Category
page 1Films based on adaptations
The Princess and the Frog
2009 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements
The Revenant
2015 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Chicago
2002 film by Rob Marshall
Maleficent
2014 film directed by Robert Stromberg
Aladdin
2019 film directed by Guy Ritchie
The Jungle Book
2016 film directed by Jon Favreau
My Fair Lady
1964 film by George Cukor
Beauty and the Beast
2017 film directed by Bill Condon
The Lion King
2019 film directed by Jon Favreau
The Birth of a Nation
1915 film directed by D. W. Griffith
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007 film by Tim Burton
West Side Story
1961 film by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
3:10 to Yuma
2007 film by James Mangold
Cinderella
2015 film directed by Kenneth Branagh
Cape Fear
1991 film directed by Martin Scorsese
Grand Hotel
1932 film directed by Edmund Goulding
Les Misérables
2012 film directed by Tom Hooper
Meet Joe Black
1998 American film directed by Martin Brest
The Ring
2002 film directed by Gore Verbinski
The Jazz Singer
1927 film by Alan Crosland
Cruella
2021 film directed by Craig Gillespie
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 film directed by Michael Mann
Mary Poppins Returns
2018 film directed by Rob Marshall
Frankenstein
1931 film directed by James Whale
Sholay
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.
Mulan
2020 film directed by Niki Caro
Cabaret
1972 film by Bob Fosse
Dracula
1931 film directed by Tod Browning
Dumbo
2019 film directed by Tim Burton
Sex and the City
2008 film by Michael Patrick King
Airplane!
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
A Place in the Sun
1951 film by George Stevens
Wicked (2024 film)
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.
Snow White
2025 film directed by Marc Webb
Frankenweenie
2012 American animated film directed by Tim Burton
Evita
1996 film directed by Alan Parker
Julie & Julia
2009 film by Nora Ephron
Oliver!
1968 film directed by Carol Reed
101 Dalmatians
1996 film directed by Stephen Herek
The Little Mermaid
2023 film directed by Rob Marshall
The Jackal
1997 film by Michael Caton-Jones
Total Recall
2012 film directed by Len Wiseman
Just Go with It
2011 film directed by Dennis Dugan
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003 film directed by Stephen Norrington
Hercules
2014 film directed by Brett Ratner
West Side Story
2021 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Dangerous Liaisons
1988 film by Stephen Frears
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 film directed by Werner Herzog
How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)
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.
Addams Family Values
1993 film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Nosferatu
2024 film directed by Robert Eggers
102 Dalmatians
2000 film directed by Kevin Lima
Christopher Robin
2018 film directed by Marc Forster
Death Race
2008 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
The Heiress
1949 American drama film directed by William Wyler
The Magnificent Seven
2016 film directed by Antoine Fuqua
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 film directed by Jonathan Demme
A Dangerous Method
2011 film by David Cronenberg
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018 film directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston
Bicentennial Man
1999 film directed by Chris Columbus