| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
The Betsy
|
The Betsy, by Harold Robbins
|
R
|
drama |
Beyond and Back
|
Beyond and Back: those who died
and
lived to tell it, by Ralph Wilkerson
|
G
|
documentary
|
The Big Fix
|
The Big Fix, by Roger
Lichtenberg
Simon
|
PG
|
comedy, mystery
|
The Big Sleep
|
The Big Sleep, by Raymond
Chandler
|
R
|
crime, mystery
|
The Black Pearl
|
The Black Pearl, by Scott
O'Dell
|
PG
|
drama
|
Blood Relatives
|
Blood Relatives : an 87th precinct
mystery,
by Ed McBain
|
R
|
drama, thriller,
horror,
mystery, crime
|
Bloodbrothers
|
Bloodbrothers, by Richard
Price
|
R
|
drama
|
Blue Fin
|
Blue Fin, by Colin Thiele
|
PG
|
drama
|
The Boys From
Brazil
|
The Boys From Brazil, by
Ira
Levin
|
R
|
thriller, drama,
science
fiction
|
The Buddy Holly
Story
|
Buddy Holly: his life and music,
by John Goldrosen
|
PG
|
drama, music
|
California Suite
|
California Suite [play], by
Neil
Simon
|
PG
|
comedy, drama
|
Caravans
|
Caravans, by James Michener
|
PG
|
adventure
|
| The Children of Sánchez |
The Children of Sánchez,
Autobiography
of a Mexican Family, by Oscar Lewis
|
R
|
drama
|
Coma
|
Coma, by Robin Cook
|
PG
|
thriller,
mystery,
science fiction
|
Crossed Swords
|
The Prince and the Pauper,
by
Mark Twain
|
PG
|
adventure, family
|
Death on the Nile
|
Death on the Nile, by
Agatha
Christie
|
PG
|
crime, mystery
|
An Enemy of the
People
|
An Enemy of the People
[play],
by Henrik Ibsen
|
G
|
drama
|
Force 10 from
Navarone
|
Force 10 from Navarone, by
Alistair
MacLean
|
PG
|
action, war
|
The Fury
|
The Fury, by John Farris
|
R
|
thriller, horror
|
Go Tell the
Spartans
|
Incident at Muc Wa, by
Daniel
Ford
|
R
|
war
|
Gray Lady Down
|
Event 1000, by David
Lavallee
|
PG
|
drama, thriller
|
The Great Brain
|
The Great Brain, by John
Fitzgerald
|
G
|
comedy
|
The Green Room
|
"The Altar of
the
Dead" [novella], by Henry James, in: The Turn of the Screw and Other
Short
Novels, and The Altar
of
the Dead, The Beast in the Jungle, The Birthplace and Other Tales
|
PG
|
foreign language
(French),
drama
|
Heaven Can Wait
|
Heaven Can Wait [play], by
Harry
Segall
|
PG
|
fantasy, comedy
|
A Hero Ain't
Nothin'
But A Sandwich
|
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich,
by Alice Childress
|
PG
|
drama
|
In Praise of
Older
Women
|
In Praise of Older Women:
the amorous
recollections
of András Vajda, by Stephen Vizinczey
|
R
|
drama
|
International
Velvet
|
National Velvet, by Enid
Bagnold
|
G
|
drama
|
Invasion of the
Body
Snatchers
|
The Body Snatchers, by Jack
Finney
|
PG
|
horror,
thriller,
science fiction, mystery
|
King of the
Gypsies
|
King of the Gypsies, by
Peter
Maas
|
R
|
drama
|
Leopard in the
Snow
|
Leopard in the Snow, by
Anne
Mather
|
PG
|
drama
|
The Lord of the
Rings
|
The Fellowship of the Ring,
and The Two Towers,
by J.R.R. Tolkien
|
PG
|
animation,
fantasy,
adventure
|
Magic
|
Magic, by William Goldman
|
R
|
horror, thriller
|
The Manitou
|
The Manitou, by Graham
Masterton
|
PG
|
horror
|
Matilda
|
Matilda, by Paul Gallico
|
G
|
family, comedy
|
The Medusa Touch
|
The Medusa Touch, by Peter
Van
Greenaway
|
PG
|
drama, mystery,
thriller
|
Midnight Express
|
Midnight Express, by Billy
Hayes
and William Hoffer
|
R
|
crime, drama,
thriller
|
Oliver's Story
|
Oliver's Story, by Erich
Segal
|
PG
|
drama, romance
|
On the Yard
|
On the Yard, by Malcolm
Braly
|
R
|
drama
|
Passion Flower
Hotel
[also known as Preppy School Girls (U.S. video title)]
|
The Passion-Flower Hotel,
by
Rosalind Erskine
|
R
|
comedy
|
Power Play
|
Coup d'Etat, a Practical Handbook,
by Edward Luttwak
|
PG
|
thriller, drama
|
Same Time, Next
Year
|
Same Time, Next Year
[play],
by Bernard Slade
|
PG
|
comedy, drama,
romance
|
The Silent
Partner
|
Think of a Number, by
Anders
Bodelsen
|
R
|
drama, crime,
thriller
|
Silver Bears
|
The Silver Bears, by Paul
Erdman
|
PG
|
crime, comedy
|
Stevie
|
Stevie [play], by Hugh
Whitemore
|
PG
|
drama
|
Straight Time
|
No Beast So Fierce, by
Edward
Bunker
|
R
|
crime, drama
|
The Swarm
|
The Swarm, by Arthur Herzog
|
PG
|
action, science
fiction,
horror
|
The Thirty-Nine
Steps
|
The Thirty-Nine Steps, by
John
Buchan
|
PG
|
thriller
|
Watership Down
|
Watership Down, by Richard
Adams
|
PG
|
animation,
family,
drama, fantasy
|
Who is Killing
the
Great Chefs of Europe?
|
Someone is Killing the Great Chefs
of
Europe, by Nan Lyons and Ivan Lyons
|
PG
|
comedy, mystery,
crime
|
Who'll Stop the
Rain
[also known as Dog Soldiers]
|
Dog Soldiers, by Robert
Stone
|
R
|
action, crime,
drama,
war, thriller
|
The Wild Geese
|
The Wild Geese, by Daniel
Carney
|
R
|
action, drama,
war,
adventure
|
The Wiz
|
The Wiz [play], by William
F.
Brown, and The Wonderful
Wizard
of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
|
G
|
adventure,
fantasy,
family, musical
|