| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| The Accidental Tourist |
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne
Tyler |
PG |
drama, romance |
Akira
|
Akira [graphic novels] by
Katsuhiro Ôtomo
|
R
|
animation,
adventure, action, science fiction, thriller, drama
|
| Appointment with Death |
Appointment with Death, by
Agatha Christie |
PG |
crime, mystery |
| BAT*21 |
BAT-21: based on the true story of
Lieutenant Colonel Iceal E. Hambleton, USAF, by William C. Anderson |
R |
drama, war |
| Beaches |
Beaches, by Iris Rainer Dart |
PG-13 |
drama, comedy |
| The Bear [also known as L' Ours] |
The Grizzly King: a romance of the
wild, by
James Oliver Curwood |
PG |
adventure, family |
| Biloxi Blues |
Biloxi Blues [play], by Neil
Simon |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama |
| The Boost |
'Ludes: A Ballad of the Drug and the
Dream,
by Benjamin Stein |
R |
drama |
| Burning Secret |
"The Burning Secret" [short story], in The
Royal
Game & Other Stories, by Stefan Zweig |
PG |
drama |
| Camille Claudel |
Camille: the life of Camille
Claudel, Rodin's muse and mistress, by Reine-Marie Paris |
R |
drama |
| The Chocolate War |
The Chocolate War, by Robert
Cormier |
R |
drama |
| A Chorus of Disapproval |
A Chorus of Disapproval [play],
by Alan Ayckbourn |
PG |
comedy, drama, musical |
| Clara's Heart |
Clara's Heart, by Joseph Olshan |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Cop |
Blood on the Moon, by James Ellroy |
R |
thriller |
| The Couch Trip |
The Couch Trip, by Ken Kolb |
R |
comedy |
| Crossing Delancey |
Crossing Delancey: a romantic comedy [play], by Susan Sandler |
PG |
comedy, romance |
| A Cry in the Dark |
Evil Angels, by John Bryson |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Da |
Da [play], and Home Before
Night [novel], by Hugh Leonard |
PG |
drama |
| Dangerous Liaisons |
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by
Choderlos de Laclos, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses: from the novel
by Choderlos de Laclos [play], by Christopher Hampton |
R |
drama, romance |
| The Dawning |
The Old Jest, by Jennifer
Johnston |
PG |
drama |
| Dead Ringers |
Twins, by Bari Wood, and Jack
Geasland |
R |
drama, thriller, horror |
| The Deceivers |
The Deceivers, by John Masters |
PG-13 |
adventure, drama, thriller |
| Die Hard |
Nothing Lasts Forever, by
Roderick Thorp |
R |
action, thriller |
| Eight Men Out |
Eight Men Out: the Black Sox and the
1919 World
Series, by Eliot Asinof |
PG |
drama, sports |
| Everybody's All-American |
Everybody's All-American, by
Frank DeFord |
R |
romance |
| Freeway |
Freeway, by Deanne Barkley |
R |
thriller |
| Funny Farm |
Funny Farm: a sweeping epic of the
sticks, by Jay Cronley |
PG |
comedy |
| The Girl in a Swing |
The Girl in a Swing, by Richard
Adams |
R |
drama, romance |
| The Good Mother |
The Good Mother, by Sue Miller |
R |
drama |
| Gor |
Tarnsman of Gor, by John Norman |
PG |
action, adventure, fantasy |
| A Handful of Dust |
A Handful of Dust, by Evelyn
Waugh |
PG |
drama |
| Haunted Summer |
Haunted Summer, by Anne Edwards |
R |
drama |
| Hero and the Terror |
Hero and the Terror, by Michael
Blodgett |
R |
action, crime |
| Hosatile Takeover [also known as The
Devastator] |
Office Party, by Michael A.
Gilbert |
R |
thriller |
| The Lair of the White Worm |
The Lair of the White Worm, by
Bram Stoker |
R |
horror |
| The Last Temptation of Christ |
The Last Temptation of Christ,
by Nikos Kazantzakis |
R |
drama |
| Little Dorrit |
Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens |
G |
drama |
| Madame Sousatzka |
Madame Sousatzka, by Bernice
Rubens |
PG-13 |
drama, music |
| The Milagro Beanfield War |
The Milagro Beanfield War, by
John Nichols |
R |
drama, comedy |
| Monkey Shines |
Monkey Shines, by Michael Stewart |
R |
horror, science fiction |
| Mr. North |
Theophilus North, by Thornton
Wilder |
PG |
comedy, drama |
| A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon |
Aren't You Even Gonna Kiss Me
Good-Bye?, by
William Richert |
R |
drama, romance |
| Pascali's Island |
Pascali's Island, by Barry
Unsworth |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Patty Hearst |
Every Secret Thing, by Patricia
Hearst and Alvin Moscow |
R |
drama |
| Pin |
Pin, by Andrew Neiderman |
R |
horror |
| Platoon Leader |
Platoon Leader, by James R.
McDonough |
R |
war, drama |
| Rampage |
Rampage, by William P. Wood |
R |
drama, thriller |
| The River Pirates [also known as Good
Ole Boy: A Delta Boyhood] |
Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood,
by Willie Morris |
PG |
action, adventure, family |
| Salome's Last Dance |
Salome [play], by Oscar Wilde |
R |
comedy, drama |
| The Serpent and the Rainbow |
The Serpent and the Rainbow, by
Wade Davis |
R |
horror |
| Slugs |
Slugs, by Shaun Hutson |
R |
horror |
| A Soldier's Tale |
A Soldier's Tale, by M. K. Joseph |
R |
drama |
| Stars and Bars |
Stars and Bars, by William Boyd |
R |
comedy |
| Stealing Heaven |
Stealing Heaven: the love story of
Heloise and Abelard, by Marion Meade |
R |
romance, drama |
| Switching Channels |
The Front Page [play], by Ben
Hecht and Charles MacArthur |
PG |
comedy |
| Talk Radio |
Talked to Death: the life and murder
of Alan Berg, by Stephen Singular |
R |
drama |
| They Live |
"Eight O'Clock in the Morning" [short
story], by Ray Nelson, in: Tomorrow's TV, by Isaac Asimov, The
Others, by Terry
Carr, and The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction: 13th
series,
by Avram Davidson |
R |
science fiction, thriller, action |
| A Tiger's Tale |
Love, and Other Natural Disasters,
by Allen
Hannay |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Time of Violence [also known as Vreme
na nasile, and Vreme razdelno] |
Time of Parting, by Anton Donchev |
R |
foreign language (Bulgarian), drama |
| Torch Song Trilogy |
Torch Song Trilogy: Three Plays
[play], by Harvey Fierstein |
R |
drama |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
The Unbearable Lightness of Being,
by Milan
Kundera |
R |
drama |
| The Wash |
The Wash [play], by Philip Kan
Gotanda |
|
|
| Watchers |
Watchers, by Dean Koontz |
R |
horror, science fiction |
| We Think the World of You |
We Think the World of You, by
J.R. Ackerley |
PG |
comedy |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, by
Gary K. Wolf |
PG |
action, animation, comedy, family |
| The Wizard of Loneliness |
The Wizards of Loneliness, by
John Nichols |
PG-13 |
drama |
