| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| Absolute Power |
Absolute Power, by David Baldacci |
R |
thriller, crime |
| Affliction |
Affliction, by Russell Banks |
R |
drama |
| Anna Karenina |
Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy |
PG-13 |
drama, romance |
| Bad Manners |
Ghost in the Machine [play], by
David
Gilman |
R |
drama |
| Bent |
Bent [play], by Martin Sherman |
R [cut], NC-17
[uncut] |
drama, war |
| The Blood Oranges |
The Blood Oranges, by John Hawkes |
R |
drama |
| The Borrowers |
Based on The Borrowers series of novels
by
Mary Norton |
PG |
family, adventure |
| Breaking Up |
Breaking Up [play], by Michael
Cristofer |
R |
comedy, romance |
| Buddy |
Animals Are My Hobby, by
Gertrude
Davies Lintz |
PG |
adventure, comedy, drama |
| The Butcher Boy |
The Butcher Boy, by Pat McCabe |
R |
drama, comedy |
Cadillac Desert
[TV mini series]
|
Cadillac Desert: the American West
and its disappearing water, by Marc Reisner, and Last Oasis: facing water scarcity,
by Sandra Postel
|
Not
Rated
|
documentary
|
| Character [also known as Karakter] |
Character : a novel of father and son,
by Ferdinand Bordewijk |
R |
drama |
| A Christmas Carol |
A Christmas Carol, by Charles
Dickens |
PG |
animation, drama, fantasy |
| Contact |
Contact, by Carl Sagan |
PG |
science fiction, drama |
| Critical Care |
Critical Care, by Richard Dooling |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Dance with the Devil [also known as
Perdita
Durango] |
59 Degrees and Raining, by Barry
Gifford |
R |
action, crime, romance, drama |
| The Designated Mourner |
The Designated Mourner [play],
by
Wallace Shawn |
R |
drama |
| Devil's Advocate |
Devil's Advocate, by Andrew
Neiderman |
R |
drama, thriller |
| The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca [also
known
as Death in Granada] |
The Assassination of Federico Garcia
Lorca
and Federico Garcia Lorca: A Life, by Ian Gibson |
R |
thriller |
| Donnie Brasco |
Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in
the
Mafia, by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley |
R |
crime, drama, thriller |
| The Education of Little Tree |
The Education of Little Tree, by
Forrest
Carter |
PG |
drama, family |
| The Ex |
The Ex, by John Lutz |
R |
thriller |
A Fellowship of
Valor: the battle history of the United States Marines [TV mini series]
|
A Fellowship of Valor: the battle
history of the United States Marines, by Joseph H. Alexander
|
Not
Rated
|
documentary
|
| Fever Pitch |
Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby |
R |
comedy, romance, sports |
The Fifties [TV
mini series]
|
The Fifties, by David
Halberstam
|
Not
Rated
|
documentary
|
| The Gambler |
The Gambler, by Fyodor
Dostoyevsky |
R |
drama |
| Going All the Way |
Going All the Way, by Dan
Wakefield |
R |
drama, comedy |
The History of
Tom Jones, a Foundling [TV mini series]
|
The History of Tom Jones, a
Foundling, by Henry Fielding
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, romance
|
| The House of Yes |
The House of Yes [play], by
Wendy
MacLeod |
R |
comedy, drama |
| I Know What You Did Last Summer |
I Know What You Did Last Summer,
by
Lois Duncan |
R |
horror, thriller, mystery |
| The Ice Storm |
The Ice Storm, by Rick Moody |
R |
drama |
| The Informant |
The Informant, by Gerald Seymour |
R |
drama |
| The Island on Bird Street |
The Island on Bird Street, by
Uri
Orlev |
PG-13 |
drama |
Ivanhoe [TV mini
series]
|
Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott
|
Not
Rated
|
action,
adventure, drama
|
| Jackie Brown |
Rum Punch, by Elmore Leonard |
R |
crime, drama, thriller |
| Keys To Tulsa |
The Keys To Tulsa, by Brian Fair
Berkey |
R |
crime, drama |
Kings in Grass
Castles [TV mini series]
|
Kings in Grass Castles, by
Mary Durack
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Kiss the Girls |
Kiss the Girls, by James
Patterson |
R |
action, drama, mystery, thriller |
| L.A. Confidential |
L.A. Confidential, by James
Ellroy |
R |
crime, drama, mystery, thriller |
The Last Don [TV
mini series]
|
The Last Don, by Mario Puzo
|
R
|
crime, drama
|
| Legend of the Mummy [also known as Bram
Stoker's
The Mummy (U.S. video title)] |
The Jewel of the Seven Stars, by
Bram
Stoker |
R |
thriller, horror |
| Life During Wartime [also known as The
Alarmist
(U.S. video title)] |
Life During Wartime [play], by
Keith
Reddin |
R |
comedy |
| Little Men |
Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott |
PG |
drama |
| Live Flesh [also known as Carne
trémula] |
Live Flesh, by Ruth Rendell |
R |
foreign language (Spanish), drama,
romance |
| Lolita |
Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov |
R |
drama, romance |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
The Lost World, by Michael
Crichton |
PG-13 |
action, adventure, thriller, science
fiction |
| Love Always |
Finding Signs, by Sharlene Baker |
R |
comedy, romance |
| Love and Death on Long Island |
Love and Death on Long Island,
by
Gilbert Adair |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Love! Valour! Compassion! |
Love! Valour! Compassion!
[play],
by Terrence McNally |
R |
comedy, drama, romance |
| Lucie Aubrac |
Outwitting the Gestapo, by Lucie
Aubrac |
R |
drama |
| Men |
Men, by Margaret Diehl |
R |
drama |
| A Merry War [also known as Keep the
Aspidistra
Flying] |
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, by
George
Orwell |
PG-13 |
romance, comedy |
| Metroland |
Metroland, by Julian Barnes |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil:
a Savannah story, by John Berendt |
R |
crime, drama |
| Mimic |
"Mimic" [short story], by Donald A.
Wollheim
writing as Martin Pearson in: Astonishing Stories Dec 1942, Famous
Fantastic Mysteries, 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories, The
Reel Stuff |
R |
horror, science fiction, thriller |
| Mrs. Dalloway |
Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf |
PG-13 |
drama, romance |
My Son the
Fanatic
|
"My Son the
Fanatic" [short story], in: Love
in a Blue Time, by Hanif Kureishi
|
R
|
comedy, drama,
romance
|
| Night Falls on Manhattan |
Tainted Evidence, by Robert Daley |
R |
crime, drama |
| Night Flier |
"The Night Flier" [short story], by
Stephen
King in: Nightmares and Dreamscapes |
R |
horror |
| The Only Thrill |
The Trading Post [play], by
Larry
Ketron |
R |
drama, romance |
| Oscar and Lucinda |
Oscar and Lucinda, by Peter Carey |
R |
drama, romance |
| Photographing Fairies |
Photographing Fairies, by Steve
Szilagyi |
R |
drama, fantasy, mystery |
| Pippi Longstocking |
Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid
Lindgren |
G |
animation, family |
| The Planet of Junior Brown [also known
as
Junior's Groove (U.S. video title)] |
The Planet of Junior Brown, by
Virginia
Hamilton |
R |
drama |
| The Postman |
The Postman, by David Brin |
R |
drama, adventure, action, science
fiction |
| Private Parts |
Private Parts, by Howard Stern |
R |
comedy, drama |
The Rag Nymph
[TV mini series]
|
The Rag Nymph, by Catherine
Cookson
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Rainmaker |
The Rainmaker, by John Grisham |
PG-13 |
drama, thriller |
| A Rat's Tale [also known as Die Story
von
Monty Spinnerratz] |
A Rat's Tale, by Tor Seidler,
illustrated
by Fred Marcellino |
G |
foreign language (German), adventure,
family |
| Regeneration [also known as Behind the
Lines
(U.S. video title)] |
Regeneration, by Pat Barker |
R |
drama, war (WWI) |
| The Relic |
The Relic, by Douglas J. Preston
and
Lincoln Child |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Robinson Crusoe |
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe |
PG-13 |
drama, adventure |
| The Sea Wolf |
The Sea Wolf, by Jack London |
R |
drama, adventure |
| Seven Years in Tibet |
Seven Years in Tibet, by
Heinrich
Harrer |
PG-13 |
drama, adventure |
The Shining [TV
mini series]
|
The Shining, by Stephen King
|
Not
Rated
|
drama, horror,
thriller, fantasy
|
| Six Ways to Sunday |
Portrait of a Young Man Drowning,
by Charles Perry |
R |
comedy |
| Smilla's Sense of Snow |
Smilla's Sense of Snow, by
Peter
Høeg |
R |
crime, mystery, action, thriller,
science
fiction |
| The Song of Hiawatha |
"The Song of Hiawatha" [poem], by Henry
Wadsworth
Longfellow |
PG |
drama |
| Starship Troopers |
Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein |
R |
science fiction, action |
| The Sweet Hereafter |
The Sweet Hereafter, by Russell
Banks |
R |
drama |
| That Darn Cat |
Undercover Cat, by Gordon and
Mildred Gordon, writing as The Gordons |
PG |
comedy, family, mystery, action |
| A Thousand Acres |
A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley |
R |
drama |
| Touch |
Touch, by Elmore Leonard |
R |
comedy, drama, romance |
The Truce
|
The Reawakening (La tregua):
a liberated
prisoner's long march home through east Europe, by Primo Levi
[also published as The
Truce: a survivor's journey home from Auschwitz.
|
R
|
drama
|
| U Turn |
Stray Dogs, by John Ridley |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Wag the Dog |
American Hero, by Larry Beinhart |
R |
comedy |
| Washington Square |
Washington Square, by Henry James |
PG |
drama, romance |
| Welcome to Sarajevo |
Natasha's Story, by Michael
Nicholson |
R |
drama, war |
| Wilde |
Oscar Wilde, by Richard Ellmann |
R |
drama |
| The Wings of the Dove |
The Wings of the Dove, by Henry
James |
R |
drama, romance |
| The Winter Guest |
The Winter Guest [play], by
Sharman
Macdonald |
R |
drama |
