Gone Girl (2014), The Thin Man (1934), Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994), Mary Poppins (1964), First Blood (1982), A Simple Plan (1998), Ready Player One (2018), The Haunting (1963) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Based On Novel movies.
Storyline: After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Elizabeth returns to her home town with her young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: family, comedy, musical, drama, children, classic, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1896, three whalers are stranded in the Arctic North Canada and seek refuge with an Eskimo tribe. Gradually, they gain control with the Eskimo village and introduce gambling, booze, theft, and their special variation of sex. In the beginning, the Eskimos accept it, but slowly the cultural tension starts growing.—Frank Christensen <fch@post4.tele.dk>
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, survival, historical, arctic, shipwreck, cultural clash ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for an I.O.U., signed "Jefferson Davis". McEwen rides out of town and catches a train, but not before being bitten by a rattler. On the train, a nurse, Miss Hollister, tends to his wound. A posse searches the train, but McEwen manages to escape notice. However a mysterious Mexican has taken note of the cowboy, and that loudmouthed brat is still nosing around. Who will be the first to claim the reward for the robber's capture?—David Steele
Plot Keywords: western, classic film, 1940s, black and white, american film, fugitive, moral dilemma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen. This friendship helps Jess deal with the tragedy that makes him realize what Leslie taught him.
Plot Keywords: fantasy, adventure, drama, family, friendship, coming of age, children ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Police inspector Carl Morck and his assistant investigate a cold case involving a missing woman.
Plot Keywords: crime, mystery, thriller, detective, nordic, police, serial killer ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Vampires walk the Earth using synthetic blood.
Plot Keywords: vampire, fantasy, horror, romance, drama, supernatural, gore ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Having flunked graduation for a second time and needing cash to support his crabby (and thus unemployed) father, Danny Fisher takes a job as a singer in the King Creole nightclub - about the only joint around not run by smarmy crook Maxie Fields who wants him for his own place. He gets on pretty well with Fields' floozy though, and all this plus his involvement with Fields' hoods and with innocent five-and-dime store assistant Nellie means Danny finds his world closing in on him all ways round.—J-26
Plot Keywords: musical, drama, crime, romance, film noir, new orleans, elvis presley ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Near the end of World War II, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded British soldier. With the conflict coming to an end, Michiel comes of age and learns of the stark difference between adventure fantasy and the ugly realities of war.
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, netherlands, history, drama, survival, resistance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A man is hypnotized at a party by his sister-in law. He soon has visions and dreams of a ghost of a girl. Trying to avoid this, nearly pushes him to brink of insanity as the ghost wants something from him - to find out how she died. The only way he can get his life back is finding out the truth behind her death. The more he digs, the more he lets her in, the shocking truth behind her death puts his whole family in danger.
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, supernatural, paranormal, mystery, psychological thriller, ghost ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An adolescent boy and his mother are sent to live in New Mexico after his father goes off to fight World War II. The move is hard on both mother and son. The boy, one of the few whites in the area, must deal with making friends, the strange new land, and first love. Meanwhile, his mother becomes increasingly withdrawn. When they learn that his father has been killed, the son must fight with his mother's lover to become the real head of the household.—GusF
Plot Keywords: drama, coming of age, family, war, world war ii, youth, american ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Stepford Wives is about a small suburb where the women happily go about their housework - cleaning, doing laundry, and cooking gourmet meals - to please their husbands. Unfortunately, Bobbie and Joanna discover that the village's wives have been replaced with robots, and Joanna's husband wants in on the action.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, thriller, mystery, drama, horror, psychological thriller, dystopian ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Allan Karlsson, a 100-year-old explosives expert, escapes from a retirement home.
Plot Keywords: comedy, adventure, drama, swedish film, road movie, historical events, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An embittered, hard-drinking Indian finds himself befriending a young white farmboy, and together they determine to help him end his drinking problems and return to his former life.
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, family, coming of age, friendship, nature, rural ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: For the corpulent nobleman, Sir John Falstaff, the inn in the small English town of Windsor is the best of all places. Here he can indulge in excessive dining and intemperate drinking, as well as swagger and boast about his adventures, particularly those of an amorous nature. At present, he has designs on the two young women, Mistress Reich and Fluth, who, in turn, lead our paunchy hero mightily by the nose. Mistress Reich indeed has much to deal with: her pretty daughter, Anna, has no lack of suitors and the parents cannot agree on who the future son-in-law should be. Anna, however, has already made her choice: she wants to marry young Master Fenton, a match which fails to suit her parents' plans. She plans a clandestine wedding ceremony in the forest. But it so happens that the townspeople join forces on the same night to sour stout Falstaff's life in Windsor and to drive him out of town. To pull off this dirty trick, Mistresses Reich and Fluth arrange yet another rendezvous with Falstaff in the forest at midnight. The citizens disguise themselves and now appear to the love-sick Sir John as ghosts. This is more than he can take and, horror-stricken, he flees Windsor forever. This musical masterpiece was questioned by the SED prior to its release due to the film's portrayal of societal relations. Great comedic performances.—DEFA Film Library
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, historical, swashbuckler, action, romance, scotland ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While in a train halted at a station, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder committed in a nearby building. When she goes to the police they think she's read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help with her sleuthing.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: mystery, thriller, film noir, murder, witness, 1940s, female protagonist ...
Movie Details Click Here !