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Movies based on books

by Sasasych • Created 10 months ago • Modified 2 days ago
Sinse I watch book adaptations after reading the sourse, I've decided to collect everything in one list
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  • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

    1. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    19271h 32mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.3 (14K)
    A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJune TrippIvor NovelloMarie Ault
    Based on "The Lodger" by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
  • The Phantom Fiend (1932)

    2. The Phantom Fiend

    19321h 7mApproved
    5.5 (389)
    A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.
    DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsIvor NovelloElizabeth AllanA.W. Baskcomb
    Based on "The Lodger" by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
  • George Sanders and Merle Oberon in The Lodger (1944)

    3. The Lodger

    19441h 24mApproved
    7.0 (4.3K)
    A landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
    DirectorJohn BrahmStarsLaird CregarMerle OberonGeorge Sanders
    Based on "The Lodger" by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
  • Jack Palance and Constance Smith in Man in the Attic (1953)

    4. Man in the Attic

    19531h 22mApproved
    6.1 (2.2K)
    After an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper.
    DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJack PalanceConstance SmithByron Palmer
    Based on "The Lodger" by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
  • Alfred Molina, Simon Baker, Hope Davis, and Shane West in The Lodger (2009)

    5. The Lodger

    20091h 35mR17Metascore
    5.7 (5.6K)
    A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.
    DirectorDavid OndaatjeStarsAlfred MolinaHope DavisShane West
    Based on "The Lodger" by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
  • Mechenosets (2006)

    6. Mechenosets

    20061h 48m
    4.8 (945)
    A young boy's dreams of glory and war turn into a bitter nightmare as his father's kingdom is overrun by an invading army. Lost and alone in the woods, he finds an ancient sword that promises him the ability to claim his vengeance.
    DirectorFilipp YankovskiyStarsArtyom TkachenkoChulpan KhamatovaLeonid Gromov
    Based on "Меченосец" by Yevgeniy Danilenko
  • Eiji Funakoshi and Mako Midori in Blind Beast (1969)

    7. Blind Beast

    19691h 26m
    7.0 (4.2K)
    A blind sculptor and his mother kidnap a young model.
    DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsEiji FunakoshiMako MidoriNoriko Sengoku
    Based on "Moju: The Blind Beast" by Edogawa Ranpo
  • The Phantom Carriage (1921)

    8. The Phantom Carriage

    19211h 47mNot Rated
    8.0 (15K)
    On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
    DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmHilda BorgströmTore Svennberg
    Based on "Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!" by Selma Lagerlöf
  • The Phantom Wagon (1939)

    9. The Phantom Wagon

    19391h 33m
    6.8 (304)
    A nun suffering from TB is desperately trying to save an alcoholic tramp and to bring him back to his wife and kids.He has a friend who died last year and became the coachman of the "Ghost Wagon" .
    DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsPierre FresnayMarie BellMicheline Francey
    Based on "Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!" by Selma Lagerlöf
  • Körkarlen (1958)

    10. Körkarlen

    19581h 49m
    6.7 (102)
    The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel. The drinker David Holm gets killed right on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. He will now face the death coachman, which happens to be his old friend.
    DirectorArne MattssonStarsGeorge FantUlla JacobssonAnita Björk
    Based on "Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!" by Selma Lagerlöf
  • Sarah Gadon in Alias Grace (2017)

    11. Alias Grace

    20176 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.6 (40K)
    Grace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.
    StarsSarah GadonEdward HolcroftRebecca Liddiard
    Based on "Alias Grace" by Margaret Atwood
  • Leslie Banks, Joel McCrea, and Fay Wray in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

    12. The Most Dangerous Game

    19321h 3mApproved
    7.1 (15K)
    A psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport.
    DirectorsIrving PichelErnest B. SchoedsackStarsJoel McCreaFay WrayLeslie Banks
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • Edgar Barrier, John Loder, and Audrey Long in A Game of Death (1945)

    13. A Game of Death

    19451h 12mApproved
    6.0 (487)
    A remake of Richard Connell's famous short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," about a madman who hunts human prey on his personal island habitat.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsJohn LoderAudrey LongEdgar Barrier
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • Run for the Sun (1956)

    14. Run for the Sun

    19561h 39mApproved
    6.4 (1.6K)
    In Central America, an action-adventure novelist and a journalist for a magazine find themselves at the mercy of Nazi war criminals.
    DirectorRoy BoultingStarsRichard WidmarkTrevor HowardJane Greer
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • Bloodlust! (1961)

    15. Bloodlust!

    19611h 8mApproved
    3.7 (2.7K)
    A crazed hunter kidnaps people and turns them loose on his private estate, where he hunts them for sport.
    DirectorRalph BrookeStarsWilton GraffJune KenneyWalter Brooke
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • Cornel Wilde in The Naked Prey (1965)

    16. The Naked Prey

    19651h 36mApproved64Metascore
    7.3 (6.1K)
    During the 1800s, a safari guide, two elephant hunters and their crew run into trouble with the natives in the South African veld when they refuse to offer gifts to the tribesmen.
    DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeGert van den BerghKen Gampu
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • Confessions of a Psycho Cat (1967)

    17. Confessions of a Psycho Cat

    19671h 9m
    5.5 (318)
    A deranged, wealthy woman offers $100,000 to three men if they can stay alive for 24 hours in Manhattan, and then hunts them down.
    DirectorsHerbert S. AltmanRobert WormsStarsEileen LordEd GarrabrandtFrank Geraci
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • The Suckers (1972)

    18. The Suckers

    19721h 20m
    4.6 (118)
    A rich and powerful big-game hunter tires of tracking and killing animals, and gets an idea--he will invite the owners of a model agency he knows and two of their models to be guests on his estate for the weekend, and use them as the objects of his latest hunt.
    DirectorStu SegallStarsRichard SmedleyLaurie RoseSteve Vincent
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • The Woman Hunt (1972)

    19. The Woman Hunt

    19721h 21mR
    4.7 (218)
    A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.
    DirectorEddie RomeroStarsJohn AshleyPat WoodellSid Haig
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • Olivia Hussey and Steve Railsback in Turkey Shoot (1982)

    20. Turkey Shoot

    19821h 20mR
    5.9 (4.6K)
    In a dystopian future where deviants are held in "re-education" camps, a freedom fighter and an innocent prisoner try to survive their decadent oppressors' game of kill-or-be-killed.
    DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsSteve RailsbackOlivia HusseyMichael Craig
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987)

    21. Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity

    19871h 14mR
    4.4 (2.8K)
    In the future, two slaves in a distant galaxy escape prison and crash-land on a strange planet. They meet Zed, whose hospitality attempts to hide the fact they are to be hunted for sport.
    DirectorKen DixonStarsElizabeth KaitanCindy BealDon Scribner
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • Ted Prior in Deadly Prey (1987)

    22. Deadly Prey

    19871h 28mR
    5.0 (3.7K)
    A group of sadistic mercenaries kidnap people off the streets and set them loose on the grounds of their secret camp, so the "students" at the camp can learn how to track down and kill their prey.
    DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsCameron MitchellTroy DonahueTed Prior
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme in Hard Target (1993)

    23. Hard Target

    19931h 37mNC-1763Metascore
    6.2 (60K)
    A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.
    DirectorJohn WooStarsJean-Claude Van DammeLance HenriksenYancy Butler
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • Rutger Hauer, F. Murray Abraham, Gary Busey, Charles S. Dutton, Ice-T, John C. McGinley, and William McNamara in Surviving the Game (1994)

    24. Surviving the Game

    19941h 36mR41Metascore
    6.2 (14K)
    A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
    DirectorErnest R. DickersonStarsRutger HauerIce-TCharles S. Dutton
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
  • John Leguizamo in The Pest (1997)

    25. The Pest

    19971h 24mPG-13
    4.8 (9.6K)
    A Miami con man agrees to be the human target for a Neo-Nazi manhunter in order to collect $50,000 if he survives.
    DirectorPaul MillerStarsJohn LeguizamoJeffrey JonesEdoardo Ballerini
    Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell

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