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The Best Melissa Gilbert Movies
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List of the best Melissa Gilbert movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Melissa Gilbert's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Melissa Gilbert movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Melissa Gilbert movies will be at the top of the list. Melissa Gilbert has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Melissa Gilbert movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Melissa Gilbert films to end the squabble once and for all.
If you think the best Melissa Gilbert role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Melissa Gilbert performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.
List ranges from Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. to Sylvester, plus much more.
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1Melissa Gilbert- Released: 1983
2Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Melissa Sue Anderson- Released: 1974
- Directed by: Michael Landon
TV Movie - Series Pilot The Ingalls family travels from the Big Woods of Wisconsin, looking for more open and fertile land in Kansas. Along the way, their dog, Jack, gets washed away in the river. ...more![Sylvester]()
3Melissa Gilbert, Richard Farnsworth, Michael Schoeffling- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Tim Hunter
Sylvester is a 1985 film directed by Tim Hunter. It stars Richard Farnsworth and Melissa Gilbert. The movie was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1986.![Thicker than Water]()
4Melissa Gilbert, Lindsay Wagner, Nan Martin- Released: 2005
- Directed by: David S. Cass Sr.
Thicker than Water is a television film starring Melissa Gilbert and Lindsay Wagner. It premiered on Hallmark Channel on November 23, 2005.![The Miracle Worker]()
5Melissa Gilbert, Patty Duke, Diana Muldaur- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Paul Aaron
The Miracle Worker is a 1979 television remake of the 1962 film with the same name. It is based on the life of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan's struggles to teach her. The 1979 film starred The ...more![Danielle Steel's Zoya]()
6Diana Rigg, Melissa Gilbert, David Warner- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Richard A. Colla
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7Melissa Gilbert, Eileen Brennan, Talia Shire- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife is a 1987 television film directed by Paul Wendkos. The film received generally negative reviews.![Family Secrets]()
8James Spader, Melissa Gilbert, Stefanie Powers- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Jack Hofsiss
Family Secrets is a 1984 television movie directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Maureen Stapleton, Melissa Gilbert and Stefanie Powers. It is about three generations of women in the same family and ...more![Choices of the Heart]()
9Melissa Gilbert, Martin Sheen, Mike Farrell- Released: 1983
- Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Jean Donovan (Melissa Gilbert) is a missionary who willingly travels to El Salvador to aid the poor in the midst of a civil war. Donovan becomes a follower of Archbishop Oscar Romero (Rene Enriquez), ...more![Killer Instinct]()
10Woody Harrelson, Melissa Gilbert, Kevin Conroy- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Waris Hussein
Killer Instinct, released on video as Deadly Observation, is a 1988 television film directed by Waris Hussein.![Lisa Picard Is Famous]()
11Sandra Bullock, Charlie Sheen, Carrie Fisher- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Griffin Dunne
Lisa Picard is Famous, also known as Famous, is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Griffin Dunne and written by Nat DeWolf & Laura Kirk. The film stars Kirk, DeWolf, Dunne, Daniel London, and a ...more![Safe Harbour]()
12Melissa Gilbert, Liana Liberato, Katie Walder- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Bill Corcoran
Safe Harbour, also known as Danielle Steel's Safe Harbour, is a 2007 direct-to-video film directed by Bill Corcoran, based upon the 2003 novel of the same name by Danielle Steel.![The Soul Collector]()
13Hilary Duff, Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Greenwood- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Michael Scott
The Soul Collector is a 1999 Christian television movie. Echo Bridge Home Entertainment announced The Soul Collector on DVD.![The Diary of Anne Frank]()
14Melissa Gilbert, Doris Roberts, Joan Plowright- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Boris Sagal
The Diary of Anne Frank is a television film produced in 1980, originally aired on NBC. Like the 1959 film, the screenplay was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett and directed by Boris ...more![Splendor in the Grass]()
15Michelle Pfeiffer, Melissa Gilbert, Ned Beatty- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Splendor in the Grass is a 1981 television film directed by Richard C. Sarafian. The film is a remake of the 1961 film of the same name, written by William Inge and starring Natalie Wood and Warren ...more![Undesirable]()
16Melissa Gilbert, Matthew Lawrence, Michael Gross- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Michael Switzer
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17Melissa Gilbert, George Dzundza, Tom Verica- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Arlene Sanford
The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story, also released as Seeds of Deception, is a 1994 television film directed by Arlene Sanford. The film is based on the true story of Cecil Jacobson, who used ...more![Mistaken Identity]()
18Melissa Gilbert, Rosanna Arquette, David Andrews- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Douglas Barr
In this real-life inspired story, pregnant strangers Sarah (Melissa Gilbert) and Linda (Rosanna Arquette) have their children at roughly the same time, but their newborns are accidentally switched at ...more- 19William Shatner, Melissa Gilbert, Patty Duke
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Sheldon Larry
A Family of Strangers is a 1993 TV movie written by William Gough, Anna Sandor and directed by Sheldon Larry. ![Nutcracker Fantasy]()
20Christopher Lee, Melissa Gilbert, Eva Gabor- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Takeo Nakamura
Nutcracker Fantasy is a Japanese-American stop motion animated film produced by Sanrio, very loosely based on Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker and E.T.A. Hoffman's story The Nutcracker and the ...more![Hollywood Wives: The New Generation]()
21Farrah Fawcett, Melissa Gilbert, Kandyse McClure- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Joyce Chopra
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation, also released as Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives: The New Generation, is a 2003 television film directed by Joyce Chopra. The film is based on the 2001 novel of ...more![Forbidden Nights]()
22Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson, Robin Shou- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Waris Hussein
Forbidden Nights is a 1990 television film directed by Waris Hussein. The film is based on the article The Rocky Course of Love in China, written by Judith Shapiro. The film was shot in Hong Kong and ...more![Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.]()
23Kurt Russell, Melissa Gilbert- Released: 1977
- Directed by: Jud Taylor
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A., also released as The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle, is a 1977 television film directed by Jud Taylor.![Joshua's Heart]()
24Melissa Gilbert, Matthew Lawrence, Tim Matheson- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Michael Pressman
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25Melissa Gilbert, Tom Cavanagh, Marcus Lyle Brown- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Charles Wilkinson
Heart of the Storm is a 2004 television film starring Melissa Gilbert and Thomas Cavanagh. It is about a prison break during a hurricane. Three convicts named Tad, Juke, and the leader Simpson, seek ...more
