| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
Altered States
|
Altered States, by Paddy
Chayefsky
|
R
|
drama, horror, science fiction
|
The Awakening
|
The Jewel of Seven Stars,
by Bram Stoker
|
R
|
horror
|
Below the Belt
|
To Smithereens, by Rosalyn
Drexler
|
R
|
comedy
|
The Black Marble
|
The Black Marble, by Joseph
Wambaugh
|
PG
|
crime, romance,
comedy,
drama
|
The Blue Lagoon
|
The Blue Lagoon, by H. De
Vere
Stacpoole
|
R
|
adventure,
drama,
romance
|
| Breaker Morant |
Breaker Morant [play], by
Kenneth Ross |
PG |
drama, war
|
Circle of Two
|
A Lesson in Love, by
Marie-Therese
Baird
|
PG
|
drama
|
The Club
|
The Club [play], by David
Williamson
|
PG
|
drama
|
Coal Miner's
Daughter
|
Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter,
by Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey
|
PG
|
drama, music
|
Cruising
|
Cruising, by Gerald Walker
|
R
|
thriller, crime, drama
|
The Day the
Earth
Ended [also known as When Time Ran Out..., and Earth's Final Fury (TV
title)]
|
The Day The Earth Ended, by
Gordon
Thomas and Max Morgan Witts
|
PG
|
adventure
|
Deathwatch
|
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe,
or The Unsleeping Eye,
by
David Compton
|
PG
|
drama, science
fiction
|
The Elephant Man
|
The Elephant Man and Other
Reminiscences,
by Sir Frederick Treves and The
Elephant Man: a study in human dignity, by Ashley Montagu
|
PG
|
drama
|
Fabian
|
Fabian: the story of a moralist,
by Erich Kästner |
R
|
foreign language (German), drama
|
The First Deadly Sin
|
The First Deadly Sin, by
Lawrence
Sanders
|
R
|
thriller
|
The Formula
|
The Formula, by Steve Shagan
|
R
|
thriller
|
Happy Birthday,
Gemini
|
Gemini: a play in two acts
[play],
by Albert Innaurato
|
R
|
comedy, drama
|
Hide in Plain
Sight
|
Hide in Plain Sight :
the true story of
how
the United States Government and organized crime kept a man from his
own
children, by Leslie Waller
|
PG
|
drama
|
Hopscotch
|
Hopscotch, by Brian Garfield
|
R
|
comedy
|
The Human Factor
|
The Human Factor, by Graham
Greene
|
R
|
thriller
|
The Hunter
|
The Hunter, by Christopher
Keane
|
PG
|
action, crime
|
I Sent A Letter To My Love
|
I Sent A Letter To My Love,
by
Bernice Rubens
|
PG
|
foreign language (French), drama
|
Inside Moves
|
Inside Moves, by Todd Walton
|
PG
|
drama
|
The Island
|
The Island, by Peter
Benchley
|
R
|
adventure, horror, thriller
|
The Jazz Singer
|
"The Day of
Atonement"
[short story], by Samson Raphaelson, in Everybody's Magazine, Jan. 1922,
and The Jazz Singer
[play], by Samson Raphaelson |
PG
|
music
|
Just Tell Me What You Want
|
Just Tell Me What You Want,
by
Jay Presson Allen
|
R
|
comedy, romance
|
A Love in Germany
|
A German Love Story, by
Rolf
Hochhuth
|
R
|
foreign language (Polish), drama
|
| The Man With Bogart's Face [also
known
as Sam Marlowe, Private Eye] |
The Man With Bogart's Face,
by
Andrew Fenady
|
PG
|
comedy
|
The Mirror Crack'd
|
The Mirror Crack'd, by
Agatha
Christie
|
PG
|
crime, mystery, thriller
|
The Ninth Configuration
|
Twinkle, Twinkle "Killer" Kane!,
by William Peter Blatty
|
R
|
drama, science fiction, thriller
|
Ordinary People
|
Ordinary People, by Judith
Guest
|
R
|
drama
|
Raging Bull
|
Raging Bull: my story, by
Jake
La Motta, Joseph Carter, and Peter Savage
|
R
|
drama, sports
(boxing)
|
Raise the Titanic
|
Raise the Titanic, by Clive
Cussler
|
PG
|
action, drama, thriller,
adventure
|
Richard's Things
|
Richard's Things, by
Frederic
Raphael
|
R
|
drama
|
Rough Cut
|
Touch the Lion's Paw, by
Derek
Lambert
|
PG
|
adventure, crime, mystery,
romance
|
The Sea Wolves:
The
Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse
|
Boarding Party, by James
Leasor
|
PG
|
action, war
|
Serial
|
The Serial: a year in the life of
Marin
County, by Cyra McFadden
|
R
|
comedy
|
The Shining
|
The Shining, by Stephen King
|
R
|
horror, thriller
|
Somewhere in Time
|
Bid Time Return, by Richard
Matheson
|
PG
|
drama, romance,
fantasy
|
The Stunt Man
|
The Stunt Man, by Paul
Brodeur
|
R
|
action, romance,
comedy,
thriller
|
There Goes the
Bride
|
There Goes the Bride
[play],
by Ray Cooney
|
PG
|
comedy
|
Touched by Love
|
To Elvis With Love, by Lena
Canada
|
PG
|
drama
|
Tribute
|
Tribute [play], by Bernard
Slade
|
PG
|
comedy, drama
|
The Watcher in
the
Woods
|
A Watcher in the Woods, by
Florence
Engel Randall
|
PG
|
family, horror,
thriller
|
Windwalker
|
The Windwalker, by Blaine
Yorgason
|
PG
|
adventure,
western
|
