Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "novel"

51. Rendezvous with Rama

Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Announced

A team of astronauts are sent on a mission to explore a giant interstellar spaceship hurtling toward the sun. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke.

Director: Denis Villeneuve

52. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Surreal tale in which love, fear, sex, and religion merge into one fantastic world. Based on a classical Czech novel of the same title.

Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek

Votes: 11,304

53. Venus in Fur (2013)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric

Votes: 21,013 | Gross: $0.34M

54. The Nines (2007)

R | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

Director: John August | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Elle Fanning

Votes: 34,653 | Gross: $0.06M

55. I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)

89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.

Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Ruth Wilson, Paula Prentiss, Bob Balaban, Lucy Boynton

Votes: 15,954

56. Nim's Island (2008)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Imagination and reality collide when young Nim's father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim's father.

Directors: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | Stars: Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin, Michael Carman

Votes: 36,969 | Gross: $48.01M

57. A Christmas Carol (2009)

PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Steve Valentine

Votes: 129,838 | Gross: $137.86M

58. Shirley (2020)

R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Director: Josephine Decker | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman

Votes: 13,401

59. Ashes (2024)

TV-MA | 100 min | Drama, Romance

A wealthy, married woman falling in love with a mysterious carpenter, which will lead to many conflicts.

Director: Erdem Tepegöz | Stars: Funda Eryigit, Alperen Duymaz, Mehmet Günsür, Gökçe Eyüboglu

Votes: 2,052

60. Celebrity (1998)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

The fortunes of a husband and wife differ drastically after they divorce.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Greg Mottola

Votes: 28,486 | Gross: $5.03M

61. Long Weekend (1978)

Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.

Director: Colin Eggleston | Stars: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day

Votes: 6,173

62. The Daily Life of the Immortal King (2020– )

TV-14 | 18 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Wang Ling is a near-invincible existence with powers far beyond his control. But now that he's sixteen, he faces his greatest battle yet - Senior High School.

Stars: Zhao Shuang, Erica Muse, Alex Mai, Matthan Harris

Votes: 2,638

63. Honey (1981)

R | 89 min | Drama

A writer with a gun forces a publisher to read her story about a woman in a hotel of desire.

Director: Gianfranco Angelucci | Stars: Clio Goldsmith, Catherine Spaak, Fernando Rey, Donatella Damiani

Votes: 417

64. Insomnia (1997)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting.

Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Maria Mathiesen, Gisken Armand

Votes: 15,653 | Gross: $0.22M

65. The Last Tycoon (1976)

PG | 123 min | Drama, Romance

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau

Votes: 9,621 | Gross: $1.82M

66. Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)

R | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Of all the bars in all of Chicago, she walks into his. Based on the novel by New York Times best-selling authors Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde.

Director: Tosca Musk | Stars: Jordan Lane Price, David A. Gregory, Luke Guldan, Matt Magnusson

Votes: 1,715

67. In the House (2012)

R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Schmitt, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 34,411 | Gross: $0.35M

68. The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017)

R | 111 min | Action, Drama, Western

A thrilling and action-packed Western, The Ballad of Lefty Brown is a story about loyalty, friendship, and the relentless pursuit of justice.

Director: Jared Moshe | Stars: Bill Pullman, Peter Fonda, Stephen Alan Seder, Kathy Baker

Votes: 7,866 | Gross: $0.01M

69. Mr. Pip (2012)

PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, War

As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.

Director: Andrew Adamson | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Xzannjah Matsi, Healesville Joel, Eka Darville

Votes: 4,409

70. Wicked (2021)

114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Ivy Morgan, a college student in New Orleans, falls for Ren Owens, the last person she expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. Based on the novel 'Wicked' by Jennifer L. Armentrout.

Director: Taryn O'Neill | Stars: Kevin Joy, Liam Hall, Joy Rovaris, Anna Maiche

Votes: 1,256

71. Infamous (2006)

R | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

While researching his novel "In Cold Blood", Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Toby Jones, Daniel Craig, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver

Votes: 18,254 | Gross: $1.15M

72. Sidonie in Japan (2023)

95 min | Drama, Romance

While on a book tour in Japan, Sidonie Perceval, still haunted by the ghost of her late husband, begins an affair with her mysterious Japanese publisher.

Director: Élise Girard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Tsuyoshi Ihara, August Diehl, Yuko Hitomi

Votes: 269

73. Animal Farm (2025)

Animation, Comedy, Drama | Announced

Feature film based on the novel by George Orwell.

Director: Andy Serkis | Star: Andy Serkis

74. True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016)

TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After a publisher changes a writer's debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to non-fiction, the author finds himself thrust into the world of his lead character, and must take on the role of his character for his own survival.

Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Kevin James, Kim Coates, Maurice Compte, Zulay Henao

Votes: 24,493

75. A Murder of Crows (1998)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A disbarred lawyer takes credit for a late friend's book, which becomes a smash hit but the tables turn on him sooner than he suspected.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Berenger, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Eric Stoltz

Votes: 9,084

76. Le bal des folles (2021)

122 min | Drama, Thriller

A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.

Director: Mélanie Laurent | Stars: Lou de Laâge, Mélanie Laurent, Emmanuelle Bercot, Benjamin Voisin

Votes: 4,198

77. Lost Illusions (2021)

149 min | Drama, Romance

Lucien 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.

Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan

Votes: 6,429

78. Her Alibi (1989)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Phil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another novel?

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels, James Farentino

Votes: 7,823 | Gross: $18.70M

79. Princess Cyd (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A 16-year-old girl visits her aunt in Chicago for the summer. While there, she falls for another girl, and she and her aunt challenge each other's sex and spirit.

Director: Stephen Cone | Stars: Marika Mashburn, Jessie Pinnick, Paul Brian Fagen, Keith Kupferer

Votes: 4,412

80. The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017)

R | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Sidney Hall finds accidental success and unexpected love at an early age, then disappears without a trace.

Director: Shawn Christensen | Stars: Logan Lerman, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Michelle Monaghan

Votes: 11,780

81. Le Magnifique (1973)

95 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Writing his 43rd spy novel, François includes people from his life. He's the competent, sophisticated secret agent Bob in stark contrast to François. His cute neighbor is Tatiana who helps Bob in Acapulco.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli, Hans Meyer

Votes: 6,326

82. Book of Love (2022)

106 min | Comedy, Romance

A British writer realizes that his novel is a success in Mexico because a peculiar translation of it.

Director: Analeine Cal y Mayor | Stars: Sam Claflin, Remmie Milner, Antonia Clarke, Lucy Punch

Votes: 3,879

83. Bright Young Things (2003)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War

An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies", is a look into the lives of a young novelist, his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified London in the 1930s.

Director: Stephen Fry | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily Mortimer, Dan Aykroyd, Simon McBurney

Votes: 6,341 | Gross: $0.93M

84. The Banger Sisters (2002)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

Lavinia and Suzette, former rock groupies and best friends, reconnect after twenty years; one is still as wild as ever, while the other has adopted a more conservative lifestyle.

Director: Bob Dolman | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen

Votes: 17,354 | Gross: $30.31M

85. Submission (2017)

R | 106 min | Drama, Mystery

A cynical college professor takes a keen interest in a talented young writing student.

Director: Richard Levine | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Addison Timlin, Kyra Sedgwick, Janeane Garofalo

Votes: 1,537 | Gross: $0.04M

86. The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.

Director: George Hickenlooper | Stars: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies, Olivia Williams

Votes: 4,509 | Gross: $1.43M

87. The Flight of Dragons (1982 Video)

Passed | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A young Boston writer goes back in time into an era where wizards and dragon reign and science is just barely known.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Victor Buono, James Gregory, James Earl Jones, Harry Morgan

Votes: 6,105

88. Dream Boy (2008)

R | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Based on the novel "Dream Boy" by Jim Grimsley, this film chronicles the relationship between two gay teenagers in the rural south in the late 70's.

Director: James Bolton | Stars: Stephan Bender, Thomas Jay Ryan, Diana Scarwid, Tom Gilroy

Votes: 4,387 | Gross: $0.01M

89. Strange Circus (2005)

Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana, Seiko Iwaidô

Votes: 6,282

90. The Singing Detective (1986)

70 min | Drama, Musical, Mystery

Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.

Stars: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, David Ryall

Votes: 4,824

91. Barkskins (2020– )

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, History

Based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx, BARKSKINS follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization- late 1600s New France.

Stars: David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor

Votes: 2,613

92. Essex County (2023)

43 min | Drama

Based on graphic novel by Jeff Lemire. Four disparate characters linked together through bloodlines. The lead characters ebb and flow into each other's lives, slowly weaving connections between them that ultimately save and redeem them.

Stars: Molly Parker, Stephen McHattie, Kevin Durand, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong

Votes: 138

93. We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance

An indiscretion between two close friends tears down their respective marriages.

Director: John Curran | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts

Votes: 9,967 | Gross: $2.04M

94. The Musketeer (2001)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Alexander Dumas' novel is updated with an eastern influence as D'Artagnan attempts to join the king's elite guards, the Royal Musketeers, and find the man who killed his parents.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Justin Chambers, Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea

Votes: 15,085 | Gross: $27.07M

95. Shopgirl (2005)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

A film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel about a complex love triangle between a bored salesgirl, a wealthy businessman and an aimless young man.

Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras

Votes: 24,714 | Gross: $10.28M

96. A Cry in the Wild (1990)

PG | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Adapted from Gary Paulsen's novel "Hatchet", a boy crash-lands in Canada's bear country and survives with a hatchet his divorced mother gave him.

Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Jared Rushton, Ned Beatty, Pamela Sue Martin, Stephen Meadows

Votes: 1,174 | Gross: $1.49M

97. Good (2008)

R | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War

John Halder, a German literature professor in the 1930s, is initially reluctant to accept the ideas of the Nazi Party. He is pulled in different emotional directions by his wife, his mother, his mistress, and a Jewish friend.

Director: Vicente Amorim | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 7,852 | Gross: $0.02M

98. The Man Who Loved Women (1977)

Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Bertrand Morane's burial is attended by all the women the forty-year-old engineer loved. We then flash back to Bertrand's life and love affairs, told by himself while writing an ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud, Geneviève Fontanel

Votes: 7,354

99. Bon Voyage (2003)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

An actress, a writer, a student, and a government worker band together in an effort to escape Paris as the Germans move into the city.

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Grégori Derangère

Votes: 5,152 | Gross: $2.35M

100. Room 203 (2022)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Horror

Two best friends and roommates are terrified by the vengeful spirits dwelling in their apartment. Based on the novel published by Kobunsha and written by Nanami Kamon.

Director: Ben Jagger | Stars: Francesca Xuereb, Viktoria Vinyarska, Eric Wiegand, Scott Gremillion

Votes: 1,965