Literature

From the page to the screen, explore our collection of acclaimed films based on literature!

Paul Thomas Anderson adapts Thomas Pynchon’s acclaimed, cult-favorite detective novel in this richly funny psychedelic romp.

2015

"A romantic spellbinder that cuts deep" (Rolling Stone). Academy Award nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes' lush, haunting love story.

2015

Patricia Rozema directs and adapts Jane Austen's iconic novel

1999

Ebert & Roeper called Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of the Upton Sinclair novel "filmmaking at the highest level."

There Will Be Blood

2007

Based on the novel by Kate O'Brien, BAFTA award winner Nick Hamm directs this heartfelt and dazzling story of family and love in times of war.

1998

Brutal, hilarious and not for the faint of heart, Danny Boyle's film was the most talked about movie of 1996.

1996

Director Jin-ho Hur crafts "an immersively sensual experience" (Hollywood Reporter) based on the French novel

Dangerous Liaisons

2012

Simon Bird's funny yet sweet coming-of-age story about single motherhood and Metallica, based on the critically acclaimed graphic novel.

Days of the Bagnold Summer

2019

Director Eva Husson brings Graham Swift's novel to life. "A thoughtful and deeply affecting meditation..." -Times (UK)

Mothering Sunday

2022

Inspired by Niccolo Ammaniti's novel, and directed by Gabriele Salvatores comes a thrilling mystery & Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival

2003

Director Mark Herman (BRASSED OFF, PURELY BETTER) presents a film adaptation of the fiction novel of the same name

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008

Hannes Holm's Oscar nominated tale of a local grump, based on the bestselling novel, and heralded as "masterful" by RogerEbert.com.

A Man Called Ove

2016

Third and final chapter of the trilogy from writer Stieg Larsson and director Daniel Alfredson, featuring a standout performance from Noomi Rapace.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2009

Noomi Rapace returns to the title role, with Director Daniel Alfredson at the helm in this second chapter of the trilogy.

The Girl Who Played with Fire

2009

Niels Arden Oplev's adaptation of the best-selling novel "shivers with suspense. Haunting and hypnotic." (Rolling Stone)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2009

Coen brothers’ adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Academy Award winner for Best Picture that sees mayhem ensue after a drug deal gone wrong.

No Country for Old Men

2007

"A darkly effective portrait of an Eisenhower-era couple who fall tragically short of reaching Camelot," from Director Sam Mendes

Revolutionary Road

2009

Sofia Coppola establishes her signature vision with this first feature that conjures the ineffable melancholy of teenage longing and ennui.

The Virgin Suicides

1999

Based on the worldwide bestselling novel comes a rich, exhilarating, and hilarious tale from director Peter Chelsom, starring Simon Pegg.

Hector and the Search for Happiness

2014

A biting, wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster. From Director Mary Harron & starring Christian Bale.

American Psycho (Uncut Version)

2000

John McTiernan's Academy Award winning film based on Tom Clancy's novel. Featuring an all-star cast including Sean Connery & Alec Baldwin

The Hunt for Red October

1990

Winner of 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture & Best Director, Anthony Minghella's adaptation is a heart-wrenching love story

The English Patient

1996

Lasse Halstrom's Academy Award winning drama based on the novel by John Irving

The Cider House Rules

1999

Darren Aronofsky's hypnotic film in which the characters plummet into a nightmarish, gut-wrenching freefall.

Requiem for a Dream

2000

Sean Penn directs this deeply personal and affecting adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best-selling book.

2007

Director/Writer Steven Zaillian delivers a "touching drama that takes us deep inside the eccentric competitive mystique of grandmaster chess."

Searching For Bobby Fischer

1993

Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies' exquisite, critically acclaimed biographical drama.

A Quiet Passion

2016

Director Martin Provost eloquently captures French painter Séraphine de Senlis' experience with art, religion and mental illness.

2008

"A documentary for anyone who can still look at a book and see a dream, a magic teleportation device, an object that contains the world." -Variety

The Booksellers

2019

Director Mary McDonagh Murphy sifts through the facts and speculation surrounding Harper Lee and both her novels

Harper Lee: From Mockingbird to Watchman

2015

A story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. A meditation on creativity and technology from Director Doug Nichol

California Typewriter

2017

A vivid look at one of America's oldest magazines. Barbara Kopple's "spectacular, crowd-pleasing masterwork" (RogerEbert.com)

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2015