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24 results for “short story adaptation”

Snow Cat

1998 ★ 9.0

A grandmother tells her young grandchild the moving tale of a lonely girl and an unforgettable magical cat in this animated short narrated by Oscar®, Emmy and T

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971 ★ 7.5

An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who we

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Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 ★ 4.2

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short l

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Out of the Unknown

1965 ★ 7.1

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 197

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The Overcoat

1959 ★ 5.9

A story about a government clerk who has his precious new overcoat stolen. No-one seems willing to help him retrieve his prized possession, a fact that continue

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Esmeralda

2004 ★ 7.9

Esmeralda is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT in association with Televisa and originally broadcast from December 6, 2004, to July 19, 2005. It is a Brazi

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All Too Well: The Short Film

2021 ★ 8.0

Short film featuring the extended version of the song “All Too Well” by Taylor Swift. A troubled couple's romance blossoms before it eventually falls apart. All

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Tiger Killer

1982 ★ 7.5

TIGER KILLER (1982) is a straightforward adaptation of one story from the sprawling Chinese literary epic, "The Water Margin." It tells the tale of Wu Song, who

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The Blizzard

1964 ★ 5.8

In the early 19th century a seventeen-year-old girl falls in love with a young officer and, despite her parents’ disapproval, decides to elope with him and beg

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The Miniature Wife

2026 ★ 7.0

Lindy and Les, a married writer and scientist, are forced to re-evaluate the power balances in their relationship after a freak accident shrinks Lindy down to 6

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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

1968 ★ 7.0

Petro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't

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BOMBAY STORIES

2026 ★ 4.0

Adapted from the short stories of Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto, the film interweaves the lives of three sex workers and their pimps. Bombay Stories is a

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Ivanov

2010 ★ 0.0

A drama based on a classic short story by Anton Chekhov. Topic: Film "Ivanov" (2010). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Constraints: Use ONLY veri

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The Pit and the Pendulum

1991 ★ 5.7

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the publ

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Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26

2025 ★ 8.7

Six studios and seven directors adapt the early works of Tatsuki Fujimoto, the mastermind behind "Chainsaw Man," into an anime anthology. Each episode is an ani

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Chillers

1990 ★ 6.7

A 1990 horror anthology series, with host Anthony Perkins presenting and screening tales based on Patricia Highsmith's short stories that display a sinister atm

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The Bespoke Overcoat

1955 ★ 6.4

A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with t

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The Gruffalo's Child

2011 ★ 6.8

A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark

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Dune

2021 ★ 7.8

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

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The Happy Prince

1992 ★ 10.0

Based on Oscar Wilde's fairytale with same name. Once there was a golden statue of Prince, who didn't see any sadness before his death. A barn swallow sees that

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Pérola Negra

1998 ★ 7.8

Pérola Negra is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from November 9, 1998, to June 22, 1999. It is an adaptation of the Argentine te

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The Three Little Pigs

1991 ★ 0.0

Three pig brothers set out on their own, but only one manages to survive his encounters with a hungry wolf. Based on the children's book by James Marshall. The

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Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1954 ★ 6.2

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes

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The Safety Match

1954 ★ 5.9

A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer. Th

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