Keyword: based on short story

Elephant Boy

6.5

1937

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This black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kiplings Toomai, of the Elephants, in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.

The Pit and the Pendulum

6.1

1991

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Horror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

7.4

2003

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Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage. Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josée.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

7.7

1962

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A young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.

Trucks

3.9

1997

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Aliens arrive, parking in a geostationary orbit over Nevada. Using powers unknown to us, they declare war, and use unmanned trucks as weapons.

The Beast Must Die

5.8

1974

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Eight people have been invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?

The Shout

6.7

1978

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A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

The Man from Laramie

7.4

1955

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Newcomer Will Lockhart defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.

The Selfish Giant

7.3

2013

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Two thirteen year-old working-class friends in Bradford seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal.

The Boy

5.5

2015

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An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopaths growing fascination with death.

The Love Letter

7.4

1998

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20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time.

The Cellar

4.3

1988

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A family moves into an old house in the Texas desert that is haunted by a Native American curse in the form of a ferocious creature that dwells underground.