| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| Amityville II: The Possession |
Murder in Amityville, by Hans
Holzer |
R |
horror |
| Annie |
Annie: an Old-Fashioned Story [play], by Thomas Meehan |
PG |
family, musical |
| Aphrodite |
Aphrodite, by Pierre Louÿs |
R |
drama |
| The Beast Within |
The Beast Within, by Edward Levy |
R |
horror |
| Blade Runner |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?,
by Philip K. Dick |
R |
action, science fiction, drama |
| Brimstone and Treacle |
Brimstone and Treacle [play], by
Dennis
Potter |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Butterfly |
The Butterfly, by James M. Cain |
R |
drama |
| Cannery Row |
Cannery Row and Sweet
Thursday,
by John Steinbeck |
PG |
comedy, drama |
| Cold River |
Cold River, by William Judson |
PG |
adventure |
| Deadly Drifter [also known as Out] |
Out, by Ronald Sukenick |
R |
drama |
| Deadly Eyes |
The Rats, by James Herbert |
R |
horror |
| Deathtrap |
Deathtrap: a thriller in two acts [play], by |
PG |
comedy, mystery, crime |
| The End of August |
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin |
PG |
drama |
| The Escape Artist |
The Escape Artist, by David
Wagoner |
PG |
drama |
| Evil Under the Sun |
Evil Under the Sun, by Agatha
Christie |
PG |
crime, mystery |
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
|
The Eyes of the Amaryllis,
by Natalie Babbitt
|
not rated
|
drama
|
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: a true
story, by Cameron Crowe |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Fast-Walking |
The Rap, by Ernest Brawley |
R |
drama |
| Firefox |
Firefox, by Craig Thomas |
PG |
action, thriller |
| First Blood [also known as Rambo: First
Blood] |
First Blood, by David Morrell |
R |
drama, action, thriller |
| Hammett |
Hammett, by Joe Gores |
PG |
mystery |
| Hard Feelings |
Hard Feelings, by Don Bredes |
R |
drama |
| Heidi's Song |
Heidi, by Johanna Spyri |
G |
animation, family |
| Honkytonk Man |
Honkytonk Man, by Clancy Carlile |
PG |
comedy, drama, music |
| I Ought to Be in Pictures |
I Ought to Be in Pictures
[play],
by Neil Simon |
PG |
comedy, drama |
| I, the Jury |
I, the Jury, byMickey Spillane |
R |
adventure, crime |
| If You Could See What I Hear |
If You Could See What I Hear, by
Tom
Sullivan and Derek L.T. Gill |
PG |
drama |
| I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can |
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, by
Barbara
Gordon |
R |
drama |
| Kiss Me Goodbye |
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands; a
moral
and amorous tale, by Jorge Amado |
PG |
comedy |
| The Last Unicorn |
The Last Unicorn, by Peter S.
Beagle |
G |
animation, family, fantasy |
| The Man From Snowy River |
"The Man From Snowy River" [poem], by
A.B.
Paterson |
PG |
drama, romance, western, family |
| Missing |
The Execution of Charles Horman: an
American
Sacrifice, by Thomas Hauser |
PG |
drama, thriller, mystery |
| Monsignore |
Monsignore, by Jack Alain Leger |
R |
drama |
| Nana |
Nana, by Émile Zola |
R |
drama |
| The North Star [also known as L'
Étoile
du Nord] |
The Lodger, by Georges Simenon |
PG |
foreign language (French), crime, drama |
| The Plague Dogs |
The Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams |
not rated |
animation, adventure, drama |
| Querelle |
Querelle, by Jean Genet |
R |
foreign language (German), drama |
| The Secret of NIMH |
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH,
by Robert C. O'Brien |
G |
animation, family, drama |
| Six Weeks |
Six Weeks, by Fred Mustard
Stewart |
PG |
drama |
| Slapstick (Of Another Kind) |
Slapstick: or, Lonesome no More!,
by Kurt Vonnegut |
PG |
comedy, science fiction |
| Some Kind of Hero |
Some Kind of Hero, by James
Kirkwood
Jr. |
R |
comedy, drama, war |
| Sophie's Choice |
Sophie's Choice, by William Styron |
R |
drama |
| A Stranger Is Watching |
A Stranger Is Watching, by Mary
Higgins
Clark |
R |
crime, horror, thriller |
Swamp Thing
|
Based on the
"Swamp Thing" series of graphic novels by Alan Moore, Len Wein, and
Berni Wrightson
|
PG
|
horror, science
fiction
|
| Tempest |
The Tempest [play], by William
Shakespeaare |
PG |
adaptation, comedy, drama |
| Tex |
Tex, by S.E. Hinton |
PG |
drama, family |
| That Championship Season |
That Championship Season [play],
by
Jason Miller |
|
|
| The Trout [also known as La Truite] |
The Trout, by Roger Vailland |
R |
foreign language (French), drama |
| Venom |
Venom, by Alan Scholefield |
R |
thriller, horror |
| The Verdict |
The Verdict, by Barry Reed |
R |
drama |
| The Wizard of Oz |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by
L.
Frank Baum |
G |
animation, family, adventure, comedy,
musical,
fantasy |
| The World According to Garp |
The World According to Garp, by
John
Irving |
R |
comedy, drama, romance |
| Wrong Is Right |
The Better Angels, by Charles
McCarry |
R |
drama, thriller |
| The Year of Living Dangerously |
The Year of Living Dangerously,
by
C.J. Koch |
PG |
romance, drama |
| Zoot Suit |
Zoot Suit [play], by Luis Valdez |
R |
drama, musical |
