20th Century Novels as Film (172 titles)
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The Grapes Of Wrath
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The Grapes Of Wrath
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell
Director: John Ford
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A moving story of the migration to California of an Oklahoma family during the 'Dust-Bowl' period of the 1930's. Henry Fonda gives a sterling performance as Tom Joad, a poor farmer who refuses to be beaten down by misfortune and oppression. Based on a novel by John Steinbeck.
73%
from 2,373 members
Lolita
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Lolita
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella
Director: Adrian Lyne
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Lyne (FATAL ATTRACTION) tries his hand at a more faithful adaptation of Nabokov's novel than Kubrick was allowed to attempt in 1962. In the process, Irons gives an amazing, tortured performance as Humbert Humbert, the professor who can not control his physical desires for 12 year-old Dolores Haze (..read more »
64%
from 2,248 members
Lord Of The Flies
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Lord Of The Flies
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Paul Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Michael Greene
Director: Harry Hook
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Adapted from the William Golding novel. This Americanized 1990 version pits the young boys, survivors of a plane crash, against nature and eventually each other. The consensus that rules should be maintained in the wilderness is soon forgotten as one boy threatens the group's coexistence and even ..read more »
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from 1,179 member
Lord Of The Flies
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Lord Of The Flies
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Roger Elwin
Director: Peter Brook
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A bleak rebuke to the Rousseauvian notion of the noble savage, director Peter Brook's faithful adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel stars James Aubrey and Tom Chapin as antagonists Ralph and Jack, respectively. When a plane carrying thirty-odd British schoolboys out of a war zone crashes on ..read more »
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from 793 members
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
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Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Justine Waddell, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Milburn
Director: Ian Sharp
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Made for television version of Thomas Hardy's classic novel of the same name in which a peasant girl becomes torn between two men. Set in the Victorian era, Tess's predicament and the hypocrisy of the era leads only towards tragedy.
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from 1,202 member
Lolita
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Lolita
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial LOLITA is a wicked satire of sexual obsession, sadomasochism, and fetishism. When mild-mannered professor Humbert Humbert (James Mason) arrives in the small town of Ramsdale, New Hampshire, he is immediately set upon by his landlady, ..read more »
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from 4,024 members
The Outsiders
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The Outsiders
(1983)
Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
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from 386 members
Brighton Rock
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Brighton Rock
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley
Director: John Boulting
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In this vivid adaptation of Graham Greene's novel about the seedy British underworld, Richard Attenborough appears in top form as petty gangster Pinkie Brown. The manipulative thug rashly commits a murder and uses a waitress (Carol Marsh) to provide his alibi with unexpected consequences.
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from 4,388 members
Doctor Zhivago
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Doctor Zhivago
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Geraldine Chaplin, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay
Director: David Lean
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PLEASE NOTE: THE FEATURE DISC MAY ARRIVE AS A DOUBLE-SIDED DISC OR AS TWO DISCS TOGETHER. PLEASE CHECK THE DISCS BEFORE RETURNING. David Lean's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar ..read more »
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1984
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1984
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack
Director: Michael Radford
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A fine and stunning screen adaptation of Orwell's prophetic 1948 novel about a world in which the government completely controls the masses by controlling their thoughts, altering history and even changing the meaning of words to suit its needs. This was Richard Burton's final film.
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