The adaptation of sensational novels and books is always perceived favorably by fans of the literary talent of famous authors. Viewers want to see heroes embodied on the screen and compare them with book images. Films based on books of various genres, which will be released in 2021, will not be an exception. Watching this online selection of the best movie stories is recommended for fans of spy novels, detective stories, love passions and chilling horrors.
The Gray Man - based on the novel of the same name by Mark Greene
- Genre: Thriller
- Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
- The plot tells about the fulfillment of tasks by a killer named "The Gray Man".
In detail
The action of the picture immerses the audience in the intricacies of the work of a contract killer named Court Gentry. Previously, he worked for the CIA and on special assignments. Now the main character is forced to hide from Lloyd Hansen, the same killer. To lure Court out, Lloyd tracked down two of his daughters, whose existence the hero did not even know.
Spontaneous - adaptation of the novel by Aaron Starmer
- Genre: science fiction, fantasy
- Director: Brian Duffield
- The storyline is dedicated to the supernatural abilities of a young girl.
In detail
The story tells about a girl who is in high school at Covington School in the suburbs of New Jersey. The heroine named Marie suddenly discovers that she can ignite. Moreover, this unusual ability can manifest itself at any time under the influence of stress. Marie will have to learn how to cope with school problems.
Bullet Train - Based on the work of Isaki Kotaro
- Genre: Action
- Director: David Leitch
- The story of a group of killers caught in the same train. Each of them received an order to eliminate a competitor.
In detail
The action takes place on a high-speed passenger train from Tokyo to Morioka. Simultaneously 5 assassins ride in it. During the trip, they are tasked with killing each other. It is not easy to do this on a train speeding over 300 km / h. Only one of them will reach the final station.
The Nightingale - Based on Christine Hannah's bestseller
- Genre: military, drama
- Director: Melanie Laurent
- The storyline reveals the heroism of two young sisters during the Second World War.
In detail
The film is set during the Second World War. France is occupied by the Wehrmacht troops. Two sisters are fighting for their survival and one day they help the downed Allied pilots to get to the other side of the front. Later, the girls joined the French Resistance and hid the Jewish children.
Metro 2033 - adaptation of the book of the same name by Dmitry Glukhovsky
- Genre fiction
- Director: Valery Fedorovich, Evgeny Nikishov
- A fantastic story of the survival of people in the Moscow subway after a terrible cataclysm.
In detail
The film is set in 2033 in Moscow, which has turned into a ghost town. The surviving people are hiding from the radiation at subway stations. The main character, named Artyom, will have to go through all the metro lines to save the inhabitants of his VDNKh station. This is not easy to do, because horror lurks in the tunnels.
Chaos Walking - Based on the Patrick Ness Trilogy
- Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
- Director: Doug Lyman
- The storyline reveals to the viewers the unusual world of the colonized planet.
In detail
The film is set in the New World in the town of Prentissstown. An unknown virus killed all women. Residents of the city are connected to the Noise system, which allows you to hear each other's thoughts. The main character, teenager Todd Hewitt, discovers a place with absolute silence. And later he meets people who know how to create these places.
The Girls I’ve Been - adaptation of the novel of the same name by Tess Sharp
- Genre: Thriller
- The story of a showdown of a love relationship, unfolding against the background of a bank robbery.
In detail
The main character, Nora O'Malley, invites her ex-boyfriend to the local bank. She comes to a meeting with a girl with whom she is in a relationship. At the time of their meeting, robbers break into the bank and take everyone hostage. Nora will have to use all her eloquence to stay alive and escape with people close to her.
Good Morning, Midnight (The Midnight Sky) - adaptation of the novel by Lily Brooks-Dalton
- Genre: Drama
- Director: George Clooney
- The story of the rescue of a detachment of astronauts unaware of the death of humanity.
In detail
The sci-fi movie, based on the book by Lily Brooks-Dalton, will be released on Netflix in 2021. The viewer will be given the opportunity to watch the surviving astronomer's attempts to warn the astronauts returning from Jupiter of the danger. Included in the online selection of the best film adaptations, the picture is included for George Clooney's aspiration to continue making science fiction.
Mr. Harrigan's Phone - adaptation of Stephen King's story
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama
- Director: J. Lee Hancock
- The plot tells about the boy's connection with the other world using a mobile phone.
In detail
9-year-old boy Craig received a lottery ticket from an elderly neighbor Harrigan. It turned out to be winning. In gratitude, Craig bought a cell phone. But the old man died, and the relatives put the phone in the coffin. After some time, out of curiosity, Craig sends a voice message to the deceased. And suddenly he receives a message from the other world in response.
Children of the Corn - adaptation of Stephen King's short story of the same name
- Genre: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Kurt Wimmer
- Scary and mystical events take place in a settlement where only children and adolescents live.
In detail
This picture will add to the list of adaptations of the popular Stephen King story. This mystical story has appeared on the screens 7 times, since 1984. In the story, a traveling family accidentally knocks a guy down on the highway. In an attempt to find a doctor, they end up in a village surrounded by corn fields. Children living in it profess a terrible cult.
Prisoner 760 - film adaptation of the book "Diary of Guantanamo" by Mohamed Ould Slahi
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Kevin MacDonald
- The plot takes the audience to the famous prison, where the forcibly detained main character is fighting for freedom.
In detail
The film is set around the difficult fate of a Guantanamo prison inmate. He has been kept in dungeons for 14 years without any trial. All these years, the hero of the film has been trying to achieve freedom. In this, women lawyers want to help him. They will have to face many obstacles.
We are based on the novel "We" by Evgeny Zamyatin
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama
- Director: Hamlet Dulian
- A screen adaptation of the alternative development of surviving humanity after the Great War.
In detail
The film is set 200 years after the Great War. The people who survived formed the United State. All its inhabitants are impersonal, instead of names they have a serial number and the same uniform. Once an engineer D-503 meets a woman I-330 and discovers in himself the birth of previously unfamiliar feelings.
Shantaram - Based on the novel by Gregory David Roberts
- Genre: Action, Thriller
- Director: Justin Kurzel
- The plot revolves around an escaped prisoner trying to start life from scratch.
In detail
The main character Lindsay is a drug addict. For armed robbery, he received 19 years in prison. But he managed to escape by moving from Australia to India. Away from friends and acquaintances, the main character begins a new life. For everyone around him, he is a visiting doctor. And later, Lindsay goes to war in Afghanistan.
Twist - adaptation of the novel "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens
- Genre: Action, Drama
- Director: Martin Owen
- The plot shows the hard lot of a teenager who fell into a gang of underage pickpockets.
In detail
Escaping from the undertaker, young Oliver Twist begins to live on the streets of modern London. There he makes acquaintance with a girl Dodge - a petty thief. She leads Oliver into a gang led by the thief Fagin and his insane partner Sykes. Pickpockets decide to accept Oliver into their ranks. But first he must steal the priceless painting.
Petrovs in the flu - adaptation of the novel by Alexei Salnikov
- Genre: drama, fantasy
- Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
- The plot reveals to the audience the secrets of the Petrov family, who were simultaneously on sick leave.
In detail
The film is set in Yekaterinburg in an ordinary family. Due to illness, all family members find themselves together and begin to pay more attention to each other. Her husband, a car mechanic, had a hobby - he draws comics and raves about fantasy. The librarian's wife has a more terrible hobby - she kills men who offend other women. And their son is completely inanimate.
Human Comedy (Comédie humaine) - screen version of the second part of "Lost Illusions" by Honore de Balzac
- Genre: Drama, History
- Director: Xavier Giannoli
- The plot is based on the second part of the novel - "Provincial Celebrity in Paris".
In detail
The protagonist Lucien is a young poet dreaming of the fires of glory. He leaves Angoulême for Paris and immediately comes to the attention of metropolitan gossips. It is recognized as tasteless, and the books do not want to be published. He also quickly got bored with the literary circle. Ambition brought him into politics and led to the death of the young actress. Unable to withstand life in the capital, the hero returns home.
Yes Day - based on the novel by Amy Krause Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
- Genre: Comedy
- Director: Miguel Arteta
- The storyline shows what full approval of children's actions can lead to.
In detail
An ordinary modern family is raising a little son. Parents do not allow him to be naughty and lazy. But once they agree to allocate 1 day a year, when they will fulfill all his whims. They did not even suspect what a long list of desires a young tomboy could have, preparing for this event for a whole year.
Rebecca - adaptation of the novel by Daphne du Maurier
- Genre: Thriller, Drama
- Director: Ben Wheatley
- A mystical plot about the persecution of a young woman, recently married, by the shadow of her dead first wife.
In detail
This film story is one of Netflix's book-based films in 2021. The viewer will be able to watch an online selection of the best adaptations of modern writers and classics of the past era. The film is set in Manderly's estate in Cornwall. Maximillian de Winter brings his new wife there. The shadow of the deceased wife begins to haunt the girl.
