Movies Based on Short Stories

Based on Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (1982).

Rear Window (1954), based on Cornell Woolrich’s “It Had to Be Murder,” originally published in Dime Detective Magazine (February 1942).

All About Eve (1950), based on Mary Orr’s “The Wisdom of Eve,” originally published in Cosmopolitan (1946).

Rashomon (1950), based on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s “In a Grove,” originally published in Shinchō (1922).

Based on Joseph Conrad's novella, Heart of Darkness (1899).

A Face in the Crowd (1957), based on Budd Schulberg’s “Your Arkansas Traveler,” published in Some Faces in the Crowd (1953).

Based on Jonathan Nolan's short story, Memento Mori. "Memento Mori" is a short story written by Jonathan Nolan and published in the March 2001 edition of Esquire magazine.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), based on Alan Sillitoe’s “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner,” published in The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1959).

The Swimmer (1968), based on John Cheever’s “The Swimmer,” originally published in The New Yorker (1964).

The Killers (1946), and The Killers (1964) based on Ernest Hemingway’s “The Killers,” originally published in Scribner’s Magazine (1927).

Blow-Up (1966), based on Julio Cortázar’s “Las babas del diablo” (“The Devil’s Drool”) (1959), published in End of the Game and Other Stories, tr. Paul Blackburn (1967).

Based on the short stories of Jerry Boyd.

Don’t Look Now (1973), based on Daphne du Maurier’s “Don’t Look Now,” originally published in Not After Midnight (1971).

Arrival (2016), based on Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life (1998), published in in Chiang's collection of short stories, Stories of Your Life and Others. Its major themes are language and determinism.

Beoning (2018), based on Haruki Murakami's short story Barn Burning, originally published in The Elephant Vanishes (1993).

Drive My Car (Japanese: ドライブ・マイ・カー, Hepburn: Doraibu Mai Kā) is a 2021 Japanese drama film directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and written by Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe. It follows a theatre director (played by Hidetoshi Nishijima), who directs a multilingual production of Uncle Vanya while dealing with the death of his wife (Reika Kirishima). It is based on Haruki Murakami's short story of the same name and other stories from his 2014 collection Men Without Women.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” originally published in Collier’s (1922).

Brokeback Mountain (2005), based on Annie Proulx’s “Brokeback Mountain,” originally published in The New Yorker (1997).
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Away From Her (2007), based on Alice Munro’s “The Bear Came Over the Mountain,” originally published in The New Yorker (1999).

The Fly (1958) and The Fly (1986), based on George Langelaan’s “The Fly,” originally published in Playboy (1957).

The Dead (1987), based on James Joyce’s “The Dead,” published in Dubliners (1914).

Sleepy Hollow (1999), based on Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” originally published in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1820).

The Duellists (1977), based on Joseph Conrad’s “The Duel,” published in A Set of Six (1908).

The Illusionist (2006), based on Steven Millhauser’s “Eisenheim the Illusionist,” published in The Barnum Museum (1990).

Secretary (2002), based on Mary Gaitskill’s “Secretary,” from Bad Behavior (1989).

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), based on James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” originally published in The New Yorker (1939)

A Gentle Woman (French: Une femme douce) is a 1969 French tragedy film directed by Robert Bresson. It is Bresson's first film in color, and adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1876 short story "A Gentle Creature" (Russian: Кроткая, romanized: Krotkaya). The film is set in contemporary Paris.

In the Bedroom (2001), based on Andre Dubus’s “Killings,” originally published in The Sewanee Review (1979).

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), based on Brian Aldiss’s “Supertoys Last All Summer Long,” originally published in Harper’s Bazaar (1969).

Smooth Talk (1985), based on Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,” originally published in Epoch (1966).

The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Babylon Revisited,” originally published in the Saturday Evening Post (1931).

Everything Must Go (2010), based on Raymond Carver’s “Why Don’t You Dance?,” published in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981)

Jindabyne (2006), based on Raymond Carver’s “So Much Water So Close to Home,” published in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981).

Eréndira is a 1983 drama film directed by Ruy Guerra. The film script was written by Gabriel García Márquez. The original script actually preceded his novella The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother published in 1972.