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The Best Movies Based in TV Shows

The act of creating a movie based on a TV show has often been derided as a lack of imagination, the result of a Hollywood that doesn't know how to create original features anymore. Arguably, that pessimistic view isn't entirely wrong. Movie history is littered with films that took bits and pieces from the TV series they're based on without bringing over its heart, like The Beverley Hillbillies, and/or doing anything original with the premise (1998's Lost in Space, we're looking at you). But when it works? Magic. Look no further than the overwhelming success of the Mission: Impossible franchise, for example. Here are a few samples of the number of big-screen hits from TV screen bits.
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Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
2
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   56%
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Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
5
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
6
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
7
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   44%
8
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
9
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
10
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
11
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   22%
12
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
13
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   47%
14
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
15
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   54%
16
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   38%
17
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
18
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
19
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
20
21 Jump Street (2012)
21 Jump Street (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
21
22 Jump Street (2014)
22 Jump Street (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
22
The Untouchables (1987)
The Untouchables (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
23
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
24
The Addams Family (1991)
The Addams Family (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   65%
25
Addams Family Values (1993)
Addams Family Values (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
26
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
27
The Fugitive (1993)
The Fugitive (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
28
The Muppets (2011)
The Muppets (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
29
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
30
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
31
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
32
Wayne's World (1992)
Wayne's World (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
33
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
34
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
35
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   57%
36
The Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
The Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   54%
37
The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (2004)
The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
38
Maverick (1994)
Maverick (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
39
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
40
Serenity (2005)
Serenity (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
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