Lists of works of fiction made into feature films

This is a list of fiction works that have been made into feature films. The title of the work is followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.

Books

0-9

• The 25th Hour, David Benioff - 25th Hour, 2002
• The Thirty-nine Steps, John Buchan - The 39 Steps, 1935, 1959, 1978
• 4.50 From Paddington, Agatha Christie - Murder, She Said, 1961
• 48 Shades of Brown, Nick Earls - 48 Shades, 2006
• 58 Minutes, Walter Wager - Die Hard 2, 1990

A

• The A.B.C. Murders, Agatha Christie - The A.B.C. Murders, 1966, 1992
• About a Boy, Nick Hornby - About a Boy, 2002
• About Schmidt, Louis Begley - About Schmidt, 2002
• Across 110th Street, Wally Ferris - Across 110th Street, 1972
• Adams Fall, Sean Desmond - Abandon, 2002
• Adventure, Clyde Brion Davis - Adventure, 1945
• Adventure, Jack London - Adventure, 1925
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain - Huck Finn, 1937 ; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1939, 1960 ; Huckleberry Finn, 1974; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1985 ; The Adventures of Huck Finn, 1993
• Quentin Durward, Sir Walter Scott - The Adventures of Quentin Durward, 1955
• The African Queen, C. S. Forester - The African Queen, 1951
• After Dark, My Sweet, Jim Thompson - After Dark, My Sweet, 1990
• After the Funeral, Agatha Christie - Murder at the Gallop, 1963
• The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence, 1993
• Äideistä parhain (Mother of Mine), Heikki Hietamies - Äideistä parhain, 2005
• Airborn, Kenneth Oppel - Airborn the Movie (future)
• Airport, Arthur Hailey - Airport, 1970 ; Airport 1975, 1975 ; Airport '77, 1977 ; The Concorde: Airport '79, 1979
• Alice Adams, Booth Tarkington - Alice Adams, 1935
• All Fall Down, James Leo Herlihy - All Fall Down, 1962
• All the King's Men, Robert Penn Warren - All the King's Men, 1949, 2006
• All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy - All the Pretty Horses, 2000
• All the Rivers Run, Nancy Cato - All the Rivers Run, 1983
• Altered States, Paddy Chayefsky - Altered States, 1980
• Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, Walter Mosley - Always Outnumbered, 1998
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (future)
• American Splendor, Harvey Pekar - American Splendor, 2003
• An American Tragedy, Theodore Dreiser - A Place in the Sun, 1951
• The Americanization of Emily, William Bradford Huie - The Americanization of Emily, 1964
• Amos Judd, John Ames Mitchell - The Young Rajah, 1922
• And Now Tomorrow, Rachel Field - And Now Tomorrow, 1944
• And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None, 1945, 1974 ; Ten Little Indians, 1965, 1974, 1989 ; Desyat Negrityat, 1987 ; Identity, 2003
• The Anderson Tapes, Lawrence Sanders - The Anderson Tapes, 1971
• Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale, Ivan Yefremov - The Andromeda Nebula, 1967
• The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton - The Andromeda Strain, 1971
• Angel Square, Brian Doyle - Angel Square, 1990
• Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina, 1935, 1948, 1985
• L'Année des méduses, Christopher Frank - L'Année des méduses (Year of the Jellyfish), 1984
• Anthony Adverse, Hervey Allen - Anthony Adverse, 1936
• Antonieta, Andrés Henestrosa - Antonieta, 1982
• Appointment with Death, Agatha Christie - Appointment with Death, 1988
• Appointment with Venus, Jerrard Tickell - Appointment with Venus, 1951
• Arrowsmith, Sinclair Lewis - Arrowsmith, 1931
• Ask the Dust, John Fante - Ask the Dust, 2006
• The Asphalt Jungle, W.R. Burnett - The Asphalt Jungle, 1950
• The Assassination Bureau, Ltd, Jack London - The Assassination Bureau, 1969
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Ron Hansen - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (future)
• Assunta Spina, Salvatore di Giacomo - Assunta Spina, 1915, 1930, 2006
• Asylum, Patrick McGrath - Asylum, 2005
• Atonement, Ian McEwan - Atonement (future)
• Auntie Mame, Patrick Dennis - Auntie Mame, 1958
• The Aviator, Ernest K. Gann - The Aviator, 1985
• Away All Boats, Kenneth M. Dodson - Away All Boats, 1956

B

• Background to Danger, Eric Ambler - Background to Danger, 1943
• Bad Girl, Viña Delmar - Bad Girl, 1931
• The Bad Seed, William March - The Bad Seed, 1956
• Baise-moi, Virginie Despentes - Baise-moi, 2000
• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, 2002
• Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison - Bastard Out of Carolina, 1996
• Battle Royale, Koushun Takami - Battle Royale, 2000
• Be Cool, Elmore Leonard - Be Cool, 2005
• The Beach, Alex Garland - The Beach, 2000
• Beaches, Iris Rainer Dart - Beaches, 1988
• The Beast, Peter Benchley - The Beast, 1996
• Beat the Devil, Claud Cockburn - Beat the Devil, 1953
• Beau Geste, P. C. Wren - Beau Geste, 1926, 1939, 1966, 1982 ; The Last Remake of Beau Geste, 1977
• Bee Season, Myla Goldberg - Bee Season, 2000
• Before the Fact, Anthony Berkeley (as Francis Iles) - Suspicion, 1941
• Being There, Jerzy Kosiński - Being There, 1971
• Belle de Jour, Joseph Kessel - Belle de Jour, 1967
• Beloved, Toni Morrison - Beloved, 1998
• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Lew Wallace - Ben-Hur, 1907, 1925, 1959, 2003
• La bestia nel cuore, Cristina Comencini - La bestia nel cuore (The Beast in the Heart), 2005
• The Betsy, Harold Robbins - The Betsy, 1978
• Bhowani Junction, John Masters - Bhowani Junction, 1956
• The Big Bounce, Elmore Leonard - The Big Bounce, 2004
• Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, Daniel Wallace - Big Fish, 2003
• Big Red, Jim Kjelgaard - Big Red, 1962
• Big Trouble, Dave Barry - Big Trouble, 2002
• Biggles series of novels, W. E. Johns - Biggles: Adventures in Time, 1986
• Billy Bathgate, E. L. Doctorow - Billy Bathgate, 1991
• Billy Liar, Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar, 1963
• Biruma no tategoto, Michio Takeyama - Biruma no tategoto (The Burmese Harp), 1956 ; Biruma no tatekoto, 1985
• The Bitch, Jackie Collins - The Bitch, 1979
• The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy - The Black Dahlia, 2006
• The Black Rose, Thomas B. Costain - The Black Rose, 1950
• Blackboard Jungle - Evan Hunter - Blackboard Jungle, 1955
• Blood and Chocolate, Annette Curtis Klause - Blood and Chocolate, 2007
• The Blood Oranges, John Hawkes - The Blood Oranges, 1997
• Blue Fin, Colin Thiele - Blue Fin, 1978
• The Blue Lagoon, Henry De Vere Stacpoole - The Blue Lagoon, 1949, 1980
• The Body Snatchers, Jack Finney - Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956, 1978; Body Snatchers, 1993; The Visiting, 2006
• Bombaiyer Bombete, Satyajit Ray - Bombaiyer Bombete, 2003
• The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe - The Bonfire of the Vanities, 1990
• Bonjour Tristesse, Françoise Sagan - Bonjour tristesse, 1958
• Boogiepop and Others, Kouhei Kadono, Boogiepop and Others, 2000
• Das Boot, Lothar-Günther Buchheim - Das Boot, 1981
• The Bostonians, Henry James - The Bostonians, 1984
• Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961
• Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions, 1999
• Breakfast on Pluto, Patrick McCabe - Breakfast on Pluto, 2005
• Breakfast with Scot, Michael Downing - Breakfast with Scot (future)
• The Bride Wore Black, Cornell Woolrich - The Bride Wore Black, 1968
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder - The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 1929, 1944, 2004
• The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller - The Bridges of Madison County, 1995
• Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary, 2001
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Helen Fielding - The Edge of Reason, 2004
• Bringing Out the Dead, Joe Connelly - Bringing Out the Dead, 1999
• Broken April, Ismail Kadare - Abril Despedaçado (Behind the Sun), 2001
• Brothers in Law, Henry Cecil - Brothers in Law, 1957
• The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov, 1958, 1969
• The Busy Body, Donald E. Westlake - The Busy Body, 1967
• BUtterfield 8, John O'Hara - BUtterfield 8, 1960

C

• The Cat that Walked by Himself, Rudyard Kipling - The Cat Who Walked by Herself, 1988
• Catch-22, Joseph Heller - Catch-22, 1970
• Le chandail de hockey (The Hockey Sweater), Roch Carrier - The Sweater, or Le Chandail, 1980
• Cimarron, Edna Ferber - Cimarron, 1931, 1960
• City of God, Paulo Lins - City of God, 2003
• The Clansman and The Leopard's Spots, Thomas Dixon, Jr. - The Birth of a Nation, 1915
• Clear and Present Danger, Tom Clancy - Clear and Present Danger, 1994
• The Client, John Grisham - The Client, 1994
• A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange, 1971
• El Club Dumas, Arturo Pérez-Reverte - The Ninth Gate, 1999
• The Color Purple, Alice Walker - The Color Purple, 1985
• Comrades, Thomas Dixon, Jr. - Bolshevism on Trial, 1919
• Confessions of a Crap Artist, Philip K. Dick - Confessions d'un Barjo, 1975
• The Constant Gardener, John le Carré - The Constant Gardener, 2005
• Le comte de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo), Alexandre Dumas, père - The Count of Monte Cristo, 1934, 2002
• La comtesse de Cagliostro, Maurice Leblanc - Arsène Lupin, 2004
• Crash, J. G. Ballard - Crash, 1996
• O Crime do Padre Amaro, José Maria Eça de Queiroz - El crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro), 2002

D

• The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth - The Day of the Jackal, 1973
• Deadly, Unna, Phillip Gwynne - Australian Rules, 2002
• Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile, 1978, 2004
• The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger - The Devil Wears Prada, 2006
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 2002
• Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak - Doctor Zhivago, 1965
• Dodsworth, Sinclair Lewis - Dodsworth, 1936
• The Dork of Cork, Chet Raymo - Frankie Starlight, 1995
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick - Blade Runner, 1982
• Dracula, Bram Stoker - For a list of film adaptations, see Dracula article
• Dune, Frank Herbert - Dune, 1984, 2000

E

• Emma, Jane Austen - Clueless, 1995 - Emma, 1996
• Enduring Love, Ian McEwan - Enduring Love, 2004
• The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje - The English Patient, 1996
• Evil Under the Sun, Agatha Christie - Evil Under the Sun, 1982, 2001

F

• Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy - Far from the Madding Crowd, 1967, 1998
• Farewell to the King, Pierre Schoendoerffer - Farewell to the King, 1989
• Father of Frankenstein,^[1] Christopher Bram - Gods and Monsters, 1998
• The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001
• Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club, 1999
• The Firm, John Grisham - The Firm, 1993
• Fools' Gold, Dolores Hitchens - Bande à part, 1964
• Forrest Gump, Winston Groom - Forrest Gump, 1994
• 42nd Street, Bradford Ropes - 42nd Street, 1933
• Frankenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - For a list of adaptations, see Frankenstein in popular culture
• The French Lieutenant's Woman, John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1981

G

• The Garden of God, Henry De Vere Stacpoole - Return to the Blue Lagoon, 1991
• The Getaway, Jim Thompson - The Getaway, 1972, 1994
• The Godfather, Mario Puzo - The Godfather, 1972
• Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind, 1939
• The Grizzly King, James Oliver Curwood - L'Ours, 1988

H

• Hannibal, Thomas Harris - Hannibal, 2001
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Henry Fielding - Tom Jones, 1963
• A History of Violence, John Wagner - A History of Violence, 2005
• The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit, 1977
• The Honorary Consul, Graham Greene - The Honorary Consul, 1983
• The Hours, Michael Cunningham - The Hours, 2002
• Howards End, E. M. Forster - Howards End, 1992
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1923, 1939, 1956, 1982, 1996
• The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy - The Hunt for Red October, 1990

I

• Im Westen Nichts Neues, Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930

J

• James Bond series of novels, Ian Fleming - For a list of books and their adaptations, see James Bond article
• Jean le Bleu, Jean Giono - La femme du boulanger (The Baker's Wife), 1938
• The Jewel of Seven Stars, Bram Stoker - Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, 1971
• Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy - Jude, 1996
• Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park, 1993

K

• Kaitei Gunkan, Shunrō Oshikawa - Atragon, 1963
• Kaitei Okoku, Shigeru Komatsuzaki - Atragon, 1963
• Khamphiphaksa (The Judgment), Chart Korbjitti - Ai-Fak, 2004
• Kuroi Ame (Black Rain), Ibuse Masuji - Black Rain, 1989

L

• The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans, 1911, 1920, 1932, 1936, 1992
• Layer Cake, J. J. Connelly - Layer Cake, 2004
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Louis Cha - Ashes of Time, 1994
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos - For a list of adaptations, see Les Liaisons Dangereuses article
• Like a Fire is Burning, Gerald N. Lund - The Work and the Glory: American Zion, 2005
• Lost Horizon, James Hilton - Lost Horizon, 1937, 1973
• Love Story, Erich Segal - Love Story, 1970
• Lunes de Fiel, Pascal Bruckner - Bitter Moon, 1992

M

• Man on Fire, Winston Graham - Man on Fire, 1987, 2004
• The Manchurian Candidate, Richard Condon - The Manchurian Candidate, 1962, 2004
• Marnie, Winston Graham - Marnie, 1964
• M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, Richard Hooker - M*A*S*H, 1970
• Maurice, E. M. Forster - Maurice, 1987
• Mine-Haha or Physical Education of Young Girls, Frank Wedekind - The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha, 2005
• Minority Report, Philip K. Dick - Minority Report, 2002
• The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, Agatha Christie - The Mirror Crack'd, 1980
• Moby-Dick, Herman Melville - For a list of adaptations, see Moby-Dick article
• Mother Night, Kurt Vonnegut - Mother Night, 1996
• A Mother's Gift, Britney and Lynne Spears - Brave New Girl, 2004
• Mrs McGinty's Dead, Agatha Christie - Murder Most Foul, 1964
• La mujer de mi hermano, Jaime Bayly - La mujer de mi hermano, 2005
• Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express, 1974
• Mute Witness, Robert L. Fish - Bullitt, 1968
• My Kingdom for a Woman, Ismet Regeila - Abdulla the Great, 1955
• Mystic River, Dennis Lehane - Mystic River, 2003

N

• Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí, Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1988
• The Night of the Hunter, Davis Grubb - The Night of the Hunter, 1953
• Nothing Lasts Forever, Roderick Thorp - Die Hard, 1988

O

• Odd Man Out, F. L. Green - Odd Man Out, 1947
• The Odyssey, Homer - O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 2000
• Ordinary People, Judith Guest – Ordinary People, 1980
• Our Man in Havana, Graham Greene - Our Man in Havana, 1959

P

• A Passage to India, E. M. Forster - A Passage to India, 1984
• Patriot Games, Tom Clancy - Patriot Games, 1992
• The Pelican Brief, John Grisham - The Pelican Brief, 1993
• Pharaoh, Bolesław Prus – Pharaoh, 1966
• The Pillar of Light, Gerald N. Lund - The Work and The Glory, 2004
• Planète des Singes, Pierre Boulle - Planet of the Apes, 1968, 2001
• Popiół i diament, Jerzy Andrzejewski - Popiół i diament (Ashes and Diamonds), 1958
• The Poseidon Adventure, Paul Gallico - The Poseidon Adventure, 1972, 2005 ; Poseidon, 2006
• Possession: A Romance, A. S. Byatt - Possession, 2002
• Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen - For a list of adaptations, see Pride and Prejudice article
• The Princess Bride, William Goldman - The Princess Bride, 1987
• Professor Unrat, Heinrich Mann - Der blaue Engel, 1930
• Psycho, Robert Bloch - Psycho, 1960, 1998

R

• Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca, 1940
• Red Dragon, Thomas Harris - Manhunter (1986) and Red Dragon, 2002
• Reflections in a Golden Eye, Carson McCullers - Reflections in a Golden Eye, 1967
• The Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003
• Riverworld, Philip José Farmer - Riverworld, 2003
• A Room with a View, E. M. Forster - A Room with a View, 1986
• The Russia House, Tom Clancy - The Russia House, 1990

S

• The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, Yukio Mishima - The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, 1976
• A Scanner Darkly, Philip K. Dick - A Scanner Darkly, 1977
• The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Emmuska Orczy - For a list of film adaptations, see The Scarlet Pimpernel article
• Schindler's Ark,^[2] Thomas Keneally - Schindler's List, 1993
• Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility, 1995
• Shè diāo yīng xióng zhuàn, Jinyong - Dōngxié Xīdú (Ashes of Time), 1994
• Shen Mu (Sacred Wood), Liu Qingbang - Blind Shaft, 2003
• A Shilling for Candles, Josephine Tey - Young and Innocent, 1937
• Sideways, Rex Pickett - Sideways, 2004
• The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris - The Silence of the Lambs, 1991
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 2005
• Skinwalkers, Tony Hillerman - Skinwalkers, 2002
• Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse-Five, 1972
• A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,^[3] Kaylie Jones - A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, 1998
• Stara Basn, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski - Stara basn: kiedy slonce bylo bogiem (An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God), 2003
• Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers, 1997
• Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1931, 1941
• A Stranger Came Home, George Sanders - A Stranger Came Home, 1954
• Strangers on a Train, Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train, 1951

T

• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Morton Freedgood (as John Godey) - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, 1974
• The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith - Plein Soleil, 1960 ; The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1999
• Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy - Tess, 1979
• Theatre, W. Somerset Maugham - Being Julia, 2004 ; Julia, du bist zauberhaft, 1962
• They Do It with Mirrors, Agatha Christie - Murder with Mirrors, 1985
• The Time Machine, H. G. Wells - The Time Machine, 1960 - The Time Machine, 2002
• Timeline, Michael Crichton - Timeline, 2003
• Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Around the World in Eighty Days), Jules Verne - For a list of adaptations, see Around the World in Eighty Days article
• Tous les hommes sont mortels (All Men are Mortal), Simone de Beauvoir - All Men are Mortal, 1995
• Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, 1996
• Les Trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers), Alexandre Dumas, père - Les Trois Mousquetaires, 1921, 1933 ; The Three Musketeers, 1921, 1933 (serial), 1935, 1939, 1948, 1973, 1993 ; The Four Musketeers, 1974 ; D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, 1978 Russian musical ; The Musketeer, 2001 ; Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, 2004
• The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 2002

U

• Ugetsu monogatari, Ueda Akinari - Ugetsu, 1953

V

• Valley Of The Dolls, Jacquiline Sussan - Valley Of The Dolls, 1967
• Vennelalo Aadapilla, Yandamoori Veerendranath - Beladingala Baale, 1995
• Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team,^[4] George Jonas - Sword of Gideon, 1986; Munich, 2005
• Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), Jules Verne - 20,000 lieues sous les mers, 1907 ; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1916, 1954, 1972, 1997 (Hallmark), 1997 (Village Roadshow) ; Captain Nemo and the Underwater City, 1969 ; The Return of Captain Nemo, 1978 ; Crayola Kids Adventures: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1997

W

• The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells - The War of the Worlds, 1953 ; War of the Worlds, 2005 (Spielberg) ; H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, 2005 (Hines) ; H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds, 2005 (Latt)
• Wat zien ik?, Albert Mol - Wat zien ik? (Business Is Business), 1971
• The Witnesses, Anne Holden - The Bedroom Window, 1987
• Women in Love, D. H. Lawrence - Women in Love, 1969
• The Women of Brewster Place, Gloria Naylor - The Women of Brewster Place, 1989
• Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon - Wonder Boys, 2000
• The World of Henry Orient, Nora Johnson - The World of Henry Orient, 1964
• The Wrong Box, Robert Louis Stevenson & Lloyd Osbourne - The Wrong Box, 1966
• Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë - Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, 1992 ; Wuthering Heights, 1939, 1970, 2003 ; Abismos de Pasion, 1954

Y

• Yield to the Night, Joan Henry - Yield to the Night, 1956
• Young Adam, Alexander Trocchi - Young Adam, 2003
• Young Man with a Horn, Dorothy Baker, Young Man with a Horn, 1950

Z

• De Zaak Alzheimer, Jef Geeraerts - De Zaak Alzheimer (The Alzheimer Case), 2003
• Zarak, A. J. Bevan - Zarak, 1956
• Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis - Zorba the Greek, 1964

Short stories and novellas

• "12:01 PM", Richard A. Lupoff - 12:01 PM, 1990 ; 12:01, 1993
• The Acid House, Irvine Welsh - The Acid House, 1998
• Air Raid, John Varley - Millennium, 1977
• "Bad Day at Hondo", Howard Breslin - Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955
• The Basement Room, Graham Greene - The Fallen Idol, 1948
• "Вгороде Бердичеве (In the town of Berdichev)", Vasily Grossman - Commissar, 1967
• "Beware of the Dog", Roald Dahl - 36 Hours, 1965
• Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961
• Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx - Brokeback Mountain, 2005
• "Call for the Dead", John le Carré - The Deadly Affair, 1966
• "Children on Their Birthdays", Truman Capote - Children on Their Birthdays, 2002
• "The Forged Coupon", Leo Tolstoy - L'Argent, 1983
• Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth - Goodbye, Columbus, 1969
• "Harrison Bergeron", Kurt Vonnegut - Harrison Bergeron, 1995
• Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad - Apocalypse Now, 1979
• "Le Horla (The Horla)", Guy de Maupassant - Diary of a Madman, 1963
• Impostor, Philip K. Dick - Impostor, 1953
• The Invisible Man, H. G. Wells - The Invisible Man, 1933
• Kensington Stories, Sally Benson - Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944
• "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner", Alan Sillitoe - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, 1962
• "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "The Outcasts of Poker Flats", Bret Harte - Four of the Apocalypse, 1975
• Madame la Gimp, Damon Runyon - Lady for a Day, 1933 - Pocketful of Miracles, 1961
• The Man Who Would Be King, Rudyard Kipling - The Man Who Would Be King, 1975
• "Memento Mori", Jonathan Nolan - Memento, 2000
• Minority Report, Philip K. Dick - Minority Report, 1956
• Morpho Eugenia, A. S. Byatt - Angels & Insects, 1996
• The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea, 1958, 1990, 1999
• Paycheck, Philip K. Dick - Paycheck, 1953
• "The Postmaster", "Monihara (The Lost Jewels)", and "Samapti (The Conclusion)", Rabindranath Tagore - Teen Kanya (Two Daughters), 1961
• Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King - The Shawshank Redemption, 1994
• Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner (collection), F.X. Toole - Million Dollar Baby, 2004
• Second Variety, Philip K. Dick - Screamers, 1995
• "The Sentinel", Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
• Shopgirl, Steve Martin - Shopgirl, 2005
• "A Situation of Gravity", Samuel W. Taylor - The Absent-Minded Professor, 1961
• "The Sobbin' Women", Stephen Vincent Benet - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1954
• Stories (unspecified), Anton Chekhov - Dark Eyes, 1986
• "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long", Brian Aldiss - AI: Artificial Intelligence, 2001
• Tales of the South Pacific, James Michener - South Pacific, 1958
• The Third Man, Graham Greene - The Third Man, 1949
• Three of a Kind, James M. Cain - Double Indemnity, 1944
• "Tinereţe fără de tinereţe", Mircea Eliade - Youth without Youth (future)
• "Tony Takitani", Murakami Haruki - Tony Takitani, 2004
• "Troll Bridge", Terry Pratchett - Troll Bridge, in production
• We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Philip K. Dick - Total Recall, 1990
• "We Don't Live Here Anymore" and "Adultery", Andre Dubus - We Don't Live Here Anymore, 2004
• "White Nights", Fyodor Dostoevsky - Le notti bianche, 1985
• "Who Am I This Time?", Kurt Vonnegut - Who Am I This Time?, 1982
• "The Wisdom of Eve", Mary Orr - All About Eve, 1950
• "Звезда (Zvezda, or The Star)", Emmanuil G. Kazakavich - Zvezda, 2002

See also

• Film adaptation
• List of graphic novels adapted into television or film
• List of films based on comics
• List of films based on poems
• List of non-fiction works made into feature films
• Lists of film source material

Notes

1. ^ Although Schindler's Ark is concerned with real people and real events, it is a fictional representation of history.
2. ^ Although Vengeance is concerned with real people and events, it is a fictional representation of history.
3. ^ Father of Frankenstein is about director James Whale, but it is a novel which speculates about his last days.
4. ^ A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries is a fictionalized version of the author's life.