Freeform (TV channel)

===Films===
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{{Main|List of Freeform original films}}
Freeform airs movies in prime time on Thursday and Friday nights (and if no original series are scheduled, Mondays, Tuesdays and/or Wednesdays as well), along with a day-long schedule of films on weekends from as early as 7:00&nbsp;a.m. (sometimes later, such as around 7:30&nbsp;a.m. or 8:00&nbsp;a.m.) to as late as 2:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time on Saturdays and Sundays.

As of 2019, Freeform features a mix of animated and live action films from film divisions [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Pixar]], [[20th Century Studios]], [[Searchlight Pictures]], [[Touchstone Pictures]], [[Hollywood Pictures]], and [[Blue Sky Studios]].

Freeform also shows sub-runs (runs of films that have already received broadcast or syndicated television airings) of theatrical films from other studios such as [[Sony Pictures]], [[Universal Pictures]], [[Paramount Pictures]] (barring [[Nickelodeon Movies]] titles), [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], [[New Line Cinema]], [[HiT Entertainment]], [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]], and [[DreamWorks Pictures]].

Freeform has purchased the cable television rights to many film series, such as the ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' series (which ABC and Disney Channel also hold rights to), 2004's ''[[A Cinderella Story]]'' (and the direct to video sequels, ''[[Another Cinderella Story]]'', ''[[A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song]]'', and ''[[A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits]]'') and most recently the ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' film series (after securing rights to the 2009 made-for-DVD release ''[[Legally Blondes]]'').

The channel also produces its own original made-for-TV movies (targeting a slightly older audience than those aired by sister network Disney Channel); some of Freeform's most popular original movies include ''[[Night of the Twisters (film)|Night of the Twisters]]'' (the channel's first original movie, which premiered in 1996 during its existence as The Family Channel), ''[[Holiday in Handcuffs]]'', the ''[[Au Pair (film)|Au Pair]]'' trilogy, ''[[Ice Angel]]'', and ''[[Cyberbully (2011 film)|Cyberbully]]'' (which premiered on the channel under either the Fox Family or ABC Family identities). As Freeform, the channel has had original movies such as ''Angry Angel'', ''The Truth About Christmas'', ''Life-Size 2'', ''No Sleep 'Til Christmas'', ''Turkey Drop'', and ''Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas''. ABC Family, the channel has also recently been generating high levels of viewers with its weekend movie events; the "Harry Potter Weekend" block in July 2009 generated some of the highest levels of viewers for its weekend events for the year to date. ABC Family's airing of ''[[The Hunger Games (film)|The Hunger Games]]'' on October 10, 2014, was one of the channel's most watched telecasts for a single film, being seen by nearly 1.9 million viewers.

Freeform is becoming known for airing previews of upcoming movies, as it has done for ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', ''[[Hairspray (2007 film)|Hairspray]],'' and ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter Triple-Feature Weekend on ABC Family Includes OotP Sneak Peeks|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/6/7/harry-potter-triple-feature-weekend-on-abc-family-includes-ootp-sneak-peeks|website=The Leaky Cauldron|date=July 7, 2007|access-date=March 5, 2008|archive-date=October 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002155259/http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/6/7/harry-potter-triple-feature-weekend-on-abc-family-includes-ootp-sneak-peeks|url-status=live}}</ref>

The channel has also aired select Disney Channel Original Movies in recent years, including the 2008 movie ''[[Camp Rock]]'' the 2011 films ''[[Lemonade Mouth (film)|Lemonade Mouth]]'' and ''[[Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension]]'', and the 2017 movie [[Descendants 2]], which are also four of only five Disney Channel movies to air domestically on a non-Disney Channel branded network. (''[[Cadet Kelly]]'' is the other, having aired on ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' in 2002.) This has become somewhat more prevalent since the channel's January 2016 rebranding to Freeform, which has also seen the channel air such popular Disney Channel films as ''[[High School Musical]]''.

Freeform aired the [[Olivia Rodrigo]] film ''[[Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U|Driving Home 2 U]]'' on May 14, 2022. It was the first time that a Disney+ original movie ever aired on Freeform (and thus, any linear television channel).