A ‘Lifetime’ of Great Movies

It is no secret that I enjoy Lifetime movies and I am not ashamed to admit it. They are one of the greatest guilty pleasures in the world. Especially the ones from the 90’s, the new class of Lifetime movies from the 00’s just aren’t as good. After much deliberation I have come up with my top 5 all time favorite Lifetime movies.

AND YES, THEY ARE RANKED

1-No One Would Tell (1996)-Fred Savage (The Wonder Years) plays the abusive jock boyfriend of DJ from Full House. This movie has all the great elements of a LT movie, washed up actors, bad script, over acting, great 90’s fashion, drama and murder. No One Would Tell, was also the stepping stone for Fred Savage, to play more evil roles such as the Professor in Boy Meets World that tries to hook up with Topanga. NOT COOL, no one hooks up with Topanga except his brother Corry.
2- Her Last Chance (1996)- How could there be any list of top LT movies without having a Kellie Martin movie? That’s like having a list of the best basketball players all time and leaving Michael Jordan off of it. The movie is about a former drug addict (Kellie) just trying to make it in this cruel, cruel, unfair sober world and later getting accused of killing her douche bag boyfriend played by NONE OTHER THEN….WAIT FOR IT, the late great JONATHON BRANDIS of Sea Quest, Sidekicks and Lady Bugs fame. Her Last Chance also has by far the best soundtrack of any LT movie ever.
3- Not Our Son (1995)- Neil Patrick Harris (DOOGIE HOWSER!!!) plays an extremely creepy arsonist with really really really big glasses, whose family turns on him to get him caught. I believe it is based off a true story, so you will feel guilty about laughing thru the whole thing, well. Maybe you will.
4- Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)-What do you get when you combine a Pink Power Ranger, AC Slater and the blonde from Dawson’s Creek with some other no name talents from the 90’s into one movie? You get this little gem about students feed up with a mean teacher, who they, well, decide to kill, but the Pink Power Ranger gets tricked into via ‘She’s All That Style.’ I would have said ‘spoiler alert,’ but the title already gave away the whole movie.
5- When Secrets Kill (1997)- Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls/Party of Five) plays a girl who if I remember correctly is adopted, but as soon as her biological mom turns up dead after appearing in her life out of nowhere, chaos and high jinks ensue. It is a real ‘who done it’ full of twists, turns, and whiny voices.

Right now you are thinking one of two things. You are either think ‘wow, I remember some of these and they are awesome” or you are thinking ‘WOW, I really need to track these movies down.” Even those of you who loath these types of movies are jumping on one of those two bandwagons for there is no way you can deny the greatness of these movies. In fact, with the rerun season almost upon us, I bet everyone is going to tune into the lifetime movie network this summer trying to catch these classics.