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The CBS Sunday Movie (also known at various times as the CBS Sunday Night Movie) is the umbrella title for a made-for-TV and feature film showcase series originally airing from 1941 on CBS until the end of the 2005–2006 television season, when it was replaced with a drama series. It was the last of the weekly Sunday night movie showcases aired by the Big Three television networks to be canceled, outside of special event premieres and the network's previous run of the Hallmark Hall of Fame film anthology.

On April 7, 2020, as part of schedule changes associated with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States, CBS announced that it would air feature films under the CBS Sunday Night Movies banner for a five-week event in May 2020, featuring films from corporate sister Paramount Pictures (as well as other studios for example Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Lionsgate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Universal Pictures. A sixth week was added to the event to fill the timeslot of the postponed 74th Tony Awards, featuring a sing-along version of Grease.{{cite press release |title=CBS Announces Sunday Night at the Movies - Five Iconic, Acclaimed Films from the Paramount Pictures Library to Be Broadcast Every Sunday in May |url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/04/07/cbs-announces-sunday-night-at-the-movies-five-iconic-acclaimed-films-from-the-paramount-pictures-library-to-be-broadcast-every-sunday-in-may-315310/20200407cbs01/ |publisher=CBS |access-date=April 7, 2020 |date=April 7, 2020}}

In September 2020, CBS announced that the block would return for six additional weeks beginning in October, filling the network's Sunday-night schedule to allow time for its Sunday-night dramas (The Equalizer, NCIS: Los Angeles, and NCIS: New Orleans) to resume production.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2020-09-17|title=CBS Brings Back Sunday Night Movies To Fill Gap Until Scripted Dramas Return, Moves 'Big Brother' To Monday|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/cbs-sunday-night-movies-big-brother-moves-monday-clueless-star-trek-beyond-ferris-buellers-day-off-1234579093/|access-date=2020-09-22|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}

Titles

This is a listing of topics pertaining to CBS movies broadcast on television under various umbrella titles.Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present New York: Ballantine Books, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003. {{ISBN|0-345-45542-8}}

  • Film Theatre of the Air (1941–42, & 1949, Saturday; 1951 and 1953, Tuesday)
  • Premiere Playhouse (March–July 1949, Friday; 1949–50, Saturday)
  • Budweiser Summer Theatre (1951, Saturday)
  • Schlitz Film Firsts{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/schlitz_playhouse_of_stars/episodes/sort/episode/type/desc?page=6|title=Episode List: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars|last= |first= |date= |website=TV Tango|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} (1951, Friday)
  • Summer Cinema (1952, Saturday)
  • The CBS Thursday Night Movies{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/cbs_thursday_movie_special/episodes|title=Episode List: CBS Thursday Movie Special|last= |first= |date= |website=TV Tango|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} (1965–75)
  • The CBS Friday Night Movies{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/cbs_friday_movie/episodes|title=Episode List: CBS Friday Movie|last= |first= |date= |website=TV Tango|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} (1966–77)
  • The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies (1972–74)
  • The CBS Wednesday Night Movies (1977–81)
  • The CBS Tuesday Night Movies{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/cbs_tuesday_night_movie/episodes|title=Episode List: CBS Tuesday Night Movie

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  • The CBS Saturday Night Movies{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/cbs_saturday_movie/episodes|title=Episode List: CBS Saturday Movie

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  • CBS Sunday Movie{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/cbs_sunday_movie/episodes|title=Episode List: CBS Sunday Movie|last= |first= |date= |website=TV Tango|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} (1986–2006)
  • CBS Tuesday Movie{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/cbs_tuesday_movie_special/episodes|title=Episode List: CBS Tuesday Movie Special

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  • CBS Wednesday Movie{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/cbs_wednesday_movie/episodes|title=Episode List: CBS Wednesday Movie

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  • The CBS Late Movie (1972–89)
  • A CBS Special Movie Presentation (1974–2006)
  • CBS Sunday Night Movies (2020–present)

Schedules

This list may be incomplete

=1971=

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June 13

| Cutter's Trail

June 20

| The Wrong Box

June 27

| Once a Thief

July 4

| A Step Out Of Line

July 11

| Judith

July 18

| Jack of Diamonds

July 25

| Tarzan and the Great River

September 19

| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

September 26

| Bandolero!

October 3

| To Sir, with Love

October 10

| The Sand Pebbles Part 1

October 17

| The Sand Pebbles Part 2

October 24

| Battle of the Bulge Part 1

October 31

| Battle of the Bulge Part 2

November 7

| Marriage on the Rocks

November 14

| Anzio

November 21

| Born Free

November 28

| The Great Race Part 1

December 5

| The Great Race Part 2

December 12

| Will Penny

December 19

| The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

December 26

| D-Day the Sixth of June

= 1972 =

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January 2

| Up the Down Staircase

January 9

| Stay Away, Joe

January 16

| The Bridge on the River Kwai Part 1

January 23

| The Bridge on the River Kwai Part 2

January 30

| Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

February 6

| The Brotherhood of the Bell

February 13

| Ben-Hur Part 1

February 20

| Ben-Hur Part 2

February 27

| Anzio

March 5

| A Fine Madness

March 12

| Five Million Years to Earth

March 19

| Easy Come, Easy Go

April 2

| The Shoes of the Fisherman

April 9

| Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

April 16

| Tarzan and the Jungle Boy

April 23

| Funeral in Berlin

April 30

| Up the Down Staircase

May 7

| Enter Laughing

May 14

| The Firechasers

May 21

| Gentle Giant

May 28

| A Dandy in Aspic

June 4

| D-Day the Sixth of June

June 11

| Killer by Night

June 18

| Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

July 2

| A Fine Madness

July 9

| Five Million Years to Earth

July 16

| Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

July 23

| Tarzan and the Jungle Boy

July 30

| Funeral in Berlin

August 6

| Gentle Giant

August 20

| A Dandy in Aspic

August 27

| Assignment K

September 3

| Enter Laughing

October 29

| Yellow Submarine

= 1981 =

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March 22

| Gone with the Wind

= 1986 =

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January 12

| Rockabye

January 19

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January 26

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= 1988 =

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March 20

| Hot Paint

= 1989 =

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May 7

| Witness

October 8

| Mystic Pizza

October 15

| The Big Easy

= 1990 =

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March 18

| Gunsmoke: The Last Apache

May 6

| The Untouchables

October 1

| Night Walk

November 11

| Fatal Attraction

November 18

| Moonstruck

December 2

| The Fatal Image

December 9

| Donor

= 1992 =

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March 29

| Highway Heartbreaker

April 12

| Stompin' At The Savoy

April 29

| Batman

May 12

| With Murder in Mind

September 20

| Terror on Track 9

September 27

| A House of Secrets and Lies

December 6

| A Man Upstairs

= 1993 =

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March 14

| Men Don't Tell

March 21

| Without a Kiss Goodbye

April 11

| Steel Magnolias

August 22

| Highway Heartbreaker

November 7

| Ghost

= 1994 =

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May 8

| Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

July 3

| Glory

= 1995 =

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January 15

| Presumed Innocent

July 2

| Nuts

September 10

| Only the Lonely

= 1996 =

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March 17

| A Husband, A Wife, And A Lover

March 24

| A Stranger to Love

June 30

| For the Boys

July 21

| The Godfather Part III

August 11

| Dying Young

= 1997 =

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February 16

| Dave

March 16

| Stolen Women: Captured Hearts

March 23

| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

August 24

| The Man Without a Face

= 1998 =

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March 15

| A Father for Brittany

March 22

| It Could Happen to You

August 9

| Philadelphia

September 13

| Goodfellas

= 1999 =

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January 3

| Sabrina

January 17

| Dead Man Walking

March 14

| Replacing Dad

March 21

| Grumpy Old Men

May 2

| The First Wives Club

July 4

| Blue Sky

August 22

| To Sir, with Love II

= 2000 =

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January 16

| Murder at 1600

January 23

| Fire Down Below

March 19

| The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

March 26

| Passenger 57

April 23

| Michael

September 24

| L.A. Confidential

October 1

| City of Angels

= 2001 =

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January 14

| Tomorrow Never Dies

January 21

| Absolute Power

February 25

| The Mask of Zorro

March 4

| Eraser

March 18

| For Love of Olivia

March 25

| Executive Decision

April 15

| Deep Impact

June 10

| Something to Talk About

June 17

|Chance of a Lifetime

June 24

|Grace and Glorie

July 1

|Bella Mafia

July 8

|A Father for Brittany

July 15

|To Live Again

July 22

|Going Home

July 29

|The Staircase

August 19

| Tin Cup

November 25

| You've Got Mail

December 30

| Eraser

= 2002 =

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January 6

| Entrapment

February 17

| The Fugitive

March 17

| Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

March 24

| Executive Decision

March 31

| Analyze This

April 7

| The Deep End of the Ocean

April 14

| The Pilot’s Wife

May 12

| Double Jeopardy

June 16

| The Negotiator

July 7

| A Time to Kill

August 4

| Missing Pieces

September 15

| Message in a Bottle

October 6

| Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

November 3

| The World Is Not Enough

= 2003 =

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March 23

| Shanghai Noon

April 6

| The Whole Nine Yards

July 6

| Wild Wild West

August 3

| Instinct

August 17

| True Crime

September 14

| Out of Sight

October 26

| What Women Want

December 28

| One True Thing

= 2004 =

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January 18

| Double Jeopardy

February 29

| Rules of Engagement

March 21

| Proof of Life

March 28

| Jesus

April 11

| The Patriot

April 18

| Along Came a Spider

June 20

| The Cider House Rules

August 22

| Pay it Forward

December 26

| Ocean's Eleven

= 2005 =

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January 2

| Behind Enemy Lines

February 20

| Stone Cold

February 27

| Collateral Damage

March 27

| James Patterson's Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

April 3

| John Q.

April 10

| High Crimes

April 17

| Don't Say a Word

June 26

| Changing Lanes

July 31

| I Am Sam

October 23

| Enough

= 2006 =

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January 1

|Surrender, Dorothy

January 15

|Jesse Stone: Night Passage

February 12

| The Sum of All Fears

February 19

| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

March 12

| How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

March 19

| Time Bomb

April 9

|rowspan=“2”|Robert Ludlum's Covert One: The Hades Factor

April 30

|Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

May 28

|We Were Soldiers

June 4

|Ocean's Eleven

June 18

|What Women Want

= 2007 =

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May 20

| Million Dollar Baby

= 2015 =

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February 22

| Act of Valor

= 2020 =

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May 3

| Raiders of the Lost Ark

May 10

| Forrest Gump

May 17

| Mission: Impossible

May 24

| Titanic

May 31

| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

June 7

| Grease Sing-Along{{Cite web|title=CBS Adds 'Grease Sing-A-Long' To Its Sunday Night Movies Schedule; Watch The Trailer – Update|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/cbs-brings-back-sunday-movie-night-coronavirus-pandemic-paramount-titanic-indiana-jones-mission-impossible-forrest-gump-1202902688/|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2020-05-14|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-05-17}}

October 4

|Old School

October 11

|Clueless

October 18

|Ferris Bueller's Day Off

October 25

|Scream

November 1

|Star Trek Beyond

November 29

|Coming to America

= 2021 =

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May 30

|Gladiator

June 20

|Selma

September 5

|School of Rock

October 3

|Star Trek

= 2022 =

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May 14

|Top Gun{{Cite web |title=Shows A-Z {{!}} TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/cbs-movie/listings/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=www.thefutoncritic.com}}

December 4

|Fit For Christmas{{Cite web |title=Breaking News - More the Merrier! CBS Announces Airdates to Celebrate the 2022 CBS Holiday Collection with Original Movies and Specials {{!}} TheFutonCritic.com |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2022/10/14/more-the-merrier-cbs-announces-airdates-to-celebrate-the-2022-cbs-holiday-collection-with-original-movies-and-specials-50511/20221014cbs01/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=www.thefutoncritic.com}}

December 11

|Must Love Christmas

December 18

|When Christmas Was Young

= 2023 =

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May 26

|Star Trek Into Darkness

June 5

|Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

References

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External links

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