9 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Watch Now
Vogue staff recommend nine movies and TV shows based on books, spanning arthouse classics to contemporary fare. Highlights include HBO's 'Big Little Lies' (season 3 coming next year), Jean-Luc Godard's 'Contempt' (based on Alberto Moravia's novel), Jacob Tierney's adaptation of Rachel Reid's hockey romance 'Heated Rivalry', Stephen Daldry's 'The Hours' (based on Michael Cunningham's novel), HBO's 'My Brilliant Friend' (from Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels), Benedict Cumberbatch in 'Patrick Melrose' (based on Edward St. Aubyn's novels), FX's 'Say Nothing' (from Patrick Radden Keefe's nonfiction book), Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining' (based on Stephen King's novel), and Sofia Coppola's 'The Virgin Suicides' (based on Jeffrey Eugenides' novel). The piece notes upcoming adaptations, including Keefe's 'London Falling'.
Key facts
- Big Little Lies season 3 to follow next year on HBO.
- Contempt is a 1963 film by Jean-Luc Godard based on Alberto Moravia's novel.
- Heated Rivalry adaptation is a six-episode series directed by Jacob Tierney.
- The Hours film released in 2002, directed by Stephen Daldry.
- My Brilliant Friend spans four TV seasons based on Elena Ferrante's quartet.
- Patrick Melrose is a 2018 five-part miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
- Say Nothing is based on Patrick Radden Keefe's 2019 nonfiction book.
- The Shining film directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1980.
- The Virgin Suicides film directed by Sofia Coppola, soundtrack by Air.
Entities
Artists
- Christopher Nolan
- Homer
- Don Chaffey
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Reese Witherspoon
- Nicole Kidman
- Liane Moriarty
- Michelle Ruiz
- Alexandra Hildreth
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Jacob Tierney
- Hudson Williams
- Connor Storrie
- Donya Momenian
- Michael Cunningham
- Virginia Woolf
- Julianne Moore
- Meryl Streep
- Max Berlinger
- Elena Ferrante
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Edward St. Aubyn
- Patrick Radden Keefe
- Joshua Zetumer
- Dolours Price
- Marian Price
- Jean McConville
- Anna Grace Lee
- Stephen King
- Stanley Kubrick
- Jack Nicholson
- Shelley Duvall
- Danny Lloyd
- Scatman Crothers
- Kristin Auble
- Kirstin Dunst
- Josh Hartnett
- Sofia Coppola
- Chloe Schama
- Jeffrey Eugenides
Institutions
- HBO
- Netflix
- FX
- The New Yorker
Locations
- Belfast
- Northern Ireland
- Colorado Rocky Mountains
- Midwestern suburbia