[1] Originally intended to be titled "Fox Movie Studio" during the planning stages,[2] the channel launched at midnight on October 31, 1994 as fXM: Movies from Fox, a name derived from its sister cable channel FX, which debuted five months earlier on June 1.

Two, Better Late (directed by Jessica Yu) and 78 (helmed by Noah Edelson), would initially premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Another block, called FX Movie Channel, the other 12 hours consisted of an expanded slate of more recent feature films from Fox and some other film studios, including the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group and Universal Pictures.

[6] On January 1, 2015, FXM broke format for its first and only time, running a marathon of the first season of the FX original series Fargo.

[7] FXM provides a high-definition simulcast feed that broadcasts the channel's film content in 720p, the company's default transmission format.