Keyword: based on short story

Moon Over Parador

6

1988

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A U.S. actor gets a gig in South American Parador. When the dictator dies, hes forced to play him for real and gets his mistress. Can they change Parador?

The Twonky

4.7

1953

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Tweedy college professor discovers his new TV set is animate, apparently possessed by something from the future, and militantly intent on regulating his daily life.

The Little Matchgirl

7.9

2006

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A poor young girl has a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames.

The Youth Killer

6.9

1976

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Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.

The Selfish Giant

5.2

1971

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A giant builds a wall to keep children out of his garden, but then winter sets in permanently.

The Sleeping Cardinal

5.9

1931

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A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarty.

The Devil and Daniel Mouse

7.1

1978

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When a young female mouse makes a deal with the devil to become a rock star and learns the price, her boyfriend has to help her avoid damnation.

Nightfall

2.4

1988

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Far across the cosmos from our world lies a planet bathed in perpetual daylight. Soon nightfall will come and bring with it tremendous destruction. Science struggles against superstition in this dramatic portrayal of Isaac Asimovs award winning short story.

The Victim

7.1

1972

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A wealthy woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is now after her.

Cohen and Tate

6.4

1988

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When a little boy witnesses a mob hit, he is kidnapped by two professional assassins who are not what they seem.

Ferat Vampire

5.9

1982

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A doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A fellow doctor makes him believe that human blood is being used as fuel for Mimas ever winning car, but does that really work?

Bright Road

6.7

1953

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Based on the story, See How They Run (The Ladies Home Journal June 51), and subsequently won that years Christopher award. The story was written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, a 4th generation schoolteacher from the British West Indies. Jane Richards, a young 4th grade teacher in the South, faces a challenge in the form of 11 year-old C.T. Young, a backward boy, whose pride has made him a stubborn rebel and liar. Jane believes in him, then discovers his interest in nature when he spends his time watching a caterpillar in a tree trunk as it develops a cocoon. C. T.s devoted to his family and especially to Tanya, who adores him. When Tanya dies, despite Dr. Mitchells efforts to save her, the embittered C.T. stays away from school; when he returns, he gets into a fight and gets sent to Coventry. But when a swarm of bees invades the classroom and panics the students, C.T. takes charge, captures the queen bee, and leads the swarm outside, earning the school principals praise. But C.T. has urgent business: the cocoons splitting and a butterflys ready to emerge. He had meant it for Tanya, but he now presents it to Jane, who calls the other children to watch the unfolding miracle of nature.