Film Adaptations of Literature
Full-out list of every film adaptation I've become aware of. There's no way I'll get everything, but I'm gonna try. (In progess)
List activity
563 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
6656 titles
- DirectorHans Jürgen PohlandStarsIyabo AboabaBoniface AfokoSteve AllisThis is the story of Okonkwo, an Ibo man who lives in the village of Umoufia, in Nigeria. It shows the traditions and culture of the Ibo people, while also telling Okonkwo's story.Chinua Achebe 1958 novel
- StarsFunso AdeoluFabian AdibeFrancis AguChinua Achebe 1958 novel
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTimothée ChalametArmie HammerMichael StuhlbargIn 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.André Aciman 2007 novel
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTom HanksChristopher WalkenBarely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.Frank Abagnale Jr. (with Stan Redding) semi-autobiographical 1980 book [watched]
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.Samuel Hopkins Adams 1933 short story (Night Bus)
- DirectorGarth JenningsStarsMartin FreemanYasiin BeySam RockwellMere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."Douglas Adams 1979 novel [watched]
- DirectorChris BuckKevin LimaStarsTony GoldwynMinnie DriverBrian BlessedA man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 novel [watched]
- DirectorJames HillTom McGowanStarsVirginia McKennaBill TraversGeoffrey KeenThe story of George and Joy Adamson and the orphaned lion cub, Elsa, they adopt.Joy Adamson 1960 novel
- DirectorBiyi BandeleStarsChiwetel EjioforThandiwe NewtonAnika Noni RoseSisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2006 novel
- DirectorRamin BahraniStarsAdarsh GouravRajkummar RaoPriyanka Chopra JonasAn ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.Aravind Adiga 2008 novel
- DirectorGilbert CatesStarsAnnabeth GishJohn SlatteryAustin WolffA young wife's religious faith is shaken when her husband dies in a car accident.James Agee 1915 autobiographical novel
- DirectorGonzalo SuárezStarsEmma PenellaNigel DavenportKeith BaxterAdapted from the novel of the same name by Clarín, which narrates the difficulties of Ana Ozores to adapt to the sordidness of life in Vetusta, a provincial city of northern Spain inspired in Oviedo. The young Ana, married to a retired regent, lives oppressed by the provincial hypocrisy and the mystical fears of an absorbing religion. Sexually dissatisfied, beset by constant erotic dreams, she reveals in her confessional her intimate torments, and her confessor begins to feel a morbid passion for her. At the same time, Álvaro Mesía, a Don Juan, intends to seduce Ana.Leopoldo Alas 1885 novel
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnJoan BennettPaul LukasA chronicle of the lives of sisters growing up in 19th-century New England.Louisa May Alcott 1869 novel
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsJune AllysonPeter LawfordMargaret O'BrienThe four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.Louisa May Alcott 1869 novel
- DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsSusan SarandonWinona RyderKirsten DunstThe March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America.Louisa May Alcott 1869 novel
- DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanEmma WatsonFlorence PughJo 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.Louisa May Alcott 1869 novel
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsRalph MorganErin O'Brien-MooreJunior DurkinThe former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. One of the boys, Nat, invites Dan, a street kid, to come to the school, where the boys are all loved and well cared for. Dan is a young tough, but his heart is good, and when he is accused of theft at the school, Jo continues to believe in him and that the true thief will be found out.Louisa May Alcott 1871 novel
- DirectorRodney GibbonsStarsKathleen FeeMichael CalozMariel HemingwayBased on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott. When two homeless boys from Boston find themselves at Plumfield, a rural boarding school run by Jo and her husband, the boys learn both academic and life lessons they won't ever forget.Louisa May Alcott 1871 novel
- DirectorChris EyreStarsAdam BeachEvan AdamsIrene BedardArnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family.Sherman Alexie 1993 book (The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven) [watched]
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsFrank SinatraKim NovakEleanor ParkerA junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.Nelson Algren 1949 novel
- DirectorBille AugustStarsJeremy IronsMeryl StreepMaria Conchita AlonsoA rancher, his clairvoyant wife, and their family face turbulent years in South America in this adaptation of Isabel Allende's best-seller.Isabel Allende 1982 novel
- DirectorBetty KaplanStarsAntonio BanderasJennifer ConnellyStefania SandrelliChile 1973 is ruled by the dictator Pinochet. The wealthy don't see the violence, terror, executions etc. including Irene. She's engaged to an officer in the fascist military. She meets Francisco who opens her eyes to truth and love.Isabel Allende 1984 novel
- StarsElena RiveraEduardo NoriegaIsmael MartínezThis is a romantic historical drama based on the true story of the first woman "conquistador" who went to the South American land that would become Chile, and helped to form the city of Santiago. It is based on a 2006 novel by Isabel Allende.Isabel Allende 2006 novel
- DirectorAnjelica HustonStarsJennifer Jason LeighRon EldardGlenne HeadlyA mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?Dorothy Allison 1992 semi-autobiographical novel
- DirectorLisa CholodenkoStarsKyra SedgwickAidan QuinnSherilyn FennA traumatic event sends a musician (Sedgwick) back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abusive ex-husband (Quinn), from whom she fled years ago.Dorothy Allison 1998 novel
- DirectorMariano BarrosoStarsSalma HayekLumi CavazosEdward James OlmosIn the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government.Julia Alvarez 1994 novel
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsJohn WelshRonald CardewHugh GriffithJim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled with unexciting but neurotic Margaret Peel, a friend of the Professor's. All in all, the pub is the only friendly place to be. His misery is completed at a dreadful weekend gathering of the Welch clan by the arrival of son Bertrand. Not so much that Betrand is loud-mouthed and boorish - which he is - but that he has as companion Christine Callaghan, the sort of marvellous and unattainable woman Jim can only dream about.Kingsley Amis 1954 novel
- DirectorDamian HarrisStarsDexter FletcherIone SkyeJonathan PryceCharles Highway (Dexter Fletcher) is in control of his life; he is about to finish sixth form college and start at Oxford. He is nineteen and wants an older woman before he turns twenty. Enter the beautiful Rachel Noyce (Ione Skye), and Charles puts his 'master-of-seduction' routines into top gear. Things however get complicated, Charles has a string of exes and a weird brother-in-law. Rachel has a boyfriend named Deforest (James Spader), and Charles' father has a mistress.Martin Amis 1973 novel
- StarsNick FrostVincent KartheiserEmma PiersonJohn Self is good at making money, he's due to make a hell of a lot more. The only trouble is... he's better at spending it.Martin Amis 1984 novel
- DirectorMathew CullenStarsTheo JamesAmber HeardCara DelevingneClairvoyant femme fatale Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She begins a tangled love affair with three uniquely different men: one of whom she knows will be her murderer.Martin Amis 1989 novel
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsChristian FriedelSandra HüllerJohann KarthausAuschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.Martin Amis 2014 novel
- DirectorJessica SharzerStarsKristen StewartElizabeth PerkinsRichard HagermanAfter a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to speak.Laurie Halse Anderson 1999 YA novel
- DirectorJeffrey BloomStarsLouise FletcherVictoria TennantKristy SwansonChildren are hidden away under an attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.V.C. Andrews 1979 YA novel
- DirectorMike RohlStarsIndia EisleyWilliam MoseleyJames TupperLiving in her family's secluded mansion, Audrina is kept alone and out of sight and is haunted by nightmares of her older sister, First Audrina, who was left for dead in the woods after an attack. As she begins to question her past and her disturbing dreams, the grim truth is slowly revealed.V.C. Andrews 1982 YA novel
- StarsJemima RooperMax IronsT'Shan WilliamsThis limited series tells the origin story of Olivia and Malcolm Foxworth and how dark family secrets shaped the Foxworth family from the very beginning.V.C. Andrews 1987 YA novel (Garden of Shadows)
- DirectorLinda-Lisa HayterStarsBrec BassingerKhobe ClarkeDonna MillsFollows the dark, twisted history of Dawn Longchamp and her family, along with the Cutler and Booth families.V.C. Andrews 1990 YA novel
- DirectorLinda-Lisa HayterStarsBrec BassingerKhobe ClarkeFran DrescherDawn gets off to a good start at a New York City performing-arts school, then risks everything by falling for her gorgeous, charming music teacher; meanwhile, Jimmy works toward his future.V.C. Andrews 1991 YA novel
- DirectorJacquie GouldStarsBrec BassingerKhobe ClarkeJoey McIntyreDawn gets her baby daughter Christie back and prepares to marry Jimmy. But as she settles in as owner of the Cutler's Cove Resort, she's haunted by visions of Grandmother CutlerV.C. Andrews 1992 YA novel
- DirectorJacquie GouldStarsBrec BassingerMegan BestKhobe ClarkeAfter the tragic deaths of Dawn and Jimmy, Christie goes in search of her birth father. After a brief respite, she returns home to defy the curse that has haunted the Booth, Cutler, and Longchamp families.V.C. Andrews 1992 YA novel
- DirectorJuliet EllisStarsLatifah Suleiman KerrEtta FusiKyle HillV.C. Andrews 1993 YA novel
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsJames BrolinMargot KidderRod SteigerNewlyweds and their three children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living in or visiting the house.Jay Anson 1977 book [watched]
- DirectorAndrew DouglasStarsRyan ReynoldsMelissa GeorgeJimmy BennettNewlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before.Jay Anson 1977 book
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsJames OlsonBurt YoungRutanya AldaA dysfunctional family moves into a new house, which proves to be satanic, resulting in the demonic possession of their teenage son.Hans Holzer 1979 book (Murder In Amityville)
- DirectorMartin RittStarsCicely TysonPaul WinfieldKevin HooksThe oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.William H. Armstrong 1969 YA novel
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanAlessandro MomoAgostina BelliA young private is assigned to accompany a blind captain. It soon becomes clear that they are both complex personalities.Giovanni Arpino 1969 story
- DirectorMartin BrestStarsAl PacinoChris O'DonnellJames RebhornA prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.Giovanni Arpino 1969 story
- CreatorBrian YorkeyStarsDylan MinnetteKatherine LangfordChristian NavarroFollows teenager Clay Jensen, in his quest to uncover the story behind his classmate and crush, Hannah, and her decision to end her life.Jay Asher 2007 novel
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsWill SmithBridget MoynahanBruce GreenwoodIn 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.Isaac Asimov 1940s novel [watched]
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsRobin WilliamsEmbeth DavidtzSam NeillAn android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.Isaac Asimov 1976 novel
- StarsJason IsaacsAmanda AbbingtonZawe AshtonFormer soldier and policeman Jackson Brodie becomes a private investigator.Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie (2006-10) novel series
- StarsLesley ManvilleIsla JohnstonThomasin McKenzieUrsula Todd dies one night in 1910 before she can draw her first breath. On that same night in 1910, Ursula is born and survives.Kate Atkinson 2013 novel
- DirectorClaude JutraStarsJoseph BottomsKathleen BellerR.H. ThomsonA young girl and her friends set off on an expedition into the wilderness in order to find her missing father.Margaret Atwood 1972 novel
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsNatasha RichardsonFaye DunawayAidan QuinnUnder a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.Margaret Atwood 1985 novel
- CreatorBruce MillerStarsElisabeth MossYvonne StrahovskiAnn DowdSet in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.Margaret Atwood 1985 novel
- StarsSarah GadonEdward HolcroftRebecca LiddiardGrace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.Margaret Atwood 1996 novel
- DirectorGerald FoxStarsJack DavenportAnnabel MullionAnnette BadlandA coruscating drama, based on an award winning novel, which explores the troubled relationships between the various members of an English family over a long summer when Eleanor, the stroke-afflicted old mother decides to give away her beautiful house in Provence to a New Age Foundation run by an Irish charlatan rather than to her own son and his young family. The story is told from the point-of-view firstly of Robert, an eight year old boy, then his increasingly drunken father, Patrick and also finally Mary, his long-suffering mother as they all struggle to come to terms with the loss of something they love desperately but increasingly realize will soon be gone forever. It is both a funny and moving tale of family discord.Edward St Aubyn 2006 novel
- DirectorMichael ChapmanStarsDaryl HannahPamela ReedJames RemarA young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.Jean M. Auel 1980 novel
- DirectorWhit StillmanStarsKate BeckinsaleChloë SevignyXavier SamuelLady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws' estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica--and herself too, naturally.Jane Austen 1794 work (Lady Susan) [watched]
- DirectorAng LeeStarsEmma ThompsonKate WinsletJames FleetRich 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.Jane Austen 1811 novel [read/watched]
- StarsDominic CooperCharity WakefieldHattie MorahanThe sisters Eleanor and Marianne Dashwood try to find love and security in the 1800's. These two sisters coudn't be more different. Where Eleanor is calm and always acts proper Marianne is passionate and usally forgets herself.Jane Austen 1811 novel
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsGreer GarsonLaurence OlivierMary BolandThe arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.Jane Austen 1813 novel
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyMatthew MacfadyenBrenda BlethynSparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?Jane Austen 1813 novel [read/watched]
- DirectorPatricia RozemaStarsFrances O'ConnorJonny Lee MillerAlessandro NivolaFanny, born into a poor family, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas, his wife and their four children, where she'll be brought up for a proper introduction to society.Jane Austen 1814 novel [watched]
- DirectorAmy HeckerlingStarsAlicia SilverstoneStacey DashBrittany MurphyShallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other.Jane Austen 1815 novel (Emma) [watched]
- DirectorDouglas McGrathStarsGwyneth PaltrowJames CosmoGreta ScacchiWhile matchmaking for friends and neighbours, a young 19th Century Englishwoman nearly misses her own chance at love.Jane Austen 1815 novel
- DirectorRajshree OjhaStarsSonam KapoorAbhay DeolKaramjeet MadonnaChaos results after a wealthy woman decides to turn matchmaker for a naive village belle.Jane Austen 1815 novel (Emma)
- DirectorAutumn de WildeStarsAnya Taylor-JoyJohnny FlynnMia GothIn 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.Jane Austen 1815 novel
- DirectorJon JonesStarsGeraldine JamesMichael JuddJulia DeardenA young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.Jane Austen 1817 novel
- DirectorAdrian ShergoldStarsSally HawkinsAlice KrigeAnthony HeadAnne was in love with Frederick, who was rejected by her snobby parents 8 years ago. They've now hit hard times and rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law. He returns a Royal Navy captain. Will he remember Anne?Jane Austen 1817 novel
- DirectorAlex AppelJonathan LiseckiStarsAlicia WittLuluMark MosesA single woman focused on her career in New York is forced to deal with the aftermath of a failed relationship when an ex-boyfriend hires her company.Jane Austen 1817 novel
- DirectorHannes HolmStarsRolf LassgårdBahar ParsFilip BergOve, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.Fredrik Backman 2012 novel
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsTom HanksMariana TreviñoRachel KellerOtto is a grump who's given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.Fredrik Backman 2012 novel (A Man Called Ove)
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanEd HarrisCareer thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) witnesses a horrific crime involving U.S. President Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman).David Baldacci 1996 novel
- DirectorDarnell MartinStarsEllen BurstynMackenzie FoyJosh LucasA young girl and her brother come of age at their great-grandmother's house in Virginia during the 1940s.David Baldacci 2001 novel
- DirectorRon OliverStarsDermot MulroneyKimberly Williams-PaisleyDanny GloverA cynical journalist decides to take a train from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles for Christmas to get inspiration for a story in honor of his late father. He gets to know the other passengers and runs into an old flame while aboard.David Baldacci 2003 novel
- CreatorShane BrennanStarsJon TenneyRebecca RomijnRyan HurstTwo Secret Service agents fall out of favor with the service, leave, and decide to partner as private investigators.David Baldacci series of novels (2003-2013)
- DirectorRich NeweyStarsSam PageSarah DrewMadeline PopovichFollows Jack who takes his son and daughter to his late wife's hometown, and begins to have visions of the past that could forge a new path forward.David Baldacci 2011 novel
- DirectorStan LathanStarsPaul WinfieldJames Bond IIIOlivia ColeThis film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.James Baldwin 1953 novel
- DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsKiKi LayneStephan JamesRegina KingA young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.James Baldwin 1974 novel [read]
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.John Dudley Ball 1967 novel [watched]
- CreatorJames Lee BarrettStarsCarroll O'ConnorAlan AutryDavid HartThe cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.John Dudley Ball 1967 novel
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames SpaderHolly HunterElias KoteasAfter getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.J.G. Ballard 1973 novel
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsChristian BaleJohn MalkovichMiranda RichardsonA young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.J. G. Ballard 1984 novel
- DirectorRobert VernayStarsPierre RenoirClaude GéniaLise DelamareHonoré de Balzac 1835 novel
- DirectorXavier GiannoliStarsBenjamin VoisinCécile de FranceVincent LacosteLucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.Honoré de Balzac 1843 novel
- DirectorDes McAnuffStarsJessica LangeElisabeth ShueBob HoskinsWhen her sister dies in 1846, Bette moves from the château to Paris to work as a theater seamstress. She helps a handsome, starving artist. When her niece lures him away from her, she plans a devious revenge.Honoré de Balzac 1846 novel
- StarsJoe McFaddenBill PatersonPeter CapaldiAn adaption of Iain Banks' dark novel, whose central character is a young Scots history student.Iain Banks 1992 novel
- StarsNcuti GatwaPeter MullanCharlotte SpencerStewart Gilmour returns to his childhood home and tries to discover the truth behind his best friend's death.Iain Banks 2012 novel
- DirectorStephen BrownStarsCiarán HindsSinéad CusackJoe GallagherThe story of a man who returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife.John Banville 2005 novel
- DirectorBernard RoseStarsVirginia MadsenXander BerkeleyTony ToddThe Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.Clive Barker 1985 short story (The Forbidden) [watched]
- DirectorNia DaCostaStarsYahya Abdul-Mateen IITeyonah ParrisNathan Stewart-JarrettA sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.Clive Barker 1985 short story (The Forbidden)
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsScott BakulaKevin J. O'ConnorJ. Trevor EdmondA private detective gets more than he bargains for when he encounters Philip Swan, a performer whose amazing illusions captivate the world, but they are not really what everyone thinks.Clive Barker 1985 short story (The Last Illusion)
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsAndrew RobinsonClare HigginsAshley LaurenceA woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.Clive Barker 1986 novella (The Hellbound Heart)
- DirectorDavid BrucknerStarsOdessa A'zionJamie ClaytonAdam FaisonA young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites.Clive Barker 1986 novella (The Hellbound Heart)
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsCraig ShefferDavid CronenbergAnne BobbyA troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.Clive Barker 1988 novel (Cabal)
- DirectorGlenn FicarraJohn RequaStarsTina FeyMargot RobbieMartin FreemanA journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.Kim Barker 2001 memoir (The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan) [watched]
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsChristian BaleLee RossEmily WatsonThe sudden reappearance of his best friend Toni, after a ten year absence, causes Chris to remember his past, to question some of his lifestyle decisions and to re-evaluate his life and marriage to Marion.Julian Barnes 1980 novel
- DirectorMarion VernouxStarsCharlotte GainsbourgYvan AttalCharles BerlingA triangle: love, obsession, and choice. Pierre, a ladies' man who has little cash and no fixed residence, describes his best friend Benoît as the world's oldest 32-year-old. The shy, well-employed Benoît's life changes when he answers the personal ad of Marie, a 25-year-old who restores paintings. He's attracted to her and she likes his steady calm and his honest attention. They're soon a couple, and they include Pierre in their dinners, outings, and trips. What will happen when Pierre realizes that he too is in love with Marie?Julian Barnes 1991 novel (Talking It Over)
- DirectorRitesh BatraStarsJim BroadbentCharlotte RamplingHarriet WalterA man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.Julian Barnes 2011 novel [read]
- DirectorJulian SchnabelStarsMathieu AmalricEmmanuelle SeignerMarie-Josée CrozeThe true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.Jean-Dominique Bauby 1997 memoir