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* ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' bombed at the cinema (mostly due to terrible marketing), but thanks to VHS and cable it became well known as a great movie.

* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' became the classic it is now for being screened over and over on the TV networks.

* ''[[A Christmas Story]]'': In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the film began airing quietly on Superstation [[WTBS]] and Superstation WGN as a Thanksgiving movie, where it started to grow in popularity. Because it was a seasonal movie, the studio only ran it for a couple of weeks in December during its original release, so it owes all of its reputation to cable, video and word-of-mouth.

* The Alistair Sim version of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' was a box-office disappointment when released. After being on cable for a few years, it went on to become a classic and considered one of the best adaptations of the Dickens story.