| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
Acceptable Risk
[TV movie]
|
Acceptable Risk, by Robin
Cook
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, thriller
|
After the
Harvest [TV movie]
|
Wild Geese, by Martha
Ostenso
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Almost a Woman
[TV movie]
|
Almost a Woman, by
Esmeralda Santiago
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Along Came a Spider |
Along Came a Spider, by James
Patterson |
R |
thriller, crime, mystery |
The American [TV
movie]
|
The American, by Henry James
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Anne Frank: The
Whole Story [TV movie]
|
Anne Frank : the biography,
by Melissa Müller
|
TV-14
|
drama, war
|
| Artificial Intelligence: AI |
"Supertoys Last All Summer Long" [short
story], in: Supertoys Last
All Summer Long: And Other Stories of Future Time, by Brian Aldiss
|
PG-13 |
drama, science fiction, adventure |
Band of Brothers
[TV mini series]
|
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th
Regiment, 101st Airborne: from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest,
by Stephen E. Ambrose
|
Not
Rated
|
war (WWII), drama
|
| A Beautiful Mind |
A Beautiful Mind, by Sylvia Nasar |
PG-13 |
drama, mystery, thriller |
| Behind the Sun [also known as Abril
Despedaçado] |
Broken April, by Ismaïl
Kadaré |
PG-13 |
foreign language (Portuguese), drama |
The Big Heist
[TV movie]
|
The Heist : how a gang stole
$8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and lived to regret it, by Ernest
Volkman and John Cummings
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, drama
|
| Black Hawk Down |
Black Hawk Down, by Mark Bowden |
R |
action, drama, war |
| Blow |
Blow: how a smalltown boy made $100
million with the Medellín cocaine cartel and lost it all, by
Bruce
Porter |
R |
crime, drama |
| The Body |
The Body, by Richard Sapir |
PG-13 |
drama |
Bojangles [TV
movie]
|
Mr. Bojangles : the biography of
Bill Robinson, by James Haskins and N.R. Mitgang
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Boss of Bosses
[TV movie]
|
Boss of Bosses : the fall of the
godfather : the FBI and Paul Castellano, by Joseph F. O'Brien
and Andris Kurins
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, crime
|
Boycott [TV
movie]
|
Daybreak of Freedom : the
Montgomery bus boycott, by Stewart Burns
|
PG
|
drama
|
Brian's Song [TV
movie]
|
I Am Third, by Gale Sayers
with Al Silverman
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, sports
(football)
|
| Bridget Jones's Diary |
Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen
Fielding |
R |
comedy, romance |
| Buffalo Soldiers |
Buffalo Soldiers, by Robert
O'Connor |
R |
comedy, drama, crime, war |
| Bully |
Bully : does anyone deserve to die?
: a true story of high school revenge, by Jim Schutze |
R |
suspense, thriller |
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin |
Corelli's Mandolin, by Louis De
Bernières |
R |
drama, romance, war |
| The Caveman's Valentine |
The Caveman's Valentine, by
George Dawes Green |
R |
drama |
| Charlotte Gray |
Charlotte Gray, by Sebastian
Faulks |
PG-13 |
drama, war, romance |
Child Star : the
Shirley Temple Story [TV movie]
|
Child Star : an autobiography,
by Shirley Temple
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, family
|
| Crime Partners 2000 |
Crime Partners, by Donald Goines |
R |
crime |
Christy : Return
to Cutter Gap [TV movie]
|
Christy, by Catherine
Marshall
|
PG
|
drama
|
Commitments [TV
movie]
|
Commitments, by Carmen Green
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Crossfire Trail
[TV movie]
|
Crossfire Trail, by Louis
L'Amour
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
| Dagon |
"Dagon" and "The Shadow Over
Innsmouth" [short stories] by H.P. Lovecraft, in: The Lurking Fear, and other stories
|
R |
comedy, horror, fantasy, thriller,
science fiction |
| The Deep End |
The Blank Wall, by Elisabeth
Sanxay Holding |
R |
thriller, drama |
| Diary of a City Priest |
Diary of a City Priest, by John
P. McNamee |
PG-13 |
drama |
Dinner with
Friends [TV movie]
|
Dinner with Friends [play],
by Donald Margulies
|
R
|
drama
|
Dodson's Journey
[TV movie]
|
Faithful Travelers : a father, a
daughter, a fly-fishing journey of the heart, by James Dodson
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Don't Say a Word |
Don't Say a Word, by Andrew
Klavan |
R |
thriller, action, drama, crime, mystery |
| The Emperor's New Clothes |
The Death of Napoleon, by Simon
Leys |
PG |
comedy |
| The Enemy |
The Enemy, by Desmond Bagley |
R |
thriller |
| Enigma |
Enigma, by Robert Harris |
R |
romance, thriller, drama, mystery |
| Escanaba in da Moonlight |
Escanaba in da Moonlight [play],
by Jeff Daniels |
PG-13 |
comedy |
Evil Under the
Sun [TV movie]
|
Evil Under the Sun, by
Agatha Christie
|
Not
Rated
|
mystery
|
| Exit Wounds |
Exit Wounds, by John Westermann |
R |
action, thriller |
| Fast Sofa |
Fast Sofa, by Bruce Craven |
R |
drama |
| Faust: Love of the Damned |
Faust: Love of the Damned,
[graphic novels] by Tim Vigil and David Quinn |
R |
horror |
Feast of All
Saints [TV mini series]
|
Feast of All Saints, by
Anne Rice
|
R
|
romance, drama
|
Fire & Ice
[TV movie]
|
Fire and Ice, by Carla Fredd
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
The Flamingo
Rising [TV movie]
|
The Flamingo Rising, by
Larry Baker
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Focus |
Focus, by Arthur Miller |
PG-13 |
drama |
Follow the Stars
Home [TV movie]
|
Follow the Stars Home, by
Luanne Rice
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance,
family
|
| The Fourth Angel |
The Fourth Angel, by Robin Hunter |
R |
thriller, drama |
| From Hell |
From Hell, [graphic novel] by
Alan
Moore and Eddie Campbell |
R |
thriller, crime, mystery |
Further Tales of
the City [TV mini series]
|
Further Tales of the City,
by Armistead Maupin
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Gaudi Afternoon |
Gaudi Afternoon, by Barbara
Wilson |
R |
comedy, drama, mystery |
| A Gentleman's Game |
A Gentleman's Game, by Tom Coyne |
R |
drama |
A Glimpse of
Hell [TV movie]
|
A Glimpse of Hell : the explosion
on the USS Iowa and its cover-up, by Charles C. Thompson
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
A Great
Deliverance [TV movie]
|
A Great Deliverance, by
Elizabeth George
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, mystery
|
The Great Gatsby
[TV movie]
|
The Great Gatsby, by F.
Scott Fitzgerald
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Grey Zone |
Auschwitz: a Doctor's Eyewitness
Account, by Miklos Nyiszli, and The Grey Zone [play], by
Tim Blake Nelson |
R |
drama |
| Hannibal |
Hannibal, by Thomas Harris |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Hardball |
Hardball: A Season in the Projects,
by Daniel Coyle |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling |
PG |
fantasy, adventure, family
|
| Hearts in Atlantis |
Hearts in Atlantis, by Stephen
King |
PG-13 |
drama, adventure |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
[play], by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask |
R |
comedy, drama, musical |
| The Hole |
After the Hole, by Guy Burt |
R |
thriller |
In Love and War
[TV movie]
|
Love and War in the Apennines,
by Eric Newby
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
In the Time of
the Butterflies [TV movie]
|
In the Time of the Butterflies,
by Julia Alvarez
|
PG-13
|
drama, romance,
crime
|
| The Invisible Circus |
The Invisible Circus, by
Jennifer Egan |
R |
drama |
| Iris |
Iris: A Memoir, and Elegy
for Iris, by John Bayley |
R |
drama |
Jackie, Ethel,
Joan: The Kennedy Women [TV mini series]
|
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of
Camelot, by J. Randy Taraborrelli
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Jimmy Show |
Veins and Thumbtacks [play], by
Jonathan Marc Sherman |
R |
drama, comedy |
| K-PAX |
K-PAX, by Gene Brewer |
PG-13 |
drama, science fiction |
| Kingdom Come |
Dearly Departed [play], by David
Bottrell and Jessie Jones |
PG |
comedy |
| Lantana |
Speaking in Tongues [play], by
Andrew Bovell |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Last Orders |
Last Orders, by Graham Swift |
R |
drama |
Laughter on the
23rd Floor [TV movie]
|
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
[play], by Neil Simon
|
R
|
comedy
|
| Legally Blonde |
Legally Blonde, by Amanda Brown |
PG-13 |
comedy |
The Life and
Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby [TV movie]
|
The Life and Adventures of
Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, drama
|
Life with Judy
Garland: Me & My Shadows [TV movie]
|
Me and my Shadows : a family memoir,
by Lorna Luft
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
A Line in the
Sand [TV movie]
|
A Line in the Sand, by
Gerald Seymour
|
R
|
drama
|
| Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of
the Ring |
The Fellowship of the Ring, by
J.R.R. Tolkien |
PG-13 |
fantasy, adventure, action |
| Lost and Delirious |
The Wives of Bath, by Susan Swan |
R |
romance, drama |
The Lost World
[TV movie]
|
The Lost World, by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure,
drama, science fiction
|
Love in a Cold
Climate [TV mini series]
|
The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, by
Nancy Mitford
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Loves Music,
Loves to Dance [TV movie]
|
Loves Music, Loves to Dance,
by Mary Higgins Clark
|
PG-13
|
mystery
|
Midwives [TV
movie]
|
Midwives, by Chris Bohjalian
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, crime
|
The Mists of
Avalon [TV mini series]
|
The Mists of Avalon, by
Marion Zimmer Bradley
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, fantasy
|
| Monkeybone |
Dark Town, [graphic novels] by
Kaja Blackley |
PG-13 |
animation, fantasy, comedy |
Murder in
Mesopotamia [TV movie]
|
Murder in Mesopotamia, by
Agatha Christie
|
Not
Rated
|
mystery
|
| The Musketeer |
The Three Musketeers, by
Alexandre Dumas |
PG-13 |
action, drama, adventure, romance |
My Louisiana Sky
[TV movie]
|
My Louisiana Sky, by
Kimberly Willis Holt
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Mystic Masseur |
The Mystic Masseur, by V.S.
Naipaul |
PG |
drama |
| Nirgendwo in Afrika [Nowhere in Africa] |
Nowhere in Africa : an
autobiographical novel, by Stefanie Zweig |
R |
drama |
| Original Sin |
Waltz Into Darkness, by Cornell
Woolrich |
R |
thriller, drama, romance |
| The Other Side of Heaven |
In the Eye of the Storm, by John
H. Groberg |
PG |
adventure, drama |
| Pavilion of Women |
Pavilion of Women, by Pearl S.
Buck |
R |
drama |
| The Piano Teacher [also known as La
Pianiste] |
The Piano Teacher, by Elfriede
Jelinek |
R |
foreign language (French), drama |
| Planet of the Apes |
Planet of the Apes, by Pierre
Boulle |
PG-13 |
science fiction, action, adventure |
| The Pledge |
The Pledge, by Friedrich
Dürrenmatt |
R |
drama, crime, mystery, thriller |
| The Point Men |
The Heat of Ramadan, by Steven
Hartov |
R |
action |
The Ponder Heart
[TV movie]
|
The Ponder Heart, by Eudora
Welty
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Princess Diaries |
The Princess Diaries, by Meg
Cabot |
G |
family, comedy |
| Prozac Nation |
Prozac Nation: young and depressed
in America, by Elizabeth Wurtzel |
R |
drama |
| Rare Birds |
Rare Birds, by Edward Riche |
R |
comedy |
| Riding in Cars with Boys |
Riding in Cars with Boys, by
Beverly D'Onofrio |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama |
| The Rising Place |
The Rising Place, by David
Armstrong |
PG-13 |
drama |
| The Safety of Objects |
The Safety of Objects: Stories,
by A.M. Homes |
R |
drama |
The Secret [TV
movie]
|
The Harrogate Secret, by
Catherine Cookson
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, family
|
| The Shipping News |
The Shipping News, by Annie
Proulx |
R |
drama |
Shot in the
Heart [TV movie]
|
Shot in the Heart, by Mikal
Gilmore
|
R
|
crime, drama,
thriller, mystery
|
| Shrek |
Shrek!, by William Steig |
PG |
adventure, romance, animation, family,
fantasy, comedy |
Sister Mary
Explains It All [TV movie]
|
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It
All For You [play], by Christopher Durang
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Snow in August
[TV movie]
|
Snow in August, by Pete
Hamill
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Someone Like You... |
Animal Husbandry, by Laura Zigman |
PG-13 |
comedy, romance |
South Pacific
[TV movie]
|
Tales of the South Pacific,
by James Michener
|
Not
Rated
|
musical, drama,
comedy, war (WWII)
|
| The Tailor of Panama |
The Tailor of Panama, by John Le
Carré |
R |
comedy, drama, thriller |
| Tape |
Tape [play], by Stephen Belber |
R |
drama |
| Texas Rangers |
Taming the Neuces Strip: The Story
of McNelly's Rangers, by George Durham |
PG-13 |
adventure, western |
Three Blind Mice
[TV movie]
|
Three Blind Mice, by Ed
McBain
|
PG-13
|
crime, drama,
mystery
|
| To End All Wars |
Through the Valley of the Kwai,
by Ernest Gordon |
R |
drama, war |
| The Triumph of Love |
The Triumph of Love [play], by
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| The Trumpet of the Swan |
The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B.
White |
G |
animation, family |
| Valentine |
Valentine, by Tom Savage |
R |
horror, thriller |
Walking Shadow
[TV movie]
|
Walking Shadow, by Robert
B. Parker
|
Not
Rated
|
mystery
|
The Way We Live
Now [TV mini series]
|
The Way We Live Now, by
Anthony Trollope
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
What Girls Learn
[TV movie]
|
What Girls Learn, by Karin
Cook
|
TV-PG
|
drama
|
| What's the Worst That Could Happen? |
What's the Worst That Could Happen?,
by Donald E. Westlake |
PG-13 |
comedy |
Wit [TV movie]
|
Wit [play], by Margaret
Edson
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
| Women in Film |
I'm Losing You, by Bruce Wagner |
R |
comedy, drama |
You Belong to Me
[TV movie]
|
You Belong to Me, by Mary
Higgins Clark
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
