Based On Short Story
"based on short story" Movies and TV Shows
#1
57 Seconds
Synopsis:
When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.
Starring:
Morgan Freeman,
Greg Germann,
Josh Hutcherson
Plot:
blogger,
kissing toes,
shot to death,
shot in the head,
jumbotron,
time travel,
ring,
private jet,
voice over narration,
tech guru
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#2
Hellraiser
Synopsis:
A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
Starring:
Selina Lo,
Jason Liles,
Brandon Flynn
Plot:
hell,
remake,
gore,
puzzle box,
based on short story,
puzzle,
demon,
reboot,
pinhead character,
supernatural horror
...
#3
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Synopsis:
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come…
Starring:
Brad Pitt,
Mahershala Ali,
Jared Harris
Plot:
diary,
navy,
funeral,
tea,
travel,
premature aging,
old age,
reverse aging,
no title at beginning,
no opening credits
...
#4
The Boogeyman
Synopsis:
Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
Starring:
David Dastmalchian,
Chris Messina,
Marin Ireland
#5
H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House
Synopsis:
Determined to prove the possibility of alternate dimensions, a graduate student unknowingly unlocks a gateway to unimaginable horror. Based on the H.P. Lovecraft's short story The Dreams in the Witch House.
Starring:
Julie Anne Prescott,
Portia Chellelynn,
Andrea Collins
#6
Justified
Synopsis:
A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.
Starring:
Walton Goggins,
Natalie Zea,
Timothy Olyphant
#7
Total Recall
Synopsis:
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company who manufacture memories. Something goes wrong during his memory implant turning Doug's life upside down and even to question what is reality and what isn't.
Starring:
Michael Ironside,
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Sharon Stone
#8
Three Wishes for Cinderella
Synopsis:
Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confides her closest friend the owl. When she comes across three magical acorns, she's granted a single wish for each one of them.
Starring:
Libuše Šafránková,
Pavel Trávníček,
Carola Braunbock
#9
They Live
Synopsis:
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 and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking dis…
Starring:
Keith David,
Roddy Piper,
Meg Foster
#10
The Wild One
Synopsis:
The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
Starring:
Will Wright,
Marlon Brando,
Ray Teal
Plot:
angry mob,
bar,
motorcycle,
small town,
biker,
biker gang,
greaser,
leather jacket,
beer,
bikersploitation
...
#11
The Thing from Another World
Synopsis:
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
Starring:
Douglas Spencer,
Kenneth Tobey,
Margaret Sheridan
#12
The Quiet Man
Synopsis:
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Starring:
Barry Fitzgerald,
Mildred Natwick,
John Wayne
#13
The Pit and the Pendulum
Synopsis:
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Barbara Steele,
Luana Anders
#14
The Love Bug
Synopsis:
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.
Starring:
David Tomlinson,
Buddy Hackett,
Joe E. Ross
#15
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Synopsis:
Washington Irving's tale of Ichabod Crane and the headless horseman is brought to life, narrated by Bing Crosby.
Starring:
Billy Bletcher,
Pinto Colvig,
Clarence Nash
Plot:
teacher,
horseman,
small town,
village,
headless horseman,
romantic rivalry,
chase,
legend,
well,
halloween party
...
#16
The Killers
Synopsis:
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank ro…
Starring:
Burt Lancaster,
Edmond O'Brien,
Ava Gardner
#17
The Fly
Synopsis:
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene Delambre, who tells him that she has just killed her husband, André. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that André invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber during the matter transference.
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Betty Lou Gerson,
Herbert Marshall
#18
The Birds
Synopsis:
Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.
Starring:
Veronica Cartwright,
Rod Taylor,
Suzanne Pleshette
Plot:
bird attack,
california,
paranoia,
1960s,
unsolved mystery,
nature run amok,
attic,
female protagonist,
based on short story,
bird
...
#19
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Synopsis:
The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's sto…
Starring:
J. Pat O'Malley,
John McLeish,
Oliver Wallace
Plot:
headless horseman,
thought bubble,
bowler hat,
gun battle,
monocle,
booking clerk,
prosecutor,
lawyer wig,
judge wig,
chain ball
...
#20
Stagecoach
Synopsis:
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.
Starring:
Andy Devine,
George Bancroft,
John Wayne
Plot:
outlaw,
based on short story,
prostitute,
gambler,
journey,
native american attack,
stagecoach,
western town,
revenge,
doctor
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