Yet, some TV movies are genuine greats by any measure, including when they’re placed alongside the best works of cinema and prestige television. Occasionally, it so happens that a genuinely great work of filmmaking comes together in a feature-length production for the small screen. Netflix’s best original movies are often overlooked, for example, but the platform now has a sizable collection of modern classics. Still, most of the very best made-for-TV movies belong to previous generations. Bessie2015A still from Bessie featuring Queen Latifah as Bessie SmithFeaturing one of Queen Latifah’s best movie performances, Bessie is overlooked all too often among the best blues biopics ever made.