Literary Adaptation Movies

  • 1991
    Vinga på villovägar

    Vinga på villovägar

    Vinga på villovägar

    01991HD

    The little dove Vinga gets lost when she is on her way home after buying strawberry jam.

    Vinga på villovägar
  • 1966
    The Witty Bus Girl

    The Witty Bus Girl

    The Witty Bus Girl

    01966HD

    Industrialist Tam Kar-cheung knowingly puts the lives of his workers at risk so as to line his pocket with insurance payments. The chivalrous Bus Mone...

    The Witty Bus Girl
  • 1896
    Trilby Burlesque

    Trilby Burlesque

    Trilby Burlesque

    11896HD

    The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

    Trilby Burlesque
  • 1955
    The Inspector General

    The Inspector General

    The Inspector General

    01955HD

    Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector General is a satire play well-known around the world. In the period between the end of World War II and the 1960s, the p...

    The Inspector General
  • 1956
    An Idiot Adada

    An Idiot Adada

    An Idiot Adada

    01956HD

    Adada's poor husband suddenly strikes it rich. He changes his hovel for a beautiful home, but his character changes as well. He becomes overly proud a...

    An Idiot Adada
  • 2017
    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    82017HD

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
  • 1957
    Fires of Envy

    Fires of Envy

    Fires of Envy

    01957HD

    A dramatization of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell's penetrating story about the racial prejudice encountered by a Polish immigrant farmer in a rural Sa...

    Fires of Envy
  • 1967
    The Top of Mount Fuji

    The Top of Mount Fuji

    The Top of Mount Fuji

    01967HD

    A touching drama based on the novel of the same name by Eikichi Hashimoto. In the 23rd year of the Meiji period, weather forecasts were rarely correct...

    The Top of Mount Fuji
  • 1896
    Trilby and Little Billee

    Trilby and Little Billee

    Trilby and Little Billee

    01896HD

    Trilby lounges on a table with her shoes off, smoking, laughing, enjoying a piece of cake, and kissing her friend in a scene from the popular eponymou...

    Trilby and Little Billee
  • 2006
    The Guide for the Perplexed

    The Guide for the Perplexed

    The Guide for the Perplexed

    02006HD

    Director Yigal Bursztyn’s made-for-TV road movie takes viewers on a contemporary journey in which he traces the gospel and teachings of Jewish philoso...

    The Guide for the Perplexed
  • 1960
    Torrents of Spring

    Torrents of Spring

    Torrents of Spring

    01960HD

    Sojourning in Macau, Su Erning by chance helps Pan Meiniang resuscitate his younger brother and fends off the thug. In her admiration, Pan calls off t...

    Torrents of Spring
  • 1956
    Whistle and I'll Come to You!

    Whistle and I'll Come to You!

    Whistle and I'll Come to You!

    01956HD

    A man finds a whistle bearing a mysterious Latin inscription, which, when blown, awakens horrors beyond human understanding. A decade before the BBC's...

    Whistle and I'll Come to You!
  • 1936
    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    01936HD

    The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
  • 1922
    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    01922HD

    A charitable childhood deed holds fateful consequences for poor Pip. An anonymous benefactor paves the way for Pip’s transformation and subsequent soc...

    Great Expectations
  • 2012
    Table for Two

    Table for Two

    Table for Two

    02012HD

    Julia, a waitress without much going on in her life, accepts a job offer from Milo, a writer in crisis who needs an assistant to talk to. From these c...

    Table for Two
  • 1911
    Trilby and Svengali

    Trilby and Svengali

    Trilby and Svengali

    01911HD

    British adaptation of Trilby filmed in Kinemacolor. Presumed lost.

    Trilby and Svengali
  • 2016
    A Crackup at the Race Riots

    A Crackup at the Race Riots

    A Crackup at the Race Riots

    42016HD

    Set in Florida and inspired by Harmony Korine’s homonymous book, Leo Gabin’s film consists of a collage of YouTube videos, mostly self-made, which dep...

    A Crackup at the Race Riots
  • 1949
    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion

    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion

    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion

    01949HD

    Mok Ming moves into Po Tak-yan’s old mansion. Po's mistress, the songstress Tsi Law-heung, has died in it. Her spirit haunts the mansion as she is unb...

    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion
  • 2023
    A Leaf of Winter

    A Leaf of Winter

    A Leaf of Winter

    102023HD

    We all carry our leaves, some of winter, some of spring and summer. But all leaves grow, breathe and wither with time; and so do we.

    A Leaf of Winter
  • 1947
    New Arabian Nights

    New Arabian Nights

    New Arabian Nights

    01947HD

    Showing off his love of visual aesthetics as a painter, director Dan Duyu combines elegance, exoticism and oddity into a grand big-budget package with...

    New Arabian Nights