These movies should be made into tv shows.
by tinka_bellamina | created - 15 May 2018 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicIf you could or want to leave comments that would be great. I would love to hear other people's thoughts about my idea's for the shows and their your own for what movie you think would make a good tv show.
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1. Monster Trucks (2016)
PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young man working at a small town junkyard discovers and befriends a creature which feeds on oil being sought by a fracking company.
Director: Chris Wedge | Stars: Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Thomas Lennon, Barry Pepper
Votes: 18,930 | Gross: $33.37M
The adventures of the series starts after the end of the movie.
2. Bright (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 117 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
A detective must work with an Orc to find a powerful wand before evil creatures do.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Edgar Ramírez
Votes: 201,695
Yeah I know there are talks of a sequel but I think it would be good as a series as well.
3. What Happened to Monday (2017)
TV-MA | 123 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Marwan Kenzari
Votes: 134,541
It was a good movie. However I think they could turn it into a series where you get more involved with their lives and see how they make it work and get to know each character better.
4. Going in Style (2017)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Director: Zach Braff | Stars: Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Ann-Margret, Matt Dillon
Votes: 91,597 | Gross: $45.02M
Old guys who are thieves and the craziness of their lives.
5. The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
TV-MA | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A man suffering a family loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life.
Director: Rob Burnett | Stars: Craig Roberts, Paul Rudd, Selena Gomez, Alex Huff
Votes: 79,775
I just want to know more.
6. Zootopia (2016)
PG | 108 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.
Directors: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate
Votes: 546,534 | Gross: $341.27M
Come on we all know there is more to this with the way the movie ended. At least a sequel.
7. Adventures in Babysitting (2016 TV Movie)
TV-G | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Two teen rival babysitters, Jenny and Lola, team up to hunt down one of their kids who accidentally runs away into the big city with no supervision.
Director: John Schultz | Stars: Sabrina Carpenter, Sofia Carson, Nikki Hahn, Mallory James Mahoney
Votes: 4,598
I know there is also the older version. But this one I think could be turned more into a series.
8. Center Stage (2000)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A group of teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky, Christine Dunham
Votes: 22,796 | Gross: $17.17M
I know it has sequels. However I think they could all be combined in some way to make a tv show.
9. Mannequin (1987)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life.
Director: Michael Gottlieb | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, James Spader
Votes: 35,689 | Gross: $42.72M
We could stick with the original guy/girl mannequin, or we could switch it up and go with a girl/guy mannequin.
10. Blue Crush (2002)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
As a hard-core surfer girl prepares for a big competition, she finds herself falling for a football player.
Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis, Sanoe Lake
Votes: 32,916 | Gross: $40.39M
Sisterhood solidarity for the girls, hot girls in bathing suits for the guys, drama, action, adventure, sports, some romance. This show could have it all.
11. Last Action Hero (1993)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance
Votes: 163,882 | Gross: $50.02M
There should be a twist to this. It would be so difficult if not impossible but have a kid that could travel into todays tv shows and help out for an episode. And actually use the actors from the real shows the kid would be going into.
12. Clue (1985)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.
Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 109,350 | Gross: $14.64M
I don't really have an idea's on this one yet but I think it could be something interesting.
13. Coyote Ugly (2000)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford, after getting a job at a women-run NYC bar that teases its male patrons, comes out of her shell.
Director: David McNally | Stars: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Maria Bello
Votes: 120,953 | Gross: $60.79M
Rag tag female bartenders, aspiring songwriters, grit, heart, and excitement.
14. St. Trinian's (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Family
In order to save their bankrupt school, a group of troublesome girls stage a robbery with a group of geniuses on their backs
Directors: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson | Stars: Talulah Riley, Rupert Everett, Gemma Arterton, Jodie Whittaker
Votes: 23,627
This movie was awesome and this school and these girls need more air time.
15. I Am Number Four (2011)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Aliens and their Guardians are hiding on Earth from intergalactic bounty hunters. They can only be killed in numerical order, and Number Four is next on the list. This is his story.
Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Dianna Agron, Teresa Palmer
Votes: 246,370 | Gross: $55.10M
They didn't get to continue with the movies so it needs a show of it's own.
16. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively
Votes: 65,047 | Gross: $39.01M
I always felt Carmen got a raw deal and I would love to see a series where maybe she could have a chance.
17. Mean Girls (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey
Votes: 435,324 | Gross: $86.06M
This could be a funny, new sort of survival guide for high school girls today.
18. Princess Protection Program (2009 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A princess whose country has been invaded goes into hiding in Louisiana, where she has to learn to act like an ordinary teenager.
Director: Allison Liddi-Brown | Stars: Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Nicholas Braun, Molly Hagan
Votes: 26,521
They basically gave us a set up for a series at the end of the movie. Where the girls because agents themselves.
19. Drop Dead Fred (1991)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A young woman finds her already unstable life rocked by the presence of a rambunctious imaginary friend from childhood.
Director: Ate de Jong | Stars: Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason, Tim Matheson
Votes: 31,437 | Gross: $43.88M
Sometimes people just need to laugh and this show could do that.
20. Blood and Chocolate (2007)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A teenage werewolf is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man.
Director: Katja von Garnier | Stars: Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez, Katja Riemann
Votes: 18,300 | Gross: $3.53M
With teen wolf, the vampire diaries, and the originals ending or have ended. The world needs it's supernatural shows, and werewolves people!
21. A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Little League player is sent back into medieval times where he is given the task of saving Camelot.
Director: Michael Gottlieb | Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Joss Ackland, Art Malik, Paloma Baeza
Votes: 6,796 | Gross: $13.41M
Add in a kid in Aladdin's palace, and other fairytale, book, history location and it could be interesting. Or just have him go to one place either way.
22. Halloweentown (1998 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a young girl living with her secret witch mother learns she too is a witch, she must help her witch grandmother save Halloweentown from evil forces.
Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman
Votes: 21,273
They had four movies so they would have a lot of stories/storylines to work with.
23. Zoom (2006)
PG | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Former superhero Jack is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into superheroes at a private academy.
Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin
Votes: 22,836 | Gross: $11.63M
Everyone loves superhero's and these guys are funny.
24. Eragon (2006)
PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Family
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realizes he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
Director: Stefen Fangmeier | Stars: Ed Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich
Votes: 130,499 | Gross: $75.03M
Another book series turned into a movie that didn't get to continue.
25. Sky High (2005)
PG | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Family
Set in an era where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young William Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
Director: Mike Mitchell | Stars: Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Michael Angarano, Danielle Panabaker
Votes: 94,688 | Gross: $63.95M
Again I say in the world we live in today you really can't go wrong with a superhero show.
26. The Birdcage (1996)
R | 117 min | Comedy
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 100,665 | Gross: $124.06M
This movie was just so funny and we acted and written that it would be awesome to see it turned into some form of a tv show.
27. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
PG | 118 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Logan Lerman, Kevin McKidd, Steve Coogan, Brandon T. Jackson
Votes: 203,031 | Gross: $88.76M
I know I know another book series to movie that didn't work out and get to be finished.
28.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
Mr. Headmistress
(1998)
TV-G | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Tucker recently got out of prison, but is soon sought after by other bad men. So to escape them, he disguises himself as the new Headmistress of an all-girl school.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Harland Williams, Shawna Waldron, Duane Martin, Joel Brooks
Votes: 463
all the crazy antics and fun that could be had with this series.
29. Dirty Dancing (I) (1987)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes
Votes: 256,505 | Gross: $0.62M
Forbidden romance, dancing, and a lotta heart. It could work.
30. Major Payne (1995)
PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a recently discharged Marine struggles to adjust to civilian life, his commanding officer brings him back to the military to train and lead a group of misfit JORTC cadets.
Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Damon Wayans, Michael Ironside, Bam Bam Bigelow, Joseph Blaire
Votes: 39,029 | Gross: $29.41M
a funny coming of age show.
31. The Mighty Ducks (1992)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Joss Ackland, Lane Smith, Heidi Kling
Votes: 71,838 | Gross: $50.75M
Kids, sports, comedy a hit in the making!
32. That Darn Cat (1997)
PG | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A maid is kidnapped and scratches a message onto D.C. the cat's collar and when his owner Patti discovers this, she plays amateur detective with the help of D.C. to try to find the culprits.
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug, Dean Jones, George Dzundza
Votes: 4,863 | Gross: $18.30M
A girl who helps a detective solve cases with her cat. With the right writers and actors the possibilities are high.
33. The Pacifier (2005)
PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Having recovered from wounds received in a failed rescue operation, Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains in the kids' house.
Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Brad Garrett
Votes: 100,946 | Gross: $113.09M
Kids, mischief, navy seals, and diaper duty,
34. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
PG | 143 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
While playing, Lucy and her siblings find a wardrobe that lands them in a mystical place called Narnia. Here they realize that it was fated and they must now unite with Aslan to defeat an evil queen.
Director: Andrew Adamson | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes
Votes: 428,165 | Gross: $291.71M
I just think it would be cool.
35. The Covenant (2006)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Four young men who belong to a New England supernatural legacy are forced to battle an elusive fifth power.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, Taylor Kitsch
Votes: 52,098 | Gross: $23.29M
Hot male witches, magic, mystery, danger. Yeah I'd watch it.
36. Vampire Academy (2014)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human-half vampire, a guardian of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discreetly within our world. Her calling is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires, the Strigoi.
Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovskiy, Gabriel Byrne
Votes: 56,815 | Gross: $7.79M
I loved the movie, I loved the books, I loved the spin off series from the book. Yeah I need more of this.
37. Sleepover (2004)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Desperate to improve their social status, four best friends enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school.
Director: Joe Nussbaum | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Mika Boorem, Scout Taylor-Compton, Jane Lynch
Votes: 18,027 | Gross: $9.44M
I could see a great teen drama/comedy coming from this movie.
38. Now and Then (1995)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four 12-year-old girls grow up together during an eventful small-town summer in 1970.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Christina Ricci, Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Thora Birch
Votes: 32,437 | Gross: $27.40M
We know flash back shows work, hello This Is Us. So why not one of my favorite shows from when I was a kid. This movie with it's four different characters could reach a lot people. Maybe even mix it up a little and add a fifth friend, someone is even more on the outside but they let in. I don't know?
39. 3 Ninjas (1992)
PG | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Family
Each year, three brothers visit their grandfather for the summer. He is highly skilled in ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Victor Wong, Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade, Chad Power
Votes: 23,301 | Gross: $29.00M
How could you go wrong with this show!
40. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.
Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson, Jason Flemyng
Votes: 183,994 | Gross: $66.47M
The league could be made up of all kinds of different characters through out literature. The different villains they could face in the different places throughout the book world. I know I'm not making much since right now but still.
41. Stardust (2007)
PG-13 | 127 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Ian McKellen
Votes: 285,302 | Gross: $38.63M
magic, romance, adventure.
42. Camp Nowhere (1994)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A group of junior high kids don't want to go to summer camps chosen by their parents. They make their own adult-free camp and "hire" an ex drama teacher to help.
Director: Jonathan Prince | Stars: Jonathan Jackson, Christopher Lloyd, John Putch, Peter Scolari
Votes: 10,676 | Gross: $10.47M
Endless summer fun that they keep coming back to year after year, they just need to keep their parents from finding out there's no "real" adults.
43. Bella Mafia (1997 TV Movie)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama
Starting in Palermo, Italy, 1977 - The ups and downs of a mafia family opposed to drug trade until the men are murdered and the widows take over.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Dennis Farina, Nastassja Kinski, Jennifer Tilly
Votes: 2,430
I always wished there was more to this movie.
44. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing
Votes: 36,565 | Gross: $36.47M
Who doesn't love drag queens. This show would have drama, comedy, adventure.
45. The Darkest Minds (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a disease kills 98% of children, the survivors develop powers and are declared a threat. 16-year-old Ruby, escapes the government facility and joins a group of rebel teenagers ready to fight the government forces out to get them.
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Bradley Whitford, Harris Dickinson
Votes: 36,100 | Gross: $12.70M
The movie was ok but I think it would have been better as a television show.
46. Vivo (I) (2021)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Vivo, Sony Pictures Animation's first-ever musical adventure featuring all-new original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, will take audiences on an epic adventure to gorgeous and vibrant locations never before seen in animation.
Directors: Kirk DeMicco, Brandon Jeffords | Stars: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ynairaly Simo, Zoe Saldana, Juan de Marcos González
Votes: 21,621
This would just be too cute of a show. Their adventures, add in some songs, you gets some laughs and lessons along the way.
47. The School for Good and Evil (2022)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Best friends Sophie and Agatha find themselves on opposing sides of an epic battle when they're swept away into an enchanted school where aspiring heroes and villains are trained to protect the balance between Good and Evil.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Kit Young, Sophia Anne Caruso, Cate Blanchett, Liam Woon
Votes: 36,146
I know sequels can be made. But this show needs a tv show to do it justice and give it the time it needs to tell its story.
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