Books into film and television

Babe

From the novel The Sheep Pig by Dick King-Smith

Baby

From the 1993 novel Baby by Patricia MacLachlan

Bad apple (2004)

From the 1994 novel Bad apple by Anthony Bruno

The bad mother’s handbook (TV-2007)

From the 2004 novel The bad mother’s handbook by Kate Long.

Badjelly the witch

From the story Badjelly the witch by Spike Milligan

Baise-moi

From the 1995 novel Baise-moi, not yet translated into English, by Virginie Despentes

Ball don’t lie

Matt de la Pena’s 2005 YA novel is about a teenager who’s been through foster care and suffers from OCD but is saved by developing a talent on the basketball court. The novel follows him through one day in his life. The film, a first for director Brin Hill, portrays the life of Sticky, the boy (played by ESPN’s Grayson “The Professor” Boucher. Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Emilie de Ravin, Kim Hidalgo and Nick Cannon also star.
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Ballad of the Sad Cafe

From the novel Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers

Ballet shoes

Noel Streatfield’s 1936 novel was filmed for television some years back but this new television adaptation, scheduled to run in Britain over Christmas, has Emma Watson, Hermione in the Harry Potter films, in the lead and a prestigious cast of adults including Victoria Wood, Eileen Atkins, Richard Griffiths, Peter Bowles, Emilia Fox, Marc Warren and Gemma Jones.
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Balloon farm

From the 1994 novel Harvey Potter’s balloon farm by Jerdine Nolan

Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress

From the 2001 novel Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress by Sijie Dai

Band of brothers

From the 1992 book Band of brothers by Stephen Ambrose

The Bank shot

From the 1972 novel The Bank shot by Donald E. Westlake

Barbarella

From the 1966 novel/comic book Barbarella by Jean-Claude Forest

Barbarians at the gate

From the 1990 book Barbarians at the gate by Bryan Burrough

Barefoot in the park

From the play Barefoot in the park by Neil Simon

Barfly

An original script by Charles Bukowski

Barney’s version

This adaptation of the 1997 Mordecai Richler novel follows a man (Paul Giamatti) who has lead a reckless life highlighted by three marriages. Now suffering from Alzheimer’s, he becomes a suspect in the mysterious disappearance of his bosom buddy. Richard Lewis directs the film version on location in Rome and the supporting cast includes Dustin Hoffman, Rosamond Pike, Scott Speedman, Bruce Greenwood and Minnie Driver.
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Barry Humphries: Flashbacks

Tie-in book by Roger McDonald

The Basketball Diaries

From the 1978 novel The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll

Bastard out of Carolina

From the 1992 novel Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Battle of Britain

Based on the 1961 book The Narrow margin by Derek Wood

Battlefield earth

From the 1982 novel Battlefield earth by L. Ron Hubbard

The Battlers

From the novel The Battlers by Kylie Tennant

Be cool (2005)

From the 1999 novel Be cool by Elmore Leonard. About the Film

The Beach

From the novel The Beach by Alex Garland

Beaches

From the novel Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart

The Bears and I

From the 1968 book The Bears and I by Robert Franklin Leslie

The Beast

From the novel Beast by Peter Benchley

Beast of Bataan

Lawrence Taylor’s 1981 book A trial of generals (now out of print) is the source for the latest film from Australian director Fred Schepisi. It’s the story of the trial of the Japanese general executed for his part in the death of thousands of American and Filipino P.O.W.s during the notorious Bataan Death March in 1942. Japanese actor Koji Yakusho plays the general and Hayden Christensen plays the lawyer who defends him. William Hurt and Willem Dafoe also star.
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The Beast within

From the 1981 novel The Beast within by Edward Levy

Beat Route

Tie-in book Beat Route by Jools Holland

Beau Brummel (TV -2006)

From the 2005 book Beau Brummel by Ian Kelly

Beau Geste

From the novel Beau Geste by P.C. Wren

Beaumarchais

From the play Beaumarchais I'insolent by Sacha Guitry

A Beautiful mind

From the 1998 book A Beautiful mind by Sylvia Nasar

Beauty

From the 1996 novel Beauty by Susan Wilson

Because of Winn-Dixie

The 2000 children’s novel by Kate DiCamillo was a Newbery Honor Book winner in 2001. It’s the story of a ten year old girl in a small Southern town and Winn-Dixie is her dog. Wayne Wang, who directed the adaptations of The joy luck club and Anywhere but here, directs and the adult cast includes Jeff Daniels, Eva Marie Saint and Cicely Tyson.
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Becoming Jane (2007)

Based on the 2003 book Becoming Jane Austen by Jon Spence.

Bee season

Myra Goldberg’s 2000 debut novel was a surprise success, a book where interest grew gradually until it became a bestseller and a book club staple. It is the story of a young girl who becomes a spelling bee champion. Her scholar father dedicates himself to her gift while the family tends to fall apart around them.
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Before and after

From the novel Before and after by Rosellen Brown

Before he wakes

From the 1994 book Before he wakes by Jerry Bledsoe

Before night falls

From the 1993 book Before night falls by Reinaldo Arenas

Before Women had wings

From the novel Before Women had wings by Connie May Fowler

The Beggar bride

From the novel The Beggar bride by Gillian White

The Beguiled

From the novel The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan

Behind the mask

From the 1955 novel The Pack by John Rowan Wilson

Behind the sun

Loosely adapted from the 1990 (translated) Albanian novel Broken April by Ismail Kadare

Being Julia (2005)

From the 1937 novel Theatre by Somerset Maugham. About the Film

Bejewelled

From the 1981 novel Bejewelled death by Marian Babson

Believe in me (2006)

From the 1971 novel Brief garland by Harold Keith

The Believers

From the novel The Believers by Nicholas Conde

Bella Mafia

From the novel Bella Mafia by Lynda La Plante

Belonging to Laura (2010)

Based on the play Lady Windermere’s fan by Oscar Wilde.

Besieged

From a short story by James Lasdun

Best actress

From the 1998 novel Best actress by John Kane

The Best little whorehouse in Texas

From the musical play The Best little whorehouse in Texas by Carol Hall. Abridged version in The Best plays of 1977-1978

Ben Hur

From the novel Ben Hur by Lew Wallace

Betty Blue

From the novel Betty Blue by Philippe Djian

Beyond fear

From the 1995 book Beyond fear: my will to survive by Stephanie Slater

Beyond reasonable doubt

From the book Beyond reasonable doubt by David Yallop

Bhowani Junction

From the 1954 novel Bhowani Junction by John Masters

The big bounce

This is an early (1969) novel by Elmore Leonard about a drifter who gets taken in by a beautiful woman who’s up to no good. About the Film

Big Cat diary

Tie-in book by Brian Jackman

Big fish

From the novel Big Fish by Daniel Wallace

The big picture

Douglas Kennedy’s 1997 novel is a psychological thriller about an investment banker who kills a neighbour (with a more than decent bottle of Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc!) then stages his own death and takes on the victim’s identity. The novel was set in America but has been relocated to France as a vehicle for rising French star Romain Duris in the main role with Catherine Deneuve and Niels Arestrup supporting.
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The Big sleep

From the 1939 novel The Big sleep by Raymond Chandler

Big women

From the novel Big women by Fay Weldon

Billy Bathgate

From the novel Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow

Billy Liar

From the 1959 novel Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse

Biloxi Blues

From the play Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon

The Birdcage

A remake of the French film La cage aux folles which was based on a play by Jean Poiret and a score of Jerry Herman’s Broadway musical version of the play

The Birds

From a short story (but only loosely adapted) The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier

Birdman of Alcatraz

From the 1955 book Birdman of Alcatraz by Thomas Gaddis

The Biscuit eater

Based on the short story The Biscuit eater by James Street

Bishop’s wife

From a short story Bishop’s wife by Robert Nathan

Black and blue

From the novel Black and blue by Anna Quindlen

Black and blue

From the 1997 novel Black and blue by Ian Rankin

Black Beauty

From the novel Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Black Dahlia

James Ellroy’s 1987 novel has been a contender for film adaptation for years. It is a fictional treatment of a famous case from 1947 when the body of a tortured woman was found on a vacant lot in Los Angeles. The novel looks into the sordid underbelly of Hollywood in the postwar years and has become known as a leading example of noir fiction. Brian De Palma directs a cast headed by Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank.
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Black hawk down

From the 1999 book Black hawk down by Mark Bowden

Black Robe

From the novel Black Robe by Brian Moore

Blackrock

From the 1996 Australian play Blackrock by Nick Enright

The Black stallion

From the novel The Black stallion by Walter Farley

The Black stallion returns

From the 1945 novel The Black stallion returns by Walter Farley

Black Sunday

From the novel Black Sunday by Thomas Harris

The Black tower

From the novel The Black tower by P.D. James

Black Water Transit

Carsten Stroud’s 2001 novel is a tough dark thriller follows the divergent agendas of crooks, cops and lawyers as they clash over a shipment of illegal firearms, mafia ties and a double homicide. The film is the feature debut of music video director Samuel Bayer and it is a vehicle for action star Vin Diesel. Filmed in Chicago, it co-stars James Franco, Kevin Bacon and Sophie Okonedo.
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Blackboard jungle

From the 1954 novel Blackboard jungle by Evan Hunter

Blade Runner

Based upon the Philip K. Dick novel Do androids dream of electric sheep?. The title is taken from an unproduced screenplay by William S. Burroughs.

Mr Blanding builds his dream house

From the 1946 novel Mr Blanding builds his dream house by Eric Hodgins

Bleak House

The Dickens classic has been brought to the television screen before, most recently in an impressive version in 1985 with Denholm Elliott as John Jarndyce and Diana Rigg as Lady Dedlock. The new BBC version is adapted by Andrew Davies who has scripted virtually all major literary adaptations in recent years. This version is to be made up of 16 half-hour episodes to be shown twice a week and it is being filmed from February through to July 2005. Anna Maxwell Martin plays the main character, Esther Summerson and the cold and sinister Lady Dedlock, who has a very dark secret in her past, is played by Gillian Anderson. Denis Lawson is lawyer John Jarndyce, Timothy West is Lord Dedlock, comedian Johnny Vegas is the shady shopowner Krook, Charles Dance is the ruthless lawyer Tulkington, comedian Alistair McGowan is Kenge, the slimy lawyer, and even Stars in their eyes compere Matthew Kelly is in the cast, making his acting debut as a ballet teacher. The supporting cast includes Pauline Collins, Anne Reid, Richard Griffiths, Liza Tarbuck, Alun Armstrong, Nathaniel Parker, Warren Clarke and more.
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Bless the child

From the novel Bless the child by Cathy Cash Spellman

Blessed assurance

From a short story in the 1991 book White people by Allan Gurganus

Blindness

Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles (last film, The constant gardener) is directing an adaptation of the classic novel by Portuguese author Jose Saramago (first published in 1995; first translated, 1997). It’s a dark apocalyptic tale about an epidemic of blindness that sweeps through a modern city and pushes society to the brink of breakdown. The cast is headed by Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga and Danny Glover.
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Blind date

From the novel Blind date by Frances Fyfield

Blokes and sheds

Tie-in book by Jim Hopkins

Blonde

From the 2000 novel Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates

Blonde bombshell

Apparently based onDiana Dors' out of print autobiography

Blood and sand

From the 1913 novel Blood and sand by Vincente Blasco Ibanez

Bloody Sunday

From the 1997 book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday by Don Mullan

Blott on the landscape

From the novel Blott on the landscape by Tom Sharpe

Blow

From the 1993 book Blow by Bruce Porter

Blue planet

Tie-in book by Andrew Byatt

Blue river

From the 1991 novel Blue river by Ethan Canin

Blueprint (2003)

From the 2000 novel Blueprint by Charlotte Kerner

Body and soul

From the novel Body and soul by Marcelle Bernstein

The Body in question

Tie-in book by Jonathan Miller

Body of lies

A former journalist turned CIA agent is sent to Amman to work with Jordan’s intelligence chief to track down an Al Qaeda leader who is rumoured to be planning a major attack on the U.S. in the 2007 novel by David Ignatius. Ridley Scott is making the film version on location in Morocco with Leonardo Di Caprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Carice Van Houten. Simon McBurney and Oscar Isaac leading the cast.
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The Body snatcher

From the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson

Body Snatchers

From the 1954 novel Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney

Body story

Tie-in book by David Williams

The Bombmaker

From the 1999 novel The Bombmaker by Stephen Leather

The Bone collector

From the novel The Bone collector by Jeffrey Deaver

Boogie woogie

Danny Moynihan, who knew the art scene both as an exhibitor and a curator, made his debut as a novelist with a book that slagged off the art scene mercilessly. It’s taken a while to get to the screen but it may be worth it as it has an impressive cast including Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Stellan Sjkarsgard, Joanna Lumley, Heather Graham, Amanda Seyfried, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Lee, Alan Cumming. Alfie Allen and Jaime Winstone (daughter of Ray).
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Boom

From the play The Milk train doesn’t stop here anymore by Tennessee Williams

Born on the Fourth of July

From the 1976 book Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic

Born yesterday

From the play Born yesterday in the volume Comedy tonight by Garson Kanin

The Borrowers

From the novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton

Boss of bosses

From the 1991 book Boss of bosses by Joseph F. O'Brien

The Bourne identity

From the 1980 novel The Bourne identity by Robert Ludlum

The Bourne supremacy (2004)

From the 1986 novel by Robert Ludlum. Read the Book ~ About the Film

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

The Bourne stories are a franchise that can do no wrong in movie terms and this is the third Jason Bourne film, based on the third novel, published 1990, in Robert Ludlum’s action series. The novel was the last actually penned by Ludlum and Bourne didn’t turn up till much later under another name writing under the Ludlum brand name. Paul Greengrass is directing again and Matt Damon once again plays Bourne. To show that this isn’t a run of the mill thriller, playwright Tom Stoppard was roped in to write the screenplay. The large supporting cast includes Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Daniel Bruhl, Paddy Considine and Edgar Ramirez.
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The Bounty

Based on the 1972 book Captain Bligh and Mr Christian by Richard Hough

Boy A

From the novel Boy A by Jonathan Trigell

The boy in striped pyjamas

Mark Herman (Brassed off, Purely belter) is directing, on location in Budapest, the film version of John Boyne’s 2006 Young Adult novel about two boys caught up in events beyond their control and comprehension. One of the boys is the son of the commander of a concentration camp and the other is one of the child prisoners. The novel is something of a crossover title in that it was written for young people but has had a lot of interest from adults. The boys, Bruno and Shmuel, are played by Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon and adult members of the cast include Vera Farmiga, Rupert Friend, David Thewlis, Sheila Hancock and Jim Norton.
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The Boys

From the 1991 play The Boys by Gordon Graham

The Boys from Brazil

From the novel The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin

The Bravados

From the 1957 novel The Bravados by Frank O'Rourke

The Brave

From the 1991 novel The Brave by Gregory McDonald

Brave little toaster

From the 1986 novel Brave little toaster by Thomas J. Disch

Brave little toaster goes to Mars

From the novel Brave little toaster goes to Mars by Thomas J Disch

Braveheart

Not based on a book. There is a paperback novelisation by Randall Wallace. There are biographies of William Wallace and a novel by Nigel Tranter called The Wallace

Breakfast at Tiffany's

From the 1958 novel Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Breakfast on Pluto

Irish director Neil Jordan adapted Pat McCabe’s novel to the screen in 1997 and he has now turned his attention to McCabe’s 1998 novel about an eccentric recording his memoirs. His story begins with being abandoned in a Rinso box and brought up in a terrible foster home from which he escapes with dreams of stardom and eventual life as a transvestite rent boy in London. A black comedy with real originality, the novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize of its year. The film, set in the 1970s and filmed in Belfast, has Cillian Murphy as the lead character along with Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson and Stephen Rea.
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Breaking dawn

What can you say about the fourth in the phenomenal series? This adaptation of the 2008 novel is to be released in two separate parts. Bill Condon directs with the familiar cast led by Kristin Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning with others including Michael Sheen, Anna Kendrick and Ashley Green.
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Breaking the code

From the play Breaking the code by Hugh Whitemore which was based on the 1983 book Alan Turing: The enigma of intelligence by Andrew Hodges

Breaking the surface: the Greg Louganis story (1997)

From the book 1995 Breaking the surface by Greg Louganis

The Breakthrough

From a short story The Breakthrough by Daphne Du Maurier. In her collection Not after midnight

Breathing lessons

From the novel Breathing lessons by Anne Tyler

The Bridal path

From the 1952 novel The Bridal path by Nigel Tranter

Brideshead revisited

From the novel Brideshead revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead revisited

It is hard to imagine why anyone would want to bring Evelyn Waugh’s 1945 novel to the screen given that the television adaptation in 1981 is regarded as near perfect and is still watched on DVD and television. It was first announced last year as a film with Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly in the leads but that went nowhere and now a lavish adaptation by Andrew Davies is coming up under the direction of Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane). Charles and Sebastian (originally Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews) are played by Matthew Goode and Ben Whishaw. Julia Flyte, Lord and Lady Marchmain, Charles Ryder’s appalling father, Lord Marchmain’s mistress, Cordelia Flyte and Rex Mottram (played so memorably by Diana Quick, Laurence Oliver, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, Stephane Audran, Phoebe Nicholls and Charles Keating in the original) are now in the hands of Hayley Attwell, Michael Gambon, Emma Thompson, Patrick Malahide, Greta Scacchi, Felicity Jones and Jonathan Cake. The locations have been done at – where else? – Castle Howard. All it needs is the famous score by Geoffrey Burgon and the copy is complete.
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The Bridge

From the novel The Bridge by Maggie Hemingway

The Bridge at Remagen

Based on the 1957 book The Bridge at Remagen by Kenneth Hechler

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

From the 1953 novel The Bridges at Toko-Ri by James A. Michener

The bridge of San Luis Rey

Thornton Wilder’s classic 1927 novel is about the collapse of a bridge in 18th C. Peru. Five people are killed and a missionary priest who witnessed the tragedy asks the question as to why it was these five and in doing so explores the lives of the five deceased people. It was made into a silent film in 1929 and again in 1944. The new version features Robert De Niro, Kathy Bates, F. Murray Abraham, Harvey Keitel, Geraldine Chaplin and Gabriel Byrne.
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A Bridge too far

From the book A Bridge too far by Cornelius Ryan

Bridge To Terabithia

Katharine Paterson’s 1978 children’s novel, a Newberry prize winner, was first filmed for Canadian television in 1985. This new adaptation is a much bigger budget item, a co-production between Disney and Walden Media, makers of the very successful first Narnia movie. The story concerns a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia whose life expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. Josh Hutcherson (from The polar express) plays the lead character and co-stars include Ann Sophia Robb (from Charlie and the chocolate factory), Zooey Deschanel and Robert Patrick. The film is the directing debut of notable animator Gabor Csupo and the author’s son, David Paterson, has adapted the novel. Wellington’s Weta Digital is in charge of the effects and locations have been done in other parts of New Zealand.
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The Bridges of Madison County

From the novel The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller

Bridget Jones’s diary

From the novel Bridget Jones’s diary by Helen Fielding

Bridget Jones: the edge of reason

Based on Helen Fielding’s 1999 sequel to her bestseller. The story picks up four weeks after the end of the last film (and book) and once again Renee Zellwegger is the title character with Hugh Grant and Colin Firth reprising their roles. Read the Book ~ About the Film

Brief encounter

Based on the play Still life in his Plays Three by Noel Coward

A Brief history of Time

From the book A Brief history of Time by Stephen Hawking

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

This is a short story in a 1999 collection of the same name by the highly original American author David Foster Wallace. The film version is directed by John Krasinski who is best known for the American version of The office. In the film Julianne Nicholson plays a woman who decides to cope with a relationship breakdown by interviewing a number of men to find out why men are like they are. The males under the microscope, many of them known from television, include Max Minghella, Timothy Hutton, Ben Shenkman, Lou Taylor Pucci, Josh Charles, Bobby Cannavale and Christopher Meloni.
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Bright angel

From the short stories Children and Great Falls by Richard Ford. In his collection Rock Springs

Bright star (2009)

Material principally based on the 1997 book Keats by Andrew Motion.

Bright young things

This is an adaptation of the classic 1930 comedy, Vile bodies, by Evelyn Waugh, a satirical story of high society.
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Brighton Rock

Graham Greene’s 1938 novel is one of his best but the theological aspects of it have troubled readers for years. It’s set in a brilliantly evoked Brighton where holiday crowds and criminals intertwine. His main character Pinkie is a young psychopathic gangster and the barmaid who feels that justice should be served is seen as wanting because she hasn’t got the concept of good and evil that our young villain possesses! This didn’t come out as strongly in the 1947 film version where Richard Attenborough played Pinkie. The new film has Sam Riley as Pinkie and Helen Mirren as Ida, the barmaid. Andrea Riseborough (replacing Carey Mulligan who was to star) plays the girl Pinkie marries and the cast also includes Pete Postlethwaite and John Hurt. The period has been changed to 1964, the time of the Mods and Rockers on the South Coast of England.
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Brilliant lies

From the 1993 play Brilliant lies by David Williamson

Bringing out the dead

From the novel Bringing out the dead by Joe Connelly

Brokeback mountain

Annie Proulx’s 1998 novella is a short (a mere 58 pages) work about a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy who meet at a ranch near Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming, and fall in love. A gay western is considered a daring prospect for a mainstream American movie and it represents a departure for Chinese director Ang Lee from his last movie, Hulk.
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Broken arrow

From the 1947 novel Broken arrow by Elliott Arnold

The Broken cord

From the book The Broken cord by Michael Dorris

Broken English

Novelisation Broken English by Johanna Pigott

Broken trust

From the novel 1991 Court of honor by William P. Wood

Brother orchid

From a short story Brother orchid by Richard Connell

Brothers in law

From the 1955 novel Brothers in law by Henry Cecil

Brothers in trouble

From the story Return journey by Abdullah Hussein

The Browning version

From the play The Browning version by Terence Rattigan

The brush off (2004)

From the 1998 novel The brush off by Shawn Maloney

The Buccaneers

From the novel The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton

Bugsy

Based on the 1967 book We only kill each other by Dean Jennings

Bully

Based on the 1997 book Bully: does anyone deserve to die? by Jim Schutze

The Burger and the King

From the book The Burger and the King by David Adler

Burglar

From the 1978 novel The Burglar in the closet by Lawrence Block

The Burning season

Based on the book The Burning season by Andrew Revkin

Burnt offerings

From the 1973 novel Burnt offerings by Robert Marasco

The Butcher boy

From the novel The Butcher boy by Patrick McCabe

Butterbox babies

From the 1990 book Butterbox babies by Bette Cahill

By love possessed

From the 1957 novel By love possessed by James Gould Cozzens