Category
page 1Films based on British novels

Apocalypse Now
1979 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola

The King's Speech
2010 British film directed by Tom Hooper

Dr. No
1962 film by Terence Young

The Prestige
2006 film directed by Christopher Nolan

A Clockwork Orange
1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick

Dr. Strangelove
1964 British satire film directed by Stanley Kubrick

Casino Royale
2006 film by Martin Campbell

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 film directed by Tim Burton

Mary Poppins
1964 film directed by Robert Stevenson

Rebecca
1940 film by Alfred Hitchcock

Barry Lyndon
1975 film directed by Stanley Kubrick

Live and Let Die
1973 film directed by Guy Hamilton

Mrs. Doubtfire
1993 American comedy film directed by Chris Columbus

Atonement
2007 film directed by Joe Wright

How Green Was My Valley
1941 film by John Ford

Children of Men
2006 film directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Empire of the Sun
1987 film directed by Steven Spielberg

Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson

The Beach
2000 film directed by Danny Boyle

The African Queen
1951 film by John Huston

War Horse
2011 film directed by Steven Spielberg

Cloud Atlas
2012 film directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis

Stardust
2007 film directed by Matthew Vaughn

Babe
1995 film directed by Chris Noonan

Chocolat
2000 film directed by Lasse Hallström

The Last King of Scotland
2006 film by Kevin Macdonald

The 39 Steps
1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock

Mary Poppins Returns
2018 film directed by Rob Marshall

Mortal Engines
2018 film directed by Christian Rivers

The Blue Lagoon
1980 film by Randal Kleiser

Arrietty
Arrietty, titled in Japan and The Secret World of Arrietty in North America, is a 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi as his feature film debut as a director, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and Wild Bunch. The screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, was based on the 1952 novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton, an English author of children's books, about a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of a typical household, borrowing items f

Tom Jones
1963 British adventure comedy film directed by Tony Richardson

The Golden Compass
2007 film directed by Chris Weitz

Me Before You
2016 film directed by Thea Sharrock

The Ghost Writer
2010 film by Roman Polanski

Spellbound
1945 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Murder on the Orient Express
2017 film directed by Kenneth Branagh

Paddington
2014 film directed by Paul King

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 film directed by Peter Weir

A Good Year
2006 film by Ridley Scott

Conclave
2024 film by Edward Berger

Man on Fire
2004 film directed by Tony Scott

The Time Machine
2002 film directed by Simon Wells

The Lady Vanishes
1938 film by Alfred Hitchcock

Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 film directed by Peter Webber

Marnie
1964 film by Alfred Hitchcock

The Day of the Jackal
1973 film by Fred Zinnemann

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 film directed by Robert Stevenson

Suspicion
1941 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971 film directed by Mel Stuart

The Jackal
1997 film by Michael Caton-Jones

The Remains of the Day
1993 film directed by James Ivory

The Dreamers
2003 film by Bernardo Bertolucci

Wonka
2023 film directed by Paul King

Jack Reacher
2012 film by Christopher McQuarrie

The BFG
2016 film by Steven Spielberg

The Guns of Navarone
1961 film by J. Lee Thompson

Bridget Jones's Diary
2001 film directed by Sharon Maguire
Frenzy
Frenzy is a 1972 British neo-noir thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer is based on the 1966 novel Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by Arthur La Bern. The film stars Jon Finch, Alec McCowen and Barry Foster and features Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins and Vivien Merchant. The original music score was composed by Ron Goodwin.

Paddington 2
2017 film by Paul King