| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
The 27th Day
|
The 27th Day, by John
Mantley
|
Not
Rated
|
science fiction
|
Action of the
Tiger
|
Action of the Tiger, by
James Wellard
|
Not
Rated
|
action, crime,
mystery, drama
|
The Admirable
Crichton [also known as Paradise Lagoon]
|
The Admirable Crichton
[play], by J.M. Barrie
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
And Quiet Flows
the Don
|
And Quiet Flows the Don, by
Mikhail Sholokhov
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Russian), drama, war
|
Aparajito
|
Aparajito = The Unvanquished,
by Bibhutibhushana Bandyopadhyaya
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Bengali), drama
|
April Love
|
The Phantom Filly, by
George Agnew Chamberlain
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, drama,
musical
|
Band of Angels
|
Band of Angels, by Robert
Penn Warren
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Barretts of
Wimpole Street
|
The Barretts of Wimpole Street : a
comedy in five acts [play], by Rudolf Besier
|
Not Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Battle Hell
|
Yangtse Incident : the story of
H.M.S. Amethyst, April 20, 1949 to July 31, 1949, by Lawrence
Earl
|
Not Rated
|
drama, war
|
The Beasts of
Marseilles
|
Seven Thunders,
by Rupert Croft-Cooke
|
Not Rated
|
drama, war
|
Beau James
|
Beau James : the life & times
of Jimmy Walker, by Gene Fowler
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Bernardine
|
Bernardine, a comedy in two acts
[play], by Mary Chase
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
The Big Boodle
|
The Big Boodle, by Robert
Sylvester
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama,
thriller
|
The Big Caper
|
The Big Caper, by Lionel
White
|
Not Rated
|
drama, crime
|
The Big Land
|
Buffalo Grass : a novel of Kansas,
by Frank Gruber
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
Bitter Victory
|
Bitter Victory (Amère
Victoire), by René Hardy
|
Not
Rated
|
action, drama,
war
|
Boy on a Dolphin
|
Boy on a Dolphin, by David
Divine
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure
|
The Bridge on
the River Kwai
|
The Bridge Over the River Kwai,
by Pierre Boulle
|
PG
|
adventure,
drama, war (WWII)
|
Brothers in Law
|
Brothers in Law, by Henry
Cecil
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy
|
The Brothers Rico
|
"The Brothers
Rico" [novella], by Georges Simenon. In: Tidal Wave
|
Not Rated
|
crime,
film-noir, drama
|
The Burglar
|
The Burglar, by David Goodis
|
Not
Rated
|
film-noir,
thriller, drama
|
Campbell's
Kingdom
|
Campbell's Kingdom, by
Hammond Innes
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, western
|
Carry On Admiral
[also known as The Ship Was Loaded]
|
Off the Record, a naval comedy in
three acts [play], by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Cast a Dark
Shadow
|
Gently Does It [play], by
Janet Green. Authorized alternative title: Murder Mistaken
|
Not Rated
|
thriller
|
Chicago
Confidential
|
Chicago: Confidential!, by
Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer
|
Not Rated
|
film-noir,
crime, drama
|
City After
Midnight
|
The Emperor's Snuff-box, by
John Dickson Carr
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama
|
The Comedian [TV
movie]
|
"The Comedian"
[short story], by Ernest Lehman.
In: Sweet Smell of
Success : the Short Fiction of Ernest Lehman
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Confessions of
Felix Krull |
Confessions of Felix Krull,
Confidence Man : the Early Years, by Thomas Mann |
Not
Rated |
foreign language
(German), comedy, drama |
The Crucible
|
The Crucible [play], by
Arthur Miller
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
The Curse of
Frankenstein
|
Frankenstein, by Mary
Shelley
|
Approved
|
science fiction,
horror, drama
|
Curse of the
Demon [also known as Night of the Demon]
|
"Casting the
Runes" [short story], by M. R. James. In: The Haunted Looking Glass : ghost
stories, The Norton
Book of Ghost Stories, and others
|
Approved
|
horror
|
Dangerous Exile
|
A King Reluctant, by
William Vaughan Wilkins
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure,
drama, romance
|
The Deerslayer
|
The Deerslayer, by James
Fenimore Cooper
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure, war,
western
|
Demoniaque
|
The Prisoner, by Pierre
Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
Desk Set
|
The Desk Set : a comedy in three
acts [play], by William Marchant
|
Not Rated
|
comedy, romance
|
Devil's Hairpin
|
The Fastest Man on Earth,
by James Edmiston
|
Not
Rated
|
action
|
Doctor at Large
|
Doctor at Large, by Richard
Gordon
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Don Quixote
|
Don Quixote, by Miguel de
Cervantes
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Russian), drama
|
Don't Go Near
the Water
|
Don't Go Near the Water, by
William Brinkley
|
Approved
|
adventure,
comedy, romance
|
Easiest
Profession
|
Clochemerle-Babylon, by
Gabriel Chevallier
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), comedy
|
The Enemy Below
|
The Enemy Below, by D. A.
Rayner
|
Not
Rated
|
action, war
(WWII), drama
|
An Eye for an Eye
|
An Eye for an Eye, by
Vahé Katcha
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
A Farewell to
Arms
|
A Farewell to Arms, by
Ernest Hemingway
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance,
war
|
Fear Strikes Out
|
Fear Strikes Out : the Jim
Piersall story, by Jimmy Piersall
|
Not Rated
|
drama, sports
(baseball)
|
Fire Down Below
|
Fire Down Below, by Max
Catto
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure, drama
|
Four Boys and a
Gun
|
... Four boys and a gun, a novel,
by Willard Wiener
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, drama
|
Fugitive in
Saigon
|
The Fugitive, by Jean
Hougron
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
Fury at Showdown
|
Showdown Creek, a western novel,
by Lucas Todd
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
The Fuzzy Pink
Nightgown
|
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown,
by Sylvia Tate
|
Approved
|
comedy
|
The Good
Companions
|
The Good Companions : a play in
two acts, [play], by J.B. Priestley and Edward Knoblock, which
is based on The Good
Companions [novel], by J.B. Priestley
|
Not
Rated
|
musical, romance
|
Gun Glory
|
Man of the West, by Philip
Yordan
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Gunfight at the
O.K. Corral
|
"The Killer"
[article], by George Scullin, Holiday,
v.16, n.2, 1954.
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
The Hard Man
|
Hard Man, by Leo Katcher
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
A Hatful of Rain
|
A Hatful of Rain [play], by
Michael V. Gazzo
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
He Who Must Die
|
The Greek Passion, by Nikos
Kazantzakis
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
Heaven Knows,
Mr. Allison
|
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison,
by Charles Shaw
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
Hellcats of the
Navy
|
Hellcats of the Sea, by
Charles A. Lockwood and Hans Christian Adamson
|
Not Rated
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
High Tide at Noon
|
High Tide at Noon, by
Elisabeth Ogilvie
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
House of Numbers
|
The House of Numbers, by
Jack Finney
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, film-noir
|
The Incredible
Shrinking Man
|
The Shrinking Man, by
Richard Matheson
|
Not
Rated
|
science fiction
|
Island in the Sun
|
Island in the Sun : a story of the
1950's set in the West Indies, by Alec Waugh
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Johnny Tremain
|
Johnny Tremain : a novel for old
& young, by Esther Forbes
|
Not
Rated
|
family,
adventure, war (Revolutionary)
|
The Joker Is Wild
|
The Joker is Wild : the story of
Joe E. Lewis, by Art Cohn
|
Not Rated
|
musical, drama
|
Kiss Them for Me
|
Shore Leave, by Frederic
Wakeman
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, romance,
war (WWII)
|
Let's Be Happy
|
Jeannie [play], by
Aimée Stuart
|
Not Rated
|
musical
|
The Little Hut
|
The Little Hut [play], by
André Roussin
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Lizzie
|
The Bird's Nest, by Shirley
Jackson
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Love in the
Afternoon
|
Ariane, by Claude Anet
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, romance,
drama
|
Lovers of Paris
|
Pot-Bouille, by
Émile Zola. Also published as Restless House, Pot Luck, and Piping Hot |
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
The Lower Depths
[also known as Donzoko]
|
The Lower Depths [play], by
Maxim Gorky
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Japanese), comedy, drama
|
Lucky Jim
|
Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Lure of the Swamp
|
Lure of the Swamp, by Gil
Brewer
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Mad Little Island
|
Rockets Galore, by Compton
MacKenzie
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
The Man in the
Raincoat
|
Tiger by the Tail, by James
Hadley Chase
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), comedy, mystery
|
Men in War
|
Day Without End, by Van Van
Praag
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, war
(Korean)
|
Monpti
|
Monpti, by Gábor
Vaszary
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(German), romance, drama
|
My Gun Is Quick
|
My Gun Is Quick, by Mickey
Spillane
|
Not Rated
|
mystery
|
My Man Godfrey
|
My Man Godfrey, by Eric
Hatch
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Night Ambush
|
Ill Met by Moonlight, by W.
Stanley Moss
|
Not
Rated
|
action, war
|
Nightfall
|
Nightfall, by
David Goodis
|
Not
Rated
|
crime,
film-noir, drama
|
Nine Lives
|
We Die Alone, by David
Howarth
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Norwegian), action, adventure, thriller, drama, war (WWII)
|
No Down Payment
|
No Down Payment, by John
McPartland
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Nude in His
Pocket
|
"Diminishing
Draft"[short story], by Waldemar Kaempffert. In: Big Book of Science Fiction,
Groff Conklin, ed., and Science-fiction
Classics : the stories that morphed into movies
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), comedy, science fiction
|
Oedipus Rex
|
Oedipus Rex [play], by
Sophocles
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Oh, Men! Oh,
Women!
|
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! A comedy in
three acts [play], by Edward Chodorov
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Old Yeller
|
Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson
|
G
|
family, drama,
adventure
|
The One That Got
Away
|
The One That Got Away, by
Kendal Burt and James Leasor
|
Not Rated
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
Operation Mad
Ball
|
Operation Mad Ball : a comedy in
three acts [play], by Arthur P. Carter
|
Not Rated
|
comedy, war
|
Oregon Passage
|
Oregon Passage, by Gordon
D. Shirreffs
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Outlaw's Son
|
Gambling Man, by Clifton
Adams
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
The Pajama Game
|
The Pajama Game : a new musical
comedy [play], by George Abbott & Richard Bissell, which is
based on the novel 7 1/2
Cents, by Richard Bissell
|
Not Rated
|
musical, romance
|
Pal Joey
|
Pal Joey [play], by John
O'Hara, which is based on the "Pal Joey" stories first
published in The New Yorker October
22, 1938, and later compiled in the book Pal Joey, published in 1940
by Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
|
Approved
|
musical,
romance, drama
|
Paths of Glory
|
Paths of Glory, by Humphrey
Cobb
|
Not Rated
|
drama, war (WWI)
|
Perri
|
Perri, by Felix Salten
|
Not Rated
|
family
|
Peyton Place
|
Peyton Place, by Grace
Metalious
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Pride and
the Passion
|
The Gun, by C.S. Forester
|
Not Rated
|
drama, romance,
adventure, war, action
|
The Prince and
the Showgirl
|
The Sleeping Prince [play],
by Terence Rattigan
|
Not Rated
|
comedy, romance
|
Raintree County
|
Raintree County ... which had no
boundaries in time and space, where lurked musical and strange names
and mythical and lost peoples, and which was itself only a name musical
and strange, by Ross Lockridge
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Robbery Under
Arms
|
Robbery Under Arms : a story of
life and adventure in the bush and in the goldfields of Australia,
by Rolf Boldrewood
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
Saint Joan
|
Saint Joan : a chronicle play in
six scenes and an epilogue [play], by Bernard Shaw
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Sayonara
|
Sayonara, by James Michener
|
Not Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Sea Wife
|
Sea-Wyf and Biscuit, by
J.M. Scott
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Seventh Sin
|
The Painted Veil, by W.
Somerset Maugham
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Sharks and Small
Fish
|
Sharks and Little Fish, by
Wolfgang Ott
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(German), war (WWII), drama
|
She Played With
Fire
|
Fortune is a Woman, by
Winston Graham
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, drama
|
The Shiralee
|
The Shiralee, by D'Arcy
Niland
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Short Cut to Hell
|
A Gun for Sale, by Graham
Greene
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, drama
|
Slaughter on
Tenth Avenue
|
The Man Who Rocked the Boat,
by William J. Keating with Richard Carter
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama
|
The Snow Queen
|
"The Snow Queen"
[short story], by Hans Christian Andersen. In: The Complete Fairy Tales and
Stories
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Russian), animation, family, fantasy
|
Something of
Value
|
Something of Value, by
Robert Chester Ruark
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Spirit of
St. Louis
|
The Spirit of St. Louis, by
Charles Lindbergh
|
PG
|
drama, adventure
|
Stopover Tokyo
|
Stopover : Tokyo, by John
P. Marquand
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Storm Rider
|
The Storm Rider, by L.L.
Foreman
|
Approved
|
western
|
The Story of
Esther Costello
|
The Story of Esther Costello,
by Nicholas Monsarrat
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
The Story of
Mankind
|
The Story of Mankind, by
Hendrik Van Loon
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, fantasy
|
The Strange One
|
End as a Man, by Calder
Willingham
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
The Sun Also
Rises
|
The Sun Also Rises, by
Ernest Hemingway
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Sweet Smell of
Success
|
"Tell Me About
It Tomorrow" [novella], by Ernest Lehman. In: Cosmopolitan, April 1950.
Also published as "Sweet Smell of Success" in Sweet Smell of Success: The Short
Fiction of Ernest Lehman, and Sweet Smell of Success and Other
Stories
|
Approved
|
drama, film-noir
|
The Tall Stranger
|
"Showdown Trail"
[novella], by Louis L'amour writing as Jim Mayo. In: Giant Western, v.1, n.2, Winter
1948.
Also published in: The
Rider of the Ruby Hills
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
Tammy and the
Bachelor
|
Tammy Out of Time, by Cid
Ricketts Sumner
|
Not Rated
|
musical, romance
|
The Three Faces
of Eve
|
The Three Faces of Eve, by
Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Throne of Blood
|
Macbeth [play], by William
Shakespeare
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Japanese), war drama, action, thriller
|
Time Limit
|
Time Limit [play], by Henry
Denker and Ralph Berkey
|
Not Rated
|
drama, war
(Korean)
|
Tip on a Dead
Jockey
|
"Tip on a Dead
Jockey"[short story], by Irwin Shaw. In: Tip on a Dead Jockey, and Other
Stories
|
Not Rated
|
crime
|
Top Secret Affair
|
Melville Goodwin, USA, by
John P. Marquand
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Until They Sail
|
"Until They
Sail" [short story], by James A. Michener. In: Return to Paradise
|
Not Rated
|
drama, romance
|
Utah Blaine
|
Utah Blaine, by Louis
L'Amour
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
The Vintage
|
The Vintage, by Ursula Keir
|
Approved
|
crime, drama
|
The Violaters
|
The Violaters, by Israel
Beckhardt
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama
|
The Way to the
Gold
|
The Way to the Gold, by
Wilbur Daniel Steele
|
Not Rated
|
adventure
|
The Wayward Bus
|
The Wayward Bus, by John
Steinbeck
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
White Nights
|
"White Nights"
[short story], by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. In: Best Short Stories, and
others.
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Italian), drama
|
Will Success
Spoil Rock Hunter?
|
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? A
new comedy [play], by George Axelrod
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Windom's Way
|
"Dr. Windom's
Ordeal" [short story], by James Ramsey Ullman. In: The Saturday Evening Post, Feb. 16-
Apr. 5, 1952. Also published in book form as Windom's Way
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Witness for the
Prosecution
|
"The Witness for
the Prosecution" [short story], by Agatha Christie. In: Witness for the Prosecution,
and Other Stories,
and Witness for the
Prosecution [play]
|
Approved
|
drama, thriller,
mystery
|
The Wolf Trap
|
The Wolf Trap, by Jarmila
Glazarová
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(Czech), drama
|
