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Small Screen to Silver Screen: Top 20 TV Shows to Movies  
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These are the top 20 TV shows that became movies.

1.	South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut - The only way the TV show could get better was to legally allow them to curse, swear, kill and have sex with the devil.
2.	Mission Impossible - Add Tom Cruise to this classic TV series and you have box office gold.
3.	Star Trek - One the greatest TV shows of all time turned into some of the greatest sci-fi movies ever.
4.	The Untouchables - Before Costner, Connery, DeNiro and Garcia there was Robert Stack's TV series.
5.	Naked Gun - Based on the TV show Police Squad.
6.	Office Space - This was based on some SNL shorts.
7.	The Fugitive - This Harrison Ford starring best picture nominated film was based on a 60s TV show.
8.	Wayne's World - Yet another SNL skit turned movie. Schwing!
9.	Beavis and Butthead: Do America - The funniest MTV movies ever! Hands-down. Voices include Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman, Robert Stack and David Letterman.
10.	Blues Brothers - One of many comedies based on a Saturday Night Live skit, this one following a blues band's "mission from god."
11.	Twilight Zone - A movie version of the TV show (basically four episodes of the TV show).
12.	Transformers - Both the cartoon 80s version and the new film set to release in 07.
13.	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - A TV show based on comic books, these films are a great mix of martial arts, comedy, drama and even romance. The film set to release in 07 won't dissapoint either.
14.	Charlie's Angels - Come on. Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore kicking butt just like Farrah, Kate and Jaclyn used to.
15.	The Brady Bunch - A rarity for a TV sitcom to make it as a movie but this one definitely did.
16.	Spongebob Squarepants - It appears to be just a kids-flick, however it has value to adults as well.
17.	Serenity - Not the hit the die-hards expected, but still the best sci-fi movie based on a TV show besides Star Trek.
18.	Addam's Family - A 60s TV show based on a comic strip. Who could forget Uncle Fester, It and Thing?
19.	Starsky and Hutch - A lot of hype and big name actors helped this film become a major success following it's successful TV counterpart.
20.	Mystery Science Theater - Honestly, just to round out the list.

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