Subject search:adaptation

Pride and Prejudice

by Joe Wright Director
DVD, September 11, 2005
Tags
fiction, period drama, period story, 1700s, based-on-books, Jane Austen, romance, romcom, drama, relationship drama, rich people problems — 7 more, Great Britain, sibling loyalty, sibling rivalry, parenthood, class divide, flowery dialogue, nonconformism

The Godfather

by Francis Ford Coppola Director
DVD, March 14, 1972
Tags
fiction, movie, The Godfather, crime, crime drama, family business, mafia, based-on-books, generational narrative, the king is dead long live the king, drama — 9 more, period drama, 1940s, 1950s, Academy Award (best picture), Academy Award (best adapted screenplay), Golden Globe (best drama), Golden Globe (best screenplay), Golden Globe (best original score), BAFTA Award (best original music)
Series
The Godfather {Coppola} (1)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Feeling

by Joss Whedon Composer
CD sound recording, 2003-08-02
Tags
music, soundtrack, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, musical soundtrack, score, Joss Whedon, instrumental, orchestral

The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot

by Frederik Du Chau Director
DVD, 2010
Tags
fiction, movie, animation, Arthurian, musical, fantasy, quest, long walk, dragons, wizards, griffin — 5 more, knights, based-on-books, Merlin, Stonehenge, giants

V for Vendetta

by James McTeigue Director
DVD, 2008
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fiction, movie, V for Vendetta, kidnapping, authoritarianism, based-on-comics, terrorism, conditioning, Great Britain, dystopia, science fiction — 14 more, fascism, rebellion, resistance movement, thriller, political thriller, super heroes, live action super hero film, made without creator involvement, persecution, religious freedom, homosexuality, one year narrative, revenge story, Prometheus Award
Collections
Loki's Top 20 films of all time, Loki's Top 13 superhero films, Lucky's Favourites, Favorites

Troy (Director's Cut)

by Wolfgang Petersen Director
DVD, 2013
Tags
fiction, movie, Troy, war story, warfare, period story, action, romance, kidnapping, extended cut, Homer — 5 more, based-on-books, based-on-ancient-text, epic, Ancient Greece, Odysseus

Thank You for Smoking

by Jason Reitman Director
DVD, 2009
Tags
fiction, movie, comedy, black comedy, capitalism, based-on-books, satire, parenthood
Collections
Loki's Top 12 live action comedy films, Esoteric Endorsements, Loki's Favourites

Stardust

by Matthew Vaughn Director
DVD, 2012
Tags
fiction, movie, based-on-books, fantasy, Faerie, child discovers new world, slavery, immortality, witchcraft, Witches Three, airship — 8 more, fairy tales, long walk, quest, romance, cursed to live as an animal, piracy, Hugo Award (best dramatic presentation), The Village of Wall
Collection
Loki's Favourites
Series
Stardust (Movie)

Finding Neverland

by Marc Forster Director
DVD, 2011
Tags
fiction, movie, true story, based-on-play, drama, period drama, period story, stories about writing, romance, death, sick parent — 5 more, Peter Pan, childhood, coming of age, pre-war 1900s, Academy Award (best original score)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll
Hardcover, 1965
Tags
fiction, novel, children's story, poetry, fantasy, dreams, child discovers new world, Wonderland, illustrated fiction, anthropomorphic animal world
Series
Alice's Adventures (1)

Blade

by Stephen Norrington Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
fiction, movie, vampires, Blade, Marvel film, live action super hero film, action, strong violence, based-on-comics, comic adaptation, fantasy — 4 more, super heroes, supernatural pregnancy, hidden world, third act villain transformation trope
Series
Blade Movies (1998 film)

John Adams

by Tom Hooper Director
DVD, 2009
Tags
TV show, historical fiction, history, biography, American Revolution, USA, based-on-books, miniseries, HBO, movie length episode format, fiction — 11 more, political drama, drama, revolutions, nation building, period drama, period story, 1700s, Golden Globe (best miniseries), Emmy Award (outstanding limited series), Emmy Award (outstanding limited series writing), Peabody Award

I Am Legend

by Francis Lawrence Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
based-on-books, fiction, movie, post-apocalyptic, zombies, plague, last of their people, loneliness, action, thriller, alternate ending — 5 more, alternate cut, quest, horror, science fiction, I Am Legend

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Garth Jennings Director
DVD, 2011
Tags
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, movie, fiction, based-on-books, science fiction, humour, space travel, aliens, to the end of the world, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic — 8 more, conspiracy thriller, comedy, action comedy, narrator with personality, failed franchise attempt, artificial intelligence, bureaucracy, based-on-radio
Series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Film)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Hogwarts Year Five

by David Yates Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
fiction, fantasy, movie, Wizarding World, Harry Potter, wizards, childhood, orphan, high school drama, hidden world, children's story — 5 more, magic school, based-on-books, authoritarianism, centaurs, phoenix
Series
Harry Potter Movies (Year 5)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Hogwarts Year Four

by Mike Newell Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
fiction, fantasy, movie, Wizarding World, Harry Potter, wizards, childhood, orphan, high school drama, hidden world, magic school — 7 more, based-on-books, dragons, romance, teen movie, merfolk, resurrection, ghosts
Series
Harry Potter Movies (Year 4)

Fight Club

by David Fincher Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
fiction, movie, multiple personalities, based-on-books, drama, thriller

The Bourne Supremacy

by Paul Greengrass Director
Blu-ray, 2004
Tags
Jason Bourne, fiction, movie, spy thriller, mystery, identity, action, memory loss, sequel, on the run, Bourne Collection — 2 more, box set, secret agent
Series
The Bourne Films (2)

10 Things I Hate About You

by Gil Junger Director
DVD, 2010
Tags
fiction, movie, romance, Shakespeare, reimagining, teen movie, humour, romcom, Letters to Cleo, Save Ferris, high school drama — 3 more, comedy, based-on-play, 10 Things I Hate About You
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