Lifetime Reveals New Fall Movies With Matthew Morrison, Luke Macfarlane & More

Lifetime has a powerful movie lineup set for this fall. TV Insider can exclusively reveal the network’s four new original movies premiering in October.

Platonic star Luke Macfarlane kicks off Lifetime’s fall slate with A Doctor to Die For: The Sarah Harris Story. Glee star Matthew Morrison will lead The Monster She Married, a film based on Fatal Prescription: A Doctor Without Remorse. Baby Daddy alum Jean-Luc Bilodeau stars alongside an Off Campus cast member in Sins of an Amish Husband.

Rounding out October will be the Judy Reyes-starring Secrets of Mercy Hospital. Scroll down for the full schedule of Lifetime’s fall 2026 movies below.

A Doctor to Die For: The Sarah Harris Story

Premiere Date: Saturday, October 3, 8/7c

From Rohm Feifer Entertainment and Kahn Power Pictures, A Doctor to Die For: The Sarah Harris Story is based on a true story and follows Sarah (Siobhan Williams), a young woman drawn into a dangerous relationship with a middle-aged surgeon, Dr. James Ryan (Macfarlane).

As Dr. Ryan secretly supplies her with surgical-grade drugs to keep her compliant and submissive, Sarah’s life spirals out of control. When tragedy hits, Sarah’s mother and sister begin investigating the doctor, uncovering shocking and disturbing truths.

The Monster She Married

Premiere Date: Saturday, October 10, 8/7c

Based on the book Fatal Prescription: A Doctor Without Remorse by John Griffiths, The Monster She Married follows the story of a woman, groomed since she was a teen, who breaks her silence and confronts the terrifying truth about her husband.

Shelley Charalambous (Molly Saunders) has spent years building a life with Joseph (Morrison), the man she once trusted as her pediatrician, while also enduring the abuse and manipulation that has trapped her since she was a teenager. But when another one of Joseph’s teenage patients is murdered just days before testifying against him, Shelley is forced to face the dark truth of her marriage that she’s long avoided.

Sins of an Amish Husband

Premiere Date: Saturday, October 17, 8/7c

Based on the New York Times best-selling book Abandoned Prayers by Gregg Olsen, Sins of an Amish Husband follows Sarah (Maddy Hillis), a devout Amish woman who suspects foul play after her sister, Ida (Karis Cameron), dies in a mysterious barn fire.

Driven to protect her young nephew, Danny, Sarah begins investigating her brother-in-law, Eli (Bilodeau), despite the constraints of her close-knit Amish community and its conservative traditions. When Eli abruptly disappears and Danny is later found frozen to death, Sarah’s worst fears are confirmed, and she’s led down a path toward justice and a long-awaited reckoning.

Secrets of Mercy Hospital

Premiere Date: Saturday, October 24, 8/7c

Secrets of Mercy Hospital follows Major Kendra Williams (Reyes) as she returns to the working-class town she fled as a teenager for her estranged mother’s funeral. After helping deliver a baby during a roadside emergency, Kendra is drawn into the understaffed maternity and neonatal units at Mercy Hospital, where she is forced to confront the long-buried secret of the daughter she gave birth to and left behind at 18.

As she works alongside her former best friend, now married to Kendra’s first love, Vaughn Maddox (Tahmoh Penikett), she must face the pain, guilt, and unanswered questions that have shaped her life. Her journey ultimately leads her toward healing, forgiveness, and the possibility of a second chance.