| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| All the Little Animals |
All the Little Animals, by
Walker
Hamilton |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Another Day in Paradise |
Another Day in Paradise, by
Eddie
Little |
R |
drama, crime |
| Apt Pupil |
"Apt Pupil" [novella], in Different
Seasons,
by Stephen King |
R |
drama, thriller |
| B. Monkey |
B. Monkey, by Andrew Davies |
R |
romance, thriller |
| Basil |
Basil, by Wilkie Collins |
R |
drama |
| Beloved |
Beloved, by Toni Morrison |
R |
drama |
| Bongwater |
Bongwater, by Michael Hornburg |
R |
comedy, romance |
| The Boys |
The Boys [play], by Gordon Graham |
R |
drama |
| Brown's Requiem |
Brown's Requiem, by James Ellroy |
R |
crime, thriller, mystery, drama |
| A Civil Action |
A Civil Action, by Jonathan Harr |
PG-13 |
drama |
| A Cool, Dry Place |
Dance Real Slow, by Michael
Grant
Jaffe |
PG-13 |
drama |
The Count of
Monte Cristo [TV mini series]
|
The
Count of Monte Cristo, by
Alexandre Dumas |
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), adventure, romance
|
| Cousin Bette |
Cousin Bette, by Honoré
de
Balzac |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Dancing at Lughnasa |
Dancing at Lughnasa [play], by
Brian
Friel |
PG |
drama |
| Dangerous Beauty |
The Honest Courtesan : Veronica
Franco,
citizen and writer in sixteenth-century Venice, by Margaret
Rosenthal |
R |
drama |
| Dr. Dolittle |
based on the Dr. Dolittle stories by
Hugh
Lofting |
PG-13 |
family, comedy |
| Earth |
Cracking India, by Bapsi Sidhwa |
Not Rated
|
romance, drama |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,
by
Hunter S. Thompson |
R |
comedy, drama |
From the Earth
to the Moon [TV mini series]
|
A Man on the Moon: the voyages of
the Apollo astronauts, by Andrew Chaikin
|
Not
Rated
|
action, drama,
thriller
|
| The General |
The General, by Paul Williams |
R |
crime, thriller, drama |
| Girl |
Girl, by Blake Nelson |
R |
drama |
| Gods and Monsters |
Father of Frankenstein, by
Christopher
Bram |
R |
drama |
| The Grandfather [also known as El
Abuelo] |
The Grandfather, by Benito
Pérez
Galdós |
PG |
foreign language (Spanish), drama |
| Great Expectations |
Great Expectations, by Charles
Dickens |
R |
modern adaptation, drama |
| Heaven |
Heaven, by Chad Taylor |
R |
thriller |
| The Hi-Lo Country |
The Hi-Lo Country, by Max Evans |
R |
drama, western |
| Hideous Kinky |
Hideous Kinky, by Esther Freud |
R |
drama |
| Hilary and Jackie |
Hilary and Jackie, by Hilary Du
Pré
and Piers Du Pré (U.S. title)
A Genius in the Family : an intimate
memoir
of Jacqueline Du Pré (UK title) |
R |
drama |
| The Horse Whisperer |
The Horse Whisperer, by Nicholas
Evans |
PG-13 |
drama, romance |
| How Stella Got Her Groove Back |
How Stella Got Her Groove Back,
by
Terry McMillan |
R |
romance, drama |
| Hurlyburly |
Hurlyburly [play], by David Rabe |
R |
drama |
| I'm Losing You |
I'm Losing You, by Bruce Wagner |
R |
drama |
| Implicated |
Wishful Thinking: a novel of crime
and
suspense, by Frank Wyka |
R |
crime, drama |
| Jerry and Tom |
Jerry and Tom [play], by Rick
Cleveland |
R |
comedy, crime, drama |
| Krippendorf's Tribe |
Krippendorf's Tribe, by Frank
Parkin |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| The Land Girls |
The Land Girls, by Angela Huth |
R |
drama |
| Les
Misérables |
Les
Misérables, by Victor
Hugo |
PG-13 |
crime,
drama, romance |
| Little Voice |
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
[play], by Jim Cartwright |
R |
comedy, drama, musical, romance |
| The Lost World |
The Lost World, by Sir Arthur
Conan
Doyle |
R |
adventure, science fiction |
| Love and Rage |
The Playboy and The Yellow Lady,
by
James Carney |
R |
drama |
| Lucky and Zorba [also known as La
Gabbianella
e il gatto] |
The Story of the Seagull and the Cat
Who Taught Her to Fly, by Luis Sepúlveda |
G |
foreign language (Italian), animation |
| Madeline |
Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans |
PG |
family, comedy |
| The Man in the Iron Mask |
The Man in the Iron Mask, by
Alexandre
Dumas |
PG-13 |
action, adventure, drama |
| Mercury Rising |
Simple Simon, by Ryne Douglas
Pearson |
R |
action, drama, thriller |
| The Mighty |
The Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick |
PG-13 |
action, drama, comedy |
| Misbegotten |
Misbegotten, by James Gabriel
Berman |
R |
thriller |
More Tales of
the City [TV mini series]
|
More Tales of the City, by
Armistead Maupin
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The New Swiss Family Robinson |
The Swiss Family Robinson, by
Johann
David Wyss |
PG |
adventure, family |
| The Newton Boys |
The Newton Boys: portrait of an
outlaw
gang, by Claude Stanush |
PG-13 |
action, crime, drama, western |
| The Object of My Affection |
The Object of My Affection, by
Stephen
McCauley |
R |
comedy, drama, romance |
| One Tough Cop |
One Tough Cop : the Bo Dietl story,
by Bo Dietl and Ken Gross |
R |
action, crime |
| One True Thing |
One True Thing, by Anna Quindlen |
R |
drama |
Our Mutual
Friend [TV mini series]
|
Our Mutual Friend, by
Charles Dickens
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Out of Sight |
Out of Sight, by Elmore Leonard |
R |
comedy, crime, drama, romance, thriller |
| Palmetto |
Just Another Sucker, by James
Hadley
Chase |
R |
mystery, thriller |
| Patch Adams |
Gesundheit!: bringing good health to
you,
the medical system, and society through physician service,
complementary
therapies, humor, and joy, by Patch Adams and Maureen Mylander |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama |
| The Patriot |
The Last Canadian, by William
Heine |
R |
action, thriller |
| A Perfect Murder |
Dial M for Murder [play], by
Frederick
Knott |
R |
thriller |
| Permanent Midnight |
Permanent Midnight: a memoir, by
Jerry
Stahl |
R |
drama, comedy, romance |
| Phantoms |
Phantoms, by Dean Koontz |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Practical Magic |
Practical Magic, by Alice Hoffman |
PG-13 |
fantasy, mystery, drama, romance |
| Primary Colors |
Primary Colors: a novel of politics,
by Joe Klein as Anonymous |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Psycho |
Psycho, by Robert Bloch |
R |
horror, thriller |
| Quest for Camelot |
The King's Damosel, by Vera
Chapman |
G |
animation, family, adventure, fantasy |
A Respectable
Trade [TV mini series]
|
A Respectable Trade, by
Philippa Gregory
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Resurrection Man |
Resurrection Man, by Eoin McNamee |
R |
drama, thriller |
| Ricochet River |
Ricochet River, by Robin Cody |
R |
drama |
| Ring [also known as Ringu] |
Ring, by Kôji Suzuki |
Not Rated
|
foreign language (Japanese) horror,
mystery,
thriller |
| Simon Birch |
A Prayer For Owen Meany, by John
Irving |
PG |
comedy, drama |
| A Simple Plan |
A Simple Plan, by Scott B. Smith |
R |
crime, thriller, drama |
| A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries |
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,
by Kaylie Jones |
R |
drama |
| Sphere |
Sphere, by Michael Crichton |
PG-13 |
science fiction, thriller |
| A Stranger in the Kingdom |
A Stranger in the Kingdom, by
Howard
Frank Mosher |
R |
drama |
| Summer of the Monkeys |
Summer of the Monkeys, by Wilson
Rawls |
G |
drama, family |
| Sweet Revenge [also known as The
Revengers'
Comedies] |
The Revengers' Comedies [play],
by
Alan Ayckbourn |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| Talk of Angels |
Mary Lavelle, by Kate O'Brien |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Thick as Thieves |
Thick as Thieves, by Patrick
Quinn |
R |
crime, drama |
| The Thin Red Line |
The Thin Red Line, by James Jones |
R |
action, drama, war |
| Under Heaven |
The Wings of the Dove, by Henry
James |
R |
drama, romance |
| Vampires |
Vampire$, by John Steakley |
R |
horror, action |
Vanity Fair [TV
mini series]
|
Vanity Fair: a novel without a hero,
by William Makepeace Thackeray
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Vivero Letter [also known as
Forgotten
City (U.S. video title)] |
The Vivero Letter, by Desmond
Bagley |
R |
action, thriller, adventure |
| What Dreams May Come |
What Dreams May Come, by Richard
Matheson |
PG-13 |
drama, romance, fantasy |
| The White Raven |
The White Raven, by Michael
Blodgett |
R |
action, drama |
A Will of Their
Own [TV mini series]
|
Daughters of the New World,
by Susan Richards Shreve
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit |
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
[play],
by Ray Bradbury |
PG |
comedy, family |
| Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl [also known
as
Tian yu] |
"Celestial Bath" [novella] in: White
Snake
and Other Stories, by Geling Yan |
R |
foreign language (Mandarin), drama |
