| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| 25th Hour |
25th Hour, by David Benioff |
R |
crime, drama |
| About a Boy |
About a Boy, by Nick Hornby |
PG-13 |
drama, comedy |
| About Schmidt |
About Schmidt, by Louis Begley |
R |
comedy, drama |
All Around the
Town [TV movie]
|
All Around the Town, by
Mary Higgins Clark
|
PG-13
|
mystery, crime
|
| Auto Focus |
The Murder of Bob Crane, by
Robert Graysmith |
R |
drama |
| Bad Karma |
Bad Karma, by Andrew Harper |
R |
horror |
Balzac and the
Little Chinese Seamstress
|
Balzac and the Little Chinese
Seamstress, by Sijie Dai |
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Mandarin / French), biography, comedy, drama, romance
|
| Big Trouble |
Big Trouble, by Dave Barry |
PG-13 |
comedy |
Bleacher Bums
[TV movie]
|
Bleacher Bums : a nine-inning
comedy [play], conceived by Joe Mantegna ; written and
originally performed by Roberta Custer ... [et al.].
|
R
|
comedy, drama
|
| Blood Work |
Blood Work, by Michael Connelly |
R |
crime, thriller, drama, mystery |
| The Bourne Identity |
The Bourne Identity, by Robert
Ludlum |
PG-13 |
action, thriller, mystery |
Carrie [TV movie]
|
Carrie, by Stephen King
|
TV-14
|
drama, horror
|
| Catch Me If You Can |
Catch Me If You Can, by Frank
Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding |
PG-13 |
crime, thriller, drama |
| Charly |
Charly, by Jack Weyland |
PG |
romance, comedy, drama |
Charms for the
Easy Life [TV movie]
|
Charms for the Easy Life,
by Kaye Gibbons
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Chicago |
Chicago [play], by Maurine
Dallas Watkins, and Chicago: a musical vaudeville [musical], by
Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse |
PG-13 |
musical, comedy, crime, drama |
Collected
Stories [TV movie]
|
Collected Stories [play],
by Donald Margulies
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind |
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,
by Chuck Barris |
R |
crime, drama |
Confessions of
an Ugly Stepsister [TV movie]
|
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister,
by Gregory Maguire
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, comedy,
fantasy, romance
|
| The Count of Monte Cristo |
The Count of Monte Cristo, by
Alexandre Dumas |
PG-13 |
action, drama, adventure, thriller |
| Crazy as Hell |
Satan, by Jeremy Leven |
R |
drama |
| The Crime of Father Amaro [also known
as El Crimen del Padre Amaro] |
The Crime of Father Amaro, by
Eça de Queirós |
R |
foreign language (Spanish), drama,
romance |
| D-Tox |
Jitter Joint, by Howard Swindle |
R |
action, drama, thriller, horror |
| The Dancer Upstairs |
The Dancer Upstairs, by Nicholas
Shakespeare |
R |
drama, thriller, crime |
| The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys |
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys,
by Chris Fuhrman |
R |
drama |
Daniel Deronda
[TV mini series]
|
Daniel Deronda, by George
Eliot
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
A Death in the
Family [TV movie]
|
A Death in the Family, by
James Agee
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Dinotopia [TV
mini series]
|
Based on the
"Dinotopia" series of books by James Gurney
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure,
family, fantasy, science fiction
|
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood |
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya
Sisterhood, and Little Altars Everywhere, by Rebecca Wells |
PG-13 |
drama, comedy |
| Doctor Sleep |
Doctor Sleep, by Madison Smartt
Bell |
R |
crime, thriller |
Doctor Zhivago
[TV mini series]
|
Doctor Zhivago, by Boris
Pasternak
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Dracula's Curse
[TV mini series]
|
Dracula, by Bram Stoker
|
R
|
modern
adaptation, drama, horror
|
Due East [TV
movie]
|
Due East, and How I Got Him Back, or, Under the
Cold Moon's Shine, by Valerie Sayers
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
| The Emperor's Club |
The Palace Thief [short story],
by Ethan Canin |
PG-13 |
drama |
| The First $20 Million Is Always the
Hardest |
The First $20 Million Is Always the
Hardest, by Po Bronson |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| Food of Love |
The Page Turner, by David Leavitt |
R |
drama |
The Forsyte Saga
[TV mini series]
|
The Forsyte Saga, by John
Galsworthy
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Founding
Brothers [TV movie]
|
Founding Brothers : the
Revolutionary Generation, by Joseph J. Ellis
|
Not
Rated
|
documentary
|
| The Four Feathers |
The Four Feathers, by A.E.W.
Mason |
PG-13 |
drama, adventure, war |
| Frida |
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo,
by Hayden Herrera |
R |
drama, biography |
Gentle Ben [TV
movie]
|
Gentle Ben, by Walt Morey
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, family
|
Gilda Radner:
It's Always Something [TV movie]
|
It's Always Something, by
Gilda Radner
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, drama
|
The Glow [TV
movie]
|
The Glow, by Brooks Stanwood
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, mystery
|
Goodbye, Mr.
Chips [TV movie]
|
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, by
James Hilton
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Guys |
The Guys [play], by Anne Nelson |
PG |
drama |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets, by J.K. Rowling |
PG |
fantasy, adventure, family |
| Hart's War |
Hart's War, by John Katzenbach |
R |
drama, war (WWII) |
He Sees You When
You're Sleeping [TV movie]
|
He Sees You When You're Sleeping,
by Mary Higgins Clark, and Carol Higgins Clark
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, drama
|
| The Heart of Me |
The Echoing Grove, by Rosamond
Lehmann |
R |
drama, romance |
| High Crimes |
High Crimes, by Joseph Finder |
PG-13 |
crime, thriller, drama |
The Hound of the
Baskervilles [TV movie]
|
The Hound of the Baskervilles,
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure,
drama, mystery, horror
|
| The Hours |
The Hours, by Michael Cunningham |
PG-13 |
drama |
| The Housekeeper [also known as Une
femme de ménage] |
A Cleaning Woman, by Christian
Oster |
R |
foreign language (French), comedy,
drama, romance |
Hysterical
Blindness [TV movie]
|
Hysterical Blindness
[play], by Laura Cahill
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Importance of Being Earnest |
The Importance of Being Earnest
[play], by Oscar Wilde |
PG |
comedy, drama, romance |
The Inspector
Lynley Mysteries: For the Sake of Elena [TV movie]
|
For the Sake of Elena, by
Elizabeth George
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, mystery
|
The Inspector
Lynley Mysteries: Missing Joseph [TV movie]
|
Missing Joseph, by
Elizabeth George
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, mystery
|
The Inspector
Lynley Mysteries: Payment in Blood [TV movie]
|
Payment in Blood, by
Elizabeth George
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, mystery
|
The Inspector
Lynley Mysteries: Well Schooled in Murder [TV movie]
|
Well Schooled in Murder, by
Elizabeth George
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, mystery
|
| Joshua |
Joshua, by Joseph F. Girzone |
G |
drama |
| The Kid Stays In the Picture |
The Kid Stays In the Picture, by
Robert Evans |
R |
documentary, biography |
| Killing Me Softly |
Killing Me Softly, by Nicci
French |
R |
thriller |
King of Texas
[TV movie]
|
King Lear [play], by
William Shakespeare
|
Not
Rated
|
adaptation, drama
|
Last Call : the
final chapter of F. Scott Fitzgerald [TV movie]
|
Against the Current : as I
Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald, by Frances Kroll Ring
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Lathe of Heaven
[TV movie]
|
The Lathe of Heaven, by
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
Not
Rated
|
science fiction
|
Live From
Baghdad [TV movie]
|
Live From Baghdad : gathering news
at ground zero, by Robert Wiener
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, war [Gulf]
|
Living with the
Dead [TV mini series]
|
Talking to Heaven: a medium's
message of life after death, by James Van Praagh
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, science
fiction, crime, mystery, thriller
|
The Locket [TV
movie]
|
The Locket, by Richard Paul
Evans
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien |
PG-13 |
fantasy, action, adventure |
The Magnificent
Ambersons [TV movie]
|
The Magnificent Ambersons,
by Booth Tarkington
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Minority Report |
"The Minority Report" [short story], by
Philip K. Dick. In: Fantastic
Universe, Jan 1956, and Minority Report.
|
PG-13 |
action, science fiction, thriller,
crime, mystery |
Monday Night
Mayhem [TV movie]
|
Monday Night Mayhem : the inside
story of ABC's Monday night football, by Marc Gunther and Bill
Carter
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, sports
[football]
|
| Morvern Callar |
Morvern Callar, by Alan Warner |
R |
drama |
| The Mothman Prophecies |
The Mothman Prophecies, by John
A. Keel |
PG-13 |
thriller, mystery, science fiction |
Murder in
Greenwich [TV movie]
|
Murder in Greenwich : who killed
Martha Moxley?, by Mark Fuhrman
|
R
|
crime, mystery,
drama, thriller
|
My Father's Gun
[TV movie]
|
My Father's Gun : one family,
three badges, one hundred years in the NYPD, by Brian McDonald
|
Not
Rated
|
documentary,
biography
|
My Sister's
Keeper [TV movie]
|
My Sister's Keeper : learning to
cope with a sibling's mental illness, by Margaret Moorman
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Nicholas Nickleby |
Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles
Dickens |
PG |
drama |
Othello [TV
movie]
|
Othello [play], by William
Shakespeare
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Our America |
Our America: Life and Death on the
South Side of Chicago, by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman |
R |
drama |
The Outsider [TV
movie]
|
The Outsider, by Penelope
Williamson
|
R
|
drama, romance,
western
|
| P.S. Your Cat Is Dead |
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, by James
Kirkwood Jr. |
R |
comedy |
The Pianist
|
The Pianist : the extraordinary
story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45, by Wladyslaw
Szpilman
|
R
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
The Pilot's Wife
[TV movie]
|
The Pilot's Wife, by Anita
Shreve
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
| Pinocchio |
Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi |
G |
foreign language (Italian), family,
comedy, fantasy |
| Possession |
Possession, by A.S. Byatt |
PG-13 |
romance, drama, mystery |
Pretend You
Don't See Her [TV movie]
|
Pretend You Don't See Her,
by Mary Higgins Clark
|
PG-13
|
thriller
|
| Queen of the Damned |
Queen of the Damned, by Anne Rice |
R |
horror |
| The Quiet American |
The Quiet American, by Graham
Greene |
R |
drama, thriller, romance, war |
| Rabbit-Proof Fence |
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence,
by Doris Pilkington |
PG |
adventure, drama |
| Real Women Have Curves |
Real Women Have Curves [play],
by Josefina Lopez |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama |
| Red Dragon |
Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris |
R |
crime, thriller, drama, horror |
| The Ring |
Ring, by Kôji Suzuki |
PG-13 |
drama, horror, mystery, thriller |
| Ripley's Game |
Ripley's Game, by Patricia
Highsmith |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Road to Perdition |
Road to Perdition [graphic
novel], by Max Allan
Collins and Richard Piers Rayner
|
R |
crime, drama |
| The Rules of Attraction |
The Rules of Attraction, by Bret
Easton Ellis |
R |
comedy, drama, romance, thriller |
A Season on the
Brink [TV movie]
|
A Season on the Brink : a year
with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers, by John Feinstein
|
R
|
drama, sports
[basketball]
|
| The Secret Lives of Dentists |
The Age of Grief, by Jane Smiley |
R |
drama |
Sins of the
Father [TV movie]
|
"Sins of the
Father" [magazine article], by Pamela Colloff, in Texas Monthly, April 2000.
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, crime
|
| Skins |
Skins, by Adrian C. Louis |
R |
crime, drama |
| Solaris |
Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem |
PG-13 |
science fiction, drama, romance |
| Spider |
Spider, by Patrick McGrath |
R |
drama |
Stranded [TV
movie]
|
The Swiss Family Robinson,
by Johann David Wyss
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure, drama
|
| The Sum of All Fears |
The Sum of All Fears, by Tom
Clancy |
PG-13 |
action, drama, thriller |
| The Time Machine |
The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells |
PG-13 |
science fiction, action, adventure |
Tipping the
Velvet [TV mini series]
|
Tipping the Velvet, by
Sarah Waters
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Trapped |
24 Hours, by Greg Iles |
R |
thriller, crime |
Tru Confessions
[TV movie]
|
Tru Confessions, by Janet
Tashjian
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, comedy,
family
|
| Tuck Everlasting |
Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie
Babbitt |
PG |
drama, romance, family, fantasy |
The Vagina
Monologues [TV movie]
|
The Vagina Monologues
[play], by Eve Ensler
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, drama
|
| A Walk to Remember |
A Walk to Remember, by Nicholas
Sparks |
PG |
drama, romance |
| We Were Soldiers |
We Were Soldiers Once - and Young:
Ia Drang, the battle that changed the war in Vietnam, by Harold G
Moore and
Joseph L Galloway |
R |
action, drama, war (Vietnam) |
We Were the
Mulvaneys [TV movie]
|
We Were the Mulvaneys, by
Joyce Carol Oates
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Whale Rider |
The Whale Rider, by Witi Ihimaera |
PG-13 |
drama, family |
| White Oleander |
White Oleander, by Janet Fitch |
PG-13 |
drama |
Whitewash: The
Clarence Brandley Story [TV movie]
|
White Lies : rape, murder, and
justice, Texas style, by Nick Davies
|
R
|
drama
|
| The Year That Trembled |
The Year That Trembled, by Scott
Lax |
R |
drama |
| ZigZag |
ZigZag, by Landon J. Napoleon |
R |
drama |
