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The Borrowers (1997 film)
The Borrowers (1997) is a Working Title family fantasy film directed by Peter Hewitt, based on Mary Norton's novels, starring John Goodman as villain Ocious P. Potter, Jim Broadbent, and Celia Imrie, released 5 December 1997.
The Call of the Wild (2020 film)
The Call of the Wild is a 2020 American adventure drama directed by Chris Sanders, based on Jack London's 1903 novel, with Harrison Ford as adventurer John Thornton.
The Collector (1965 film)
The Collector (1965) is William Wyler's psychological thriller based on John Fowles' novel, starring Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar as kidnapper Freddie Clegg and captive Miranda Grey; Cannes Best Actor and Actress winners with three Oscar nominations.
The Day of the Locust (film)
The Day of the Locust (1975) is John Schlesinger's film adaptation of Nathanael West's 1939 Hollywood novel, written by Waldo Salt, starring Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, and Burgess Meredith, with Oscar nominations for Meredith and cinematographer Conrad Hall.
The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Karel Reisz film with Harold Pinter screenplay from John Fowles's novel, starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons; dual film-within-a-film narrative, Streep Oscar nomination, Criterion restoration.
The Go-Between (1971 film)
The Go-Between (1971) is Joseph Losey's British drama, scripted by Harold Pinter from L.P. Hartley's 1953 novel, about a boy carrying secret love letters in 1900 Norfolk; it won the 1971 Cannes Palme d'Or and BAFTAs for Pinter's screenplay.
The Good Earth (1937 film)
The Good Earth (1937) is Sidney Franklin's MGM adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer novel, starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer in yellowface as Chinese farmers; Rainer and Karl Freund won Oscars, and Anna May Wong was denied the O-Lan role.
The Grapes of Wrath (film)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940), John Ford's Twentieth Century-Fox adaptation of Steinbeck's Dust Bowl novel, starring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad; won Oscars for Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Jane Darwell).
The Great Gatsby (1974 film)
The Great Gatsby (1974) is Jack Clayton's Paramount adaptation of Fitzgerald's novel, written by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, and winning Oscars for costume design and adapted score.
The Great Gatsby (2013 film)
The Great Gatsby (2013) is Baz Luhrmann's 3D adaptation of Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, and Joel Edgerton; released May 10, 2013 by Warner Bros., it opened Cannes out of competition and grossed $353.6 million worldwide.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968 film)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968 film), aka 愛すれど心さびしく, Robert Ellis Miller drama adapted from Carson McCullers's 1940 novel; Alan Arkin's Oscar-nominated deaf-mute John Singer, Sondra Locke's debut, filmed in Selma, Alabama.
The History of Mr. Polly
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) is a British film directed by Anthony Pelissier, produced by and starring John Mills, adapted from H.G. Wells's 1910 novel about a draper's clerk who escapes his marriage and failing shop through arson and a faked death.
The House of Mirth (2000 film)
The House of Mirth (2000) is Terence Davies's 140-minute adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel, starring Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart, a New York socialite ruined by society; shot in Glasgow for $8.2 million, released by Sony Pictures Classics.
The Hunt for Gollum
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is an upcoming 2027 fantasy film directed by and starring Andy Serkis as Gollum, produced by Peter Jackson, set between The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Ring, releasing December 17, 2027.
The Long, Hot Summer
The Long, Hot Summer (1958) is a Martin Ritt Southern Gothic drama starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Orson Welles, adapted from Faulkner's The Hamlet; Newman won Cannes Best Actor 1958.
The Magnificent Ambersons (film)
The Magnificent Ambersons: Orson Welles's 1942 RKO drama adapted from Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer-winning 1918 novel; famously recut by RKO from 131 to 88 minutes while Welles was in Brazil.
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) is Bob Rafelson's neo-noir adaptation of James M. Cain's 1934 novel, written by David Mamet, starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange; fourth film version, 123 minutes, R, Paramount, mixed reviews, box-office bomb domestically.
The Razor's Edge (1946 film)
The Razor's Edge (1946), Twentieth Century-Fox drama directed by Edmund Goulding, adapting W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 novel; stars Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Oscar-winning Anne Baxter; Fox's biggest hit to date, remade in 1984 with Bill Murray.
The Razor's Edge (1984 film)
The Razor's Edge is a 1984 American drama directed by John Byrum, with a screenplay by Byrum and Bill Murray, adapted from Maugham's 1944 novel about a seeker named Larry Darrell.
The Robe (film)
The Robe (1953) is a Twentieth Century-Fox biblical epic directed by Henry Koster, starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature, and the first feature film released in CinemaScope with stereophonic sound.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky: 1990 Bernardo Bertolucci film adapting Paul Bowles's 1949 novel; John Malkovich and Debra Winger as the Moresbys adrift in 1947 North Africa; Storaro cinematography, Sakamoto score, BAFTA and Golden Globe wins.
The Sound and the Fury (2014 film)
The Sound and the Fury is a 2014 American drama directed by James Franco, adapted from William Faulkner's 1929 novel about the decaying Compson family of Mississippi.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Anthony Minghella's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel, stars Matt Damon, Jude Law, and Gwyneth Paltrow; filmed across Italy, five Oscar nominations.
The Tin Drum (film)
The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), Volker Schlöndorff's 1979 adaptation of Günter Grass's novel, follows Oskar Matzerath, who stops growing at age three in Danzig; it won the 1979 Palme d'Or and Germany's first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
The Wings of the Dove (1997 film)
The Wings of the Dove is a 1997 period drama directed by Iain Softley, starring Helena Bonham Carter and adapted by Hossein Amini from Henry James's 1902 novel.
To Have and Have Not (film)
To Have and Have Not is Howard Hawks's 1944 Warner Bros. film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in her debut, loosely adapted from Hemingway's 1937 novel, set in Vichy Martinique and often compared to Casablanca.
To Kill a Mockingbird (film)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Robert Mulligan's adaptation of Harper Lee's novel starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, won three Oscars, ranks 25th on AFI's greatest films list, and entered the National Film Registry in 1995.
White Fang (1991 film)
White Fang (1991) is a Walt Disney adventure drama directed by Randal Kleiser, loosely adapting Jack London's novel, starring Ethan Hawke as Yukon prospector Jack Conroy and the dog Jed as the wolf-dog; it grossed $34.7 million domestically and spawned a 1994 sequel.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Mel Stuart's musical fantasy starring Gene Wilder, adapted from Roald Dahl's 1964 novel, financed by Quaker Oats, shot in Munich, a box-office disappointment that became a classic.
Wonka (film)
Wonka (2023) is a Paul King musical fantasy origin story of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet with Hugh Grant and Olivia Colman; it grossed $218.4 million domestically for Warner Bros.