MOVIES BASED ON (or about) LITERATURE
2000: A Perfect Storm
Grade: A-
Subjects: BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring George Clooney , Mark Wahlberg, Mary
Elizabeth Mastrantonio
2000: X Men
Grade: A-
Subjects: IDENTITY CRISES , BASED
ON LITERATURE , SOCIAL TABOO , SOCIETY ,
GOVERNMENT , SUPERNATURAL , POLITICS
Starring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Hugh Jackman, Anna Pacquin, Famke
Jannsen
2000: The Beach
Grade: B
Subjects: SOCIETY , BASED ON LITERATURE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE , ANTHROPOLOGY
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio
1999: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Grade: A-
Subjects: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY, CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY ,
HOMOSEXUALITY , IDENTITY
CRISIS , BASED ON LITERATURE , SOCIETY ,
SOCIAL TABOO
Starring: Matt Damon , Gwyneth
Paltrow , Jude Law
1999: The Generals's Daughter
Grade: A-
Subjects: MILITARY , POLITICS
, BASED ON LITERATURE, ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
, CRIMINOLOGY
Starring John Travolta, Madeline Stowe, Timothy
Hutton , James Cromwell, James Woods
1999: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Grade: A-
Subjects: BASED ON LITERATURE, TRUE LOVE ,
WEDDINGS
Starring Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer , Rupert
Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart , Christian
Bale, Sophie Marceau, David Strathairn
1998: Shakespeare in Love
Grade: B
Subjects: LITERATURE
Starring Gwyneth Paltrow , Joseph Fiennes, Rupert
Everett, Ben Affleck, Geoffrey Rush
1998: Simon Birch
Grade: A-
Subjects: DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES , ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY , SPIRITUALITY
, BEREAVEMENT , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Ian Michael Smith, Ashley Judd, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello,
Jim Carrey
1998: The Man in the Iron Mask
Grade: A-
Subjects: HISTORY , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio , Jeremy
Irons , John Malkovich , Gerard Depardieu,
Gabriel Byrne
1997: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Grade: A
Subjects: SOCIETY , LAW ,
RELIGION , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring: John Cusack , Kevin
Spacey
1997: Seven Years in Tibet
Grade: A
Subjects: GOVERNMENT , POLITICS
, WAR , SOCIETY ,
BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Brad Pitt
1996: Emma
Grade: A
Subjects: SOCIETY , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow
1996: A Time To Kill
Grade: A-
Subjects: CHILD ABUSE , LAW
, SOCIETY , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring: Matthew McConaughey , Sandra
Bullock , Ashley Judd, Donald Sutherland, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey
1996: Romeo and Juliet
Grade: A-
Subjects: ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY , SOCIETY
, BASED ON LITERATURE, BEREAVEMENT
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio , Claire Danes
1995: Dangerous Minds
Grade: A-
Subjects: SOCIETY , EDUCATION
, BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Michelle Pfeiffer
1995: Dead Man Walking
Grade: A+
Subjects: CRIMINOLOGY , SPIRITUALITY
, SOCIETY , PHILOSOPHY
, CRIMINAL JUSTICE , BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Susan Sarandon , Sean
Penn
1995: Sense and Sensibility
Grade: A
Subjects: HISTORY , BASED ON LITERATURE, SOCIETY
Starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet , Hugh Grant
1994: Forrest Gump
Grade: A+
Subjects: WAR , DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITY , MEDICINE , BEREAVEMENT
, CHILD ABUSE , HISTORY
, BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Tom Hanks , Robin
Wright Penn , Gary Sinise , Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field
1994: Little Women
Grade: A-
Subjects: BEREAVEMENT , SOCIETY
, DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY HISTORY
, BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring Susan Sarandon , Winona Ryder, Claire
Danes, Samantha Mathis, Eric Stoltz