Adaptation movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant adaptation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, psychological and cult classic films and TV shows about / with adaptation, danger, bare chested male, friendship, flashback, death, love, murder, father son relationship and blood plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as adaptation: Catch Me If You Can (2002), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Castaway (1986), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), The Rook (2019), Blood and Chocolate (2007), The Goldfinch (2019), Childhood's End (2015), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).

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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not ...
Style: clever, exciting, captivating, entertaining, suspense ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick
Plot: con artists, adaptation, master criminal, prodigy, creativity, fbi, con men, deception, entrepreneur, biopic, chase, race against time ...
Time: 60s, year 2002, 70s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: new york, new orleans, los angeles, georgia, america ...
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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Canada, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, captivating, suspense, enigmatic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, female protagonist, cyborgs, distopia, strong female lead, post apocalypse, female warrior, danger, tough girl, woman fights a man, martial arts, adaptation ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2019
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style: clever, inspirational, touching, sentimental, twist ending ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, freedom, human spirit, hopes, stephen king, life, friendship between men, friendship, plot twist, life philosophy, adaptation ...
Time: 1940s, 90s, 1950s, 2010s, year 1994 ...
Place: usa, america, iran, persia, pacific ocean ...
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 5.8
 4K
Castaway (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the ...
Style: scenic, emotional, sexy, realistic, retro ...
Audience: manly, kids
Plot: island, desert island, survival, friendship, beautiful scenery, sexy woman, erotica, stranded, nude, sailing, cannon, beach ...
Time: 80s
Place: fictional island, london, europe, england
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Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Style: romantic, touching, offbeat, depressing, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: mental illness, bipolar disorder, love, family drama, depression, life philosophy, adaptation, supportive parent, male female friendship, father son relationship, happy ending, social misfits ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, peru, america ...
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 6.8
 5K
The Rook (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: After waking in a park with total amnesia — and surrounded by dead bodies, all wearing latex gloves — a young woman must fight to uncover her past, and resume her position at the head of Britain’s most secret (supernatural) service before the ...
Style: disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot: secret, secret service, investigation, murder, superhero, amnesia, adaptation, intelligence agency, espionage, psychopath, erased memory, supernatural power ...
Place: london
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Blood and Chocolate (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young teenage werewolf is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man.
Style: romantic, exciting, gothic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, unlikely couple, forbidden love, lycanthropy, fall in love, vampire human love, interspecies romance, transformation, adaptation, supernatural ability, love and romance ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: europe, bucharest, romania, paris france, colorado
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 6.4
 27K
The Goldfinch (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Style: atmospheric, non-linear, psychological, enigmatic, sad ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: tragic event, friendship, painting, adaptation, museum, teenage boy, art, teenager, parent child relationship, gay, lgbt, bombing ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: amsterdam, manhattan new york city, new york
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Childhood's End (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 247 min.
TV show
Story: After peaceful aliens invade earth, humanity finds itself living in a utopia under the indirect rule of the aliens, but does this utopia come at a price?
Style: philosophical, suspense, serious, futuristic, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien invasion, space travel, demon, alien, space and aliens, technology, religion, humanity, science, danger, creativity, humanity in peril ...
Time: future, near future, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A shipwrecked sailor stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA with horrific results.
Style: scary, suspenseful, rough, cult classic, medical horror ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: genetics, mad scientist, experiment, island, mutation, chaos and mayhem, dangerous animal, survival, mutant, experiment gone awry, stranded, brutality ...
Time: 90s, year 2010, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: indonesia, fictional island, pacific ocean
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The Nanny Diaries (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Style: romantic, sentimental, sweet, emotional, cute ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: nanny, dysfunctional family, family relations, adult child friendship, mischievous children, obnoxious boss, parents and children, love and romance, little boy, fish out of water, fall in love, babysitting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, usa, connecticut ...
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Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in a fictional West African country. While Agu fears ...
Style: disturbing, political, bleak, harsh, dramatic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: war, civil war, child soldier, life is a bitch, children in wartime, adaptation, violence, justice, military, moral ambiguity, violent, culture clash ...
Time: year 2015, 90s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: africa, west africa
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 7.5
 345K
Les Misérables (2012)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
Style: inspirational, epic, emotional, period piece, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, adult
Plot: rebellion, redemption, orphan, suicide, parole, historical character, revolution, adaptation, broadway, father daughter relationship, dying man, prostitute ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, year 2012, 1800s, 18th century ...
Place: france, paris france, seattle, europe
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 7.6
 579K
Watchmen (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited ...
Style: neo noir, visually stunning, visually appealing, stylized, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly, teens, adult
Plot: superhero, alternate reality, vigilante, anti hero, distopia, good versus evil, moral dilemma, mars, masked vigilante, cold war, alternate history, conspiracy ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, future ...
Place: usa, new york, america, washington d.c., los angeles ...
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 7.6
 17K
Spinning Out (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Kat Baker is an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who is about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely ...
Style: inspirational, uplifting, psychological, suspense
Plot: figure skating, skating, mental health, mental illness, human spirit, enemies to lovers, athlete, love, mother daughter relationship, true love, family problems, couple relations ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.0
 785K
Dune (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure ...
Style: epic, suspense, captivating, tense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: desert, space opera, alien planet, messiah, prophecy, destiny, outer space, premonition, water shortage, politics, adaptation, survival ...
Time: future, distant future, 2020s
Place: space western
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 5.8
 2K
The Hexer (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Wiedźmin is a 2002 fantasy television series. 13 episodes were made. The series received relatively poor reviews, particularly in the light of the failure of the preceding movie. The story is based on the stories of The Witcher, by Polish author ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: imaginary, battles, martial arts, deadly creature, warrior, danger, medieval, supernatural, sword, fantasy world, good versus evil, adaptation ...
Place: poland
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 6.5
 491
The Dead Lake (2019)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Experienced Moscow police officer Maksim Pokrovskiy is sent to Northern Russia to investigate the murder of the local Oligarch's daughter.
Style: tense, melancholic, suspenseful, suspense, rough
Plot: danger, society, police, murder, dishonesty, death, violence, vengeance, rivalry, adaptation, dialogue, life is a bitch ...
Place: russia
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 8.1
 722K
Trainspotting (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Style: disturbing, psychedelic, dark comedy, cult classic, black comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, counterculture, junkie, dark humor, life is a bitch, redemption, dialogue, subculture ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, england, britain ...
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 6.8
 504K
The Maze Runner (2014)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, boys' night
Plot: survival, memory loss, maze, apocalypse, teenager, distopia, trapped, fantasy world, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopia, youth ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
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 6.5
 13K
Ophelia (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.
Style: scenic, stylized, exciting, inspirational, colorful ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: castle, medieval, imaginary kingdom, murder, crown prince, shakespeare, hamlet, adaptation, storytelling, revenge, love, male female relationship ...
Time: middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place: denmark
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 3.3
 98K
365 Days (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Laura, in order to save her relationship from falling apart, goes to Sicily, where she meets Massimo. A dangerous man, the head of a mafia family, kidnaps her and gives 365 days to love him.
Style: sexy, erotic, sexual, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: sex, sex scene, erotica, dangerous attraction, sexual relations, passion, rich man poor woman, lust, captive woman, oral sex, strong sexual content, abduction ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: sicily, warsaw poland, italy
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 4.4
 30K
Cell (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ...
Style: surreal, suspense, scary, ambiguous ending, melancholic ...
Plot: virus, zombie, apocalypse, end of the world, epidemic, stephen king, post apocalypse, insanity, life & death, zombie apocalypse, on the road, survival ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: boston, new england, maine
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 4.9
 58K
Fantasy Island (2020)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, psychological, psychotronic ...
Plot: reality vs fantasy, supernatural, island, danger, jungle, survival, twists and turns, revenge, remote island, wish come true, heroes, hostage ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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The Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at the Hollywood Palladium (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Comedy icon Dave Chappelle makes his triumphant return to the screen with a pair of blistering, fresh stand-up specials. Filmed at The Palladium in Los Angeles, California, in March 2016.
Style: realistic, talky, political, suspense, clever ...
Plot: comedian, childhood, stereotypes, culture clash, adaptation, politics, kids and family, storytelling, investigation, creativity, justice, prejudice ...
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The Snow Walker (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst ...
Style: emotional, serious, sentimental, realistic, compassionate ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, nature, wilderness, arctic, airplane, human spirit, friendship, rescue, hunter, isolation, friends, hopes ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1953, post world war two, 1950s
Place: canada, antarctic, persia
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 6.0
 22K
Killshot (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, intense ...
Plot: hitman, mafia, witness protection, betrayal, assassin, life turned upside down, partners in crime, danger, transformation, adaptation, police investigation, fbi ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place: michigan, toronto ontario canada, missouri, st. louis missouri
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 6.7
 21K
Martian Child (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style: touching, sentimental, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: adoption, orphan, father son relationship, imagination, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, single father, mars, writers, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
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 6.1
 105K
Open Season (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, 3d animation, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot: friendship, hunting, animal life, wilderness, disorder, friends, unlikely partners, rescue, buddies, danger, talking animal, adaptation ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.8
 42K
The Ant Bully (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the insects shrink him to the size of a bug with a magic elixir. Convicted of "crimes against the ...
Style: computer animated, humorous, light, exciting, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: friendship, bully, vengeance, children, bullying, adaptation, transformation, rescue, unlikely friendships, self discovery, animal life, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: las vegas
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