| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
5 Against the
House
|
5 Against the House, by
Jack Finney
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, crime,
film-noir
|
1905
|
Mother, by Maxim Gorky
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Russian), drama
|
Above Us the
Waves
|
Above Us the Waves : the story of
midget submarines and human torpedoes, C.E.T. Warren and James
Benson
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure, war,
drama
|
The Amazing Mr.
Callaghan
|
Sorry You've Been Troubled,
by Peter Cheyney
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), crime
|
An Alligator
Named Daisy
|
An Alligator Named Daisy,
by Charles Terrot
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, musical,
romance
|
As Long as
They're Happy
|
As Long as They're Happy : a
farcical comedy in three acts [play], by Vernon Sylvaine
|
Not Rated
|
comedy, musical
|
Battle Cry
|
Battle Cry, by Leon Uris
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, war
|
The Big Knife
|
The Big Knife [play], by
Clifford Odets
|
Not Rated
|
drama, film-noir
|
Blackboard Jungle
|
The Blackboard Jungle, by
Evan Hunter
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Blood Alley
|
Blood Alley, by A.S.
Fleischman
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure
|
Break in the
Circle
|
The Break in the Circle, by
Philip Loraine
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Bridges at
Toko-Ri
|
The Bridges at Toko-Ri, by
James Michener
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, war
(Korean War)
|
Captain Lightfoot
|
Captain Lightfoot, by W.R.
Burnett
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance,
adventure
|
Cell 2455 Death
Row
|
Cell 2455 Death Row, by
Caryl Chessman
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama
|
Ciske the Rat
|
Ciske the Rat, by Piet
Bakker
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Dutch), drama
|
The Cobweb
|
The Cobweb, by William
Gibson
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Colditz Story
|
The Colditz Story, by P.R.
Reid
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, war
|
The Conquest of
Space
|
The Conquest of Space, by
Willy Ley
|
Approved
|
science fiction
|
The Count of
Monte Cristo
|
The Count of Monte Cristo,
by Alexandre Dumas
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), adventure
|
Cross-Up
|
Never Come Back, by John
Mair
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama
|
Daddy Long Legs
|
Daddy-Long-Legs, by Jean
Webster
|
Approved
|
musical, romance
|
The Deep Blue Sea
|
The Deep Blue Sea [play],
by Terence Rattigan
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Desert Sands
|
Punitive Action, by Norman
Robson writing as John Robb
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure
|
The Desperate
Hours
|
The Desperate Hours, by
Joseph Hayes
|
Not
Rated
|
film-noir,
drama, thriller
|
The Devil's
General
|
Des Teufels General (The Devil's
General) [play], by Carl Zuckmayer
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(German), drama, war (WWII)
|
Diabolique
|
The Woman Who Was No More,
by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), mystery, thriller, horror
|
Doctor at Sea
|
Doctor at Sea, by Richard
Gordon
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy
|
Doctors
|
The Doctors, by
André Soubiran
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
East of Eden
|
East of Eden, by John
Steinbeck
|
PG
(2005)
|
drama
|
The End of the
Affair
|
The End of the Affair, by
Graham Greene
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Escapade
|
Escapade [play], by Roger
MacDougall
|
Not Rated
|
comedy, drama
|
The Far Horizons
|
Sacajawea of the Shoshones,
by Della Gould Emmons
|
Not
Rated
|
history, western
|
Floating Clouds
/ Ukigumo
|
Floating Clouds, by Fumiko
Hayashi
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Japanese), drama, romance
|
The French, They
Are A Funny Race
|
The Notebooks of Major Thompson :
an Englishman discovers France & the French, by Pierre
Daninos
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
The Gadfly
|
The Gadfly, by E.L. Voynich.
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Russian), action, drama, history
|
Gentlemen Marry
Brunettes
|
But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes,
by Anita Loos
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy |
Good Morning,
Miss Dove
|
Good Morning, Miss Dove, by
Frances Gray Patton
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Grasshopper
|
"The
Grasshopper" [short story], by Anton Chekhov. In: The Grasshopper, and Other Stories
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Russian), drama
|
Guys and Dolls
|
"The Idyll of
Miss Sarah Brown" [short story], by Damon Runyon. In: Colliers, Jan. 28, 1933. Also
in: Runyon à la Carte,
and Runyon From First to Last
|
Approved
|
musical, comedy,
romance, crime
|
Hell on Frisco
Bay
|
"The Darkest
Hour" [short story], by William P. McGivern. In: Collier's, Apr. 15, 1955.
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, drama
|
Hit the Deck
|
Shore Leave : a sea-goin' comedy
in three acts [play], by Hubert Osborne
|
Not Rated
|
comedy, musical
|
How to Be Very,
Very Popular
|
She Loves Me Not : a comedy in two
acts [play], by Howard Lindsay, which is based on She Loves Me Not [novel],
by Edward Hope
|
Approved
|
comedy
|
I Am a Camera
|
I Am a Camera [play], by
John Van Druten, which is based on The Berlin Stories, by
Christopher Isherwood
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
I Died a
Thousand Times
|
High Sierra, by W.R. Burnett
|
Not
Rated
|
film-noir, crime
|
I'll Cry Tomorrow
|
I'll Cry Tomorrow, by
Lillian Roth with Mike Connolly and Gerold Frank
|
PG
|
biography,
drama, music
|
Jupiter's Darling
|
The Road To Rome [play], by
Robert E. Sherwood
|
Not Rated
|
comedy, musical,
adventure, fantasy, romance
|
The Kentuckian
|
The Gabriel Horn, by Felix
Holt
|
Approved
|
western, drama,
action
|
Kismet
|
Kismet : an "Arabian night" in
three acts [play], by Edward Knoblock
|
Not Rated
|
adventure,
musical, fantasy, comedy, romance
|
Kiss Me Deadly
|
Kiss Me Deadly, by Mickey
Spillane
|
Not
Rated
|
thriller,
film-noir, crime
|
Kiss of Fire
|
The Rose and the Flame, by
Jonreed Lauritzen
|
Not Rated
|
adventure
|
Lady
Chatterley's Lover
|
Lady Chatterley's Lover, by
D.H. Lawrence
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
The Last Frontier
|
The Gilded Rooster, by
Richard Emery Roberts
|
Approved
|
history, western
|
The Last Ten Days
|
Ten Days to Die, by Michael
Angelo Musmanno
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(German), drama
|
The Left Hand of
God
|
The Left Hand of God, by
William Barrett
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Long Gray
Line
|
Bringing up the Brass : my 55
years at West Point, by Marty Maher with Nardi Reeder Campion
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Love Is a
Many-Splendored Thing
|
A Many-Splendored Thing, by
Han Suyin
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Lucy Gallant
[also known as Oil Town]
|
"The Life of
Lucy Gallant" [short story], by Margaret Cousins. In: Good Housekeeping.
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
A Man Called
Peter
|
A Man Called Peter : the story of
Peter Marshall, by Catherine Marshall
|
Not Rated
|
biography, drama
|
The Man from
Bitter Ridge
|
The Man from Bitter Ridge,
by William MacLeod Raine
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
The Man With the
Golden Arm
|
The Man With the Golden Arm,
by Nelson Algren
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Man Without a
Star
|
Man Without a Star, by Dee
Linford
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Mister Roberts
|
Mister Roberts [novel], by
Thomas Heggen, and Mister
Roberts [play], by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan
|
Approved
|
comedy, drama,
war (WWII)
|
Moonfleet
|
Moonfleet, by J. Meade
Falkner
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure
|
My Sister Eileen
|
My Sister Eileen [play], by
Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, which is based on My Sister Eileen, by Ruth
McKenney
|
Approved
|
musical, comedy,
romance
|
Nana
|
Nana, by Émile Zola
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
The Night of the
Hunter
|
The Night of the Hunter, by
Davis Grubb
|
Approved
|
drama,
film-noir, thriller, horror
|
Not as a Stranger
|
Not as a Stranger, by
Morton Thompson
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Oklahoma!
|
Green Grow the Lilacs
[play], by Lynn Riggs
|
G (1982)
|
musical,
romance, western
|
One Desire
|
Tacey Cromwell, by Conrad
Richter
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Othello
|
Othello [play], by William
Shakespeare
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Russian), drama
|
Pather Panchali
|
Pather Panchali. Song of the Road,
by Bibhutibhushana Bandyopadhyaya
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Bengali), drama
|
Picnic
|
Picnic : a summer romance in three
acts [play], by William Inge
|
Not Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Prince of Players
|
Prince of Players: Edwin Booth,
by Eleanor Ruggles
|
Approved
|
biography, drama
|
A Prize of Gold
|
A Prize of Gold, by Max
Catto
|
Not
Rated
|
crime,
adventure, drama
|
PT Raiders
|
"The Ship that
Died of Shame" [short story], by Nicholas Monsarrat
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama
|
The Purple Mask
|
The Purple Mask : a romantic play
[play], by Matheson Lang, Paul Armont and Jean Manoussi
|
Not Rated
|
adventure
|
Queen Bee
|
The Queen Bee, by Edna Lee
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Quentin Durward
|
Quentin Durward, by Sir
Walter Scott
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure,
history, romance
|
The Racers
|
The Racer, by Hans Ruesch
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Rains of
Ranchipur
|
The Rains Came : a novel of modern
India, by Louis Bromfield
|
Approved
|
drama
|
The Rawhide Years
|
The Rawhide Years, by
Norman Fox
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Richard III
|
Richard III [play], by
William Shakespeare
|
Not Rated
|
drama, history,
war
|
The Road to
Denver
|
"The Man from
Texas" [short story], by Bill Gulick. In: The Saturday Evening Post, Apr 15,
Apr 22, Apr 29 1950.
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
Robbers' Roost
|
Robbers' Roost, by Zane Grey
|
Approved
|
western
|
The Rose Tattoo
|
The Rose Tattoo [play], by
Tennessee Williams
|
Not Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Running Wild
[also known as The Girl in the Cage]
|
The Girl in the Cage, a Ralph
Lindsey mystery, by Ben Benson
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, drama
|
Samurai II: Duel
at Ichijoji Temple
|
Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Japanese), adventure, drama
|
The Sea Chase
|
The Sea Chase, by Andrew
Geer
|
Not
Rated
|
action, drama,
war (WWII)
|
The Second
Greatest Sex
|
Lysistrata [play], by
Aristophanes
|
Not Rated
|
musical, western
|
Seven Cities of
Gold
|
The Nine Days of Father Serra,
by Isabelle Gibson Ziegler
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure
|
The Seven Year
Itch
|
The Seven Year Itch : a romantic
comedy [play], by George Axelrod
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
The Shrike
|
The Shrike [play], by
Joseph Kramm
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Sincerely Yours
|
The Silent Voice [play], by
Jules Eckert Goodman
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Soldier of
Fortune
|
Soldier of Fortune, by
Ernest K. Gann
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure
|
The Spoilers
|
The Spoilers, by Rex Beach
|
Approved
|
western
|
Storm Fear
|
Storm Fear, by Clinton
Seeley
|
Not Rated
|
film-noir,
crime, drama
|
Storm Over the
Nile
|
The Four Feathers, by
A.E.W. Mason
|
Not Rated
|
war, adventure,
drama
|
Summertime
|
The Time of the Cuckoo
[play], by Arthur Laurents
|
Not Rated
|
romance, drama
|
Tall Man Riding
|
Tall Man Riding, by Norman
A. Fox
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
The Tall Men
|
The Tall Men, by Henry
Wilson Allen writing as Clay Fisher
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
The Tender Trap
|
The Tender Trap : a comedy
[play], by Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith
|
Approved
|
comedy, musical
|
That Lady
|
That Lady [play and novel],
by Kate O'Brien. Also published as For One Sweet Grape
|
Not Rated
|
adventure,
drama, history, romance
|
Three for the
Show
|
Home and Beauty [play], by
W. Somerset Maugham
|
Not Rated
|
musical
|
Three Stripes in
the Sun
|
"The Gentle
Wolfhound" [article], by E.J. Kahn Jr. In: The New Yorker, May 9, 1953.
|
Approved
|
drama, romance
|
Tight Spot
|
Dead Pigeon [play], by
Leonard Kantor
|
Approved
|
drama, film-noir
|
Timberjack
|
Timberjack, by Dan Cushman
|
Approved
|
western
|
To Catch a Thief
|
To Catch a Thief, by David
Dodge
|
Not Rated
|
mystery,
romance, thriller
|
To Hell and Back
|
To Hell and Back, by Audie
Murphy
|
Not Rated
|
action,
biography, drama, war (WWII)
|
Trial
|
Trial, by Don Mankiewicz
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Trouble with
Harry
|
The Trouble with Harry, by
Jack Trevor Story
|
PG
|
mystery, comedy
|
Unchained
|
Prisoners are People, by
Kenyon Judson Scudder
|
Not Rated
|
drama, crime
|
The Unknown
Soldier / Tuntematon Sotilas
|
The Unknown Soldier, by
Väinö Linna
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Finnish), drama, war
|
Untamed
|
Untamed, by Helga Moray
|
Approved
|
adventure
|
The Vanishing
American
|
The Vanishing American, by
Zane Grey
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
The View from
Pompey's Head
|
The View from Pompey's Head,
by Hamilton Basso
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Violent Men
|
Smoky Valley, by Donald
Hamilton
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
Violent Saturday
|
Violent Saturday, by W.L.
Heath
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama
|
The Way Out
|
The Way Out, by Bruce Graeme
|
Not
Rated
|
crime
|
Wee Geordie
|
Geordie, by David Walker
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, drama,
romance, sport
|
White Feather
|
"My Great-Aunt
Appearing Day" [short story], by John Prebble. In: Spanish Stirrup, and Other Stories.
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
You're Never Too
Young
|
Connie Goes Home [play] by
Edward Childs Carpenter, which is based on "Sunny Goes Home" [short
story], by Fannie Kilbourne. In: The Saturday Evening Post, May 7,
1921
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
