Today, I continue my look back at the previous year with my picks for the best of Lifetime in 2017! Below, you’ll find my nominations for the best Lifetime films and performances of 2017! Winners are starred and listed in bold!
(As a guide, I used the credits for the imdb. If anyone has been miscredited or let out, please feel free to let me know and I’ll fix the error both here and, if I can, on the imdb as well.)
Best Picture
Drink Slay Love, produced by Tina Pehme, Kim Roberts, Sheri Singer, Bella Thorne
From Straight A’s to XXX, produced by Austin Andrews, John Bolton, Anne-Marie Hess, Tina Pehme, Kim Roberts, Sheri Singer
Four Christmases and a Wedding
New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell, produced by Deen Dioria, David Manzanares, Ron Schmidt, Judith Verno, Frank von Zerneck.
The Rachels, produced by Paige Lauren Billot, Margaret H. Huddleston, Maggie McFarren, Hannah Pillemer, Rebecca G. Stone.
Running Away, produced by Dureyshevar, Jeff Faehnle, Jack Nasser, Jacob Nasser, Joseph Nasser, Bri Noble.
Sea Change. Produced by Sharon Bordas, Alec Chorches, Adam Fratto, Steven Gilder, David MacLeod, A.J. Mendez, Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan, Stephanie Slack, Fernando Szew
Secrets in Suburbia, produced by Kristopher McNeeley, Jacobo Rispa, Damian Romay, Stephanie Slack, Fernando Szew.
The Watcher in the Woods, produced by Simon Barnes, Alexandra Bentley, Andrew Gernhard, Jennifer Handorf, Paula Hart.
* Web Cam Girls, produced by Tom Berry, Pierre David, Hank Grover, Sheri Reeves, Ken Sanders, Noel Zanitsch*
Best Director
* Doug Campbell for Web Cam Girls
Michael Civille for The Rachels
Vanessa Parise for From Straight A’s to XXX
Damian Romay for Secrets in Suburbia
Brian Skiba for Running Away
Stephen Tolkin for New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell
Best Actor
James Franco in High School Lover
Zack Gold in Psycho Brother-in-Law
Stephen Graybill in Web Cam Girls
Timothy Granderos in The Twin
Ted McGinley in Fatherly Obsession
* Ryan Patrick Shanahan in Sinister Minister
Best Actress
Barbie Castro in Boyfriend Killer
Holly Deveaux in Running Away
Sedonna Legge in Web Cam Girls
* Penelope Ann Miller in New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell
Heather Morris in Psycho Wedding Crasher
Haley Pullos in From Straight A’s to XXX
Best Supporting Actor
Francois Arnaud in High School Lover
Joe Hackett in Web Cam Girls’
William McNamara in Running Away
Patrick Muldoon in Boyfriend Killer
Judd Nelson in From Straight A’s to XXX
* Daniel Roebuck in New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell
Best Supporting Actress
Madison Iseman in The Rachels
Anjelica Huston in The Watcher in the Woods
* Tonya Kay in Web Cam Girls
Paula Trickey in Running Away
Ashley Wood in Wicked Mom’s Club
Lorynn York in Web Cam Girs
Best Screenplay
From Straight A’s to XXX. Anne-Marie Hess.
New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell. Stephen Tolkin.
The Rachels. Ellen Huggins.
* Running Away. Sheri McGuinn.
Secrets in Suburbia. Damian Romay.
Web Cam Girls. Stephen Romano.
Best Cinematography
Drink Slay Love. Vic Sarin.
Four Christmases and a Wedding. Mike Kam.
Off the Rails. Denis Maloney.
Running Away. Patrice Lucien Cochet.
* Sea Change. Jackson Parrell.
Ten: Murder Island. Richard Clabaugh.
Best Costuming
* Drink Slay Love. Liene Dobraja.
From Straight A’s to XXX. Liene Dobraja.
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst. Tina Fiorda.
New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell. Maria Bentfield.
The Rachels. Courtney Stern.
Stage Fright. Monique Hyman.
Best Editing
* From Straight A’s to XXX. Rob Grant.
Four Christmases and a Wedding. Paul Ziller.
New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell. Mark Stevens.
The Rachels. Brett Solem.
Sea Change. Matthew Anas.
Web Cam Girls. Jordan Jensen.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Drink Slay Love. Jessica Green, Catherine Long, Alysha McLoughlin, Sahar Sharelo.
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst. Lorna Bravo, Kelly Grange, Shelly Jensen, Mary Renvall, Melissa Sahlstrom.
* New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell. Claudia Breckenridge, Daniel Casillas, Nicole Gabaldon, Pepper J. Gallegos, Madeline McCue, L. Taylor Roberts
The Rachels. Taylor Bennett, Austin Cuccia.
Secrets in Suburbia. Andrea Ahl, Trevor Thompson
The Watcher in the Woods. Chloe Edwards.
Best Score
Drink Slay Love. Justin R. Durban
Fatherly Obsession. Aiko Fukushima.
Sea Change. Shawn Pierce.
* Story of a Girl. Travis Bacon.
Ten: Murder Island. Ceiri Torjussen.
The Watcher in the Woods. Felix Bird.
Best Production Design
New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell. Will Albarz, Anthony Medina.
Running Away. Vincent Albo, Rose Beltran
Secrets in Suburbia. Brendan Turrill.
Ten: Murder Island. Eric Whitney, Caley Bisson.
* Web Cam Girls. Catch Henson, James W. Thompson Jr., Katherine Bulovic, Valerie Munguia
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects
And there you have it! Those are my picks for the best of Lifetime in 2017! Thank you for your indulgence! On Friday, I’ll be concluding my look back at 2017 with my picks for the 26 best films of the year!
Previous entries in the TSL’s Look Back at 2017:
- 2017 in Review: Top Ten Single Issues by Ryan C
- 2017 in Review: Top Ten Series by Ryan C
- 2017 In Review: Top Ten Collected Edition (Contemporary) by Ryan C
- 2017 In Review: Top Ten Collected Editions (Vintage) by Ryan C
- 2017 in Review: Top Ten Graphic Novels By Ryan C
- 25 Best, Worst, and Gems I saw in 2017 by Valerie Troutman
- My Top 15 Albums of 2017 by Necromoonyeti
- 2017 In Review: Lisa Marie’s Picks For the 16 Worst Films of 2017
- 2017 In Review: Lisa Marie’s Final Post About Twin Peaks: The Return (for now)
- 2017 in Review: Lisa Marie’s 14 Favorite Songs of 2017
- 2017 in Review: The Best of SyFy by Lisa Marie Bowman
- 2017 in Review: 10 Good Things that Lisa Marie Saw On Television in 2017
- 2017 in Review: Lisa Marie’s 12 Favorite Novels of 2017
- 2017 in Review: Lia Marie’s 10 Favorite Non-Fiction Books of 2017
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