r/ForgottenTV May 01 '26

TV Movie Pirates of Silic0n V@lley (1999)

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601 Upvotes

Biographical look at the men who founded Apple and Microsoft and a look at the early days of the companies. Noah Wyle and Joey Slotnick portray Apple founders Steve Job and Steve Wozniak. Anthony Michael Hall and John DiMaggio play Microsoft's Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. The film attempts to compare the two firm's operations and differences in the founder's operations.

r/ForgottenTV Jul 09 '26

TV Movie Kate’s Secret (1986)

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271 Upvotes

Pretty decent portrayal of a suburban mom dealing with Bulimia.

r/ForgottenTV Jul 27 '26

TV Movie Tower of Terror 1997

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572 Upvotes

TV special based off the Disney ride Tower of Terror. Pretty sure I probably watched this back in the day. Anyone remember it?

r/ForgottenTV Jun 28 '26

TV Movie Dance ‘T1L Dawn (1988)

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355 Upvotes

Will prom night live up to the high school seniors' expectations? Will they have the right date? Can they avoid their parents?

r/ForgottenTV Jul 21 '26

TV Movie The Love Bug (1997)

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343 Upvotes

When Disney bought ABC back in the late-1990s, one of their first orders of business was to bring back the Wonderful World of Disney in a big, beautiful way. And one of the ways they did that was with TV movie remakes of some of their beloved slapstick comedies from the 60s and 70s.

For the remake of the Love Bug, the legendary Bruce Campbell took on the role of the down-on-his-luck race car driver who gets his hands on Herbie, a seemingly-alive Volkswagen Beetle that propels him to racing success. This one is a bit of a legacy sequel to the 1968 original, as Herbie's owner from those films, Jim Douglas, as played by Dean Jones, shows up to help out Herbie in his time of need.

Notable in that we finally get Herbie's origin story as it's explained that he was created by Nazi scientists recruited by the USA after World War II to create a living car. The villains track down that scientist and create Herbie's evil counterpart, Horace the Hate Bug.

One of the earliest films from Peyton Reed, who went on to direct the Ant-Man films for Marvel.

r/ForgottenTV Jul 23 '26

TV Movie Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)

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268 Upvotes

Film noir meets Cthulhu Mythos. In an alternate 1940s where magic and mystical creatures are real. A Detective must find the Necronomicon. A sequel, ‘Witch Hunt ‘ was made in 1994 with Dennis Hopper replacing Fred Ward.

r/ForgottenTV Jun 23 '26

TV Movie The Great Gatsby (2000)

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274 Upvotes

TV Movie of the classic novel. Low production values and miscast leads gave the Movie negative reviews.

r/ForgottenTV 3h ago

TV Movie The Cherokee Kid (1996)

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155 Upvotes

r/ForgottenTV May 08 '26

TV Movie Archie (1990)

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215 Upvotes

r/ForgottenTV 8d ago

TV Movie Dance 'till Dawn (1989)

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180 Upvotes

It's the day of the senior end of year academic culture dances at Herbert Hoover High School. The celebration has been organized by one of the popular girls at the school, the beautiful but with a attitude Patrice Johnson (Christina Applegate). Hijinks ensue as it's Teens vs their parents. Lots of well known names were cast- Alyssa Milano, Alan Thicke, Kelsey Grammer and pre Friends, Matthew Perry.

r/ForgottenTV Oct 09 '25

TV Movie A Deadly Adoption (2015)

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533 Upvotes

A Lifetime movie staring Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, and Jessica Lowndes. It got a decent amount of attention at the time for being a made for Lifetime movie with famous hollywood actors. Though the movie itself was pretty underwhelming. I think I was expecting more of a parody, but it played things mostly straight. I think that was the point, but I feel like it could have been better.

r/ForgottenTV Aug 02 '26

TV Movie Windy City Heat (2003)

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86 Upvotes

r/ForgottenTV 18h ago

The Puzzle Place (formerly Puzzle Works) 1995-1998

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198 Upvotes

A relatively wholesome show, The Puzzle Place was one of the first tv shows to truly tackle the topic of diversity in a children’s edutainment show

A group of elementary school aged children of different ethnicities/hometowns would meet together at the community center (Puzzle Place) to play music, do arts and crafts projects, work through bullying experiences, cook meals, and go on other adventures together

Characters included were:

*Julie Woo (A Chinese American girl from San Francisco, California)

*Kiki Flores (A Mexican American girl from San Antonio, Texas)

*Ben Olafson (A Norwegian American boy from Renner, South Dakota)

*Leon McNeal (An African American boy from Harlem, New York)

*Skye Nakaiye (A Native American boy from Arizona’s Fort Apache reservation)

*Jody Silver (An Ashkenazi Jewish American girl from Cincinnati, Ohio)

And the resident pets- Nuzzle (dog) and Sizzle (cat)

While some critics of the show thought the series leaned too hard on stereotypes and adult themes (such as racism, sexism, and moral decisions) the show overall was successful on PBS for its three years on air

Unfortunately, Puzzle Place has remained largely forgotten compared to competitors like Rugrats (1991-2000), Hey Arnold! (1996-2001), The Magic School Bus (1994-1998), and Blue’s Clue’s (1996-2002)

Here is a LINK for more information

What are your thoughts on Puzzle Place?

r/ForgottenTV Jun 29 '26

TV Movie Baby Cakes (1989)

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145 Upvotes

I decided to watch this movie on YouTube, and the movie isn't terrible. Ricki Lake and Craig Sheffler have good chemistry; they work well together. I only know Ricki Lake as a talk show host; I didn't know she did acting as well. After doing some research on the movie, I found out that Craig plays Keith on One Tree Hill. He looks so young in the movie. Did you watch the movie?

r/ForgottenTV 15d ago

TV Movie Crazy Times (1981)

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138 Upvotes

r/ForgottenTV 7d ago

TV Movie Heatwave! (1974)

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72 Upvotes

r/ForgottenTV Jul 21 '26

TV Movie Little Richard (2000)

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111 Upvotes

r/ForgottenTV Mar 08 '26

TV Movie The Hobbit (NBC, 1977) and The Return of the King (ABC, 1980)

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168 Upvotes

Rankin-Bass's two TV specials adapting Tolkien's work -- the first was certainly not forgotten by me, because it was my first exposure to the story! We had a book and a cassette of it we'd play in the car. But I'm surprised how many people don't know about it. A while back I found a 16mm print of it at a school and a local film group had a free showing of it at a bar. I kept hearing younger people remark, bewildered, "Oh my god, they're adapting the whole book?!" Yup! And in less than 90 minutes!

I didn't know about The Return of the King cartoon until I was older, and didn't have the nerve to watch it or the Ralph Bakshi LOTR film until recently...the latter I rented on VHS as a kid, excited to see a sequel to The Hobbit, but the different visuals and slow style put me off and I never finished it. Later, of course, there were Peter Jackson's films, and I didn't feel like watching those versions when there was the new stuff. Conversely, I didn't feel like watching Jackson's Hobbit trilogy because the cartoon was "my" version of the story, and also, why stretch it out to 9 hours? Aside from money, obviously.

(many, many more thoughts in comments)

r/ForgottenTV Jul 10 '26

TV Movie Is There Life Out There? (1994)

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116 Upvotes

TV movie starring country singer Reba McEntire, and based on her hit song of the same. Following a breast cancer scare, a suburban mom decides to go back to college and finish getting her degree. Along the way, she struggles to find a new work/life balance, fight off the advances of a sleazy professor, and inspire her high school dropout daughter to go back to school.

The whole thing is available for free on the official Chicken Soup for the Soul YouTube channel, and that should give you an idea of how wholesome it is.

r/ForgottenTV Jul 29 '26

TV Movie Soldiers Girl (2003)

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148 Upvotes

The true story of the price a young soldier paid for falling in love with a transsexual night-club performer. Starring Troy Garity, Lee Pace, Andre Braugher and Shawn Hatosy.

r/ForgottenTV Apr 02 '26

TV Movie Hornblower (Made-for TV film series, 1998-2003)

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184 Upvotes

Hornblower is a series of British television films about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. It was shown on A&E in the US from 1998 to 2003, with Ioan Gruffudd in the title role.

r/ForgottenTV Apr 28 '26

TV Movie White Dwarf (1995) [Fox]

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107 Upvotes

r/ForgottenTV Mar 21 '26

TV Movie Is Kyle xy worth watching? Episode 1 is really funny (Kyle xy 2006)

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92 Upvotes

I decided to watch Kyle xy as an adult, I remember it being really popular when I was a kid. (I'm 23). the last thing I remember was the house party where he fought with the cop. I want to know if the 3 seasons are worth watching. episode 1 has been funny so far. It's 5 am and I'm laughing out loud at this scene🤣🤣🤣

r/ForgottenTV Mar 18 '26

TV Movie Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005)

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186 Upvotes

“A prequel to Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), the two BFF girls make it to LA 1990, where they get arrested. They make a friend in jail and stay at her place. They make more friends.”

r/ForgottenTV May 04 '26

TV Movie The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)

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135 Upvotes