List of short fiction made into feature films
This is a list of short stories and novellas that have been made into feature films. The title of the work is followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
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Short fiction | Film adaptation(s) |
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"12:01 PM" (1973), Richard A. Lupoff | 12:01 PM (1990; short film) 12:01 PM (1993; TV) |
"1408" (1999), Stephen King | 1408 (2007) |
"5135 Kensington" (1941–1942; short vignette series), Sally Benson | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) |
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Short fiction | Film adaptation(s) |
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The Acid House (1994), Irvine Welsh | The Acid House (1998) |
"Adjustment Team" (1954), Philip K. Dick | The Adjustment Bureau (2011) |
"The Adventure of the Dancing Men" (1903), Arthur Conan Doyle | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) |
"The Adventure of the Empty House" (1903), Arthur Conan Doyle | The Woman in Green (1945) |
"The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" (1893), Arthur Conan Doyle | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) |
"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (1892), Arthur Conan Doyle | The Speckled Band (1931) |
"Air Raid" (1977), John Varley | Millennium (1989) |
"All You Zombies" (1959), Robert A. Heinlein | Predestination (2014) |
Apt Pupil (1982), Stephen King | Apt Pupil (1998) |
Armageddon 2419 A.D. (1928), Philip Francis Nowlan | Buck Rogers (1939) (serial) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) |
"Ate, Memos or the Miracle" (1992), James Lasdun | Sunday (1997) |
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Short fiction | Film adaptation(s) |
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"B" (1916), Edgar Franklin | The Rail Rider (1916) |
"Baa, Baa Black Sheep" (1921) W. C. Tuttle | Black Sheep (1921) |
"Baby in the Ice-Box" (1933), James M. Cain | She Made Her Bed (1934) |
"The Baby's Had a Hard Day" (1940), Anne Wormser | West Point Widow (1941) |
"Back Pay" (1919), Fannie Hurst | Back Pay (1922) Back Pay (1930) |
"Bad Time at Honda" (1947), Howard Breslin | Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) |
"Barn Burning" (1983), Haruki Murakami | Burning (2018) |
"The Basement Room" (1936), Graham Greene | The Fallen Idol (1948) |
"Basterd", F.W. Remmler | Bastard (1940) |
"The Bear Came Over the Mountain" (1999), Alice Munro | Away from Her (2006) |
"Beryl and the Croucher" (1916), Thomas Burke | No Way Back (1949) |
"Beware of the Dog" (1944), Roald Dahl | 36 Hours (1965) Breaking Point (1989) (TV) |
"The Bicentennial Man" (1976), Isaac Asimov | Bicentennial Man (1999) |
"The Birds" (1952), Daphne du Maurier | The Birds (1963) |
"Blow-Up" (Spanish: "Las Babas del Diablo", "The Droolings of the Devil") (1959), Julio Cortázar | Blowup (1966) |
The Body (1982), Stephen King | Stand by Me (1986) |
"The Body Snatcher" (1881), Robert Louis Stevenson | The Body Snatcher (1945) |
"The Boogeyman" (1973), Stephen King | The Boogeyman (2023) |
"Boule de Suif" (1880), Guy de Maupassant | Boule de Suif (Russian: Пышка) (1934) The Escape (Spanish: La fuga) (1944) Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) Boule de Suif (1945) |
"Bow Tamely to Me" (1936), Kenneth Perkins | Escape to Burma (1955) |
"The Boy Cried Murder" (1947), Cornell Woolrich | The Window (1949) The Boy Cried Murder (1966) |
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), Truman Capote | Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) |
"Broadway Gold" (1922), William Carey Wonderly | Broadway Gold (1923) |
"Brokeback Mountain" (1997), Annie Proulx | Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"Brother Orchid" (1938), Richard Connell | Brother Orchid (1940) |
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Short fiction | Film adaptation(s) |
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"The Dead" (1914), James Joyce | The Dead (1987) |
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936), Stephen Vincent Benét | The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) Shortcut to Happiness (2003) |
"The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" (1994), A. S. Byatt | Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) |
"The Dock Walloper", John Monk Saunders | The Docks of New York, 1928 |
"Don Juan DeMarco and the Centerfold", Jeremy Leven | Don Juan DeMarco (1995) |
"Don't Look Now" (1970), Daphne du Maurier | Don't Look Now (1973) |
"Drive My Car" (2013), Haruki Murakami | Drive My Car (2021) |
"The Duel" (1908), Joseph Conrad | The Duellists (1977) |
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Short fiction | Film adaptation(s) |
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"Eight O'Clock in the Morning" (1963), Ray Nelson | They Live (1988) |
"Empire of the Ants" (1905), H. G. Wells | Empire of the Ants (1977) |
Enemy Mine (1979), Barry B. Longyear | Enemy Mine (1985) |
"Escape from Spiderhead", Tenth of December: Stories", George Saunders | Spiderhead, 2022 |
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