Lifetime movie
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A Lifetime movie is a made-for-television film of the kind aired on the Lifetime cable network, typically featuring melodramatic plots about women in peril, domestic abuse, stalkers, or family secrets.
The term has become shorthand for any overwrought, formulaic drama with sensational twists: Her story about the cheating husband sounded like a Lifetime movie.
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- HallmarkDistinctive identifying feature
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- romanceLove and its excitement
suspense · thriller · tragedy · tears · affair · secrets · betrayal · abuse · toxic relationship · stalker · obsession · missing child · revenge · survival · courage · mother · daughter · single mother
- TV moviestelefilms, made-for-TV, telefilm, mini-series, TV specials
Lifetime movietheatrical release
Film shown in theaters
tentpole movie · summer blockbuster · wide release · franchise film
lifetime, life, time, living, lively, liveliness, lifelong, lifeless, lifelike