BOOK → FILMSci-FiFILM / 2015
The Martian
One astronaut, an unforgiving planet, and a survival story driven by ingenuity.
Directed by Ridley Scott
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From page
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Memorable books. A new cinematic life.
Explore stories that have travelled from a writer’s imagination to the big screen.
Explore adaptations 12 selected adaptations
CURATED SCREEN ADAPTATIONS
Stories that travel.
An editorial selection of published books and their film adaptations. Featured titles are not represented projects.
12 adaptations
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BOOK → FILMSci-FiFILM / 2021
Dune
A desert world becomes the stage for a sweeping story of power, inheritance, and destiny.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
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BOOK → FILMDramaFILM / 1972
The Godfather
Family loyalties and the cost of power shape the Corleone saga.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
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BOOK → FILMDramaFILM / 2019
Little Women
The March sisters find their voices through art, ambition, love, and the changing shape of home.
Directed by Greta Gerwig
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BOOK → FILMRomanceFILM / 2005
Pride and Prejudice
First impressions give way to a more complicated understanding of love and character.
Directed by Joe Wright
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BOOK → FILMAdventureFILM / 2012
Life of Pi
A boy and a tiger share a lifeboat in a story of survival, belief, and the stories we tell.
Directed by Ang Lee
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BOOK → FILMThrillerFILM / 2014
Gone Girl
A disappearance exposes the competing narratives beneath a carefully constructed marriage.
Directed by David Fincher
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BOOK → FILMYoung AdultFILM / 2014
The Fault in Our Stars
Two young readers find connection, humor, and love while living with serious illness.
Directed by Josh Boone
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BOOK → FILMYoung AdultFILM / 2012
The Hunger Games
Katniss Everdeen enters a televised arena where survival becomes an act of resistance.
Directed by Gary Ross
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BOOK → FILMYoung AdultFILM / 2014
The Maze Runner
A community of teenagers searches for a way out of a shifting maze and its hidden rules.
Directed by Wes Ball
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BOOK → FILMFantasyFILM / 2005
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
A wardrobe opens onto Narnia, where four siblings become part of a struggle against an endless winter.
Directed by Andrew Adamson
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BOOK → FILMDramaFILM / 2013
The Great Gatsby
The glamour of the Jazz Age frames a story of longing, reinvention, and an elusive past.
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
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