2013 Book to Movie Releases
by stephsstacks | created - 05 Feb 2012 | updated - 12 Mar 2013 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. John Dies at the End (2012)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return no longer human. Can two college drop-outs save humanity from this silent, otherworldly invasion?
Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown
Votes: 40,373 | Gross: $0.14M
2. Warm Bodies (2013)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
After a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Lio Tipton
Votes: 243,702 | Gross: $66.38M
3. Safe Haven (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders, David Lyons
Votes: 116,623 | Gross: $71.35M
4. Beautiful Creatures (2013)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town.
Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Alice Englert, Viola Davis, Emma Thompson, Alden Ehrenreich
Votes: 91,032 | Gross: $19.45M
5. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo
Action, Adventure, Drama | Announced
A look at how Jules Verne's classic character Captain Nemo created his underwater vessel, the Nautilus.
Director: James Mangold
6. Carrie (2013)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A shy girl, outcast by her peers and sheltered by her religious mother, unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde, Portia Doubleday
Votes: 148,243 | Gross: $35.27M
7. The Host (2013)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder risks everything to protect the people she cares about.
Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel, Diane Kruger
Votes: 118,607 | Gross: $26.63M
8. The Great Gatsby (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
A writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire
Votes: 597,364 | Gross: $144.84M
9. Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
PG | 130 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis
Votes: 214,329 | Gross: $234.91M
10. World War Z (2013)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale
Votes: 719,952 | Gross: $202.36M
11. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Five sisters in 19th century England must cope with the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a growing population of zombies.
Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote
Votes: 60,467 | Gross: $10.91M
12. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World.
Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Jemima West
Votes: 138,811 | Gross: $31.17M
13. Epic (2013)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and evil is taking place. She bands together with a ragtag group of characters to save their world--and ours.
Director: Chris Wedge | Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Beyoncé, Colin Farrell
Votes: 109,933 | Gross: $107.52M
14. A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling
Votes: 47,811 | Gross: $100.48M
15. The Martian Chronicles
Sci-Fi | Announced
When the Earth is headed toward destruction, a group of humans colonize the planet Mars where they clash with the native inhabitants.
16. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
PG | 106 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In order to restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon and his friends embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters, to find the mythical Golden Fleece, all the while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Director: Thor Freudenthal | Stars: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Nathan Fillion
Votes: 126,612 | Gross: $68.56M
17. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Comedy, Romance | Announced
Plot unknown. Adaptation of John Grey's book 'Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus'.
18. Seventh Son (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When Mother Malkin, the queen of evil witches, escapes the pit she was imprisoned in by professional monster hunter Spook decades ago and kills his apprentice, he recruits young Tom, the seventh son of the seventh son, to help him.
Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander
Votes: 80,515 | Gross: $17.22M
19. Wake (I)
Drama, Horror, Thriller | Announced
A thriller that follows Janie Hannagan, a young woman who has the ability to enter other people's dreams.
20. Legend (I)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Announced
Set in a future where North America is split into two warring nations, Day and June are on opposite sides of the battle who uncover a hidden truth about their respective leaders.
21. Delirium (2014 TV Movie)
52 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Set in a world where love is deemed illegal and can be eradicated with a special procedure. With 95 days to go until her scheduled treatment, Lena Holoway does the unthinkable: she falls in love.
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Emma Roberts, Billy Campbell, Corey Reynolds, Erin Cahill
Votes: 2,004
22. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
PG-13 | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Jacob (Asa Butterfield) discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench
Votes: 188,739 | Gross: $87.24M
23. The Game (I)
Action, Comedy | Announced
A guy recruits the assistance of professional seduction experts in order to become the world's greatest pick-up artist.
Directors: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
24. The Dogs of Babel
Drama | Announced
Thinking that his wife's death is suspicious, linguistics professor Paul Iverson looks to teach his dog, Lorelei, to speak since she was the only witness to the tragedy.
25. The Stand (2020–2021)
TV-MA | 57 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
After the world is in ruins, due to a man-made plague, a battle of Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgård, James Marsden, Odessa Young
Votes: 30,152
26. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
TV-14 | 124 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war. Then she learns the secret they are afraid to reveal.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay, Michiel Huisman, Katherine Parkinson
Votes: 52,721
27. The Devil in the White City
Drama, History, Thriller | Pre-production
An architect works to build up the 1893 World's Fair, while the serial killer H. H. Holmes uses the fair to attract and kill women.
28. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
PG-13 | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 721,763 | Gross: $424.67M
29. The Maze Runner (2014)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow "runners" for a shot at escape.
Director: Wes Ball | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Votes: 510,379 | Gross: $102.43M
30. The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Action, Drama, Romance | Pre-production
Mary lives in a world where you must always mind the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Director: Kate Maberly
31. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
R | 180 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 1,584,894 | Gross: $116.90M
32. Hyperion
Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Announced
A space war looms over the planet of Hyperion, where time traveling artifacts are protected by a monster known as Shrike.
Star: Joe Garvey
33. Ender's Game (2013)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 254,302 | Gross: $61.74M
34. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
PG-13 | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott
Votes: 705,704 | Gross: $258.37M
35. 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Follows teenager Clay Jensen, in his quest to uncover the story behind his classmate and crush, Hannah, and her decision to end her life.
Stars: Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe
Votes: 315,732
36. The Piano Tuner (I)
Adventure, Drama, War | Announced
In 1886 a shy piano tuner is commissioned by the British War Office to travel to the jungles of Burma to deliver a rare piano to an eccentric army surgeon who has arranged peace with local warlords through music and medicine.
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
37. Robopocalypse
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Announced
A sci-fi story set in the aftermath of a robot uprising.
Director: Michael Bay
38. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy
Votes: 147,087 | Gross: $65.19M
39. Labor Day (2013)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg
Votes: 51,337 | Gross: $13.36M
40. Winter's Tale (2014)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Director: Akiva Goldsman | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly
Votes: 56,899 | Gross: $0.02M
41. Serena (I) (2014)
R | 109 min | Drama, History, Romance
In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton's timber empire becomes complicated when he marries Serena.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans, Toby Jones
Votes: 30,538 | Gross: $0.18M
42. Child of God (2013)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dispossessed, violent man's disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order.
Director: James Franco | Stars: Scott Haze, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, Steve Hunter
Votes: 4,397 | Gross: $0.04M
43. The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Ancient mysteries. Powerful evil. And a fearless hero's quest through a fantastical realm of steam-powered wonders and sinister magic...
Director: Jonathan Newman | Stars: Aneurin Barnard, Michael Sheen, Lena Headey, Sam Neill
Votes: 7,236 | Gross: $1.00M
44. Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
R | 111 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck
Votes: 20,785
45. A Single Shot (2013)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Director: David M. Rosenthal | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Jeffrey Wright, Kelly Reilly, Jason Isaacs
Votes: 11,738 | Gross: $0.01M
46. The Turning (2013)
R | 180 min | Drama
A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.
Directors: Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Jub Clerc, Robert Connolly, Shaun Gladwell, Rhys Graham, Justin Kurzel, Yaron Lifschitz, Anthony Lucas, Claire McCarthy, Ian Meadows, Ashlee Page, Stephen Page, Simon Stone, Warwick Thornton, Marieka Walsh, Mia Wasikowska, David Wenham | Stars: Colin Friels, James Fraser, Henri Phillips, Nikita Leigh-Pritchard
Votes: 1,528
47. Innocence (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A young woman discovers that her elite Manhattan preparatory school harbors a dark secret.
Director: Hilary Brougher | Stars: Sophie Lane Curtis, Kelly Reilly, Graham Phillips, Linus Roache
Votes: 1,404 | Gross: $0.29M
48. The Invisible Woman (2013)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.
Director: Ralph Fiennes | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander
Votes: 10,482 | Gross: $1.23M
49. Geography Club (2013)
PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
At Goodkind High School, a group of students with varying sexual orientations form an after-school club as a discreet way to share their feelings and experiences.
Director: Gary Entin | Stars: Cameron Deane Stewart, Justin Deeley, Meaghan Martin, Wesley Eure
Votes: 6,258
50. Much Ado About Nothing (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese
Votes: 17,092 | Gross: $4.33M
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