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- StarsCameron BancroftErin CottrellKyle ChavarriaLittle House on the Prairie is a TV miniseries based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsGlenn CloseChristopher WalkenLexi RandallA single New England woman responds to an advertisement by a Midwestern widower in which he asks for a bride to help him raise his two children.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsGlenn CloseChristopher WalkenLexi RandallJacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsGlenn CloseChristopher WalkenJack PalanceOn a cold winter day a mysterious stranger shows up at the Witting Farm. He is John Witting, the father of Jacob Witting who abandoned Jacob and his mother when Jacob was little. Jacob is very hurt by what his father did to him many years ago that he won't have anything to do with him to which his wife Sarah must do everything to bring Jacob and his father back together again for the sake of Jacob and his three children Anna, Caleb, and Cassie who love their grandfather very much.
- DirectorJeremy KaganStarsGlenn CloseJena MaloneBruce McGillThe adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.
- DirectorSam PillsburyStarsReba McEntireThomas Ian GriffithRonny CoxAs Christmas approaches, a single mother (played by Reba McEntire) struggles to raise her son and keep up the payments on her Oregon ranch, which is difficult since she's heavily in debt. But she's a tough cookie, and proves that a steadfast attitude and an open heart go a long way in surviving the cold hearts and greed of the Scrooges around her.
- DirectorDavid S. Cass Sr.StarsNatalie HallJoBeth WilliamsGreg VaughanWhile mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King (Natalie Hall) visits her brother Aaron Davis (Greg Vaughan) and his children for Christmas. Ellie does her best to enjoy the holidays, making new friends with Mrs. Thompson (JoBeth Williams), a local shop keeper, and handsome admirer Deputy Strode (Dylan Bruce). When Aaron travels out of town to purchase land, Ellie agrees to watch his children, but the season's festivities are threatened when Aaron goes missing.
- DirectorDavid S. Cass Sr.StarsWes BrownJulie MondAbigail MavityA traveling man (Wes Brown) falls in love with a woman (Julie Mond) who runs a farm with her sister.
- DirectorBradford MayStarsWes BrownCheryl LaddBruce BoxleitnerIn the early west, a young husband's trials in raising his child after his wife's unexpected death.
- DirectorMichael Landon Jr.StarsKatherine HeiglDale MidkiffCorbin BernsenA young woman on her way to a new life in the 1800's suddenly finds herself a widow. Now she must live with a recently widowed young man and his daughter. Can any of them find love again?
- DirectorMichael Landon Jr.StarsJanuary JonesLogan BartholomewDale MidkiffThe Davis family saga continues as Missie's romance with a wealthy surveyor is interrupted by her father's life-threatening accident. However, the mysterious stranger who begins helping them makes Missie second-guess her true feelings.
- DirectorMichael Landon Jr.StarsErin CottrellLogan BartholomewWilliam Morgan SheppardNewlywed settlers (Erin Cottrell, Logan Bartholomew) face hardship as they build new lives.
- DirectorMichael Landon Jr.StarsErin CottrellDale MidkiffLogan BartholomewTragedy tests the faith and love of a family of pioneers as they carve out a life on the frontier.
- DirectorMark GriffithsStarsErin CottrellDale MidkiffVictor BrowneA widow (Erin Cottrell) and her son return home to be near her parents.
- DirectorHarvey FrostStarsErin CottrellScout Taylor-ComptonDale MidkiffBelinda Tyler struggles to choose between her career aspirations as a doctor and her feelings for a New York lawyer who wants a traditional wife.
- DirectorLou Diamond PhillipsStarsSarah JonesHaylie DuffJordan BridgesA doctor (Sarah Jones) helps townspeople who fear a mysterious illness.
- DirectorDavid S. Cass Sr.StarsSarah JonesHaylie DuffJordan BridgesA frontier doctor (Sarah Jones) clashes with a nursemald (Patty Duke) while caring for the woman's pregnant daughter inlaw (Haylle Duf).
- DirectorMichael Landon Jr.StarsMaggie GraceStephen AmellPoppy DraytonElizabeth Thatcher, a cultured young teacher in 1910, fears leaving her comfortable world in the city. But when she accepts a teaching position in a frontier town, she finds new purpose and love with a handsome Royal Canadian Mountie.
- DirectorMichael Ray RhodesStarsKellie MartinTyne DalyRandall BatinkoffA young teacher comes to the impoverished mountain region of Cutter Gap, Tennessee in 1912 and tries to make a difference. Based on the best-selling novel by Catherine Marshall.
- StarsPeter StraussRachel WardRip TornThomas Linthorne is a farmer, who, with his bride, Kate, settles a parcel of untilled Midwestern farmland in 1866. Linthorne is a dynamic and driven man who eventually becomes a pillar of the close-knit community. But there are trials and tribulations that eventually plague his dreams of the perfect life he has tried to create for his family. Over the span of fifty years, the Linthorne family will weather more than their share of hardship that affects each of them in dramatic ways. The Linthorne saga, set against the daily rituals and chores of life on the land, reveals the determination, strength and indomitable spirit of the families who settled America.
- DirectorKen JubenvillStarsHenry CzernyColette StevensonAidan DevineThe sudden death of a ranch owner leaves his hearing impaired son, who has been institutionalized from childhood, with the responsibility of keeping the land in the family.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanThomas GibsonA young Irish couple flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely.
- StarsMegan FollowsColleen DewhurstRichard FarnsworthAn orphan girl, sent to an elderly brother and sister by mistake, charms her new home and community with her fiery spirit and imagination.
- DirectorKevin SullivanStarsBarbara HersheyRachel BlanchardShirley MacLaineAnne, now a middle-aged woman, is troubled by recent events in her life. Her husband, Gilbert, has been killed overseas as a medical doctor during World War II. Her two daughters are pre-occupied with their own young families and her adopted son Dominic has yet to return from the war. When a long-hidden secret is discovered under the floorboards at Green Gables, Anne retreats into her memories to relive her troubled early years prior to arriving as an orphan at Green Gables and being adopted by the Cuthberts. Still haunted by her early childhood, the impact of this difficult period has a far-reaching effect on this older woman, once she discovers the truth about her real parents. She begins a delicate search for her birth father. It is a journey through a past fraught with danger, uncertainty, heartache and joy. In the parade of humanity Anne encounters she also faces the root of her desire to find true "kindred spirits", an inspired imagination and the impetus to use her talents as a writer to inspire others.
- DirectorJoy ChapmanOwen SmithStarsDean JonesLexi JohnsonWilliam YeltonIn 1899, Mandie's life changes when her Cherokee friends help her escape to a mansion that holds the hidden secrets of her past and the key to her future.
- DirectorJoy ChapmanStarsLexi JohnsonHayley MillsWilliam YeltonWhen Uncle John (Terrell Anthony) forbids Amanda "Mandie" Shaw (Lexi Johnson) from joining his dangerous quest to keep an old promise, Mandie and her newfound mother, Elizabeth (L.A. Winters) take matters into their own hands. Joined by friends, they embark on a harrowing journey by train to protect Mandie's stubborn Uncle John. Grand adventure ensues as they race to outwit evil conspirators and dare to face the secrets of Lost Antler Cave-Mine. However, Mandie's most difficult challenge arises when she realizes that success will land her face to face with the one person she never wanted to meet.
- DirectorJoy ChapmanStarsKelly WashingtonAmanda WatersJoanna DanielWhile visiting her school's forbidden attic, Mandie stumbles upon the mystery of a long forgotten Christmas.
- DirectorJohn LydeStarsEdward HerrmannNancy StaffordBailee Michelle JohnsonExperience the journey of Rose, an orphan who teaches the meaning of hope to all those around her. Share a slice of Christmas sweetened with friendship in this poignant story based on a classic holiday tale.
- DirectorRodney GibbonsStarsKathleen FeeMichael CalozMariel HemingwayBased on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott. When two homeless boys from Boston find themselves at Plumfield, a rural boarding school run by Jo and her husband, the boys learn both academic and life lessons they won't ever forget.
- DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsSusan SarandonWinona RyderKirsten DunstThe March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsMichael OntkeanLeslie HopeWilford BrimleySummer Of The Monkeys (set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada) follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse. One summer Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart. He later learns that there is a big reward for them. Enough to buy the horse... however, as time goes on he befriends the chimps... and it becomes apparent that Jay can't bear to part with them.
- DirectorKevin SullivanStarsMarilyn LightstoneArt HindleJosh ByrneTo save her ranch after the accidental death of her husband, a woman marries the man responsible for the mishap.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsKirk DouglasTom BurlinsonTerence DonovanIn 1880s Australia, after young Jim Craig's father dies, he takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch, where he is forced to become a man.
- DirectorGeoff BurrowesStarsTom BurlinsonSigrid ThorntonBrian DennehyYoung Jim Craig returns to his home in the Australian high country. He finds that things are not as he left them - his girlfriend, Jessica, is being pursued by another man, and her father, Harrison, doesn't want him back into her life.
- StarsSigrid ThorntonJohn WatersDarius PerkinsOrphaned after a shipwreck off the Victorian coast of Australia, the beautiful and spirited Philadelphia Gordon finds both love and adventure aboard a paddle-steamer on the Murray River.
- DirectorJames KeachStarsJane SeymourJoe LandoEduardo YáñezWhen Dr. Mike and Sully's daughter Katie is kidnapped, they and a group of townsfolk travel to Mexico to rescue her.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsJane SeymourJoe LandoJessica BowmanWhen Dr. Mike and Sully travel to Boston for Colleen's graduation from medical school, they find Dr. Mike's mother terminally ill. Sully finds himself a target for assassination by a corrupt politician.