Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "based-on-novel"

1. Bullet Train (2022)

R | 127 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

Five assassins aboard a fast moving bullet train find out their missions have something in common.

Director: David Leitch | Stars: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry

Votes: 44,271

2. Purple Hearts (2022)

TV-14 | 122 min | Drama, Music, Romance

In spite of their many differences, Cassie, a struggling singer-songwriter, and Luke, a troubled Marine, agree to marry solely for military benefits. But when tragedy strikes, the line between real and pretend begins to blur.

Director: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum | Stars: Sofia Carson, Nicholas Galitzine, Chosen Jacobs, John Harlan Kim

Votes: 22,297

3. The Gray Man (2022)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Thriller

When the CIA's most skilled operative-whose true identity is known to none-accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton

Votes: 137,888

4. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)

TV-MA | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.

Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey

Votes: 2,025,537

5. House of the Dragon (2022– )

Action, Adventure, Drama | Post-production

The story of the House Targaryen set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones (2011).

Stars: Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Matt Smith

6. The Terminal List (2022– )

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A former Navy SEAL officer investigates why his entire platoon was ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission.

Stars: Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough

Votes: 64,155

7. Virgin River (2019– )

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Romance

Seeking a fresh start, nurse practitioner Melinda Monroe moves from Los Angeles to a remote Northern California town and is surprised by what and who she finds.

Stars: Martin Henderson, Tim Matheson, Alexandra Breckenridge, Colin Lawrence

Votes: 39,366

8. The Old Man (2022– )

TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A former CIA officer who's living off the grid finds himself on the run from people who want to kill him.

Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, E.J. Bonilla, Bill Heck

Votes: 21,574

9. Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A woman who raised herself in the marshes of the deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man she was once involved with.

Director: Olivia Newman | Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, David Strathairn

Votes: 11,086

10. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022– )

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Drama | Post-production

Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.

Stars: Morfydd Clark, Nazanin Boniadi, Lenny Henry, Peter Mullan

11. Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022– )

TV-MA | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a brand-new set of Little Liars finds themselves tormented by an unknown assailant.

Stars: Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles

Votes: 2,899

12. Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)

TV-MA | 472 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder seemingly connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.

Stars: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Denise Gough

Votes: 17,222

13. Blonde (2022)

NC-17 | 166 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery | Completed

A fictionalized chronicle of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Garret Dillahunt

14. 365 Days (2020)

TV-MA | 114 min | Drama, Romance

Massimo is a member of the Sicilian Mafia family and Laura is a sales director. She does not expect that on a trip to Sicily trying to save her relationship, Massimo will kidnap her and give her 365 days to fall in love with him.

Directors: Barbara Bialowas, Tomasz Mandes | Stars: Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Michele Morrone, Bronislaw Wroclawski, Otar Saralidze

Votes: 86,075

15. The Godfather (1972)

R | 175 min | Crime, Drama

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton

Votes: 1,819,960 | Gross: $134.97M

16. The Last Kingdom (2015–2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, History

As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.

Stars: Alexander Dreymon, Eliza Butterworth, Arnas Fedaravicius, Mark Rowley

Votes: 134,063

17. The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

A love triangle between one girl and two brothers. A story about first love, first heartbreak, and the magic of that one perfect summer.

Stars: Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney

Votes: 15,142

18. Outlander (2014– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

An English combat nurse from 1945 is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743.

Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin

Votes: 156,936

19. Persuasion (I) (2022)

PG | 107 min | Drama, Romance

Eight years after Anne Elliot was persuaded not to marry a dashing man of humble origins, they meet again. Will she seize her second chance at true love?

Director: Carrie Cracknell | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Henry Golding, Ben Bailey Smith, Yolanda Kettle

Votes: 21,183

20. The Witcher (2019– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

Stars: Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, Mimi Ndiweni

Votes: 474,995

21. The Handmaid's Tale (2017– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Thriller

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.

Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Ann Dowd

Votes: 222,310

22. Death on the Nile (2022)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand

Votes: 133,300

23. Bridgerton (2020– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance

Wealth, lust, and betrayal set against the backdrop of Regency-era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

Stars: Nicola Coughlan, Jonathan Bailey, Bessie Carter, Ruth Gemmell

Votes: 130,926

24. Reacher (2022– )

TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack Reacher was arrested for murder and now the police need his help. Based on the books by Lee Child.

Stars: Alan Ritchson, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald, Hugh Thompson

Votes: 110,652

25. Midsomer Murders (1997– )

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.

Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon

Votes: 32,855

26. Forrest Gump (1994)

PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field

Votes: 2,032,591 | Gross: $330.25M

27. Dune (2021)

PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac

Votes: 599,856 | Gross: $108.33M

28. The Informer (2019)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.

Director: Andrea Di Stefano | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz

Votes: 35,827

29. Bones and All (2022)

R | 130 min | Drama, Horror, Romance | Completed

Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance

30. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

PG-13 | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Professor Albus Dumbledore must assign Newt Scamander and his fellow partners as Grindelwald begins to lead an army to eliminate all Muggles.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler

Votes: 122,627

31. The Lincoln Lawyer (2022– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An iconoclastic idealist runs his law practice out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car in this series based on Michael Connelly's bestselling novels.

Stars: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Neve Campbell, Becki Newton, Angus Sampson

Votes: 32,782

32. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

PG-13 | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean

Votes: 1,823,309 | Gross: $315.54M

33. Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Four friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend.

Stars: Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell

Votes: 165,564

34. Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own.

Director: Anthony Fabian | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Lesley Manville, Alba Baptista, Rose Williams

Votes: 3,091

35. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

PG | 152 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith

Votes: 763,262 | Gross: $317.58M

36. Fight Club (1999)

R | 139 min | Drama

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier

Votes: 2,071,438 | Gross: $37.03M

37. American Psycho (2000)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

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: 590,315 | Gross: $15.07M

38. Sherlock (2010–2017)

TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st-century London.

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves

Votes: 907,180

39. 365 Days: This Day (2022)

TV-MA | 111 min | Drama, Romance

Laura and Massimo are back and stronger than ever. But Massimo's family ties and a mysterious man bidding for Laura's heart complicate the lovers' lives.

Directors: Barbara Bialowas, Tomasz Mandes | Stars: Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Michele Morrone, Simone Susinna, Magdalena Lamparska

Votes: 17,240

40. Goodfellas (1990)

R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco

Votes: 1,138,144 | Gross: $46.84M

41. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

R | 159 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field, Sydney Pollack

Votes: 335,956 | Gross: $55.69M

42. You (2018– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.

Stars: Penn Badgley, Victoria Pedretti, Ambyr Childers, Elizabeth Lail

Votes: 231,764

43. Bosch (2014–2021)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama

An L.A.P.D. homicide detective works to solve the murder of a thirteen-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court for the murder of a serial killer.

Stars: Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Lance Reddick

Votes: 69,523

44. Shetland (2013– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland.

Stars: Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson, Douglas Henshall, Mark Bonnar

Votes: 17,482

45. Good Omens (2019–2022)

TV-MA | 328 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A tale of the bungling of Armageddon features an angel, a demon, an 11-year-old Antichrist, and a doom-saying witch.

Stars: David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Frances McDormand, Sam Taylor Buck

Votes: 74,744

46. The Expanse (2015–2022)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In the 24th century, a group of humans untangle a vast plot which threatens the Solar System's fragile state of detente.

Stars: Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo

Votes: 150,140

47. Sex and the City (1998–2004)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Four female New Yorkers gossip about their sex lives (or lack thereof) and find new ways to deal with being a woman in the late 1990s.

Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon

Votes: 125,243

48. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery

Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.

Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe

Votes: 145,648 | Gross: $72.59M

49. Deep Water (2022)

R | 115 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Tracy Letts, Grace Jenkins

Votes: 41,909

50. Grantchester (2014– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.

Stars: Robson Green, Tessa Peake-Jones, Al Weaver, Kacey Ainsworth

Votes: 14,088