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, visually appealing, atmospheric, serious, intense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with adaptation, dialogue, mentor, teenager, brutality, storytelling, destiny, bare chested male, catastrophe and death plots mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as adaptation: Alita: Battle Angel (2019), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Childhood's End (2015), Castaway (1986), Dune: Part One (2021), Fantasy Island (2020), Trainspotting (1996), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Blood and Chocolate (2007).
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
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, action adventure, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, female protagonist, cyborgs, distopia, post apocalypse, female warrior, tough girl, adaptation, martial arts, woman fights a man, bounty hunter, danger ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2019, 2010s
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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, uplifting, inspirational, touching, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, freedom, friendship between men, hopes, friendship, corruption, human spirit, justice, prison life, life, stephen king ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, maine, columbus ohio, persia, iran ...
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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, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
con artists, adaptation, master criminal, creativity, deception, fbi, fraud, con man, impostor, prodigy, business, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1967, 70s, year 2002 ...
Place:
los angeles, new orleans, new york, washington d.c., france ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
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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, futuristic, thought provoking, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, science, demon, space travel, humanity, religion, alien, technology, space and aliens, adaptation, world domination, life philosophy ...
Time:
near future, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, israel
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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:
sexy, scenic, realistic, retro, grindhouse ...
Audience:
manly, kids, girls' night
Plot:
island, desert island, beautiful scenery, friendship, survival, sexy woman, character study, erotica, stranded, sailing, jungle girl, cannon ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
fictional island, london, europe, england, antarctica ...
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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:
cerebral, visually stunning, suspense, captivating, philosophical ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
desert, space opera, alien planet, politics, prophecy, messiah, premonition, outer space, survival, mind control, epic battle, desert planet ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2020s
Place:
space western
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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, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
reality vs fantasy, danger, fear, wish fulfillment, hostage, heroes, revenge, resort, twists and turns, island, assassination attempt, jungle ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, 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, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, dark humor, counterculture, junkie, life is a bitch, subculture, dialogue, social misfits ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, england, britain ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style:
heartbreaking, harsh, atmospheric, inspirational, motivational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, african american, black history, torture, slave trade, american history, freedom, racial discrimination, rape ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 2013, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, southern usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young teenage werewolf is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man.
Style:
romantic, gothic, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, transformation, unlikely couple, fall in love, vampire human love, interspecies romance, lycanthropy, adaptation, love and romance, forbidden love, beast ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
bucharest, romania, paris france, europe, colorado
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, teen, epic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
mythology, youth, monster, friendship, fantasy world, superhuman powers, heroic mission, demi god, young heroes, adaptation, legends and myths, greek mythology ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ancient greece
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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, family outing, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, teenager, apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, distopia, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, youth ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
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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, romantic comedy, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, love, family drama, bipolar disorder, depression, adaptation, character study, social misfits, supportive parent, father son relationship, male female friendship, mental patient ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, peru, usa, pennsylvania, america ...
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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, period piece, psychological, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
tragic event, friendship, teenager, teenage boy, painting, adaptation, museum, art, brother brother relationship, parent child relationship, lgbt, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
amsterdam, manhattan new york city, new york
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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:
political, sexy, harsh, dramatic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
civil war, war, child soldier, adaptation, children in wartime, terrorist, justice, violent, life is a bitch, military, culture clash, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 2015, 90s, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
africa, liberia, west africa
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
A drug company, attempting to create a perfect human race, releases a virus which proves to be deadly. People are dying by the thousands, but eleven strangers, who wake up in a bunker with no memory of how they got there, find themselves responsible ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
virus, epidemic, youth, mutation, adaptation, survival, friendship, chase, blood, bunker, murder, post apocalypse ...
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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, medical horror, suspenseful, cult classic, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
mad scientist, genetics, mutant, island, survival, chaos and mayhem, experiment gone awry, mutation, dangerous animal, stranded, brutality, experiment ...
Time:
90s, year 2010, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, indonesia, pacific ocean
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After an accident, Tom wakes from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have been embedded in his head, and worse, that returning to normal teenage life is impossible because he has developed a strange set of super powers.
Style:
futuristic, bleak, exciting, suspenseful, visual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vigilante, brain injury, revenge, teenager, relationships, mind control, adaptation, androids, vigilantism, super powers, superhero, dialogue ...
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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:
atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
secret, amnesia, secret service, investigation, murder, superhero, adaptation, british secret service, secret government organization, erased memory, supernatural power, intelligence agency ...
Place:
london
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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, ambiguous ending, scary, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
virus, zombie, apocalypse, epidemic, stephen king, life & death, post apocalypse, end of the world, zombie apocalypse, survival, paranoia, on the road ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
boston, new england, maine
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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 appealing, sexy, philosophical, stylized ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
superhero, alternate reality, moral dilemma, anti hero, superhuman powers, cold war, alternate history, conspiracy, human nature, parallel world, masked vigilante, one against many ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, future ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., america, los angeles, vietnam ...
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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, dramatic, intense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
figure skating, skating, mental health, athlete, human spirit, mother daughter relationship, love, enemies to lovers, true love, mental illness, couple relations, adaptation ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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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, dishonesty, murder, death, violence, society, police, vengeance, rivalry, adaptation, dialogue, life is a bitch ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, scenic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love, couples, true love, fall in love, happy ending, love and romance, couple relations, destiny, love story, enemies to lovers, hospital, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 1946, year 1989, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: China, Japan, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy figures from Christian’s ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, romantic, sensual, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
bdsm, sex scene, billionaire, masquerade, proposal, bondage, sex, coitus, adaptation, relationships, submissive woman, sexual harassment ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
seattle
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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, historical drama, epic, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
redemption, rebellion, arrest, parole, historical character, broadway, dying man, historical event, prostitute, orphan, father daughter relationship, revolution ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, year 2012, 1800s, 18th century ...
Place:
france, paris france, seattle, europe, london
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
Style:
teen, gothic, saga, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, vampire human love, supernatural romance, immortality, bloodsucker, young lovers, protective parent, impossible love, couples, love story, supernatural being ...
Time:
year 2012, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, washington d.c., usa, ireland, washington state ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, visually stunning, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
fantasy world, witch, talking animal, good versus evil, magic, legends and myths, heroes, medieval, magical, wizard, sword fight, imaginary kingdom ...
Time:
1940s, year 2005, year 1940, future, 20th century
Place:
england, london, antarctic
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, China, Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, light, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
cat, transformation, pets, switching bodies, kids and family, happy ending, animal, magic, love, children, redemption, father daughter relationship ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a mysterious arsenal of terrible weapons with him.
Style:
scary, cult classic, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gory, tall man, twists and turns, cemetery, funeral, small town, supernatural, mausoleum, hearse, murder, adaptation, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978, 80s
Place:
usa, southern california, california, oregon
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