AN AMERICAN STORY
Rebecca De Mornay, Keith Carradine, Thora Birch and Ellen Burstyn
Running time: 98 minutes
Tragedy, loss, hope and healing are intricately woven in this rich drama starring Rebecca De Mornay and Keith Carradine. Nora Mahler has found her dream life - living on a ranch with her family. Her husband has never been enamored with country life but he follows his wife's wishes and their marriage is marked by an uneasy peace. Then tragedy strikes and Nora's heartbreak blinds her to the pain of others. When she threatens to sell the farm, her mother comes to help heal the wounds. Nurtured by love, they learn to face the future as a family again.

BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWN UPS
Blythe Danner, Faye Dunaway, Peter Fonda, Jack Palance,
Running Time: 110 minutes.
Rebecca Davitch (Danner) has always rolled with the punches, even those that were particularly hard-hitting. But suddenly, the genial 53-year-old widowed grandmother, family cheerleader, caretaker, party planner and proprietress of the family business is having an uncharacteristic mid-life crisis. After all these years, Rebecca can't help but feel, as she so aptly puts it, that she somehow "turned into the wrong person." So begins the search for the self she thinks she's left behind - from reconnecting with her college flame and scrutinizing her blended (and sometimes bizarre) family, to a discovery so precious and true that it's cause for the biggest celebration yet!

THE BLACKWATER LIGHTSHIP
Angela Lansbury, Dianne Wiest, Gina McKee
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Based on the novel by Colm Toibin, The Blackwater Lightship tells the compelling story of reconciliation between three generations of women, whose relationships have been marked by decades of misunderstandings. Angela Lansbury plays Granny, Dianne Wiest is her daughter (Lily), and Gina McKee plays Helen, Lily's daughter. The three women are reunited at Granny's home in the seaside village of Blackwater, when Lily's son, Declan, who has AIDS, leaves the hospital to spend time at a place he remembers fondly from his childhood. Declan's love for all three women in his family - and theirs for him - begins a powerful journey of love and understanding.

BLIND SPOT
Joanne Woodward, Laura Linney, Reed Diamond and Fritz Weaver
Running time: 104 minutes
Oscar-winning actress Joanne Woodward (The Three Faces of Eve) heads a sterling cast in a powerful, realistic portrayal that every family should see and no parent will forget. Congresswoman Nell Harrington's seemingly perfect life collapses when her son-in-law dies in an accident. Her grief is compounded by the discovery that he was using cocaine...and so is her daughter. As their lives unravel, Nell scrambles to save her daughter and grandchild - and her career - but her domineering attitude is pushing her family apart. Now, mother and daughter must face the consequences of their choices.

THE BOYS NEXT DOOR
Nathan Lane, Tony Goldwyn, Robert Sean Leonard
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes
Nathan Lane (The Bird Cage) heads a brilliant all-star cast in this hilarious, touching film about five men with a lot to learn about life and a lot to teach about friendship. When four mentally challenged men share a house, life is never dull as they try to make sense of their world. Guiding them is their social worker, Jack, who has his own struggles juggling his job and marriage. The guys can be a handful for Jack but as they deal with each day, they discover the magic of laughter and the power of love.

BREATHING LESSONS
James Garner, Joanne Woodward, Kathryn Erbe, Joyce Van Patten, Eileen Heckart and Paul Winfield
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
When one of America's most beloved actors, James Garner, and Academy Award winner Joanne Woodward hit the highway, a two-hour drive becomes a hilarious all-day adventure in this comedy from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Anne Tyler (The Accidental Tourist). As down-to-earth Ira and his wife, flighty Maggie Moran, bicker and banter down a backwoods road, they'll meet unconventional people, review 30 years of marital misadventures...and reaffirm their love. Their journey becomes a celebration of love, laughter and life's lessons.

BRUSH WITH FATE
Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Thomas Gibson, Kelly MacDonald, Patrick Bergen
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
A riveting mystery traces a priceless masterpiece through three centuries. For generations, a "lost" Vermeer painting has passed between owners, changing the fate of all who have possessed it...whether bought in passion, sold in desperation or stolen in greed. An eccentric school teacher (Glenn Close), who secretly possesses the painting today, has devoted her life to researching its history. When she decides to share the story of the painting with a fellow teacher (Thomas Gibson), this 300-year-old mystery begins to unravel.

CALM AT SUNSET
Michael Moriarty, Peter Facinelli, Kevin Conway, Gretchen Moll and Kate Nelligan
Running time: 98 minutes
A young man eager to make his way in the world finds adventure at sea and turmoil on the homefront in this compelling, sea-swept drama. Calm at Sunset tells the powerful story of a father and son at odds over the son's choice to become a fisherman like his father. The father has experienced the struggles of a fisherman's life and wants to protect his son. But each day the son spends working on a boat brings the excitement he longs for - storms that defy his seamanship and a skipper who demands the best from him.

CANDLES ON BAY STREET
Alicia Silverstone, Eion Bailey, Annabeth Gish and Polly Bergen
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Sam and Lydia have a great marriage. They're committed to each other, to their veterinary practice, and to their tight-knit northern Maine community. But when Sam's old high school flame comes back to town after a lengthy absence, it's a time of tension for everybody. Dee Dee (Alicia Silverstone) is now a single mom, and she brings her 12-year-old son, Trooper (Matthew Knight), with her. Why has Dee Dee come home? The answer to that question lies at the core of this story, which is based on the bestselling novel of the same name.

CROSSROADS: A STORY OF FORGIVENESS
Dean Cain, Peri Gilpin
Running Time: 110 minutes.
Based on a true story, this inspiring movie follows a family struggling with a sudden loss as they face the future together. When the beloved wife and daughter of Bruce Murakami (Dean Cain) are killed in a tragic accident, he begins a desperate search to find out what actually happened.

CUPID AND CATE
Mary-Louise Parker, Peter Gallagher, Bebe Neuwirth, Philip Bosco, Joanna Going, David Lansbury, Rebecca Luker, Brenda Fricker
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
A heart is awakened and a passion for life restored in this video filled with hope, love and the power of commitment. When sisters play 'Cupid' and introduce Cate De Angelo (Mary-Louise Parker) to Harry Dietrich (Peter Gallagher), lives suddenly change. Watch as the couple faces life's trials and challenges together in this celebration of the human spirit.

DURANGO
Brenda Fricker, Matt Keeslar and Patrick Bergin
Running time: 98 minutes
Filmed in the lush Irish countryside, this light-hearted tale is full of wit, romance and adventure. A struggling young farmer, Mark Doran, falls in love with the daughter of Fergus Mullaney, a feisty giant of a man. Fergus has threatened to destroy anyone who tries to court his daughter. Before confronting Fergus, Mark feels he must prove himself as a man. He organizes an unprecedented undertaking - an Irish cattle drive to a nearby town to break the local cattle buyer's monopoly. Mark assembles a team and sets out on an incredible adventure.

THE ECHO OF THUNDER
Judy Davis and Jamey Sheridan
Running time: 98 minutes.
Based on Libby Hathorn's award-winning novel (Thunderwith) and directed by Emmy Award-winner Simon Wincer (Lonesome Dove), this rich film vividly captures the struggles and triumphs of a close-knit Australian family. Gladwyn and Larry Ritchie work hard to maintain their farm in the harsh Australian outback. Despite the hardships, they enjoy a happy life with their children until Larry's teenage daughter from his first marriage comes to live with them. Divided by secrets buried deep within, each of the family members discovers that truth - and the courage to express it - is the key that will unlock their hearts.

ELLEN FOSTER
Jena Malone and Julie Harris
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes
USA Today proclaims Ellen Foster "a surefire hit." This is the inspiring, life-changing story of Ellen Hammond, a girl with a painful past who refuses to give up. After her mother's death leaves her homeless, she vows to find a loving family. Even when she is placed in an unkind aunt's home, Ellen doesn't abandon hope. One morning, she notices an unusual family at church that others call "the foster family." The bond the children share with their caring foster mother tugs at her heart. Ellen devises a plan to meet this family and in the process, she discovers that being loved by a family is more important than being related.

FALLEN ANGEL
Gary Sinise, Joely Richardson, Gordon Pinsent
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Gary Sinise plays Terry McQuinn, a high-powered Los Angeles lawyer who learns a powerful lesson about second chances. When his father dies, Terry returns to his Maine home. He is reunited with Katherine Wentworth (Joely Richardson), whose family had employed the services of Terry's father as caretaker and handyman on the Wentworth summer estate for decades. A secret from Terry and Katherine's past turns out to be the key to their future - and a reminder that it's never too late to forgive - and never too late to fall in love.

THE FLAMINGO RISING
William Hurt, Elizabeth McGovern, Brian Benben, Angela Bettis, Erin Broderick, Olivia Oguma, Joe Torry, Christopher Larkin
Running Time: 98 minutes.
When wild and impetuous Hubert T. Lee (Brian Benben) decides to build the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, it sparks a spirited clash between Lee and funeral parlor director Turner Knight, played by Academy Award winner William Hurt. Caught in the middle of the warring parties are Lee's wife, Edna (McGovern), and their two adopted children. Set in the 1960s, this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation unveils a slice of Americana that leads two men on a journey of acceptance and compassion.

FOLLOW THE STARS HOME
Kimberly Williams, Campbell Scott, Eric Close, Blair Brown, Alexa Vega
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Sometimes we choose the wrong person to fall in love with. Dianne Parker (Kimberly Williams) marries the handsome, charismatic Mark McCune (Eric Close), never noticing the quiet attention of his brother, David (Campbell Scott), a soft-spoken pediatrician. When baby Julia arrives with genetic abnormalities, Mark is unable to cope and walks out on their "perfect" marriage, leaving Dianne to face the challenges of being a single mom. It's a challenge that becomes a journey of devotion and discovery-a challenge that will lead her to renewed strength, surprising friendships and a meaningful lesson in love.

GRACE AND GLORIE
Gena Rowlands and Diane Lane
Running time: 98 minutes.
This life-changing drama about the unlikely friendship of two women facing change reaffirms that hope, joy and healing can spring from the ashes of loss. Grace, a spunky, independent woman, realizes she can no longer live alone. Glorie, a young woman in search of personal meaning, enters Grace's life. The touching and often humorous struggle that ensues as these different women try to understand each other develops into a deep friendship. It is through their struggle that each woman is able to make peace with the past and have hope for the future.

HARVEST OF FIRE
Lolita Davidovich and Patty Duke
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Share the excitement of a mystery solved and a friendship discovered in this compelling portrait of two very different women. FBI agent Sally Russell is sent to investigate an arson in a peaceful Amish community, but the residents won't help her, an outsider. Amish widow Annie Beiler, curious about the outside world, is willing to let Sally earn her trust. Can two women from different worlds overcome the barriers between them? If the arsonist is to be brought to justice, the answer must be "yes." But getting there takes understanding and courage.

IN FROM THE NIGHT
Marcia Gay Harden, Taylor Handley
Academy Award-winner Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock, Mystic River) leads a stellar cast in this Hallmark Hall of Fame production. Harden plays Vicki Miller, a writer whose carefully ordered life is turned upside-down when her 16-year-old nephew, Bobby (The O.C.'s Taylor Handley) unexpectedly arrives on her doorstep. Bobby desperately needs help, having endured 10 years of abuse from his mentally ill parents. Also starring in the film are Kate Nelligan (The Cider House Rules, Hallmark Hall of Fame's Calm at Sunset) as Vicki's mother (and Bobby's grandmother), Thomas Gibson (Dharma and Greg) as Vicki's writing colleague and Tony Award-winner Marian Seldes (Mona Lisa Smile, Hallmark Hall of Fame's Plainsong) as the imperious Nora Cantata.

IN LOVE AND WAR
Callum Blue, Barbora Bobulova
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes
A miraculous true story of courage, determination and love in war-torn Italy. In Love and War chronicles the meeting of Eric Newby, a British soldier captured in World War II whose life is saved by Wanda Skof, a courageous Italian woman with whom he falls in love. The two overcome increasing risks as they find new ways to keep Eric safe from his Nazi pursuers, but eventually Eric is faced with an agonizing choice. Fate brought them together, but now one decision could separate them forever...

JOURNEY
Jason Robards, Brenda Fricker and Meg Tilly
Running time: 98 minutes
Oscar winners Jason Robards (All the President's Men) and Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot) about grandparents left to pick up the pieces of their broken family. When a young boy is deserted by his mother and left with his grandparents, all he knows is heartbreak and confusion. Then the boy's grandfather uses his love of photography to recapture the boy's past and help him understand that family is really just people who love you. Take a touching excursion through this lushly photographed, beautifully scored film.

LITTLE JOHN
Ving Rhames, Gloria Reuben, Patty Duke, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Adilah Barnes, Robert Bailey
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
As a family court judge, Natalie Britain (Gloria Reuben) routinely makes decisions involving hundreds of children and their families. Yet she harbors a secret involving her own unacknowledged child. Natalie thought her son was put up for adoption at birth 12 years ago. But her estranged father, John (Ving Rhames), has been raising Little John (Robert Bailey, Jr.) on his Texas farm. Now, with John in failing health, Little John suddenly re-enters Natalie's well-ordered life in this story of family and forgivenes...

THE LOCKET
Vanessa Redgrave, Mary McDonnell, Chad Willett, Marguerite Moreau
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave stars as Esther, a wise woman who teaches a troubled young man the power of love. From her, Michael Keddington (Chad Willett) learns important lessons about faith and forgiveness. Her gift to him of a locket - symbolic of one person's missed opportunities - comes to represent Michael's second chance.

THE LOST CHILD
Mercedes Ruehl, Jamey Sheridan, Irene Bedard, Dinah Manoff, Tantoo Cardinal, Ned Romero,
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Knowing the past changes the future. Seeking a connection to her heritage, Rebecca Hoffman sets out on a journey of discovery following the deaths of her adoptive parents. She finds that connection with her birth family in the Navajo community. But cultures clash when her husband is rejected as an outsider. Rebecca and her family experience rebirth in a rich culture and renewal as a family in this dramatic film based on the autobiography Looking for Lost Bird by Yvette Melanson (with Claire Safran).

THE LOVE LETTER
Campbell Scott and Jennifer Jason Leigh
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Transcending the dimension of time, a love letter found in an antique desk magically seals the fate of two young people linked by destiny, yet separated by more than 100 years. A young man discovers a letter written by a mysterious woman named Lizzie, who lived long ago, and feels compelled to write to her. Correspondence ensues and grows into a love so powerful not even the years can keep them apart. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?

THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS
Kerri Russell, Skeet Ulrich and Mare Winningham
Running Time: 98 minutes.
1944. World War II. Colorado. Livy Dunne (Russell) has been thrown out of her home by her father, Rev. Dunne, because she's pregnant and unmarried. She's banished to rural Colorado, to go through with an arranged marriage to a lonely farmer, so her child will have a father. When she arrives in the tiny town, Livy and her betrothed are wary of each other. Worldly Livy is bored by Ray and the hardscrabble life he leads-despite his inherent goodness and wisdom. As the months pass, Livy learns more about this calm, practical self-effacing farmer. Slowly almost imperceptibly, Livy realizes she may have found "home" quite accidentally.

MISSING PIECES
James Coburn, Lisa Zane, Paul Kersey
Running Time: 99 minutes.
From Hallmark Hall of Fame comes a suspense-filled movie about a father looking for answers after the mysterious death of his estranged son. Twelve years have passed since a family tragedy drove father and son apart. Police in the remote Mexican village where Scott died believe that he took his own life. But his father, Atticus Cody (played by Academy Award-winner James Coburn), believes otherwise. He launches his own investigation and in his search for justice, discovers the path to forgiveness and reconciliation.

MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Kathy Bates, Elizabeth Perkins, Lynn Redgrave
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Two sisters embark on a journey of discovery and reconciliation in this poignant real-life story based on the memoirs of Margaret Moorman. Christine (Kathy Bates) has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and must rely on others for support but longs for independence and an ordinary life. Her sister Judy (Elizabeth Perkins), a New York art director, becomes responsible for her care when their mother (Lynn Redgrave) dies. The two are left to face the struggles of finding common ground.

NIGHT RIDE HOME
Rebecca De Mornay, Keith Carradine, Thora Birch and Ellen Burstyn
Running time: 98 minutes.
Tragedy, loss, hope and healing are intricately woven in this rich drama starring Rebecca De Mornay and Keith Carradine. Nora Mahler has found her dream life - living on a ranch with her family. Her husband has never been enamored with country life but he follows his wife's wishes and their marriage is marked by an uneasy peace. Then tragedy strikes and Nora's heartbreak blinds her to the pain of others. When she threatens to sell the farm, her mother comes to help heal the wounds. Nurtured by love, they learn to face the future as a family again.

OLD MAN
Jeanne Tripplehorn and Arliss Howard
Running time: 98 minutes.
Oscar -winning writer Horton Foote ( Tender Mercies, To Kill a Mockingbird ) masterfully brings to the screen William Faulkner's compassionate story of goodness and the triumph of the human spirit. The Mississippi flood of 1927 sets the scene for this Hallmark Hall of Fame drama in which J.J. Taylor, a prisoner, is dispatched to rescue a pregnant woman clinging to a tree. J.J. vows to return her home. In the midst of their journey, she gives birth and J.J.'s tenderness toward the baby rekindles love in both their hearts.

A PAINTED HOUSE
Arija Bareikis, Melinda Dillon, Scott Glenn, Robert Sean Leonard, Logan Lerman
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Until the summer of 1952, 10-year-old Luke had never kept a secret or told a lie. But when two groups of migrant workers-and two dangerous men-come to work the family's Arkansas cotton farm, mysteries suddenly flood Luke's world. A murder, a beautiful young woman and paint that begins to appear on the bare clapboards of the farmhouse all add up to secrets that could shatter lives-and change his family and town forever. His coming-of-age story, John Grisham's A Painted House, aired on CBS Sunday, 4/27/03, as the 216th presentation of The Hallmark Hall of Fame.

A PLACE FOR ANNIE
Sissy Spacek, Mary-Louise Parker and Joan Plowright
Running time: 98 minutes.
Hallmark Hall of Fame presents this emotionally charged tale of three remarkable women and one special child who get an unforgettable lesson in courage, compassion and love. This superbly acted, highly acclaimed story is based on a true incident. Susan Lansing, a pediatric nurse, takes Annie, an abandoned terminally ill child, into her home. With the help of a loving nanny, Annie thrives in her new home until her birth mother comes to reclaim her. As each woman fights to give Annie a new home, they will discover the power of forgiveness, the love of family and the greatest miracle of all - each other.

PLAINSONG
Aidan Quinn, Rachel Griffiths Running Time:
Approx. 110 minutes.
Aidan Quinn (Legends of the Fall) and Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) star in Plainsong, a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation based on the novel by Kent Haruf. Tom Guthrie (Quinn), a high school history teacher, is faced with raising two young sons after his wife leaves him. Maggie Jones (Griffiths), a fellow teacher, tries to provide comfort and support. When a 17-year old student at their school becomes pregnant, their lives become interlocked with other seeming misfits in their small Colorado town. Gradually, they all grow to need and depend on each other, and ultimately, they build more than a community; they create a family.

REDWOOD CURTAIN
Jeff Daniels, Lea Salonga and John Lithgow
Running Time: 105 minutes.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson created this eloquent drama about a young girl's search for the threads of truth that will untangle her past. Geri Riordan is an adopted daughter with a driving need to discover her true identity. She becomes obsessed with learning about her birth parents -- the Vietnamese mother and the American G.I. who gave her up when the war ended. Geri's search takes her to the redwood forest and the troubled Vietnam veterans who live there. She finds the one man who can solve the mysery of her past and set her free.

THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Clive Owen, Catherine Zeta Jones and Ray Stevenson
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
The breathtaking English countryside sets the stage for a spellbinding triangle of love, desire and destiny in Thomas Hardy's romantic classic. Catherine Zeta Jones (Zorro) stars as Eustacia Vye, a woman who hates her rural home and dreams of the day she can leave. In her hometown, she enchants every man she meets including Damon Wildeve, who had promised to marry another. When a well-to-do man, Clym Yeobright, returns home from Paris, she sends Damon back to his fiancee, and wins Clym's heart. Soon she is making wedding plans that she believes will take her away from her rural past, but unknown to her, Clym has decided to stay in the country. Experience the passion and the heartache in this epic masterpiece.

RIDING THE BUS WITH MY SISTER
Andie MacDowell, Rosie O'Donnell, Richard T. Jones, D.W. Moffett
Running Time: approximately 110 minutes.
Riding the Bus with My Sister is inspired by the autobiographical book written by Rachel Simon. In the film, Andie MacDowell plays Rachel, a successful, driven New York fashion photographer, and O'Donnell plays the part of her developmentally challenged sister, Beth. When their father dies, Rachel comes home to be with her sister for what's supposed to be a short visit. "The irony is that Beth - the developmentally challenged character - is light years ahead of the suave Rachel in terms of how she deals with life, her capacity for love and understanding - to say nothing of sense of humor," director Anjelica Huston explains. "This is a story of acceptance and love."

ROSE HILL
Jennifer Garner and Jeffrey Sams
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
Julie Garwood's best-selling novel "For the Roses" inspired this rich tale of love, pain and forgiveness. The story begins with four street orphans whose lives suddenly change when they discover an abandoned baby. Though just children themselves, they adopt the baby, whom they name Mary Rose, and become an unlikely family. Then the clan migrates West to build a homestead. Years later, betrayal and heartbreak loosen the family bond and Mary sets out to find her birth parents in New York. Torn between two different lives, Mary must decide where her true home really lies.

THE RUNAWAY
Dean Cain, Pat Hingle, Debbi Morgan, Maya Angelou
Running Time: Approx. 110 minutes.
At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will "start the change." Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the town's new sheriff, Frank Richards (Dean Cain), to reopen the investigation of the unsolved murders of three black men. While the town would prefer that the truth remain hidden, the sheriff pursues the case, determined to see justice prevail. The Runaway is a stirring story of how friendship, determination and conviction can generate racial change in one heart or an entire town.

SAINT MAYBE
Blythe Danner, Edward Herrmann, Thomas McCarthy and Mary-Louise Parker
Running time: 98 minutes.
Based on the bestseller by Anne Tyler (The Accidental Tourist), this film is rich in quirky characters and wry observations on life that Tyler's fans have come to expect in her moving stories. The Bedloes appear to be the perfect all-American family. Then, the oldest son, Danny, turns the family's peaceful world upside down when he announces his plans to marry Lucy, a divorced mother. Lucy charms the Bedloe clan except for Danny's brother, Ian, who doesn't trust her. When he voices his suspicions, he sets in motion an unsettling chain of events that transform their lives. Seeking to make amends, Ian embarks on a difficult journey that teaches him a valuable lesson about forgiveness.

SARAH PLAIN AND TALL
Glenn Close and Christopher Walken.
Running time: 110 minutes
The first of the Sarah trilogy, and one of the most celebrated Hallmark Hall of Fame films, Sarah, Plain and Tall is a timeless classic every family will enjoy! Answering an advertisement for a "mail-order bride," Sarah Wheaton travels from Maine to the prairies of Kansas in the hopes of making a difference in the lives of a widower and his two motherless children. Sarah takes to the duties of caring for the Witting family with steadfast devotion and earnest compassion. But, can she teach the children and their father, Jacob, that life and love do go on?

A SEASON FOR MIRACLES
Carla Gugino, Kathy Baker, David Conrad, Laura Dern, Patty Duke and Lynn Redgrave.
Running time: 110 minutes
In the tradition of It's a Wonderful Life, Hallmark Hall of Fame presents a heartwarming tale that is sure to become a holiday favorite. A Season for Miracles is the story of Emilie Dalton, a young woman who takes off with her jailed sister's children, not knowing where or how they will end up. Along the way, the trio finds refuge in a small town where "good things somehow just seem to happen to good people." With the help of the local townsfolk and a small miracle, Emilie and the children have a Christmas to remember.

THE SEVENTH STREAM
Scott Glenn, Saffron Burrows
Running time: 110 minutes
Owen Quinn loved his quiet but challenging life as an Irish fisherman. Since his wife died, however, Quinn's world has been empty. But when he encounters Mairead ,a beautiful woman in distress, wonderful things start happening. Quinn - and his whole sleepy village - seem magically reborn. Quinn finds himself falling in love - but this mysterious woman raises suspicions among his friends and neighbors. Where did she come from? Will she vanish as quickly as she appeared? Quinn has stumbled into a mystery straight out of Irish folklore.

SILVER BELLS
Anne Heche, Tate Donovan
Running time: 110 minutes
It's the Christmas season, but Christy Byrne hasn't felt much joy since his wife died. When business brings him and his two children from Nova Scotia to New York City, his all-work attitude causes a fallout. Meanwhile, Catherine O'Meara is finding her "Look Up" project for a Manhattan art museum personally challenging. The project urges New Yorkers to look upward and experience the holidays in a new way-a difficult notion for a woman struggling through her third Christmas since losing her husband to cancer. Although their paths cross often, Catherine and Christy remain emotionally isolated until a crisis draws them together and they rediscover faith, hope, and love.

SKYLARK
Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall, Christopher Bell, Margaret Sophie Stein, and Jon de Vries.
Running time: 110 minutes
In this best-selling Hallmark Hall of Fame film, Glenn Close and Christopher Walken return to their roles as Sarah and Jacob Witting. It is 1912, two years after Sarah joined Jacob Witting and his two children as a mail-order bride. When drought and fire threaten their Kansas home, and a separation tests the family's strength, the Wittings learn that home is not four walls or a stretch of land, but a place in the heart. An endearing story of love, sacrifice and family.

THE SUMMER OF BEN TYLER
James Woods and Elizabeth McGovern
Running time: 104 minutes
Emmy Award-winner James Woods stars as a man caught in a powerful struggle between his conscience and his future. Temple Rayburn, a decent small-town lawyer, and his wife open their home to Ben, the son of their black housekeeper. Fearing Temple's decision will harm his future political career, the town's wealthiest and most powerful man tries to dissuade him. But Temple remains firm that Ben will stay. Strengthened by his family's love and faith in the truth, he discovers that to risk everything for what you believe requires the greatest courage.

TO DANCE WITH THE WHITE DOG
Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Esther Rolle, Christine Baranski, and Frank Whaley
Running time: 110 minutes
Academy Award-winner Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) and real-life husband Hume Cronyn star in this uplifting celebration of marriage that would last a lifetime and love that would live an eternity. After 50 years of marriage, Mr. Sam loses his wife, Cora, and nothing it seems is going to ease Sam's loneliness. Then one day, a white dog comes out of nowhere to change Sam's life and heart...filling his empty hours, reviving his faded dreams and showing Sam the power of everlasting love.

THE VALLEY OF LIGHT
Chris Klein, Gretchen Mol, Zach Mills, Jay O. Sanders, Jeff Perry, Geoff Pierson, Stephen Tobolowsky and Robert Prosky
Running time: 110 minutes
The Valley of Light tells the story of Noah Locke a veteran of World War II, who returns home at the end of the war to learn his parents have died, his brother is in prison and the family farm has been sold. Feeling lost in the world, Noah wanders the rural roads of North Carolina. Before long he is led by a mysterious stranger to a small community. He meets and befriends Matthew, a mute boy and Eleanor, a young widow. Here, his talent for fishing makes him a local celebrity. Noah and Eleanor are two lonely souls who bond to one another. But when tragedy strikes the community, Noah must decide if he truly belongs in the Valley of Light.

THE WATER IS WIDE
Alfre Woodard and Jeff Hephner
During the late 1960s, a novice schoolteacher comes to a small island off the coast of South Carolina with the hope of bringing literacy and self-respect to the undereducated, African-American children living there. Mrs. Brown, the school's principal and only other teacher, instructs him to be stern and tough to keep his pupils under control. With unflagging determination and an unconventional style, the new teacher strives instead to inspire the children and involve the whole community in their education.

WHAT THE DEAF MAN HEARD
Matthew Modine, Claire Bloom, Judith Ivey, James Earl Jones and Bernadette Peters
Running time: 110 minutes
Sammy Ayers and his mother board a bus bound for Georgia and a better life. But the next day, his mother vanishes. Sammy responds by shutting himself off from the world, pretending not to hear or speak. The bus station manager and a waitress take in Sammy. For the next 20 years, he fools the townspeople and remains silent. Then he overhears a scheme that could hurt the people he loves. Join the fun as Sammy cleverly turns the table on an entire town!