Romance of the Three Kingdoms
1991 ★ 8.0Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi is a Japanese anime series based on the Sangokushi manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, itself based on Eiji Yoshikawa's retelling of the
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 ★ 7.5An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who we
Suspense
1949 ★ 5.1An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known au
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 ★ 7.4DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a
The Words
2012 ★ 6.7The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only
Aoi Bungaku Series
2009 ★ 6.8An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai,
The Chronicle
2001 ★ 8.2The Chronicle is the name of a science fiction television series on the Sci Fi Channel. The series is based on the "News from the Edge" series of novels by Mark
Apostrophes
1975 ★ 8.5Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes
Genius
2016 ★ 6.5New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a s
It Started With a Kiss
2005 ★ 7.5A live-action television adaptation of the Japanese manga series Itazura na Kiss written by Kaoru Tada. "It Started With a Kiss" is a live-action television ada
BUTTONS
2024 ★ 10.0Adaptation of "The Handmaiden" by Mnet, starring Natty and Julie from the group KISS OF LIFE. Buttons is a 2024 film production that serves as an adaptation of
Masterpiece Mystery
1980 ★ 6.3Mystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is produced by WGBH. The show has brought a large number of detect
Tales to Keep You Awake
1966 ★ 7.3Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts. Tales to Keep You Awake is a television series that
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958 ★ 6.8Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that followed the adventures of fictional private detective Mike Hammer. Th
Yo soy Bea
2006 ★ 4.6Yo soy Bea is a Spanish television comedy-drama series which aired on Telecinco from 10 July 2006 to 16 August 2009. The series is an adaptation of the popular
Lady Chatterley's Lover
2015 ★ 6.3An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mer
Robotech
1985 ★ 8.6Robotech is an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series made between 1982-1984 in Japan; the adaptation was aired in 1985. Within the co
Gigantic Formula
2007 ★ 9.7Mechanical Gods' War Gigantic Formula, also known as Apo Mekhanes Theos Gigantic Formula, is a Japanese anime series that aired in Japan. The show was first air
Strangers
1978 ★ 7.3Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his novel series a
Cranford
2007 ★ 8.1A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. Cra
The Legend of Condor Hero
2001 ★ 5.0The Legend of Condor Hero is a Japanese/Chinese animation. It's an anime adaptation of The Return of the Condor Heroes, a wuxia novel by Louis Cha. The Legend o
Doña Bárbara
2008 ★ 7.8Doña Bárbara is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television International and RTI C
The Count of Monte Cristo
1998 ★ 7.3A TV mini-series adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is unjustly sent to prison for 18 years. He escapes to reclaim his fiancée Merce
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
2016 ★ 7.7A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas