| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
The Amityville
Horror
|
The Amityville Horror, by
Jay Anson
|
R
|
drama, horror,
thriller
|
Appleseed
|
Appleseed [graphic novels],
by Masamune Shirow |
R
|
foreign language
(Japanese), animation, science fiction, action |
Asylum
|
Asylum, by Patrick McGrath
|
R
|
romance, thriller
|
Be Cool
|
Be Cool, by Elmore Leonard
|
PG-13
|
comedy, crime
|
| Because
of Winn-Dixie |
Because
of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo |
PG
|
family,
comedy, drama |
Bee Season
|
Bee Season, by Myla Goldberg
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
Breakfast on
Pluto
|
Breakfast on Pluto, by
Patrick McCabe
|
R
|
comedy, drama
|
Brokeback
Mountain
|
"Brokeback
Mountain" [short story], by Annie Proulx. In: Close Range
|
R
|
drama, romance
|
Capote
|
Capote : a biography, by
Gerald Clarke
|
R
|
biography, drama
|
Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory
|
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
by Roald Dahl
|
PG
|
fantasy,
adventure, comedy, family
|
The Chronicles
of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
|
The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
|
PG
|
adventure,
family, fantasy
|
The Colt [TV
movie]
|
"The Colt"
[short story], by Mikhail Sholokhov. In: Fierce and Gentle Warriors : three
stories
|
Not Rated
|
action, drama,
history, war (Civil War)
|
Confessions of a
Sociopathic Social Climber [TV movie]
|
Confessions of a Sociopathic
Social Climber, by Adele Lang
|
R
|
comedy
|
The Constant
Gardener
|
The Constant Gardener, by
John Le Carré
|
R
|
drama, thriller
|
The Dark
|
Sheep, by Simon Maginn
|
R
|
horror
|
Dark Water
|
Dark Water, by Koji Suzuki
|
PG-13
|
drama, thriller,
horror
|
Deepwater
|
Deepwater, by Matthew F.
Jones
|
Not Rated
|
thriller
|
Derailed
|
Derailed, by James Siegel
|
R
|
drama, thriller
|
The Dive From
Clausen's Pier [TV movie]
|
The Dive From Clausen's Pier,
by Ann Packer
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Duma
|
How it was with Dooms : a true
story from Africa, by Xan Hopcraft and Carol Cawthra Hopcraft
|
PG
|
drama, adventure
|
Earth and Ashes
|
Earth and Ashes, by Atiq
Rahimi
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Pashtu), drama
|
Empire Falls [TV
mini series]
|
Empire Falls, by Richard
Russo
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Everything is
Illuminated
|
Everything is Illuminated,
by Jonathan Safran Foer
|
PG-13
|
adventure,
comedy, drama
|
| Fever Pitch |
Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby
|
PG-13
|
comedy, romance,
sports (baseball)
|
The Great Raid
|
The Great Raid on Cabanatuan :
rescuing the doomed ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor, by William
B. Breuer
|
R
|
action, drama,
war (WWII)
|
The Greatest
Game Ever Played
|
The Greatest Game Ever Played :
Harry Vardon,
Francis Ouimet, and the birth of modern golf, by Mark Frost
|
PG
|
drama, history,
sports (golf)
|
Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire
|
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,
by J. K. Rowling
|
PG-13
|
adventure,
fantasy, mystery
|
A History of
Violence
|
A History of Violence
[graphic novel], by John Wagner and Vince Locke
|
R
|
drama, thriller
|
The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy
|
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
|
PG
|
adventure,
comedy, science fiction
|
Hostage
|
Hostage, by Robert Crais
|
R
|
action, crime,
drama, thriller
|
The Ice Harvest
|
The Ice Harvest, by Scott
Phillips
|
R
|
action, comedy,
thriller, crime
|
In Her Shoes
|
In Her Shoes, by Jennifer
Weiner
|
PG-13
|
comedy, drama
|
Jarhead
|
Jarhead: a Marine's chronicle of
the Gulf War and other battles, by Anthony Swofford
|
R
|
action, comedy,
drama, war
|
Just Like Heaven
|
If Only It Were True, by
Marc Levy
|
PG-13
|
comedy, fantasy,
romance
|
Kiss Kiss, Bang
Bang
|
Bodies Are Where You Find Them,
by Brett Halliday
|
R
|
comedy, crime,
thriller
|
Left Behind:
World at War
|
Tribulation Force, by Tim
LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
Loverboy
|
Loverboy, by Victoria Redel
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
The Magic of
Ordinary Days [TV movie]
|
The Magic of Ordinary Days,
by Ann Howard Creel
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Malice
Aforethought [TV movie]
|
Malice Aforethought : the story of
a commonplace crime, by Anthony Berkeley writing as Francis Iles
|
TV-14
|
mystery, crime,
drama
|
Memoirs of a
Geisha
|
Memoirs of a Geisha, by
Arthur Golden
|
PG-13
|
drama, romance
|
Million Dollar
Baby
|
Rope Burns : stories from the
corner, by F.X. Toole
|
PG-13
|
drama, sports
(boxing)
|
Munich
|
Vengeance : the true story of an
Israeli counter-terrorist team, by George Jonas
|
|
drama, history,
thriller
|
Must Love Dogs
|
Must Love Dogs, by Claire
Cook
|
PG-13
|
comedy, romance
|
North Country
|
Class Action : the story of Lois
Jenson and the landmark case that changed sexual harassment law,
by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler
|
R
|
drama
|
Oliver Twist
|
Oliver Twist, by Charles
Dickens
|
PG-13
|
drama, family
|
Our Fathers
|
Our Fathers: the secret life of
the Catholic Church in an age of scandal, by David France
|
R
|
drama
|
The Phantom of
the Opera
|
The Phantom of the Opera,
by Gaston Leroux
|
PG-13
|
musical, drama,
romance
|
Pride &
Prejudice
|
Pride and Prejudice, by
Jane Austen
|
PG
|
drama, romance
|
The Prize Winner
of Defiance Ohio
|
The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio
: how my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less, by Terry Ryan
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
Proof
|
Proof : a play, by David
Auburn
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
Sahara
|
Sahara, by Clive Cussler
|
PG-13
|
action,
adventure, comedy
|
Separate Lies
|
A Way Through the Wood, by
Nigel Balchin
|
R
|
drama, romance
|
Shopgirl
|
Shopgirl, by Steve Martin
|
R
|
comedy, drama,
romance
|
Sin City
|
Based on the
"Sin City" series of graphic novels by Frank Miller
|
R
|
action, crime,
thriller
|
The Sisterhood
of the Traveling Pants
|
The Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants, by Ann Brashares
|
PG
|
adventure,
comedy, drama
|
A Sound of
Thunder
|
"A Sound of
Thunder" [short story], by Ray Bradbury. In: The Stories of Ray Bradbury,
Twice twenty-two, and R is for Rocket.
|
PG-13
|
action, drama,
science fiction, adventure, fantasy, thriller
|
Stone Cold [TV
movie]
|
Stone Cold, by Robert B.
Parker
|
R
|
mystery, crime,
drama
|
Suzanne's Diary
for Nicholas [TV movie]
|
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas,
by James Patterson
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Their Eyes Were
Watching God [TV movie]
|
Their Eyes Were Watching God,
by Zora Neale Hurston
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Thumbsucker
|
Thumbsucker, by Walter Kirn
|
R
|
drama, comedy
|
Tristram Shandy:
A Cock and Bull Story
|
The Life and Opinions of Tristram
Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne
|
R
|
comedy
|
An Unfinished
Life
|
An Unfinished Life, by Mark
Spragg
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
The War of the
Worlds
|
The War of the Worlds, by
H.G. Wells
|
PG-13
|
science fiction,
action, drama, adventure, thriller
|
Where the Truth
Lies
|
Where the Truth Lies, by
Rupert Holmes
|
NC-17
|
drama
|
Widow on the
Hill [TV movie]
|
"The Widow on
the Hill" [article], by Michael Shnayerson. Vanity Fair, May 2003, p122 (8)
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Work and the
Glory: American Zion
|
Like a Fire is Burning :
a historical novel,
by Gerald N. Lund
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
Yours, Mine and
Ours
|
Who Gets the Drumstick? The
Story of the Beardsley Family, by Helen Beardsley
|
PG
|
comedy, family,
romance
|
Zathura
|
Zathura, by Chris Van
Allsburg
|
PG
|
fantasy,
adventure
|
