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Never Let Me Go (2010 film)
Never Let Me Go (2010) is Mark Romanek's film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel, scripted by Alex Garland, starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Keira Knightley as clones raised for organ donation; 103 minutes, $15 million budget, Metascore 69.
On Chesil Beach (film)
On Chesil Beach, 2018 British drama and Dominic Cooke's feature debut, adapted by Ian McEwan from his 2007 Booker-shortlisted novella; Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle star as 1962 newlyweds on a disastrous Dorset honeymoon.
One Day (2011 film)
One Day is a 2011 romantic drama directed by Lone Scherfig, starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess, adapted by David Nicholls from his own bestselling 2009 novel.
Palo Alto (2013 film)
Palo Alto (2013) is Gia Coppola's directorial debut drama, adapted from James Franco's short story collection, starring Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, and Franco; Metascore 69, released May 9, 2014.
Petals on the Wind (film)
Petals on the Wind (2014) is a Lifetime TV movie, the first adaptation of V.C. Andrews' 1980 Dollanganger sequel novel, directed by Karen Moncrieff, starring Rose McIver, Heather Graham, and Ellen Burstyn, premiering May 26, 2014 to 3.4 million viewers.
Redeeming Love (2022 film)
Redeeming Love (2022 film), D.J. Caruso's adaptation of Francine Rivers' 1991 Christian romance novel, retells the Book of Hosea in the 1850 California Gold Rush with Abigail Cowen and Tom Lewis; Universal released it to $9.2 million and 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Same Kind of Different as Me (film)
Same Kind of Different as Me is a 2017 American faith-based drama directed by Michael Carney, starring Greg Kinnear, Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou, and Jon Voight, adapted from the Ron Hall and Denver Moore memoir about friendship at a Fort Worth homeless shelter.
Secretary (2002 film)
Secretary (2002 film), based on Mary Gaitskill's story, is a romantic comedy-drama about a secretary and a lawyer that earned the Independent Spirit Award.
Serena (2014 film)
Serena (2014 film): Susanne Bier drama starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, adapted from Ron Rash's 2008 novel about a Depression-era North Carolina timber couple; shot in Prague in 2012, released 2014-2015, 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, distinct from the 2016 Williams documentary and 2026 AI thriller.
Shirley (2020 film)
Shirley is a 2020 American biographical drama film directed by Josephine Decker, adapted from Susan Scarf Merrell's 2014 novel, in which Elisabeth Moss plays a fictionalized horror writer Shirley Jackson.
Such a Long Journey
Such a Long Journey: 1998 drama film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala from Rohinton Mistry's Booker-shortlisted 1991 novel; Roshan Seth stars as Bombay bank clerk Gustad Noble in 1971, winning a Genie Award.
Suite Française (film)
Suite Française is a 2014 war-romance drama directed by Saul Dibb, adapted from Irène Némirovsky's posthumous novel, starring Michelle Williams and Matthias Schoenaerts in 1940-occupied France.
Sukkwan Island (film)
Sukkwan Island is a 2025 psychological survival drama by Vladimir de Fontenay, adapted from David Vann's novella in Legend of a Suicide; it premiered in Sundance's World Cinema Dramatic Competition, stars Swann Arlaud and Woody Norman, and was relocated from Alaska to the Norwegian fjords.
Tell Me Softly
Tell Me Softly (Dímelo bajito) is a 2025 Spanish YA romantic drama on Prime Video, directed by Denis Rovira, adapted from Mercedes Ron's Tell Me trilogy, starring Alícia Falcó, Fernando Lindez, and Diego Vidales.
The Art of Racing in the Rain (film)
The Art of Racing in the Rain is a 2019 American comedy-drama film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Milo Ventimiglia and Amanda Seyfried, adapted from Garth Stein's 2008 novel.
The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) is Brian De Palma's Warner Bros. adaptation of Tom Wolfe's 1987 novel, starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, and Morgan Freeman; it cost about $45 million, grossed $15.4 million, and holds 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Book Thief (film)
The Book Thief is a 2013 war drama directed by Brian Percival, adapted from Markus Zusak's 2005 novel, about a girl who learns to read in Nazi Germany.
The Bookshop (film)
The Bookshop is a 2017 drama directed by Isabel Coixet, adapted from Penelope Fitzgerald's 1978 novel, starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and Patricia Clarkson; a Spain-UK-Germany coproduction that won three 2018 Goya Awards.
The Cider House Rules (film)
The Cider House Rules (1999), Lasse Hallström's drama adapted by John Irving from his 1985 novel, stars Tobey Maguire as orphan Homer Wells and Michael Caine as Dr. Larch; it won Oscars for adapted screenplay and supporting actor.
The Commitments (film)
The Commitments (film): 1991 Alan Parker musical comedy-drama, from Roddy Doyle's 1987 Barrytown novel, about working-class Dubliners forming a soul covers band; cast of non-professional musicians, $13.9M US gross, four BAFTAs.
The Fire Within You
The Fire Within You (Il fuoco che ti porti dentro) is a 2026 Italian drama by Edoardo De Angelis, starring Vanessa Scalera and Lino Musella, adapted from Antonio Franchini's novel, about a Neapolitan mother's Christmas Eve visit to her Milan editor son; it competed at Venice 2026.
The Girl with Green Eyes
Girl with Green Eyes (The Girl with Green Eyes) is a 1964 British drama, Desmond Davis's directorial debut, adapted by Edna O'Brien from her novel The Lonely Girl, starring Rita Tushingham, Peter Finch, and Lynn Redgrave; it won the 1965 Golden Globe for Best English-Language Foreign Film.
The Goldfinch (film)
The Goldfinch (2019) is John Crowley's drama adaptation of Donna Tartt's Pulitzer-winning novel, written by Peter Straughan, starring Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, and Nicole Kidman; a $40 million Warner Bros. film that grossed about $10 million and scored 24% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (film)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is Mike Newell's 2018 film adaptation of Shaffer and Barrows's epistolary novel, starring Lily James and Michiel Huisman, about a writer and a Guernsey book club formed during the German Occupation; released theatrically in April 2018 and on Netflix in August 2018.
The Handmaid's Tale (film)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990 film), directed by Volker Schlöndorff from Harold Pinter's screenplay of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel, stars Natasha Richardson as Offred; released 7 March 1990, panned by critics, later overshadowed by the 2017 Hulu series.
The Hours (film)
The Hours is a 2002 drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, adapted from Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, interweaving three women's lives linked by Mrs Dalloway.
The Jane Austen Book Club (film)
The Jane Austen Book Club is a 2007 Sony Pictures Classics romantic comedy-drama directed by Robin Swicord from Karen Joy Fowler's 2004 novel: six Sacramento friends, five women and one man, read Austen's six novels over six months as their love lives parallel the plots; 106 minutes, PG-13, 66% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Light Between Oceans (film)
The Light Between Oceans is a 2016 period drama directed by Derek Cianfrance, adapted from M. L. Stedman's novel, starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, and Rachel Weisz; a lighthouse-keeping couple in post-WWI Western Australia raise a baby from an adrift rowboat, with devastating consequences.
The Long Home
The Long Home is an unreleased 2015 American drama directed by James Franco, adapted from William Gay's novel, starring Josh Hutcherson, Josh Hartnett, and Ashton Kutcher; filmed in Ohio, it remains without distribution.
The Lost Daughter (film)
The Lost Daughter (2021) is Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut, adapted from Elena Ferrante's 2006 novel, starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, and Dakota Johnson; it premiered at Venice, won Best Screenplay, and streams on Netflix.