Literary Adaptation Movies

  • 1964
    The Extra Mortals

    The Extra Mortals

    The Extra Mortals

    01964HD

    In a hospital waiting room, a group of men arrive and meet one another. Choe, is the upbeat fellow who always thinks of the nation and its people....

    The Extra Mortals
  • 1957
    Fires of Envy

    Fires of Envy

    Fires of Envy

    01957HD

    A dramatization of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell's penetrating story about the racial prejudice encountered by a Polish immigrant farmer in a rural...

    Fires of Envy
  • 1969
    Spring, Spring

    Spring, Spring

    Spring, Spring

    01969HD

    Chun-sam is working as a servant at Bong-pil's home to be his future son in-law. His daughter, Jeom-sun has grown enough to get wed. But her father...

    Spring, Spring
  • 2010
    Flooding with Love for The Kid

    Flooding with Love for The Kid

    Flooding with Love for The Kid

    4.52010HD

    A one-man adaptation of First Blood, filmed over the course of four months, entirely within a 220-sq. ft. apartment.

    Flooding with Love for The Kid
  • 1895
    Death Scene

    Death Scene

    Death Scene

    01895HD

    The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes two characters, then dies abruptly in a Trilby segment from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.

    Death Scene
  • 1960
    The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine

    The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine

    The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine

    01960HD

    The Diamond Gang commits a robbery. The leader Chiu Yee-kong wants to keep the booty and this arouses the suspicion of gang member Tai-wai. The...

    The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine
  • 1958
    Red Maid, the Matchmaker

    Red Maid, the Matchmaker

    Red Maid, the Matchmaker

    01958HD

    Production company Taoyuan chose for its inaugural film a comedy and Fong Yim-fun gets to take a break from playing long-suffering roles and showcase...

    Red Maid, the Matchmaker
  • 2013
    Frankenstein's Master

    Frankenstein's Master

    Frankenstein's Master

    102013HD

    Driven to the wilderness to bury the key to a horrible secret, a harried scientist is confronted by his own gruesome creation. Based on excerpts from...

    Frankenstein's Master
  • 2018
    The Binocle

    The Binocle

    The Binocle

    02018HD

    A short film based on the short story "De Binocle" by Dutch writer Louis Couperus. It tells the story of a nervous man who on one evening while going...

    The Binocle
  • 1956
    Beauty Raised from the Dead

    Beauty Raised from the Dead

    Beauty Raised from the Dead

    01956HD

    Lau Mung-mui chances on To Lai-leung and their encounter transcends to a rendezvous in their dreams. They admire each other, but they do not know...

    Beauty Raised from the Dead
  • 1958
    A Lovely Girl's Lovely Dreams

    A Lovely Girl's Lovely Dreams

    A Lovely Girl's Lovely Dreams

    01958HD

    Songstress Mui Yee-wah falls head over heels for painter Wai Tik-fung despite their age difference. Because Wai is a married man, Mui's mother is...

    A Lovely Girl's Lovely Dreams
  • 1922
    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    01922HD

    A charitable childhood deed holds fateful consequences for poor Pip. An anonymous benefactor paves the way for Pip’s transformation and...

    Great Expectations
  • 1957
    Oshidori kenkagasa

    Oshidori kenkagasa

    Oshidori kenkagasa

    01957HD

    Oshidori kenkagasa
  • 1959
    The Chair

    The Chair

    The Chair

    01959HD

    After inheriting his father's estate, Cheung Ka-bo leads a life of debauchery after getting know Blackie Yuen, who profits at others' expense, and...

    The Chair
  • 1949
    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion

    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion

    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion

    01949HD

    Mok Ming moves into Po Tak-yan’s old mansion. Po's mistress, the songstress Tsi Law-heung, has died in it. Her spirit haunts the mansion as she...

    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion
  • 1911
    Trilby and Svengali

    Trilby and Svengali

    Trilby and Svengali

    01911HD

    British adaptation of Trilby filmed in Kinemacolor. Presumed lost.

    Trilby and Svengali
  • 1955
    The Inspector General

    The Inspector General

    The Inspector General

    01955HD

    Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector General is a satire play well-known around the world. In the period between the end of World War II and the 1960s, the...

    The Inspector General
  • 2016
    A Crackup at the Race Riots

    A Crackup at the Race Riots

    A Crackup at the Race Riots

    42016HD

    Set in Florida and inspired by Harmony Korine’s homonymous book, Leo Gabin’s film consists of a collage of YouTube videos, mostly...

    A Crackup at the Race Riots
  • 1970
    We Spread

    We Spread

    We Spread

    01970HD

    Follows an aging artist who, after the death of her partner, is moved into a unique long-term care residence where she begins to distrust her...

    We Spread
  • 1895
    Quartette

    Quartette

    Quartette

    01895HD

    Scene from a Trilby-themed stage play. Lost.

    Quartette