Literary Adaptation Movies

During his final days at Buenos Aires’ Hospital de Clínicas, writer Horacio Quiroga confronts his terminal illness as memories, visions,...

Starring Jeremy Irons in a one-man drama, adapted from a Dostoevsky short story by Murray Watts. In his dream, the Man visits an unspoilt Garden of...

Supernatural Drama about an addictive woman who is given a chance at redemption if she accepts Death's offer.

Adapted from a Tang Dynasty fantasy tale, Sung Chuen-sau used the story of a scholar meeting a female ghost at night, but emphasised neither the...

How Don Quixote de la Mancha, the immortal character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605, has been depicted in cinema, television, cartoons,...

Victor Frankenstein's search for the secret of life leads to the creation of a monster that consumes his life and family.

Patricia Highsmith's haunting story of a day in a young girl's life when a kind stranger comes to town.

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln's youngest son is laid to rest. That night, Lincoln visits his son's crypt, a chorus of ghosts narrating their brief...

An adaptation of the tragicomedy "Calisto y Melibea", attributed to Fernando de Rojas.

Follows an aging artist who, after the death of her partner, is moved into a unique long-term care residence where she begins to distrust her...

Trilby parody with several key characters' names altered. Presumed lost.

When he was a little boy, Tokitō Kensaku was sent to live with his paternal grandfather and his mistress Oei. Years later, Kensaku realizes he...

Two neighbours with similar names, Paweł and Gaweł, meet a violinist girl Violetta who pretends to be a child. When Paweł learns she's...

The Mermaid Princess of Dongting Lake had the misfortune of marrying ill, her husband being the depraved and tyrannical Prince of Jingchuan, who...

The little dove Vinga gets lost when she is on her way home after buying strawberry jam.

Ko Suk-ying is saddened over her arranged marriage as manipulated by her father Hak-ming. Ko Kok-sun's Cousin Chow Wai's spends the Mid-Autumn...

The White family await their guest. Sergeant-Major Morris has just returned from serving in India.He carries a cursed monkey's paw. It can grant the...

Three tales of vacation-themed horror adapted from the bestselling book by Grindhouse Press.

"Family" (1953), which launched the Union Film legacy, "Spring" (1953) and "Autumn" (1954) are adaptations of Ba Jin's highly regarded novel "Torrent...