The Best Lifetime Original Movies of 2019
UPDATED: Check out The Best Lifetime Original Movies of 2020!
This list of Lifetime movies for 2019 lets you know what to look forward to and what you might have missed. From true crime, and compelling tales of heartache to the lighter side of drama and romance.
Lifetime often acquires first U.S. rights for films, but that's nothing on the number of new Lifetime movies that are produced exclusively for the channel every year. Many Lifetime movies are also inspired by or based on true events, like Love You To Death. If you're looking for classic Lifetime thrillers, Death of A Cheerleader is a remake of the 1994 film of the same name and even features Kellie Martin from the original film. Lifetime also is premiering V.C. Andrews' Casteel Family Saga Movie Series, including Heaven and Fallen Hearts.
What is going to be the best Lifetime Movie in 2019? Vote up the good Lifetime films you can't wait to watch or watch again. If you want to see what Christmas movies Lifetime has scheduled for "It's A Wonderful Lifetime" then check out the list of Lifetime Christmas movies for 2019.
- 1
Love You to Death
Marcia Gay Harden, Emily Skeggs, Tate Donovan- Released: January 26, 2019
Inspired by a true story, a shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem. Camile (Marcia Gay Harden) and Esme (Emily Skeggs) are well-known in their community – Esme as the sickly, child-like wheelchair-bound daughter, and Camile as the perfect caretaker and mother. They seem a perfect pair until Camile is found slain in her home, and Esme has vanished.
- 2Aubrey Peeples, Sarah Dugdale
- Released: February 2, 2019
- Directed by: Paul Shapiro
In a remake of the 1994 cult-classic, is inspired by Randall Sullivan’s Rolling Stone article of the same name about the real-life slaying of a popular, affluent and beautiful Northern California high school cheerleader at the hand of a classmate.
- 3
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
Christina Ricci, Judith Light, Josh Bowman- Released: January 19, 2019
On a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women’s Lunatic Asylum, investigative reporter Nellie Bly (Christina Ricci) feigns mental illness in order to be institutionalized to report from the inside.
- 4
I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story
Ginnifer Goodwin, Angela Fairley, Kim Hawthorne- Released: April 20, 2019
Based on author and motivational speaker Regina Louise's personal experience navigating the broken system, the film tells the journey of a young African American girl (Angela Fairley) who navigated over 30 foster homes and psychiatric facilities before age 18, and the one woman, Jeanne (Ginnifer Goodwin), who believed in her.
- 5
Suburban Swingers Club
Dana Davis, Jesse Ruda, Nawal Bengholam- Released: March 9, 2019
A young married couple makes a huge mistake by agreeing to participate in a secret swingers' party in their suburban neighborhood, and soon both of them are being targeted by a jealous and homicidal neighbor.
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V.C. Andrews' Heaven
Annalise Basso, Chris McNally, Julie Benz- Released: July 27, 2019
Of all the poor people living in the foothills of the mountains of West Virginia, the Casteel’s were considered the lowest. Yet, the eldest daughter, Heaven Leigh Casteel (Annalise Basso), was still the prettiest and smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes. Heaven encouraged her four younger siblings to cling to their pride and hope for a day that they’d escape their poverty. But when Heaven’s stepmother Sarah runs away, Heaven’s greedy, selfish father Luke (Chris William Martin) develops a scheme to make money… sell his children off one by one.
