| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| All the Pretty Horses |
All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac
McCarthy |
PG-13 |
drama, western |
An American
Daughter [also known as Trial by Media (video title)] [TV movie]
|
An American Daughter
[play], by Wendy Wasserstein
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| American Psycho |
American Psycho, by Bret Easton
Ellis |
R |
horror, thriller |
American Tragedy
[TV mini series]
|
American Tragedy: the uncensored
story of the Simpson defense /, by Lawrence Schiller and James
Willwerth
|
PG-13
|
crime, drama
|
| The Animal Factory |
The Animal Factory, by Edward
Bunker |
R |
drama |
Another Woman's
Husband [TV movie]
|
Swimming Lessons, by Lynne
Hugo and Anna Tuttle Villegas
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Baby [TV movie]
|
Baby, by Patricia MacLachlan
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year
3000 |
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the
Year 3000, by L. Ron Hubbard |
PG-13 |
science fiction, action |
| The Beach |
The Beach, by Alex Garland |
R |
drama, adventure |
| Bless the Child |
Bless the Child, by Cathy Cash Spellman |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Burnt Money [also known as Plata
Quemada] |
Money to Burn, by Ricardo Piglia |
R |
foreign language (Spanish), action,
drama, thriller, crime romance |
| Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
[also known as Pantaleón y las visitadoras] |
Captain Pantoja and the Special
Service, by Mario Vargas Llosa |
R |
foreign language (Spanish), comedy,
drama |
| Chinese Coffee |
Chinese Coffee [play], by Ira
Lewis |
R |
drama |
| Chocolat |
Chocolat, by Joanne Harris |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama, romance |
The Christmas
Secret [TV movie]
|
Flight of the Reindeer : the true
story of Santa Claus and his Christmas mission, by Robert
Sullivan ; drawings by Glenn Wolff
|
G
|
drama, family,
fantasy
|
| The Claim |
The Mayor of Casterbridge, by
Thomas Hardy |
R |
romance, western |
| Cold Blooded [also known as Bad Faith] |
Bad Faith ,by Ian Adams |
R |
drama, crime, thriller |
| Complicity [also known as Retribution
(video title)] |
Complicity, by Iain Banks |
R |
thriller, drama |
The Corner [TV
mini series]
|
The Corner: a year in the life of
an inner-city neighborhood, by David Simon and Edward Burns
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Crimson Rivers [also known as Les
Rivières Pourpres] |
Red Blood Rivers, by
Jean-Christophe Grangé |
R |
foreign language (French), crime,
drama, mystery, thriller |
The Crossing [TV
movie]
|
The Crossing, by Howard Fast
|
Not
Rated
|
war (American
Revolution)
|
Cupid & Cate
[TV movie]
|
Cupid and Diana, by
Christina Bartolomeo
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
| Dead Babies [also known as Mood
Swingers (U.S. video title)] |
Dead Babies, by Martin Amis |
R |
comedy |
Disappearing
Acts [TV movie]
|
Disappearing Acts, by Terry
McMillan
|
R
|
drama, romance
|
Don Quixote [TV
movie]
|
Don Quixote, by Miguel de
Cervantes Saavedra
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure,
comedy, romance, drama
|
Dune [TV mini
series]
|
Dune, by Frank Herbert
|
Not
Rated
|
science fiction,
drama
|
| The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary
Antarctic Expedition |
The Endurance: Shackleton's
Legendary Antarctic Expedition, by Caroline Alexander |
G |
documentary |
| The Fantasticks |
The Fantasticks [play], by
Harvey Schmidt, and Tom Jones |
PG |
musical |
Finding Buck
McHenry [TV movie]
|
Finding Buck McHenry, by
Alfred Slote
|
PG
|
drama, family
|
| Finding Kelly [also known as The
Mystery Kids] |
Finding Kelly, by Susanne
Santoro Whayne |
PG |
family, mystery |
| Get Carter |
Jack's Return Home, by Ted Lewis |
R |
crime, thriller, action, drama |
Ghost World
|
Ghost World [graphic
novel], by Daniel Clowes
|
R
|
comedy, drama
|
| The Golden Bowl |
The Golden Bowl, by Henry James |
R |
drama |
The Golden
Spiders [TV movie]
|
The Golden Spiders : a Nero Wolfe
novel, by Rex Stout
|
Not
Rated
|
mystery
|
Gormenghast [TV
mini series]
|
Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone, by Mervyn Peake
|
Not
Rated
|
fantasy, mystery
|
Growing Up Brady
[TV movie]
|
Growing up Brady : I was a teenage
Greg, by Barry Williams, with Chris Kreski
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
| The Guilty |
The Guilty, by Simon Burke |
R |
crime, thriller |
| Hamlet |
Hamlet [play], by William
Shakespeare |
R |
modern adaptation, drama, crime,
romance, thriller |
| Hanging Up |
Hanging Up, by Delia Ephron |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama |
| Heavy Metal 2000 |
The Melting Pot, [graphic
novels], by Simon Bisley |
R |
action, animation, fantasy, adventure,
science fiction |
| Held for Ransom |
Ransom, by Lois Duncan |
Not Rated
|
thriller |
Hidden Blessings
[TV movie]
|
Hidden Blessings, by
Jacquelin Thomas
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
| High Fidelity |
High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby |
R |
romance, comedy, drama |
Holiday Heart
[TV movie]
|
Holiday Heart [play], by
Cheryl L. West
|
R
|
drama
|
A House
Divided [TV movie]
|
Woman of Color, Daughter of
Privilege : Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893, by Kent Anderson
Leslie
|
R
|
drama
|
| The House of Mirth |
The House of Mirth, by Edith
Wharton |
PG |
romance |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas,
by Dr. Seuss |
PG |
family, fantasy, comedy |
| I Dreamed of Africa |
I Dreamed of Africa, by Kuki
Gallmann |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Jill the Ripper |
Jill Rips, by Frederic Lindsay |
R |
thriller |
| Joe Gould's Secret |
Joe Gould's Secret, by Joseph
Mitchell |
R |
drama |
Lady Audley's
Secret [TV movie]
|
Lady Audley's Secret, by
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Last
Debate [TV movie]
|
The Last Debate, by Jim
Lehrer
|
R
|
drama
|
| Left Behind: the Movie |
Left Behind: a novel of the Earth's
last days, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins |
PG-13 |
action, drama, adventure, thriller |
| The Legend of Bagger Vance |
The Legend of Bagger Vance, by
Steven Pressfield |
PG-13 |
drama, comedy, romance |
| Lion of Oz |
The Lion of Oz and the Badge of
Courage, by Roger S. Baum |
Not Rated
|
family, animation, musical |
| The Little Vampire |
The Little Vampire series of books by
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg |
PG |
adventure, family, fantasy |
Longitude [TV
movie]
|
Longitude : the true story of a
lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time,
by Dava Sobel
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Lord Edgware
Dies [TV movie]
|
Lord Edgware Dies, by
Agatha Christie
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, mystery
|
Lorna Doone [TV
movie]
|
Lorna Doone, by R.D.
Blackmore
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
The Lost
Child [TV movie]
|
Looking for Lost Bird : a Jewish
woman discovers her Navajo roots, by Yvette D. Melanson, with
Claire Safran
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Love's Labour's Lost |
Love's Labour's Lost [play], by
William Shakespeare |
PG |
modern adaptation, romance, comedy,
musical |
| The Luzhin Defence |
The Defence, by Vladimir Nabokov |
PG-13 |
drama, romance |
Madame Bovary
[TV movie]
|
Madame Bovary, by Gustave
Flaubert
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Masquerade [TV
movie]
|
"Masquerade"
[novella], by Donna Hill. In: Love Letters
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, drama,
romance
|
| Maybe Baby |
Inconceivable, by Ben Elton |
R |
comedy, romance |
| Mercy |
Mercy, by David L. Lindsey |
R |
mystery, thriller |
The Miracle
Worker [TV movie]
|
The Miracle Worker [play],
by William Gibson
|
TV-PG
|
drama
|
Missing Pieces
[TV movie]
|
Atticus, by Ron Hansen
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, mystery
|
Model Behavior
[TV movie]
|
Janine and Alex, Alex and Janine,
by Michael Levin
|
TV-G
|
comedy
|
| The Monkey's Mask |
The Monkey's Mask : an erotic murder
mystery, by Dorothy Porter |
R |
crime, thriller, mystery |
The Murder of
Roger Ackroyd [TV movie]
|
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,
by Agatha Christie
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, mystery,
thriller
|
| My Dog Skip |
My Dog Skip, by Willie Morris |
PG |
drama, family |
Navigating the
Heart [TV movie]
|
Fishing with John, by Edith
Iglauer
|
Not
Rated
|
romance
|
| Nora |
Nora : the real life of Molly Bloom,
by Brenda Maddox |
R |
drama |
Nuremberg [TV
mini series]
|
Nuremberg: infamy on trial,
by Joseph E. Persico
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
"The Odyssey" [poem], by Homer |
PG-13 |
adaptation, comedy, adventure, crime |
On the Beach [TV
mini series]
|
On the Beach, by Nevil Shute
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Once in the Life |
Riff Raff [play], by Larry
Fishburne |
R |
crime, drama |
| Our Lady of the Assassins [also known
as La Virgen de los Sicarios] |
Our Lady of the Assassins, by
Fernando Vallejo |
R |
foriegn language (Spanish), drama |
Papa's
Angels [TV movie]
|
Papa's Angels : a Christmas story,
by Collin Wilcox Paxton and Gary Carden
|
PG
|
drama, romance
|
| Pay It Forward |
Pay It Forward, by Catherine
Ryan Hyde |
PG-13 |
drama |
Perfect Murder,
Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder [TV movie]
|
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town,
by Lawrence Schiller
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, drama
|
| The Perfect Storm |
The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian
Junger |
PG-13 |
adventure, action, drama |
Peter Pan [TV
movie]
|
Peter Pan [play], by J.M.
Barrie
|
Not
Rated
|
family, fantasy,
musical
|
Picnic [TV movie]
|
Picnic [play], by William
Inge
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Playing with
Fire [TV movie]
|
Playing with Fire, by
Dianne Mayhew
|
Not
Rated
|
action, adventure
|
| Pollock |
Jackson Pollock: An American Saga,
by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith |
R |
drama |
Possessed [TV
movie]
|
Possessed : the true story of an
exorcism, by Thomas B. Allen
|
Not
Rated
|
horror, drama
|
The Prince and
the Pauper [TV movie]
|
The Prince and the Pauper,
by Mark Twain
|
Not
Rated
|
family
|
| Prince of Central Park |
The Prince of Central Park, by
Evan Rhodes |
PG-13 |
action, adventure, drama |
A Private Affair
[TV movie]
|
A Private Affair, by Donna
Hill
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Psycho Beach Party |
Psycho Beach Party [play], by
Charles Busch |
Not Rated
|
comedy, horror |
| Quills |
Quills [play], by Doug Wright |
R |
comedy, drama, horror, romance |
| R2PC: Road to Park City |
How to Shoot a Feature Film for
Under $10,000 : and not go to jail, by Bret Stern |
R |
comedy |
The Railway
Children [TV movie]
|
The Railway Children, by E.
Nesbit
|
Not
Rated
|
family
|
| Rancid Aluminium |
Rancid Aluminium, by James Hawes |
R |
crime, drama, thriller |
Range of Motion
[TV movie]
|
Range of Motion, by
Elizabeth Berg
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Rape Me [also known as Baise-moi] |
Baise-moi = Rape me : a novel,
by Virginie Despentes |
Not Rated
|
adult, crime, drama, thriller, foreign
language (French) |
| Rated X |
X-Rated: the Mitchell Brothers : a
true story of sex, money, and death, by David McCumber |
R |
drama |
| Relative Values |
Relative Values: a light comedy
[play], by Noel Coward |
PG |
comedy |
| Requiem for a Dream |
Requiem for a Dream, by Hubert
Selby Jr. |
R |
drama |
Rhapsody [TV
movie]
|
Rhapsody, by Felicia Mason
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
| A Rumor of Angels |
Thy Son Liveth; Messages From A
Soldier To His Mother, by Grace Duffie Boylan |
PG-13 |
drama |
The Runaway [TV
movie]
|
The Runaway, by Terry Kay
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Sacrifice [TV
movie]
|
Sacrifice, by Mitchell Smith
|
R
|
action, horror,
thriller, mystery
|
The Sandy Bottom
Orchestra [TV movie]
|
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra,
by Garrison Keillor and Jenny Lind Nilsson
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Secret Cutting
[TV movie]
|
The Luckiest Girl in the World,
by Steven Levenkron
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Shaft |
Shaft, by Ernest Tidyman |
R |
action, crime, thriller |
| Skipped Parts |
Skipped Parts, by Tim Sandlin |
R |
drama, romance |
The Song of the
Lark [TV movie]
|
The Song of the Lark, by
Willa Cather
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Sordid Lives |
Sordid Lives : a comedy in four
chapters [play], by Del Shores |
R |
comedy |
The Spring [TV
movie]
|
The Spring, by Clifford
Irving
|
PG-13
|
drama, science
fiction
|
| Steal This Movie |
To America With Love : letters
from the underground, by Anita Hoffman |
R |
drama |
Take Me Home:
The John Denver Story [TV movie]
|
Take Me Home : an autobiography,
by John Denver, with Arthur Tobier
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Takedown |
Take-down : the pursuit and capture
of Kevin Mitnick, America's most wanted computer outlaw--by the man who
did it, by Tsutomu Shimomura and John Markoff |
R |
thriller |
| The Testimony of Taliesin Jones |
The Testimony of Taliesin Jones,
by Rhidian Brook |
PG |
drama, family |
Thin Air [TV
movie]
|
Thin Air, by Robert B.
Parker
|
Not
Rated
|
crime
|
| Thirteen Days |
The Kennedy Tapes: inside the White
House during the Cuban missile crisis, by Ernest R. May, and Philip
Zelikow |
PG-13 |
drama, thriller, war |
| A Time for Dancing |
A Time for Dancing, by Davida
Hurwin |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Under Suspicion |
Brainwash, by John Wainwright |
R |
crime, drama |
| Up at the Villa |
Up at the Villa, by W. Somerset
Maugham |
PG-13 |
drama |
The
Virginian [TV movie]
|
The Virginian : a horseman of the
plains, by Owen Wister
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
| Waking the Dead |
Waking the Dead, by Scott Spencer |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Way Past Cool |
Way Past Cool, by Jess Mowry |
R |
drama |
| The Weight of Water |
The Weight of Water, by Anita
Shreve |
R |
thriller |
| Where the Heart Is |
Where the Heart Is, by Billie
Letts |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama |
Without Lying
Down : Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood [TV
movie]
|
Without Lying Down : Frances
Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood, by Cari
Beauchamp
|
Not
Rated
|
documentary
|
| Woman Wanted |
Woman Wanted, by Joanna M. Glass |
R |
drama |
| Wonder Boys |
Wonder Boys, by Michael Chabon |
R |
drama, comedy |
The Wyvern
Mystery [TV movie]
|
The Wyvern Mystery, by
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
|
Not
Rated
|
mystery
|
