Top Adaptation Movies 2014
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36%
Ratings
- 3.8 / 5
out of 5 stars
(146)
Wild
With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behavior, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, alone.
Reese Witherspoon, W. Earl Brown, Michiel Huisman, Bill Pohlad, Bruna Papandrea, Thomas Sadoski, Gaby Hoffmann, Nick Hornby
R
67%
Ratings
- 1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(1)
Miss Julie
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Takes place over a night in 1874 and tackles such topics as sexuality, class and gender.
Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain, Samantha Morton, Liv Ullmann, Oliver Dungey, Teun Hilte
PG-13
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18%
Ratings
- 3.2 / 5
out of 5 stars
(31)
Inherent Vice
When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin…well, easy for her to say.
It’s the tail end of the psychedelic '60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that "love" is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip” or “groovy,” that’s being way too overused—except this one usually leads to trouble.
With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD Detectives, a tenor sax player working undercover, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists... Part surf noir, part psychedelic romp—all Thomas Pynchon.
Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Sasha Pieterse, Joanne Sellar, Daniel Lupi
R
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38%
Ratings
- 3.8 / 5
out of 5 stars
(58)
Into the Woods
Into the Woods is a modern twist on several of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Jack and the Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone), and Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy)—all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife (James Corden & Emily Blunt), their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch (Meryl Streep) who has put a curse on them.
Lilla Crawford, Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Rob Marshall
PG
42%
Ratings
- 3.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(38)
The Gambler
Jim Bennett (Academy Award®-nominee Mark Wahlberg) is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams) and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring (Alvin Ing) and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother (Academy Award®-winner Jessica Lange) in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank (John Goodman), a loan shark with a paternal interest in Bennett’s future. As his relationship with a student (Brie Larson) deepens, Bennett must take the ultimate risk for a second chance…
Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michael K. Williams, Rupert Wyatt, Brie Larson, Sonya Walger, Richard Schiff, Irwin Winkler
R
91%
Mr. Pip
Set in the Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville during an ongoing war between soldiers and rebels over copper mining, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations," which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.
Andrew Adamson, Dean Vanech, Leslie Urdang, Hugh Laurie, Robin Scholes
PG-13
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62%
Ratings
- 4 / 5
out of 5 stars
(122)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay...
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice, but even though she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. President Snow makes it clear that no one is safe either -- not Katniss's family, not her friends and not the people of District 12.
Jennifer Lawrence, Toby Jones, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Sam Claflin, Francis Lawrence, Jeffrey Wright, Natalie Dormer
PG-13
33%
Ratings
- 3.8 / 5
out of 5 stars
(62)
Gone Girl
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
Tyler Perry, Reese Witherspoon, Neil Patrick Harris, Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, David Fincher, Missi Pyle, Boyd Holbrook
R
45%
Ratings
- 3.8 / 5
out of 5 stars
(9)
A Good Marriage
A woman discovers her husband has been keeping an especially terrible secret for years when she stumbles upon a box in the garage.
Stephen Lang, Anthony LaPaglia, Joan Allen, Kristen Connolly, Peter Askin, Stephen King
37%
Ratings
- 4.3 / 5
out of 5 stars
(55)
Alexander and the Terrible, ...
Follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life - a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns he is not alone when his mom (Jennifer Garner), dad (Steve Carell), brother (Dylan Minnette), and sister (Kerris Dorsey) all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just hasn't had one.
Steve Carell, Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Ed Oxenbould, Jason Lust, Lisa Henson, Rob Lieber, Lisa Cholodenko
PG
40%
Ratings
- 4.2 / 5
out of 5 stars
(69)
The Best of Me
The Best of Me tells the story of Dawson and Amanda, two former high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited after 20 years apart, when they return to their small town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Their bittersweet reunion reignites the love they've never forgotten, but soon they discover the forces that drove them apart twenty years ago live on, posing even more serious threats today. Spanning decades, this epic love story captures the enduring power of our first true love, and the wrenching choices we face when confronted with elusive second chances.
Michelle Monaghan, Will Fetters, J. Mills Goodloe, James Marsden, Liana Liberato, Michael Hoffman, Denise DiNovi, Nicholas Sparks
PG-13
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25%
Ratings
- 3.3 / 5
out of 5 stars
(19)
Horns
The film follows Ig Perrish (Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter" films), the number one suspect for the violent rape and murder of his girlfriend, Merrin (Juno Temple). Hungover from a night of hard drinking, Ig awakens one morning to find horns starting to grow from his own head and soon realizes their power drives people to confess their sins and give in to their most selfish and unspeakable impulses – an effective tool in his quest to discover the true circumstances of his late girlfriend's tragedy and for exacting revenge on her killer.
Heather Graham, Juno Temple, Daniel Radcliffe, Peter Guber, Riza Aziz, Keith Bunin, Cathy Schulman, Joey McFarland
69%
Ratings
- 4.2 / 5
out of 5 stars
(101)
The Maze Runner
When Thomas wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape.
Noah Oppenheim, Will Poulter, Wes Ball, Lindsay Williams, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Thomas Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Dylan O'Brien
PG-13
43%
Ratings
- 3.8 / 5
out of 5 stars
(38)
A Walk Among the Tombstones
A Walk among the Tombstones stars Liam Neeson as Matt Scudder, an ex-NYPD cop who now works as an unlicensed private investigator operating just outside the law. When Scudder reluctantly agrees to help a heroin trafficker (Dan Stevens) hunt down the men who kidnapped and then brutally murdered his wife, the PI learns that this is not the first time these men have committed this sort of twisted crime…nor will it be the last. Blurring the lines between right and wrong, Scudder races to track the deviants through the backstreets of New York City before they kill again.
Stacey Sher, Liam Neeson, Danny DeVito, Dan Stevens, Scott Frank, Brian Oliver, David Harbour, Boyd Holbrook
R
25%
Ratings
- 3.7 / 5
out of 5 stars
(26)
This Is Where I Leave You
When their father passes away, four grown siblings, bruised and banged up by their respective adult lives, are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. Confronting their history and the frayed states of their relationships among the people who know and love them best, they ultimately reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humor, heartache and redemption that only families can provide—driving us insane even as they remind us of our truest, and often best, selves.
Rose Byrne, Adam Driver, Corey Stoll, Jason Bateman, Jane Fonda, Connie Britton, Shawn Levy, Jonathan Tropper
R
10%
Ratings
- 3.6 / 5
out of 5 stars
(7)
Hector and the Search for Ha...
Hector (Simon Pegg) is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara (Rosamund Pike), he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.
Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Stellan Skarsgard, Jean Reno, Christopher Plummer, Peter Chelsom, Toni Collette, Tinker Lindsay
32%
Ratings
- 5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(2)
The Two Faces of January
A thriller set in Greece and Istanbul, 1962, and adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s novel. Intrigue begins at the Parthenon when wealthy American tourists Chester MacFarland (Viggo Mortensen) and his young wife Collete (Kirsten Dunst) meet American expat Rydal (Oscar Isaac), a scammer working as a tour guide. Instead of becoming his latest marks, the two befriend him, but a murder at the couple’s hotel puts all three on the run together and creates a precarious bond between them as the trio’s allegiance is put to the test.
Kirsten Dunst, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Oscar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen, Hossein Amini, Tom Sternberg, Robyn Slovo
PG-13
5%
Ratings
- 5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(2)
Mood Indigo
A story set in Paris about two newlyweds, Chloe (Audrey Tautou) and Colin (Romain Duris), whose whirlwind courtship is tested when an unusual illness plagues Chloe; a flower begins to grow in her lungs.
Omar Sy, Michel Gondry, Audrey Tautou, Romain Duris, Gad Elmaleh
20%
Ratings
- 2.6 / 5
out of 5 stars
(18)
A Most Wanted Man
A Most Wanted Man takes place in present day Hamburg, Germany where a mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run arrives in the city’s Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father’s ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this web of intrigue is a private British banker and a young female lawyer determined to defend the defenseless. All the while, they are being watched by the brilliant, roguish chief of a covert German spy unit (Hoffman), who fights to put the pieces together as the clock ticks.
Willem Dafoe, Anton Corbijn, Robin Wright, Rachel McAdams, Daniel Bruhl, Andrew Bovell, Martin Wuttke
R
29%
Ratings
- 4.1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(37)
Jersey Boys
Frank Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi go from blue-collar wrong side of the track origins to become American pop sensations, selling 175 million records worldwide before they are 30 years old.
Clint Eastwood, Graham King, John Logan, Jon Favreau, Tim Headington, Mike Doyle, Christopher Walken, Vincent Piazza
R
36%
Ratings
- 3.6 / 5
out of 5 stars
(13)
Devil's Knot
In 1993, West Memphis, Arkansas was rocked by the brutal murders of three 8-year old boys playing in the woods. The police quickly accused three teenage boys, claiming they killed the children as part of a satanic ritual. Professional investigator, Ron Lax, volunteered to represent the accused and was shocked to find that the case was based entirely on circumstantial evidence, prejudiced assumptions of the teenagers' love of goth culture and heavy metal music. He watched in horror as his clients were put on death row as he discovered something far more scary...the truth.
Reese Witherspoon, Scott Derrickson, Collette Wolfe, Alessandro Nivola, Stephen Moyer, Molly Conners, Paul Harris Boardman, Mireille Enos
9%
Ratings
- 3.7 / 5
out of 5 stars
(6)
God's Pocket
Set in the gritty blue-collar neighborhood of God's Pocket, a man's crazy stepson is killed in a construction "accident" and the man quickly tries to bury the bad news with the body. But when a local columnist comes sniffing around for the truth, things go from bad to worse. The man finds himself stuck in a life and death struggle between a body he can’t bury, a wife he can’t please and a debt he can’t pay.
John Turturro, John Slattery, Christina Hendricks, Richard Jenkins, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alex Metcalf
38%
Ratings
- 3.6 / 5
out of 5 stars
(52)
Joe
Ex-con, Joe Ransom, drinks heavily, outruns police and gambles away his money. He is the unlikeliest of role models to everyone except 15 year old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a homeless family run by an drunk, worthless father. Joe takes Gary under his wing seeing much of himself in the kid. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, gritty world of small town Mississippi.
Nicolas Cage, Molly Conners, Derrick Tseng, Adriene Mishler, Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Christopher Woodrow, Tye Sheridan
R
60%
Ratings
- 3.9 / 5
out of 5 stars
(96)
Heaven Is For Real
The true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son’s extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world.
The film stars Greg Kinnear as Todd Burpo and co-stars Kelly Reilly as Sonja Burpo, the real-life couple whose son Colton (newcomer Connor Corum) claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. Colton recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth ... things he couldn't possibly know. Todd and his family are then challenged to examine the meaning from this remarkable event.
Joe Roth, Kelly Reilly, Margo Martindale, Greg Kinnear, Thomas Haden Church, Jacob Vargas, Randall Wallace, T.D. Jakes
PG
74%
Ratings
- 4.1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(176)
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy tells the legend of Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch) and Lissa Dragomir (Lucy Fry), two 17-year-old girls who attend a hidden boarding school for Moroi (mortal, peaceful Vampires) and Dhampirs (half-vampire/half-human guardians). Rose, a rebellious Guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa - a royal vampire Princess - have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St.Vladamirs Academy, the very place where they believe their lives may be in most jeopardy. Thrust back into the perils of Moroi Society and high school, Lissa struggles to reclaim her status while Rose trains with her mentor and love-interest, Dimitri (Danila Kozlovsky), to guarantee her place as Lissa's guardian. Rose will sacrifice everything to protect Lissa from those who intend to exploit her from within the Academy walls and the Strigoi (immortal, evil vampires) who hunt her kind from outside its sanctuary.
Zoey Deutch, Mark S. Waters, Olga Kurylenko, Claire Foy, Don Murphy, Lucy Fry, Sarah Hyland, Gabriel Byrne
43%
Ratings
- 3.9 / 5
out of 5 stars
(32)
Winter's Tale
Set in 1916 and present-day Manhattan, Winter's Tale follows the story of Peter Lake (Colin Farrell). Peter Lake is a thief who falls in love with Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay), a dying girl who occupies one of the houses he breaks into. Lake is saved from the insane gangster Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe) and his gang of thugs by Athansor, a mysterious white horse who becomes his guardian angel.
Russell Crowe, Will Smith, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Connelly, Akiva Goldsman, Kevin Corrigan, Kerry Foster, Kevin Durand
PG-13
68%
Ratings
- 3.9 / 5
out of 5 stars
(41)
Odd Thomas
Small-town fry cook Odd Thomas (Anton Yelchin) is an ordinary guy with a paranormal secret: he sees dead people, everywhere. When a creepy stranger shows-up with an entourage of ghostly bodachs – predators who feed on pain and portend mass destruction – Odd knows that his town is in serious trouble. Teaming up with his sweetheart Stormy (Addison Timlin) and the local sheriff (Willem Dafoe), Odd plunges into an epic battle of good vs evil to try to stop a disaster of apocalyptic proportions.
Willem Dafoe, Stephen Sommers, Anton Yelchin, Addison Timlin, John Baldecchi, Patton Oswalt, Curtis Jackson, Howard Kaplan
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Black Heat
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changed release date from TBA to March 28, 2025
Gunslingers
changed release date from TBA to April 11, 2025
All Souls
changed release date from TBA to December 8, 2023
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changed release date from TBA to March 11, 2025
Shudderbugs
changed release date from TBA to March 25, 2025
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