best made-for-tv movie?

Answer 1

Even though they're both technically miniseries, "Band of Brothers" and "Stephen King's Storm of The Century".

Answer 2

Truman Capote's The Glass House (1972)
The movie was so powerful that it wasn't rerun "as is"; they edited it. Since then, footage has been restored. This film is more powerful than most theatrical films. Everyone delivers an amazing, electrifying and heartbreaking performance, including Vic Morrow, Billy Dee Williams Scott Hylands, and Edward Bell. Here's a partial summary:
"A group of new prisoners, including a political science professor, Jonathan Paige (Alan Alda), and a student, Allan Campbell (Kristoffer Tabori), arrive at a state prison, along with a new guard, Brian Courtland (Clu Gulager). Paige is a serving a year for manslaughter -- he accidentally killed a driver who had run down and injured his wife -- but his education doesn't prepare him for what he finds in prison. Nor does Courtland understand everything he sees in his new job, where he hopes to do some good. The warden (Dean Jagger) is spoken of as being on "short time," as though he were serving a sentence; the guard captain, Pagonis (G. Wood), is totally cynical about his work and his job; and one veteran guard, Brown (Roy Jenson), seems to be serving some of the prisoners -- and that small group of inmates have more to do with the running of the prison than does the administration."

"QB VII", television's first miniseries, would be the runnerup. The two-part film, which has an international cast and filming locations, is based on Leon Uris' novel~which is based on a lawsuit the novelist faced. This is the film that brought Anthony Hopkins to the public's attention the first time around. His demand as an actor would rise then wane again, only to skyrocket to the top again thanks to "Silence of the Lambs". This film made me a fan who has followed all of his work since, as well as retracing his career. He didn't lose me even when the public dropped him after several unsuccessful films. So, I was thrilled when he emerged triumphant once more.

IMDB summary:
Adam Kelno (Anthony Hopkins) has made it to England in the days following World War II. Having escaped from a death camp in Nazi Europe, he finds that his identification with anti-communists in Poland has made him a target of the Soviet Government, which brings up war crime charges against him in England. When the witness is unable to identify him..., he is released. Kelno takes his wife (Leslie Caron) and young son to Arabia where he labors for years upgrading public health standards. Upon his return to England he is Knighted. Twenty years have passed, and he has just begun to enjoy his life of renown when a book is published that names him as a willing participant to Nazi medical experiments on Jews in the camps. He sues for defamation and finds that not only can he not escape his past but also the plaintiff of a defamation case has his own reputation on trial. QB VII refers to the courtroom in which the trial is held, Queen's Bench, Room 7.
Ben Gazzara portrays the novelist who is sued, as Leon Uris was in real life over one line (if I recall) in his novel "Exodus".

Honorable mentions for amazing films that could have been done only on TV go to:
The Thorn Birds
Gulliver's Travels~Halmi production
The Odyssey~Halmi production
Shogun
North & South Books 1 & 2
Stephen King's It
Stephen King's The Tommyknockers

Special award goes to "Brian's Song", with Billy Dee Williams and James Caan.

Answer 3

Last Chance Cafe

Answer 4

Band of Brothers...it's a must see.
http://www.hbo.com/band/landing/currahee.html