Movies based on Literature


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MOVIES BASED ON (or about) LITERATURE

2000: A Perfect Storm
Grade: A-
Subjects: BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

2000: X Men
Grade: A-
Subjects: IDENTITY CRISES, BASED ON LITERATURE, SOCIAL TABOO, SOCIETY, GOVERNMENT, SUPERNATURAL, POLITICS
Starring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Hugh Jackman, Anna Pacquin, Famke Jannsen

2000: The Beach
Grade: B
Subjects: SOCIETY, BASED ON LITERATURE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ANTHROPOLOGY
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio

1999: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Grade: A-
Subjects: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY, CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY, HOMOSEXUALITY, IDENTITY CRISIS, BASED ON LITERATURE, SOCIETY, SOCIAL TABOO
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law

1999: The Generals's Daughter
Grade: A-
Subjects: MILITARY , POLITICS , BASED ON LITERATURE, ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY , CRIMINOLOGY
Starring John Travolta, Madeline Stowe, Timothy Hutton , James Cromwell, James Woods

1999: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Grade: A-
Subjects: BASED ON LITERATURE, TRUE LOVE, WEDDINGS
Starring Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart, Christian Bale, Sophie Marceau, David Strathairn

1998: Shakespeare in Love
Grade: B
Subjects: LITERATURE
Starring Gwyneth Paltrow , Joseph Fiennes, Rupert Everett, Ben Affleck, Geoffrey Rush

1998: Simon Birch
Grade: A-
Subjects: DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES , ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY , SPIRITUALITY , BEREAVEMENT , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Ian Michael Smith, Ashley Judd, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, Jim Carrey

1998: The Man in the Iron Mask
Grade: A-
Subjects: HISTORY , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio , Jeremy Irons , John Malkovich , Gerard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne

1997: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Grade: A
Subjects: SOCIETY , LAW , RELIGION , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring: John Cusack , Kevin Spacey

1997: Seven Years in Tibet
Grade: A
Subjects: GOVERNMENT , POLITICS , WAR , SOCIETY , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Brad Pitt

1996: Emma
Grade: A
Subjects: SOCIETY , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow

1996: A Time To Kill
Grade: A-
Subjects: CHILD ABUSE , LAW , SOCIETY , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring: Matthew McConaughey , Sandra Bullock , Ashley Judd, Donald Sutherland, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey

1996: Romeo and Juliet
Grade: A-
Subjects: ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY , SOCIETY , BASED ON LITERATURE, BEREAVEMENT
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio , Claire Danes

1995: Dangerous Minds
Grade: A-
Subjects: SOCIETY , EDUCATION , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Michelle Pfeiffer

1995: Dead Man Walking
Grade: A+
Subjects: CRIMINOLOGY , SPIRITUALITY , SOCIETY , PHILOSOPHY , CRIMINAL JUSTICE , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Susan Sarandon , Sean Penn

1995: Sense and Sensibility
Grade: A
Subjects: HISTORY , BASED ON LITERATURE, SOCIETY
Starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet , Hugh Grant

1994: Forrest Gump
Grade: A+
Subjects: WAR , DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY , MEDICINE , BEREAVEMENT , CHILD ABUSE , HISTORY , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Tom Hanks , Robin Wright Penn , Gary Sinise , Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field

1994: Little Women
Grade: A-
Subjects: BEREAVEMENT , SOCIETY , DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY HISTORY , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Susan Sarandon , Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Samantha Mathis, Eric Stoltz