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x 69 Jul 10, 2004 Sang-il Lee  
69 is a 2004 film adaptation of Ryu Murakami's novel 69.
69 Ryu Murakami
x 1984 Oct 10, 1984 Michael Radford Big Brother is Watching...
Nineteen Eighty-Four (sometimes 1984) is a 1984 British science fiction film, based upon George Orwell's novel of the same name, following the life of Winston Smith in Oceania, a country run by a totalitarian government. The film was written and...
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
George Orwell's Terrifying Vision Comes To The Screen.
The year of the movie. The movie of the year.
x 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Dec 23, 1954 Richard Fleischer  
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 adventure film starring Kirk Douglas as Ned Land, James Mason as Captain Nemo, Paul Lukas as Professor Pierre Aronnax, and Peter Lorre as Conseil. It was the first science fiction film produced by Walt Disney...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
Emanuel J Mickel
x 2010: The Year We Make Contact Dec 7, 1984 Peter Hyams We are not alone.
2010 (also known as 2010: The Year We Make Contact) is a 1984 American science fiction film written and directed by Peter Hyams. It is a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and is based on Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2010:...
2010: Odyssey Two Arthur C. Clarke
x 25th Hour Dec 16, 2002 Spike Lee This life was so close to never happening
25th Hour is a 2002 American drama film directed by Spike Lee and is based on the novel The 25th Hour written by David Benioff, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna...
The 25th Hour David Benioff
x 102 Dalmatians Nov 22, 2000 Kevin Lima A spotless new tail is going to be unleashed.
102 Dalmatians is a 2000 live-action film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and starring Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil. It is the sequel to 101 Dalmatians, a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated feature of the same name. In the film,...
The Hundred and One Dalmatians Dodie Smith
x 10 Things I Hate About You Mar 31, 1999 Gil Junger How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways.
10 Things I Hate About You is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film. It is directed by Gil Junger and stars Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger. The screenplay was written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith. The film, a modernization of...
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare
Romeo, oh Romeo, get out of my face.
x 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous 2005 Stewart Main  
50 Ways of Saying Fabulous is a 2005 New Zealand drama film directed by Stewart Main and starring Jay Collins and Andrew Patterson. It is based on a novel by Graeme Aitken. The film opened in 2005 to negative reviews and had little success at the...
50 ways of saying fabulous Graeme Aitken
x A Bridge Too Far 1977 Richard Attenborough  
A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, adapted by William Goldman. It was produced by Joseph E. Levine and Richard P. Levine and directed by Richard Attenborough. The film tells the story...
A Bridge Too Far Cornelius Ryan
x A Chinese Ghost Story Jul 18, 1987 Ching Siu-tung  
A Chinese Ghost Story (Wade–Giles: Ch'ien-nü Yu-hun; literally "The Ethereal Spirit of a Beauty") is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung, and produced by Tsui Hark....
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio Pu Songling
x A Civil Action Dec 25, 1998 Steven Zaillian Justice has its price.
A Civil Action is a 1998 American drama film starring John Travolta (as plaintiff's attorney Jan Schlichtmann) and Robert Duvall, based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Harr. Both the book and the film are based on a true story of a court...
A Civil Action Jonathan Harr
x A Clockwork Orange Dec 19, 1971 Stanley Kubrick Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven.
A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick. It features disturbing, violent images, facilitating its social commentary on psychiatry, youth...
A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess
The Breakthrough Presentation Of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange For The Millions Who Were Not Allowed To See It Until Now!
x A Cock and Bull Story Jan 20, 2006 Michael Winterbottom He's About To Play The Role Of His Life.
A Cock and Bull Story (marketed in Australia, New Zealand and the United States as Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story) is a 2006 British comedy film directed by Michael Winterbottom. It is a film-within-a-film, featuring Steve Coogan and Rob...
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne
x A Double Life Dec 25, 1947 George Cukor  
A Double Life is a 1947 film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays. The movie starred Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso. It was directed by George Cukor and written for the screen by Ruth Gordon...
Othello William Shakespeare
x A Good Year Sep 9, 2006 Ridley Scott Everything matures... eventually.
A Good Year is a 2006 British romantic comedy film, set in London and Provence. It was directed by Ridley Scott, with an international cast including Russell Crowe, Marion Cotillard, Didier Bourdon, Abbie Cornish and Albert Finney. It is based on...
A Good Year Peter Mayle
x A History of Violence May 16, 2005 David Cronenberg Tom Stall had the perfect life... until he became a hero.
A History of Violence is a 2005 American crime thriller film directed by David Cronenberg and written by Josh Olson. It is an adaptation of the 1997 graphic novel of the same name by John Wagner and Vince Locke. The film stars Viggo Mortensen as the...
A History of Violence John Wagner
Everyone has something to hide.
x A Kid in King Arthur's Court Aug 11, 1995 Michael Gottlieb Joust Do It.
A Kid in King Arthur's Court is a 1995 film directed by Michael Gottlieb. It is based on the famous Mark Twain novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, transplanted into the twentieth century. Trimark later released a sequel, A Kid in...
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain
Calvin Fuller is about to break curfew... by 1500 years.
x A Kiss Before Dying Apr 26, 1991 James Dearden  
A Kiss Before Dying (1991) is a British and American neo-noir film. It was directed by James Dearden, and based on the novel of the same name by Ira Levin, whose book won the 1954 Edgar Award for "Best First Novel." It has been adapted for the...
A Kiss Before Dying Ira Levin
x A Letter to Three Wives Jan 20, 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz It's a sheer delightful revelation!
A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 film which tells the story of a woman who mails a letter to three women, telling them she has left town with the husband of one of them. It stars Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas...
Letter to Five Wives John Klempner
Promise! You won't peek-and-tell... the ending!
Addie is the "other woman" all the other women will be talking about!
All of them wondered which of them wandered!
x A Little Princess May 10, 1995 Alfonso Cuarón  
A Little Princess is a 1995 American children's film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, starring Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, and Vanessa Lee Chester. Set during World War I, it focuses on a young girl who is relegated to a life of...
A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett
x A Little Romance Apr 27, 1979 George Roy Hill  
A Little Romance is a 1979 romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Laurence Olivier, Thelonious Bernard, and Diane Lane in her film debut. The screenplay is written by Allan Burns and George Roy Hill, based on the novel E=mc...
E=mc², mon amour Claude Klotz
x A Love Song for Bobby Long Sep 2, 2004 Shainee Gabel The heart is a lonely hunter.
A Love Song for Bobby Long is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Shainee Gabel. The screenplay is based on the novel Off Magazine Street by Ronald Everett Capps. Combining elements of Tennessee Williams and William Faulkner, the...
Off Magazine Street Ronald Everett Capps
x A Man for All Seasons Dec 12, 1966 Fred Zinnemann  
A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons about Sir Thomas More. It was released on 12 December 1966. Paul Scofield, who had played More in the West End stage premiere, also took the role in the film. It...
A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt
x A Man for All Seasons Dec 21, 1988 Charlton Heston  
A Man for All Seasons is a 1988 television movie about Thomas More, directed by and starring Charlton Heston. It is based on the play of the same name by Robert Bolt, which was previously adapted in the Academy Award-winning 1966 film. A Man for All...
A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt
x A Midsummer Night's Dream Apr 26, 1999 Michael Hoffman Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1999 American film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, directed by Michael Hoffman. The ensemble cast features Kevin Kline as Bottom, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett as Titania and Oberon,...
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare
x A Passage to India Dec 14, 1984 David Lean  
A Passage to India is a 1984 drama film written and directed by David Lean. The screenplay is based on the 1924 novel of the same title by E. M. Forster and the 1960 play by Santha Rama Rau that was inspired by the novel. This was the final film of...
A Passage to India E. M. Forster
x A Perfect Murder Jun 5, 1998 Andrew Davis A powerful husband. An unfaithful wife. A jealous lover. All of them have a motive. Each of them has a plan.
A Perfect Murder is a 1998 American thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen. It is a modern remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film, Dial M for Murder, though the characters' names are...
Dial M for Murder Frederick Knott
x A Place in the Sun Aug 14, 1951 George Stevens I'm in trouble, George... bad trouble.
A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film based on the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the play, also titled An American Tragedy. It tells the story of a working-class young man who is entangled with two women; one who works...
An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser
A Love Story Of Today's Youth... with three magnificent young stars.
Young people asking so much of Life... taking so much of Love!
x A Ring of Endless Light Aug 23, 2002 Greg Beeman  
A Ring of Endless Light is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie based on the Madeleine L'Engle book of the same name filmed on location in Australia, and starring Mischa Barton in the main lead role. It is one of two Disney adaptations of novels by...
A Ring of Endless Light Madeleine L'Engle
x A River Runs Through It Sep 13, 1992 Robert Redford  
This article is about the 1992 film. For information on the 1976 novella by Norman Maclean, see A River Runs Through It (novel). A River Runs Through It is a 1992 American film directed by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom...
A River Runs Through It Norman Maclean
x A Room with a View Mar 7, 1986 James Ivory  
A Room with a View is a 1985 British drama film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant. The film is a close adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel of the same name, and even uses his chapter titles to divide the film into sections. The...
A Room with a View E. M. Forster
Ismail Merchant
x A Scanner Darkly Jul 7, 2006 Richard Linklater Everything Is Not Going To Be OK
A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 science fiction thriller directed by Richard Linklater based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. The film tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high...
A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick
What Does A Scanner See?
x A Simple Plan Dec 11, 1998 Sam Raimi Sometimes good people do evil things.
A Simple Plan is a 1998 drama film directed by Sam Raimi, based on the novel of the same name by Scott B. Smith, who also wrote the screenplay of the film. It was shot in Delano, Minnesota and Ashland and Saxon, Wisconsin. Billy Bob Thornton was...
A Simple Plan Scott Smith
Four million dollars and plenty of change.
x A Simple Twist of Fate 1994 Gillies MacKinnon A twist of fate brought them something wonderful... Each other!
A Simple Twist of Fate is a 1994 American dramedy film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The screenplay by Steve Martin is loosely based on the 1861 novel Silas Marner by George Eliot. When high school music teacher Michael McCann discovers his wife is...
Silas Marner George Eliot
x A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Sep 18, 1998 James Ivory The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries is a French/U.S. film directed by James Ivory and written by James Ivory & Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It stars Leelee Sobieski, Jesse Bradford, Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey and Virginie Ledoyen. The film is a...
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Kaylie Jones
x A Streetcar Named Desire Dec 1, 1951 Elia Kazan  
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1951 film adaptation of the 1947 play of the same name by Tennessee Williams, who also wrote the screenplay with Oscar Saul. The film, a romantic drama, was directed by Elia Kazan, who had also directed the original...
A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams
x A Tale of Two Cities Dec 27, 1935 Jack Conway  
A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities. The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton, Donald Woods and Elizabeth Allan. The supporting players include Basil Rathbone, Blanche...
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
Robert Z. Leonard
x A Time to Kill Jul 24, 1996 Joel Schumacher Experience a time you'll never forget.
A Time to Kill is a 1996 film adaptation of John Grisham's 1989 legal thriller novel of the same name. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Ashley Judd,...
A Time to Kill John Grisham
David Alan Mack
x À ton image May 26, 2004 Aruna Villiers  
À ton image is a 2004 French film directed by Aruna Villiers. The story, based on the novel À ton image by Louise L. Lambrichs, is about a couple whose desire for a child leads them onto dangerous ground. In order to put a painful past and a...
À ton image Louise L. Lambrichs
x A Very Long Engagement Oct 27, 2004 Jean-Pierre Jeunet  
A Very Long Engagement (French: Un long dimanche de fiançailles) is a 2004 French romantic war film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might...
A Very Long Engagement Sébastien Japrisot
x A Walk in the Sun Dec 25, 1945 Lewis Milestone  
A Walk in the Sun is a World War II war film released in 1945, based on the novel by Harry Brown, who was a writer for Yank, the Army Weekly based in England. The book was serialized in Liberty Magazine in October 1944. The film was directed by...
A Walk in the Sun Harry Brown
x A Walk to Remember Jan 23, 2002 Adam Shankman  
A Walk to Remember is a 2002 American romance film based on the 1999 romance novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Shane West and Mandy Moore, was directed by Adam Shankman, and produced by Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry for...
A Walk to Remember Nicholas Sparks
x Abandon Oct 18, 2002 Stephen Gaghan  
Abandon is a 2002 American thriller film released by Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. It was written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, starring Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) disappeared two years...
Adams Fall Sean Desmond
x About a Boy Apr 26, 2002 Chris Weitz Growing up has nothing to do with age.
About a Boy is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by brothers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, based on the novel of the same name by Nick Hornby. The film stars Hugh Grant in a Golden Globe nominated performance as Will, Nicholas Hoult as Marcus, Toni...
About a Boy Nick Hornby
Paul Weitz
x About Schmidt May 22, 2002 Alexander Payne Schmidt Happens
About Schmidt is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne, starring Jack Nicholson in the title role. It is loosely based on the 1996 novel of the same title by Louis Begley. Many of the scenes were filmed on location,...
About Schmidt Louis Begley
x Absolute Power Feb 14, 1997 Clint Eastwood Corrupts Absolutely.
Absolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the...
Absolute Power David Baldacci
Ray Russell
x Accused of Murder Dec 21, 1956 Joseph Kane  
Accused of Murder is a 1956 film noir, based on the novel Vanity Row by W. R. Burnett and directed and produced by Joseph Kane. Accused of Murder was filmed in Trucolor and stars David Brian, Verna Ralston and Sidney Blackmer. Nightclub singer Ilona...
Vanity Row William R. Burnett
x Across 110th Street Dec 19, 1972 Barry Shear  
Across 110th Street is a 1972 American crime drama film starring Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, and Anthony Franciosa, and directed by Barry Shear. Commonly associated with the blaxploitation genre at the time, it has received considerable critical...
Across 110th Wally Ferris
x Adam Resurrected Dec 12, 2008 Paul Schrader A story of survival and redemption unlike any other.
Adam Resurrected (אדם בן כלב, Adam Ben Kelev) is a 2008 American-German-Israeli film, directed by Paul Schrader and adapted from Yoram Kaniuk's novel of the same name published in Israel in 1968 (the book's original name literally means "Man, son of...
Adam resurrected Yoram Kaniuk
x Adaptation Dec 6, 2002 Spike Jonze  
Adaptation. is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. The film is based on Susan Orlean's non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, with numerous self-referential events. The film stars Nicolas Cage as...
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession Susan Orlean
x Aelita Sep 25, 1924 Yakov Protazanov  
Aelita (Russian: Аэлита), also known as Aelita: Queen of Mars, is a silent film directed by Soviet filmmaker Yakov Protazanov made at the Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio and released in 1924. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's novel of the same name....
Aelita Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
x After Dark, My Sweet Aug 24, 1990 James Foley  
After Dark, My Sweet (1990) is a neo-noir film directed by James Foley starring Jason Patric, Bruce Dern, and Rachel Ward. It is based on the 1955 Jim Thompson novel of the same name. Ex-boxer Kevin "Kid" Collins is a drifter and an escapee from a...
After Dark, My Sweet Jim Thompson
x Äideistä parhain Sep 2005 Klaus Härö  
Mother of Mine (Finnish: Äideistä parhain, Swedish: Den bästa av mödrar) is a 2005 Finnish-Swedish film directed by Klaus Härö. The film is based on a novel by Heikki Hietamies. It received good reviews from the Finnish press, and was selected to be...
Äideistä parhain Heikki Hietamies
x Airborn the Movie 2011 Stephen Sommers  
Airborn is a 2008 film based on the 2004 novel by Kenneth Oppel. Bigger than the Titanic. Lighter than Air. Matt Cruse works as a cabin boy on the passenger cruise ship Aurora. When pirates attack the ship, he sets off with Kate de Vries on an...
Airborn Kenneth Oppel
x Airport Mar 1970 George Seaton  
Airport is a 1970 American film starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin and based on the 1968 Arthur Hailey novel of the same name. The film, which earned nearly $100,500,000, focuses on an airport manager trying to keep his airport open during a...
Airport Arthur Hailey
x Alatriste Sep 1, 2006 Agustín Díaz Yanes  
Alatriste is a 2006 Spanish historical film directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes, based on the main character of a series of novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Adventures of Captain Alatriste (Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste). The film, which...
Captain Alatriste Arturo Pérez-Reverte
x Alexander Nov 16, 2004 Oliver Stone Fortune favors the bold
Alexander is a 2004 epic film based on the life of Alexander the Great. It was directed by Oliver Stone, with Colin Farrell in the title role. The film was an original screenplay based in part on the book Alexander the Great, written in the 1970s by...
Alexander the Great Robin Lane Fox
The greatest legend of all was real
x Alfie Oct 22, 2004 Charles Shyer Meet a man who never met a woman he didn't love.
Alfie is a 2004 British/American comedy-drama film based on the 1966 British film of the same name, starring Jude Law as the title character, originally played by Michael Caine. The film was written, directed and produced by Charles Shyer. The film...
Alfie Bill Naughton
x Alfie Jul 25, 1966 Lewis Gilbert  
Alfie is a 1966 British film directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Michael Caine. It is an adaptation by Bill Naughton of his own novel and play of the same name. The film was released by Paramount Pictures. Alfie tells the story of a young man (Caine...
Alfie Bill Naughton
x Alice in Wonderland Dec 10, 1976 Bud Townsend  
Alice in Wonderland (sometimes listed as Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Comedy) is a 1976 pornographic musical film, loosely based on Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It was directed by Bud Townsend and starred Terri...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
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