Film Adaptations of Novels
Films (feature, made-for-TV) that are adaptations of novels.
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- DirectorRichard QuineStarsRichard WidmarkTopolGeneviève PageA professional gambler is trapped into marrying within a Mexican family under an Aztec curse."A Talent for Loving" by Richard Condon (1961)
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsDaniel Day-LewisMichelle PfeifferWinona RyderA tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin."The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton (1920)
- DirectorJulian JarroldStarsDavid JasonMaggie SmithWilliam AshFeature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck (David Jason), their estate manager, the men advanced into battle, were enveloped in a strange mist, and never seen again."All The King's Men" by Nigel McCrery (1992)
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsDoug McClurePeter CushingCaroline MunroA Victorian era scientist and his assistant take a test run in their Iron Mole drilling machine and end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic bird and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen."At the Earth's Core" by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1914)
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsEileen AtkinsKate BeckinsaleSheila BurrellA recently orphaned young woman goes to live with eccentric relatives in Sussex, where she sets about improving their gloomy lives."Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons (1932)
- DirectorChristopher MenaulStarsEmbeth DavidtzTom BellGemma JonesAfter an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result."Feast of July" by H.E. Bates (1954)
- DirectorMike NewellStarsAnthony HopkinsJim BroadbentHarriet WalterBill (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his friends is being sued for divorce by his wife, so that she can enter into a lesbian relationship, Bill decides to help his friend gain custody of his son in any way that they can devise, including using a sleazeball lawyer. But while Bill feels that feminism has robbed him of his family, he begins to be appalled at what he and Roger (Jim Broadbent) have done."The Good Father" by Peter Prince (1983)
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsWilliam HurtLee MarvinBrian DennehyA Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy."Gorky Park" by Martin Cruz Smith (1981)
- DirectorJulian JarroldStarsIoan GruffuddJustine WaddellCharlotte RamplingA humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor."Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens (1861)
- DirectorMike NewellStarsCharlton HestonSusannah YorkJill TownsendAn archeologist discovers his daughter is possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian queen. To save mankind he must destroy her."The Jewel of Seven Stars" by Bram Stoker (1903)
- DirectorMaggie GreenwaldStarsLoretta GrossAndrew Lee BarrettJackson SimsBusiness at The Pavilion bar is down so Pete and Rags decide that the best way to get The Pavilion off the skids is to turn it into a strip joint."The Kill-Off" by Jim Thompson (1957)
- DirectorChris D'ArienzoStarsPatrick WilsonJudy GreerChloë SevignyBarry Munday wakes up after being attacked to realize that he's missing his family jewels. To make matters worse, he learns he's facing a paternity lawsuit filed by a woman he can't remember having sex with."Life is a Strange Place" by Frank Hollon (2003)
- DirectorChristine EdzardStarsDerek JacobiAlec GuinnessJoan GreenwoodArthur returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy and of her father residing in the Marshalsea debtors' prison."Little Dorrit" by Charles Dickens (1857)
- DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckElle FanningBrendan GleesonA group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan."Live By Night" by Dennis Lehane (2012)
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsTatum O'NealChristopher PlummerAnthony HopkinsVelvet's orphaned niece Sarah follows her dream of Olympic glory with her horse Arizona Pie."National Velvet" by Enid Bagnold (1935)
- DirectorSimon KaijserStarsGuy PearcePierce BrosnanMinnie DriverA happily married professor, known for having many affairs with students, becomes the prime suspect when a young woman has gone missing."The Spinning Man" by George Harrar (2003)