| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
The Amityville
Horror
|
The Amityville Horror, by
Jay Anson
|
R
|
horror
|
Apocalypse Now
|
Heart of Darkness, by
Joseph Conrad
|
R
|
action, drama,
war, adventure
|
Avalanche Express
|
Avalanche Express, by Colin
Forbes
|
PG
|
action, drama,
thriller
|
Bear Island
|
Bear Island, by Alistair
MacLean
|
PG
|
adventure,
thriller
|
Being There
|
Being There, by Jerzy
Kosinski
|
PG
|
drama, comedy
|
The Bell Jar
|
The Bell Jar, by Sylvia
Plath
|
R
|
drama
|
The Bermuda
Triangle
|
The Bermuda Triangle, by
Charles Berlitz
|
G
|
adventure,
science fiction
|
Beyond the
Poseidon Adventure
|
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure,
by Paul Gallico
|
PG
|
action,
adventure, drama, thriller
|
The Bitch
|
The Bitch, by Jackie Collins
|
R
|
drama
|
The Black
Stallion
|
The Black Stallion, by
Walter Farley
|
G
|
adventure, family
|
Bloodline
|
Bloodline, by Sidney Sheldon
|
R
|
mystery
|
Brass Target
|
The Algonquin Project, by
Frederick Nolan
|
PG
|
drama, mystery,
thriller
|
The Brink's Job
|
Big Stick-up at Brink's!,
by Noel Behn
|
PG
|
comedy, crime
|
Chapter Two
|
Chapter Two [play], by Neil
Simon
|
PG
|
comedy
|
Chilly Scenes of
Winter [also known as Head Over Heels]
|
Chilly Scenes of Winter, by
Ann Beattie
|
PG
|
drama, comedy
|
Danger in the
Skies [also known as The Pilot]
|
The Pilot, by Robert P.
Davis
|
PG
|
action, drama
|
Dracula
|
Dracula: the vampire play in three
acts [play], by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston
|
R
|
horror, romance
|
Ernesto
|
Ernesto, by Umberto Saba
|
R
|
foreign language
(Italian), drama
|
Escape from
Alcatraz
|
Escape from Alcatraz: a Farewell
to the Rock, by J. Campbell Bruce
|
PG
|
drama, thriller
|
The Fifth
Musketeer [also known as Behind the Iron Mask]
|
The Man in the Iron Mask,
by Alexandre Dumas
|
PG
|
adventure
|
A Game for
Vultures
|
Game for Vultures, by
Michael Hartmann
|
R
|
drama
|
Good Luck, Miss
Wyckoff
|
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff, by
William Unge
|
R
|
drama
|
The Great
Santini [also known as The Gift of Fury]
|
The Great Santini, by Pat
Conroy
|
PG
|
drama
|
The Great Train
Robbery
|
The Great Train Robbery, by
Michael Crichton
|
PG
|
action, drama,
comedy, adventure, crime
|
Hair
|
Hair: the American tribal
love-rock musical [play], by Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, and
James Rado
|
PG
|
musical
|
Hurricane [also
known as Forbidden Paradise (TV title)]
|
The Hurricane, by
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
|
PG
|
drama
|
Jacob Two-Two
Meets the Hooded Fang
|
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang,
by Mordecai Richler
|
G
|
family, fantasy
|
Kramer vs. Kramer
|
Kramer versus Kramer, by
Avery Corman
|
PG
|
drama
|
The Late Great
Planet Earth
|
The Late Great Planet Earth,
by Hal Lindsey and Carole C Carlson
|
PG
|
documentary
|
A Little Romance
|
A Little Romance, by
Patrick Cauvin
|
PG
|
comedy, romance
|
The Magician of
Lublin
|
The Magician of Lublin, by
Isaac Bashevis Singer
|
R
|
drama
|
Moonraker
|
Moonraker, by Ian Fleming
|
PG
|
action, science
fiction, romance |
My Brilliant
Career
|
My Brilliant Career, by
Miles Franklin
|
G
|
drama, romance
|
Nightwing
|
Nightwing, by Martin Cruz
Smith
|
PG
|
horror
|
No Longer Alone
|
No Longer Alone, by Joan
Winmill Brown
|
PG
|
drama
|
The North Avenue
Irregulars
|
The North Avenue Irregulars: a
suburb battles the Mafia, by Albert Fay Hill
|
G
|
action, crime
|
North Dallas
Forty
|
North Dallas Forty, by
Peter Gent
|
R
|
comedy, drama,
sports (football)
|
Nosferatu the
Vampyre
|
Dracula, by Bram Stoker
|
PG
|
foreign language
(German), horror
|
The Onion Field
|
The Onion Field, by Joseph
Wambaugh
|
R
|
crime, drama
|
The Passage
|
Perilous Passage, by Bruce
Nicolaysen
|
R
|
drama |
The Prisoner of
Zenda
|
The Prisoner of Zenda : being the
history of three months in the life of an English gentleman, by
Anthony Hope
|
PG
|
adventure, comedy
|
Ravagers
|
Path to Savagery, by Robert
Edmond Alter
|
PG
|
science fiction,
drama
|
The Riddle of
the Sands
|
The Riddle of the Sands: a record
of secret service, by Erskine Childers
|
PG
|
adventure, drama
|
The Shape of
Things to Come
|
The Shape of Things to Come,
by H.G. Wells
|
PG
|
science fiction
|
Starting Over
|
Starting Over, by Dan
Wakefield
|
R
|
comedy
|
Sunburn
|
The Bind, by Stanley Ellin
|
PG
|
comedy, action,
crime
|
The Tempest
|
The Tempest [play], by
William Shakespeare
|
R
|
drama
|
Tess
|
Tess of the d'Urbervilles,
by Thomas Hardy
|
PG
|
drama, romance
|
Tim
|
Tim, by Colleen McCullough
|
PG
|
drama, romance
|
The Tin Drum
|
The Tin Drum, by
Günter Grass
|
R
|
foreign language
(German), drama
|
The Wanderers
|
The Wanderers, by Richard
Price
|
R
|
drama, action
|
The Warriors
|
The Warriors, by Sol Yurick
|
R
|
crime, drama,
action
|
When You Comin'
Back, Red Ryder?
|
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
[play], by Mark Medoff
|
R
|
drama
|
Winter Kills
|
Winter Kills, by Richard
Condon
|
R
|
drama
|
Wise Blood
|
Wise Blood, by Flannery
O'Connor
|
PG
|
drama
|
The World Is
Full of Married Men
|
The World Is Full of Married Men,
by Jackie Collins
|
R
|
drama
|
