Films Based on Literature: 2010
As a certified bookworm, I believe that films based on literature tend to have a better narrative and story than other films. So here are all the movies based on literature for the year 2010. Enjoy!
-All films based on novels released in the UK and the US in 2010. If a film is inspired by a story or novel but is not accredited as such it will not be included and films which are based on ideas are also excluded.
For example, the producer and director of 'Black Swan' (2010), Darren Aronofsky, admits that the idea for the story came from his interest in understudies and the notion of being haunted by a double, as in 'The Double: A Petersburg Poem' (1946), a novella by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881). However, this was simply an inspiration from an idea so the film is not eligible according to the criteria of this list.
-A short description will be given to complement the inclusion of all of my choices. For a more comprehensive review of the film look at my other list, 'Here We Go Again, It's 2010!'. Please note that the information provided on my lists are based on my own personal opinions.
-When I have no knowledge of a particular film or the novel it is based on, I will take the description from IMDB or Wikipedia and adapt it accordingly.
-Television Series based on literature will also be included at the end of the list (but will not be the focus of this list).
-Please comment if I have missed anything.
-All films based on novels released in the UK and the US in 2010. If a film is inspired by a story or novel but is not accredited as such it will not be included and films which are based on ideas are also excluded.
For example, the producer and director of 'Black Swan' (2010), Darren Aronofsky, admits that the idea for the story came from his interest in understudies and the notion of being haunted by a double, as in 'The Double: A Petersburg Poem' (1946), a novella by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881). However, this was simply an inspiration from an idea so the film is not eligible according to the criteria of this list.
-A short description will be given to complement the inclusion of all of my choices. For a more comprehensive review of the film look at my other list, 'Here We Go Again, It's 2010!'. Please note that the information provided on my lists are based on my own personal opinions.
-When I have no knowledge of a particular film or the novel it is based on, I will take the description from IMDB or Wikipedia and adapt it accordingly.
-Television Series based on literature will also be included at the end of the list (but will not be the focus of this list).
-Please comment if I have missed anything.
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- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioEmily MortimerMark RuffaloTwo US marshals are sent to a mental institution on an inhospitable island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient.This masterpiece by Martin Scorsese is based on Dennis Lehane's 2003 novel of the same name.
- DirectorsNathan GrenoByron HowardStarsMandy MooreZachary LeviDonna MurphyThe magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.'Tangled' is famously based on the character of Rapunzel from the fairy tale published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812.
- DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckRebecca HallJon HammA proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.'The Town' is based on the 2004 novel 'Prince of Thieves: A Novel' by American author Chuck Hogan. This novel was adapted for the film by director and actor Ben Affleck.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsJames FrancoAmber TamblynKate MaraA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.A lot of people know that '127 Hours' is based on a true story, but more specifically it is based on the autobiography 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place' (2004) by the protagonist and triumphant survivor featured in this film, Aron Ralston.
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonNicolas CageChloë Grace MoretzDave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.'Kick-Ass' is based on a comic book series of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsMichael CeraMary Elizabeth WinsteadKieran CulkinIn a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.This film is based on the graphic novel series 'Scott Pilgrim' by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
- DirectorRobert SchwentkeStarsBruce WillisHelen MirrenMorgan FreemanWhen his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last-ditch effort to survive and uncover the assailants.'RED' is based on a comic book written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Cully Hamner, a three-issues series published from 2003 to '04.
- DirectorTetsuya NakashimaStarsTakako MatsuYoshino KimuraMasaki OkadaYuko, a teacher of middle-school, is shattered to see her four-year-old daughter dead. She returns back to the school and finds out that her students are responsible for her daughter's murder.It was a surprise to learn that this excellent film is based on author Kanae Minato's 2008 debut mystery novel that won the 2009 Honya Taisho award (Japan Booksellers Award).
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAl PacinoBrenda VaccaroJohn GoodmanA look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.Based on the book 'Between the Dying and the Dead' by Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie.
- DirectorRichard J. LewisStarsPaul GiamattiRosamund PikeJake HoffmanThe picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.This film is based on the novel of the same name by Mordecai Richler.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsEwan McGregorPierce BrosnanOlivia WilliamsA ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.Originally titled 'The Ghost Writer', this film is based on 'The Ghost', a 2007 novel by English writer Robert Harris. Harris also co-wrote the movie screenplay with director Roman Polanski.
- DirectorJohn Cameron MitchellStarsNicole KidmanAaron EckhartDianne WiestLife for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.This film's screenplay was written by David Lindsay-Abaire, based on his 2006 play of the same name.
- DirectorMiguel SapochnikStarsJude LawForest WhitakerAlice BragaSet in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.'Repo Men' is based on the novel 'The Repossession Mambo' by Eric Garcia.
- DirectorDaniel GrouStarsClaude LegaultRémy GirardMartin DubreuilA doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who raped and murdered his young daughter.The screenplay of this film as written by Patrick Senécal and based on his novel 'Les Sept Jours du Talion'.
- DirectorHiromasa YonebayashiStarsBridgit MendlerAmy PoehlerWill ArnettThe Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered.The story is based on Mary Norton's classic novel 'The Borrowers' (1952).
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsMadeline CarrollCallan McAuliffeRebecca De MornayWhen Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce of the same, she's ready to give up--until he starts to reconsider.This Rob Reiner film is based on the 2001 novel of the same name, by Wendelin Van Draanen.
- DirectorBrandon ViettiStarsBruce GreenwoodJensen AcklesJohn DiMaggioThere's a mystery afoot in Gotham City, and Batman must go toe-to-toe with a mysterious vigilante, who goes by the name of Red Hood. Subsequently, old wounds reopen and old, once buried memories come into the light.Based on a comic book story arc published by DC Comics from 2005 until 2006. Written by Judd Winick and based on the original characters of Bob Kane.
- DirectorsVictor CookMike DisaSangjin KimStarsGraham McTavishVanessa BranchSteve BlumDante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice.'Inferno' is part of celebrated Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic, 'The Divine Comedy'.
- DirectorTom VaughanStarsBrendan FraserKeri RussellHarrison FordA drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.'Extraordinary Measures' is based on 'The Cure', by Wall Street journalist Geeta Anand, and is also based on the true story of John and Aileen Crowley.
- DirectorShinsuke SatôStarsKazunari NinomiyaKanata HongôKen'ichi MatsuyamaAfter trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.The 'Gantz' film series is based on Hiroya Oku's manga series, 'Gantz'.
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsGeorge ClooneyPaolo BonacelliViolante PlacidoAn assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.Based on the 1990 novel 'A Very Private Gentleman' by Martin Booth, it was adapted to screenplay by Rowan Joffé for this film.
- DirectorHiroaki MatsuyamaStarsErika TodaShôta MatsudaKazuma SuzukiIt's time for the final challenge of the Liar Game. Only Akiyama and Fukunaga had earned tickets to participate, but when Yokoya decides to drop out, Nao gets invited to join. Unwilling at first, but when her worry over Akiyama soon overcomes her reluctance. In the final stage, nicknamed the Garden of Eden, a new voting game is set to take place. The game is set up so that all players can win money should they cooperate, but if they don't one player will win big while the others face bigger debts than ever before. It doesn't take long for the lies and backstabbing to begin, and the question remains whether Nao and Akiyama have any hope of winning and finally shut down the Liar Game for good.An adaptation of the Japanese manga series (2005-2015), written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani.
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsJake GyllenhaalAnne HathawayJudy GreerIn 1990s Pittsburgh, a medicine peddler starts a relationship with a young woman suffering from Parkinson's disease.It was surprising to me to learn that this film is based on Jamie Reidy's 2005 non-fiction book 'Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman'.
- DirectorBurr SteersStarsZac EfronKim BasingerCharlie TahanAfter Charlie survives a car crash that kills his younger brother, he is given the gift of seeing the spirits of his brother and others who he has lost, and must use his powers to save the woman he loves from impending disaster.Based on Ben Sherwood's novel 'The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud', published in 2004 by Bantam Books.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBen BarnesSkandar KeynesGeorgie HenleyLucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.C.S. Lewis' 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series are some of my favourite literature from my childhood.
