| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
1984
|
1984, by George Orwell
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, science
fiction
|
23 Paces to
Baker Street
|
Warrant for X, by Philip
MacDonald
|
Not
Rated
|
mystery, thriller
|
Accused of Murder
|
Vanity Row, by W. R. Burnett
|
Not
Rated
|
mystery
|
The Adventures
of Gil Blas
|
The Adventures of Gil Blas of
Santillane, by Alain René Lesage
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Spanish), adventure
|
Anastasia
|
Anastasia [play], by
Marcelle-Maurette
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Anything Goes
|
Anything Goes : a musical comedy
[play], by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse
|
Not Rated
|
musical
|
Around the World
in Eighty Days
|
Around the World in Eighty Days,
by Jules Verne
|
G
(1983)
|
adventure,
comedy, family
|
The Atomic Man
|
The Isotope Man, by David
McIlwain writing as Charles Eric Maine
|
Not Rated
|
science fiction,
mystery
|
Attack
|
Fragile Fox [play], by
Norman Brooks
|
Not Rated
|
drama, action,
war (WWII)
|
Away All Boats
|
Away All Boats, by Kenneth
Dodson
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
The Baby and the
Battleship
|
The Baby and the Battleship : an
entertainment, by Anthony Thorne
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy
|
Baby Doll
|
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
[play] and The Long Stay Cut
Short; or The Unsatisfactory Supper [play], by Tennessee Williams
|
R
|
drama
|
The Bad Seed
|
Bad Seed [play], by Maxwell
Anderson, and The Bad Seed,
by William March
|
Approved
|
thriller, horror
|
| The Bespoke
Overcoat |
"The Overcoat"
[short story], by Nikolai Gogol, (also published as "Shinel" and "The
Greatcoat") and The Bespoke
Overcoat : a play in one act, by Wolf Mankowitz
|
Not Rated
|
short film, drama
|
Between Heaven
and Hell
|
The Day the Century Ended,
by Francis Irby Gwaltney
|
Not Rated
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
Bhowani Junction
|
Bhowani Junction, by John
Masters
|
Not Rated
|
drama,
adventure, romance
|
Bigger Than Life
|
"Ten Feet Tall"
[article], by Berton Roueche. In: The New Yorker, September, 1955.
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Blackjack
Ketchum, Desperado
|
Kilkenny, by Louis L'Amour
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
Blonde Sinner
|
Yield to the Night, by Joan
Henry
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Bold Adventure
|
The Legend of the Glorious
Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the Land of Flanders & Elsewhere,
by Charles de Coster
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), adventure, comedy
|
| The Bottom of
the Bottle |
"The Bottom of
the Bottle" [novella], by Georges Simenon. In: Tidal Wave
|
Not Rated |
drama
|
The Burmese Harp
|
The Harp of Burma, by
Michio Takeyama
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Japanese), drama, war (WWII)
|
The Burning Hills
|
The Burning Hills, by Louis
L'Amour
|
Approved
|
romance, western
|
Bus Stop
|
Bus Stop [play], by William
Inge
|
Not Rated
|
comedy, drama,
romance, musical
|
The Captain from
Köpenick
|
The Captain of Köpenick : a
modern fairy tale in three acts [play], by Carl Zuckmayer
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(German), comedy, drama
|
Carousel
|
Liliom : a legend in seven scenes
and a prologue [play], by Ferenc Molnár
|
Not Rated
|
musical, romance
|
A Cat, Two
Women, and One Man
|
A Cat, a Man, and Two Women
[novella], by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Japanese), comedy, drama, family
|
Charley's Aunt
|
Charley's Aunt [play], by
Brandon Thomas
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(German), comedy
|
The Come On
|
The Come-On, by Whitman
Chambers
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Crime and
Punishment
|
Crime and Punishment, by
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
The Cruel Tower
|
The Cruel Tower, by William
B. Hartley
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
A Cry in the
Night
|
All Through the Night, by
Whit Masterson
|
Not
Rated
|
film-noir,
crime, drama
|
D-Day the Sixth
of June
|
The Sixth of June, by
L.S.B. Shapiro
|
Not
Rated
|
romance, war
(WWII), drama, action
|
Death in the
Garden [also known as Gina]
|
Death in that garden : La mort en
ce jardin, by José André Lacour
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), adventure, drama
|
Double Cross
|
"Queer Fish"
[short story], by Kem Bennett. In : Argosy, Sept., 1955.
|
Not Rated
|
drama, thriller
|
Earth vs. the
Flying Saucers
|
Flying Saucers from Outer Space,
by Donald E. Keyhoe
|
Not
Rated
|
science fiction
|
Four Bags Full
|
"Across Paris"
[novella], by Marcel Aymé. In: Across Paris and Other Stories
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), comedy
|
Friendly
Persuasion
|
Friendly Persuasion, by
Jessamyn West
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Gaby
|
Waterloo Bridge [play], by
Robert Emmet Sherwood
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Gentle Touch
|
A Lamp Is Heavy, by Sheila
Mackay Russell
|
Not Rated
|
drama, comedy
|
Gervaise
|
L'Assommoir, by Emile Zola
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
Giant
|
Giant, by Edna Ferber
|
G
|
drama
|
Good-bye, My Lady
|
Good-bye, My Lady, by James
H. Street. Originally published as "Weep No More, My Lady", in Saturday Evening Post, Dec. 6, 1941.
|
G
|
drama
|
Great Day in the
Morning
|
Great Day in the Morning,
by Robert Hardy Andrews
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
The Great Man
|
The Great Man, by Al Morgan
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Green Man
|
Meet a Body : an improbable
adventure in three acts [play], by Frank Launder and Sidney
Gilliat
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
The Harder They
Fall
|
The Harder They Fall, by
Budd Schulberg
|
Not
Rated
|
film-noir, drama
|
Hell in Korea
|
A Hill in Korea, by Max
Catto writing as Simon Kent
|
Not
Rated
|
war
|
High Society
|
The Philadelphia Story,
[play], by Philip Barry
|
Not Rated
|
comedy, musical,
romance
|
Hilda Crane
|
Hilda Crane [play], by
Samson Raphaelson
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Hold Back the
Night
|
Hold Back the Night, by Pat
Frank
|
Not
Rated
|
war, drama
|
The
Hunchback of Notre Dame
|
The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
by Victor Hugo
|
PG
|
foreign
language (French), drama, horror
|
Invasion of the
Body Snatchers
|
The Body Snatchers, by Jack
Finney
|
Not
Rated
|
horror, science
fiction, thirller
|
Jacqueline
|
A Grand Man, by Catherine
Cookson
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Jubal
|
Jubal Troop, by Paul I.
Wellman
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
The Killing
|
Clean Break, by Lionel White
|
Approved
|
crime, drama,
thriller, film-noir
|
The King and I
|
Anna and the King of Siam,
by Margaret Landon
|
G
|
musical, comedy,
family, adventure, romance, drama
|
A Kiss Before
Dying
|
A Kiss Before Dying, by Ira
Levin
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, mystery,
thriller, film-noir
|
The Last Hunt
|
The Last Hunt, by Milton
Lott
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Lust for Life
|
Lust for Life : the novel of
Vincent van Gogh, by Irving Stone
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Magic Fire
|
Magic Fire : scenes around Richard
Wagner, by Bertita Harding
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Man in the
Gray Flannel Suit
|
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit,
by Sloan Wilson
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Man in the Vault
|
The Lock and the Key, by
Frank Gruber
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, drama
|
The Man Who
Never Was
|
The Man Who Never Was, by
Ewen Montagu
|
Approved
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
The Maverick
Queen
|
The Maverick Queen, by Zane
Grey
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Michael Strogoff
|
Michael Strogoff : the Courier of
the Czar, by Jules Verne
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), adventure
|
| Million Dollar
Manhunt |
Requiem for a Redhead, by
Lindsay Hardy |
Not
Rated |
crime, drama |
Miracle in the
Rain
|
Miracle in the Rain, by Ben
Hecht
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Mitsou
|
Mitsou; or, How Girls Grow Wise,
by Colette
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), comedy
|
Moby Dick
|
Moby Dick, by Herman
Melville
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure, drama
|
The Mountain
|
The Mountain, by Henri
Troyat
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Navy Wife
|
Mother-Sir!, by Mary D.
Blain writing as Tats Blain
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy
|
Nightmare
|
"Nightmare"[novella],
by Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish. In: I Wouldn't Be In Your Shoes.
Also published separately as a novel.
|
Not
Rated
|
film-noir,
thriller, drama
|
No Ordinary
Summer
|
Early Joys and No Ordinary Summer, by
Konstantin Fedin.
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Russian), drama
|
The Opposite Sex
|
The Women [play], by Clare
Boothe Luce
|
Not Rated
|
musical
|
Pacific Destiny
|
We Chose the Islands : a six-year
adventure in the Gilberts, by Sir Arthur Francis Grimble.
Also published as A Pattern
of Islands.
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Panic in the
Parlor
|
Sailor Beware [play], by
Philip King and Falkland Cary. |
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
The Peacemaker
|
The Peacemaker, by Lee
Edwin Wells writing as Richard Poole
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Pillars of the
Sky
|
"Frontier
Fury"[novella],
by Henry Wilson Allen writing as Will Henry. In: Zane Grey’s Western Magazine, Sep.
1952. Also published separately as a novel.
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Portrait in Smoke
|
Portrait in Smoke, by Bill
S. Ballinger
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Power and
the Prize
|
The Power and the Prize, by
Howard Swiggett
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Proud and
Profane
|
The Magnificent Bastards,
by Lucy Herndon Crockett
|
Not
Rated
|
war, drama
|
The Proud Ones
|
The Proud Ones, by Verne
Athanas
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
The Rainmaker
|
The Rainmaker : a romantic comedy
[play], by N. Richard Nash
|
Not Rated
|
romance,
western, comedy
|
Reach for the Sky
|
Reach for the Sky : the story of
Douglas Bader, legless ace of the Battle of Britain, by Paul
Brickhill
|
Not Rated
|
drama, war
|
Red Sundown
|
"Back Trail"
[novella], by Lewis B. Patten. In: Popular Western, Nov. 1953.
Also published in Back Trail
:
a Western Duo.
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Reprisal!
|
Reprisal, by Arthur Gordon
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
The Revolt of
Mamie Stover
|
The Revolt of Mamie Stover,
by William Bradford Huie
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Samurai III:
Duel on Ganryu Island
|
Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Japanese), adventure, drama
|
The Search for
Bridey Murphy
|
The Search for Bridey Murphy,
by Morey Bernstein
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Searchers
|
The Searchers, by Alan Le
May
|
Not
Rated
|
western, drama
|
Serenade
|
Serenade, by James M. Cain
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Slightly Scarlet
|
Love's Lovely Counterfeit,
by James M. Cain
|
Not
Rated
|
crime,
film-noir, drama
|
The Solid Gold
Cadillac
|
The Solid Gold Cadillac : a comedy
[play], by Howard Teichmann; George S. Kaufman
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Somebody Up
There Likes Me
|
Somebody Up There Likes Me : the
story of my life until today, by Rocky Graziano with Rowland
Barber
|
Not Rated
|
action, drama,
sports (boxing)
|
The Spanish
Gardener
|
The Spanish Gardener, by
A.J. Cronin
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Star in the Dust
|
Law Man, by Lee Leighton
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
Strange Intruder
|
The Intruder, by Helen
Fowler
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Swan
|
The Swan : a romantic comedy in
three acts [play], by Ferenc Molnár
|
Approved
|
comedy, romance,
drama
|
Tea and Sympathy
|
Tea and Sympathy [play], by
Robert Anderson
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Teahouse of
the August Moon
|
The Teahouse of the August Moon
[play], by John Patrick, which was based on The Teahouse of the August Moon
[novel], by Vern Sneider
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Teenage Rebel
|
A Roomful of Roses [play],
by Edith Sommer
|
Approved
|
drama
|
The Ten
Commandments
|
Based on
material from the Bible and from the books Prince of Egypt, by Dorothy
Clarke Wilson, Pillar of Fire,
by Rev. J.H. Ingraham, and On
Eagle's Wings, by Rev A.E. Southton
|
G (1972)
|
drama, adventure
|
Tension at Table
Rock
|
Bitter Sage, by Frank Gruber
|
Approved
|
western, drama
|
Three Men in a
Boat
|
Three Men in a Boat (to Say
Nothing of the Dog), by Jerome K Jerome
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Tiger in the
Smoke
|
Tiger in the Smoke, by
Margery Allingham
|
Not Rated
|
crime, thriller
|
A Town Like Alice
|
A Town Like Alice, by Nevil
Shute, also published as The
Legacy.
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama,
war (WWII)
|
Trapeze
|
The Killing Frost, by Max
Catto
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Triple Deception
|
Storm Over Paris, by
Sterling Noel
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, drama
|
True as a Turtle
|
True as a Turtle, by John
Coates
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy
|
The Vagabond King
|
If I Were King [play], by
Justin Huntly McCarthy
|
Approved
|
musical
|
War and Peace
|
War and Peace, by Leo
Tolstoy
|
PG
|
drama, romance,
war
|
Westward Ho the
Wagons!
|
Children of the Covered Wagon : a
story of the old Oregon Trail, by Mary Jane Carr
|
Not
Rated
|
western, family
|
While the City
Sleeps
|
The Bloody Spur, by Charles
Einstein. Also published as While the City Sleeps
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, film-noir
|
The White Squaw
|
The White Squaw, by Larabie
Sutter
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
Written on the
Wind
|
Written on the Wind, by
Robert Wilder
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Wrong Man
|
"A Case of
Identity" [article], by Herbert Brean. In : Life Magazine, June 29, 1953.
|
Approved
|
drama, crime,
film-noir
|
