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The Namesake (film)
The Namesake (2006) is Mira Nair's drama adapting Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, with screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Kal Penn, Tabu, and Irrfan Khan as the Bengali-American Ganguli family, released by Fox Searchlight in March 2007.
The Nickel Boys (film)
The Nickel Boys (film): 2024 American drama directed by RaMell Ross, adapting Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer-winning novel; shot in first-person POV; stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson; Oscar-nominated Best Picture.
The Old Man and the Sea (1958 film)
The Old Man and the Sea (1958) is John Sturges's Warner Bros. adaptation of Hemingway's novella, starring Spencer Tracy as Santiago. Over budget at $5 million, it won an Oscar for Tiomkin's score but failed at the box office.
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 film)
The Other Boleyn Girl is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Justin Chadwick, adapted from Philippa Gregory's 2001 novel and starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, and Eric Bana.
The Pearl
The Pearl (La perla) is John Steinbeck's 1947 novella about Mexican pearl diver Kino, whose great pearl brings tragedy; expanded from a 1945 short story and filmed by Emilio Fernández, winning the 1947 Venice Golden Lion.
The Reader (2008 film)
The Reader is a 2008 drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, adapted from Bernhard Schlink's novel about an affair with a woman tried as a Nazi guard; Kate Winslet won the Best Actress Oscar.
The Remains of the Day (film)
The Remains of the Day (1993) is James Ivory's Merchant Ivory drama adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from Kazuo Ishiguro's Booker-winning novel, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, with eight Oscar nominations and a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score.
The Secret Life of Bees (film)
The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Gina Prince-Bythewood's drama adapted from Sue Monk Kidd's novel, starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, and Sophie Okonedo; set in 1964 South Carolina, released by Fox Searchlight, grossing about $40 million worldwide.
The Shack (2017 film)
The Shack is a 2017 American drama-fantasy film directed by Stuart Hazeldine, adapted from William P. Young's 2007 novel and starring Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer.
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption is Frank Darabont's 1994 prison drama adapted from Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman; a box-office flop with seven Oscar nominations and no wins, it later topped the IMDb user poll.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News is a 2001 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, adapted from E. Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and starring Kevin Spacey.
The Stoning of Soraya M.
The Stoning of Soraya M. (also La Femme Lapidée) is a 2008 American drama directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, adapted from Freidoune Sahebjam's 1994 book, dramatizing the 1986 stoning of an Iranian woman falsely accused of adultery; starring Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò, and Jim Caviezel.
The Three Incestuous Sisters
The Three Incestuous Sisters is Audrey Niffenegger's 2005 illustrated gothic novel about sisters Bettine, Ophile, and Clothilde and the lighthouse keeper's son Paris; Alice Rohrwacher's film adaptation with Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley, and Josh O'Connor began shooting in Italy in 2026.
The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date (2005 film), directed by Clare Kilner, a romantic comedy starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, based on Elizabeth Young's novel Asking for Trouble; earned $47 million worldwide but scored 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Train Dreams (film)
Train Dreams (2025 film), directed by Clint Bentley from Denis Johnson's novella, stars Joel Edgerton as logger Robert Grainier in the early 20th-century Pacific Northwest; Netflix release, four Oscar nominations, three Independent Spirit Award wins.
Turtles All the Way Down (film)
Turtles All the Way Down is a 2024 Max streaming drama directed by Hannah Marks, adapted from John Green's 2017 novel, starring Isabela Merced as Aza Holmes, a teenager with OCD; 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 64.
Vilayath Buddha (വിലായത്ത് ബുദ്ധ)
Vilayath Buddha (വിലായത്ത് ബുദ്ധ), also spelled Vilaayath Budha, is a 2025 Malayalam action drama by debutant Jayan Nambiar, adapted from G. R. Indugopan's novel, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran as sandalwood smuggler Double Mohanan opposite Shammi Thilakan's Bhaskaran Master; released 21 November 2025 and a commercial failure.
Water for Elephants (film)
Water for Elephants is a 2011 American romantic drama directed by Francis Lawrence, based on Sara Gruen's 2006 novel, starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon.
Wildlife (film)
Wildlife (2018) is Paul Dano's directorial debut, co-written with Zoe Kazan from Richard Ford's 1990 novel, starring Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Ed Oxenbould as a Montana family falling apart in 1960.
Winter's Tale (film)
Winter's Tale (2014) is Akiva Goldsman's directorial debut, a fantasy romance adapted from Mark Helprin's 1983 novel, starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, and Will Smith as Lucifer; it grossed $30.8 million worldwide and holds 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.