Literary Adaptation Movies

  • 1958
    The Tormented Beauty

    The Tormented Beauty

    The Tormented Beauty

    01958HD

    Guerrilla member Ting Siu-yuen works as a playwright and Lee, the leader of an opera troupe. They conceal their identities in the troupe in order to...

    The Tormented Beauty
  • 2008
    The Idiot

    The Idiot

    The Idiot

    6.52008HD

    Nastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois...

    The Idiot
  • 1922
    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    01922HD

    After ten happy childhood years, the life of David Copperfield takes an obscure turn. His mother passes away and a cruel stepfather crushes young...

    David Copperfield
  • 1989
    The Dream

    The Dream

    The Dream

    8.71989HD

    Starring Jeremy Irons in a one-man drama, adapted from a Dostoevsky short story by Murray Watts. In his dream, the Man visits an unspoilt Garden of...

    The Dream
  • 1938
    Paweł & Gaweł

    Paweł & Gaweł

    Paweł & Gaweł

    7.41938HD

    Two neighbours with similar names, Paweł and Gaweł, meet a violinist girl Violetta who pretends to be a child. When Paweł learns she's...

    Paweł & Gaweł
  • 1967
    Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell

    Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell

    Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell

    01967HD

    Ghost-faced To is murdered in a mortuary after paying a visit to Muk Lan-fa. A set of teeth is found missing from another dead body. Lan-fa’s...

    Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
  • 1895
    Death Scene

    Death Scene

    Death Scene

    01895HD

    The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes two characters, then dies abruptly in a Trilby segment from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.

    Death Scene
  • 2019
    Fortress

    Fortress

    Fortress

    4.52019HD

    Filmed entirely inside Civitavecchia prison, with the inmates themselves as protagonists and co-authors, Fortezza is the reinterpretation of one of...

    Fortress
  • 1959
    How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies

    How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies

    How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies

    01959HD

    The three heroines, Wong Ang, Wu Nga, and Heung At expose a murder case involving three dead bodies found in an old temple. Unbeknown to the trio,...

    How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies
  • 2022
    Worst Laid Plans

    Worst Laid Plans

    Worst Laid Plans

    62022HD

    Three tales of vacation-themed horror adapted from the bestselling book by Grindhouse Press.

    Worst Laid Plans
  • 2022
    A Night with Moosina

    A Night with Moosina

    A Night with Moosina

    82022HD

    On a full moon night, a ten-year-old girl from a farming family in a remote village is lured by Moosina into a cave in the mountains, where she...

    A Night with Moosina
  • 2006
    Rebecca

    Rebecca

    Rebecca

    102006HD

    The plot adheres closely to the original novel, revolves around wealthy Maxim DeWinter, his naïve new wife, and Mrs. Danvers, the manipulative...

    Rebecca
  • 1970
    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    01970HD

    Planned adaptation of Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff.

    Cleopatra
  • 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...

    An Idiot Adada
  • 1955
    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    01955HD

    Ah Hing is made pregnant by her master Fan Chun-kit. Fan soon leaves for his studies overseas while Ah Hing suffers gross prosecution and is reduced...

    Resurrection
  • 1922
    Trilby

    Trilby

    Trilby

    01922HD

    First installment of the Tense Moments with Great Authors series. Presumed lost.

    Trilby
  • 2017
    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    82017HD

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
  • 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...

    Great Expectations
  • 2015
    A Mighty Nice Man

    A Mighty Nice Man

    A Mighty Nice Man

    6.82015HD

    Patricia Highsmith's haunting story of a day in a young girl's life when a kind stranger comes to town.

    A Mighty Nice Man
  • 1959
    The Chair

    The Chair

    The Chair

    01959HD

    After inheriting his father's estate, Cheung Ka-bo leads a life of debauchery after getting know Blackie Yuen, who profits at others' expense, and...

    The Chair