Book to screen
Movies based on books: 2026
Every film coming in 2026 that started as a book, with the book right beside it so you can read it first. Dates are first release.
MovieNot Without Hope
Jan 1 Based on Not Without Hope
MovieThe Pout-Pout Fish
Jan 1 Based on The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
MovieThe Stranger
Jan 1 Based on The Stranger by Albert Camus
MovieBack to the Past
Jan 2 Based on The Chronicles of Finding Qin by Huang Yi
MovieThe Dutchman
Jan 2 Based on Dutchman by Amiri Baraka
The Housemaid
The book behind the film, Jan 8
MovieThe Housemaid
Jan 8 Based on The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
MovieHamnet
Jan 9 Based on Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
People We Meet on Vacation
The book behind the film, Jan 9
MoviePeople We Meet on Vacation
Jan 9 Based on People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
MovieThe Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I
Jan 15 Based on The Wizard of the Emerald City by Alexander Volkov
MovieH Is for Hawk
Jan 23 Based on H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
MovieDie My Love
Feb 5 Based on Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz
Wuthering Heights
The book behind the film, Feb 12
Movie"Wuthering Heights"
Feb 12 Based on Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
MovieBlades of the Guardians
Feb 17 Based on Biao Ren by Xu Xianzhe
MovieThis Is Not a Test
Feb 20 Based on This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
MovieThe Chronology of Water
Feb 26 Based on The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch
MovieThe Wizard of the Kremlin
Feb 26 Based on The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli
MoviePillion
Feb 27 Based on Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones
Project Hail Mary
The book behind the film, Mar 18
MovieProject Hail Mary
Mar 18 Based on Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
MoviePinocchio: Unstrung
Apr 11 Based on The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
MovieKokuho
Apr 30 Based on Kokuho by Shuichi Yoshida
MovieBackrooms
May 7 Based on The Backrooms by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/7650bc321f8603d92013efd1a1cb7e28
MovieThe Sheep Detectives
May 7 Based on Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The book behind the film, May 8
MovieRemarkably Bright Creatures
May 8 Based on Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
MovieAnd Their Children After Them
May 14 Based on And Their Children After Them by Nicolas Mathieu
MovieIs God Is
May 15 Based on Is God Is by Aleshea Harris
MovieLa bola negra
May 21 Based on La bola negra (play) by Federico García Lorca
MovieKensuke's Kingdom
May 28 Based on Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
MoviePressure
May 28 Based on Pressure by David Haig
MovieHadestown: The Musical
Jun 8 Based on Hadestown
MovieDe Gaulle: Résistance
Jun 10 Based on A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson
MovieSupergirl
Jun 22 Based on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King
MovieThe Odyssey
Jul 6 Based on Odyssey by Homer
MovieSpider-Man: Brand New Day
Jul 29 Based on Spider-Man: Brand New Day
MovieTony
Aug 1 Based on Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
MovieDC
Aug 7 Based on Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
MovieThe Death of Robin Hood
Aug 12 Based on Robin Hood's Death
MovieThe Dog Stars
Aug 26 Based on The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
MovieThe Whisper Man
Aug 28 Based on The Whisper Man
The Love Hypothesis
The book behind the film, Sep 23
MovieThe Love Hypothesis
Sep 23 Based on The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
MovieThe Thing with Feathers
Oct 15 Based on Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter
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