A Novel Idea: "E" Best Movies and TV Shows
by Ed_Jones_XLIX | created - 2 months ago | updated - 1 month ago | PublicWhat is your favorite Movie or TV Series based off of a novel by an author whose last name starts with the letter E?
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1. Der Name der Rose (1986)
PA | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin
Votes: 98,833 | Gross: $7.15M
Umberto Eco: From the novel "Il nome della rosa"
2. The NeverEnding Story (1984)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 128,104 | Gross: $20.16M
Michael Ende, suggested by Pencho15
3. The Black Dahlia (2006)
14A | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short murder investigation.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank
Votes: 70,391 | Gross: $22.52M
James Ellroy
4. Daniel Deronda (2002)
210 min | Drama, History, Romance
Set in Victorian London, Gwendolen Harleth is drawn to Daniel Deronda, a selfless and intelligent gentleman of unknown parentage, but her own desperate need for financial security may destroy her chance at happiness.
Stars: Jodhi May, Edward Fox, Amanda Root, David Bamber
Votes: 4,261
George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Anne Evans
5. American Psycho (2000)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage
Votes: 468,094 | Gross: $15.07M
Bret Easton Ellis
6. The Rules of Attraction (2002)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Director: Roger Avary | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Ian Somerhalder, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel
Votes: 48,804 | Gross: $6.53M
Bret Easton Ellis
7. Walking Across Egypt (1999)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An elderly widow befriends an orphaned juvenile delinquent.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Forrest, Ellen Burstyn, Judge Reinhold, Mark Hamill
Votes: 1,146
Clyde Edgerton
8. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
PG | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins
Votes: 5,459 | Gross: $1.00M
Walter D. Edmonds
9. The Invisible Circus (2001)
14A | 93 min | Drama
A teenage girl travels to Paris in the 1970s trying to find out about her sister's suicide, and falls in love with her dead sister's boyfriend.
Director: Adam Brooks | Stars: Jordana Brewster, Cameron Diaz, Christopher Eccleston, Blythe Danner
Votes: 2,884 | Gross: $0.06M
Jennifer Egan
10. L.A. Confidential (1997)
18A | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger
Votes: 518,486 | Gross: $64.62M
James Ellroy
11. A Hologram for the King (2016)
14A | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company's product to a wealthy monarch.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Tom Hanks, Omar Elba, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 39,060 | Gross: $4.20M
Dave Eggers
12. The Virgin Suicides (1999)
14A | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner
Votes: 140,531 | Gross: $4.86M
Jeffrey Eugenides
13. Hoosier Schoolboy (1937)
62 min | Drama
A schoolteacher comes to a new town and finds herself caught up in the town's problems and disputes.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Anne Nagel, Frank Shields, Edward Pawley
Votes: 137
Edward Eggleston
14. Winter People (1989)
110 min | Drama
A young widower moves with his daughter into a North Carolina mountain town in 1934. He quickly takes up with a young woman with an illegitimate baby. First he must prove himself to her ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Kurt Russell, Kelly McGillis, Lloyd Bridges, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 1,239 | Gross: $2.02M
John Ehle
15. Less Than Zero (1987)
14A | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Director: Marek Kanievska | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader
Votes: 17,761 | Gross: $12.40M
Bret Easton Ellis
16. The Informers (2008)
18A | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
One week in L.A. in 1983, featuring movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters in adventures laced with sex, drugs and violence.
Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Jon Foster
Votes: 15,751 | Gross: $0.30M
Bret Easton Ellis
17. Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series hosted by Betty Furness in the first season, and Desi Arnaz in the second. Stories came from several genres, often based on fact. A two part episode was spun off as the popular show The Untouchables (1959).
Stars: Desi Arnaz, Betty Furness, Bruce Gordon, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 92
Stanley Ellin: An episode titled, "Circle of Evil (1960)" based on the novel", "The Eighth Circle"
18. Sunburn (1979)
99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After a rich old man dies in a suspicious car accident in Acapulco, Mexico, his widow wants his insurance company to pony up five million dollars. Hotshot investigator Jake Decker (Charles Grodin) and charming model Ellie (Farrah Fawcett-Majors) come in to check it out.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins
Votes: 575
Stanley Ellin: From the novel "The Bind"
19. One for the Money (2012)
PG | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.
Director: Julie Anne Robinson | Stars: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo
Votes: 39,889 | Gross: $26.41M
Janet Evanovich
20. The Locket (2002 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A young man taking care of his dying mother is distraught and grief-stricken when she finally passes away. On the advice of his doctor, he takes a job in an upscale nursing home, and is ... See full summary »
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Chad Willett, Marguerite Moreau, Lori Heuring
Votes: 454
Richard Paul Evans
21. A Boy and His Dog (1975)
14A | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young man and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Director: L.Q. Jones | Stars: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton, Tim McIntire
Votes: 16,203 | Gross: $6.90M
Harlan Ellison: A stretch...From a novella
22. Momo (1986)
101 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
In the village of Momo the pace of time goes very slowly. Nobody is bothering about stress but everyone has time to chat and rest - until the day the grey men arrive. With a great selling ... See full summary »
Director: Johannes Schaaf | Stars: Radost Bokel, Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 1,735
Michael Ende, suggested by Pencho15
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