Movie List for "book by"

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

The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)

A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger. Year 2002.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Eugene Jarecki
Writer: Alex Gibney, Christopher Hitchens (book)
Actors: Brian Cox, Henry Kissinger, Anna Chennault, Amy Goodman

The Soul Keeper (2002)

Seduced by Jung, killed by hate, redeemed by history. In 1905 a 19-year-old Russian girl suffering from severe hysteria is admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Zurich. A young doctor, … Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Roberto Faenza
Writer: Aldo Carotenuto (book), Gianni Arduini (in collaboration with), Giampiero Rigosi (in collaboration with), Hugh Fleetwood (in collaboration with), Alessandro Defilippi (in collaboration with), Roberto Faenza (screenplay), François Cohen-Séat (in collaboration with), Elda Ferri (in collaboration with)
Actors: Iain Glen, Emilia Fox, Craig Ferguson, Caroline Ducey

Aftermath: The Remnants of War (2001)

This overview of the horrors of 20th century war reminds us that war does not end when peace treaties are signed and the soldiers have gone home. Year 2001.

Generes: Documentary, War
Director: Daniel Sekulich
Writer: Allen J. Abel, Daniel Sekulich, Donovan Webster (book)
Actors: John Jarvis

My Dog Skip (2000)

A shy boy grows up in 1940s Mississippi with the help of his beloved dog, Skip. Year 2000.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Director: Jay Russell
Writer: Willie Morris (book), Gail Gilchriest (screenplay)
Actors: Luke Wilson, Frankie Muniz, Kevin Bacon, Diane Lane

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999)

One day, a boy named Jacob Two-Two (aptly named because every phrase that he utters is repeated) decides to set out to prove himself to his parents that he can do things, so his father, who… Year 1999.

Generes: Family, Fantasy
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Tim Burns, Mordecai Richler (book)
Actors: Gary Busey, Mark McKinney, Miranda Richardson, Max Morrow

Misery Harbour (1999)

Oslo, 1932. Espen Arnakke, an up and coming Danish born writer who only writes non-fiction, is constantly butting heads with book critic Johan Hoeg, who has not been impressed by anything … Year 1999.

Generes: Drama
Director: Nils Gaup
Writer: Sigve Endresen, Aksel Sandemose (novel), Kenny Sanders
Actors: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Stuart Graham, Anneke von der Lippe, Bjørn Floberg

Kill the Man (1999)

The two owners of the Long Shot Copies shop struggle against a copying giant, King Co. Having gotten their start from a one hundred thousand dollar windfall when one of them hit a … Year 1999.

Generes: Romance, Comedy
Director: Tom Booker, Jon Kean
Writer: Tom Booker, Jon Kean
Actors: Luke Wilson, Joshua Malina, Paula Devicq, Phillip Rhys