Novel movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant novel movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, visually appealing, interesting, cult classic, intense and suspense films and TV shows about / with novel, dialogue, storytelling, adaptation, death, mentor, murder, transformation, brutality and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
novel movies
1621
TOP 10 movies tagged as novel: The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Sex and Lucia (2001), The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017), A Room with a View (1985), Basic Instinct (1992), The Great Gatsby (2013), The Choice (2016), Misery (1990), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), X-Men (2000).

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The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style: touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, teenage love, love story, youth, teenage life, first love, dealing with death, illness, adolescence ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: amsterdam, usa, pittsburgh, ethiopia, indiana ...
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 7.0
 40K
Sex and Lucia (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
Style: erotic, sexy, sexual, naughty, cerebral ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: sex, sex scene, nudity, lust, sexual relations, erotica, porn, female masturbation, hopes, waitress, strong sexual content, hot and sexy ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: mediterranean sea, spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, valencia spain ...
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
Style: lyrical, melancholic, meditative, captivating, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: writers, investigator, abusive parent, pain, publisher, disappearance, transformation, depression, classmate, coming of age, best friend, choice ...
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A Room with a View (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once ...
Style: touching, scenic, period piece, sexy, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: couples, hotel, travel, self discovery, female protagonist, country estate, piano, passion, male nudity, nude bathing, happy ending, comedy of manners ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, year 1985 ...
Place: italy, england, europe, florence, britain ...
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 7.1
 241K
Basic Instinct (1992)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style: sexy, erotic, sexual, detective, neo noir ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, obsession, sex, nudity, manipulation, seduction, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, fatal attraction, strong sexual content ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: san francisco, bay area, persia, oakland california, california ...
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The Great Gatsby (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, bad ending, stylized, colorful ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: high society, obsession, love, social differences, loneliness, love triangle, millionaire, couples, love and romance, love story, destructive relationship, infidelity ...
Time: 1920s, year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 1900s ...
Place: usa, new york, los angeles, long island, midwest
Is relevant?
 6.5
 49K
The Choice (2016)
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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 7.8
 263K
Misery (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: obsession, insanity, hostage, loneliness, psychopath, stephen king, kidnapping, snow, isolation, captivity, obsessed fan, female psychopath ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: colorado, persia, usa, new york
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, murder investigation, mind game, fbi, cannibal ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place: pittsburgh, baltimore, persia, usa, memphis ...
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 7.3
 688K
X-Men (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Style: serious, sexy, saga, action packed, action adventure ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, manly, kids, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, mutant, heroes, supernatural, psychic power, good versus evil, avenger, superhuman powers, supernatural ability, x men, mission, heroic mission ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, 20th century, y2k, near future ...
Place: usa, poland, mississippi, manhattan new york city, north america ...
Is relevant?
 5.0
 588
Honey (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A surreal erotic fantasy about a young woman who checks into a bizarre, labyrinthine hotel.
Style: erotic
Plot: erotica, sex scene, erotic massage, female pubic hair, sex, female nudity, voyeur, making love, nude, bdsm, bare butt, writers ...
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family ...
Style: neo noir, psychological thriller, suspense, sexy, visually stunning ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, writers, husband wife relationship, abortion, murder, divorce, rape, loss of family, infidelity, flashback, rape and murder, art ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: texas, los angeles, new york
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 7.5
 146K
The Hours (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: "The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a ...
Style: depressing, intellectual, psychological, touching, poignant ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: suicide, depression, mental illness, aids, writers, lesbian, bipolar disorder, lgbtq, writer's life, lgbt, lesbian love, introspection ...
Time: year 1941, 1940s, year 2001, 90s, 1920s ...
Place: new york, england, california, london, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
 5.6
 4K
Peep World (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: On the day of their Father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling, that exposes the family's most intimate secrets.
Style: realistic, talky, humorous, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, eccentric family, family feud, family gatherings, writer's life, dark humor, artists and showbiz, sexual dysfunction, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
Is relevant?
 8.1
 1.2M
V for Vendetta (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he ...
Style: futuristic, philosophical, intense, captivating, neo noir ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: revolution, distopia, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, dystopia, vigilante, freedom, anti hero, protest, society, masked man ...
Time: future, year 2005, 2000s, distant future, near future ...
Place: london, england, britain, big ben london, europe ...
Is relevant?
 9.2
 2.2M
The Godfather (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style: serious, captivating, atmospheric, epic, dramatic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot: mafia, organized crime, gangster, revenge, crime family, betrayal, mob boss, wedding, greed, pride and honor, cosa nostra, violence ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1972 ...
Place: italy, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city, sicily ...
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The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate’s chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it ...
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, psychological horror, psychological ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, lgbt, haunted, supernatural, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, lesbian, supernatural power, nanny, haunting, afterlife ...
Time: 19th century, 80s, 2000s, victorian era, 20th century ...
Place: england
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Style: exciting, teen, breathtaking, rom com, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing
Plot: dinosaur, fantasy world, lost world, adventurer, twists and turns, mysterious place, underground, expedition, cave, imaginary, obsessive quest, danger ...
Time: year 2008, prehistoric times, prehistory, 19th century, 2000s ...
Place: iceland, italy, europe
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 7.2
 47K
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
Style: futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
Plot: totalitarianism, distopia, resistance, book, dystopia, satire, rebellion, dystopian future, fighting the system, fire, alienation, dictatorship ...
Time: year 1966, future, distant future, 60s, near future
Is relevant?
 8.1
 495K
The Exorcist (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: 12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to ...
Style: scary, suspense, demonic, classic horror, psychological horror ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: religion, demon, exorcism, priest, supernatural, devil, demonic possession, possession, occult, supernatural horror, exorcist, crisis of faith ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., persia, iraq, usa, new york ...
Is relevant?
 8.2
 1.7M
Batman Begins (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal ...
Style: dark, exciting, saga, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot: superhero, batman, vigilante, secret identity, heroes, double life, disguise, justice, corruption, superpower, good versus evil, martial arts ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 20th century, 90s, 80s ...
Place: usa, himalaya, africa, north america, asia ...
Is relevant?
 8.0
 818K
Sin City (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: corruption, justice, revenge, comic book, vengeance, gory, vigilante, redemption, dark hero, hitman, dystopia, distopia ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place: texas, iran
Is relevant?
 7.6
 608K
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 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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 9.1
 3.1M
The Dark Knight (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but ...
Style: tense, epic, action packed, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, boys' night, manly ...
Plot: superhero, batman, heroes, vigilante, secret identity, tragic hero, organized crime, moral dilemma, psychopath, master criminal, revenge, corruption ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: london, north america, usa, hong kong
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's ...
Style: futuristic, captivating, teen, cliffhanger, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot: female protagonist, distopia, dystopian future, survival, competition, post apocalypse, dictator, badass female lead, young heroes, fight, anti heroine, fight scenes ...
Time: future, year 2013, near future, 2010s
Place: seattle
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
Style: futuristic, teen, suspense, saga, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot: distopia, female protagonist, survival, rebellion, strong female character, teenager, dystopia, society, youth, fighting the system, dystopian future, game ...
Time: future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Is relevant?
 8.0
 256K
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.
Style: psychological, classic horror, surreal, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: satanic cult, devil, pregnancy, paranoia, satanism, satanic ritual, witchcraft, secret society, supernatural horror, coven, occult, antichrist ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1965, year 1966, year 1968 ...
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, persia, eastern europe, usa ...
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style: psychological, serious, thought provoking, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience: family friendly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: mental institution, mental illness, fighting the system, freedom, human spirit, insanity, society, mental patient, mental disorder, nurse, psychiatrist, schizophrenia ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1963
Place: oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
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The Stepford Wives (1975)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The urban aspirant photographer Joanna Eberhart moves from Manhattan to Stepford, Connecticut with her family. Her husband Walter Eberhart decided to live in a calm suburb, but Joanna did not like the neighborhood with beautiful and perfect ...
Style: clever, psychological, disturbing, creepy, suspenseful ...
Plot: robot, feminism, small town, women's liberation, housewife, suburbs, utopia, conspiracy, paranoia, social commentary, missing person, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, connecticut, manhattan new york city, new england, new york
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
Style: stylized, bleak, atmospheric, talky, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, teens, toddlers
Plot: batman, superhero, vigilantism, comic book, violent, revenge, good versus evil, gang, heroic mission, mortal combat, comeback, middle aged ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa
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