to saving the historic town inn run by Carol and Christopher Winters. As the two overcome their differences, they also rediscover the magic of Christmas. But with the inn's fate in jeopardy and the return of someone from Jenna's past, Carol and Christopher lend a helping hand to bring Jenna and Kevin together.

53

5.8

/10264/

64

/528/

58

/242/

2.8

/5356/

47

/116/

38

/122/

Metacritic

48

/25/

RogerEbert

2.5

age 12+

Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with Jacques, a business associate of her husband. What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure replete with diversions involving picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance - reawakening Anne's senses and giving her a new lust for life.

53

5.3

/19031/

61

/1093/

64

/1481/

2.3

/51387/

44

/58/

Two high school students become stranded on a tropical island and must rely on each other for survival. They learn more about themselves and each other while falling in love.

67

52

6.6

/2767/

68

/72/

62

/54/

3.1

/2051/

77

/77/

High schooler Jane struggles with the self-discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl. However, this is only the start of Jane's troubles when her unaccepting mother Janice also contends with the surprising revelation brought forth by her only daughter.

64

51

6.4

/3225/

68

/311/

71

/44/

2.7

/783/

Follows Hazel King, a single mother determined to protect her daughter from the life she once had while defending and protecting those who can't protect themselves.

62

51

6.7

/3892/

71

/302/

65

/97/

2.6

/3843/

55

/13/

It’s Jolie’s first time going back home to Louisiana since her devastating break-up with Foster Burke. Seeing him is inevitable as their parents run the town’s annual Christmas Market together, but when she discovers Foster is bringing home a new girlfriend, Jolie cannot bear the thought of going home alone and seeing them together. Her best friend Naomi suggests that Jolie bring her flaky brother, Jack, home for Christmas as he has no plans this year. Jolie, a professional web designer, is hesitant; so, Naomi, a lawyer, creates a Christmas contract to give them both something they want—a buffer for those awkward moments around Jolie’s ex and a website to help sell Jack’s upcoming novel. Unbeknownst to them, the Christmas contract proves to be so much more than what they signed up for.

51

5.7

/7281/

63

/631/

56

/223/

2.7

/2632/

50

/10/

31

/47/

Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road.

56

49

5.7

/5988/

64

/179/

60

/206/

2.6

/2856/

49

/40/

Katie, a college freshman, has been groomed from birth to continue her mother’s legacy with the Deltas. When Katie decides to pledge another house instead, an all-out sorority war commences.

49

5.9

/9419/

63

/676/

61

/257/

2.8

/3371/

41

/39/

42

/87/

Metacritic

45

/16/

RogerEbert

1.0

age 16+

Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.

65

47

6.5

/3755/

74

/25/

55

/51/

2.8

/1114/

79

/407/

age 13+

A mother and her daughter confront the intimidation of teen peer pressure and the emotionally brutalizing social rituals of high school.

58

47

6.6

/2926/

69

/187/

68

/211/

2.7

/2056/

33

/6/

58

/24/

age 12+

A look at J.K. Rowling from her humble beginnings as an imaginative young girl and awkward teenager, to the loss of her mother and the genesis of the Harry Potter book series.

65

45

6.3

/2386/

67

/201/

75

/135/

3.0

/1883/

62

/8/

An investigative reporter Nellie Bly, who’s on a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women’s Lunatic Asylum, and feigns mental illness in order to be institutionalized to report from the inside. The movie is an account of actual events surrounding Nellie’s stay beginning after she has undergone treatment, leaving her with no recollection of how she came to the asylum or her real identity.

58

44

5.6

/2826/

62

/57/

62

/55/

2.5

/1782/

63

/224/

Based on a true story, 15 year old Tina Spangler discovers she is pregnant. Her choices are abortion, adoption, or a lonely, exhausting life as a single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she turns to her mother. Tina discovers although it has torn her world apart, her pregnancy could re-unite her shattered family and help her find her true purpose in life.

62

44

6.0

/2269/

62

/58/

60

/52/

67

/103/

The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.

58

43

5.8

/2847/

60

/43/

57

/31/

2.5

/2479/

69

/125/

A mother/daughter relationship is thrown off balance when the mother discovers that her "good girl" daughter is part of a group who are engaging in sexual activities with multiple partners that results in an outbreak of sexually transmitted diseases.

63

43

5.5

/2481/

70

/99/

70

/63/

3.1

/1050/

58

/32/

In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy’s beauty shop to ponder the mysteries of life and death, husbands and children - and hair and nails - all the important topics that truly unite and celebrate women.

76

42

7.5

/1133/

73

/97/

73

/42/

3.8

/2933/

83

/6/

The story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write and skateboard in Kabul.

61

41

6.2

/2924/

69

/141/

64

/77/

2.9

/1600/

52

/9/

Jessica and her fiancé Evan just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a strange lie and can't let her suspicions rest. The danger escalates when Simon lures her inside his home and imprisons Jessica in his secret bunker, meticulously decorated in the idealized style of the 1950's.

69

41

6.2

/1867/

73

/127/

65

/111/

3.0

/971/

88

/18/

Based on the best-selling book, Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days, and told through the eyes of Jackson's trusted bodyguards, Bill Whitfield and Javon Beard. The movie will reveal firsthand the devotion Michael Jackson had to his children, and the hidden drama that took place during the last two years of his life.

55

41

5.6

/2851/

65

/265/

63

/72/

2.8

/1232/

37

/11/

At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with local drug runners. Griselda masterminded the use of beautiful women, the elderly and children as the mules and created false-bottom suitcases to smuggle cocaine from Colombia.

46

41

5.1

/2871/

58

/240/

46

/84/

2.5

/4096/

27

/11/

45

/74/

age 10+

A lonely cat living in a mall pet shop has a sour outlook on life until, in the midst of the holiday rush, she’s swept up into a robbery and a friendship with a human girl.

68

38

6.7

/1920/

72

/226/

66

/28/

2.9

/754/

78

/13/

After a judge passes away under suspicious circumstances, Kim Wheeler, an attorney who is appointed as a judge for Nevada's 5th district after the former judge's death, finds herself covering a circuit that stretches between Las Vegas and Reno — a rugged, often desolate area where anything and everything can happen. As the investigation into the death intensifies, Kim's sister Kris, who runs the local brothel, becomes the prime suspect.

62

38

6.5

/2034/

69

/131/

62

/49/

2.7

/765/

Photographer Holly Logan returns to her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi for Christmas. The town is resurrecting their traditional holiday light show for the first time since a terrible hurricane struck five years earlier. Holly volunteers to pitch in, but soon has second thoughts when she discovers the festival is run by her high school sweetheart, Mike.

58

37

5.7

/2628/

63

/66/

58

/62/

2.9

/732/

57

/37/

Based on a true story. Five high school cheerleaders, including the daughter of the school principal, run amok -- and teachers, parents and administrators allow them to get away with a wide range of scandalous behavior. Known as the "Fab Five," the girls disregard school rules, drink alcohol and post suggestive pictures on the Internet. But when the new cheerleading coach attempts to discipline them, her superiors ask her to resign.

53

37

5.9

/2475/

66

/211/

53

/70/

2.4

/1133/

42

/16/

Two strangers who both happen to be in marketing, share a room at a bed-and-breakfast when a snowstorm strands their flight in Montana on Christmas Eve.

41

37

5.1

/3949/

55

/238/

49

/85/

2.8

/3169/

14

/7/

23

/55/

Things go awry when an author and his wife welcome a pregnant woman into their home, with plans to adopt her baby.

42

36

4.4

/3012/

55

/233/

50

/101/

1.7

/7517/

27

/40/

Riley is struggling to make friends after transferring to a new high school where her father, Chris, is an English teacher. When she meets Kyla, they quickly becomes close friends. However, the friendship takes a strange turn when Riley learns that Kyla is obsessed with her dad. Will Kyla successfully seduce Chris and start a twisted new life with him by removing everyone in her path, or will Riley be able to save her father from Kyla’s treacherous plot before it’s too late?

63

35

6.4

/994/

67

/80/

61

/29/

2.9

/675/

67

age 10+

Ellie, a serial 'ghoster' on dating apps, is told by a fortune teller that she must resolve her past and make amends with all those she ghosted before Christmas, or she is destined to never find true love! Over the course of one week, she takes it upon herself to track down all the men she ghosted before the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve and discovers love in the process.

62

35

6.1

/1288/

64

/107/

76

/104/

2.8

/2212/

57

/2/

Inspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder.

57

35

5.6

/2609/

60

/51/

56

/47/

3.0

/443/

53

/62/

Lauren is a divorced wedding-planner who falls for the groom-to-be.

52

35

5.5

/2106/

62

/97/

60

/80/

2.8

/4008/

31

/7/

When a teenage girl is miraculously saved by a heart surgeon, the doctor begins to flirt with her. Her father doesn’t believe her and unbeknownst to all, the doctor is obsessed with the girl.

47

35

4.8

/2393/

58

/83/

50

/136/

1.9

/1954/

42

/54/

age 15+

Inspired by the true story of teenagers at Gloucester High School who agreed to get pregnant at the same time.

54

35

5.7

/2811/

65

/158/

59

/81/

2.6

/685/

37

/20/

When a young coffee shop owner is threatened with repossession she must take a chance with life and love as she fights to save her business.

66

35

7.1

/2201/

72

/203/

61

/48/

3.0

/487/

68

/6/

Personal shopper Gwen's newest client, Charlie, is a high-rolling, workaholic, single father. When Gwen meets his 8-year-old son, Owen, during a package drop, she is saddened to see just how little time Charlie spends with him. Determined to get Charlie to appreciate his family, Gwen makes it her Christmas mission to get him into the festive spirit.

57

35

5.2

/2144/

62

/595/

58

/157/

2.6

/621/

61

/2/

When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her friends at school, keeping her double life a secret. But soon rumours spread and Miriam becomes the subject of vicious online attacks and unwanted attention. Miriam fights back: she talks to the media, saying her new line of work empowers her as a feminist. But her confident stand has unintended consequences. Miriam is shunned by her conservative family and her colleagues in the adult film world. One impulsive decision has quickly spiralled out of control - and Miriam's problems are just beginning.

52

34

5.6

/2689/

64

/142/

51

/61/

2.8

/700/

38

/25/

A high-powered New York publicist finds herself in Montana promoting a charity calendar after being betrayed by her boss and fiancé. Unfortunately, matters of the heart are just as complicated in the wilds as they are in the big city.

54

34

5.6

/2398/

61

/101/

60

/88/

2.8

/884/

39

/25/

age 15+

Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the international headline-grabbing story of the now infamous American exchange student accused by Italian authorities of brutally killing her roommate. Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy poses the question of whether Knox (Panettiere), the Seattle honors student accused of murdering her college roommate Meredith Kercher (Amanda Fernando Stevens) in 2007 with her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (Paolo Romio) and acquaintance Rudy Guede (Djirbi Kebe), actually committed the crime or was herself a victim.

51

34

5.0

/3003/

64

/92/

55

/120/

2.4

/1045/

39

/25/

age 13+

Inspired by the royal wedding and retelling the highs and lows of the nine-year courtship of Kate Middleton and Prince William. The couple struggles to keep their relationship together in the face of intense media scrutiny and family pressures, but the story ultimately ends in a fairytale wedding.

66

33

6.2

/947/

67

/98/

77

/238/

3.0

/447/

Jennifer Dulos, the wealthy, Connecticut mother-of-five who mysteriously vanished.

66

33

6.2

/960/

62

/17/

71

/19/

2.9

/907/

77

/88/

When 15-year-old Matt Freeman gets his girlfriend, Francesca, pregnant, her family decides to put the unborn baby up for adoption. Matt agrees to the decision, but begins to rethink it. This movie is taken from the father's point of view.

59

33

6.6

/1996/

67

/145/

64

/47/

3.0

/827/

38

/6/

Claire (Alexandra Breckenridge), a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, escapes to a quaint town in Vermont for the holidays and becomes a guest of the Fortenbury Bookstore. Upon arrival, Claire finds Christmas celebrations have been canceled by the town after a flood and the bookstore is in a dire state of disrepair. She immediately takes on the challenge to revitalize the store, but clashes with the owner, Andrew (Jamie Spilchuk), who initially rejects all her proposed improvements. Eventually, sparks fly as the two begin a budding romance, and Claire’s infectious optimism inspires Andrew to join her in reviving the yuletide spirit. But everything comes to a screeching halt when Claire discovers that Andrew is planning to sell the bookstore in the New Year. Will the spirit of Christmas be enough to change Andrew’s mind and encourage him to follow his heart?

60

33

6.1

/1578/

61

/56/

65

/66/

2.5

/4759/