| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| Among the Cinders |
Among the Cinders, by Maurice
Shadbolt |
R |
drama |
| Another Time, Another Place |
Another Time, Another Place, by
Jessie
Kesson |
PG |
drama |
| Beyond the Limit [also known as The
Honorary
Consul] |
The Honorary Consul, by Graham
Greene |
R |
thriller, drama |
| Black Shack Alley [also known as Sugar
Cane
Alley] |
Black Shack Alley, by Joseph
Zobel |
PG |
foreign language (French), drama |
| The Black Stallion Returns |
The Black Stallion Returns, by
Walter
Farley |
PG |
adventure, family |
| Careful, He Might Hear You |
Careful, He Might Hear You, by
Sumner
Locke Elliott |
PG |
drama |
| Carmen |
Carmen [novella], by Prosper
Mérimée |
R |
foreign language (Spanish), drama,
musical |
| Christine |
Christine, by Stephen King |
R |
thriller, horror |
| A Christmas Story |
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash,
by Jean Shepherd |
PG |
comedy, family |
| Corrupt [also known as Order of Death,
and
Copkiller] |
The Order of Death, by Hugh
Fleetwood |
R |
foreign language (Italian), thriller |
| Cross Country |
Cross-Country, by Herbert Kastle |
R |
thriller |
| Cross Creek |
Cross Creek, by Marjorie Kinnan
Rawlings |
PG |
drama |
| Cujo |
Cujo, by Stephen King |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Dance of the Dwarfs [also known as
Dance
of the Dwarves] |
Dance of the Dwarfs, by Geoffrey
Household |
PG |
adventure, horror |
| Daniel |
The Book of Daniel, by E.L.
Doctorow |
R |
drama |
| Danton |
The Danton Case [play], by
Stanislawa
Przybyszewska |
PG |
foreign language (French), drama |
| The Dead Zone |
The Dead Zone, by Stephen King |
R |
drama, horror, thriller |
| The Dresser |
The Dresser [play], by Ronald
Harwood |
PG |
drama |
| Eddie and the Cruisers |
Eddie and the Cruisers, by P.F.
Kluge |
PG |
drama, mystery, music |
| Eddie Macon's Run |
Eddie Macon's Run, by James
McLendon |
PG |
action, crime, drama, thriller |
| Educating Rita |
Educating Rita [play], by Willy
Russell |
PG |
drama, comedy |
| Fanny Hill |
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of
Pleasure, by John Cleland |
R |
comedy, drama, romance |
| Gabriela |
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, by
Jorge
Amado |
R |
foreign language (Portuguese), comedy,
romance |
| The Golden Seal |
A River Ran Out of Eden, by
James
Vance Marshall |
PG |
adventure |
| Gorky Park |
Gorky Park, by Martin Cruz Smith |
R |
drama, thriller, crime |
| Heat and Dust |
Heat and Dust, by Ruth Prawer
Jhabvala |
R |
drama |
| High Road to China |
High Road to China, by Jon Cleary |
PG |
adventure, romance |
| House of the Long Shadows |
Seven Keys to Baldpate, by Earl
Derr
Biggers |
PG |
comedy, horror, mystery |
| The Hunger |
The Hunger, by Whitley Strieber |
R |
drama, horror, romance |
| I Am the Cheese |
I Am the Cheese, by Robert
Cormier |
PG |
drama |
| The Jigsaw Man |
The Jigsaw Man, by Dorothea
Bennett |
PG |
thriller |
| Jimmy the Kid |
Jimmy the Kid, by Donald E.
Westlake |
PG |
comedy |
| The Keep |
The Keep, by F. Paul Wilson |
R |
horror, thriller |
| The Lonely Lady |
The Lonely Lady, by Harold
Robbins |
R |
drama |
| The Lords of Discipline |
The Lords of Discipline, by Pat
Conroy |
R |
thriller |
| Man, Woman and Child |
Man, Woman and Child, by Erich
Segal |
PG |
drama |
| Marvin and Tige [also known as Like
Father
and Son (TV title)] |
Marvin & Tige, by Frankcina
Glass |
PG |
drama |
| Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence |
The Seed And the Sower, Laurens
Van
der Post |
R |
drama, war |
| Mickey's Christmas Carol |
A Christmas Carol, by Charles
Dickens |
G |
animation, family |
| The Moon in the Gutter |
The Moon in the Gutter, by David
Goodis |
R |
foreign language (French), drama |
| Never Cry Wolf |
Never Cry Wolf, by Farley Mowat |
PG |
drama |
| Now and Forever |
Now and Forever, by Danielle
Steel |
R |
drama |
| Of Unknown Origin |
The Visitor, by Chauncey G.
Parker |
R |
horror |
| One Deadly Summer |
One Deadly Summer, by
Sébastien
Japrisot |
R |
foreign language (French), drama |
| The Osterman Weekend |
The Osterman Weekend, by Robert
Ludlum |
R |
thriller, action |
| The Outsiders |
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton |
PG, PG-13
(edited version) |
crime, drama |
| Reuben, Reuben |
Reuben, Reuben, by Peter De Vries |
R |
comedy |
| The Right Stuff |
The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe |
PG |
adventure, drama |
| Romantic Comedy |
Romantic Comedy [play], by
Bernard
Slade |
PG |
comedy |
| Rumble Fish |
Rumble Fish, by S.E. Hinton |
R |
action, drama |
| Slayground |
Slayground, by Richard Stark |
R |
crime |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes |
Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury |
PG |
horror, family, mystery |
| Streamers |
Streamers [play], by David Rabe |
R |
drama, war |
| Stroker Ace |
Stand On It,
by Stroker Ace |
PG |
comedy |
| Terms of Endearment |
Terms of Endearment, by Larry
McMurtry |
PG |
romace, comedy, drama |
| The Wicked Lady |
Life and Death of the Wicked Lady
Skelton, by Magdalen King-Hall |
R |
adventure, drama |
| The Wild Duck |
The Wild Duck [play], by Henrik
Ibsen |
PG |
drama |
| Without a Trace |
Still Missing, by Beth Gutcheon |
PG |
drama |
