From page to screen
101 stories from page to screen
Novels, memoirs, short stories, and illustrated books that found another life at the movies.
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1962Written by Horton FooteDirected by Robert Mulligan
1994Written by Frank DarabontDirected by Frank Darabont
1972Written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford CoppolaDirected by Francis Ford Coppola
2001Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter JacksonDirected by Peter Jackson
1987Written by William GoldmanDirected by Rob Reiner
1999Written by Jim UhlsDirected by David Fincher
1993Written by Jay Cocks and Martin ScorseseDirected by Martin Scorsese
1946Written by David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, and Ronald NeameDirected by David Lean
2007Written by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent ParonnaudDirected by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
1964Written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradiDirected by Robert Stevenson
2004Written by Steve KlovesDirected by Alfonso CuarónBased on the novel by J. K. Rowling
2014Written by Nick HornbyDirected by Jean-Marc Vallée
2004Written by Hayao MiyazakiDirected by Hayao Miyazaki
1957Written by Carl Foreman and Michael WilsonDirected by David Lean
1999Written by Anthony MinghellaDirected by Anthony Minghella
2015Written by Drew GoddardDirected by Ridley Scott
1978Written by Martin RosenDirected by Martin Rosen
2003Written by Anthony MinghellaDirected by Anthony Minghella
2007Written by Sean PennDirected by Sean Penn
2012Written by David MageeDirected by Ang Lee
1990Written by Nicholas Pileggi and Martin ScorseseDirected by Martin Scorsese
1996Written by Nicholas Kazan and Robin SwicordDirected by Danny DeVito
2010Written by Aaron SorkinDirected by David Fincher
1985Written by Ruth Prawer JhabvalaDirected by James Ivory
1939Written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan WoolfDirected by Victor Fleming
2020Written by Eleanor CattonDirected by Autumn de Wilde
2013Written by Isao Takahata and Riko SakaguchiDirected by Isao Takahata
1973Written by Leigh BrackettDirected by Robert Altman
2006Written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher NolanDirected by Christopher Nolan
1993Written by Amy Tan and Ronald BassDirected by Wayne Wang
2004Written by José RiveraDirected by Walter Salles
2016Written by Luke DaviesDirected by Garth Davis
2008Written by Simon BeaufoyDirected by Danny Boyle
2003Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter JacksonDirected by Peter Jackson
2002Written by Tony Gilroy and William Blake HerronDirected by Doug Liman
2005Written by Jeffrey CaineDirected by Fernando Meirelles
2021Written by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric RothDirected by Denis Villeneuve
1986Written by Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. EvansDirected by Rob Reiner
1992Written by Ruth Prawer JhabvalaDirected by James Ivory
1999Written by Frank DarabontDirected by Frank Darabont
1993Written by Michael Crichton and David KoeppDirected by Steven Spielberg
2002Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter JacksonDirected by Peter Jackson
1935Written by Howard EstabrookDirected by George Cukor
1986Written by Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin, and Alain GodardDirected by Jean-Jacques Annaud
1990Written by William GoldmanDirected by Rob Reiner
2002Written by David HareDirected by Stephen Daldry
1995Written by Emma ThompsonDirected by Ang Lee
1930Written by Maxwell Anderson (adaptation & dialogue), George Abbott (screenplay), Del Andrews (adaptation), and C. Gardner Sullivan (supervising story chief)Directed by Lewis Milestone
1965Written by Paul Dehn and Guy TrosperDirected by Martin Ritt
1995Written by Nicholas Pileggi and Martin ScorseseDirected by Martin Scorsese
1995Written by Richard LaGravenese and Elizabeth ChandlerDirected by Alfonso Cuarón
1982Written by Peter S. BeagleDirected by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass
2011Written by Moira BuffiniDirected by Cary Joji Fukunaga
1995Written by George Miller and Chris NoonanDirected by Chris Noonan
2016Written by Eric HeissererDirected by Denis Villeneuve
1948Written by David Lean and Stanley HaynesDirected by David Lean
2011Written by Steven ZaillianDirected by David Fincher
2009Written by Wes Anderson and Noah BaumbachDirected by Wes Anderson
2011Written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter StraughanDirected by Tomas Alfredson
1982Written by Hampton Fancher and David PeoplesDirected by Ridley Scott
1991Written by Ted TallyDirected by Jonathan Demme
1996Written by Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts, and Steve BloomDirected by Henry Selick
2003Written by Louis SacharDirected by Andrew Davis
2012Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del ToroDirected by Peter Jackson
2005Written by Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeelyDirected by Andrew Adamson
1940Written by Nunnally JohnsonDirected by John Ford
1982Written by Don Bluth, John Pomeroy, Gary Goldman, and Will FinnDirected by Don Bluth
2014Written by Gillian FlynnDirected by David Fincher
1967Written by Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson, and Vance GerryDirected by Wolfgang Reitherman
2007Written by Joel Coen and Ethan CoenDirected by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
1974Written by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario PuzoDirected by Francis Ford Coppola
2007Written by Christopher HamptonDirected by Joe Wright
2013Written by Michael PetroniDirected by Brian Percival
2019Written by Greta GerwigDirected by Greta Gerwig
1980Written by Stanley Kubrick and Diane JohnsonDirected by Stanley Kubrick
2002Written by Charles McKeown and Liliana CavaniDirected by Liliana Cavani
1998Written by Akosua Busia, Richard LaGravenese, and Adam BrooksDirected by Jonathan Demme
1976Written by Lawrence D. CohenDirected by Brian De Palma
1993Written by Caroline ThompsonDirected by Agnieszka Holland
1993Written by Ruth Prawer JhabvalaDirected by James Ivory
1989Written by Hayao MiyazakiDirected by Hayao Miyazaki
1951Written by James Agee and John HustonDirected by John Huston
1939Written by Charles MacArthur and Ben HechtDirected by William Wyler
2011Written by Tate TaylorDirected by Tate Taylor
1941Written by John HustonDirected by John Huston
2006Written by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk OstbyDirected by Alfonso Cuarón
1997Written by Brian Helgeland and Curtis HansonDirected by Curtis Hanson
1990Written by Larry Ferguson and Donald E. StewartDirected by John McTiernan
1940Written by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan HarrisonDirected by Alfred Hitchcock
2010Written by Alex GarlandDirected by Mark Romanek
1996Written by Anthony MinghellaDirected by Anthony Minghella
2005Written by Deborah MoggachDirected by Joe Wright
1985Written by Menno MeyjesDirected by Steven Spielberg
2024Written by Chris SandersDirected by Chris Sanders
1984Written by Wolfgang Petersen and Herman WeigelDirected by Wolfgang Petersen
2009Written by Henry SelickDirected by Henry Selick
1979Written by Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, and William D. WittliffDirected by Carroll Ballard
1971Written by Roald DahlDirected by Mel Stuart
2007Written by Ronald HarwoodDirected by Julian Schnabel
2015Written by Nick HornbyDirected by John Crowley
1999Written by Tim McCanlies and Brad BirdDirected by Brad Bird
