Islands in the Stream (1977), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Captains Courageous (1937), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Bukowski: Born Into This (2003), Little Women (2019), Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird (2010), Moby Dick (1956) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best American Literature movies.
Storyline: Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Plot Keywords: adventure, family, classic, coming of age, friendship, childhood, 19th century ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: With her family in financial difficulties, Rebecca is sent to live with her two strict, unfeeling aunts, who do not appreciate the young girl's charm and energy. Rebecca must make new friends and must adjust to surroundings that are sometimes difficult. But she still finds time to think of numerous ways to help others in her new hometown.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: silent film, comedy, family, drama, children, classic, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Shaken by the death of his father and discouraged by his stalled career, writer Sal Paradise goes on a road trip hoping for inspiration. While traveling, he is befriended by charismatic and fearless Dean Moriarty and Moriarty's free-spirited and seductive young wife, Marylou. Traveling across the American southwest together, they strive to break from conformity and and search the unknown, and their decisions change the very course of their lives.
Plot Keywords: road movie, novel adaptation, self-discovery, counterculture, american literature, travel, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others as her missing husband. He poses as Chillingworth, a doctor, watching Hester and searching out the identity of her lover. His eye soon rests on Dimmesdale, a young overwrought pastor. Enmity grows between the two men; Chillingworth applies psychological pressure, and the pastor begins to crack. A ship stops in Salem, and Hester sees it as a providential refuge for her daughter, herself, and her lover. But will Dimmesdale flee with her?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: drama, historical, romance, american, adaptation, novel-based, morality ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on the classic book by Mark Twain, comes the story of the renowned young rascal: Huckleberry Finn. When Huck sets out on an adventure down the Mississippi River, he comes across a runaway slave named Jim. Inviting him along on his journey, Huck and his new friend encounter an array of trouble when they are detoured by the King and Duke. As the unlikely duo attempt to escape their dwindling fate, Huck must defend Jim's honor and turn away from the life he once knew.
Plot Keywords: adventure, family, classic, literary adaptation, america, 19th century, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: adventure, coming of age, friendship, freedom, race, social criticism, american literature ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The adventure unfolds as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn - Tom's friend from the streets - witness a murder in the graveyard. Tom and Huck flee to Jackson Island and make a pact never to tell anyone about the incident. However, when the good-natured Muff Potter, who has been blamed for the murder is sentenced to death by hanging, Tom breaks his promise and returns to exonerate Muff Potter. In jun Joe, the actual murderer, makes a hasty exit from the courtroom during the trial. A short time later, Tom and Huck find references to a treasure and have to face In jun Joe again.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: adventure, classic adaptation, coming of age, friendship, free spirit, rebellion, rural life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 17th century Massachusetts, a young married woman, Hester Prynne (Meg Foster), whose older husband is in Europe, endures the scorn of her Puritan village when she commits adultery and bares a daughter. Forced to wear a large letter "A" on her dress, Hester refuses to identify her child's father. Hester's husband (Kevin Conway) secretly arrives in town and, learning of her disgrace, seeks to discover if the kindly but guilt-ridden minister, Arthur Dimmesdale, could be Hester's lover.
Plot Keywords: drama, historical, romance, literary adaptation, morality, taboo, sin ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Victor Reynolds arrives at the notorious House of Usher, whereupon he is greeted by old acquaintances Roderick and Madeline Usher and their servant, Markus. As Victor uncovers more about the history of the house and the disappearances of those that entered it previously, he begins to realize that he is in mortal danger.—tixylix
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, mystery, gothic, supernatural, psychological horror, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Renowned editor Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth) develops a friendship with author Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) while working on the writer's manuscripts.
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, history, literature, writer, new york, 20th century ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Despite the best efforts of the Widow Douglas (Jean Speegle Howard) to civilize him, Huck Finn (Ron Howard) remains largely incorrigible. When his alcoholic father (Dee Carroll) comes back to town and begins making trouble for him, Huck decides it's time to take off, and in running away bumps into a slave named Jim who's doing the same. Together they escape down the Mississippi River on a raft, and Huck warms to Jim enough to think he'd rather go to hell than ever turn in his friend.
Plot Keywords: adventure, classic, american literature, coming of age, friendship, freedom, race ...
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