| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| At Play in the Fields of the Lord |
At Play in the Fields of the Lord,
by Peter Matthiessen |
R |
drama |
| The Ballad of the Sad Cafe |
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe,
by Carson McCullers, and The Play, The Ballad of the Sad Café
[play], by Edward Albee |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Billy Bathgate |
Billy Bathgate, by E.L. Doctorow |
R |
crime, drama |
| Black Robe |
Black Robe, by Brian Moore |
R |
historical, adventure |
| Body Parts |
Choice Cuts, by Pierre Boileau
and Thomas Narcejac |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Bugsy |
We Only Kill Each Other: The Life
and Bad Times of Bugsy Siegel, by Dean Southern Jennings |
R |
crime, drama |
| Cabeza de Vaca |
Based on the accounts of 16th cen.
explorer Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, published under many
titles,
such as Castaways: the narrative of Alvar Núñez
Cabeza de Vaca, Relation of Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca,
and The Account : Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's
Relación |
R |
foreign language (Spanish), action,
adventure |
| Cape Fear |
The Executioners, by John D.
MacDonald |
R |
thriller, crime, horror |
| Cold Heaven |
Cold Heaven, by Brian Moore |
R |
drama |
| The Commitments |
The Commitments, by Roddy Doyle |
R |
musical, comedy, drama, music |
| Crooked Hearts |
Crooked Hearts, by Robert Boswell |
R |
drama |
| The Dark Wind |
The Dark Wind, by Tony Hillerman |
R |
drama |
| A Demon in my View
[also known as Der Mann Nebenan] |
A Demon in my View,
by Ruth Rendell |
R |
thriller |
| Doc Hollywood |
What? Dead Again?, by Neil Shulman |
PG-13 |
comedy, romance |
| The Doctor |
A Taste Of My Own Medicine: when the
doctor is the patient, by Edward E. Rosenbaum |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Dying Young |
Dying Young, by Marti Leimbach |
R |
drama, romance |
| Edward II |
Edward II [play], by Christopher
Marlowe |
R |
drama |
| Father of the Bride |
Father of the Bride, by Edward
Streeter |
PG |
comedy |
| A Fine Romance [also known as Cin Cin] |
Chin-chin: a play in four acts [play], by François Billetdoux |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| Flight of the Intruder |
Flight of the Intruder, by
Stephen Coonts |
PG-13 |
action, war |
| Frankie and Johnny |
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair
De Lune [play], by Terrence McNally |
R |
drama, comedy, romance |
| Fried Green Tomatoes |
Fried Green Tomatoes At the Whistle
Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg |
PG-13 |
drama, comedy |
| A Grande Arte [also known as Exposure] |
High Art, by Rubem Fonseca |
R |
drama, thriller |
| JFK |
Crossfire: The Plot That Killed
Kennedy, by Jim Marrs, and On the Trail of the Assassins: my
investigation
and prosecution of the murder of President Kennedy, by Jim Garrison |
R |
crime, drama, mystery, thriller |
| King Ralph |
Headlong, by Emlyn Williams |
PG |
comedy |
| A Kiss Before Dying |
A Kiss Before Dying, by Ira
Levin |
R |
thriller |
| The Last Butterfly
[also known as Poslední Motýl] |
The Last Butterfly,
by Michael Jacot |
PG-13 |
drama |
| The Lunatic |
The Lunatic, by
Anthony C. Winkler |
R |
comedy |
| Madame Bovary |
Madame Bovary,
by Gustave Flaubert |
PG-13 |
foreign language
(French), drama |
| Men of Respect |
Macbeth [play], by William
Shakespeare |
R |
modern adaptation, drama, crime,
thriller |
| Naked Lunch |
Naked Lunch, by
William S. Burroughs |
R |
drama, fantasy, science
fiction |
| Not Without My Daughter |
Not Without My Daughter, by
Betty Mahmoody and William Hoffer |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Other People's Money |
Other People's Money [play], by
Jerry Sterner |
R |
comedy, drama, romance |
| The Prince of Tides |
The Prince of Tides, by Pat
Conroy |
R |
drama, romance |
| Prospero's Books |
The Tempest [play], by William
Shakepeare |
R |
fantasy, drama |
| A Rage in Harlem |
A Rage in Harlem,
by Chester Himes [also published as For Love of Imabelle] |
R |
crime |
| Raise the Red Lantern [also known as Da
hong deng long gao gao gua] |
Raise the Red Lantern [novella], in Raise
the Red Lantern: three novellas, by Su Tong |
PG |
foreign language (Mandarin), drama |
| Rambling Rose |
Rambling Rose,
by Calder Willingham |
R |
drama |
| Return to the Blue
Lagoon |
The Garden of God,
by Henry De Vere Stacpoole |
PG-13 |
adventure, romance |
| The Rocketeer |
The Rocketeer: an
album [graphic novel], by Dave Stevens |
PG |
action, adventure,
family, science fiction |
| Rush |
Rush, by Kim Wozencraft |
R |
crime, drama |
| The Servants of Twilight |
The Servants of Twilight, by
Dean Koontz |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll |
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll [play],
by Eric Bogosian |
R |
drama |
| Shattered |
Shattered, by Richard Neely |
R |
mystery, thriller |
| The Silence of the Lambs |
The Silence of the Lambs, by
Thomas Harris |
R |
thriller, horror, crime |
| Sleeping with the Enemy |
Sleeping with the Enemy, by Nancy Price |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Stepping Out |
Stepping Out [play], by Richard
Harris |
PG |
musical |
| Thousand Pieces of Gold |
Thousand Pieces of Gold: a
biographical novel, by Ruthanne Lum McCunn |
PG-13 |
romance, western |
| Toy Soldiers |
Toy Soldiers, by William P.
Kennedy |
R |
action, drama |
| V.I. Warshawski |
Based on the V.I. Warshawski series of
novels by Sara Paretsky |
R |
comedy, crime |
| Voyager [also known as Homo Faber] |
Homo Faber: a report, by Max
Frisch |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Where Angels Fear to Tread |
Where Angels Fear to Tread,
by E.M. Forster |
PG |
drama |
| White Fang |
White Fang, by Jack London |
PG |
adventure |
| Year of the Gun |
Year of the Gun, by Michael
Mewshaw |
R |
thriller |
