Films based on adaptations

2009 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

2015 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

2002 film by Rob Marshall

2014 film directed by Robert Stromberg

2019 film directed by Guy Ritchie

2016 film directed by Jon Favreau

1964 film by George Cukor

2017 film directed by Bill Condon

2019 film directed by Jon Favreau

1915 film directed by D. W. Griffith

2007 film by Tim Burton

1961 film by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

2007 film by James Mangold

2015 film directed by Kenneth Branagh

1991 film directed by Martin Scorsese

1932 film directed by Edmund Goulding

2012 film directed by Tom Hooper

1998 American film directed by Martin Brest

2002 film directed by Gore Verbinski

1927 film by Alan Crosland

2021 film directed by Craig Gillespie

1992 film directed by Michael Mann

2018 film directed by Rob Marshall

1931 film directed by James Whale

Sholay (, ) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film follows two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), who are hired by a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) to capture the ruthless bandit Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star as Veeru and Jai's love interests, Basanti and Radha, respectively. The soundtrack was composed by R D Burman.

2020 film directed by Niki Caro

1972 film by Bob Fosse

1931 film directed by Tod Browning

2019 film directed by Tim Burton

2008 film by Michael Patrick King

Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American comedy film written and directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debut, and produced by Jon Davison. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Lorna Patterson, Stephen Stucker, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows the plot, central characters, and some dialogue. It also draws many elements from Airport 1975 and other films in

1951 film by George Stevens

Wicked is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. It adapts the first act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star as Elphaba Thropp and Glinda Upland, respectively; while Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum appear in supporting roles. Set in the Land of Oz before the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film explores the early relationship between Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her schoolmate Galinda, who becomes Glinda the Good.

2025 film directed by Marc Webb

2012 American animated film directed by Tim Burton

1996 film directed by Alan Parker

2009 film by Nora Ephron

1968 film directed by Carol Reed

1996 film directed by Stephen Herek

2023 film directed by Rob Marshall

1997 film by Michael Caton-Jones

2012 film directed by Len Wiseman

2011 film directed by Dennis Dugan

2003 film directed by Stephen Norrington

2014 film directed by Brett Ratner

2021 film directed by Steven Spielberg

1988 film by Stephen Frears

1979 film directed by Werner Herzog

How to Train Your Dragon is a 2025 American fantasy adventure film and a live-action remake of the 2010 animated film by DreamWorks Animation, itself loosely based on the 2003 novel by Cressida Cowell. The film was written and directed by Dean DeBlois, who co-wrote and directed the animated film, and stars Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Peter Serafinowicz, and Nick Frost, with Gerard Butler reprising his role as Stoick the Vast.

1993 film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

2024 film directed by Robert Eggers

2000 film directed by Kevin Lima

2018 film directed by Marc Forster

2008 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

1949 American drama film directed by William Wyler

2016 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

2004 film directed by Jonathan Demme

2011 film by David Cronenberg

2018 film directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston

1999 film directed by Chris Columbus