Favorite Actress-Authored Adapted Screenplay
by urbanemovies | created - 12 Jul 2020 | updated - 12 Aug 2020 | PublicWork in Progress,SUGGESTIONS?
Which of these notable actress-authored adapted movie screenplays is your favorite one of them all?
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1. Away from Her (2006)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama
A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Julie Christie, Michael Murphy, Gordon Pinsent, Stacey LaBerge
Votes: 23,077 | Gross: $4.57M
Screenwriter: Sarah Polley
Based on the short story "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" by Alice Munro
2. Nanny McPhee (2005)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge.
Director: Kirk Jones | Stars: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Kelly Macdonald
Votes: 85,470 | Gross: $47.14M
Screenwriter: Emma Thompson
Based on the novel series "Nurse Matilda" by Christianna Brand
3. Little Women (2019)
PG | 135 min | Drama, Romance
Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen
Votes: 245,611 | Gross: $108.10M
Screenwriter: Greta Gerwig
Based on the novel "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
4. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
PG | 136 min | Drama, Romance
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 125,687 | Gross: $43.18M
Screenwriter: Emma Thompson
Based on the novel "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen
5. Mean Girls (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey
Votes: 435,000 | Gross: $86.06M
Screenwriter: Tina Fey
Based on the book "Queen Bees and Wannabes" by Rosalind Wiseman
6. Before Sunset (2004)
R | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrès
Votes: 287,728 | Gross: $5.82M
'Screenwriters: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater; Story: Kim Krizan & Richard Linkater
Based on the characters from the film 'Before Sunrise' by Kim Krizan & Richard Linklater
7. Albert Nobbs (2011)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Votes: 25,585 | Gross: $3.01M
Screenwriters: Gabriella Prekop & John Banville & Glenn Close; Story by István Szabó Based on the novel "The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs" by George Moore
8. Before Midnight (2013)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Ariane Labed
Votes: 172,096 | Gross: $8.11M
Screenwriters: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater; Story: Kim Krizan & Richard Linkater
Based on the characters from the film Before Sunrise' by Kim Krizan & Richard Linklater
9. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Christina Eleusiniotis
Votes: 144,595 | Gross: $241.44M
Screen writer: Nia Vardalos
Based on the play "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" by Nia Vardalos
10. Yentl (1983)
PG | 133 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
Director: Barbra Streisand | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin, Nehemiah Persoff
Votes: 15,851 | Gross: $40.22M
Screenwriters: Barbra Streisand & Jack Rosenthal
Based on Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer's play of the same name, itself based on Singer's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy."
11. Postcards from the Edge (1990)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman
Votes: 19,323 | Gross: $37.96M
Screenwriter: Carrie Fisher
Based on the book "Postcards from the Edge" by Carrie Fisher
12. No Time to Die (2021)
PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 444,586 | Gross: $160.87M
Screenwriters: Neal Purvis & Robert Wade & Cary Joji Fukunaga & Phoebe Waller-Bridge; Story by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade & Cary Joji Fukunaga
Based on the characters from the "James Bond" novel series by Ian Fleming
13. Marie Antoinette (2006)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan
Votes: 121,848 | Gross: $15.96M
Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola
Based on the book Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
14. The Beguiled (2017)
R | 93 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Colin Farrell
Votes: 61,729 | Gross: $10.58M
Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola
Based on the novel "The Beguiled" by Thomas P. Cullinan
15. First They Killed My Father (2017)
TV-MA | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History
Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.
Director: Angelina Jolie | Stars: Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Mun Kimhak
Votes: 20,425
Screenwriters: Angelina Jolie & Loung Ung
Based on the book "First They Killed My Father" by Loung Ung
16. Charlie's Angels (2019)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When a young systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie's Angels are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect us all.
Director: Elizabeth Banks | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks
Votes: 79,683 | Gross: $17.80M
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Banks; Story by Evan Spiliotopoulos & David Auburn
Based on the characters created by Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts for the TV series "Charlie's Angels"
17. Miss Julie (2014)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, Romance
Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.
Director: Liv Ullmann | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain, Samantha Morton, Nora McMenamy
Votes: 6,148
Screenwriter: Liv Ullmann
Based on the 1888 play 'Miss Julie' by August Strindberg
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