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.