| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| The Amateur |
The Amateur, by Robert Littell |
R |
crime, thriller |
| Beyond the Reef |
Ti-Coyo and his Shark: an immoral
fable, by Clément Richer |
PG |
adventure |
| The Black Cat [also known as Il Gatto
Nero] |
The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe |
R |
foreign language (Italian), horror |
| The Boat [also known as Das Boot] |
The Boat, by Lothar Günther
Buchheim |
R |
drama, war |
| Chanel Solitaire |
Chanel Solitaire, by Claude Delay |
R |
drama, romance |
| The Chosen |
The Chosen, by Chaim Potok |
PG |
drama |
| Christiane F |
Christiane F. : Autobiography of a
Girl
of the Streets and Heroin Addict, by
Christiane
F, Susanne Flatauer, Kai Hermann, and Horst Rieck |
R |
foreign language (German), drama |
| Condorman |
The Game of X, by Robert Sheckley |
PG |
family, action, adventure, comedy |
| Cutter's Way |
Cutter and Bone, by Newton
Thornburg |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Die Fälschung [also known as False
Witness
and Circle of Deceit] |
The Deception, by Nicolas Born |
R |
foreign language (German), drama |
| Dirty Tricks |
The Glendower Legacy, by Thoma
Gifford |
PG |
comedy |
| Diva |
Diva, by Delacorta |
R |
action, drama, mystery, romance,
thriller,
music |
| The Dogs of War |
The Dogs of War, by Frederick
Forsythe |
R |
adventure, war |
| Endless Love |
Endless Love, by Scott Spencer |
R |
drama, romance |
| The Entity |
The Entity, by Frank De Felitta |
R |
horror |
Excalibur
|
Le Morte D'Arthur, by Sir
Thomas Malory
|
R (uncut
version), PG (cut
version)
|
adventure, fantasy
|
| Eye of the Needle |
Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett |
R |
thriller |
| The Fan |
The Fan, by Bob Randall |
R |
drama, thriller |
First Monday in October
|
First Monday in October
[play], by Jerome Lawrence
|
R
|
comedy, drama
|
| For Your Eyes Only |
"For Your Eyes Only" and "Risico"
[short
stories], by Ian Fleming |
PG |
action, thriller |
The Fox and the Hound
|
The Fox and the Hound, by
Daniel Pratt Mannix
|
G
|
animation, family
|
| The French Lieutenant's Woman |
The French Lieutenant's Woman,
by
John Fowles |
R |
drama |
| The Funhouse |
The Funhouse, by Dean Koontz |
R |
horror |
| Ghost Story |
Ghost Story, by Peter Straub |
R |
drama, horror |
| Green Ice |
Green Ice, by Gerald A. Browne |
PG |
adventure |
The Hand
|
The Lizard's Tail, by Marc Brandel
|
R
|
horror, drama
|
The Howling
|
The Howling, by Gary Brandner
|
R
|
horror
|
The Incubus
|
The Incubus, by Ray Russell
|
R
|
horror, thriller
|
Lady Chatterley's Lover
|
Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence
|
R
|
drama, romance
|
Mephisto
|
Mephisto, by Klaus Mann
|
unrated
|
foreign language (Hungarian
& German), drama
|
Midnight
|
Midnight, by John Russo
|
R
|
horror
|
Mommie Dearest
|
Mommie Dearest, by
Christina Crawford
|
PG
|
drama
|
Neighbors
|
Neighbors, by Thomas
Berger
|
R
|
comedy
|
On Golden Pond
|
On Golden Pond [play], by
Ernest Thompson
|
PG
|
drama
|
Only When I Laugh
|
The Gingerbread Lady
[play], by Neil Simon
|
R
|
comedy, drama
|
The Postman Always Rings Twice
|
The Postman Always Rings Twice,
by Jame M. Cain
|
R
|
crime, drama, thriller, romance
|
Priest of Love
|
The Priest of Love: a Life of
D.H. Lawrence, by Harry Thornton Moore
|
R
|
drama
|
Prince of the City
|
Prince of the City: the true
story of a cop who knew too much, by Robert Daley
|
R
|
drama
|
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
|
Free Fall, by J. D. Reed
|
PG
|
adventure
|
Quartet
|
Quartet, by Jean Rhys
|
R
|
drama, romance
|
| Quest for Fire |
The Quest for Fire: a novel of
prehistoric
times, by J.H. Rosny |
R |
adventure, drama |
Ragtime
|
Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow
|
PG
|
drama
|
Sharky's Machine
|
Sharky's Machine, by William Diehl
|
R
|
crime
|
Silence of the North
|
The Silence of the North,
by Olive A. Fredrickson and Ben East
|
PG
|
drama
|
Sphinx
|
Sphinx, by Robin Cook
|
PG
|
mystery, thriller
|
Surfacing
|
Surfacing, by Margaret Atwood
|
R
|
adventure
|
Taps
|
Father Sky, by Devery Freeman
|
PG
|
drama
|
Thief
|
The Home Invaders:
Confessions of a Cat Burglar, by Frank Hohimer
|
R
|
action, crime, drama, thriller
|
Ticket to Heaven
|
Moonwebs: Journey into the
Mind of a Cult, by Josh Freed
|
PG
|
drama
|
True Confessions
|
True Confessions, by John
Gregory Dunne
|
R
|
crime, drama
|
Tuck Everlasting
|
Tuck Everlasting, by
Natalie Babbitt
|
not rated
|
drama
|
Whose Life is It Anyway?
|
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
[play], by Brian Clark
|
R
|
drama
|
Wolfen
|
The Wolfen, by Whitley
Strieber
|
R
|
horror, thriller
|
