| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea
|
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,
by Jules Verne
|
G
(1970)
|
adventure,
drama, family, science fiction
|
About Mrs. Leslie
|
About Mrs. Leslie, by
Viña Delmar
|
Approved
|
drama, romance
|
The Adventures
of Hajji Baba
|
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of
Ispahan, by James Justinian Morier
|
Approved
|
adventure
|
Ana-ta-han
|
Anatahan, by Michiro
Maruyama
|
Approved
|
drama, war
|
Animal Farm
|
Animal Farm, by George
Orwell
|
Not
Rated
|
animation, drama
|
The Anna Cross
|
"Anna on the
Neck" or "Anna Round the Neck" [short story], by Anton Chekhov.
In: The Image of
Chekhov : forty stories in the order in which they were written.
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Russian), drama, history
|
Apache
|
Bronco Apache, by Paul I.
Wellman
|
Approved
|
western
|
Arrow In the Dust
|
"Platte River
Gamble" [short story], by L.L. Foreman. In: Zane Grey's Western Magazine, v.7
n.4, June 1953.
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Beachhead
|
I've Got Mine, by Richard
G. Hubler
|
Approved
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
Beau Brummell
|
Beau Brummel : a play in four acts,
by Clyde Fitch
|
Approved
|
biography, drama
|
Bengal Brigade
|
Bengal Tiger : a tale of India,
by Hall Hunter
|
Approved
|
adventure, war
|
Black Horse
Canyon
|
The Wild Horse, by Les
Savage Jr.
|
Approved
|
western
|
The Black Shield
of Falworth
|
Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle
|
Approved
|
adventure,
romance
|
The Caine Mutiny
|
The Caine Mutiny, by Herman
Wouk
|
Approved
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
Cash on Delivery
|
To Dorothy, a Son : a farcical
comedy in two acts [play], by Roger MacDougall
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Chronicle of
Poor Lovers
|
A Tale of Poor Lovers, by
Vasco Pratolini
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Italian), drama
|
The Command
|
"The White
Invader" [short story], by James Warner Bellah. In: The Saturday Evening Post Jan 21,
Jan 28, Feb 4 1950.
|
Approved
|
western
|
Count of
Bragelonne (also known as The Last Musketeer)
|
The Vicomte de Bragelonne,
by Alexandre Dumas
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Italian), adventure, romance, drama
|
The Country Girl
|
The Country Girl [play], by
Clifford Odets
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Crest of the Wave
|
Seagulls Over Sorrento
[play], by Hugh Hastings
|
Approved
|
drama
|
The Dam Busters
|
The Dam Busters, by Paul
Brickhill, and Enemy Coast
Ahead, by Guy Gibson
|
Not Rated
|
action, war
(WWII), drama
|
Deep in My Heart
|
Deep in my Heart : a story based
on the life of Sigmund Romberg, by Elliott Arnold
|
Approved
|
biography,
comedy, musical, drama
|
Demetrius and
the Gladiators
|
The Robe, by Lloyd C.
Douglas
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Désirée
|
Désirée, by
Annemarie Selinko
|
Not Rated
|
drama, romance
|
The Desperado
|
The Desperado, by Clifton
Adams
|
Approved
|
western
|
Destry
|
Destry Rides Again, by Max
Brand
|
Approved
|
western
|
Dial M for Murder
|
Dial "M" for Murder [play],
by Frederick Knott
|
PG (1982)
|
thriller, crime
|
The Diamond
Wizard
|
Rich is the Treasure, by
Maurice Procter, and "The Bowstring Murder" [short story], by Maurice
Procter. In: Collier's,
November 1, 1952.
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, science
fiction, drma
|
Doctor in the
House
|
Doctor in the House, by
Richard Gordon
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy
|
A Double Life
|
Siegfried [play], by Jean
Giraudoux
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(German), drama
|
Down Three Dark
Streets
|
Case File : FBI, by The
Gordons
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, drama
|
Duffy of San
Quentin
|
The San Quentin Story, by
Clinton T. Duffy as told to Dean Jennings
|
Approved
|
crime, drama
|
The Egyptian
|
The Egyptian, by Mika
Waltari
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, history
|
Elephant Walk
|
Elephant Walk, by Robert
Standish
|
Approved
|
adventure, drama
|
Executive Suite
|
Executive Suite, by Cameron
Hawley
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Fear
|
"Fear" [short
story], by Stefan Zweig. In: The Royal Game & Other Stories,
and Kaleidoscope
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(German), drama
|
The Flying
Classroom
|
The Flying Classroom : a novel for
children, by Erich Kästner
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(German), drama, comedy, family
|
The Game of Love
|
The Ripening Seed, by
Colette (also published as The
Ripening)
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
The Gold of
Naples
|
The Treasure of Naples, by
Giuseppe Marotta
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Italian), comedy
|
Hell Below Zero
|
The White South, by Hammond
Innes. Also published as The
Survivors, and serially as "Calling the Southern Cross"
[novella] in The Saturday Evening
Post, Feb 11, Feb 18, Feb 25, Mar 4, Mar 11, Mar 18, Mar 25, Apr
1, 1950.
|
Approved
|
action,
adventure, drama, romance
|
Hell's Outpost
|
Silver Rock, by Luke Short
|
Not
Rated
|
action, crime
|
The High and the
Mighty
|
The High and the Mighty, by
Ernest K. Gann
|
Approved
|
adventure, drama
|
His Majesty
O'Keefe
|
His Majesty O'Keefe, by
Gerald Green
|
Approved
|
adventure
|
Hobson's Choice
|
Hobson's Choice : a three-act
comedy [play], by Harold Brighouse
|
Not Rated
|
comedy, drama,
romance
|
Human Desire
|
La Bête Humaine, by
Emile Zola. Also published as The Beast in Man, and The Human Beast.
|
Approved
|
drama, film-noir
|
An Inspector
Calls
|
An Inspector Calls [play],
by J.B. Priestley
|
Approved
|
drama, mystery
|
Johnny Guitar
|
Johnny Guitar, by Roy
Chanslor
|
Approved
|
western
|
Jubilee Trail
|
Jubilee Trail, by Gwen
Bristow
|
Not
Rated
|
western,
adventure, romance
|
King Richard and
the Crusaders
|
The Talisman, by Sir Walter
Scott
|
Approved
|
adventure
|
Land of Fury
|
The Seekers, by John Guthrie
|
Not Rated
|
adventure
|
Laughing Anne
|
Laughing Anne [play], by
Joseph Conrad, which is based on "Because of the Dollars" [short story],
by Joseph Conrad. In : Within
the Tides : tales.
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure
|
The Long, Long
Trailer
|
The Long, Long Trailer,
by Clinton Twiss
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
The Long Wait
|
The Long Wait, by Mickey
Spillane
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, film
noir, drama
|
Lovers, Happy
Lovers! [also known as Lover Boy]
|
Monsieur Ripois and Nemesis,
by Louis Hémon
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Magnificent
Obsession
|
Magnificent Obsession, by
Lloyd C. Douglas
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Make Haste to
Live
|
Make Haste to Live, by the
Gordons
|
Approved
|
film-noir,
thriller
|
On the Waterfront
|
Based on a
series of 24 articles by Malcolm Johnson, originally published in the New York Sun, and compiled in the
book: On the Waterfront
: the Pulitzer Prize-winning articles that inspired the classic movie
and transformed the New York Harbor.
|
Approved
|
crime, drama,
romance
|
One Step to
Eternity
|
Follow, as the Night, by
Pat McGerr
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), thriller, drama
|
Orders are Orders
|
Orders are Orders : a military
diversion in three acts, [play], by Ian Hay and Anthony Armstrong
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
The Purple Plain
|
The Purple Plain, by H.E.
Bates
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure,
drama, war, action
|
Pushover
|
Rafferty, by Bill
Ballinger, and "The Killer Wore a Badge" [novella], by Thomas
Walsh. In: Saturday
Evening Post, Nov. 10 - Dec. 15, 1951. Also published as Night Watch, by Thomas
Walsh.
|
Not
Rated
|
crime,
film-noir, drama
|
Race for Life
[also known as Mask of Dust]
|
Last Race, by Jon Ewbank
Manchip White
|
Not
Rated
|
action,
adventure, drama
|
The Raid
|
"Affair at St.
Albans" [short story], by Herbert Ravenel Sass. In: New Confederate Short Stories,
and Confederate Battle
Stories.
|
Approved
|
war (Civil),
action, drama
|
Rear Window
|
"It Had to be
Murder" [short story], by Cornell Woolrich writing as William
Irish. In: Dime Detective
February 1942. Also published in The Oxford Book of American
Detective Stories as "Rear Window"
|
PG (1983)
|
mystery, thriller
|
| The Red and the
Black : Rouge et Noir |
Red and Black : a chronicle of the
nineteenth century, by Stendhal. Also published as The Red and the Black, and Scarlet and Black. |
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama |
Rhapsody
|
Maurice Guest, by Henry
Handel Richardson
|
Approved
|
musical, drama
|
Riding Shotgun
|
"Riding
Solo"[short story], by Kenneth Perkins. In: Blue Book, Sept., 1942.
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Robinson Crusoe
|
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel
Defoe
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure, drama
|
Rogue Cop
|
Rogue Cop, by William P.
McGivern
|
Approved
|
film-noir,
crime, drama
|
Romeo and Juliet
|
Romeo and Juliet [play], by
William Shakespeare
|
Not Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Sabrina
|
Sabrina Fair; or, A woman of the
world. A romantic comedy [play], by Samuel Albert Taylor
|
Approved
|
comedy, romance
|
Samurai 1:
Musashi Miyamoto
|
Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Japanese), action, adventure, drama
|
The Saracen Blade
|
The Saracen Blade, by Frank
Yerby
|
Approved
|
adventure,
romance
|
The Sea Shall
Not Have Them
|
The Sea Shall Not Have Them,
by John Harris
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
Senso
|
"Senso"
[novella], by Camillo Boito. In: Senso and Other Stories
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Italian), drama, history, romance, war
|
Shield for Murder
|
Shield for Murder, by
William P. McGivern
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama,
film noir
|
The Silver
Chalice
|
The Silver Chalice, by
Thomas B. Costain
|
Approved
|
drama, romance
|
The Student
Prince
|
Old Heidelberg [play], and Old Heidelberg [novel], by
Wilhelm Meyer-Förster
|
G (1971)
|
musical
|
Suicide Mission
|
The Shetland Bus, by David
Howarth
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, war
|
The Surf
|
The Sound of the Waves, by
Yukio Mishima
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Japanese), drama, romance
|
Susan Slept Here
|
Susan Slept Here; a comedy in two
acts [play], by Steve Fisher and Alex Gottlieb
|
Approved
|
comedy
|
Tennessee Champ
|
"The Lord in His
Corner" [short story], by Eustace Cockrell. In: Colliers, April 13, 1940.
|
Approved
|
drama, sports
(boxing)
|
Three Coins in
the Fountain
|
Coins in the Fountain, by
John H. Secondari
|
Approved
|
romance, drama
|
Track of the Cat
|
Track of the Cat, by Walter
Van Tilburg Clark
|
Not Rated
|
drama, western
|
Twenty-Four Eyes
|
Twenty-Four Eyes, by Sakae
Tsuboi
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Japanese), drama
|
Unholy Four
(also known as The Stranger Came Home)
|
Stranger at Home, by George
Sanders
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Valley of the
Kings
|
Gods, Graves, and Scholars : the
story of archaeology, by C.W. Ceram
|
Approved
|
adventure
|
Wicked Wife
|
Grand National Night [play],
by Dorothy and Campbell Christie
|
Not Rated
|
crime, thriller
|
Woman of Rome
|
Woman of Rome, by Alberto
Moravia
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Italian), drama
|
Yankee Pasha
|
Yankee Pasha : the adventures of
Jason Starbuck, by Edison Marshall
|
Approved
|
adventure,
romance
|
Young at Heart
|
"Sister Act"
[short story], by Fannie Hurst. In: Cosmopolitan Mar 1937.
|
Approved
|
drama, musical
romance
|
