Films based on adaptations

2004 musical film directed by Joel Schumacher

2013 film directed by Jonathan Levine

Wicked: For Good is a 2025 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second 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. Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum reprise their roles from the first film. Set in the Land of Oz before and during the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film follows Elphaba and Glinda in their new identities as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

1931 film by Rouben Mamoulian

1966 film directed by Leslie H. Martinson

1940 film by Robert Zigler Leonard

2019 film directed by Charlie Bean

1971 film directed by Norman Jewison

2014 film directed by Will Gluck

2023 film directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield

1956 film by Walter Lang

2010 film directed by Matt Reeves

1969 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Gene Kelly

2000 film by E. Elias Merhige

2019 film directed by Tom Hooper

1954 film by Stanley Donen

1972 film directed by Wes Craven

1996 film by Mike Nichols

2022 film directed by Marc Forster

2015 film directed by Simon West

1959 film directed by George Stevens

2000 film by Robert Redford

2022 film directed by Robert Zemeckis

1961 film by Frank Capra

2023 film directed by David Lowery

2004 film by John Moore

2007 film directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly

1937 film by Victor Fleming, Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý

2002 film by Steven Brill

1936 film by George Cukor

2016 film by Burr Steers

1945 film by Fritz Lang

2005 film by Jay Chandrasekhar

1989 film by Neil Jordan

1978 film by Sidney Lumet

1998 film directed by Gus Van Sant

2013 film directed by Roman Polanski

2013 film directed by Mohit Suri

2005 film by Roohullah

1941 American horror film directed by Victor Fleming

Baazigar () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film directed by Abbas–Mustan and produced by Venus Movies. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Shilpa Shetty (in her acting debut), Dalip Tahil, and Raakhee. The film follows a young man seeking to avenge the fall of his family by going on a murderous rampage. It is loosely based on the 1991 film A Kiss Before Dying which was adapted from Ira Levin's 1953 novel of the same. The soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik.

2011 film by Daniel Barnz

1958 film directed by Morton DaCosta

1966 American drama film directed by Arthur Penn

1955 musical film by Fred Zinnemann

1955 film by Mervyn LeRoy, John Ford, Joshua Logan

1995 film by John Carpenter

2008 film by A. R. Murugadoss

1973 film directed by Norman Jewison

1982 film directed by John Huston

2008 film by Diane English

1954 film by Otto Preminger

1994 film by Sooraj R. Barjatya

1961 film directed by Jack Clayton

1931 film by Frank Borzage

The Bride! is a 2026 American Gothic romance film directed and written by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Penélope Cruz. The film draws inspiration from the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, which was based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.

2015 film by Billy Ray

1967 musical film by Joshua Logan

1955 American musical film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1990 film by Tom Stoppard