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EW's list of the best films based on television shows. These movies made their tv counterparts proud. For the full article and photo gallery go to: http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20207683,00.html

 
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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    1999
    Trey Parker
    Comedy, Animation, Musical, Black comedy, Parody, Political cinema, Satire More
    Trey Parker, Minnie Driver, Franchesca Clifford, Jesse Howell, Bruce Howell, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Dave Foley, Brent Spiner, Jennifer Howell, Anthony Cross-Thomas, Isaac Hayes, George Clooney, Eric Idle, Deb Adair More
  2. 2
    1993
    Barry Sonnenfeld
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Black comedy
    Cynthia Nixon, Tony Shalhoub, Peter MacNicol, Cheryl Chase, Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Carol Kane, Kaitlyn Hooper, Carel Struycken, Kristen Hooper, Peter Graves, Christine Baranski, Mercedes McNab, David Krumholtz, Dana Ivey, David Hyde Pierce More
  3. 3
    1993
    Andrew Davis
    Mystery, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Thriller
    L. Scott Caldwell, Jeroen Krabbé, Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford, Tom Wood, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore, Joe Pantoliano, Neil Flynn, Andreas Katsulas, Jane Lynch More
  4. 4
    2008
    Michael Patrick King
    Drama, Comedy, Romance film, Romantic comedy
    Gilbert Cruz, Rogelio T. Ramos, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Cynthia Nixon, Lynn Cohen, Rene L. Moreno, Ching Valdes-Aran, Chris Noth, Sarah Jessica Parker, Evan Handler, David Eigenberg, Kim Cattrall, Damian Young, Jennifer Hudson, Mario Cantone, Candice Bergen, Joseph Pupo, Jason Lewis, Gilles Marini, Kristin Davis, Willie Garson More
  5. 5
    2005
    Joss Whedon
    Drama, Comedy, Science fiction, Adventure, Dystopia, Western, Space opera, Space western More
    Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Nathan Fillion, Sean Maher, Michael Hitchcock, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Morena Baccarin, David Krumholtz, Jewel Staite, Summer Glau, Ron Glass More
  6. 6
    1988
    David Zucker
    Comedy, Parody, Screwball comedy
    George Kennedy, Priscilla Presley, O. J. Simpson, Ed Williams, Ricardo Montalbán, Nancy Marchand, Leslie Nielsen, Raye Birk, Susan Beaubian More
  7. 7
    2000
    Joseph McGinty Nichol
    Comedy, Martial arts, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime fiction, Buddy film More
    Matt LeBlanc, Bill Murray, LL Cool J, Demi Moore, Sam Rockwell, Lucy Liu, Luke Wilson, Cameron Diaz, Crispin Glover, John Cleese, Drew Barrymore, Tom Green, John Forsythe, Tim Curry, Kelly Lynch More
  8. 8
    1995
    Betty Thomas
    Comedy, Parody
    Gary Cole, Christine Taylor, Henriette Mantel, Jesse Lee, Jesse Soffer, Jennifer Elise Cox, Marissa Ribisi, Jean Smart, Alanna Ubach, Shane Conrad, Christopher Knight, Jack Noseworthy, Davy Jones, Steven Gilborn, RuPaul, Paul Sutera, David Graf, Shelley Long, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Olivia Hack, Ann B. Davis, Florence Henderson, Megan Ward, Michael McKean More
  9. 9
    1987
    Brian De Palma
    Drama, Period piece, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Gangster More
    John Barrowman, Charles Martin Smith, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Billy Drago, Patricia Clarkson, Andy García, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Steven Goldstein, Vito D'Ambrosio More
  10. 10
    1982
    Nicholas Meyer
    Family, Thriller, Science fiction, Adventure
    Ricardo Montalbán, Merritt Butrick, William Shatner, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, John Winston, Bibi Besch, Ike Eisenmann, Kirstie Alley, Paul Kent, Paul Winfield, Judson Scott More

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