Movie List for "a j finn novel"

The Turning (2020) Drama Horror Mystery Movie

A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl’s problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James’ novella “The Turn of the Screw.” Year 2020.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Floria Sigismondi
Writer: Henry James, Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes
Actors: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince

Great Expectations (1998) Drama Romance Movie

Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love. Year 1998.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writer: Charles Dickens (novel), Mitch Glazer (screenplay)
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper

Borrowing Matchsticks (1980) Adventure Comedy History Movie

In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected. Year 1980.

Generes: Adventure, Comedy, History
Director: Leonid Gaidai, Risto Orko
Writer: Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai, Risto Orko, Algot Untola (novel), Tapio Vilpponen
Actors: Evgeniy Leonov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Rita Polster, Ritva Valkama

The Woman in the Window (2020) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors, only to witness a disturbing act of violence. Year 2020.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: A.J. Finn (novel), Tracy Letts
Actors: Anthony Mackie, Amy Adams, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Oldman

The Woman in the Window (2020)

An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors, only to witness a disturbing act of violence. Year 2020.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: A.J. Finn (novel), Tracy Letts
Actors: Anthony Mackie, Amy Adams, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Oldman

The Turning (2020)

A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after their parents’ deaths. A modern take on Henry James’ novella “The Turn of the Screw.” Year 2020.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Floria Sigismondi
Writer: Carey W. Hayes, Chad Hayes, Henry James (novel)
Actors: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten

The Woman in the Window (2020)

An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors, only to witness a disturbing act of violence. Year 2020.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: A.J. Finn (novel), Tracy Letts
Actors: Anthony Mackie, Amy Adams, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Oldman

The Turning (2020)

A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after their parents’ deaths. A modern take on Henry James’ novella “The Turn of the Screw.” Year 2020.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Floria Sigismondi
Writer: Carey W. Hayes, Chad Hayes, Henry James (novel)
Actors: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

A young blade runner’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for thirty years. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Hampton Fancher (screenplay by), Michael Green (screenplay by), Hampton Fancher (story by), Philip K. Dick (based on characters from the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by)
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Dave Bautista, Robin Wright, Mark Arnold

It (2017)

In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town. Year 2017.

Generes: Horror
Director: Andy Muschietti
Writer: Chase Palmer (screenplay by), Cary Joji Fukunaga (screenplay by), Gary Dauberman (screenplay by), Stephen King (based on the novel by)
Actors: Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

When seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade a small town, replicating the residents one body at a time. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Philip Kaufman
Writer: W.D. Richter (screenplay), Jack Finney (novel)
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright

The Year of the Hare (1977)

Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his … Year 1977.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Risto Jarva
Writer: Risto Jarva, Kullervo Kukkasjärvi, Arto Paasilinna (novel), Arto Paasilinna (screenplay)
Actors: Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta, Markku Huhtamo, Paavo Hukkinen

The Invasion (2007)

As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped. Year 2007.

Generes: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
Writer: David Kajganich (screenplay), Jack Finney (novel)
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond