Movie List for "book by"

The Picture of Dorian Gray (2005)

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. Year 2005.

Generes: Drama, Horror
Director: Dave Rosenbaum
Writer: Dave Rosenbaum, Oscar Wilde (book)
Actors: Josh Duhamel, Branden Waugh, Rainer Judd, Darby Stanchfield

Head-On (2004)

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love. Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Fatih Akin
Writer: Fatih Akin (book)
Actors: Birol Ünel, Güven Kiraç, Zarah Jane McKenzie, Stefan Gebelhoff

Mean Girls (2004)

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George. Year 2004.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Mark Waters
Writer: Rosalind Wiseman (book), Tina Fey (screenplay)
Actors: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows

The Polar Express (2004)

On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas. Year 2004.

Generes: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: Chris Van Allsburg (book), Robert Zemeckis (screenplay), William Broyles Jr. (screenplay)
Actors: Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye

The Misbehavers (2004)

The Misbehavers documents a small army of guerrilla filmmakers as they converge at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for a mission dubbed Operation: Altitude. The objective: book a venue, … Year 2004.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Elias Pate, Bryan Young
Writer: Elias Pate, Bryan Young
Actors: Shade Anderson, Jonathan M. Black, Zach Braff, Kamell Clauson

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House. Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Writer: Gaston Leroux (novel), Andrew Lloyd Webber (book), Andrew Lloyd Webber (screenplay), Joel Schumacher (screenplay)
Actors: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson

The Man Who Knew Bush (2004)

George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, had a storybook life before arriving in office via a contentious 2000 election. Many Americans, however, are unaware of who, or more … Year 2004.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Marc Berlin
Writer: Marc Berlin
Actors: Gary Boyd Roberts, Alejandro Castro, Vernon Craig, Al Mele

Owning Mahowny (2003)

A bank manager with: (a) a gambling problem and (b) access to a multimillion dollar account gets into a messy situation. Based on the story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history. Year 2003.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Richard Kwietniowski
Writer: Gary Stephen Ross (book), Maurice Chauvet (screenplay)
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt, Maury Chaykin

Play It Loud! (2003)

The year is 1981, the German New Wave is at the peak. Harry, otherwise Sparkasse trainee, wants to make it big as a manager of the band of his friends, Apollo Schwabing. He has booked the … Year 2003.

Generes: Music, Comedy, Drama
Director: Benjamin Quabeck
Writer: Ralf Hertwig, Kathrin Richter
Actors: Tom Schilling, Robert Stadlober, Jessica Schwarz, Marlon Kittel

Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)

This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other. Year 2003.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai
Writer: Jimmy Liao (illustrated book), Ka-Fai Wai, Nai-Hoi Yau, Kin-Yee Au, Tin-Shing Yip
Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Edmund Chen, Wei-Lun Hsu

Touching the Void (2003)

The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. Year 2003.

Generes: Documentary, Adventure, Drama, Sport
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writer: Joe Simpson (book)
Actors: Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Richard Hawking, Joe Simpson

Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

With his wife doing a book tour, a father of twelve must handle a new job and his unstable brood. Year 2003.

Generes: Comedy, Family
Director: Shawn Levy
Writer: Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. (novel), Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (novel), Craig Titley (screen story), Sam Harper (screenplay), Joel Cohen (screenplay), Alec Sokolow (screenplay)
Actors: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling

Frida (2002)

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Julie Taymor
Writer: Hayden Herrera (book), Clancy Sigal (screenplay), Diane Lake (screenplay), Gregory Nava (screenplay), Anna Thomas (screenplay)
Actors: Salma Hayek, Mía Maestro, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas

Auto Focus (2002)

The life of TV star Bob Crane and his strange friendship with electronics expert John Henry Carpenter. Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Paul Schrader
Writer: Robert Graysmith (book), Michael Gerbosi
Actors: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello

Whale Rider (2002)

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize. Year 2002.

Generes: Drama, Family
Director: Niki Caro
Writer: Niki Caro, Witi Ihimaera (book)
Actors: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis

The Ring of the Buddha (2002)

This is a documentary which tells the story of Toni Hagen who was the first who was allowed to travel the himalaya kingdom Nepal. While he crisscrossed the country he found thousands of tibetan refugees. This changed his live. Year 2002.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Documentary
Director: Jochen Breitenstein
Writer: Sandra Hoerger (storybook)
Actors: His Majesty Birendra Bir Bikram Sha Dev, The Dalai Lama, Martin Maria Abram, Toni Hagen