Films based on short fiction

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old o...

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The Misfits

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1961 IMDB Rating: 7.2

While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become in...

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The Color of Friendship

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US...

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The House of Fear

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1945 IMDB Rating: 7.2

The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one...

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A River Runs Through It

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A River Runs Through It is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love...

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Fire

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 7.2

In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from t...

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Panic in the Streets

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1950 IMDB Rating: 7.2

One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. The next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service con...

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They Live

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media...

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Smoke Signals

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by A...

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