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- DirectorGail HarveyStarsGil BellowsRaechelle BannoKarina BannoRuby Landry is filled with hope as love blooms with her high-school sweetheart Paul Tate, but lingering thoughts of her mother's death and her mysterious father often creep into her mind.
- 2021– 1h 27mTV-146.5 (338)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid Bercovici-ArtiedaStarsRichard HarmonRaechelle BannoKarina BannoBased on the second book, "Pearl in the Mist" finds Ruby (Raechelle Banno) still struggling to find true happiness after a year of living in her father's lavish mansion. When Ruby and her twin Gisselle (Karina Banno) are sent away to an exclusive girls' boarding school, Ruby hopes for a new start with her sister. But when she is once again shamed for her backwater upbringing, and her cruel headmistress, Mrs. Ironwood (Henner), along with her stepmother Daphne (Bell) and Gisselle, continues to plot against her, she must endure torturous punishments and public humiliation. Ruby holds out hope and continues to dream of a better future until tragedy leaves her alone in a world of deceits.
- DirectorBrooke NevinStarsAlicia Leigh WillisKalen BullMatthew PohlkampWhen a high school student starts dating a rebellious boy from a different school, she quickly finds herself in the crosshairs of someone trying to break them up - or hide a dangerous secret.
- DirectorTom ShellStarsKristen VaganosBenedict MazurekMaddison BullockA wedding planner takes on her estranged brother's upcoming nuptials, only to be drawn into a dangerous web of potentially deadly deceit.
- DirectorAndrew LawrenceStarsSamantha CopeCharleston LawrenceJoey LawrenceJackie, the heiress to her husband's fortune after his death, finally finds love again with a plastic surgeon, Kevin. As tragedy continues around her, secrets about Kevin and her late husband's family nefariously come to light.
- DirectorTom ShellStarsLindsay HartleyAndrew RogersKatie KellyMaggie and her husband Richard are both college professors and have a daughter, 17-year-old Jenny. Their marriage is falling apart, and when Richard admits to having an affair with a student at the college they both work at.
- DirectorTony Dean SmithStarsSarah GreyKendall CrossAbby RossA college freshman moves into the perfect dorm on campus, but soon discovers the previous resident died under mysterious circumstances. Believing the girl was murdered, she tries to uncover the identity of the killer before it's too late.
- DirectorManu BoyerStarsSadie CalvanoEvan RoderickTom StevensBased on the book by NYT Bestselling author, Shanna Hogan, Secrets of a Marine's Wife.
- DirectorElisabeth RöhmStarsJudd NelsonStefanie ScottJoely FisherSarah 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.
- DirectorGail HarveyStarsAnnabeth GishWarren ChristieLaura HarrisJennifer Dulos, the wealthy, Connecticut mother-of-five who mysteriously vanished.
- DirectorGloria KimStarsAnwen O'DriscollJennie GarthSebastien Roberts17-year-old Ashley Reeves is left for dead in the woods following a brutal attack. After spending 30 horrific hours in the cold, gravely wounded, lying in the dirt, and paralyzed, she is found alive by the police.
- 2021– 1h 26mTV-146.3 (277)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael RobisonStarsCrystal FoxKristian AlfonsoSam Duke"All That Glitters" picks up as Ruby is driven from the Dumas mansion and returns to her beloved childhood home in the bayou where she's intent on creating a new life for her baby daughter Pearl. Ruby's high-school sweetheart Paul is there to support her again, and when he moves her into his impressive home, she has new hope for the future. However, Ruby can't escape the judging eyes of Paul's mother Gladys (Gardiner), who knows Ruby and Paul's dark secret, and Gisselle continues to torment Ruby when she reveals news about Beau (Wood), Pearl's real father and Ruby's true love. Ruby longs for another life, and the web of deceit continues when Giselle falls into a coma and Ruby is lured into a twisted plot to be with Beau.
- DirectorLindsay HartleyStarsAngelina BorisNatalia De MendozaRaymond RobertsA group of popular private school girls enter a most regal and respected Debutante pageant for a chance to win the coveted crown. Competition turns sinister when things go too far in this thriller, Deadly Debutantes.
- DirectorDanny J. BoyleStarsLindsey DresbachRoss JirglCrystal DayWhen Nicole Atkins returns to graduate school, a previous affair with a married professor is the last thing on her mind. However, someone else on campus has his eye on Nicole, someone who knows all her secrets.
- DirectorTed CampbellStarsLawson GreysonKendall CatoGina SimmsWhen a high school student creates a fake social media profile to test her boyfriend's loyalty, her life is upended by a mysterious new transfer student who looks suspiciously like the girl from the profile.
- DirectorAnnie BradleyStarsTom Everett ScottAnwen O'DriscollNicola Correia-DamudeA young woman becomes suspicious of her father after her mother dies under suspicious circumstances.
- DirectorJessica JanosStarsKelcie StranahanMatthew PohlkampAshlynn JudyAfter re-vamping a home, beautiful interior decorator Ava becomes madly obsessed with the handsome owner. She sets out to eliminate his family and live in the house she created with the man she loves.
- DirectorTroy ScottStarsCindy BusbyLane EdwardsChelsey ReistWhen a mother discovers that the nanny who framed her for child neglect is her ex-husband's new girlfriend, she goes on the run to prove her innocence and expose the real culprit.
- DirectorJeff HareStarsAshlynn YennieElla CannonPhilip BoydA childless couple runs into a pregnant classmate at their high school reunion and agrees to adopt her baby, little realizing she has sinister plans for them.
- DirectorTom ShellStarsSarah FisherRené AshtonBrooks RyanWhen a feisty sorority pledge's best friend is murdered she must track down the killer before she gets charged with the crime - or becomes the next victim herself.
- 2021– 1h 26mTV-PG5.6 (267)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael RobisonStarsRaechelle BannoEvan RoderickJune Laporte"Hidden Jewel" finds Ruby searching for a new life for her children, desperate to protect her beloved daughter from their family's dark secrets. Raised amid the privileged of New Orleans, Pearl (Laporte) aspires to become a doctor, but when one of her twin brothers has a serious unfortunate accident, Pearl's dreams are threatened and Ruby runs once again to the bayou; when the other brother then becomes dangerously ill, Pearl must journey to the backwaters to find her mother and uncover the mysterious secrets of her past.
- DirectorManu BoyerStarsJustina MachadoElisabeth RöhmMatt PassmoreA low-income, recovering alcoholic hippie mom, and a wealthy, prissy socialite, become unlikely friends after they discover that they both share the same husband, who's also left them bankrupt.
- DirectorMonika MitchellStarsErika ChristensenRekha SharmaCarmel AmitAlice still can't believe that her high-school crush--dashing, wealthy, successful Joe--would choose to marry her, so she willingly allows him to mold her into his ideal socialite wife.
- 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".
- 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.
- 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.
- StarsAnnalise BassoJason PriestleyJason CermakHeaven Leigh Casteel lives in a shack high in the mountains. She has never felt like she fit into her family, and she soon learns why when she uncovers the truth of her origins.
- DirectorMichael NankinStarsAshley WilliamsChloe Van LandschootBrooke SmithWhen Chris Watts stoically yet smirkingly pleaded to television cameras for the safe return of his missing pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters, dark secrets loomed just beneath the surface.
- DirectorJeffrey W. ByrdStarsNiecy NashMiranda EdwardsTa'Rhonda JonesThis is a story of a young woman who discovers at age 18, she was abducted as a baby and the family she knew to be hers, wasn't hers at all.
- DirectorDavid WeaverStarsElisabeth RöhmAntonio CupoAlison ArayaA seemingly perfect romance that turns violent and sends the woman in the relationship into hiding, while also working with police to bring her former flame to justice.
- DirectorDanishka EsterhazyStarsNiamh WilsonJorja CadenceLuke HumphreyAn immigrant bride to a battered wife into an unlikely media sensation.
- StarsHeather GrahamRachael CarpaniJason Lewis"The Dollanganger Saga" weaves the twisted story of the Dollanganger children through the TV miniseries based on V.C. Andrews' same-named book series.
- DirectorPeter LevinStarsThora BirchMichael RileyRobert BockstaelBased 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.
- DirectorPaul A. KaufmanStarsJudy ReyesAna OrtizHector Luis BustamanteThe true story of a woman who believed her infant daughter had perished in a fire, only to find her 6 years later living with another family.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsJoely RichardsonColm FeoreHayden PanettiereInspired by actual events, about a young girl and her mother, Laren Sims, a con-artist and master of disguises who steals the identities of other women and then turns to murder to protect her secrets.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsDanielle PanabakerJane KrakowskiClare StonePregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.
- DirectorErnest R. DickersonStarsRaven-SymonéAisha TylerSam Jones IIITheir town always had two proms, one for the whites and one for the blacks. When both proms wanted the same DJ, Brianna McCallister suggested combining the proms, which would also mean more money for decorations. However, her idea shook the town up, especially after a white student was let off for the same offense that a black student was suspended for. Can the town overcome racial tensions and finally combine the two proms?
- DirectorRichard BenjaminStarsJudy DavisJonathan JacksonChelcie RossBased on the true story of mother/son tag-team Sante Kimes and her offspring, Kenny, who crisscrossed the country and committed a string of crimes, among them robbery, fraud, arson, slavery, and murders that shocked the world.
- DirectorRalph HemeckerStarsAnne HecheEric RobertsKathleen YorkA forty-something ex-policeman named Joe initiates an online relationship with twenty-something Tonya Sullivan. Conflicts arise after Tonya flies to Atlantic City to seduce Joe, and she reveals to him that she is married.
- DirectorÉva GárdosStarsKathy BakerPaul DanoKatie StuartWhen 15-year-old Matt Freeman gets 15-year-old Francesca pregnant, their parents decide to put the unborn baby up for adoption. Matt agrees to the decision, but later begins to rethink it. This movie shows the father's point of view.
- StarsEmile HirschHolliday GraingerSarah HylandBonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, an American robbery team, were responsible for a 21-month crime spree from 1932. They robbed gas stations, restaurants, and small-town banks, chiefly operating in Texas, Oklahoma, as well as other states.
- DirectorMikael SalomonStarsRob LoweKaley CuocoCatherine DentFollowing the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife, a man is accused of the murder of his third.
- DirectorBobby RothStarsJane KaczmarekRebecca WilliamsNick ThurstonThe difficulties two sisters face raising their teenage daughters.
- DirectorAlan MetzgerStarsMare WinninghamFelicity HuffmanChelcie RossInspired by a true story, Mare Winningham stars as a young widowed mother who finds herself on trial for child pornography and abuse after she allows her daughters and friends to be photographed by her friend (Felicity Huffman).
- StarsRobert CarlyleMira SorvinoDonald SutherlandGirls that have been kidnapped a d sold as slaves, police find and help them back to their home and family.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsKellie MartinSharon LawrenceEdward HerrmannA teenage girl sees a photograph of her much-younger self one day in the school cafeteria--on the side of a milk carton. But her beloved parents would never kidnap anyone and there's a deeper mystery ahead.
- DirectorDan LernerStarsMargaret ColinLisa VidalDrew PillsburyA woman struggles with guilt after fleeing from the scene of an accident.
- DirectorPaul A. KaufmanStarsJennifer BealsPeter OuterbridgeNolan Gerard FunkWhen Sarah, a lonely and deeply troubled woman, inadvertently enters an AA meeting, she is embraced by its members who believe that she too is an alcoholic. What the meeting is all about, she doesn't know... but her motive for going to the community center is to meet face-to-face with Charlie, one of the members whom she has seen regularly standing in front of the center adjacent to her window just before what she supposes is some sort of Bible study. She likes the way Charlie moves and the way he smiles. As fate would have it, Sarah and Charlie begin to fall in love. The big question is: Will her continuing attendance at the meeting and her pretense of being an alcoholic weave itself into an entangling web? Will she muster up the courage to tell him, "My name is Sarah, and I'm not an alcoholic," knowing that she may lose him as a result?
- DirectorBethany RooneyStarsKeri RussellRoberta MaxwellVince CorazzaErica unexpectedly becomes a mother at 17 and finds herself in a desperate custody fight with her baby's paternal grandparents.
- DirectorDon McBreartyStarsShiri ApplebyDavid AlpayCharlotte SullivanAfter an abusive, dangerous relationship, a wealthy pampered new bride who has been under psychiatric care for mental issues is either sabotaging herself and her husband or her new husband is rapidly making her unstable.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsAlia ShawkatIlleana DouglasEric SchweigNative American teenager Brandi Blackbear (Alia Shawkat) is accused of putting a hex on a teacher and is subsequently suspended after the teacher supposedly becomes ill at Union School, Oklahoma. With the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Blackbear family files a lawsuit against the school to help clear Brandi of witchcraft accusations perpetrated by an overly zealous, religious community.
- DirectorDoug CampbellStarsAyla KellTricia O'KelleyBen GavinA woman tries to save her adopted daughter from a criminal, with help from the girl's biological mother.
- DirectorLee FriedlanderStarsMollee GrayBrittany CurranCameron PalatasA teen's life turns upside-down when her boyfriend impregnates both her and a new student at school.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsKim RaverGreg GrunbergCharlie McDermottStarring Kim Raver and Greg Grunberg. A widow must pierce the veil of secrecy uniting a group of teens and their parents in order to find out how her husband died. Based on a true story.
- DirectorTara MieleStarsLaura WigginsIzabella MikoCallie ThorneA 17-year-old dancer joins a "thinspiration" website and devotes herself to the almost religious glorification of "thin", until she becomes completely possessed by the dark world of anorexia.
- DirectorJim DonovanStarsMarie AvgeropoulosChristina CoxCasper Van DienSuspected of murdering her best friend, a teenage computer-hacker goes on the run to find the real killer.
- DirectorNick CopusStarsA.J. CookJennifer MorrisonPatricia RichardsonWhen her wild younger sister Ashley, who suffers from bipolar disorder and drug addiction, goes missing, Libba Phillips pours all her time and energy into finding Ashley and bringing her home. As the years go by, Libba refuses to give up hope, and, at the expense of her marriage and career, Libba finds her calling in life: creating a much-needed resource center for other families whose missing loved ones have fallen through the cracks.
- DirectorJace AlexanderStarsTania RaymondeJesse Lee SofferLeah PipesBased on the disturbing murder trial that gripped the nation, this Lifetime Original Movie tells the story of a seductive, aspiring photographer found guilty of killing her former lover.
- DirectorMike RobeStarsAshley WilliamsCharlotte RossDiane LaddThe wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.
- DirectorPatricia CardosoStarsMartha HigaredaChad Michael MurrayYul VazquezThe story of Eva and her blind cousin Sofia (Martha Higareda), who were inseparable as children, with Eva the loyal companion who helped Sofia through her tough adolescent years. When Eva suddenly commits suicide, Sofia rushes home to her father, Hector (Benito Martinez), and Eva's parents, Marisol (Rosie Perez) and Rafael (Yul Vásquez), to find answers. But the more she delves into Eva's life, questioning her past boyfriend's Ethan (Chad Michael Murray) and Christian (Christoph Sanders), the more Sofia realizes that their childhood was actually filled with dark, disturbing secrets.
- DirectorMichel PouletteStarsCourtney FordShaun BensonAndrew W. WalkerA woman and her fiancé move to the suburbs, after being robbed. She becomes friendly with the mysterious man next door, who she begins to suspect is hiding a dangerous secret.
- DirectorKaren MoncrieffStarsKate BeckinsaleNick NolteJames CromwellIn order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
- DirectorMark JeanStarsMoira KellyAmanda TappingKacey RohlUnable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsJulia OrmondMahershala AliLisa ArrindellJanet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African-American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a neighborhood girl. Eventually convinced of his innocence, Janet takes Calvin's pro bono case and wages a dramatic and stormy 22-year battle with the justice system that ultimately redeems an unjustly accused man and cements a life-long friendship.
- DirectorNorman BuckleyStarsAlexa PenaVegaWalter PerezSarah SmythA 17-year-old, attending a Washington state high-school, made her senior school project the treatment of pregnant teenagers by pretending to be pregnant.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsJennie GarthAndrea BowenNathan AndersonA popular high-school girl finds out that a boy she slept with is HIV-positive.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsAlexa PenaVegaLisa VidalLeah PipesA teenager is bullied by her former friends when they discover that she has a crush on the same boy as the most popular girl in school does.
- 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.
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsCandace Cameron BureFred SavageGregory Alan WilliamsA shy high school student's seemingly perfect relationship with a popular jock quickly turns abusive and dangerous.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsEmily WatsonDermot MulroneyHugh ThompsonA father separates his son from his twin sister at birth to prevent him and the mother from knowing she was born with Down syndrome. Based on the novel by Kim Edwards.
- DirectorAlex KalymniosStarsTaryn ManningRaymond CruzKatie SarifeA single mother, who becomes the first victim of kidnapper Ariel Castro, finds herself trapped in his home for 11 years, where she eventually becomes a friend and sister to two other women who are taken captive by Castro.
- DirectorAndy WolkStarsJami GertzErnie HudsonEugene ClarkBased on a true story, former parole officer Marilyn Gambrell and a colleague set up a pioneer trial-based program in one of America's toughest high schools to help the children of incarcerated parents regain control of their own lives and not expect the same thing to happen as it did to their parents. To the surprise of everyone, the program works, but the administration warns the duo that it will not last unless every senior student is able to pass his or her final exams and graduate with the class. As the end of the school year approaches, Gambrell faces a crisis to save everything she believes in or lose it all.
- DirectorArliss HowardStarsDebra WingerAlex VanSam HowardThe true story of a single mom who overcomes many of life's obstacles.
- DirectorGregg ChampionStarsKimberly Williams-PaisleyTammy BlanchardFay MastersonWhen a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated by the Amish community. Through the eyes of a grieving mother, Ida Graber, and other devastated families, this movie explores the Amish's astonishing reaction to the horrific shootings - of forgiveness and compassion.
- DirectorGregg ChampionStarsRegina KingImani HakimSydney MikaylaThe story of the international gymnastics phenomenon who overcame overwhelming odds to become the first African American ever to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games.
- DirectorJessica SharzerStarsKristen StewartElizabeth PerkinsRichard HagermanAfter a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to speak.
- DirectorDouglas BarrStarsPeri GilpinTeri PoloMaria del MarIn the 1950s, two actresses set up a charity home for "orphans"--actually, children who were purposely abandoned and shunned because of their mixed ethnicity. The children find themselves being loved and looked after properly.
- DirectorGregg ChampionStarsMary-Louise ParkerAidan QuinnZac EfronA mom is alone with her fraternal twin sons after they're diagnosed with autism. She tries to give them a normal childhood.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsMercedes RuehlJD PardoLupe OntiverosThe true story of Gwen Araujo, a young trans woman who was brutally murdered by four men in 2002.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsKristen BellDiane LaddShedrack Anderson IIIA teenage girl tries to raise her three half-brothers and one half-sister on her own after their drug-addicted mother is sent to jail.
- DirectorGail HarveyStarsShannen DohertyMira SorvinoMatreya ScarrwenerLaura is happy for her daughter Sarah when she begins to date her popular classmate Rob--but he soon starts to reveal his darker, more possessive side.
- DirectorGary YatesStarsSara CanningJames Van Der BeekLeVar BurtonThe true and inspiring survival story of kidnapped teen, Anne Sluti, and how she manages to stay alive by manipulating her captor, engineering her own rescue and negotiating her safe release after 6 days of hell.
- DirectorStephen KempStarsJulia LalondeHenry ThomasMoira KellyA teenage girl is abducted and held in a forest in an underground bunker by a sexual predator.
- DirectorStephen KempStarsAddison TimlinZane HoltzZelda WilliamsIn 1977, a girl is kidnapped and kept in a coffin-sized box. When her captors let her out, it's only to abuse her horribly. Will she ever escape?
- DirectorTroy ScottStarsSarah ButlerPeter BensonMaddy HillisA woman haunted by visions that suggest she killed a missing co-ed discovers that her psychiatrist husband has manipulated her memory to hide his own role in the murder.
- DirectorAlexandre CarrièreStarsCeleste DesjardinsTravis NelsonKelly Hope TaylorAfter testifying against him for murder, Madison discovers her obsessive ex-boyfriend Blake has escaped from prison and is coming after her.
- DirectorJennifer LiaoStarsWendie MalickAmanda RighettiJosh VenturaA psychotic woman goes to murderous lengths to protect her relationship with her new grandchildren.
- DirectorJeff HareStarsCrystal AllenRené AshtonNicolette LangleyJessie's father is murdered and Lena, her sister, is collateral damage (it is thought to be an accidental gas leak). Jessie and her mother Anna move near Kylie and her mother Tanya. Anna wants Kylie as a replacement.
- DirectorAlex KalymniosStarsEmily SkeggsMarcia Gay HardenBrennan Keel CookA mother and daughter's tumultuous relationship turns fatal. Inspired by the story of Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
- DirectorD.J. ViolaStarsMichael BertholdLindsey BlackwellTracey BonnerThe story of two twelve-year-old girls who attack their friend as a sacrifice to an internet legend, the Suzerain.
- DirectorJeff HareStarsMorgan ObenrederDanielle BisuttiTucker MeekHardworking student Kate takes a well-paying summer job as a nanny at a winery to offset tuition expenses. Soon she realizes that something is off with the children in her care.
- DirectorRob LoweStarsRob LoweMckenna GraceSarah DugdaleA father is forced to question everything he thought he knew about his daughter when he believes that she might have played a role in the tragic death of one of her classmates.