Movie List for "book by"

Molly’s Game (2017) Biography Crime Drama Movie

The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Writer: Aaron Sorkin (written for the screen by), Molly Bloom (based on the book by)
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera

Mortal Engines (2018) Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Thriller Movie

In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Christian Rivers
Writer: Fran Walsh (screenplay by), Philippa Boyens (screenplay by), Peter Jackson (screenplay by), Philip Reeve (based on the book by)
Actors: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae

Master i Margarita (1994) Drama Fantasy Movie

Master and Margarita (1994) is based on the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. The film is set in the 1930s Moscow under Stalin and in Jerusalem under Pilate, and has several … Year 1994.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy
Director: Yuriy Kara
Writer: Mikhail A. Bulgakov (novel), Yuriy Kara
Actors: Viktor Rakov, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Nikolay Burlyaev, Mikhail Ulyanov

The Pianist (2002) Biography Drama Music War Movie

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Director: Roman Polanski
Writer: Ronald Harwood (screenplay by), Wladyslaw Szpilman (based on the book by)
Actors: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Michal Zebrowski, Ed Stoppard

West Side Story (2020) Crime Drama Musical Romance Movie

An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. Year 2020.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Tony Kushner (screenplay by), Arthur Laurents (based on the stage play, book by)
Actors: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez

Unpregnant (2020) Drama Movie

This is with a 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovering she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that will follow. Year 2020.

Generes: Drama
Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Writer: Jenni Hendriks (based on the book by), Rachel Lee Goldenberg, Bill Parker, Jenni Hendriks (novel), Jenni Hendriks, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Ted Caplan (novel), Ted Caplan
Actors: Giancarlo Esposito, Mary McCormack, Haley Lu Richardson, Breckin Meyer

The War with Grandpa (2020) Comedy Family Movie

Upset that he has to share the room he loves with his grandfather, Peter decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back. Year 2020.

Generes: Comedy, Family
Director: Tim Hill
Writer: Tom J. Astle (screenplay by), Matt Ember (screenplay by), Robert Kimmel Smith (based on the book by)
Actors: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Eugene Levy, Jane Seymour

The Black Hand (2018) Drama Movie

Police officer, Joe Petrosino, seeks justice against a ruthless Italian-American gang in New York. A feature adaptation of Stephan Talty’s book ‘The Black Hand’. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama
Director: N/A
Writer: Stephan Talty (based on the book by)
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio

In the Heights (2021) Drama Music Musical Romance Movie

A feature version of the Broadway musical, in which a bodega owner has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother’s fortune. Year 2021.

Generes: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Director: Jon M. Chu
Writer: Quiara Alegría Hudes (screenplay by), Quiara Alegría Hudes (based on the musical stage play, book by), Lin-Manuel Miranda (based on the musical stage play, concept by)
Actors: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Stephanie Beatriz, Jimmy Smits

Above Suspicion (2019) Action Crime Thriller Movie

The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Crime, Thriller
Director: Phillip Noyce
Writer: Chris Gerolmo (screenplay by), Joe Sharkey (based on the book by)
Actors: Emilia Clarke, Jack Huston, Sophie Lowe, Johnny Knoxville

The Last Thing He Wanted (2020) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she’s trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion’s namesake novel. Year 2020.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Dee Rees
Writer: Marco Villalobos (screenplay by), Dee Rees (screenplay by), Joan Didion (based on the book by)
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe

Penguin Bloom (2020) Drama Movie

A family takes in an injured Magpie that makes a profound difference in their lives. Year 2020.

Generes: Drama
Director: Glendyn Ivin
Writer: Cameron Bloom (based on the book by), Harry Cripps (Writer), Shaun Grant, Bradley Trevor Greive (based on the book by)
Actors: Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Rachel House, Jacki Weaver

Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Jon Watts
Writer: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comic book by), Steve Ditko (based on the Marvel comic book by)
Actors: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei

Rakkhosh (2019)

The movie explores the horrors and fantasies of a patient trapped in a mental asylum. Year 2019.

Generes: Horror
Director: Abhijit Kokate, Srivinay Salian
Writer: Srivinay Salian (screenplay), Srivinay Salian (dialogue), Ranjan Chandel (additional dialogue), Narayan Dharap (based on a book by), Kiran Kshirsagar (story)
Actors: Priyanka Bose, Sanjay Mishra, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Namit Das

The War with Grandpa (2020)

Upset that he has to share the room he loves with his grandfather, Peter decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back. Year 2020.

Generes: Comedy, Family
Director: Tim Hill
Writer: Tom J. Astle (screenplay by), Matt Ember (screenplay by), Robert Kimmel Smith (based on the book by)
Actors: Jane Seymour, Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Christopher Walken

The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)

A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she’s trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion’s namesake novel. Year 2020.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Dee Rees
Writer: Marco Villalobos (screenplay by), Dee Rees (screenplay by), Joan Didion (based on the book by)
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe