| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| 84 Charing Cross Road |
84 Charing Cross Road, by Helene
Hanff |
PG |
drama, romance |
| Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of
Gold |
King Solomon's Mines, by H.
Rider
Haggard |
PG |
adventure, comedy |
| Angel Heart |
Falling Angel, by William
Hjortsberg |
R |
horror, mystery, thriller |
| Babette's Feast [also known as Babettes
gæstebud] |
"Babette's Feast" [short story],
in: Anecdotes of Destiny, by Isak Dinesen |
G |
foreign language (Danish), comedy, drama |
| The Bedroom Window |
The Witnesses, by Anne Holden |
R |
thriller |
| The Believers |
The Religion, by Nicholas
Condé |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Bellman and True |
Bellman and True, by Desmond
Lowden |
R |
crime |
| Beyond Therapy |
Beyond Therapy [play], by
Christopher
Durang |
R |
comedy |
| The Big Town |
The Arm, by Clark Howard |
R |
drama, romance, thriller |
| Castaway |
Castaway, by Lucy Irvine |
R |
adventure, drama |
| Cry Freedom |
Biko, and Asking for
Trouble:
autobiography of a banned journalist, by Donald Woods |
PG |
drama |
| Empire of the Sun |
Empire of the Sun, by J.G.
Ballard |
PG |
drama, war |
| Flowers in the Attic |
Flowers in the Attic, by V.C.
Andrews |
PG-13 |
drama, thriller, mystery |
| The Fourth Protocol |
The Fourth Protocol, by
Frederick
Forsyth |
R |
thriller |
| Full Metal Jacket |
The Short Timers, by Gustav
Hasford |
R |
drama, war |
| Gardens of Stone |
Gardens of Stone, by Nicholas
Proffitt |
R |
drama, war |
| The Glass Menagerie |
The Glass Menagerie [play], by
Tennessee
Willaims |
PG |
drama |
| Heat |
Heat, by William Goldman |
R |
action |
| Housekeeping |
Housekeeping, by Marilynne
Robinson |
PG |
drama |
| The Howling III |
The Howling III, by Gary Brandner |
PG-13 |
horror, comedy |
| Hunter's Blood |
Hunter's Blood, by Jere Pearson Cunningham |
R |
adventure, horror, thriller, action |
| Ironweed |
Ironweed, by William Kennedy |
R |
drama |
| King Lear |
King Lear [play], by
William Shakespeare |
PG |
adaptation, science fiction, drama |
The Last Emperor
|
From Emperor to Citizen;
autobiography of
Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, by Puyi
|
PG-13
|
drama
|
| Less Than Zero |
Less Than Zero, by Bret Easton
Ellis |
R |
drama |
| The Living Daylights |
"The Living Daylights" [novella], in: Octopussy:
the last great adventures of James Bond 007, by Ian Fleming |
PG |
action, adventure |
| The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne |
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne,
by Brian Moore |
R |
drama |
| Malone |
Shotgun, by William Wingate |
R |
action |
| Man on Fire |
Man on Fire, by A.J. Quinnell |
R |
drama, thriller, action |
| Maurice |
Maurice, by E.M. Forster |
R |
drama, romance |
| A Month in the Country |
A Month in the Country, by J.L.
Carr |
PG |
drama |
| Nightflyers |
Nightflyers, by George R.R.
Martin |
R |
horror, science fiction |
| No Way Out |
The Big Clock, by Kenneth Fearing |
R |
drama, thriller, mystery |
| Nuts |
Nuts [play], by Tom Torpor |
R |
drama |
| Orphans |
Orphans [play], by Lyle Kessler |
R |
drama |
| A Prayer for the Dying |
A Prayer for the Dying, by Jack
Higgins |
R |
action, drama |
| Prick Up Your Ears |
Prick up your ears: the biography of
Joe
Orton, by John Lahr |
R |
comedy, drama |
| The Princess Bride |
The Princess Bride, by William
Goldman |
PG |
fantasy, family, adventure, comedy,
romance |
| The Rosary Murders |
The Rosary Murders, by William
X.
Kienzle |
R |
mystery, thriller |
| Roxanne |
Cyrano de Bergerac [play], by
Edmond
Rostand |
PG |
adaptation, comedy, romance |
| The Running Man |
"The Running Man" [novella], in: The
Bachman
Books: four early novels, by Stephen King |
R |
action, adventure, science fiction |
| Saturday Night at the Palace |
Saturday Night at the Palace
[play],
by Paul Slabolepszy |
R |
drama |
| The Sicilian |
The Sicilian, by Mario Puzo |
R |
crime, drama |
| Siesta |
Siesta, by Patrice Chaplin |
R |
drama, mystery |
| Square Dance [also known as Home Is
Where
the Heart Is (TV title)] |
Square Dance, by Alan Hines |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Summer Camp Nightmare |
The Butterfly Revolution, by
William
Butler |
PG-13 |
drama, thriller |
| Tough Guys Don't Dance |
Tough Guys Don't Dance, by
Norman
Mailer |
R |
drama |
| Travelling North |
Travelling North [play], by
David
Williamson |
PG-13 |
drama |
| The Trouble with Spies |
Apple Spy In The Sky, by Marc
Lovell |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| The Tunnel [also known as El
Túnel] |
The Tunnel, by Ernesto
Sábato |
R |
foreign language (Spanish), drama |
| The Untouchables |
The Untouchables, by Eliot Ness
and
Oscar Fraley |
R |
crime, drama |
| White Mischief |
White Mischief, by James Fox |
R |
crime, drama, romance, thriller |
| The Witches of Eastwick |
The Witches of Eastwick, by John
Updike |
R |
comedy, fantasy, horror |
