| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
| 10 Things I Hate About You |
The Taming of the Shrew [play],
by William Shakespeare |
PG-13 |
modern adaptation, comedy, romance |
| The 13th Warrior |
Eaters of the Dead, by Michael
Crichton |
R |
action, adventure |
| Agnes Browne |
Mammy, by Brendan O'Carroll |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Angela's Ashes |
Angela's Ashes: a memoir,
by Frank McCourt |
R |
drama |
| Anywhere But Here |
Anywhere But Here, by Mona
Simpson |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama |
| Babar, King of Elephants |
based on the Babar series of books by
Jean de Brunhoff |
G |
animation, family |
| The Bachelor |
Seven Chances: a comedy in three acts,
[play], by Roi Cooper Megrue |
PG-13 |
romance, comedy |
| Bicentennial Man |
"The Bicentennial Man" [short
story], by Isaac Asimov, in: The
Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
|
PG |
science fiction, drama, romance |
| The Bone Collector |
The Bone Collector, by Jeffery
Deaver |
R |
mystery, drama, thriller |
| Bravo Two Zero |
Bravo Two Zero, by Andy McNab |
R |
war (Gulf) |
| Breakfast of Champions |
Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt
Vonnegut Jr. |
R |
comedy |
| Bringing Out the Dead |
Bringing Out the Dead, by
Joe Connelly |
R |
drama |
| The Bumblebee Flies Anyway |
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, by
Robert Cormier |
PG-13 |
drama
|
| The Cider House Rules |
The Cider House Rules, by
John Irving |
PG-13 |
drama |
| The Confession |
Fertig, by Sol Yurick |
R |
drama |
| Cotton Mary |
Cotton Mary [play], by Alexandra
Viets |
R |
drama |
| Crazy in Alabama |
Crazy in Alabama, by Mark
Childress |
PG-13 |
drama, comedy |
| Cruel Intentions |
Les Liaisons Dangereuses,
by Choderlos de Laclos |
R |
drama, romance, thriller |
| The Deep End of the Ocean |
The Deep End of the Ocean,
by Jacquelyn Mitchard |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Drive Me Crazy |
How I Created My Perfect Prom
Date, by Todd Strasser |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama, romance |
| East is East |
East is East [play], by Ayub
Khan-Din |
R |
comedy, drama |
| Election |
Election, by Tom Perrotta |
R |
comedy |
| The End of the Affair |
The End of the Affair, by
Graham Greene |
R |
drama, romance, war |
| Excellent Cadavers |
Excellent Cadavers: the
mafia and the death of the first Italian Republic, by Alexander
Stille |
R |
drama, crime, thriller |
| Eye of the Beholder |
The Eye of the Beholder, by Marc
Behm |
R |
thriller, mystery |
| Eyes Wide Shut |
Dream Story, by Arthur Schnitzler |
R |
thriller, drama, mystery |
| Felicia's Journey |
Felicia's Journey, by William
Trevor |
PG-13 |
drama, thriller |
| Fight Club |
Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk |
R |
drama, thriller, mystery |
| For Love of the Game |
For Love of the Game, by Michael
Shaara |
PG-13 |
drama, romance, sports (baseball) |
| The General's Daughter |
The General's Daughter, by
Nelson DeMille |
R |
drama, mystery, thriller |
| Girl, Interrupted |
Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna
Kaysen |
R |
drama |
| The Green Mile |
The Green Mile, by Stephen King |
R |
drama |
| The Haunting |
The Haunting of Hill House, by
Shirley Jackson |
PG-13 |
horror, thriller, mystery |
| The Hungry Bachelors Club |
The Hungry Bachelors Club, by
Lynn Scott Myers |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama, romance |
| The Hurricane |
The Sixteenth Round : from number 1
contender to #45472, by Rubin Carter |
R |
drama, sports (boxing) |
| An Ideal Husband |
An Ideal Husband [play], by
Oscar Wilde |
PG-13 |
comedy, romance |
| In Dreams |
Doll's Eyes, by Bari Wood |
R |
thriller, horror |
| The Intruder |
The Intruder, by Brooke Leimas |
Not Rated
|
drama, mystery, romance thriller |
| The Iron Giant |
The Iron Man, by Ted Hughes |
PG |
family, animation, science fiction |
| Jakob the Liar |
Jakob the Liar, by Jurek Becker |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama |
| Jesus' Son |
Jesus' Son: stories, by Denis
Johnson |
R |
drama |
| The King and I |
Anna and the King of Siam, by
Margaret Landon |
G |
animation, family |
| The Last September |
The Last September, by Elizabeth
Bowen |
R |
drama |
| The Love Letter |
The Love Letter, by Cathleen
Schine |
PG-13 |
comedy, drama |
| Macbeth in Manhattan |
MacBeth [play], by William
Shakespeare |
R |
modern adaptation, drama |
| Mansfield Park |
Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen |
PG-13 |
drama |
| A Map of the World |
A Map of the World, by Jane
Hamilton |
R |
drama |
| Message in a Bottle |
Message in a Bottle, by Nicholas
Sparks |
PG-13 |
drama, romance |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
[play], by William Shakespeare |
PG-13 |
comedy, fantasy, romance |
| The Minus Man |
The Minus Man, by Lew McCreary |
R |
drama, mystery |
| Miss Julie |
Miss Julie [play], by August
Strindberg |
R |
drama |
| My Life So Far |
Son of Adam, by Sir Denis
Forman |
PG-13 |
comedy |
| Nice Guys Sleep Alone |
Nice Guys Sleep Alone: dating
in the difficult eighties, by Bruce Feirstein |
R |
romance, comedy |
| The Ninth Gate |
The Club Dumas, by Arturo
Pérez-Reverte |
R |
horror, thriller, mystery |
| October Sky |
Rocket Boys: a memoir, by
Homer H. Hickam Jr. |
PG |
drama |
Oliver Twist [TV
mini series]
|
Oliver Twist, by Charles
Dickens
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
| Outside Providence |
Outside Providence, by Peter
Farrelly |
R |
comedy, drama, romance |
| Payback |
The Hunter, by Donald E.
Westlake writing as Richard Stark |
R |
crime, thriller, drama |
| Random Hearts |
Random Hearts, by Warren Adler |
R |
drama, romance |
| Ride with the Devil |
Woe to Live On, by Daniel
Woodrell |
R |
drama, romance, western |
| Rogue Trader |
Rogue Trader: how I brought down
Barings Bank and shook the financial world, by Nick Leeson |
R |
thriller, crime, drama |
The Scarlet
Pimpernel [TV mini series]
|
The Scarlet Pimpernel, by
Baroness Emmuska Orczy
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure, drama
|
| Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season |
Shiloh Season, by Phyllis
Reynolds Naylor |
PG |
drama, family |
| Simpatico |
Simpatico [play], by Sam Shepard |
R |
drama, comedy |
| Sleepy Hollow |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
[short story], by Washington Irving. In: Selected Writings of Washington
Irving, and The
Treasury of American Short Stories, and others.
|
R |
horror, mystery |
| Snow Falling on Cedars |
Snow Falling on Cedars, by David
Guterson |
PG-13 |
drama |
| Stir of Echoes |
A Stir of Echoes, by Richard
Matheson |
R |
thriller, horror |
| Stuart Little |
Stuart Little, by E.B. White |
PG |
adventure, comedy, family |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley |
The Talented Mr. Ripley, by
Patricia Highsmith |
R |
drama, thriller, crime, horror, mystery |
| Tarzan |
Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar
Rice Burroughs |
G |
animation, family, adventure |
Tea with
Mussolini
|
Zeffirelli : the autobiography of
Franco Zeffirelli, by Franco Zeffirelli
|
PG
|
drama, comedy,
war
|
| The Third Miracle |
The Third Miracle, by Richard
Vetere |
R |
drama |
| The Thirteenth Floor |
Simulacron-3, by Daniel F.
Galouye |
R |
mystery, science fiction, thriller |
| Titus |
Titus Andronicus [play], by
William Shakespeare |
R |
drama, horror |
| Tom's Midnight Garden |
Tom's Midnight Garden, by
Philippa Pearce |
Not Rated
|
adventure, family, fantasy |
| True Crime |
True Crime, by Andrew Klavan |
R |
crime, thriller, drama |
| Unconditional Love |
Mountain Madness: a deadly night, a
bloody secret, a true story, by Jimmy Dale Taylor and Donald G.
Bross |
R |
action |
| The Virgin Suicides |
The Virgin Suicides, by Jeffrey
Eugenides |
R |
drama, comedy |
| Virtual Sexuality |
Virtual Sexual Reality, by Chloe
Rayban |
R |
comedy, drama |
Virus
|
Virus [graphic novel], by
Chuck Pfarrer
|
R
|
action, horror,
thriller, science fiction
|
The Waiting Time
[TV mini series]
|
Dead Ground, by Gerald
Seymour
|
Not
Rated
|
thriller
|
| Walking Across Egypt |
Walking Across Egypt, by Clyde
Edgerton |
PG-13 |
drama |
| The War Zone |
The War Zone, by Alexander
Stuart |
R |
drama |
| The White River Kid [also known as
White River] |
The Little Brothers of St. Mortimer,
by John Fergus Ryan |
R |
comedy |
| The Winslow Boy |
The Winslow Boy [play], by
Terence Rattigan |
G |
drama |
Wives and
Daughters [TV mini series]
|
Wives and Daughters, by
Elizabeth Gaskell
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
