Keyword: based on novel or book

Jean de Florette

8.1

1986

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A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.

The Song of Bernadette

7.7

1943

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14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil.

Dear Mr. Prohack

6.5

1949

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Arthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation for fiscal efficiency and running a tight ship. One day he finds out that a struggling businessman to whom he once loaned money used that money to amass a fortune, and after his death he left much of it to Prohack. Despite his reputation for his adept handling of money at his job, he seems to be much less adept at handling his newfound riches.

Dance Me Outside

7.3

1994

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A story of life on a First Nations reserve in Ontario: Silas and Frank are trying to get into college to train to be mechanics but they find themselves having to deal with girls, family - and murder.

Cabbage Soup

6.5

1981

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2 buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.

Never Let Me Go

6.2

1953

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An American reporter stationed in post-war Moscow marries a ballet dancer, but their relationship is threatened by the countrys political volatility.

Animals

6.1

2019

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Best friends Laura and Tyler fellow deviants, enablers and co-dependents. Laura is getting married and their booze and drug-fuelled Thelma and Louise life is in jeopardy and finds herself suspended between the two unable to give either up.

Twice Born

7.4

2012

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A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.

A Stranger in My Arms

1.5

1959

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After the Korean War, an Air Force pilot meets the family of his KIA navigator and recalls, in flashbacks, the circumstances of their ordeal after being shot down.

A Farewell to Arms

5.9

1957

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An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.

Written on the Wind

7.5

1956

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Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyles nymphomaniac sister.

Oliver Twist

4

1982

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This animated version of the classic Charles Dickens faithfully follows the adventures of the young orphan Oliver Twist. He escapes from the workhouses of 19th century England and must battle fate for his survival in the streets of London. Oliver falls prey to villains, not the least of which is social injustice. His involvement with a gang of thieves brings him to meet the roguish Artful Dodger and the master of the thieves kitchen, Fagin. His protected by a wealthy gentleman but forced to return to the gang to take part in a robbery, where he is wounded. While he is recovering the mystery of his identity unfolds. Truth triumphs in the end when Oliver is adopted by his benefactor, and the thieves are brought to justice.