List of films based on television programs

This a list of television programs that were later adapted into films. inc-video

Programs with films which are sequels or continue the series

*"Batman - "Batman"
*" - , "
*"Batman Beyond - "
*"Beavis and Butt-head (Beavis and Butt-Head Do America)"
* "Charlie's Angels"
**"Charlie's Angels"
**""
*"Crayon Shin-chan"
*"Dead Like Me" - Dead Like Me
*"Degrassi High"
*"Dirty Sanchez"
*"Doomwatch"
*"Doraemon"
*"Doug - Doug's 1st Movie"
*"DuckTales"
*"The Fairly OddParents" - Abra-Catastrophe!, Channel Chasers, School's Out! The Musical, and Fairy Idol
* "Firefly"
** "Serenity"
*"Family Guy" -
*"The Flintstones - The Flintstones and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas"
*"Futurama" - Bender's Big Score and
*"Get Smart
*"Gilligan's Island
*"Goof Troop (A Goofy Movie) and An Extremely Goofy Movie
*"Hannah Montana"
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*"Hey Arnold!" - *"H.R. Pufnstuf"
*"Initial D" "(Initial D: 3rd Stage)"
*"Jackass - and "
*"The Jetsons" -
*"Kim Possible - "
*"Kamen Rider" "(Kamen Rider ZO, Kamen Rider J)"
*"The League of Gentlemen - The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
* "Lizzie McGuire"
**"The Lizzie McGuire Movie"
*"McHale's Navy"
* ""
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*"Mobile Suit Gundam (, F91)"
*"Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ( - currently in production")
*"The Monkees"
*"The Munsters"
*"Monty Python's Flying Circus"
** "And Now for Something Completely Different"
** "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
** "Monty Python's Life of Brian"
** "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl"
** "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life"
*"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" (This movie was in an alternate reality from the series. The next season started with a slightly different story.)
* "Mr. Bean"
** "Bean
** "Mr. Bean's Holiday
*"The Muppet Show"
**"The Muppet Movie"
**"The Great Muppet Caper"
**"The Muppets Take Manhattan"
**"The Muppets Christmas Carol"
**"Muppet Treasure Island"
**"Muppets from Space"
*"MacGyver"
*"Mystery Science Theater 3000"
*"Patlabor"
*"Porridge"
*"Power Rangers"
*"The Pretender"
*"Reno 911!"
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*"Rugrats - The Rugrats Movie, , and Rugrats Go Wild!"
*"Saturday Night Live"
**"The Coneheads"
**"Blues Brothers"
**"Wayne's World"
**"It's Pat"
**"Stuart Saves His Family"
**"A Night at the Roxbury"
**"Superstar"
**"The Ladies Man"
*"SCTV"
**"Strange Brew"
*"Sesame Street"
*"Scooby-Doo - This spawned many direct-to-video movies and Scooby-Doo and "
*"Sex and the City"
**"Sex and the City"
*"The Simpsons - The Simpsons Movie"
*"South Park"
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*"SpongeBob SquarePants"
**"The Spongebob Squarepants Movie"
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*"Stargate SG-1
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* "Starsky and Hutch"
**"Starsky and Hutch"
*"Transformers - "
* "Twin Peaks"
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*"The Wild Thornberrys
**"The Wild Thornberrys Movie"
**"Rugrats Go Wild!"
*"The X-Files"
**"The X-Files"
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*"Yogi Bear"
**"Yogi's Ark Lark"

Programs with films which are prequels or origin stories of the series

*"Aladdin" - Aladdin
*"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (could be considered non-canon)
*"Aqua Teen Hunger Force" - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
*"" - The Crow
*"The Emperor's New School" - The Emperor's New Groove
*"Digimon" -
*"" (the series exists in a separate chronology from the movies, until )
*"The Little Mermaid" - The Little Mermaid
*"" - Lilo & Stitch
*"MASH (film)" - M*A*S*H (TV series)
*"Stargate SG-1" - Stargate
*"Tarzan (1999 film)" - Tarzan (TV series)
*"The Powerpuff Girls" - The Powerpuff Girls Movie
*" War Of The Worlds" - War Of The Worlds
*"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" - Indiana Jones film series (although the TV series is a prequel to the films, it contained "bookends" with an old Indy telling the stories of his youth)
*"The Naked Brothers Band (TV series)

Episodes and pilots released as films

*"Battlestar Galactica" (TV pilot edited into a big screen release)
*"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (TV pilot released as a movie when no networks picked it up)
*"Cruel Intentions 2" (straight-to-video, failed TV pilot)
*"Doctor Who (1996 film)" failed pilot for American TV series
*"Mulholland Drive" (failed TV pilot)
*' (planned as pilot for ', but reconfigured as a film before production began)
*"" (took place between "Power Rangers Zeo" and "Power Rangers Turbo")
*"Twin Peaks" (TV pilot released as a movie in Europe)
*"Knight Rider

Many other series have released pilots or edited multi-part episodes as films overseas, including "The Greatest American Hero" and "The X-Files".

Programs remade or adapted into films

*"24" - 24
*"The A-Team" (scheduled for 2008 release)
*"The Addams Family"
*"Æon Flux" - Aeon Flux
*"The Alvin Show - Alvin and the Chipmunks
*"The Avengers" - The Avengers
*"The Beverly Hillbillies" - The Beverly Hillbillies
*"Bewitched" - Bewitched
*"The Brady Bunch" - The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel
*"Brimstone and Treacle"
*"Car 54, Where Are You?"
*"Charlie's Angels" - Charlie's Angels and
*"Crying Freeman"
*"Dallas" (announced)
*"Doctor Who" - Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD
*"Dragnet"
*"Dudley Do-Right" - Dudley Do-Right
*"Dukes of Hazzard" - The Dukes of Hazzard
*"Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" - Fat Albert
*"Father Knows Best"
*"Fist of the North Star"
*"Flight into Danger" (filmed as "Zero Hour!")
*"The Flintstones"
*"The Fugitive"
*"George of the Jungle" - George of the Jungle and George of the Jungle 2
*"Get Smart" - Get Smart
*"He-Man" - released as Masters of the Universe
*"The Honeymooners"
*"I Dream of Jeannie" (scheduled for 2008 release)
*"Inspector Gadget" - Inspector Gadget and Inspector Gadget 2
*"I Spy" - I Spy
*"Josie and the Pussycats" - Josie and the Pussycats
*"The Jetsons Movie (Live action) (Possible 2009 release] )."
*"Kamen Rider" "(Kamen Rider The First, Kamen Rider The Next)"
*"Leave It to Beaver" - Leave It to Beaver
*"Lost in Space" - Lost in Space
*"Maverick" - Maverick
*"Miami Vice" - Miami Vice
*"" - , and
*"The Mod Squad" - The Mod Squad
*"Mr. Magoo" - Mr. Magoo
*"My Favorite Martian" - My Favorite Martian
*"On the Buses"
*"Pennies From Heaven"
*"Police Squad!" – ', ', and ""
*"Popeye" - live action movie based on the cartoon and comics.
*"The Quatermass Experiment" (remade as "The Quatermass Xperiment")
*"Quatermass II" (remade as "Quatermass 2")
*"Quatermass and the Pit" (remade under the same title)
*"Richie Rich" - Ri¢hie Ri¢h
*"Rocky and Bullwinkle" - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
*"Scooby-Doo" - Scooby-Doo and
*"Scum"
*"Sergeant Bilko" - Sgt. Bilko
*"The Singing Detective" - The Singing Detective
*"Starsky & Hutch" - Starsky & Hutch
*"S.W.A.T." - S.W.A.T.
*"The Twilight Zone" -
*"The Untouchables" - The Untouchables
*"The Wild Wild West" - Wild Wild West

Programs re-edited and released as feature length films

*"Fist of the North Star"
*"He-Man and She-ra in The Secret of The Sword" (a re-edit of the 's first 5 television episodes
*"The Man from U.N.C.L.E"
*"Mobile Suit Gundam 0083"
*"Mobile Suit Gundam"
*"Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam" (re-edited for release in 2005 as a trilogy with new footage)
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*"Science Ninja Team Gatchaman"
*"The Super Dimensional Fortress Macross ()"

Unsorted

*"Are You Being Served?"
*"Bottom" (movie was "Guest House Paradiso")
*"Bless This House"
*"Dad's Army"
*"Dark Shadows" (two movies)
*"Dexter's Lab"
*"George and Mildred"
*"The Grove Family" (filmed as "It's a Great Day")
*"He-Man"
*"The Likely Lads"
*"The Little Rascals" (technically not a TV show, but a repackaging of "Our Gang" comedies from the 1930s)
*"The Lovers"
*"Man About The House"
*"Pokémon"
*"Rising Damp"
*"Salem's Lot" (mini-series edited for time with more graphic footage added)
*"Steptoe and Son"
*"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
*"Whoops Apocalypse" (same writers, mostly different cast and plot)
* Movies based on "SNL" sketches

ee also

*List of films based on British sitcoms
*List of television programs based on films