Literary Adaptation Movies

  • 2025
    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

    02025HD

    A man journeys by rail to a nameless sanatorium where his father has recently died. Once there, time loses its linearity and he finds himself in a...

    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
  • 1972
    The Monk

    The Monk

    The Monk

    5.91972HD

    Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes. After he has committed numerous crimes, it...

    The Monk
  • 1978
    Carmen

    Carmen

    Carmen

    41978HD

    Carmen is a beautiful woman working in a business that is dedicated to smuggling. One day, Carmen fights and hurts to a smuggler woman, so a sergeant...

    Carmen
  • 1968
    Winter Love

    Winter Love

    Winter Love

    01968HD

    Inside a café, on Christmas Eve. Chim Kei meets an enigmatic woman named Mimi Wong who introduces herself as the daughter of an upper-crust...

    Winter Love
  • 1935
    Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

    6.61935HD

    In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.

    Anna Karenina
  • 1986
    Seize the Day

    Seize the Day

    Seize the Day

    51986HD

    Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as...

    Seize the Day
  • 1989
    The Dream

    The Dream

    The Dream

    8.71989HD

    Starring Jeremy Irons in a one-man drama, adapted from a Dostoevsky short story by Murray Watts. In his dream, the Man visits an unspoilt Garden of...

    The Dream
  • 1988
    A Chaos of Flowers

    A Chaos of Flowers

    A Chaos of Flowers

    81988HD

    Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much...

    A Chaos of Flowers
  • 1960
    Seven Days… Seven Nights

    Seven Days… Seven Nights

    Seven Days… Seven Nights

    6.21960HD

    Anne Desbarèdes is a young woman who is married to a wealthy businessman and lives a monotonous existence in the small commune town of Blaye....

    Seven Days… Seven Nights
  • 1982
    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    101982HD

    Intrigue...comedy...adventure...unforgettable characters and exotic settings - the legendary story of Treasure Island comes to life in this colourful...

    Treasure Island
  • 1986
    Kangaroo

    Kangaroo

    Kangaroo

    61986HD

    A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in...

    Kangaroo
  • 2023
    A Leaf of Winter

    A Leaf of Winter

    A Leaf of Winter

    102023HD

    We all carry our leaves, some of winter, some of spring and summer. But all leaves grow, breathe and wither with time; and so do we.

    A Leaf of Winter
  • 2016
    The Judgment

    The Judgment

    The Judgment

    02016HD

    Adapted from the short story by Franz Kafka, The Judgment is a psychological drama exploring themes of alienation, memory, and the lines between...

    The Judgment
  • 1955
    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    01955HD

    Ah Hing is made pregnant by her master Fan Chun-kit. Fan soon leaves for his studies overseas while Ah Hing suffers gross prosecution and is reduced...

    Resurrection
  • 1986
    For Love Alone

    For Love Alone

    For Love Alone

    3.11986HD

    Teresa is a spirited young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of 1930s society, and her father in particular. She fancies her...

    For Love Alone
  • 1967
    The Top of Mount Fuji

    The Top of Mount Fuji

    The Top of Mount Fuji

    01967HD

    A touching drama based on the novel of the same name by Eikichi Hashimoto. In the 23rd year of the Meiji period, weather forecasts were rarely...

    The Top of Mount Fuji
  • 1953
    Family

    Family

    Family

    01953HD

    "Family" (1953), which launched the Union Film legacy, "Spring" (1953) and "Autumn" (1954) are adaptations of Ba Jin's highly regarded novel "Torrent...

    Family
  • 1981
    Timon of Athens

    Timon of Athens

    Timon of Athens

    71981HD

    Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a...

    Timon of Athens
  • 1959
    Jons und Erdme

    Jons und Erdme

    Jons und Erdme

    01959HD

    Adaptation of Hermann Sudermann's novel about the troubled relationship between the strong willed Erdme and her irascible husband Jons in the...

    Jons und Erdme
  • 1938
    Paweł & Gaweł

    Paweł & Gaweł

    Paweł & Gaweł

    7.41938HD

    Two neighbours with similar names, Paweł and Gaweł, meet a violinist girl Violetta who pretends to be a child. When Paweł learns she's...

    Paweł & Gaweł