Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Starring: Buddy Ebsen, Joey Cramer, Belinda Montgomery, Gordon Tootoosis, Jason Michas
Directed By: Harvey Hart

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Courtney B. Vance, Ossie Davis, George C. Scott, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Dorian Harewood
Directed By: William Friedkin

Andy Griffith burst to stardom with this surprisingly funny film adaptation of the Broadway comedy (by, of all people, Ira Levin of Rosemary's Baby fame). Griffith plays a hillbilly who is drafted into the army where, among other things, he has to wear shoes regularly for the first time. Griffith brings an engaging glee to the role of this likable bumpkin, whose happy-go-lucky demeanor is ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Andy Griffith, Nick Adams, Don Knotts, Murray Hamilton, Howard Smith
Directed By: Mervyn LeRoy

Covering the entire 20th century in one video series is an ambitious project, but one that Peter Jennings and ABC News are up to. In The Century: America's Time, a 12-part documentary on six videotapes that is a companion to the book of the same name, Jennings guides us through a century of technology and advancement like no other. As he says in his introduction to episode 1, "Seeds of ...

Manufacturer: ABC News
Starring: Peter Jennings, Linda Hunt, Elinor Sullivan, Carolyn Porco, Col. Stuart Herrington

Carly Beth is quiet and shy -- easily scared and overly trusting. She's never seen such a great Halloween mask -- really scary, really creepy, and really life-like. She has to have it -- to scare those boys who tease and humiliate her all the time! And when she does get it, the mask is every bit as weirdly spooky as she had hoped it would be. But wearing the mask seems to be causing strange ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Masato Chikusa, Gary Pearson (II), Kerry Duff, Sheldon Smith, Shadia Simmons
Directed By: Ron Oliver, Timothy Bond, Craig Pryce, Randy Bradshaw, David Winning

A tale about a fatherless boy finding dramatically different father figures throughout a remarkable adventure, Treasure Island is an entertaining coming-of-age story, with themes of family, loyalty, friendship, trust, and honesty at its core. While Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure tale is popular film fare, it's never been done this well. Charlton Heston stars as Long John ...

Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Starring: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, Richard Johnson
Directed By: Fraser Clarke Heston

The most-watched made-for-television movie of the 1990s (50 million viewers upon first broadcast in 1991), this fine adaptation of Patricia MacLachlan's novel stars Glenn Close as Sarah, a Maine schoolteacher who responds to a Kansas farmer's newspaper ad seeking a bride. Set in 1910, the story follows Sarah's trial run as stepmother to the children of the widowed Jacob Witting (Christopher ...

Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Starring: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Jon DeVries
Directed By: Glenn Jordan

Hailed as "the best Austen of all" by The New York Times and deemed "one of the best things ever done for television anywhere" by Sneak Previews, this brilliant adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel is A&E’s most popular title ever. Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth (Shakespeare in Love) star in this Emmy-winning production.

Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Starring: Saw

This gorgeous adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's story is well worth watching with the whole family. Produced for Canadian television, it's one of those rare productions that actually sticks to the book and even enhances it through first-rate performances and an excellent script. Set on bucolic Prince Edward Island in the late 19th century, Anne of Green Gables is the ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Patricia Hamilton, Marilyn Lightstone
Directed By: Kevin Sullivan

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Celia Kaye, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel (II), George Kennedy, Carlos Romero
Directed By: James B. Clark