Movies: Based on short story

  • 1959
    Meet Me in St. Louis

    Meet Me in St. Louis (1959)

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    51959HD

    Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair....

    Meet Me in St. Louis
  • 2003
    The Mother Who Became a Kite

    The Mother Who Became a Kite (2003)

    The Mother Who Became a Kite

    62003HD

    The second film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"....

    The Mother Who Became a Kite
  • 1988
    Nightfall

    Nightfall (1988)

    Nightfall

    4.21988HD

    The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with three suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient catastrophe, all signs point towards the impending darkness of the very Nightfall. Panic erupts as ...

    Nightfall
  • 2002
    The Boy and the Sea Turtle

    The Boy and the Sea Turtle (2002)

    The Boy and the Sea Turtle

    02002HD

    The first film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"...

    The Boy and the Sea Turtle
  • 1919
    Broken Blossoms

    Broken Blossoms (1919)

    Broken Blossoms

    6.81919HD

    The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live....

    Broken Blossoms
  • 2010
    The Princess of Montpensier

    The Princess of Montpensier (2010)

    The Princess of Montpensier

    6.42010HD

    Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Princ...

    The Princess of Montpensier
  • 1932
    Rain

    Rain (1932)

    Rain

    6.81932HD

    Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson...

    Rain
  • 1952
    If I Should Die Before I Wake

    If I Should Die Before I Wake (1952)

    If I Should Die Before I Wake

    6.11952HD

    While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the neighborhood....

    If I Should Die Before I Wake
  • 1936
    Swing Time

    Swing Time (1936)

    Swing Time

    6.81936HD

    Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful danc...

    Swing Time
  • 2006
    The Cake Tree in the Ruins

    The Cake Tree in the Ruins (2006)

    The Cake Tree in the Ruins

    02006HD

    War drama based on a short story by Akiyuki Nosaka....

    The Cake Tree in the Ruins
  • 1985
    Re-Animator

    Re-Animator (1985)

    Re-Animator

    7.01985HD

    Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses....

    Re-Animator
  • 1972
    Cabaret

    Cabaret (1972)

    Cabaret

    7.41972HD

    Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force....

    Cabaret
  • 1980
    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)

    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    6.91980HD

    A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. Angered t...

    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • 1963
    The Victors

    The Victors (1963)

    The Victors

    6.31963HD

    Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II....

    The Victors
  • 2023
    Poison

    Poison (2023)

    Poison

    6.82023HD

    When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him....

    Poison
  • 1978
    Stubby Pringle's Christmas

    Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1978)

    Stubby Pringle's Christmas

    01978HD

    Ranch hand Stubby Pringle journeys to a Christmas dance, hoping to find his true love, and learns a valuable lesson about the spirit of the holiday along the way....

    Stubby Pringle's Christmas
  • 2006
    Old Joy

    Old Joy (2006)

    Old Joy

    6.32006HD

    Soon to be a father, Mark feels the pressure of domestic responsibility closing in, so he is more than happy to accept when his old friend Kurt proposes a camping trip in the Oregon wilderness. During their time together, the men come to grips with t...

    Old Joy
  • 1953
    The Twonky

    The Twonky (1953)

    The Twonky

    3.81953HD

    A college professor, left alone by his wife for the weekend, discovers his new TV set is not only alive, but determined to take control of his entire life....

    The Twonky
  • 2015
    How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)

    How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) (2015)

    How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)

    6.32015HD

    An 11-year-old boy steals money for bribes to remove his gay older brother from Thai military conscription rolls, unaware of the ramifications....

    How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)
  • 2007
    Ten Nights of Dreams

    Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)

    Ten Nights of Dreams

    6.42007HD

    Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven direct...

    Ten Nights of Dreams