Top 20 Best Movies Based on TV Shows

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  • čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
  • Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at movies that were spawned out of TV shows. In this list, we take a look at movies like The Addams Family, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Mission: Impossible. Which TV-to-movie adaptation is your favorite? Let us know in the comments.
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  Před měsícem +11

    Which TV-to-movie adaptation is your favorite? Let us know in the comments.
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  • @jasondm300
    @jasondm300 Před měsícem +13

    The show was very short lived, but "The Naked Gun" movies are some of my favorite. Police Squad was way ahead of its time

  • @PassiveAgressive319
    @PassiveAgressive319 Před měsícem +12

    Man from UNCLE is highly underrated!

  • @olleselin
    @olleselin Před měsícem +38

    "Fall Guy" deserved better at the box office

    • @Late30sDude
      @Late30sDude Před měsícem +4

      Actually enjoyed the Fall Guy and not just because I love Emily Blunt

    • @AncestorEmpire1
      @AncestorEmpire1 Před měsícem +3

      If it was an action film and not an overpriced romantic comedy? Maybe

    • @gleave9
      @gleave9 Před měsícem +3

      @@AncestorEmpire1
      Tell us you didn’t watch it without telling us you didn’t watch it…

    • @BlackHatCinephile
      @BlackHatCinephile Před měsícem

      🥉

    • @bennywark3103
      @bennywark3103 Před měsícem

      Yeah!

  • @bidenharrismadmagazinesper574
    @bidenharrismadmagazinesper574 Před měsícem +18

    The Brady Bunch deserved to be higher on the list

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Před měsícem +14

    "The Addams Family" movies from the 90's are my entire childhood. I've still not seen an episode of the 60's series to date, but Christina Ricci absolutely shone as Wednesday.

    • @kamsismith
      @kamsismith Před měsícem +3

      I haven't seen the '60s series or the Netflix series, but I don't understand in the Netflix series why Wednesday is in a love triangle which was never in Wednesday’s character from the '90s movies or any iteration. Wednesday never showed any romantic interest in anyone in any iteration of the series.

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq Před měsícem +2

      @@kamsismith Me neither, and Jenna Ortega was also against Wednesday being in a forced love triangle, saying that Wednesday functioned better when she was allowed to be her badass self.

    • @DTD110865
      @DTD110865 Před měsícem +2

      I'm old enough to have been around when the original 60s version existed, and It creeped me out at first. But in time I learned the history and started to get the jokes. When the 90s movies came out, it made the original series better.

  • @RCT1963
    @RCT1963 Před měsícem +7

    The Fugitive is a no-brainer #1. First one of thought of.

    • @Jeremiah_Rivers76
      @Jeremiah_Rivers76 Před měsícem +3

      I saw the film adaptation, but not the original series.

  • @BlenderStudy
    @BlenderStudy Před měsícem +4

    Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! 9:21 John Lithgow's gremlin episode was the best Twilight Zone movie episode ever. 🤣

  • @dashtoroya2838
    @dashtoroya2838 Před měsícem +8

    Well kinda ironic that mission impossible 1996 is here because everyone who was a tv show fans hated the movie due to the twist. Even the tv cast members hated it.

    • @jimmyssanctuary2194
      @jimmyssanctuary2194 Před měsícem +2

      Bang on the point! Cruise killed the Phelps character off, so he can take over the franchise with sub-par sequels that cannot hold a candle to the original TV episodes.

  • @GroundhogJay
    @GroundhogJay Před měsícem +6

    "The A-Team goes full throttle!" No, that's Charlie's Angels again.

  • @TheImaginator972
    @TheImaginator972 Před měsícem +2

    The Fugitive has always been classic from both the original 1960s television show and its action thriller 1993 film adaptation.

  • @gregjaro-mk7zs
    @gregjaro-mk7zs Před měsícem +2

    WAIT A MINUTE, WHERE'S "FALL GUY", "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: RAZOR", "KAMEN RIDER: THE FIRST", "BAIAN THE ASSASSIN M.D" DUOLOGY & "A LITRE OF TEARS"? THESE FIVE BEST TV-TO-FILM ADAPTATIONS DESERVED AN HONORABLE MENTIONS! 📺🎞️🎬🎥👍

  • @eugeniapatroncosta920
    @eugeniapatroncosta920 Před měsícem +1

    The Untouchables, Star Trek, Mission Impossible, and of course the Fugitive are my favourites.

  • @Caesareasss214
    @Caesareasss214 Před měsícem +4

    Missed it by that much!

  • @troyfew2373
    @troyfew2373 Před měsícem +14

    The A-Team should have definitely gotten a sequel; that's a movie I re-watch regularly when it's on....

    • @LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud
      @LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud Před měsícem +2

      Ehhhhh…..it honestly wasn’t good though 😅 entertaining in a “shut off your brain” kinda way. It would’ve lost money if they made a second one for sure.

  • @user-jn7tc3tp2x
    @user-jn7tc3tp2x Před měsícem +2

    'The Fugitive - 1993' a masterpiece of a film!!

  • @diegoleonelreyes
    @diegoleonelreyes Před měsícem +4

    They forgot SpongeBob South Park and Bob’s burgers

    • @jclabrador_2003
      @jclabrador_2003 Před měsícem +2

      They said IRL movies only, because animation is NOT ALWAYS a medium. Don't get offended, just sayin'.

  • @Animeguy300
    @Animeguy300 Před měsícem +5

    Your Top 10 lists are awesome

  • @dinomonzon7493
    @dinomonzon7493 Před měsícem +1

    Thanks for citing both The A-Team and The Man From U. N. C. L. E. I enjoyed watching both films. In the latter, Henry Cavill was more convincing as Napoleon Solo than as Clark Kent/Superman.
    Of the 2000 Charlie's Angels movie, Cameron Diaz's Nathalie was the best and best looking of the team.
    Best TV to film adaptations:
    Star Trek (and reboot or not, its focus was still on Classic Trek)
    Mission: IMPOSSIBLE.
    The A-Team
    The Man From U. N. C. L. E.
    Charlie's Angels (2000)

  • @dreamguardian8320
    @dreamguardian8320 Před měsícem +2

    I hope we get a list of animated movies based on TV shows soon.

  • @jamalvargas6146
    @jamalvargas6146 Před měsícem +4

    Blue Mountain State Rise Of Thadland (2016) With recent news of the upcoming revival of Blue Mountain State via Lionsgate I just had to bring up the 2016 finale movie which I enjoy for the most part the original series that aired on Spike TV from 2010-2011 for 3 seasons was sooo good I still love It to this day

  • @onestopviewfiles
    @onestopviewfiles Před měsícem +1

    15:35 the films that got people to take note

  • @waittillfamewtf2385
    @waittillfamewtf2385 Před měsícem +2

    "Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro"
    "Doreamon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil"
    "Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack"

  • @carmawarlock8455
    @carmawarlock8455 Před měsícem +1

    Interesting how Brian DePalma has two movies on this list, and his two arguably greatest films are remakes of older films. The mans the master of the remake

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x Před měsícem +2

    Get Smart, The Fugitive, Mission Impossible, & Starky & Hutch were incredible movies based off TV Shows..👨🏿‍💻

    • @AJ-xc4qe
      @AJ-xc4qe Před měsícem

      I read Starsky & Hutch’s Wikipedia page that the movie is actually a prequel to the tv show!

  • @havanadaurcy1321
    @havanadaurcy1321 Před měsícem +2

    The One armed man is a top 5 villain and its easy to see why.

  • @paulajanevowles7221
    @paulajanevowles7221 Před měsícem +1

    My tv to movie adaption was the Munsters which you left off the list.

  • @RajeshNarkhed
    @RajeshNarkhed Před měsícem +1

    Who knew The Fugitive was based on a TV Show?
    Tommy Lee Jones: I don't CARE

  • @jackrodakthemovieguy1726
    @jackrodakthemovieguy1726 Před měsícem +1

    The Blues Brother and/or Waynes World shoudl've been on here since they're technically sort of based on the show SNL.

  • @cinderellafeet-jq7wm
    @cinderellafeet-jq7wm Před měsícem +2

    missed
    -pee-wee's big adventure
    -the blue brothers
    -the fall guy
    -the muppets movie
    -wayne's world
    -the naked gun
    -serenity
    -jackass
    -borat

    • @rony41165
      @rony41165 Před měsícem +1

      Blues brothers were not a series but characters that appeared on snl like the cone heads

  • @leobertoalbano
    @leobertoalbano Před měsícem +2

    Top 20 Best Movies Based On TV Shows. Thanks WatchMojo! My Next Request: Top 20 Best TV Shows Based On Movies.

  • @adantelee5017
    @adantelee5017 Před měsícem +2

    Top 20 animated movies based off animated shows

  • @icdeadpipol
    @icdeadpipol Před měsícem +1

    The Naked Gun - from Police Squad!

  • @TheJoralg
    @TheJoralg Před měsícem +2

    Dragnet with Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hank I believe, was a funny take on the serious show.

  • @rony41165
    @rony41165 Před měsícem +2

    How about lost in
    Space, bay watch, fantasy island and Veronica mars.

  • @charlesmurtaugh3771
    @charlesmurtaugh3771 Před měsícem +1

    lol the number one is my favorite movie of all time, and somehow I didn’t see it coming on this list!

  • @TheDustinExperience
    @TheDustinExperience Před měsícem +2

    The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle should've been a hit as a movie.

    • @rony41165
      @rony41165 Před měsícem +1

      Its a cartoon and they’re excluded

    • @TheDustinExperience
      @TheDustinExperience Před měsícem +1

      @@rony41165 They still made a movie of it, numbskull!

  • @onestopviewfiles
    @onestopviewfiles Před měsícem +1

    4:53 is that Harry Kim? No wonder he didn't get a promotion.

  • @diane1979
    @diane1979 Před měsícem +1

    WatchMojo can you please do a video on the best movies based on books ?

    • @carmawarlock8455
      @carmawarlock8455 Před měsícem +1

      That would basically be the best movies except for maybe Citizen Kane

  • @josh72456
    @josh72456 Před měsícem

    I’ve not seen S.W.A.T, I’ve seen bits of Charlie’s Angels, not seen The Brady Bunch Movie, Get Smart, The Man From U.N.C.L.E and The Equalizer.

  • @BrodieB762
    @BrodieB762 Před 29 dny

    19:04
    Fun fact about the fugitive movie. Most of it was written on set.

  • @stefaniweaver6563
    @stefaniweaver6563 Před 6 dny

    Addams family should be number 1. These other shows I've never even heard of after that.😮

  • @houseofw5386
    @houseofw5386 Před měsícem

    Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan should have been used instead of the 2009 insult to Star Trek. Wrath of Khan is considered on of the gold standards in Star Trek

  • @batgurrl
    @batgurrl Před 29 dny

    My favorites were the Addams Family and Star Trek and The Fugitive, belonging at #1. (Excellent thriller in its own right)

  • @rony41165
    @rony41165 Před měsícem +1

    I thought mission impossible or star trek should be number1.

  • @AndreaDoesYoga
    @AndreaDoesYoga Před měsícem +2

    🎬 Absolutely love this list, great picks! 🍿

  • @ARIXANDRE
    @ARIXANDRE Před měsícem +5

    Mission Impossible all the way!

  • @LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud
    @LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud Před měsícem +1

    Ha! Gotta love how for The Man From U.N.C.L.E they only mention Henry Cavill😂 in no way were they going to risk controversy by praising Armie Hammer. I was waiting to see how they were gonna tackle that one….best way possible….just don’t even acknowledge him at all. To be honest though, he wasn’t a bad actor at all. Just a sick dude. Really sick…

    • @carmawarlock8455
      @carmawarlock8455 Před měsícem

      Look into what happened on the set of Twilight Zone, they really glazed over that one too

  • @sheilaholmes8455
    @sheilaholmes8455 Před měsícem

    I had the tv Swat theme on one of those Ktel albums. And another reason the original Starsky and Hutch was popular was two hot guys who had their clothes off sometimes.

  • @teachermom90
    @teachermom90 Před měsícem +1

    X-Files!

  • @ThaFreshmaker
    @ThaFreshmaker Před měsícem

    4:20 I didn't know Alyssa MerCunty was in this movie

  • @ianbaxendale1021
    @ianbaxendale1021 Před měsícem +1

    Where was The Naked Gun series of films?

  • @CptColumbo
    @CptColumbo Před měsícem

    No love for any of the Dragnet movies? The first one from 1954 was one of the first adaptations of a TV series. I also really like the 87 comedy.

    • @rbourne35
      @rbourne35 Před měsícem

      54 probably doesn't count since it's basically a long, theatrical released episode. I would probably put 87 over A-Team here but it wasn't has popular, so I get not including it.

  • @courtneywallace871
    @courtneywallace871 Před měsícem

    Charlie’s Angels should be way higher on this list.

  • @mndrew1
    @mndrew1 Před měsícem +1

    Can't believe you didn't have "The Saint" on the list.

    • @rbourne35
      @rbourne35 Před měsícem

      Not sure a lot of people even remember that movie happened. Wasn't exactly a stand out.

    • @mndrew1
      @mndrew1 Před měsícem

      Given that I've never heard of half of the 'miniseries' in the list....

  • @anselbateman5330
    @anselbateman5330 Před měsícem

    No Serenity (tv show: Firefly)?! What a travesty.

  • @LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud
    @LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud Před měsícem

    Star Trek films were amazing! Was the third one a bit of a downer? Sure. But still was pretty good. Not abysmal.

  • @heavymetal3577
    @heavymetal3577 Před měsícem

    There was also the return of the man from u.n.c.l.e 1983

  • @maxmazzotti6651
    @maxmazzotti6651 Před měsícem

    The rebooted Star Trek movies can’t compare to the original 10 films that Star Patrick Stewart and Bill Shatner.

  • @carmawarlock8455
    @carmawarlock8455 Před měsícem

    No shout out to John Landis for Twilight Zone? I guess we're trying to sweep the fact that he got two kids killed under the rug

    • @rtchidc
      @rtchidc Před měsícem +1

      Actor Vic Morrow was also killed.

  • @onestopviewfiles
    @onestopviewfiles Před měsícem

    9:56 outrun style

  • @felixsihombing4300
    @felixsihombing4300 Před měsícem

    I really prefer Charlie's Angels of 70s version.

  • @Late30sDude
    @Late30sDude Před měsícem +1

    I'm actually like Charlie's Angels, Bewitched,Twilight Zone, Addams Family end Dark Shadows

  • @DaddyOfTheSugarVariety
    @DaddyOfTheSugarVariety Před měsícem

    I vote for Follow That Bird, Scooby Doo, The Flintstones, The Muppets.

  • @s0ngwr1t3r
    @s0ngwr1t3r Před měsícem

    You missed out...
    Doctor Who, two films staring Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing)
    Dukes of Hazzard
    The Muppets Movies, esp Christmas Carol
    Batman (1966)
    Superman (1978)

  • @MrEab2010
    @MrEab2010 Před měsícem

    even in the 70s I thought SWAT and Starsky & Hutch were outrageous parodies of the then-obsession with urban policing in the Patty Hearst era. Although occasionally witty, I thought Get Smart was for kids. I actually liked the Man From UNCLE, it's even somewhat more interesting than the tv series. Addams Family Values is that rare tv-to-movies artistic success. The Untouchables series was far superior to the movie, despite Connery's iconic performance, second only to Bond. As for M:I, the series is IMO the best ever made; the movie franchise are just action fests, they do not come close to the series' psychological mind games. And turn Jim Phelps, an American patriot, into a traitor and give him a dishonorable death? I'm still steamed about that nearly 30 years later. The Fugitive, tv series and movie, are equally as good, though for different reasons.

  • @tastebudswithtariq2330
    @tastebudswithtariq2330 Před měsícem

    I hope Blue's Big Musical Movie in mentioned. I know it's mostly animated, but steve isn't.

  • @teachermom90
    @teachermom90 Před měsícem +1

    Seriously, The X-Files movie was far better than many on this list! Why was it not included? 😡🤬

  • @johnpoffenbarger5103
    @johnpoffenbarger5103 Před měsícem

    Have ya'll done the opposite of this video? Best TV shows based on movies. I've got Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Friday Night Lights on that list.

  • @introvertsrock9843
    @introvertsrock9843 Před měsícem

    S.w.a.t, equalizer, macgyver who were/are popular on TV (again)

  • @mrevil8522
    @mrevil8522 Před měsícem

    Adams Family

  • @rony41165
    @rony41165 Před měsícem +1

    Why not the x files

  • @renecarteir8092
    @renecarteir8092 Před měsícem +3

    You seriously left The Naked Gun of the list?? 🤦‍♂️ Massive FAIL!!!

  • @JonnySuite13
    @JonnySuite13 Před měsícem

    TJ Hooker is next. 😉👍😄😄

  • @wendyspiesman992
    @wendyspiesman992 Před 16 dny

    No Firefly/Serenity? 😢

  • @randomreviews4278
    @randomreviews4278 Před měsícem

    10:48 sorry the 3rd is better

  • @onlywisehermit6624
    @onlywisehermit6624 Před měsícem

    Not a favorite, but dark shadows

  • @THETexxStarr
    @THETexxStarr Před měsícem +1

    not maverick

  • @bheast86
    @bheast86 Před měsícem

    dear God, not the 2009 STAR TREK, which wasn't even true to premises established within the movie, never mind the degree of common sense required even in fantasy movies.
    No Bart in MAVERICK
    QUATERMASS AND THE PIT - to a much lesser extent the black&white ones that went before.
    You might consider the two movies with Peter Cushing as Doctor Who, largely on his performance.
    BEWITCHED got too many knocks, with people apparently not noticing that it was about people making an update of the old show rather than a straightforward movie version.

  • @barondarc8459
    @barondarc8459 Před měsícem +5

    no Police Squad?

  • @spoonbendingspacemonkey
    @spoonbendingspacemonkey Před měsícem

    How does the worst Star Trek movie get billing and, The Beverly Hillbillies, not even get an honorable mention? I call shenanigans 😜😉

  • @jerryschramm4399
    @jerryschramm4399 Před měsícem

    "Maverick" the TV series had the easy going charm of James Garner. Gibson was good in the movie, but the story itself was awful, and Jodie Foster was horribly miscast. Great actress, but just not right for the role. It belongs right down there with "The Lone Ranger".

  • @Hilz28
    @Hilz28 Před měsícem

    Take a drink every time "titular" is uttered. 🙄

  • @MrTibaron26
    @MrTibaron26 Před měsícem

    U forgot firefly

  • @zrgproductions806
    @zrgproductions806 Před měsícem

    "Animated features don’t count since they deserve a list of their own" the exact moment that animation fans rage quit 🤬🤬🤬🤬(and return a short time later)😐😐😐

  • @King.Binge67
    @King.Binge67 Před měsícem +1

    Hello

  • @arhamsayeed319
    @arhamsayeed319 Před 14 dny

    ARE YOU A BROTHER OF KRISTIN BRO?

  • @sambradley5140
    @sambradley5140 Před měsícem +1

    The Fall Guy?

  • @jorgeadairramos7469
    @jorgeadairramos7469 Před měsícem

    Hello good morning 😮😮🎉🎉

  • @Stewart-pl7nb
    @Stewart-pl7nb Před měsícem +1

    Superhero movies so overdone

  • @lisalionheart1253
    @lisalionheart1253 Před měsícem

    You really think Star Trek (2009) is the best star trek movie?

  • @user-ml2so8dp8i
    @user-ml2so8dp8i Před 22 dny

    Star trek reboots are embarrassment to star trek

  • @solidsnake9898
    @solidsnake9898 Před měsícem

    El Camino better be on here

  • @sidwalker4194
    @sidwalker4194 Před měsícem

    Not one of your bettrr list. Based on this video, it easily proves there were not 20 good adaptations. Actually, less than 10.

  • @jsmith3946
    @jsmith3946 Před měsícem

    the Starsky and hutch movie suck and the Adams Family movie was based on the comic and not tv show and a kid and a bunch of other people died during the twlight zone movie and no Naked gun

  • @jimmylouis4584
    @jimmylouis4584 Před měsícem

    The fall guy should be up here as well as wild wild west

  • @KyanCamaro-yd7le
    @KyanCamaro-yd7le Před měsícem +1

    Transformers

  • @StoffelDilligas
    @StoffelDilligas Před měsícem

    I don't care about anyone else opinion. The A Team was superb.

  • @Late30sDude
    @Late30sDude Před měsícem

    I really hated the Jump Street movies

  • @tylergoodman3560
    @tylergoodman3560 Před měsícem +1

    The Addams family is a staple in my house. 🫰🫰🎉

    • @StanHalen1936
      @StanHalen1936 Před měsícem +1

      The Addams family is a staple in my house. 🫰🫰🎉