Feature Films Based On: SF Novels and Short Stories

Submitted by dgeiser13 on Thu, 05/27/2004 - 05:34
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  1.  
  2. 1950
  3. Destination Moon (1950, Irving Pichel) based on Rocket Ship Galileo (1947) by Robert A. Heinlein
  4.  
  5. 1951
  6. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) based on "Farewell to the Master" (1940) by Harry Bates
  7. The Thing from Another World (1951) based on "Who Goes There?" (1938) by John W. Campbell, Jr.
  8.  
  9. 1953
  10. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) based on "The Fog Horn" (1951) by Ray Bradbury
  11. The Twonky (1953) based on "The Twonky" (1942) by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
  12.  
  13. 1954
  14. Target Earth (1954) based on Deadly City (1953) by Paul W. Fairman
  15.  
  16. 1955
  17. This Island Earth (1955) based on by "The Alien Machine" (1949) by Raymond F. Jones
  18.  
  19. 1957
  20. Fiend Without a Face (1958) based on "The Thought-Monster" (1930) by A. R. Long
  21. She Devil (1957) based on "The Adaptive Ultimate" (1935) by Stanley G. Weinbaum
  22.  
  23. 1968
  24. Charly (1968) based on Flowers for Algernon (1966) by Daniel Keyes
  25.  
  26. 1975
  27. A Boy and His Dog (1975) based on "A Boy and His Dog" (1969) by Harlan Ellison
  28.  
  29. 1976
  30. Logan's Run (1976) based on Logan's Run (1967) by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson
  31.  
  32. 1977
  33. Damnation Alley (1977, Jack Smight) based on Damnation Alley (1967) by Roger Zelazny
  34.  
  35. 1982
  36. Blade Runner (1982)
  37. The Thing (1982)
  38.  
  39. 1985
  40. Enemy Mine (1985) based on "Enemy Mine" (1979) by Barry B. Longyear
  41.  
  42. 1988
  43. They Live (1988) based on Eight O'Clock in the Morning (1963) by Ray Nelson
  44.  
  45. 1989
  46. Millennium (1989) based on "Air Raid" (1977) by John Varley
  47.  
  48. 1990
  49. Total Recall (1990)
  50.  
  51. 1992
  52. Candyman (1992) based on "The Forbidden" (1985) by Clive Barker
  53.  
  54. 1994
  55. The Puppet Masters (1994)
  56.  
  57. 1995
  58. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
  59. Screamers (1995) based on "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick
  60.  
  61. 1997
  62. Mimic (1997) based on "Mimic" (1942) by Donald A. Wollheim
  63. Starship Troopers (1997)
  64.  
  65. 1998
  66. New Rose Hotel (1998)
  67.  
  68. 2001
  69. Impostor (2001)
  70.  
  71. 2002
  72. Minority Report (2002)
  73.  
  74. 2003
  75. Paycheck (2003)
  76.  
  77. 2005
  78. A Sound of Thunder (2005)
  79. War of the Worlds (2005, Steven Spielberg)
  80.  
  81. 2006
  82. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
  83.  
  84. 2007
  85. The Last Mimzy (2007, Robert Shaye) based on "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" (1943) by Lewis Padgett
  86. Martian Child (2007) based on The Martian Child by David Gerrold
  87. Next (2007, Lee Tamahori) based on "The Golden Man" (1954) by Philip K. Dick
  88.  
  89. 2008
  90. Babylon A.D. (2008, Mathieu Kassovitz) based on Babylon Babies (1999) by Maurice G. Dantec
  91. Jumper (2008, Doug Liman) based on Jumper (1992) by Steven Gould
  92.  
  93. 2009
  94. Altered Carbon (2009)
  95. The Box (2009, Richard Kelly) based on "Button, Button" (1970) by Richard Matheson
  96. Ender's Game (2009, Wolfgang Petersen) based on Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  97. Fahrenheit 451 (2009, Frank Darabont) based on Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  98. John Carter of Mars (2009)
  99. Master of Space and Time (2009, Michel Gondry) based on Master of Space and Time by Rudy Rucker
  100. Neuromancer (2009, Joseph Kahn) based on Neuromancer (1984) by William Gibson
  101. Rendezvous with Rama (2009, David Fincher) based on Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
  102. Solitaire (2009) based on Solitaire (2002) by Kelley Eskridge
  103. The Time Traveler's Wife (2009, Robert Schwentke) based on The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  104.  
  105. 2010
  106. Meg (2010) based by Meg by Steve Alten
  107. When Worlds Collide (2010) based on When Worlds Collide (1933) by Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie
  108. World War Z (2010) based on World War Z by Max Brooks
  109.  
  110. 2011
  111. Pattern Recognition (2011, Peter Weir) based on Pattern Recognition (2003) by William Gibson
bertie08/13/2004

I, Robot is disappointing. It has the Three Laws of Robotics, but not a lot more of Asimov. It's an fx movie (good fx) that dishonestly uses the title of Asimov's book and one or two of his character names (e.g. Dr Susan Calvin).

If The Hitchhiker's Guide is released it will be one of the few sf works to span the media of radio, print, television, and cinema.