# List of fiction works made into feature films (S–Z)

This is a list of works of fiction that have been made into feature films, from S to Z. 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.
* 0–9
* 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

## S

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| Sackett (1961), Louis L'Amour | The Sacketts (1979) |
| Sacred Wood (Chinese: 神木 Shen Mu) (1999), Liu Qingbang | Blind Shaft (Chinese: 盲井; pinyin: Mángjǐng) (2003) |
| The Saga of Pecos Bill (1923), Edward O'Reilly | Melody Time (1948) |
| The Saga of Pecos Bill (1923), Edward O'Reilly | Tall Tale (1995) |
| Sahara (1992), Clive Cussler | Sahara (2005) |
| The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (午後の曳航, Gogo no eiko) (1963), Yukio Mishima | The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976) |
| Saint Jack (1973), Paul Theroux | Saint Jack (1979) |
| Saint Johnson (1930), W. R. Burnett | Law and Order (1932) |
| Saint Johnson (1930), W. R. Burnett | Wild West Days (1937) |
| The Salamander (1973), Morris West | The Salamander (1981) |
| 'Salem's Lot (1975), Stephen King | Salem's Lot (1979) |
| 'Salem's Lot (1975), Stephen King | A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) |
| Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2006), Paul Torday | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) |
| A Salute to the Great Macarthy (1970), Barry Oakley | The Great Macarthy (1975) |
| Sanctuary (1931), William Faulkner | The Story of Temple Drake (1933) |
| The Sand Pebbles (1962), Richard McKenna | The Sand Pebbles (1966) |
| Sanshirō (三四郎) (1908), Natsume Sōseki | Natsume Sōseki's Sanshirō (Japanese: 夏目漱石の三四郎, Sōseki Natsume no Sanshirō) (1955) |
| Sanshiro Sugata (姿三四郎, Sugata Sanshirō) (1942), Tsuneo Tomita | Sanshiro Sugata (1943) |
| Sanshiro Sugata (姿三四郎, Sugata Sanshirō) (1942), Tsuneo Tomita | Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945) |
| Sanshiro Sugata (姿三四郎, Sugata Sanshirō) (1942), Tsuneo Tomita | Sanshiro Sugata (1955) |
| Sanshiro Sugata (姿三四郎, Sugata Sanshirō) (1942), Tsuneo Tomita | Sanshiro Sugata (1965) |
| Sanshiro Sugata (姿三四郎, Sugata Sanshirō) (1942), Tsuneo Tomita | Sanshiro Sugata (1970) |
| Sanshiro Sugata (姿三四郎, Sugata Sanshirō) (1942), Tsuneo Tomita | Sanshiro Sugata (1977) |
| Sanshiro Sugata (姿三四郎, Sugata Sanshirō) (1942), Tsuneo Tomita | Sanshiro Sugata (1981) |
| The Satan Bug (1962), Alistair MacLean | The Satan Bug (1965) |
| Save the Tiger (1972), Steve Shagan | Save the Tiger (1974) |
| Sayonara (1954), James A. Michener | Sayonara (1957) |
| A Scanner Darkly (1977), Philip K. Dick | A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
| Scarface (1930), Armitage Trail | Scarface (1932) |
| Scarface (1930), Armitage Trail | Scarface (1983) |
| The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (浅草紅團, Asakusa Kurenaidan) (1930), Yasunari Kawabata | The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (1930) |
| The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (浅草紅團, Asakusa Kurenaidan) (1930), Yasunari Kawabata | The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (1952) |
| The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (浅草紅團, Asakusa Kurenaidan) (1930), Yasunari Kawabata | The Asakusa Story (1953) |
| The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter (1908) |
| The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter (1911) |
| The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter (1913) |
| The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter (1917) |
| The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter (1920) |
| The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter (1922) |
| The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter (1926) |
| The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter (1934) |
| The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter (German: Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe) (1973) |
| The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter (1995) |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903–1905), Baroness Emmuska Orczy | The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917) |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903–1905), Baroness Emmuska Orczy | The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903–1905), Baroness Emmuska Orczy | The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903–1905), Baroness Emmuska Orczy | "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903–1905), Baroness Emmuska Orczy | Pimpernel Svensson (1950) |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903–1905), Baroness Emmuska Orczy | The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903–1905), Baroness Emmuska Orczy | The Scarlet Pimpernel (1987) |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903–1905), Baroness Emmuska Orczy | The Forecourt Pimpernel (2001) |
| The Searchers (1954), Alan Le May | The Searchers (1956) |
| Schindler's Ark (1982), Thomas Keneally | Schindler's List (1993) |
| The Screaming Mimi (1949), Fredric Brown | The Screaming Mimi (1958) |
| The Screaming Mimi (1949), Fredric Brown | The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) |
| The Score (1963), Donald E. Westlake | Pillaged (French: Mise à sac) (1967) |
| The Score (1963), Donald E. Westlake | The Score (1978) |
| The Sea Hawk (1915), Rafael Sabatini | The Sea Hawk (1924) |
| The Sea Hawk (1915), Rafael Sabatini | The Sea Hawk (1940) |
| The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack London | The Sea Wolf (1913) |
| The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack London | The Sea Wolf (1920) |
| The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack London | The Sea Wolf (1926) |
| The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack London | The Sea Wolf (1930) |
| The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack London | The Sea Wolf (1941) |
| The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack London | Wolf Larsen (1958) |
| The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack London | Legend of the Sea Wolf (Italian: Il lupo dei mari) (1975) |
| The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack London | The Sea Wolf (1993) (TV) |
| The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack London | The Sea Wolf (1997) |
| The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack London | The Sea Wolf (2008) |
| Season of the Sun (太陽の季節, Taiyō no Kisetsu) (1955), Shintaro Ishihara | Season of the Sun (1956) |
| The Second Victory (1958) (a. k. a. Backlash), Morris West | The Second Victory (1986) |
| The Secret Agent (1907), Joseph Conrad | Sabotage (1936) |
| The Secret Agent (1907), Joseph Conrad | The Secret Agent (1996) |
| The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2003), Madeline Wickham (as Sophie Kinsella) | Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) |
| The Secret Life of Bees (2002), Sue Monk Kidd | The Secret Life of Bees (2008) |
| Sense and Sensibility (1811), Jane Austen | Sense and Sensibility (1995) |
| Sense and Sensibility (1811), Jane Austen | Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) |
| Sense and Sensibility (1811), Jane Austen | From Prada to Nada (2011) |
| The Seven Brothers (Finnish: Seitsemän veljestä) (1870), Aleksis Kivi | Seven Brothers (1939) |
| The Seven Brothers (Finnish: Seitsemän veljestä) (1870), Aleksis Kivi | Seven Brothers (1979) |
| Seven Days to a Killing (1973), Clive Egleton | The Black Windmill (1974) |
| The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1974), Nicholas Meyer | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) |
| The Seventh (1967), Donald E. Westlake (as Richard Stark) | The Split (1968) |
| The Shadow Line (1917), Joseph Conrad | The Shadow Line (Polish: Smuga cienia) (1976) |
| The Shadow Riders (1982), Louis L'Amour | The Shadow Riders (1982) |
| Shaft (1970), Ernest Tidyman | Shaft (1971) |
| Shaft (1970), Ernest Tidyman | Shaft's Big Score! (1972) |
| Shaft (1970), Ernest Tidyman | Shaft in Africa (1973) |
| Shaft (1970), Ernest Tidyman | Shaft (2000) |
| Shaft (1970), Ernest Tidyman | Shaft (2019) |
| Shaft's Big Score! (1972), Ernest Tidyman | same as above |
| Shalako (1962), Louis L'Amour | Shalako (1968) |
| The Shape of Things to Come (1933), H. G. Wells | Things to Come (1936) |
| The Shape of Things to Come (1933), H. G. Wells | H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979) |
| She: A History of Adventure (serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider Haggard | She (1908) |
| She: A History of Adventure (serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider Haggard | She (1911) |
| She: A History of Adventure (serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider Haggard | She (1916) |
| She: A History of Adventure (serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider Haggard | She (1917) |
| She: A History of Adventure (serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider Haggard | She (1925) |
| She: A History of Adventure (serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider Haggard | She (1935) |
| She: A History of Adventure (serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider Haggard | She (1965) |
| She: A History of Adventure (serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider Haggard | The Vengeance of She (1968) |
| She: A History of Adventure (serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider Haggard | She (1984) |
| She: A History of Adventure (serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider Haggard | She (2001) |
| She Loves Me Not (1933), Edward Hope | She Loves Me Not (1934) |
| She Loves Me Not (1933), Edward Hope | True to the Army (1942) |
| She Loves Me Not (1933), Edward Hope | How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) |
| She Who Was No More (French: Celle qui n'était plus) (1952), Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac | Les Diaboliques (1955) |
| She Who Was No More (French: Celle qui n'était plus) (1952), Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac | Crucible of Horror (1971) |
| She Who Was No More (French: Celle qui n'était plus) (1952), Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac | Reflections of Murder (1974) |
| She Who Was No More (French: Celle qui n'était plus) (1952), Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac | House of Secrets (1993) |
| She Who Was No More (French: Celle qui n'était plus) (1952), Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac | Diabolique (1996) |
| Sheep (2004), Simon Maginn | The Dark (2005) |
| A Shilling for Candles (1936), Josephine Tey (pseudonym for Elizabeth MacKintosh) | Young and Innocent (1937) |
| The Shining (1977), Stephen King | The Shining (1980) |
| Shining Through (1988), Susan Isaacs | Shining Through (1992) |
| The Shipping News (1993), Annie Proulx | The Shipping News (2001) |
| The Shrinking Man (1956), Richard Matheson | The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) |
| The Shrinking Man (1956), Richard Matheson | The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) |
| Shoeless Joe (1982), W. P. Kinsella | Field of Dreams (1989) |
| The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963), Morris West | The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) |
| The Shootist (1975), Glendon Swarthout | The Shootist (1976) |
| Shout at the Devil (1968), Wilbur Smith | Shout at the Devil (1976) |
| Shutter Island (2003), Dennis Lehane | Shutter Island (2010) |
| Sideways (2004), Rex Pickett | Sideways (2004) |
| The Siege of Trencher's Farm (1969), Gordon Williams | Straw Dogs (1971) |
| The Siege of Trencher's Farm (1969), Gordon Williams | Straw Dogs (2011) |
| The Silence of the Lambs (1988), Thomas Harris | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
| A Simple Plan (1993), Scott Smith | A Simple Plan (1998) |
| Simple Simon (1996), Ryne Douglas Pearson | Mercury Rising (1998) |
| The Singer Not the Song (1953), Audrey Erskine Lindop | The Singer Not the Song (1961) |
| Single Lady (1931), John Monk Saunders | The Last Flight (1931) |
| Sister Carrie (1900), Theodore Dreiser | Carrie (1952) |
| Six Days of the Condor (1974), James Grady | Three Days of the Condor (1975) |
| Six Weeks (1976), Fred Mustard Stewart | Six Weeks (1982) |
| The Sixth of May (Dutch: De Zesde Mei) (2003), Tomas Ross | 06/05 (2003) |
| Skinwalkers (1986), Tony Hillerman | Skinwalkers (2002) |
| Skipping Christmas (2001), John Grisham | Christmas with the Kranks (2004) |
| Skyscraper (1931), Faith Baldwin | Skyscraper Souls (1932) |
| Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Kurt Vonnegut | Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) |
| Slayground (1971), Donald E. Westlake | Slayground (1983) |
| Sleeping with the Enemy (1987), Nancy Price | Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) |
| Sleepless (Arabic: لا أنام, La Anam) (1969), Ihsan Abdel Quddous | Sleepless (1957) |
| Sliver (1991), Ira Levin | Sliver (1993) |
| Slugs (1982), Shaun Hutson | Slugs (1988) |
| Small Vices (1997), Robert B. Parker | Spenser: Small Vices (1999) |
| The Snatchers (1953), Lionel White | The Night of the Following Day (1968) |
| Snow Angels (1994), Stewart O'Nan | Snow Angels (2007) |
| Snow Country (雪国, Yukiguni) (1948), Yasunari Kawabata | Snow Country (1957) |
| So Red the Rose (1934), Stark Young | So Red the Rose (1935) |
| Solaris (1961), Stanislaw Lem | Solaris (1972) |
| Solaris (1961), Stanislaw Lem | Solaris (2002) |
| Soldier of Fortune (1953), Ernest K. Gann | Soldier of Fortune (1955) |
| A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1990), Kaylie Jones | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962), Ray Bradbury | Something Wicked This Way Comes (1972) |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962), Ray Bradbury | Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) |
| The Song of Bernadette (1941), Franz Werfel | The Song of Bernadette (1943) |
| The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Chinese: 長恨歌, Cháng hèn gē) (1995), Wang Anyi | Everlasting Regret (2005) |
| The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (Finnish: Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta) (1905), Johannes Linnankoski | The Flame of Life (Swedish: Sången om den eldröda blomman) (1919) |
| The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (Finnish: Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta) (1905), Johannes Linnankoski | Man's Way with Women (1934) |
| The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (Finnish: Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta) (1905), Johannes Linnankoski | The Song of the Scarlet Flower (1938) |
| The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (Finnish: Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta) (1905), Johannes Linnankoski | The Song of the Scarlet Flower (1956) |
| The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (Finnish: Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta) (1905), Johannes Linnankoski | The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (1971) |
| The Song of the Damned (Portuguese: Canto dos Malditos) (2001), Austregésilo Carrano Bueno | Brainstorm (Portuguese: Bicho de Sete Cabeças) (2000) |
| Sons and Lovers (1913), D. H. Lawrence | Sons and Lovers (1960) |
| S.O.S. Noronha (1954), Pierre Viré | S.O.S. Noronha (1957) |
| The Sound and the Fury (1929), William Faulkner | The Sound and the Fury (1959) |
| The Sound of the Mountain (山の音, Yama no oto) (1954), Chikuma Shobō | Sound of the Mountain (1954) |
| The Sound of Waves (潮騒, Shiosai) (1954), Yukio Mishima | The Sound of Waves (1954) |
| The Sound of Waves (潮騒, Shiosai) (1954), Yukio Mishima | The Sound of Waves (1964) |
| The Sound of Waves (潮騒, Shiosai) (1954), Yukio Mishima | The Sound of Waves (1971) |
| The Sound of Waves (潮騒, Shiosai) (1954), Yukio Mishima | The Sound of Waves (1975) |
| The Sound of Waves (潮騒, Shiosai) (1954), Yukio Mishima | The Sound of Waves (1985) |
| Sour Sweet (1982), Timothy Mo | Soursweet (1989) |
| The Space Vampires (1976), Colin Wilson | Lifeforce (1985) |
| Spaceman of Bohemia (2017), Jaroslav Kalfař | Spaceman (2024) |
| The Spanish Gardener (1950), A. J. Cronin | The Spanish Gardener (1957) |
| Spartacus (1951), Howard Fast | Spartacus (1960) |
| Sphere (1987), Michael Crichton | Sphere (1998) |
| Spider (1990), Patrick McGarth | Spider (2002) |
| The Spider-Man (蜘蛛男, Kumo-Otoko) (1929–30), Edogawa Ranpo | The Murderer: Spider-Man (Japanese: 殺人鬼 蜘蛛男, Satsujinki: Kumo-otoko) (1958) |
| The Spider-Man (蜘蛛男, Kumo-Otoko) (1929–30), Edogawa Ranpo | The Spider-Man's Counterattack (Japanese: 蜘蛛男の逆襲, Kumo-otoko no gyakushū) (1958) |
| Spirales (1987), Christopher Frank | Spirale (1987) |
| Split Images (1981), Elmore Leonard | Split Images (1992) (TV) |
| The Spoilers (1906), Rex Beach | The Spoilers (1914) |
| The Spoilers (1906), Rex Beach | The Spoilers (1923) |
| The Spoilers (1906), Rex Beach | The Spoilers (1930) |
| The Spoilers (1906), Rex Beach | The Spoilers (1942) |
| The Spoilers (1906), Rex Beach | The Spoilers (1955) |
| The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969), Sam Greenlee | The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) |
| A Sporting Proposition (1973), James Aldridge | Ride a Wild Pony (1975) |
| Spy Story (1974), Len Deighton | Spy Story (1976) |
| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), John le Carré | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) |
| The Spy Who Loved Me (1962), Ian Fleming | The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) |
| Stairs of Sand (1929), Zane Grey | Stairs of Sand (1929) |
| Stairs of Sand (1929), Zane Grey | Arizona Mahoney (1936) |
| The Stalking Moon (1965), T. V. Olsen | The Stalking Moon (1968) |
| Stand at Spanish Boot (1948), Harry Brown | Apache Drums (1951) |
| Star in the West (1959), Richard Emery Roberts | The Second Time Around (1961) |
| Stardust (1999), Neil Gaiman | Stardust (2007) |
| Starfire (1960), Robert Buckner | Moon Pilot (1962) |
| Stars in My Crown (1947), Joe David Brown | Stars In My Crown (1950) |
| The Stars Look Down (1935), A. J. Cronin | The Stars Look Down (1939) |
| Starship Troopers (1959), Robert A. Heinlein | Starship Troopers (1997) |
| Starship Troopers (1959), Robert A. Heinlein | Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004) |
| Starship Troopers (1959), Robert A. Heinlein | Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2007) |
| Starship Troopers (1959), Robert A. Heinlein | Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012) |
| Starship Troopers (1959), Robert A. Heinlein | Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017) |
| Station West (1948), Luke Short | Station West (1948) |
| The Stepford Wives (1972), Ira Levin | The Stepford Wives (1975) |
| The Stepford Wives (1972), Ira Levin | Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980) |
| The Stepford Wives (1972), Ira Levin | The Stepford Children (1987) |
| The Stepford Wives (1972), Ira Levin | The Stepford Husbands (1996) |
| The Stepford Wives (1972), Ira Levin | The Stepford Wives (2004) |
| Stella Dallas (1923), Olive Higgins Prouty | Stella Dallas (1925) |
| Stella Dallas (1923), Olive Higgins Prouty | Stella Dallas (1937) |
| Stella Dallas (1923), Olive Higgins Prouty | Stella (1990) |
| A Stir of Echoes (1958), Richard Matheson | Stir of Echoes (1999) |
| A Stir of Echoes (1958), Richard Matheson | Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming (2007) |
| Story of a Prostitute (春婦伝, Shunpuden) (1947), Taijiro Tamura | Escape at Dawn (Japanese: 暁の脱走, Akatsuki no Dassō) (1950) |
| Story of a Prostitute (春婦伝, Shunpuden) (1947), Taijiro Tamura | Story of a Prostitute (1965) |
| Story of O (French: Histoire d'O) (1954), Anne Desclos (as Pauline Réage) | Story of O (1975) |
| Story of O (French: Histoire d'O) (1954), Anne Desclos (as Pauline Réage) | Story of O: Chapter 2 (French: Histoire d'O: Chapitre 2) (1984) |
| The Story of Zarak Khan (1949), A. J. Bevan | Zarak (1956) |
| A Stranger Came Home (1949), George Sanders | A Stranger Came Home (1954) |
| A Stranger Is Watching (1977), Mary Higgins Clark | A Stranger Is Watching (1982) |
| Strangers (異人たちとの夏, Ijintachi to no natsu) (1987), Taichi Yamada | The Discarnates (1988) |
| Strangers (異人たちとの夏, Ijintachi to no natsu) (1987), Taichi Yamada | All of Us Strangers (2023) |
| Strangers on a Train (1950), Patricia Highsmith | Strangers on a Train (1951) |
| Strangers on a Train (1950), Patricia Highsmith | Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969) |
| Strangers on a Train (1950), Patricia Highsmith | Once You Meet a Stranger (1996) |
| Stranger's Return (1933), Philip Stong | The Stranger's Return (1933) |
| Strip Tease (1993), Carl Hiaasen | Striptease (1996) |
| The Stud (1969), Jackie Collins | The Stud (1978) |
| Sultana - La Nuit du Sérail (1982), Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark | The Favorite (a.k.a. Intimate Power) (1989) |
| The Sum of All Fears (1991), Tom Clancy | The Sum of All Fears (2002) |
| The Sun Also Rises (1926), Ernest Hemingway | The Sun Also Rises (1957) |
| The Sun Also Rises (1926), Ernest Hemingway | The Sun Also Rises (1984) (TV) |
| Sunset Pass (1928), Zane Grey | Sunset Pass (1929) |
| Sunset Pass (1928), Zane Grey | Sunset Pass (1933) |
| Sunset Pass (1928), Zane Grey | Sunset Pass (1946) |
| The Swarm (1974), Arthur Herzog | The Swarm (1978) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | Perils of the Wild (1925) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | Swiss Family Robinson (1940) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | The Swiss Family Robinson (1958) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | Swiss Family Robinson (1960) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | The Swiss Family Robinson (1973) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | The Swiss Family Robinson (1975) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | Swiss Family Robinson (1996) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | Beverly Hills Family Robinson (1997) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | The New Swiss Family Robinson (1999) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David Wyss | Stranded (2002) |
| The Sword in the Stone (1938), T. H. White | The Sword in the Stone (1963) |

## T

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| Taggart (1959), Louis L'Amour | Taggart (1964) |
| Tai-Pan (1966), James Clavell | Tai-Pan (1986) |
| Take Three Tenses: A Fugue in Time (1945), Rumer Godden | Enchantment (1948) |
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1973), Morton Freedgood | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) |
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1973), Morton Freedgood | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998) |
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1973), Morton Freedgood | The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) |
| A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities (1917) |
| A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities (1922) |
| A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Charles Dickens | The Only Way (1927) |
| A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities (1935) |
| A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities (1958) |
| A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities (1980) |
| A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities (1984) |
| Tales of the South Pacific (1947), James A. Michener | South Pacific (1958) |
| Tales of the South Pacific (1947), James A. Michener | South Pacific (2001) |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955), Patricia Highsmith | Purple Noon (French: Plein soleil) (1960) |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955), Patricia Highsmith | The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) |
| The Tall Men (1954), Henry Wilson Allen | The Tall Men (1954) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan of the Apes (1918) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | The Romance of Tarzan (1918) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | The Revenge of Tarzan (1920) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | The Son of Tarzan (1920) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan the Mighty (1928) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan the Tiger (1929) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan the Fearless (1933) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and His Mate (1934) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan Escapes (1936) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan’s Revenge (1938) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan Triumphs (1943) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's Peril (1951) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan Goes to India (1962) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Great River (1967) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Brown Prince (1972) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Adventures of Tarzan (1985) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan of the Apes (1999) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan (1999) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan Ki Beti (2002) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan & Jane (2002) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan II (2005) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan (2013) |
| Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | The Legend of Tarzan (2016) |
| Telefon (1975), Walter Wager | Telefon (1977) |
| Ten Against Caesar (a. k. a. Trail's End at 'Dobe Town) (1952), Kathleen B. George and Robert A. Granger | Gun Fury (1953) |
| The Terminal Man (1972), Michael Crichton | The Terminal Man (1974) |
| Terms of Endearment (1975), Larry McMurtry | Terms of Endearment (1983) |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), Thomas Hardy | Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1913) |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), Thomas Hardy | Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1924) |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), Thomas Hardy | Man Ki Jeet (1944) |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), Thomas Hardy | Dulhan Ek Raat Ki (1967) |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), Thomas Hardy | Tess (1979) |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), Thomas Hardy | Trishna (2011) |
| The Tesseract (1998), Alex Garland | The Tesseract (2003) |
| Tex (1979), S. E. Hinton | Tex (1982) |
| Texasville (1987), Larry McMurtry | Texasville (1990) |
| Theatre (1937), W. Somerset Maugham | Charming Julia (German: Bezaubernde Julia) (1960) |
| Theatre (1937), W. Somerset Maugham | Adorable Julia (German: Julia, Du bist zauberhaft) (1962) |
| Theatre (1937), W. Somerset Maugham | Teatris (Russian: Театр) (1978) |
| Theatre (1937), W. Somerset Maugham | Poniro thilyko... katergara gynaika! (Greek: Πονηρό θηλυκό... Κατεργάρα γυναίκα!) (1980) |
| Theatre (1937), W. Somerset Maugham | Being Julia (2004) |
| There's a Porpoise Close Behind Us, Arthur Barker (1936), Noel Langley | These Foolish Things (2005) |
| These Foolish Things (2004), Deborah Moggach | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) |
| These Foolish Things (2004), Deborah Moggach | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) |
| They Came to Cordura (1958), Glendon Swarthout | They Came to Cordura (1959) |
| They Do It with Mirrors (1952), Agatha Christie | Murder Ahoy! (1964) |
| They Do It with Mirrors (1952), Agatha Christie | Murder with Mirrors (1985) |
| They Saved London (1955), Bernard Newman | Battle of the V-1 (1958) |
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935), Horace McCoy | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) |
| The Thief and the Dogs (Arabic: اللص والكلاب; al-liṣ wal-kilāb) (1961), Naguib Mahfouz | Chased by the Dogs (1962) |
| Thin Air (1995), Robert B. Parker | Thin Air (2000) |
| The Thirteenth Guest (1929), Armitage Trail | The Thirteenth Guest (1932) |
| The Thirteenth Guest (1929), Armitage Trail | Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943) |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), John Buchan | The 39 Steps (1935) |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), John Buchan | The 39 Steps (1959) |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), John Buchan | The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), John Buchan | The 39 Steps (2008) |
| Thieves Like Us (1937), Frederick A. Stokes | They Live by Night (1950) |
| Thieves Like Us (1937), Frederick A. Stokes | Thieves Like Us (1974) |
| Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God (1957), Paul Gallico | The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964) |
| Thor (1993), Wayne Smith | Bad Moon (1996) |
| The Three Godfathers (1913), Peter B. Kyne | The Three Godfathers (1916) |
| The Three Godfathers (1913), Peter B. Kyne | Marked Men (1919) |
| The Three Godfathers (1913), Peter B. Kyne | Action (1921) |
| The Three Godfathers (1913), Peter B. Kyne | Hell's Heroes (1930) |
| The Three Godfathers (1913), Peter B. Kyne | Three Godfathers (1936) |
| The Three Godfathers (1913), Peter B. Kyne | 3 Godfathers (1948) |
| The Three Godfathers (1913), Peter B. Kyne | The Godchild (1974) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1914) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1916) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1921; French) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1921; American) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1932) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1933) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1935) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1939) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1948) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | At Sword's Point (1952) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1953) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | Three and a Half Musketeers (Spanish: Los tres mosqueteros y medio) (1957) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1961) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | Zorro and the Three Musketeers (Italian: Zorro e i tre moschettieri) (1963) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1969) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers in Boots (1972) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1973; live-action) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1973; animated) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Four Charlots Musketeers (French: Les Quatre Charlots mousquetaires) (1974) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Four Charlots Musketeers 2 (French: À nous quatre, Cardinal!) (1974) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (French: D'Artagnan L'Intrépide) (1974) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Four Musketeers (1974) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1986) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Mouseketeers (Romanian: Uimitoarele aventuri ale muschetarilor) (1988) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers Anime: Aramis' Adventure (アニメ三銃士 アラミスの冒険, Anime Sanjūshi: Aramisu no Bōken) (1989) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | Kero Kero Keroppi's Three Musketeers (けろけろけろっぴの三銃士, Kero Kero Keroppi no Sanjūshi) (1991) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1992) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | Ring of the Musketeers [de] (1992) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1993) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | Revenge of the Musketeers (French: La fille de d'Artagnan) (1994) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Musketeer (2001) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | La Femme Musketeer (2004) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (2011) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | 3 Musketeers (2011) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (Russian: Три мушкетёра, Tri mushketera) (2013) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (Spanish: D'Artacán y los Tres Mosqueperros) (2021) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023) |
| The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023) |
| The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome (1973), Morton Freedgood | Johnny Handsome (1989) |
| A Thrill a Minute with Jack Albany (1967), Morton Freedgood | Never a Dull Moment (1968) |
| Thunder Mountain (1935), Zane Grey | Thunder Mountain (1935) |
| Thunder Mountain (1935), Zane Grey | Thunder Mountain (1947) |
| Thunderball (1961), Ian Fleming | Thunderball (1965) |
| Thunderball (1961), Ian Fleming | Never Say Never Again (1983) |
| Thunderhead (1943), Mary O'Hara | Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945) |
| The Thundering Herd (1925), Zane Grey | The Thundering Herd (1925) |
| The Thundering Herd (1925), Zane Grey | The Thundering Herd (1933) |
| A Tiger Walks (1960), Ian Niall | A Tiger Walks (1964) |
| Time After Time (1979), Karl Alexander | Time After Time (1979) |
| The Time Machine (1895), H. G. Wells | The Time Machine (1960) |
| The Time Machine (1895), H. G. Wells | The Time Machine (1978) |
| The Time Machine (1895), H. G. Wells | The Time Machine (2002) |
| A Time to Kill (1989), John Grisham | A Time to Kill (1996) |
| The Time Traveler's Wife (2003), Audrey Niffenegger | The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) |
| Timeline (1999), Michael Crichton | Timeline (2003) |
| Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974), John le Carré | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) |
| To Catch a Thief (1952), David F. Dodge | To Catch a Thief (1955) |
| To Have and Have Not (1937), Ernest Hemingway | To Have and Have Not (1944) |
| To Have and Have Not (1937), Ernest Hemingway | The Breaking Point (1950) |
| To Have and Have Not (1937), Ernest Hemingway | The Gun Runners (1958) |
| To Have and Have Not (1937), Ernest Hemingway | Captain Khorshid (Persian: ناخدا خورشید, Nakhoda Khorshid) (1987) |
| To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), Harper Lee | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) |
| To Sir, With Love (1959), E. R. Braithwaite | To Sir, with Love (1967) |
| To Sir, With Love (1959), E. R. Braithwaite | To Sir, with Love II (1996) |
| To the Devil – a Daughter (1953), Dennis Wheatley | To the Devil a Daughter (1976) |
| To the Last Man (1921), Zane Grey | To the Last Man (1923) |
| To the Last Man (1921), Zane Grey | To the Last Man (1933) |
| Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus (serialised 1877), published as a book 1881), James Otis Kaler (as James Otis) | Toby Tyler or 10 Weeks with a Circus (1960) |
| Toilers of the Sea (French: Les Travailleurs de la Mer) (1866), Victor Hugo | Toilers of the Sea (1914) |
| Toilers of the Sea (French: Les Travailleurs de la Mer) (1866), Victor Hugo | Toilers of the Sea (1915) |
| Toilers of the Sea (French: Les Travailleurs de la Mer) (1866), Victor Hugo | Toilers of the Sea (1923) |
| Toilers of the Sea (French: Les Travailleurs de la Mer) (1866), Victor Hugo | Toilers of the Sea (1936) |
| Toilers of the Sea (French: Les Travailleurs de la Mer) (1866), Victor Hugo | Sea Devils (1953) |
| Topaz (1967), Leon Uris | Topaz (1969) |
| Touch (1987), Elmore Leonard | Touch (1997) |
| The Tower (1973), Richard Martin Stern | The Towering Inferno (1974) |
| A Town Like Alice (1950), Nevil Shute | A Town Like Alice (1956) |
| The Track of the Cat (1949), Walter Van Tilburg Clark | Track of the Cat (1952) |
| Trainspotting (1993), Irvine Welsh | Trainspotting (1996) |
| Trainspotting (1993), Irvine Welsh | T2 Trainspotting (2017) |
| The Trap (Spanish: La trampa) (1960), María Angélica Bosco | The Unfaithful Love (Spanish: El Amor infiel) (1974) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1918) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1920) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1934) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1937) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1950) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Long John Silver (1954) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Return to Treasure Island (1954) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1971) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Animal Treasure Island (1971) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1972; animated) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1972; live-action) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1982) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (French: L'Île au trésor) (1985) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1987) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1988) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1990) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1995) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Muppet Treasure Island (1996) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1996) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Return to Treasure Island (1998) (TV) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1999) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Planet (2002) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Pirates of Treasure Island (2006) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (German: L'Île aux trésors (2007) |
| Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (German: Die Schatzinsel) (2007) |
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1927), B. Traven | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) |
| The Trial (1925), Franz Kafka | The Trial (1962) |
| The Trial (1925), Franz Kafka | After Hours (1985) |
| The Trial (1925), Franz Kafka | The Trial (1993) |
| Trinity's Child (1983), William Prochnau | By Dawn's Early Light (1990) |
| The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1922), Baroness Orczy | The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928) |
| The Trouble with Harry (1950), Jack Trevor Story | The Trouble with Harry (1955) |
| True Grit (1968), Charles Portis | True Grit (1969) |
| True Grit (1968), Charles Portis | Rooster Cogburn (1975) |
| True Grit (1968), Charles Portis | True Grit: A Further Adventure (1978) |
| True Grit (1968), Charles Portis | True Grit (2010) |
| The Turning Point (German: Der Aufenthalt) (1977), Hermann Kant | The Turning Point (1983) |
| The Twenty-fifth Hour (Romanian: Ora 25) (1949), Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu | The 25th Hour (French: La Vingt-cinquième Heure) (1967) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (1973) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | The Amazing Captain Nemo (1978) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | The Black Hole (1979) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | Crayola Kids Adventures: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2002) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne | 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007) |
| Twenty Years After (French: Vingt ans après) (1845), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Return of the Musketeers (1989) |
| Twilight (2005–2008) (series), Stephenie Meyer | Twilight (2008) |
| Twilight (2005–2008) (series), Stephenie Meyer | The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) |
| Twilight (2005–2008) (series), Stephenie Meyer | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) |
| Twilight (2005–2008) (series), Stephenie Meyer | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) |
| Twilight (2005–2008) (series), Stephenie Meyer | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) |
| Twilight for the Gods (1958), Ernest K. Gann | Twilight for the Gods (1958) |
| The Twins (Dutch: De Tweeling) (2000), Tessa de Loo | Twin Sisters (2002) |
| Two-Gun Man (1929), Stewart Edward White | Under a Texas Moon (1929) |
| Two-Minute Warning (1975), George La Fountaine | Two-Minute Warning (1976) |
| Two Much! (1975), Donald E. Westlake | The Twin (French: Le jumeau) (1984) |
| Two Much! (1975), Donald E. Westlake | Two Much (1995) |
| The Tunnel of Love (1954), Peter De Vries | The Tunnel of Love (1958) |

## U

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| Ugetsu Monogatari (雨月物語, Tales of Moonlight and Rain) (1776), Ueda Akinari | Ugetsu (1953) |
| The Ugly Dachshund (1938), Gladys Bronwyn Stern | The Ugly Dachshund (1966) |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Czech: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí) (1984), Milan Kundera | The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) |
| Uncharted Seas (1938), Dennis Wheatley | The Lost Continent (1968) |
| Uncle Remus (1881), Joel Chandler Harris | Song of the South (1946) |
| Uncle Remus (1881), Joel Chandler Harris | Coonskin (1975) |
| Uncle Remus (1881), Joel Chandler Harris | The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006) |
| Under the Tonto Rim (1926), Zane Grey | Under the Tonto Rim (1928) |
| Under the Tonto Rim (1926), Zane Grey | Under the Tonto Rim (1933) |
| Under the Tonto Rim (1926), Zane Grey | Under the Tonto Rim (1947) |
| Undercover Cat (1963), Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon | That Darn Cat! (1965) |
| Undercover Cat (1963), Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon | That Darn Cat (1997) |
| The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure (海島冐險奇譚 海底軍艦, Kaitō Bōken Kidan: Kaitei Gunkan) (1900), Shunrō Oshikawa | Atragon (1963) |
| Unforbidden Fruit (1927), Samuel Hopkins Adams | The Wild Party (1929) |
| The Unforgiven (1957), Alan Le May | The Unforgiven (1960) |
| Union Street (1982), Pat Barker | Stanley & Iris (1989) |
| The Unknown Soldier (Finnish: Tuntematon sotilas) (1954), Väinö Linna | The Unknown Soldier (1955) |
| The Unknown Soldier (Finnish: Tuntematon sotilas) (1954), Väinö Linna | The Unknown Soldier (1985) |
| The Unknown Soldier (Finnish: Tuntematon sotilas) (1954), Väinö Linna | The Unknown Soldier (2017) |
| Useless Cowboy (1943), Alan Le May | Along Came Jones (1945) |

## V

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| Valdez Is Coming (1970), Elmore Leonard | Valdez Is Coming (1971) |
| Valley of the Dolls (1966), Jacqueline Susann | Valley of the Dolls (1967) |
| Vampire$ (1990), John Steakley | Vampires (1998) |
| Vampire$ (1990), John Steakley | Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) |
| Vampire$ (1990), John Steakley | Vampires: The Turning (2005) |
| Les Valseuses (1974), Bertrand Blier | Going Places (1974) |
| The Vanishing American (1925), Zane Grey | The Vanishing American (1925) |
| The Vanishing American (1925), Zane Grey | The Vanishing American (1955) |
| Vanity Fair (1847–1848), William Makepeace Thackeray | Vanity Fair (1911) |
| Vanity Fair (1847–1848), William Makepeace Thackeray | Vanity Fair (1915) |
| Vanity Fair (1847–1848), William Makepeace Thackeray | Vanity Fair (1922) |
| Vanity Fair (1847–1848), William Makepeace Thackeray | Vanity Fair (1923) |
| Vanity Fair (1847–1848), William Makepeace Thackeray | Vanity Fair (1932) |
| Vanity Fair (1847–1848), William Makepeace Thackeray | Becky Sharp (1935) |
| Vanity Fair (1847–1848), William Makepeace Thackeray | Vanity Fair (2004) |
| Vanity Row (1953), W. R. Burnett | Accused of Murder (1956) |
| Vennello Adapilla (1991), Yandamuri Veerendranath | Beladingala Baale (1995) |
| Vengeance (1984), George Jonas | Sword of Gideon (1986) |
| Vengeance (1984), George Jonas | Munich (2005) |
| Vengeance Valley (1949), Luke Short | Vengeance Valley (1951) |
| Verses of Love (Indonesian: Ayat-Ayat Cinta) (2003), Habiburrahman El Shirazy | Verses of Love (2008) |
| Verses of Love (Indonesian: Ayat-Ayat Cinta) (2003), Habiburrahman El Shirazy | Verses of Love 2 (2017) |
| A Very Private Gentleman (1990), Martin Booth | The American (2010) |
| Vespers in Vienna (1947), Bruce Marshall | The Red Danube (1949) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Man in the Iron Mask (1923) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Iron Mask (1929) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The King's Prisoner (Italian: Il prigioniero del re) (1954) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Count of Bragelonne (Italian: Il Visconte di Bragelonne) (1954) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Iron Mask (French: Le Masque de fer) (1962) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Fifth Musketeer (1979) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Man in the Iron Mask (1985) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) |
| The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) |
| Victory (1915), Joseph Conrad | Victory (1919) |
| Victory (1915), Joseph Conrad | Dangerous Paradise (1930) |
| Victory (1915), Joseph Conrad | Victory (1940) |
| Victory (1915), Joseph Conrad | Devil's Paradise (1987) |
| Victory (1915), Joseph Conrad | Victory (1996) |
| The Viking (1951), Edison Marshall | The Vikings (1958) |
| Viper Three (1972), Walter Wager | Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) |
| The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains (1902), Owen Wister | The Virginian (1914) |
| The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains (1902), Owen Wister | The Virginian (1923) |
| The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains (1902), Owen Wister | The Virginian (1929) |
| The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains (1902), Owen Wister | The Virginian (1946) |
| The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains (1902), Owen Wister | The Virginian (2000) |
| The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains (1902), Owen Wister | The Virginian (2014) |
| Vision Quest (1979), Terry Davis | Vision Quest (1985) |
| The Voice of Bugle Ann (1935), MacKinlay Kantor | The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) |

## W

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| The Wages of Fear (French: Le Salaire de la peur) (1950), Georges-Jean Arnaud | The Wages of Fear (1953) |
| The Wages of Fear (French: Le Salaire de la peur) (1950), Georges-Jean Arnaud | Violent Road (1958) (a. k. a. Hell's Highway) |
| The Wages of Fear (French: Le Salaire de la peur) (1950), Georges-Jean Arnaud | Sorcerer (1977) |
| The Wages of Fear (French: Le Salaire de la peur) (1950), Georges-Jean Arnaud | The Wages of Fear (2024) |
| The Wailing Asteroid (1960), Murray Leinster | The Terrornauts (1967) |
| A Walk to Remember (1999), Nicholas Sparks | A Walk to Remember (2002) |
| Walkabout (a.k.a. The Children) (1959), Donald G. Payne | Walkabout (1971) |
| Walking Shadow (1994), Robert B. Parker | Walking Shadow (2001) |
| Waltz into Darkness (1947), Cornell Woolrich | Mississippi Mermaid (1969) |
| Waltz into Darkness (1947), Cornell Woolrich | Original Sin (2001) |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland (1923), Zane Grey | Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924) |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland (1923), Zane Grey | Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935) |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland (1923), Zane Grey | Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945) |
| War and Peace (1869), Leo Tolstoy | War and Peace (1956) |
| War and Peace (1869), Leo Tolstoy | War and Peace (1966–67) |
| War Horse (1982), Michael Morpurgo | War Horse (2011) |
| War of the Buttons (French: La Guerre des boutons) (1912), Louis Pergaud | War of the Buttons (1962) |
| War of the Buttons (French: La Guerre des boutons) (1912), Louis Pergaud | War of the Buttons (1994) |
| The War of the Roses (1981), Warren Adler | The War of the Roses (1989) |
| The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. Wells | The War of the Worlds (1953) |
| The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. Wells | The War of the Worlds: Next Century (Polish: Wojna światów – następne stulecie) (1981) |
| The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. Wells | War of the Worlds (2005) |
| The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. Wells | H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2005) |
| The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. Wells | H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005) |
| The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. Wells | War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008) |
| The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. Wells | War of the Worlds: Goliath (2012) |
| The Warriors (1965), Sol Yurick | The Warriors (1979) |
| A Watcher in the Woods (1976), Florence Engel Randall | The Watcher in the Woods (1980) |
| A Watcher in the Woods (1976), Florence Engel Randall | The Watcher in the Woods (2017) |
| Water for Elephants (2006), Sara Gruen | Water for Elephants (2011) |
| The Water Hole (serialised 1927–1928, published as a book 1928), Zane Grey | The Water Hole (1928) |
| Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳) (1963), Shi Nai'an | The Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳) (1972) |
| Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳) (1963), Shi Nai'an | All Men Are Brothers (Chinese: 蕩寇誌) (1975) |
| Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳) (1963), Shi Nai'an | Delightful Forest (Chinese: 快活林) (1972) |
| Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳) (1963), Shi Nai'an | Pursuit (Chinese: 林冲夜奔) (1972) |
| Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳) (1963), Shi Nai'an | Tiger Killer (Chinese: 武松) (1982) |
| Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳) (1963), Shi Nai'an | All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard (Chinese: 水滸傳之英雄本色) (1993) |
| Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳) (1963), Shi Nai'an | Troublesome Night 16 (Chinese: 水滸傳) (2002) |
| Watership Down (1972), Richard Adams | Watership Down (1978) |
| The Way West (1949), A. B. Guthrie, Jr. | The Way West (1967) |
| The Werewolf of Paris (1933), Guy Endore | The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) |
| The Werewolf of Paris (1933), Guy Endore | Legend of the Werewolf (1975) |
| West of the Pecos (1937), Zane Grey | West of the Pecos (1934) |
| West of the Pecos (1937), Zane Grey | West of the Pecos (1945) |
| The Wet Parade (1931), Upton Sinclair | The Wet Parade (1932) |
| What Do I See!? (Dutch: Wat zien ik!?) (1966), Albert Mol | Business Is Business (1971) |
| What Dreams May Come (1978), Richard Matheson | What Dreams May Come (1998) |
| Whatever (French: Extension du domaine de la lutte) (1994), Michel Houellebecq | Whatever (1999) |
| What's the Worst That Could Happen? (1996), Donald E. Westlake | What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) |
| The Wheels Spins (1936), Ethel Lina White | The Lady Vanishes (1938) |
| The Wheels Spins (1936), Ethel Lina White | The Lady Vanishes (1979) |
| The Wheels Spins (1936), Ethel Lina White | The Lady Vanishes (2013) |
| When Eight Bells Toll (1966), Alistair MacLean | When Eight Bells Toll (1971) |
| When Knighthood Was in Flower (1898), Charles Major | When Knighthood Was in Flower (1908) (a. k. a. When Knights Were Bold) |
| When Knighthood Was in Flower (1898), Charles Major | When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) |
| When Knighthood Was in Flower (1898), Charles Major | The Sword and the Rose (1953) |
| When Worlds Collide (serialised 1932–1933, published as a book 1933), Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie | When Worlds Collide (1951) |
| Where the Boys Are (1960), Glendon Swarthout | Where the Boys Are (1960) |
| Where the Boys Are (1960), Glendon Swarthout | Where the Boys Are '84 (1984) |
| Where the Red Fern Grows (1961), Wilson Rawls | Where the Red Fern Grows (1974) |
| Whistle Stop (1941), Maritta Wolff | Whistle Stop (1946) |
| White Banners (1936), Lloyd C. Douglas | White Banners (1938) |
| White Dog (1970), Romain Gary | White Dog (1982) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang (1925) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang (1936) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang (1946) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang (Italian: Zanna Bianca) (1973) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | The Sons of White Fang (Italian: I figli di Zanna Bianca) (1974) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | Challenge to White Fang (Italian: Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca) (1974) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang to the Rescue (Italian: Zanna Bianca alla riscossa) (1974) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang and the Gold Diggers (Italian: La spacconata) (1974) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang and the Hunter (Italian: Zanna Bianca e il cacciatore solitario) (1975) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang and the Magnificent Kid (Italian: Zanna Bianca e il grande Kid) (1977) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang (1991) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang (1991) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang (1997) |
| White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang (French: Croc-Blanc) (2018) |
| White Shark (1994), Peter Benchley | Creature (1998) |
| The White Ship (1975), Donald G. Payne | The White Ship (1976) |
| The White Stallions of Vienna (1963), Alois Podhajsky | Miracle of the White Stallions (1963) |
| Who? (1958), Algis Budrys | Who? (1973) |
| Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (1981), Gary K. Wolf | Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) |
| Who Lie in Gaol (1952), Joan Henry | The Weak and the Wicked (1953) |
| Who Rides with Wyatt (1955), Henry Wilson Allen | Young Billy Young (1969) |
| Why Me? (1983), Donald E. Westlake | Why Me? (1990) |
| Wicked Water (1949), MacKinlay Kantor | Wicked Water (1953) |
| Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), Jean Rhys | Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) |
| Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), Jean Rhys | Wide Sargasso Sea (2006) |
| A Widow for One Year (1998), John Irving | The Door in the Floor (2004) |
| Wieland (1798), Charles Brockden Brown | Wieland (2024) |
| The Wild Heart (Spanish: Corazón salvaje) (1957), Caridad Bravo Adams | Corazón salvaje (1956) |
| The Wild Heart (Spanish: Corazón salvaje) (1957), Caridad Bravo Adams | Juan del Diablo (1960) |
| The Wild Heart (Spanish: Corazón salvaje) (1957), Caridad Bravo Adams | Corazón salvaje (1968) |
| Wild Horse Mesa (1928), Zane Grey | Wild Horse Mesa (1925) |
| Wild Horse Mesa (1928), Zane Grey | Wild Horse Mesa (1932) |
| Wild Horse Mesa (1928), Zane Grey | Wild Horse Mesa (1947) |
| Wild Justice (1979), Wilbur Smith | Wild Justice (a. k. a. Covert Assassin) (1993) |
| Will O' the Wisp (French: Le feu follet) (1931), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle | The Fire Within (1963) |
| Will O' the Wisp (French: Le feu follet) (1931), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle | Oslo, August 31st (Norwegian: Oslo, 31. august) (2011) |
| The Willing Flesh (1955), Willi Heinrich | Cross of Iron (1977) |
| Wilt (1976), Tom Sharpe | Wilt (1989) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | The Wind in the Willows (1983) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | The Wind in the Willows (1987) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | Wind in the Willows (1988) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | A Tale of Two Toads (1989) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | The Adventures of Mole (1995) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | The Wind in the Willows (1995) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | The Adventures of Toad (1996) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | The Willows in Winter (1996) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | The Wind in the Willows (1996) |
| The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | The Wind in the Willows (2006) |
| The Wings of the Dove (1902), Henry James | The Wings of the Dove (1981) |
| The Wings of the Dove (1902), Henry James | The Wings of the Dove (1997) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | The Tigger Movie (2000) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (2001) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Piglet's Big Movie (2003) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | My Friends Tigger and Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Tigger and Pooh and a Musical Too (2009) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Super Duper Super Sleuths (2010) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh (2011) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Christopher Robin (2018) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne | Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (2024) |
| Winter Meeting (1946), Grace Zaring Stone | Winter Meeting (1948) |
| Winter's Bone (2006), Daniel Woodrell | Winter's Bone (2010) |
| The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), John Steinbeck | The Winter of Our Discontent (1983) |
| Wise Blood (1952), Flannery O'Connor | Wise Blood (1979) |
| The Witches (1983), Roald Dahl | The Witches (1990) |
| The Witches (1983), Roald Dahl | The Witches (2020) |
| The Witches of Eastwick (1984), John Updike | The Witches of Eastwick (1987) |
| Witchfinder General (1966), Ronald Bassett | Witchfinder General (1968) |
| Witch's Milk (1968), Peter De Vries | Pete 'n' Tillie (1972) |
| The Witnesses (1971), Anne Holden | The Bedroom Window (1987) |
| Woe to Live On (1987), Daniel Woodrell | Ride with the Devil (1999) |
| The Wolfen (1978), Whitley Strieber | Wolfen (1981) |
| The Woman and the Puppet (French: La Femme et le pantin) (1898), Pierre Louÿs | The Woman and the Puppet (1920) |
| The Woman and the Puppet (French: La Femme et le pantin) (1898), Pierre Louÿs | The Woman and the Puppet (1929) |
| The Woman and the Puppet (French: La Femme et le pantin) (1898), Pierre Louÿs | The Devil Is a Woman (1935) |
| The Woman and the Puppet (French: La Femme et le pantin) (1898), Pierre Louÿs | The Female (1959) |
| The Woman and the Puppet (French: La Femme et le pantin) (1898), Pierre Louÿs | That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) |
| The Woman Chaser (1960), Charles Willeford | The Woman Chaser (1999) |
| The Woman in Black (1983), Susan Hill | The Woman in Black (1989) |
| The Woman in Black (1983), Susan Hill | The Woman in Black (2012) |
| The Woman in Black (1983), Susan Hill | The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014) |
| The Woman in the Dunes (砂の女, Suna no Onna) (1962), Kōbō Abe | Woman in the Dunes (1964) |
| The Woman in White (serialised 1859–1860, published as a book 1860), Wilkie Collins | The Woman in White (1912) |
| The Woman in White (serialised 1859–1860, published as a book 1860), Wilkie Collins | Tangled Lives (1917) |
| The Woman in White (serialised 1859–1860, published as a book 1860), Wilkie Collins | The Woman in White (1917) |
| The Woman in White (serialised 1859–1860, published as a book 1860), Wilkie Collins | The Woman in White (1929) |
| The Woman in White (serialised 1859–1860, published as a book 1860), Wilkie Collins | Crimes at the Dark House (1940) |
| The Woman in White (serialised 1859–1860, published as a book 1860), Wilkie Collins | The Woman in White (1948) |
| The Woman in White (serialised 1859–1860, published as a book 1860), Wilkie Collins | Zhenshchina v belom (1981) |
| Woman, Thou Art Loosed!: Healings the Wounds of the Past (1993), T. D. Jakes | Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) |
| Woman Wanted (1984), Joanna McClelland Glass | Woman Wanted (2000) |
| Women in Love (1920), D. H. Lawrence | Women in Love (1969) |
| The Women of Brewster Place (1982), Gloria Naylor | The Women of Brewster Place (1989) |
| Wonder Boys (1995), Michael Chabon | Wonder Boys (2000) |
| The Wonderful Country (1952), Thomas C. Lea, III | The Wonderful Country (1952) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Wizard of Oz (1925) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Return to Oz (1964) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Fantasía... 3 (1966) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Little Ayşe and the Magic Dwarfs in the Land of Dreams (Turkish: Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde) (1971) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1975) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Oz (1976) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Wiz (1978) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Wizard of Oz (1982) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Lion of Oz (2000) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | After the Wizard (2011) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2012) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Guardians of Oz (2015) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Steam Engines of Oz (2018) |
| The World According to Garp (1978), John Irving | The World According to Garp (1982) |
| The World in His Arms (1946), Rex Beach | The World in His Arms (1952) |
| The World of Henry Orient (1956), Nora Johnson | The World of Henry Orient (1964) |
| The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1956), Hammond Innes | The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) |
| A Wrinkle in Time (1962), Madeleine L'Engle | A Wrinkle in Time (2003) |
| A Wrinkle in Time (1962), Madeleine L'Engle | A Wrinkle in Time (2018) |
| The Wrong Box (1889), Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne | The Wrong Box (1966) |
| Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontë | Wuthering Heights (1939) |
| Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontë | Abismos de Pasión (1954) |
| Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontë | Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966) |
| Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontë | Wuthering Heights (1970) |
| Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontë | Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992) |
| Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontë | Wuthering Heights (2003) |
| Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontë | Wuthering Heights (2011) |

## Y

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| The Year of Living Dangerously (1978), Christopher Koch | The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) |
| The Year of the Angry Rabbit (1964), Russell Braddon | Night of the Lepus (1972) |
| The Year of the Horse (1965), Eric S. Hatch | The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968) |
| The Year of the Jellyfish (French: L'Année des méduses) (1983), Christopher Frank | Year of the Jellyfish (1984) |
| Yellowstone Kelly (1958), Henry Wilson Allen | Yellowstone Kelly (1959) |
| Yield to the Night (1954), Joan Henry | Yield to the Night (1956) |
| Yo, Puta (2003), Isabel Pisano | Whore (2004) |
| You Only Live Twice (1964), Ian Fleming | You Only Live Twice (1967) |
| You're Best Alone (1943), Norah Lofts | Guilt Is My Shadow (1950) |
| Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1977), Romain Gary | Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981) |
| Young Adam (1957), Alexander Trocchi | Young Adam (2003) |
| Young Man of Manhattan (1930), Katharine Brush | Young Man of Manhattan (1930) |
| Young Man with a Horn (1938), Dorothy Baker | Young Man with a Horn (1950) |

## Z

| Fiction work(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
| Zazie in the Metro (French: Zazie dans le métro) (1959), Raymond Queneau | Zazie in the Metro (1960) |
| Zero Focus (雪国, Zero no Shōten) (1959), Seichō Matsumoto | Zero Focus (1961) |
| Zift (Bulgarian: Дзифт, Dzift) (2006), Vladislav Todorov | Zift (2008) |
| Zona Zamfirova (1906), Stefan Sremac | Zona Zamfirova (2002) |
| Zorba the Greek (1946), Nikos Kazantzakis | Zorba the Greek (1964) |