| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| After Dark My Sweet |
After Dark My Sweet, by Jim
Thompson |
R |
crime, drama, mystery |
| Air America |
Air America, by Christopher
Robbins |
R |
action, comedy |
| Awakenings |
Awakenings, by Oliver W. Sacks |
PG-13 |
drama |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities |
The Bonfire of the Vanities, by
Tom
Wolfe |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Book of Love |
Jack in the Box, by William
Kotzwinkle |
PG-13 |
comedy, romance |
| Cadence |
Count a Lonely Cadence, by
Gordon
Weaver |
PG-13 |
drama |
| The Cellar |
"The Thing in the Cellar" [short
story],
in The Thing in the Cellar, by David Henry Keller |
PG-13 |
horror |
| China Cry: A True Story |
China Cry: the Nora Lam Story, by Nora Lam and Irene Burk Harrell |
PG-13 |
drama |
| The Comfort of Strangers |
The Comfort of Strangers, by Ian
McEwan |
R |
drama |
| Crossing the Line [also known as The
Big
Man (UK title)] |
The Big Man, by William
McIlvanney |
R |
crime, drama |
| A Cry in the Wild |
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen |
PG |
action, adventure |
| Cyrano de Bergerac |
Cyrano de Bergerac [play], by Edmond
Rostand |
PG |
drama, romance |
| Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? |
Daddy's Dyin': who's got the will :
a
comedy in two acts [play], by Del Shores |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| Dances with Wolves |
Dances with Wolves, by Michael
Blake |
PG-13 |
adventure, drama, western |
| Desperate Hours |
Desperate Hours, by Joseph Hayes |
R |
thriller |
| Die Hard 2 |
58 Minutes, by Walter H. Wager |
R |
action, thriller |
| Don't Tell Her It's Me |
The Boyfriend School, by Sarah
Bird |
PG-13 |
comedy, romance |
| Europa Europe [also known as Europa
Europa] |
Europa Europa, by Shlomo Perel,
translated
from the German by Margot Bettauer Dembo |
R |
drama, war |
| The Exorcist III |
The Legion, by William Peter
Blatty |
R |
horror |
| The Field |
The Field; a play in three acts [play], by John B. Keane |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Fools of Fortune |
Fools of Fortune, by William
Trevor |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Frankenstein Unbound |
Frankenstein Unbound, by Brian
Aldiss |
R |
horror, drama, science fiction |
| Goodfellas |
Wise Guy: life in a Mafia family,
by Nicholas Pileggi |
R |
crime, drama |
| Graveyard Shift |
"Graveyard Shift" [short story], in Night
Shift, by Stephen King |
R |
horror |
| The Grifters |
The Grifters, by Jim Thompson |
R |
crime, drama |
| The Guardian |
The Nanny, by Dan Greenburg |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Hamlet |
Hamlet [play], by William Shakespeare |
PG |
drama |
| The Handmaid's Tale |
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret
Atwood |
R |
science fiction, drama |
| Henry & June |
Henry and June: from the
unexpurgated
diary of Anaïs Nin, by Anaïs Nin |
NC-17 |
drama |
| The Hot Spot |
The Hot Spot, by Charles
Williams
[originally published as Hell Hath No Fury] |
R |
drama, romance |
House of Cards
[TV mini series]
|
House of Cards, by Michael
Dobbs
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Hunt for Red October |
The Hunt for Red October, by Tom
Clancy |
PG |
action, adventure, thriller |
| I, the Worst of All [also known as Yo,
la
peor de todas] |
Sor Juana, or, The Traps of Faith,
by Octavio Paz |
R |
foreign language (Spanish), drama |
| Lord of the Flies |
Lord of the Flies, by William
Golding |
R |
adventure, drama, thriller |
| Martians Go Home |
Martians Go Home, by Fredric
Brown |
PG-13 |
comedy, science fiction |
| Mermaids |
Mermaids, by Patty Dann |
PG-13 |
comedy, romance |
| Miami Blues |
Miami Blues, by Charles Willeford |
R |
crime, drama, thriller, comedy |
| Misery |
Misery, by Stephen King |
R |
drama, horror, thriller |
| Mister Johnson |
Mister Johnson, by Joyce Cary |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Mountains of the Moon |
Burton and Speke, by William
Harrison |
R |
adventure |
| Mr. and Mrs. Bridge |
Mr. Bridge and Mrs. Bridge,
by Evan S. Connell |
PG-13 |
drama |
| My Father's Glory [also known as La
Gloire
de mon père] |
My Father's Glory ; and, My Mother's
Castle:
memories of childhood , by Marcel Pagnol |
G |
foreign language (French), drama,
family,
comedy |
| My Mother's Castle [also known as Le
Château
de ma mère] |
My Father's Glory ; and, My Mother's
Castle:
memories of childhood , by Marcel Pagnol |
PG |
foreign language (French), comedy, drama |
| Open Doors [also known as Porte Aperte] |
"Open Doors" [novella], by Leonardo
Sciascia,
in Open Doors and Three Novellas, and The Knight and Death
&
Other Stories |
R |
foreign language (Italian), drama |
| Paper Mask |
A Paper Mask, by John Collee |
R |
drama |
| Postcards from the Edge |
Postcards from the Edge, by
Carrie
Fisher |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Presumed Innocent |
Presumed Innocent, by Scott Turow |
R |
crime, drama, thriller |
| Q & A |
Q & A, by Edwin Torres |
R |
crime, drama |
| Quick Change |
Quick Change, by Jay Cronley |
R |
comedy, crime |
| Revenge |
"Revenge" [novella], in Legends of
the
Fall, by Jim Harrison |
R |
action, thriller, drama |
| Reversal of Fortune |
Reversal of Fortune: inside the von
Bülow
case, by Alan M. Dershowitz |
R |
drama |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
[play],
by Tom Stoppard |
PG |
comedy, drama |
| The Russia House |
The Russia House, by John Le
Carré |
R |
thriller |
| The Sheltering Sky |
The Sheltering Sky, by Paul
Bowles |
R |
drama |
| A Shock to the System |
A Shock to the System, by Simon
Brett |
R |
comedy, crime, thriller |
| A Show of Force |
Murder Under Two Flags: the U.S.,
Puerto
Rico, and the Cerro Maravilla Cover-Up, by
Anne
Nelson |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Stanley & Iris |
Union Street, by Pat Barker |
PG-13 |
drama, romance |
| Stella |
Stella Dallas, by Olive Higgins
Prouty |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Strike It Rich |
Loser Takes All, by Graham Greene |
PG |
comedy |
| Texasville |
Texasville, by Larry McMurtry |
R |
drama |
| Time to Kill [also known as Tempo di
uccidere,
and The Short Cut] |
The Short Cut, by Ennio Flaiano
[also
published as Time to Kill] |
R |
drama, war |
| To Forget Palermo [also known as
Dimenticare
Palermo, The Palermo Connection, and Oublier Palerme] |
To Forget Palermo, by Edmonde
Charles-Roux |
R |
foreign language (Italian), thriller |
| Tune in Tomorrow... |
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter,
by
Mario Vargas Llosa |
PG-13 |
comedy, romance |
| Twister |
Oh!, by Mary Robison |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| Uranus |
Uranus, by Marcel Aymé |
R |
foreign language (French), comedy, drama |
| White Hunter, Black Heart |
White Hunter, Black Heart, by
Peter
Viertel |
PG |
adventure, drama |
| White Palace |
White Palace, by Glenn Savan |
R |
drama |
| Why Me? |
Why Me , by Donald E. Westlake |
R |
action, adventure, comedy, crime |
| Wild at Heart |
Wild at Heart: the Story of Sailor
and
Lula, by Barry Gifford |
R |
crime, drama, romance, thriller |
| The Witches |
The Witches, by Roald Dahl |
PG |
fantasy, family |
