| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| Angels & Insects |
Angels & Insects: two novellas,
by A.S. Byatt |
R |
drama, romance |
| Angus |
"A brief moment in the life of Angus
Bethune"
[short story], in Athletic Shorts: six short stories, by Chris
Crutcher |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| Apollo 13 |
Lost Moon: the perilous voyage of
Apollo
13, by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger |
PG |
drama |
| An
Awfully Big Adventure |
An
Awfully Big Adventure, by
Beryl
Bainbridge |
R
|
drama
|
| Babe |
Babe, the Gallant Pig, by Dick
King-Smith,
illustrated by Mary Rayner |
G |
family, comedy, drama |
| The Baby-Sitters Club |
based on the Baby-Sitters Club series
of
books by Ann M. Martin |
PG |
family, comedy |
| The Basketball Diaries |
The Basketball Diaries, by Jim
Carroll |
R |
drama |
| Blood of the Hunter |
"The Fiddling Man" [short story], in Back
to God's Country: and other stories by James Oliver Curwood |
PG-13 |
action, drama |
| The Bridges of Madison County |
The Bridges of Madison County,
by
Robert James Waller |
PG-13 |
drama, romance |
| Brother of Sleep [also known as
Schlafes
Bruder] |
Brother of Sleep, by Robert
Schneider |
R |
foreign language (German), drama |
The Buccaneers
[TV mini series]
|
The Buccaneers, by Edith
Wharton
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure,
drama, romance
|
| Carrington |
Lytton Strachey: a critical biography,
by Michael Holroyd |
R |
drama, romance |
| Casino |
Casino: love and honor in Las Vegas,
by Nicholas Pileggi |
R |
crime, drama |
| The Celluloid Closet |
The Celluloid Closet: homosexuality
in
the movies, by Vito Russo |
R |
documentary |
| Circle of Friends |
Circle of Friends, by Maeve
Binchy |
PG-13 |
drama, romance |
| Clockers |
Clockers, by Richard Price |
R |
drama, crime |
| Congo |
Congo, by Michael Crichton |
PG-13 |
action, adventure, mystery |
| Cry the Beloved Country |
Cry the Beloved Country, by Alan
Paton |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Dance Me Outside |
Dance Me Outside: more tales from
the
Ermineskin Reserve, by W.P. Kinsella |
R |
drama |
| Dangerous Minds |
Dangerous Minds, by LouAnne
Johnson |
R |
drama |
| Dead Man Walking |
Dead Man Walking: an eyewitness
account
of the death penalty in the United States, by Helen Prejean |
R |
crime, drama |
Degree of Guilt
[TV mini series]
|
Degree of Guilt, and Eyes of a Child, by Richard
North Patterson
|
Not
Rated
|
crime, mystery,
thriller
|
| Delta of Venus |
Delta of Venus: erotica, by
Anaïs Nin |
NC-17 |
drama |
| Devil in a Blue Dress |
Devil in a Blue Dress, by Walter
Mosley |
R |
crime, mystery, thriller |
| Devotion |
Devotion, by Mindy Kaplan |
R |
drama |
| Dolores Claiborne |
Dolores Claiborne, by Stephen
King |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Eye of the Wolf |
Kazan, by James Oliver Curwood |
PG-13 |
thriller |
| Fair Game |
Fair Game, by Paula Gosling |
R |
action, drama, comedy |
| Feast of July |
Feast of July, by H.E. Bates |
R |
drama, crime, romance |
The Final Cut
[TV mini series]
|
The Final Cut, by Michael
Dobbs
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Fist of the
North Star
|
Fist of the North Star
[graphic novels], by Buronson Hara and Tetsuo Hara |
R
|
action, thriller
|
| Fluke |
Fluke, by James Herbert |
PG |
drama |
| Frankie Starlight |
The Dork of Cork, by Chet Raymo |
R |
drama, romance |
The Gambling Man
[TV mini series]
|
The Gambling Man, by
Catherine Cookson
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Get Shorty |
Get Shorty, by Elmore Leonard |
R |
action, comedy, drama, crime |
Ghost in the
Shell
|
Ghost in the Shell [graphic
novel], by Masamune Shirow
|
Not
Rated
|
animation,
action, science fiction, fantasy, thriller
|
| Girl in the Cadillac |
The Enchanted Isle, by James M.
Cain |
R |
drama |
The Glass Virgin
[TV mini series]
|
The Glass Virgin, by
Catherine Cookson
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
| The Grass Harp |
The Grass Harp, by Truman Capote |
PG |
drama, comedy |
| The Grotesque |
The Grotesque, by Patrick McGrath |
R |
drama, horror, thriller |
| Haunted |
Haunted, by James Herbert |
R |
drama, thriller, horror |
| Hideaway |
Hideaway, by Dean Koontz |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Homage |
The Homage that Follows [play],
by
Mark Howard Medoff |
R |
drama |
| The Horseman on the Roof [also known as
Le
Hussard sur le toit] |
The Horseman on the Roof, by
Jean
Giono |
R |
drama |
| How to Make an American Quilt |
How to Make an American Quilt,
by
Whitney Otto |
PG-13 |
drama, romance |
| The Indian in the Cupboard |
The Indian in the Cupboard, by
Lynne
Reid Banks |
PG |
family, adventure |
| Jeffrey |
Jeffrey [play], by Paul Rudnick |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Johnny Mnemonic |
"Johnny Mnemonic" [short story] in Burning
Chrome, by William Gibson |
R |
action, science fiction, thriller |
| The Journey of August King |
The Journey of August King, by
John
Ehle |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Jumanji |
Jumanji, by Chris Van Allsburg |
PG |
family, adventure, action, fantasy |
| Just Cause |
Just Cause, by John Katzenbach |
R |
mystery, thriller, drama |
| Leaving Las Vegas |
Leaving Las Vegas, by John
O'Brien |
R |
drama, romance |
Little Lord
Fauntleroy [TV mini series]
|
Little Lord Fauntleroy, by
Frances Hodgson Burnett
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, family
|
| A Little Princess |
A Little Princess, by Frances
Hodgson
Burnett |
G |
drama, family, fantasy |
| Losing Isaiah |
Losing Isaiah, by Seth Margolis |
R |
drama |
| The Maddening |
Playmates, by Andrew Neiderman |
R |
thriller |
| Moondance |
The White Hare, by Francis Stuart |
R |
drama |
| Moonlight and Valentino |
Moonlight and Valentino [play],
by
Ellen Simon |
R |
drama, romance, comedy |
| Mrs. Munck |
Mrs. Munck, by Ella Lefland |
R |
comedy, drama |
| The Night and the Moment |
The Opportunities of a Night, by
Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon |
R |
drama |
The Old
Curiosity Shop [TV mini series]
|
The Old Curiosity Shop, by
Charles Dickens
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored |
Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored,
by Clifton L. Taulbert |
PG |
drama |
| Operation Cobra |
Operation Cobra, by Anders
Bodelsen |
R |
foreign language (Danish) action, drama |
| Othello |
Othello [play], by William
Shakespeare |
R |
drama |
| Panther |
Panther, by Melvin Van Peebles |
R |
drama |
| The Perez Family |
The Perez Family, by Christine
Bell |
R |
comedy, romance, drama |
| Perfect Alibi |
Where's Mommy Now?, by Rochelle
Majer
Krich |
PG-13 |
thriller |
| Persuasion |
Persuasion, by Jane Austen |
PG |
romance, drama |
| The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet |
Phoenix and the Carpet, by E.
Nesbit |
PG |
family |
Pride and
Prejudice [TV mini series]
|
Pride and Prejudice, by
Jane Austen
|
Not
Rated
|
romance, drama
|
| Reckless |
Reckless [play], by Craig Lucas |
PG-13 |
comedy, fantasy |
| Restoration |
Restoration: a novel of
seventeenth-century
England, by Rose Tremain |
R |
drama |
| Richard III |
Richard III [play], by William
Shakespeare |
R |
modern adaptation, drama, war |
| Rough Magic |
Miss Shumway Waves a Wand, by
James
Hadley Chase |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama, romance |
| The Run of the Country |
The Run of the Country, by Shane
Connaughton |
R |
drama |
| Sabrina |
Sabrina Fair; or, A woman of the
world.
A romantic comedy [play], by Samuel A. Taylor |
PG |
comedy, romance |
| The Scarlet Letter |
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel
Hawthorne |
R |
drama, romance |
| Search and Destroy |
Search and Destroy [play], by
Howard
Korder |
R |
drama, comedy |
| Sense and Sensibility |
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane
Austen |
PG |
drama, comedy, romance |
| The Set Up |
My Laugh Comes Last, by James
Hadley
Chase |
R |
action, drama, thriller |
| Stonewall |
Stonewall, by Martin Duberman |
R |
drama |
Streets of
Laredo [TV mini series]
|
Streets of Laredo, by Larry
McMurtry
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, western
|
| Stuart Saves His Family |
I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough,
and
Doggone it, People Like Me!: daily affirmations by Stuart Smalley,
by
Al Franken |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama |
Tank Girl
|
Tank Girl [graphic novels],
by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin
|
R
|
action, science
fiction, comedy
|
| To Die For |
To Die For, by Joyce Maynard |
R |
thriller, drama, comedy |
| Tom and Huck |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by
Mark
Twain |
PG |
adventure, family |
| The Two Deaths |
The Two Deaths of Señora
Puccini,
by Stephen Dobyns |
R |
drama |
| Underneath |
Criss Cross, by Don Tracy |
R |
crime, drama |
| Unstrung Heroes |
Unstrung Heroes: my improbable life
with
four impossible uncles, by Franz Lidz |
PG |
drama |
| Victory |
Victory, by Joseph Conrad |
R |
drama |
| Village of the Damned |
The Midwich Cuckoos, by John
Wyndham |
R |
horror, science fiction |
| Waiting to Exhale |
Waiting to Exhale, by Terry
McMillan |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Wild Bill |
Fathers and Sons [play], by
Thomas
Babe and Deadwood, by Pete Dexter |
R |
western |
A Woman of
Independent Means [TV mini series]
|
A Woman of Independent Means,
by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
|
PG
|
drama
|
