# List of fiction works made into feature films (K–R)

This is a list of works of fiction that have been made into feature films, from K to R. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
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* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* Short stories and novellas
* See also
* Notes

## K

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| Kami no Tsuki (2012), Mitsuyo Kakuta | Pale Moon (2014) |
| Kenka erejii (1963), Takashi Suzuki | Fighting Elegy (1966) |
| The Key (鍵, Kagi) (1956), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki | Odd Obsession (1959) |
| The Key (鍵, Kagi) (1956), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki | The Key (Italian: La chiave) (1983) |
| The Key (鍵, Kagi) (1956), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki | The Key (2014) |
| The Keys of the Kingdom (1941), A. J. Cronin | The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) |
| Kidnapped (1886), Robert Louis Stevenson | Kidnapped (1917) |
| Kidnapped (1886), Robert Louis Stevenson | Kidnapped (1938) |
| Kidnapped (1886), Robert Louis Stevenson | Kidnapped (1960) |
| Kidnapped (1886), Robert Louis Stevenson | Kidnapped (1971) |
| Kidnapped (1886), Robert Louis Stevenson | Kidnapped (1986) |
| Kidnapped (1886), Robert Louis Stevenson | Kidnapped (1995) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1885), Sir H. Rider Haggard | Allan Quatermain (1919) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1885), Sir H. Rider Haggard | King Solomon's Mines (1937) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1885), Sir H. Rider Haggard | King Solomon's Mines (1950) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1885), Sir H. Rider Haggard | Watusi (1959) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1885), Sir H. Rider Haggard | King Solomon's Treasure (1979) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1885), Sir H. Rider Haggard | King Solomon's Mines (1985) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1885), Sir H. Rider Haggard | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1885), Sir H. Rider Haggard | King Solomon's Mines (1986) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1885), Sir H. Rider Haggard | Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1885), Sir H. Rider Haggard | Allan Quatermain and the Spear of Destiny (2023) |
| The King's Damosel (1976), Vera Chapman | Quest for Camelot (1998) |
| King's Ransom (1959), Evan Hunter | High and Low (1963) |
| Kings Go Forth (1956), Joe David Brown | Kings Go Forth (1958) |
| Kings Row (1940), Henry Bellamann | Kings Row (1942) |
| The Killer Angels (1974), Michael Shaara | Gettysburg (1993) |
| The Killer Inside Me (1952), Jim Thompson | The Killer Inside Me (1976) |
| The Killer Inside Me (1952), Jim Thompson | The Killer Inside Me (2010) |
| Kipps (1905), H. G. Wells | Kipps (1921) |
| Kipps (1905), H. G. Wells | Kipps (1941) |
| Kipps (1905), H. G. Wells | Half a Sixpence (1967) |
| Kirishima, bukatsu yamerutteyo (2010), Ryo Asai | The Kirishima Thing (2012) |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman (1976), Manuel Puig | Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) |
| Kiss the Girls (1995), James Patterson | Kiss the Girls (1997) |
| Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948), Horace McCoy | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) |
| Kitchen (キッチン, Kitchin) (1988), Banana Yoshimoto | Kitchen (1989) |
| Kitchen (キッチン, Kitchin) (1988), Banana Yoshimoto | Kitchen (Chinese: 我愛廚房; pinyin: Wo ai chu fang) (1997) |
| The Kites (French: Les Cerfs-volants) (1980), Romain Gary | Les cerfs-volants (2007) |
| The Klansman (1967), William Bradford Huie | The Klansman (1974) |
| Kokoro (こころ) (1914), Natsume Sōseki | The Heart (1955) |
| Kokoro (こころ) (1914), Natsume Sōseki | The Heart (1973) |
| The Kolchak Papers (written 1970, published 1973), Jeff Rice | The Night Stalker (1972) |
| The Kolchak Papers (written 1970, published 1973), Jeff Rice | The Night Strangler (1973) |
| The Kolchak Papers (written 1970, published 1973), Jeff Rice | Crackle of Death (1974) |
| The Kolchak Papers (written 1970, published 1973), Jeff Rice | The Demon and the Mummy (1976) |
| Kowloon Tong (1997), Paul Theroux | Chinese Box (1997) |

## L

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| L.A. Confidential (1990), James Ellroy | L.A. Confidential (1997) |
| Lad, A Dog (1919), Albert Payson Terhune | Lad, A Dog (1963) |
| Lady Audley's Secret (1862), Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Lady Audley's Secret (1912) |
| Lady Audley's Secret (1862), Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Lady Audley's Secret (a. k. a. Secrets of Society) (1915) |
| Lady Audley's Secret (1862), Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Lady Audley's Secret (1920) |
| Lady Audley's Secret (1862), Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Lady Audley's Secret (2000) |
| The Lady in Cement (1961), Marvin H. Albert | Lady in Cement (1968) |
| Lady L (1958), Romain Gary | Lady L (1965) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Camille (1909) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | The Lady of the Camellias (1912) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | The Lady of the Camellias (1915; made by Baldassarre Negroni) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | The Lady of the Camellias (1915; made by Gustavo Serena) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Camille (1915) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Camille (1917) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Prima Vera (German: Die Kameliendame) (1917) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | The Red Peacock (German: Arme Violetta) (1920) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Camille (1921) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | The Lady of the Camellias (Swedish: Damen med kameliorna) (1925) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Camille (1926; made by Norma Talmadge) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Camille (1926; made by Ralph Barton, and starring Charlie Chaplin) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | The Lady of the Camellias (1934) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Camille (1936) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | The Lady of the Camellias (Italian: La signora dalle camelie) (1947) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Traviata '53 (1953) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | The Lady of the Camellias (1953) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Camelia (1954) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Camille 2000 (1969) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | The Lady of the Camellias (1981) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | Camille (1984) |
| The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias) (1848), Alexandre Dumas, fils | The Lady of the Camellias (Polish: Dama kameliowa) (1994) |
| The Lair of the White Worm (1911), Bram Stoker | The Lair of the White Worm (1988) |
| La lampe dans la fenêtre (1972), Pauline Cadieux | Cordélia (1980) |
| The Land That Time Forgot (1918), Edgar Rice Burroughs | The Land That Time Forgot (1975) |
| The Land That Time Forgot (1918), Edgar Rice Burroughs | The People That Time Forgot (1977) |
| The Land That Time Forgot (1918), Edgar Rice Burroughs | The Land That Time Forgot (2009) |
| The Lands of Risk (Portuguese: As Terras Do Risco) (1994), Agustina Bessa-Luís | The Convent (1995) |
| Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | Lassie Come Home (1943) |
| Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | Son of Lassie (1945) |
| Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | Courage of Lassie (1946) |
| Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | Hills of Home (1948) |
| Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | The Sun Comes Up (1949) |
| Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | Challenge to Lassie (1950) |
| Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | The Painted Hills (1951) |
| Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | The Magic of Lassie (1988) |
| Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | Lassie (1994) |
| Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | Lassie (2005) |
| The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), Edward Bulwer-Lytton | The Last Days of Pompeii (Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) (1908) |
| The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), Edward Bulwer-Lytton | The Last Days of Pompeii (1913) |
| The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), Edward Bulwer-Lytton | The Last Days of Pompeii (1926) |
| The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), Edward Bulwer-Lytton | The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) |
| The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), Edward Bulwer-Lytton | The Last Days of Pompeii (French: Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi) (1950) |
| The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), Edward Bulwer-Lytton | The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) |
| The Last Detail (1970), Darryl Ponicsan | The Last Detail (1973) |
| The Last Hunt (1954), Milton Lott | The Last Hunt (1956) |
| Last of the Curlews (1954), Fred Bodsworth | Last of the Curlews (1972) |
| The Last of the Duanes (written 1913, published 1996), Zane Grey | The Last of the Duanes (1919) |
| The Last of the Duanes (written 1913, published 1996), Zane Grey | The Last of the Duanes (1924) |
| The Last of the Duanes (written 1913, published 1996), Zane Grey | The Last of the Duanes (1930) |
| The Last of the Duanes (written 1913, published 1996), Zane Grey | El último de los Vargas (1930) |
| The Last of the Duanes (written 1913, published 1996), Zane Grey | Last of the Duanes (1941) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | Leather Stocking (1909) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | The Last of the Mohicans (1911) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | The Last of the Mohicans (1920; American) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | The Last of the Mohicans (German: Der Letzte der Mohikaner) (1920; Germany) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | The Last of the Mohicans (1932) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | The Last of the Mohicans (1936) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | Fall of the Mohicans (Spanish: Uncas, el fin de una raza, Italian: L'ultimo dei Mohicani) (1965) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | The Last Tomahawk (German: Der letzte Mohikaner) (1965) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | The Last of the Mohicans (Romanian: Ultimul mohican) (1968) (TV) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | Last of the Mohicans (1977) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | The Last of the Mohicans (1987) |
| The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper | The Last of the Mohicans (1992) |
| The Last Picture Show (1966), Larry McMurtry | The Last Picture Show (1971) |
| The Last Ride (1996), Thomas Eidson | The Missing (2003) |
| The Last Song (2009), Nicholas Sparks | The Last Song (2010) |
| Last Stand at Papago Wells (1957), Louis L'Amour | Apache Territory (1958) |
| Last Stand at Saber River (1959), Elmore Leonard | Last Stand at Saber River (1997) |
| The Last Thing He Wanted (1996), Joan Didion | The Last Thing He Wanted (2020) |
| The Last Unicorn (1968), Peter S. Beagle | The Last Unicorn (1982) |
| The Late George Apley (1937), John P. Marquand | The Late George Apley (1947) |
| The Laughing Cavalier (1913), Baroness Orczy | The Laughing Cavalier (1917) |
| Laura (serialised 1942, published as a book 1943), Vera Caspary | Laura (1944) |
| Laura (serialised 1942, published as a book 1943), Vera Caspary | Laura (1955) |
| Laura (serialised 1942, published as a book 1943), Vera Caspary | Laura (1968) |
| Law and Order (1973), Dorothy Uhnak | Law and Order (1976) |
| The Law at Randado (1954), Elmore Leonard | Border Shootout (1990) |
| Law Man (1955), Lauran Paine | The Quiet Gun (1957) |
| Lawyer Man (1932), Max Trell | Lawyer Man (1933) |
| Lay This Laurel (1973), Lincoln Kirstein | Glory (1989) |
| Layer Cake (2000), J. J. Connolly | Layer Cake (2004) |
| Leaving Cheyenne (1963), Larry McMurtry | Lovin' Molly (1974) |
| The Ledger (1970), Dorothy Uhnak | Get Christie Love! (1974) |
| Left Behind (1995–2007) (series), Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins | Left Behind: The Movie (2000) |
| Left Behind (1995–2007) (series), Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins | Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002) |
| Left Behind (1995–2007) (series), Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins | Left Behind: World at War (2005) |
| Left Behind (1995–2007) (series), Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins | Left Behind (2014) |
| The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳, Shè Diāo Yīng Xióng Zhuàn) (1957–1959), Jin Yong | Story of the Vulture Conqueror (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳) (1958–1959) |
| The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳, Shè Diāo Yīng Xióng Zhuàn) (1957–1959), Jin Yong | The Brave Archer (1977) |
| The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳, Shè Diāo Yīng Xióng Zhuàn) (1957–1959), Jin Yong | The Brave Archer 2 (1978) |
| The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳, Shè Diāo Yīng Xióng Zhuàn) (1957–1959), Jin Yong | The Brave Archer 3 (1981) |
| The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳, Shè Diāo Yīng Xióng Zhuàn) (1957–1959), Jin Yong | The Brave Archer and His Mate (1982) |
| The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳, Shè Diāo Yīng Xióng Zhuàn) (1957–1959), Jin Yong | The Eagle Shooting Heroes (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳之東成西就, Se diu ying hung ji dung sing sai jau) (1993) |
| The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳, Shè Diāo Yīng Xióng Zhuàn) (1957–1959), Jin Yong | Ashes of Time (Chinese: 東邪西毒, Dongxié Xidú) (1994) |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Japanese: 銀河英雄伝説, Hepburn: Ginga Eiyū Densetsu) (1982–1987), Yoshiki Tanaka | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (1988) |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Japanese: 銀河英雄伝説, Hepburn: Ginga Eiyū Densetsu) (1982–1987), Yoshiki Tanaka | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings (1992) |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Japanese: 銀河英雄伝説, Hepburn: Ginga Eiyū Densetsu) (1982–1987), Yoshiki Tanaka | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War (1993) |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Japanese: 銀河英雄伝説, Hepburn: Ginga Eiyū Densetsu) (1982–1987), Yoshiki Tanaka | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Stellar War (2019) |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Japanese: 銀河英雄伝説, Hepburn: Ginga Eiyū Densetsu) (1982–1987), Yoshiki Tanaka | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Clash (2021) |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Japanese: 銀河英雄伝説, Hepburn: Ginga Eiyū Densetsu) (1982–1987), Yoshiki Tanaka | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue (2022) |
| Legion (1983), William Peter Blatty | The Exorcist III (1990) |
| Lemonade Mouth (2007), Mark Peter Hughes | Lemonade Mouth (2011) |
| The Leopard (1958), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa | The Leopard (1963) |
| Less than Zero (1985), Bret Easton Ellis | Less than Zero (1987) |
| Let Me Count the Ways (1965), Peter De Vries | How Do I Love Thee? (1970) |
| Let the Right One In (Swedish: Låt den rätte komma in) (2004), John Ajvide Lindqvist | Let the Right One In (2008) |
| Let the Right One In (Swedish: Låt den rätte komma in) (2004), John Ajvide Lindqvist | Let Me In (2010) |
| A Letter to Five Wives (1945), John Klempner | A Letter to Three Wives (1949) |
| A Letter to Five Wives (1945), John Klempner | A Letter to Three Wives (1985) |
| The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759–1767), Laurence Sterne | A Cock and Bull Story (2006) |
| The Life Before Us (French: La vie devant soi) (1975), Romain Gary (as Émile Ajar) | Madame Rosa (1977) |
| The Life Before Us (French: La vie devant soi) (1975), Romain Gary (as Émile Ajar) | The Life Before Us (2010) |
| The Life Before Us (French: La vie devant soi) (1975), Romain Gary (as Émile Ajar) | The Life Ahead (2020) |
| Life of Pi (2001), Yann Martel | Life of Pi (2012) |
| Lift to the Scaffold (French: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) (1956), Noël Calef | Elevator to the Gallows (1958) |
| The Light in the Forest (1953), Conrad Richter | The Light in the Forest (1958) |
| The Light of Western Stars (1914), Zane Grey | The Light of Western Stars (1918) |
| The Light of Western Stars (1914), Zane Grey | The Light of Western Stars (1925) |
| The Light of Western Stars (1914), Zane Grey | The Light of Western Stars (1930) |
| The Light of Western Stars (1914), Zane Grey | The Light of Western Stars (1940) |
| Like a Fire is Burning (1991), Gerald N. Lund | The Work and the Glory: American Zion (2005) |
| Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish: Como agua para chocolate) (1989), Laura Esquivel | Like Water for Chocolate (1992) |
| The Lincoln Lawyer (2005), Michael Connelly | The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) |
| A Lion Is in the Streets (1945), Adria Locke Langley | A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Two Times Lotte (1950) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Hibari's Lullaby (ひばりの子守唄, Hibari no komoriuta) (1951) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Twice Upon a Time (1953) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | The Parent Trap (1961) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum (1965) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Leta Manasulu (1966) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Do Kaliyaan (1968) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Cheeky Little Angels (Korean: 개구장이 천사들, Gaegujangi Cheonsadeul) (1980) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Pyaar Ke Do Pal (1986) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | The Parent Trap II (1987) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Parent Trap III (1988) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Charlie & Louise – Das doppelte Lottchen (1994) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Strange Sisters (Persian: خواهران غریب) (1995) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | The Parent Trap (1998) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi (2001) |
| Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Tur & retur (2003) |
| Little Caesar (1929), W. R. Burnett | Little Caesar (1931) |
| Little Caesar (1929), W. R. Burnett | Black Caesar (1973) |
| Little Caesar (1929), W. R. Burnett | Hell Up in Harlem (1973) |
| Little Dorrit (serialised 1855–1857, published as a book 1857), Charles Dickens | Little Dorrit (1913) |
| Little Dorrit (serialised 1855–1857, published as a book 1857), Charles Dickens | Little Dorrit (1920) |
| Little Dorrit (serialised 1855–1857, published as a book 1857), Charles Dickens | Little Dorrit (German: Klein Dorrit) (1934) |
| Little Dorrit (serialised 1855–1857, published as a book 1857), Charles Dickens | Little Dorrit (1987) |
| The Little Drummer Girl (1983), John le Carré | The Little Drummer Girl (1984) |
| The Little White Horse (1946), Elizabeth Goudge | The Secret of Moonacre (2009) |
| Live and Let Die (1954), Ian Fleming | Live and Let Die (1973) |
| Live Flesh (1986), Ruth Rendell | Live Flesh (Spanish: Carne trémula) (1997) |
| The Living and the Dead (French: D'entre les morts) (1954), Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac | Vertigo (1958) |
| The Lizard's Tail (1979), Marc Brandell | The Hand (1981) |
| Loaded (1995), Christos Tsiolkas | Head On (1998) |
| Logan's Run (1967), William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson | Logan's Run (1976) |
| Lolita (1955), Vladimir Nabokov | Lolita (1962) |
| Lolita (1955), Vladimir Nabokov | Lolita (1997) |
| The Lone Star Ranger (1915), Zane Grey | The Lone Star Ranger (1919) |
| The Lone Star Ranger (1915), Zane Grey | The Lone Star Ranger (1923) |
| The Lone Star Ranger (1915), Zane Grey | The Lone Star Ranger (1930) |
| The Lone Star Ranger (1915), Zane Grey | Lone Star Ranger (1942) |
| Lonely Castle in the Mirror (かがみの孤城, Kagami no Kojō) (2017), Mizuki Tsujimura | Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022) |
| The Long Goodbye (1953), Raymond Chandler | The Long Goodbye (1973) |
| Longarm (1978–2006) (series), Lou Cameron | Longarm (1987) |
| Looking for Trouble (1941), Virginia Spencer Cowles | Ladies Courageous (1944) |
| The Looters (1968), John H. Reese | Charley Varrick (1973) |
| Lord Jim (serialised 1899–1900, published as a book 1900), Joseph Conrad | Lord Jim (1925) |
| Lord Jim (serialised 1899–1900, published as a book 1900), Joseph Conrad | Lord Jim (1965) |
| Lord of the Flies (1954), William Golding | Lord of the Flies (1963) |
| Lord of the Flies (1954), William Golding | Alkitrang dugo (1976) |
| Lord of the Flies (1954), William Golding | Lord of the Flies (1990) |
| The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), J. R. R. Tolkien | J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1978) |
| The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), J. R. R. Tolkien | The Return of the King (1980) |
| The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), J. R. R. Tolkien | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) |
| The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), J. R. R. Tolkien | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) |
| The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), J. R. R. Tolkien | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
| The Lords of Discipline (1980), Pat Conroy | The Lords of Discipline (1983) |
| Lost Horizon (1933), James Hilton | Lost Horizon (1937) |
| Lost Horizon (1933), James Hilton | Lost Horizon (1973) |
| The Lost Ones (1961), Donald G. Payne | The Island at the Top of the World (1974) |
| A Lost Paradise (失楽園, Shitsurakuen) (1997), Junichi Watanabe | Lost Paradise (1997) |
| The Lost World (1912), Arthur Conan Doyle | The Lost World (1925) |
| The Lost World (1912), Arthur Conan Doyle | The Lost World (1960) |
| The Lost World (1912), Arthur Conan Doyle | The Lost World (1992) |
| The Lost World (1912), Arthur Conan Doyle | Return to the Lost World (1992) |
| The Lost World (1912), Arthur Conan Doyle | The Lost World (1998) |
| The Lost World (1912), Arthur Conan Doyle | The Lost World (2001) |
| The Lost World (1912), Arthur Conan Doyle | King of the Lost World (2005) |
| The Lost World (1995), Michael Crichton | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) |
| A Love in Germany (German: Eine Liebe in Deutschland) (1978), Rolf Hochhuth | A Love in Germany (1983) |
| Love Story (1970), Erich Segal | Love Story (1970) |
| The Loved One (1948), Evelyn Waugh | The Loved One (1965) |
| The Lovely Bones (2002), Alice Sebold | The Lovely Bones (2009) |
| The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844), William Makepeace Thackeray | Barry Lyndon (1975) |
| The Lucky One (2008), Nicholas Sparks | The Lucky One (2012) |
| Lydia Bailey (1947), Kenneth Roberts | Lydia Bailey (1952) |

## M

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| MacKenna's Gold (1963), Henry Wilson Allen | Mackenna's Gold (1969) |
| Madame Doubtfire (1987), Anne Fine | Mrs. Doubtfire (1994) |
| The Maddening (1987), Andrew Neiderman | The Maddening (1995) |
| The Magician (1908), W. Somerset Maugham | The Magician (1926) |
| Magnificent Obsession (1929), Lloyd C. Douglas | Magnificent Obsession (1935) |
| Magnificent Obsession (1929), Lloyd C. Douglas | Magnificent Obsession (1954) |
| Make Room! Make Room! (1966), Harry Harrison | Soylent Green (1973) |
| The Maltese Falcon (1930), Dashiell Hammett | The Maltese Falcon (1931) |
| The Maltese Falcon (1930), Dashiell Hammett | Satan Met a Lady (1936) |
| The Maltese Falcon (1930), Dashiell Hammett | The Maltese Falcon (1941) |
| The Maltese Falcon (1930), Dashiell Hammett | The Black Bird (1975) |
| The Man Called Noon (1970), Louis L'Amour | The Man Called Noon (1973) |
| The Man in Black (1964), Marvin H. Albert | Rough Night in Jericho (1967) |
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1955), Sloan Wilson | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) |
| The Man of Property (1906), John Galsworthy | That Forsyte Woman (1949) |
| Man on Fire (1980), A. J. Quinnell | Man on Fire (1987) |
| Man on Fire (1980), A. J. Quinnell | Man on Fire (2004) |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963), Walter Tevis | The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963), Walter Tevis | The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987) |
| The Man Who Never Was (1954), Ewen Montagu | The Man Who Never Was (1956) |
| The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (1938), Georges Simenon | The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) |
| The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), Ian Fleming | The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) |
| The Man Without a Face (1972), Isabelle Holland | The Man Without a Face (1993) |
| Man Without a Star (1952), Lee Dinford | Man Without a Star (1956) |
| Man Without a Star (1952), Lee Dinford | A Man Called Gannon (1968) |
| The Manchurian Candidate (1959), Richard Condon | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) |
| The Manchurian Candidate (1959), Richard Condon | The Manchurian Candidate (2004) |
| Manhunt (人狩り) (1962), Haruhiko Oyabu | Youth of the Beast (野獣の青春, Yajū no seishun) (1963) |
| Marathon Man (1974), William Goldman | Marathon Man (1976) |
| Marnie (1961), Winston Graham | Marnie (1964) |
| Martin Eden (1909), Jack London | Martin Eden (1914) |
| Martin Eden (1909), Jack London | The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) |
| Martin Eden (1909), Jack London | Martin Eden (2019) |
| Mary Poppins (1934–1988) (series), P. L. Travers | Mary Poppins (1964) |
| Mary Poppins (1934–1988) (series), P. L. Travers | Mary Poppins Returns (2018) |
| MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors (1968), Richard Hooker | M*A*S*H (1970) |
| Master of the World (French: Maître du monde) (1904), Jules Verne | Master of the World (1961) |
| Master of the World (French: Maître du monde) (1904), Jules Verne | Master of the World (1976) |
| Matilda (1970), Paul Gallico | Matilda (1978) |
| Maurice (1971), E. M. Forster | Maurice (1987) |
| The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Thomas Hardy | The Mayor of Casterbridge (1921) |
| The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Thomas Hardy | The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003) |
| The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Thomas Hardy | The Claim (2000) |
| McTeague (1899), Frank Norris | McTeague (1916) |
| McTeague (1899), Frank Norris | Greed (1924) |
| Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2012), Jesse Andrews | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) |
| The Medusa Touch (1973), Peter Van Greenaway | The Medusa Touch (1978) |
| Meet Me in St. Louis (1942), Sally Benson | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) |
| Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1987), H.F. Saint | Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) |
| The Memoirs of Cleopatra (1997), Margaret George | Cleopatra (1999) |
| Memory (2010), Donald E. Westlake | The Actor (TBA) |
| The Mephisto Waltz (1969), Fred Mustard Stewart | The Mephisto Waltz (1971) |
| Mercy Island (1941), Theodore Pratt | Mercy Island (1941) |
| Merton of the Movies (1919), Harry Leon Wilson | Merton of the Movies (1924) |
| Merton of the Movies (1919), Harry Leon Wilson | Make Me a Star (1932) |
| Merton of the Movies (1919), Harry Leon Wilson | Merton of the Movies (1947) |
| Message in a Bottle (1998), Nicholas Sparks | Message in a Bottle (1999) |
| Miami Mayhem (1960), Marvin H. Albert | Tony Rome (1967) |
| Midaq Alley (Arabic: زقاق المدق, romanized: Zuqāq al-Midaqq) (1947), Naguib Mahfouz | Midaq Alley (Spanish: El callejón de los milagros) (1995) |
| Midnight and Jeremiah (1943), Sterling North | So Dear to My Heart (1949) |
| A Midnight Clear (1982), William Wharton | A Midnight Clear (1992) |
| The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), John Wyndham | Village of the Damned (1960) |
| The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), John Wyndham | Children of the Damned (1963) |
| The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), John Wyndham | Village of the Damned (1995) |
| Mildred Pierce (1941), James M. Cain | Mildred Pierce (1945) |
| Millennium (1983), John Varley | Millennium (1989) |
| Millennium (2005–2007) (series), Stieg Larsson | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) |
| Millennium (2005–2007) (series), Stieg Larsson | The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) |
| Millennium (2005–2007) (series), Stieg Larsson | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009) |
| Millennium (2005–2007) (series), Stieg Larsson | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
| Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls (1903), Frank Wedekind | Innocence (2004) |
| Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls (1903), Frank Wedekind | The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha (2005) |
| The Mirage (Arabic: السراب, romanized: Al-Sarab) (1961), Naguib Mahfouz | The Mirage (1970) |
| The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962), Agatha Christie | The Mirror Crack'd (1980) |
| The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962), Agatha Christie | Shubho Mahurat (Bengali: শুভ মহরৎ) (2003) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | On the Barricade (1907) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Le Chemineau (1907) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1909) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | The Bishop's Candlesticks (1909) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1911) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1913) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | The Bishop's Candlesticks (1913) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1917) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1922) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Aa Mujou (1923) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1925) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | The Bishop's Candlesticks (1929) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Aa Mujou (1929) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Jean Valjean (1931) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1934) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1935) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Gavrosh (1937) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Kyojinden (1938) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Los Miserables (1943) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | El Boassa (1944) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | I Miserabili (1948) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Nouveaux Misérables (1949) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Re mizeraburu: Kami to Akuma (Les Misérables: Gods and Demons) (1950) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Ezhai Padum Padu (1950) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Beedala Patlu (1950) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1952) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Kundan (1955) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Duppathage Duka (1956) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Sirakaruwa (1957) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1958) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Os Miseráveis (1958) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Jean Valjean (1961) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Cosette (1961) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Gavroche (1962) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Jean Valjean (1963) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Os Miseráveis (1967) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Sefiller (1967) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Los Miserables (1973) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1978) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Al Boasa (1978) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Jean Valjean Monogatari (ジャン・バルジャン物語) (1979) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1982) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1988) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1995) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert (1995) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (1998) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (2011) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (2012) |
| Les Misérables (1862), Victor Hugo | Les Misérables (2019) |
| Misery (1987), Stephen King | Misery (1990) |
| Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), Nathanael West | Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) |
| Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), Nathanael West | Lonelyhearts (1958) |
| Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), Nathanael West | Miss Lonelyhearts (1983) |
| Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville | The Sea Beast (1926) |
| Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville | Moby Dick (1930) |
| Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville | Moby Dick (1956) |
| Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville | Moby Dick (1978) |
| Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville | The Adventures of Young Moby Dick (1996) |
| Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville | Capitaine Achab (2004) |
| Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville | Moby Dick (2010) |
| Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville | Moby Dick (2011) |
| Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville | Age of the Dragons (2011) |
| Moderato Cantabile (1958), Marguerite Duras | Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960) |
| The Molly Maguires (1969), Arthur H. Lewis | The Molly Maguires (1970) |
| Monkey in the Middle (1973), Robert Syd Hopkins | The Killer Elite (1975) |
| The Monster from Earth's End (1959), Murray Leinster | The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966) |
| Montana Rides Again (1934), Max Brand | Branded (1950) |
| The Moon and Sixpence (1919), W. Somerset Maugham | The Moon and Sixpence (1942) |
| Moonraker (1955), Ian Fleming | Moonraker (1979) |
| The Moon-Spinners (1962), Mary Stewart | The Moon-Spinners (1964) |
| The Moonstone (1868), Wilkie Collins | The Moonstone (1909) |
| The Moonstone (1868), Wilkie Collins | The Moonstone (1915) |
| The Moonstone (1868), Wilkie Collins | The Moonstone (1934) |
| The Moonstone (1868), Wilkie Collins | The Moonstone (1996) |
| Morpho Eugenia (1992), A. S. Byatt | Angels & Insects (1996) |
| The Mortal Instruments – Book One: City of Bones (2007), Cassandra Clare | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) |
| The Mosquito Coast (1981), Paul Theroux | The Mosquito Coast (1986) |
| Mother Carey's Chickens (1911), Kate Douglas Wiggin | Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) |
| Mother Carey's Chickens (1911), Kate Douglas Wiggin | Summer Magic (1963) |
| Mother Night (1961), Kurt Vonnegut | Mother Night (1996) |
| Mother of Mine (Finnish: Äideistä parhain) (1999), Heikki Hietamies | Mother of Mine (Finnish: Äideistä parhain, Swedish: Den bästa av mödrar) (2005) |
| A Mother's Gift (2001), Britney Spears and Lynne Spears | Brave New Girl (2004) |
| The Moving Target (1949), Ross Macdonald | Harper (1966) |
| Mr. Hobbs' Vacation (1954), Edward Streeter | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) |
| Mr. Limpet (1942), Theodore Pratt | The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) |
| Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1943), Theodore Pratt | Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971), Robert C. O'Brien | The Secret of NIMH (1982) |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971), Robert C. O'Brien | The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1999) |
| Mrs McGinty's Dead (1952), Agatha Christie | Murder Most Foul (1964) |
| Mud on the Stars (1942), William Bradford Huie | Wild River (1960) |
| A Mule for the Marquesa (1964), Frank O'Rourke | The Professionals (1966) |
| Murder in Amityville (1979), Hans Holzer | Amityville II: The Possession (1982) |
| Murder on the Orient Express (1934), Agatha Christie | Murder on the Orient Express (1974) |
| Murder on the Orient Express (1934), Agatha Christie | Murder on the Orient Express (2001) |
| Murder on the Orient Express (1934), Agatha Christie | Murder on the Orient Express (2017) |
| Murphy's Romance: A Novel (1980), Max Schott | Murphy's Romance (1985) |
| Mute Witness (1963), Robert L. Pike (as Robert L. Fish) | Bullitt (1968) |
| My Ántonia (1918), Willa Cather | My Antonia (1995) |
| My Brother's Wife (Spanish: La mujer de mi hermano) (2002), Jaime Bayly | My Brother's Wife (2005) |
| My Philadelphia Father (1955), Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr. | The Happiest Millionaire (1967) |
| My Friend Flicka (1941), Mary O'Hara | My Friend Flicka (1943) |
| My Friend Flicka (1941), Mary O'Hara | Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945) |
| My Friend Flicka (1941), Mary O'Hara | Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) |
| My Friend Flicka (1941), Mary O'Hara | Flicka (2006) |
| My Friend Flicka (1941), Mary O'Hara | Flicka 2 (2010) |
| My Friend Flicka (1941), Mary O'Hara | Flicka: Country Pride (2012) |
| My Kingdom for a Woman (1952), Ismet Regeila | Abdulla the Great (1955) |
| My Reminiscences as a Cowboy (1930), Frank Harris | Cowboy (1968) |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), Charles Dickens | The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1909) |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), Charles Dickens | The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1914) |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), Charles Dickens | The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), Charles Dickens | The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993) |
| The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) (1874), Jules Verne | The Mysterious Island (1929) |
| The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) (1874), Jules Verne | Mysterious Island (1941) |
| The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) (1874), Jules Verne | Mysterious Island (1951) |
| The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) (1874), Jules Verne | Mysterious Island (1961) |
| The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) (1874), Jules Verne | The Mysterious Island of Captain Neno (French: L'Île mystérieuse, Spanish: La isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo) (1973) |
| The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) (1874), Jules Verne | Mysterious Island (1982) |
| The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) (1874), Jules Verne | Mysterious Island (2005) |
| The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) (1874), Jules Verne | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) |
| Mystic River (2001), Dennis Lehane | Mystic River (2003) |

## N

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| The Naked and the Dead (1948), Norman Mailer | The Naked and the Dead (1958) |
| The Naked Country (1960), Morris West | The Naked Country (1985) |
| The Naked Face (1970), Sidney Sheldon | The Naked Face (1984) |
| Naked Lunch (1959), William S. Burroughs | Naked Lunch (1991) |
| The Name of the Game is Kidnapping (ゲームの名は誘拐, Gēmu no Na wa Yūkai) (2002), Keigo Higashino | G@me (2003) |
| The Name of the Rose (1980), Umberto Eco | The Name of the Rose (1986) |
| The Nanny (1987), Dan Greenburg | The Guardian (1990) |
| The Nanny Diaries (2002), Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus | The Nanny Diaries (2007) |
| National Velvet (1935), Enid Bagnold | National Velvet (1944) |
| National Velvet (1935), Enid Bagnold | International Velvet (1978) |
| The Natural (1952), Bernard Malamud | The Natural (1984) |
| Nest in a Fallen Tree (1967), Joy Cowley | The Night Digger (1971) |
| The Net (1912), Rex Beach | Fair Lady (1922) |
| Nevada (1928), Zane Grey | Nevada (1927) |
| Nevada (1928), Zane Grey | Nevada (1935) |
| Nevada (1928), Zane Grey | Nevada (1944) |
| Never Cry Wolf (1963), Farley Mowat | Never Cry Wolf (1983) |
| The Neverending Story (1979), Michael Ende | The NeverEnding Story (1984) |
| The Neverending Story (1979), Michael Ende | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990) |
| The Neverending Story (1979), Michael Ende | The NeverEnding Story III (1994) |
| News of the World (2016), Paulette Jiles | News of the World (2020) |
| Nicholas Nickleby (serialised 1838–1839, published as a book 1839), Charles Dickens | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) |
| Nicholas Nickleby (serialised 1838–1839, published as a book 1839), Charles Dickens | Nicholas Nickleby (1985) |
| Nicholas Nickleby (serialised 1838–1839, published as a book 1839), Charles Dickens | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) |
| Nicholas Nickleby (serialised 1838–1839, published as a book 1839), Charles Dickens | Nicholas Nickleby (2002) |
| Night and the City (1938), Gerald Kersh | Night and the City (1950) |
| Night and the City (1938), Gerald Kersh | Night and the City (1992) |
| Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1945), Cornell Woolrich | Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) |
| The Night of the Generals (1963), Hans Hellmut Kirst | The Night of the Generals (1967) |
| The Night of the Hunter (1953), Davis Grubb | The Night of the Hunter (1955) |
| The Night of the Hunter (1953), Davis Grubb | Night of the Hunter (1991) |
| Night Shift (1942), Maritta Wolff | The Man I Love (1947) |
| Night Watch (Russian: «Ночной Дозор») (1998), Sergey Lukyanenko | Night Watch (2004) |
| Night Watch (Russian: «Ночной Дозор») (1998), Sergey Lukyanenko | Day Watch (2006) |
| Nightmare (1942) (a.k.a. And So to Death), Cornell Woolrich | Fear in the Night (1947) |
| Nightmare (1942) (a.k.a. And So to Death), Cornell Woolrich | Nightmare (1956) |
| Nightmare Alley (1946), William Lindsay Gresham | Nightmare Alley (1947) |
| Nightmare Alley (1946), William Lindsay Gresham | Nightmare Alley (2021) |
| Nights in Rodanthe (2002), Nicholas Sparks | Nights in Rodanthe (2008) |
| Nightwing (1977), Martin Cruz Smith | Nightwing (1979) |
| Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair (1978), Elizabeth McNeill | 9½ Weeks (1986) |
| Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair (1978), Elizabeth McNeill | Another 9½ Weeks (1997) |
| Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair (1978), Elizabeth McNeill | The First 9½ Weeks (1998) |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), George Orwell | Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954) |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), George Orwell | 1984 (1956) |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), George Orwell | Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), George Orwell | 1984 (2023) |
| The Ninth Configuration (1978), William Peter Blatty | The Ninth Configuration (1980) |
| No Country for Old Men (2005), Cormac McCarthy | No Country for Old Men (2007) |
| No Down Payment (1957), John McPartland | No Down Payment (1957) |
| No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1939), James Hadley Chase | No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) |
| No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1939), James Hadley Chase | The Grissom Gang (1971) |
| No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1939), James Hadley Chase | The Flesh of the Orchid (French: La Chair de l'orchidée) (1975) |
| Nobody Loves a Drunken Indian (1967), Clair Huffaker | The Last Warrior (1970) |
| The North Star (1956), Henry Wilson Allen | North Star (1996) |
| Northern Lights (1995), Philip Pullman | The Golden Compass (2007) |
| Northwest Passage (1937), Kenneth Roberts | Northwest Passage (1940) |
| Nostromo (1904), Joseph Conrad | The Silver Treasure (1926) |
| The Notebook (1996), Nicholas Sparks | The Notebook (2004) |
| The Notebooks of Major Thompson (French: Les Carnets du major Thompson) (1954), Pierre Daninos | The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955) |
| Nothing Lasts Forever (1979), Roderick Thorp | Die Hard (1988) |
| Nurse Matilda (1964–1974) (series), Christianna Brand | Nanny McPhee (2005) |
| Nurse Matilda (1964–1974) (series), Christianna Brand | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) |

## O

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| Odd Man Out (1945), F. L. Green | Odd Man Out (1947) |
| Odds Against Tomorrow (1958), William P. McGivern | Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) |
| Odyssey (8th century BC), Homer | The Odyssey (Italian: L'Odissea) (1911) |
| Odyssey (8th century BC), Homer | Ulysses (1955) |
| Odyssey (8th century BC), Homer | The Odyssey (1987) |
| Odyssey (8th century BC), Homer | Ulysses' Gaze (Greek: Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα, To Vlemma tou Odyssea) (1995) |
| Odyssey (8th century BC), Homer | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) |
| Odyssey (8th century BC), Homer | Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists (2007) |
| Audition (1997), Ryu Murakami | Audition (1999) |
| Of Human Bondage (1915), W. Somerset Maugham | Of Human Bondage (1934) |
| Of Human Bondage (1915), W. Somerset Maugham | Of Human Bondage (1946) |
| Of Human Bondage (1915), W. Somerset Maugham | Of Human Bondage (1964) |
| Of Mice and Men (1937), John Steinbeck | Of Mice and Men (1939) |
| Of Mice and Men (1937), John Steinbeck | Of Mice and Men (1981) |
| Of Mice and Men (1937), John Steinbeck | Of Mice and Men (1992) |
| Oil! (1927), Upton Sinclair | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| The Old Curiosity Shop (serialised 1840–1841, published as a book 1841), Charles Dickens | The Old Curiosity Shop (1914) |
| The Old Curiosity Shop (serialised 1840–1841, published as a book 1841), Charles Dickens | The Old Curiosity Shop (1921) |
| The Old Curiosity Shop (serialised 1840–1841, published as a book 1841), Charles Dickens | The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) |
| The Old Curiosity Shop (serialised 1840–1841, published as a book 1841), Charles Dickens | Mister Quilp (1975) |
| The Old Curiosity Shop (serialised 1840–1841, published as a book 1841), Charles Dickens | The Old Curiosity Shop (1984) |
| The Old Curiosity Shop (serialised 1840–1841, published as a book 1841), Charles Dickens | The Old Curiosity Shop (1995) |
| The Old Curiosity Shop (serialised 1840–1841, published as a book 1841), Charles Dickens | The Old Curiosity Shop (2007) |
| The Old Man and the Sea (written 1951, published 1952), Ernest Hemingway | The Old Man and the Sea (1958) |
| The Old Man and the Sea (written 1951, published 1952), Ernest Hemingway | The Old Man and the Sea (1990) |
| The Old Man and the Sea (written 1951, published 1952), Ernest Hemingway | The Old Man and the Sea (1999) |
| Old Yeller (1956), Fred Gipson | Old Yeller (1957) |
| Old Yeller (1956), Fred Gipson | Savage Sam (1963) |
| Old Yeller (1956), Fred Gipson | Little Arliss (1984) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1912; British) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1912; American) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1916) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist, Jr. (1921) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1922) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1933) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1948) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver! (1968) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver and the Artful Dodger (1972) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1974) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1982, Hallmark Hall of Fame) (TV) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1982, Burbank Films Australia) (TV) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver & Company (1988) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1997) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Twist (2003) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Boy called Twist (2004) |
| Oliver Twist (serialised 1837–1839, published as a book 1838), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (2005) |
| Oliver's Story (1977), Erich Segal | Oliver's Story (1978) |
| Oms Linked Together (French: Oms en série) (1957), Stefan Wul | Fantastic Planet (1973) |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963), Ian Fleming | On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) |
| On Stranger Tides (1987), Tim Powers | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), Ken Kesey | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) |
| One for the Money (1994), Janet Evanovich | One for the Money (2011) |
| One Gallant Rush (1965), Peter Burchard | Glory (1989) |
| One Hundred Years Ahead (Russian: Сто лет тому вперед) (1976), Kir Bulychev | Guest from the Future (Russian: Гостья из будущего) (1985) (TV) |
| One More Spring (1933), Robert Nathan | One More Spring (1935) |
| One Shot (2004), Lee Child | Jack Reacher (2012) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | The Thief of Bagdad (1924) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | The Thief of Bagdad (1940) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | Arabian Nights (1942) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | A Thousand and One Nights (1945) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | The Thief of Bagdad (German: Die Diebin von Bagdad) (1952) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | 1001 Arabian Nights (1959) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | The Thief of Baghdad (Italian: Il ladro di Bagdad) (1961) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | A Thousand and One Nights (千夜一夜物語, Senya Ichiya Monogatari) (1969) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | Arabian Nights (Italian: Il fiore delle mille e una notte) (1974) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | The Thief of Baghdad (1978) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994) |
| One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah) | Arabian Nights (Portuguese: As Mil e uma Noites) (2015) |
| The Open Range Men (1990), Lauran Paine | Open Range (2003) |
| Operation Terror (1961), Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon | Experiment in Terror (1962) |
| Ordinary People (1976), Judith Guest | Ordinary People (1980) |
| Orlando: A Biography (1928), Virginia Woolf | Orlando (1992) |
| The Osterman Weekend (1972), Robert Ludlum | The Osterman Weekend (1983) |
| The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), Philippa Gregory | The Other Boleyn Girl (2003) (TV) |
| The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), Philippa Gregory | The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) |
| The Other One (1955), Catherine Turney | Back from the Dead (1957) |
| The Other Side of Midnight (1973), Sidney Sheldon | The Other Side of Midnight (1977) |
| Our Girl Friday (1951), Ernest K. Gann | Our Girl Friday (1953) (a. k. a. The Adventures of Sadie) |
| Our Man in Havana (1958), Graham Greene | Our Man in Havana (1959) |
| Out of Sight (1996), Elmore Leonard | Out of Sight (1998) |
| An Outcast of the Islands (1896), Joseph Conrad | Outcast of the Islands (1952) |
| The Outsiders (1967), S. E. Hinton | The Outsiders (1983) |
| Over the River (1933), John Galsworthy | One More River (1934) |
| The Ox-Bow Incident (1940), Walter Van Tilburg Clark | The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) |

## P

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| A Painted Devil (1966), Thomas P. Cullinan | The Beguiled (1971) |
| A Painted House (2001), John Grisham | A Painted House (2003) |
| The Painted Veil (1925), W. Somerset Maugham | The Painted Veil (1934) |
| The Painted Veil (1925), W. Somerset Maugham | The Seventh Sin (1957) |
| The Painted Veil (1925), W. Somerset Maugham | The Painted Veil (2006) |
| The Parasite (1894), Arthur Conan Doyle | The Parasite (1997) |
| Parineeta (1914), Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay | Parineeta (1942) |
| Parineeta (1914), Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay | Parineeta (1953) |
| Parineeta (1914), Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay | Parineeta (1969) |
| Parineeta (1914), Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay | Parineeta (2005) |
| Paris Blues (1957), Harold Flender | Paris Blues (1961) |
| Pasó por aquí (Once in the Saddle) (1947), Eugene Manlove Rhodes | Four Faces West (1948) |
| A Passage to India (1924), E. M. Forster | A Passage to India (1984) |
| Patriot Games (1987), Tom Clancy | Patriot Games (1992) |
| The Peacock Spring (1975), Rumer Godden | The Peacock Spring (1996) |
| The Pelican Brief (1992), John Grisham | The Pelican Brief (1993) |
| The Penal Colony (1987), Richard Herley | No Escape (1994) |
| The People That Time Forgot (1918), Edgar Rice Burroughs | The People That Time Forgot (1977) |
| Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2005–2009) (series), Rick Riordan | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) |
| Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2005–2009) (series), Rick Riordan | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) |
| Perfect Little Angels (1989), Andrew Neiderman | Perfect Little Angels (1998) |
| Pet Sematary (1983), Stephen King | Pet Sematary (1989) |
| Pet Sematary (1983), Stephen King | Pet Sematary Two (1992) |
| Pet Sematary (1983), Stephen King | Pet Sematary (2019) |
| Pet Sematary (1983), Stephen King | Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Peter Pan (1924) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Peter Pan (1953) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Peter Pan (1976) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Peter Pan (Russian: Питер Пэн) (1987) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Peter Pan (1988) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Hook (1991) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Return to Never Land (2002) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Peter Pan (2003) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Neverland (2003) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Finding Neverland (2004) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Tinker Bell (2008) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Secret of the Wings (2012) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | The Pirate Fairy (2014) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Pan (2015) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Peter and Wendy (2015) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Wendy (2020) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Come Away (2020) |
| Peter and Wendy (1911), J. M. Barrie | Peter Pan & Wendy (2023) |
| Peyton Place (1956), Grace Metalious | Peyton Place (1957) |
| The Phantom Crown: The Story of Maximilian & Carlota of Mexico (1934), Bertita Harding | Juarez (1939) |
| Phantom Lady (1942), Cornell Woolrich (as William Irish) | Phantom Lady (1944) |
| The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) (serialised 1909–1910, published as a book 1910), Gaston Leroux | The Phantom of the Opera (German: Das Phantom der Oper) (1916) |
| The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) (serialised 1909–1910, published as a book 1910), Gaston Leroux | The Phantom of the Opera (1925) |
| The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) (serialised 1909–1910, published as a book 1910), Gaston Leroux | Phantom of the Opera (1943) |
| The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) (serialised 1909–1910, published as a book 1910), Gaston Leroux | The Phantom of the Opera (1962) |
| The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) (serialised 1909–1910, published as a book 1910), Gaston Leroux | The Phantom of the Opera (German: Das Phantom von Budapest) (1983) |
| The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) (serialised 1909–1910, published as a book 1910), Gaston Leroux | The Phantom of the Opera (1988) |
| The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) (serialised 1909–1910, published as a book 1910), Gaston Leroux | The Phantom of the Opera (1989) |
| The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) (serialised 1909–1910, published as a book 1910), Gaston Leroux | The Phantom of the Opera (1998) |
| The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) (serialised 1909–1910, published as a book 1910), Gaston Leroux | The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
| Pharaoh (1895), Bolesław Prus | Pharaoh (1966) |
| The Philadelphian (1957), Richard P. Powell | The Young Philadelphians (1959) |
| The Pianist (Spanish: El pianista) (1985), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán | The Pianist (1998) |
| The Pickwick Papers (serialised 1836–1837, published as a book 1837), Charles Dickens | The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921) |
| The Pickwick Papers (serialised 1836–1837, published as a book 1837), Charles Dickens | The Pickwick Papers (1952) |
| The Pickwick Papers (serialised 1836–1837, published as a book 1837), Charles Dickens | The Pickwick Papers (1985) |
| The Pickwick Papers (serialised 1836–1837, published as a book 1837), Charles Dickens | Ghost Stories from the Pickwick Papers (1987) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray (German: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray) (1917) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Royal Life (Hungarian: Az élet királya) (1918) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | Dorian Gray (a. k. a. The Evils of Dorian Gray or The Secret of Dorian Gray) (1970) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray (French: Le Portrait de Dorian Gray) (1977) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | Pact with the Devil (a. k. a. Dorian) (2001) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | Dorian (2004) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray (2004) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray (2006) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray (2007) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | The Picture (of Dorian Gray) (2009) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde | Dorian Gray (2009) |
| The Pillar of Light (1990), Gerald N. Lund | The Work and the Glory (2004) |
| Pin (1981), Andrew Neiderman | Pin (1988) |
| Pioneer, Go Home! (1959), Richard P. Powell | Follow That Dream (1964) |
| The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists (2004), Gideon Defoe | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (2012) |
| Pity My Simplicity (1944), Christopher Massie | Love Letters (1945) |
| Planet of the Apes (French: La Planète des singes) (1963), Pierre Boulle | Planet of the Apes (1968) |
| Planet of the Apes (French: La Planète des singes) (1963), Pierre Boulle | Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) |
| Planet of the Apes (French: La Planète des singes) (1963), Pierre Boulle | Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) |
| Planet of the Apes (French: La Planète des singes) (1963), Pierre Boulle | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) |
| Planet of the Apes (French: La Planète des singes) (1963), Pierre Boulle | Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) |
| Planet of the Apes (French: La Planète des singes) (1963), Pierre Boulle | Planet of the Apes (2001) |
| Planet of the Apes (French: La Planète des singes) (1963), Pierre Boulle | Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) |
| Planet of the Apes (French: La Planète des singes) (1963), Pierre Boulle | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) |
| Planet of the Apes (French: La Planète des singes) (1963), Pierre Boulle | War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) |
| Planet of the Apes (French: La Planète des singes) (1963), Pierre Boulle | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) |
| Pleasure Island (1949), William Maier | The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953) |
| Point de lendemain: conte dédiée à la reine (1876), Dominique Vivant | The Lovers (French: Les Amants) (1958) |
| Pollyanna (1913), Eleanor H. Porter | Pollyanna (1920) |
| Pollyanna (1913), Eleanor H. Porter | Pollyanna (1960) |
| Pollyanna (1913), Eleanor H. Porter | Hayat sevince güzel (1971) |
| Pollyanna (1913), Eleanor H. Porter | The Adventures of Pollyanna (1982) |
| Pollyanna (1913), Eleanor H. Porter | Polly (1989) |
| Pollyanna (1913), Eleanor H. Porter | Polly: Comin' Home! (1990) |
| Pollyanna (1913), Eleanor H. Porter | Pollyanna (2003) |
| Poodle Springs (written 1959–1988, published 1989), Raymond Chandler and Robert B. Parker | Poodle Springs (1998) |
| The Pope of Greenwich Village (1979), Vincent Patrick | The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) |
| Porno (2002), Irvine Welsh | T2 Trainspotting (2017) |
| The Pornographers (エロ事師たち, Erogotoshi-tachi) (1963), Akiyuki Nosaka | The Pornographers (1966) |
| Portnoy's Complaint (1969), Philip Roth | Portnoy's Complaint (1972) |
| The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Paul Gallico | The Poseidon Adventure (1972) |
| The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Paul Gallico | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) |
| The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Paul Gallico | The Poseidon Adventure (2005) |
| The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Paul Gallico | Poseidon (2006) |
| The Positronic Man (1993), Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg | Bicentennial Man (1999) |
| Possession: A Romance (1990), A. S. Byatt | Possession (2002) |
| The Postman (1985), David Brin | The Postman (1997) |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), James Cain | The Last Turning (French: Le Dernier Tournant) (1939) |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), James Cain | Obsession (Italian: Ossessione) (1942) |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), James Cain | The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), James Cain | The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) |
| The Power (1956), Frank M. Robinson | The Power (1968) |
| The Power and the Glory (1940), Graham Greene | The Fugitive (1947) |
| The Power of One (1989), Bryce Courtenay | The Power of One (1992) |
| Presumed Innocent (1987), Scott Turow | Presumed Innocent (1990) |
| Pride and Prejudice (1813), Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice (1940) |
| Pride and Prejudice (1813), Jane Austen | Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy (2003) |
| Pride and Prejudice (1813), Jane Austen | Bride and Prejudice (2004) |
| Pride and Prejudice (1813), Jane Austen | Pride & Prejudice (2005) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (1915) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (German: Der Prinz und der Bettelknabe) (1920) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (1937) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (1943) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (1962) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | Raja Aur Runk (1968) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Adventures of the Prince and the Pauper (1969) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (Czech: Princ a chuďas) (1971) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (1972) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (Russian: Принц и нищий) (1972) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (1977) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (1995) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (1996) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Surfer (1999) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Pooch and the Pauper (2000) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (2000) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper (Bulgarian: Принцът и просякът, Printzat i prosyakat) (2005) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper: Double Trouble (2007) |
| The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain | A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper (2007) |
| The Prince of Tides (1986), Pat Conroy | The Prince of Tides (1991) |
| The Princess Bride (1973), William Goldman | The Princess Bride (1987) |
| The Princess Diaries (2000–2009) (series), Meg Cabot | The Princess Diaries (2002) |
| The Princess Diaries (2000–2009) (series), Meg Cabot | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) |
| A Princess of Mars (1917), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Princess of Mars (2009) |
| A Princess of Mars (1917), Edgar Rice Burroughs | John Carter (2012) |
| The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), Anthony Hope | The Prisoner of Zenda (1913) |
| The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), Anthony Hope | The Prisoner of Zenda (1915) |
| The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), Anthony Hope | The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) |
| The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), Anthony Hope | The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) |
| The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), Anthony Hope | The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) |
| The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), Anthony Hope | The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) |
| The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), Anthony Hope | The Prisoner of Zenda (1984) |
| The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), Anthony Hope | Prisoner of Zenda (1988) |
| Promise at Dawn (1961), Romain Gary | Promise at Dawn (1970) |
| Pronto (1993), Elmore Leonard | Pronto (1997) |
| Professor Unrat, oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen (1905), Heinrich Mann | The Blue Angel (German: Der blaue Engel) (1930) |
| Professor Unrat, oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen (1905), Heinrich Mann | The Blue Angel (1959) |
| Professor Unrat, oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen (1905), Heinrich Mann | Pinjara (Marathi: पिंजरा) (1972) |
| Professor Unrat, oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen (1905), Heinrich Mann | Blonde Angel (Portuguese: Anjo Loiro) (1973) |
| Professor Unrat, oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen (1905), Heinrich Mann | Lola (1981) |
| Psycho (1959), Robert Bloch | Psycho (1960) |
| Psycho (1959), Robert Bloch | Psycho II (1983) |
| Psycho (1959), Robert Bloch | Psycho III (1986) |
| Psycho (1959), Robert Bloch | Bates Motel (1987) |
| Psycho (1959), Robert Bloch | Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) |
| Psycho (1959), Robert Bloch | Psycho (1998) |
| Psycho II (1982), Robert Bloch | same as above |
| The Puppet Masters (1951), Robert A. Heinlein | The Brain Eaters (1958) |
| The Puppet Masters (1951), Robert A. Heinlein | The Puppet Masters (1994) |
| The Purple Cloud (1901), M. P. Shiel | The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) |
| Pursuit (1963), Richard Unekis | Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) |

## Q

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| Q & A (1977), Edwin Torres | Q & A (1990) |
| QB VII (1970), Leon Uris | QB VII (1974) (TV) (mini) |
| The Queen of the Damned (1988), Anne Rice | Queen of the Damned (2002) |
| Quentin Durward (1823), Sir Walter Scott | The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) |
| The Quick and the Dead (1973), Louis L'Amour | The Quick and the Dead (1987) |
| Quick Change (1981), Jay Cronley | Quick Change (1990) |
| The Quiet American (1955), Graham Greene | The Quiet American (1958) |
| The Quiet American (1955), Graham Greene | The Quiet American (2002) |

## R

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| Radio Free Albemuth (1976), Philip K. Dick | Radio Free Albemuth (2011) |
| The Radleys (2010), Matt Haig | The Radleys (2024) |
| Ragtime (1975), E. L. Doctorow | Ragtime (1981) |
| Raiders of Spanish Peaks (1938), Zane Grey | The Arizona Raiders (1936) |
| Rain (2000), V.C. Andrews | Rain (2006) |
| The Rainbird Pattern (1972), Victor Canning | Family Plot (1976) |
| The Rainbow (1915), D. H. Lawrence | The Rainbow (1989) |
| The Rainbow Trail (a. k. a. The Desert Crucible) (1915), Zane Grey | The Rainbow Trail (1918) |
| The Rainbow Trail (a. k. a. The Desert Crucible) (1915), Zane Grey | The Rainbow Trail (1925) |
| The Rainbow Trail (a. k. a. The Desert Crucible) (1915), Zane Grey | The Rainbow Trail (1932) |
| The Rainmaker (1995), John Grisham | The Rainmaker (1997) |
| Raise the Titanic! (1976), Clive Cussler | Raise the Titanic (1980) |
| Ramrod (1943), Luke Short | Ramrod (1947) |
| Random Hearts (1984), Warren Adler | Random Hearts (1999) |
| Rascal (1963), Sterling North | Rascal (1969) |
| Ratman's Notebooks (1969), Stephen Gilbert | Willard (1971) |
| Ratman's Notebooks (1969), Stephen Gilbert | Ben (1972) |
| Ratman's Notebooks (1969), Stephen Gilbert | Willard (2003) |
| The Razor's Edge (1944), W. Somerset Maugham | The Razor's Edge (1946) |
| The Razor's Edge (1944), W. Somerset Maugham | The Razor's Edge (1984) |
| The Reader (1995), Bernhard Schlink | The Reader (2008) |
| Ready Player One (2011), Ernest Cline | Ready Player One (2018) |
| Rebecca (1938), Daphne du Maurier | Rebecca (1940) |
| Rebecca (1938), Daphne du Maurier | Rebecca (2020) |
| The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (1973) (a.k.a. Gone to Texas), Asa Earl Carter | The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) |
| Red Alert (1958), Peter George | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) |
| Red Dragon (1981), Thomas Harris | Manhunter (1986) |
| Red Dragon (1981), Thomas Harris | Red Dragon (2002) |
| Red Hugh: Prince of Donegal (1957), Robert T. Reilly | The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) |
| The Red Pony (1937), John Steinbeck | The Red Pony (1949) |
| The Red Pony (1937), John Steinbeck | The Red Pony (1973) |
| The Redhead from Sun Dog (1930), W. C. Tuttle | Range Feud (1931) |
| The Redhead from Sun Dog (1930), W. C. Tuttle | The Red Rider (1934) |
| Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941), Carson McCullers | Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) |
| The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1973), Max Simon Ehrlich | The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) |
| The Reivers (1962), William Faulkner | The Reivers (1969) |
| The Remains of the Day (1989), Ishiguro | The Remains of the Day (1993) |
| Rendezvous in Black (1948), Cornell Woolrich | Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972) |
| The Rescuers (1959), Margery Sharp | The Rescuers (1977) |
| The Rescuers (1959), Margery Sharp | The Rescuers Down Under (1990) |
| The Return of the Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侶; Shén Diāo Xiá Lǚ) (1959), Jin Yong | The Great Heroes (1960–61) |
| The Return of the Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侶; Shén Diāo Xiá Lǚ) (1959), Jin Yong | The Brave Archer and His Mate (1982) |
| The Return of the Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侶; Shén Diāo Xiá Lǚ) (1959), Jin Yong | Little Dragon Maiden (楊過與小龍女; Yáng Guò Yǔ Xiǎo Lóng Nǚ) (1983) |
| Return of the Living Dead (1977), John Russo | The Return of the Living Dead (1985) |
| Return of the Living Dead (1977), John Russo | Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) |
| Return of the Living Dead (1977), John Russo | Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993) |
| Return of the Living Dead (1977), John Russo | Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005) |
| Return of the Living Dead (1977), John Russo | Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005) |
| The Return of the Native (1878), Thomas Hardy | The Return of the Native (1994) |
| The Return of the Native (1878), Thomas Hardy | The Return of the Native (2010) |
| The Return of the Soldier (1918), Rebecca West | The Return of the Soldier (1982) |
| Return to Paradise (1951), James A. Michener | Return to Paradise (1953) |
| Return to Paradise (1951), James A. Michener | Until They Sail (1957) |
| Return to Peyton Place (1959), Grace Metalious | Return to Peyton Place (1961) |
| Reuben, Reuben (1964), Peter De Vries | Reuben, Reuben (1970) |
| Revolt (1929), Mary C. McCall, Jr. | Scarlet Dawn (1932) |
| The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1951), William Bradford Huie | The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) |
| Revolutionary Road (1961), Richard Yates | Revolutionary Road (2008) |
| The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service (1903), Erskine Childers | The Riddle of the Sands (1979) |
| The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service (1903), Erskine Childers | The Riddle of the Sands (German: Das Rätsel der Sandbank) (1985) |
| Riders of the Purple Sage (1912), Zane Grey | Riders of the Purple Sage (1918) |
| Riders of the Purple Sage (1912), Zane Grey | Riders of the Purple Sage (1925) |
| Riders of the Purple Sage (1912), Zane Grey | Riders of the Purple Sage (1931) |
| Riders of the Purple Sage (1912), Zane Grey | Riders of the Purple Sage (1941) |
| Riders of the Purple Sage (1912), Zane Grey | Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) |
| Ring (リング, Ringu) (1991), Koji Suzuki | Ring: Kanzenban (1995) |
| Ring (リング, Ringu) (1991), Koji Suzuki | Ring (1998) |
| Ring (リング, Ringu) (1991), Koji Suzuki | The Ring Virus (Korean: 링; RR: Ring) (1999) |
| Ring (リング, Ringu) (1991), Koji Suzuki | The Ring (2002) |
| Ripley Under Ground (1970), Patricia Highsmith | Ripley Under Ground (2005) |
| Ripley's Game (1974), Patricia Highsmith | The American Friend (German: Der amerikanische Freund) (1977) |
| Ripley's Game (1974), Patricia Highsmith | Ripley's Game (2002) |
| Rising Sun (1992), Michael Crichton | Rising Sun (1993) |
| The River (1946), Rumer Godden | The River (1951) |
| Riverworld (1971–1983) (series), Philip José Farmer | Riverworld (2003) |
| Riverworld (1971–1983) (series), Philip José Farmer | Riverworld (2010) |
| The Road (2006), Cormac McCarthy | The Road (2009) |
| The Road Back (serialised 1930–1931, published as a book 1931), Erich Maria Remarque | The Road Back (1937) |
| The Robbery (Spanish: El Asalto) (1956), Enrique Silberstein | El Asalto (The Robbery) (1960) |
| The Robe (1942), Lloyd C. Douglas | The Robe (1953) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (1916) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (French: Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë) (1922) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (1924) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (1927) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (Russian: Робинзон Крузо) (1947) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Miss Robin Crusoe (1953) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1954) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (1970) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (1972) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (Russian: Жизнь и удивительные приключения Робинзона Крузо) (1973) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson y Viernes en la isla encantada (1973) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (Italian: Il racconto della giungla) (1974) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Man Friday (1975) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe Jr (1975) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Portuguese: As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé) (1978) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York (Czech: Dobrodružství Robinsona Crusoe, námořníka z Yorku) (1982) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Crusoe (1988) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson and Company (French: Robinson et compagnie) (1991) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (1997) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (Greek: Rovinsonas Krousos) (2004) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island (2005) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe: The Great Blitzkrieg (2008) |
| Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (2016) |
| The Rocket to the Moon (German: Die Frau im Mond) (1928), Thea von Harbou | Woman in the Moon (German: Frau im Mond) (1929) |
| Rogue Cop (1954), William P. McGivern | Rogue Cop (1954) |
| The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1937), MacKinlay Kantor | The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | The Witty Sorcerer (左慈戲曹; Zuǒ Cí xì Cáo) (1931) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | Diao Chan (貂蟬; Diāo Chán) (1938) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | Diau Charn (貂蝉) (1958) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | Sangokushi (三国志) (1985) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | Sangokushi II: Amakakeru Otoko-tachi (三国志II 天翔ける英雄たち) (1986) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | Sangokushi (1): Eiyū-tachi no Yoake (三国志（第1部） 英雄たちの夜明け) (1992) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | Sangokushi (2): Chōkō Moyu! (三国志（第2部） 長江燃ゆ！) (1993) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | Sangokushi (3): Harukanaru Taichi (三国志（第3部） 遥かなる大地) (1994) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (三國之見龍卸甲; Sān Guó Zhī Jiàn Lóng Xiè Jiǎ) (2008) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | Red Cliff (赤壁; Chì Bì) (2008–09) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | The Lost Bladesman (關雲長; Guān Yún cháng) (2011) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | The Assassins (铜雀台; Tóng Què Tái) (2012) |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義; Sānguó Yǎnyì) (14th century), Luo Guanzhong | Dynasty Warriors (真·三国无双; Zhēn Sān Guó Wú Shuāng) (2021) |
| A Room with a View (1908), E. M. Forster | A Room with a View (1985) |
| A Room with a View (1908), E. M. Forster | A Room with a View (2007) |
| The Roots of Heaven (1957), Romain Gary | The Roots of Heaven (1958) |
| Rosemary's Baby (1967), Ira Levin | Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
| Rosemary's Baby (1967), Ira Levin | Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976) |
| The Rover (1923), Joseph Conrad | The Rover (1967) |
| The Ruined Map (燃え尽きた地図, Moetsukita chizu) (1967), Kōbō Abe | The Man Without a Map (1968) |
| The Rules of Attraction (1987), Bret Easton Ellis | The Rules of Attraction (2002) |
| Rum Punch (1992), Elmore Leonard | Jackie Brown (1997) |
| The Runaway Jury (1996), John Grisham | Runaway Jury (2003) |
| A Running Duck (a.k.a. Fair Game) (1974), Paula Gosling | Cobra (1986) |
| A Running Duck (a.k.a. Fair Game) (1974), Paula Gosling | Fair Game (1995) |
| The Running Man (1982), Stephen King | The Running Man (1987) |
| The Russia House (1989), John le Carré | The Russia House (1990) |