| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| Babar: The Movie |
based on the Babar series of books by
Laurent
& Jean de Brunhoff |
G |
animation, family |
| Blaze |
Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey
Perry,
by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry |
R |
drama |
| Blood and Sand [also known as Sangre y
arena] |
Blood and Sand, by Vicente
Blasco
Ibáñez |
R |
drama, romance |
| Born on the Fourth of July |
Born on the Fourth of July, by
Ron
Kovic |
R |
drama, war |
| Burndown |
Burndown, by Stuart Collins |
R |
thriller |
| Casualties of War |
Casualties of War, by Daniel Lang |
R |
drama, war |
| Cat Chaser |
Cat Chaser, by Elmore Leonard |
R |
action, thriller |
| Cheetah |
The Cheetahs, by Alan Caillou |
G |
family, adventure |
| Communion |
Communion: a true story, by
Whitley
Strieber |
R |
drama, science fiction, thriller |
| Crusoe |
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Dad |
Dad, by William Wharton |
PG |
drama, comedy |
| Dead Calm |
Dead Calm, by Charles Williams |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Demons 6 [also known as The Black Cat,
and
Il Gatto Negro] |
The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe |
R |
horror |
| Driving Miss Daisy |
Driving Miss Daisy [play], by
Alfred
Uhry |
PG |
drama, comedy |
| Drugstore Cowboy |
Drugstore Cowboy, by James Fogle |
R |
crime, drama |
| A Dry White Season |
A Dry White Season, by Andre
Brink |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Eat a Bowl of Tea |
Eat a Bowl of Tea, by Louis Chu |
PG-13 |
romance |
| Edge of Sanity |
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and
Mr.
Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson |
R |
horror |
| Enemies, A Love Story |
Enemies, A Love Story, by Isaac
Bashevis
Singer |
R |
drama |
| Family Business |
Family Business, by Vincent
Patrick |
R |
crime, comedy |
| Farewell to the King |
Farewell to the King, by Pierre
Schoendoerffer |
PG-13 |
action, war, adventure |
| The Feud |
The Feud, by Thomas Berger |
R |
comedy |
| Field of Dreams |
Shoeless Joe, by W.P. Kinsella |
PG |
drama |
| Getting it Right |
Getting it Right, by Elizabeth
Jane
Howard |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Glory |
Lay This Laurel; an album on the
Saint-Gaudens
memorial on Boston Common, honoring black and white men together, who
served
the Union cause with Robert Gould Shaw and died with him July 18, 1863.,
by Lincoln Kirstein |
R |
drama, war |
| Great Balls of Fire! |
Great Balls of Fire: the uncensored
story
of Jerry Lee Lewis, by Myra Lewis, and Murray Silver |
PG-13 |
drama, music |
| Heart of Dixie |
Heartbreak Hotel, by Anne Rivers
Siddons |
PG |
drama |
| Henry V |
Henry V [play], by William
Shakespeare |
PG-13 |
action, drama, war |
| In Country |
In Country, by Bobbie Ann Mason |
R |
drama |
| Innocent Victim [also known as Tree of
Hands] |
Tree of Hands, by Ruth Rendell |
R |
thriller |
| Johnny Handsome |
The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome,
by John Godey |
R |
crime, drama |
| Kiki's Delivery Service [also known as
Majo
no takkyubin] |
Kiki's Delivery Service, by Eiko
Kadono |
G |
foreign language (Japanese) animation,
family,
fantasy, comedy, adventure |
| King of the Wind |
King of the Wind, by Marguerite
Henry |
PG |
adventure |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn |
Last Exit to Brooklyn, by Hubert
Selby |
R |
drama, crime |
| Let It Ride |
Good Vibes, by Jay Cronley |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| The Mighty Quinn |
Finding Maubee, by Albert H. Z.
Carr |
R |
crime, mystery |
| Millennium |
"Air Raid" [short story], by John
Varley
writing as Herb Boehm. In: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction
Magazine, Spring 1977 |
PG-13 |
science fiction |
| The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt [also
known
as Wilt] |
Wilt, by Tom Sharpe |
R |
comedy, crime |
| Miss Firecracker |
The Miss Firecracker Contest
[play],
by Beth Henley |
PG |
comedy |
| My Left Foot |
My Left Foot, by Christy Brown |
R |
drama |
| Outlaw of Gor |
Outlaw of Gor, by John Norman |
PG-13 |
action, fantasy, science fiction |
| Pet Sematary |
Pet Sematary, by Stephen King |
R |
horror |
| The Phantom of the Opera |
The Phantom of the Opera, by
Gaston
Leroux |
R |
horror |
| Powwow Highway |
The Powwow Highway, by David
Seals |
R |
drama |
| The Rachel Papers |
The Rachel Papers, by Martin Amis |
R |
drama, romance |
| The Rainbow |
The Rainbow, by D.H. Lawrence |
R |
drama |
The Return of
Swamp Thing
|
Based on the
"Swamp Thing" series of graphic novels by Alan Moore, Len Wein, and
Berni Wrightson
|
PG-13
|
science fiction,
horror, comedy, action, adventure
|
| The Return of the Musketeers |
Twenty Years After, by Alexandre
Dumas |
R |
adventure, comedy |
| Reunion |
Reunion, by Fred Uhlman |
PG-13 |
drama |
| River of Death |
River of Death, by Alistair
MacLean |
R |
adventure |
| The Rose Garden |
The Murders at Bullenhuser Damm :
the
SS doctor and the children, by Günther Schwarberg |
PG-13 |
drama |
| She-Devil |
The Life and Loves of a 'She-Devil',
by Fay Weldon |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| Shirley Valentine |
Shirley Valentine [play], by
Willy
Russell |
R |
comedy |
| Slaves of New York |
Slaves of New York : Stories, by
Tama
Janowitz |
R |
drama |
| Steel Magnolias |
Steel Magnolias [play], by
Robert
Harling |
PG |
drama, comedy |
| Ten Little Indians |
Ten Little Indians, by Agatha
Christie |
PG |
crime, mystery, thriller |
| The Torrents of Spring [also known as
Acque
di primavera] |
The Torrents of Spring, by Ivan
Turgenev |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Valmont |
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by
Choderlos
de Laclos |
R |
drama, romance |
| Wait Until Spring, Bandini |
Wait Until Spring, Bandini, by
John
Fante |
PG |
drama |
| The War of the Roses |
The War of the Roses, by Warren Adler |
R |
comedy, drama |
| When the Whales Came |
Why the Whales Came, by Michael
Morpurgo |
PG |
drama |
| Whispers |
Whispers, by Dean Koontz |
R |
thriller |
| Winter People |
The Winter People, by John Ehle |
PG-13 |
romance, drama |
| Wired |
Wired : the short life and fast
times
of John Belushi, by Bob Woodward |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Worth Winning |
Worth Winning, by Dan Lewandowski |
PG-13 |
comedy |
