Literary Adaptation Movies

  • 1938
    Sable Cicada

    Sable Cicada

    Sable Cicada

    61938HD

    Diaochan (aka Diau Charn and Sable Cicada), one of the Four Beauties of China, is supposed to be so stunningly lovely that the moon was shamed to...

    Sable Cicada
  • 2023
    Winnie-the-Pooh

    Winnie-the-Pooh

    Winnie-the-Pooh

    02023HD

    Adapted word-for-word from A.A. Milne's masterpiece, Winnie-the-Pooh helps his friends Eeyore, Piglet, Owl, and Christopher Robin in their...

    Winnie-the-Pooh
  • 1964
    Spy No. 13

    Spy No. 13

    Spy No. 13

    01964HD

    During World War II, spy Wu Lai-sheung is instructed by her superior Fan Yeung-shan to murder spy number 13 Cheung Chi-ping. While Wu establishes a...

    Spy No. 13
  • 1967
    Stroller

    Stroller

    Stroller

    01967HD

    An old member of Namsadang (a wayfaring group of Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)) leaves his daughter Gye-yeon at a tavern of Hwagye Market, a traditional...

    Stroller
  • 2017
    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    82017HD

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
  • 1911
    Trilby and Svengali

    Trilby and Svengali

    Trilby and Svengali

    01911HD

    British adaptation of Trilby filmed in Kinemacolor. Presumed lost.

    Trilby and Svengali
  • 1959
    How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies

    How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies

    How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies

    01959HD

    The three heroines, Wong Ang, Wu Nga, and Heung At expose a murder case involving three dead bodies found in an old temple. Unbeknown to the trio,...

    How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies
  • 1959
    The Natural Son

    The Natural Son

    The Natural Son

    01959HD

    Chor Yuen started his directorial career with a bang. From its very first image, The Natural Son establishes Chor as a filmmaker of stylistic...

    The Natural Son
  • 1959
    The Chair

    The Chair

    The Chair

    01959HD

    After inheriting his father's estate, Cheung Ka-bo leads a life of debauchery after getting know Blackie Yuen, who profits at others' expense, and...

    The Chair
  • 1922
    Trilby

    Trilby

    Trilby

    01922HD

    First installment of the Tense Moments with Great Authors series. Presumed lost.

    Trilby
  • 2021
    Affliction

    Affliction

    Affliction

    102021HD

    Affliction
  • 1936
    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    01936HD

    The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
  • 1958
    A Lovely Girl's Lovely Dreams

    A Lovely Girl's Lovely Dreams

    A Lovely Girl's Lovely Dreams

    01958HD

    Songstress Mui Yee-wah falls head over heels for painter Wai Tik-fung despite their age difference. Because Wai is a married man, Mui's mother is...

    A Lovely Girl's Lovely Dreams
  • 2019
    Fortress

    Fortress

    Fortress

    4.52019HD

    Filmed entirely inside Civitavecchia prison, with the inmates themselves as protagonists and co-authors, Fortezza is the reinterpretation of one of...

    Fortress
  • 1968
    Winter Love

    Winter Love

    Winter Love

    01968HD

    Inside a café, on Christmas Eve. Chim Kei meets an enigmatic woman named Mimi Wong who introduces herself as the daughter of an upper-crust...

    Winter Love
  • 2023
    A Leaf of Winter

    A Leaf of Winter

    A Leaf of Winter

    102023HD

    We all carry our leaves, some of winter, some of spring and summer. But all leaves grow, breathe and wither with time; and so do we.

    A Leaf of Winter
  • 1982
    The Pedlar

    The Pedlar

    The Pedlar

    01982HD

    The Pedlar is a dramatic film based on the short story by W.D. Valgardson, A Place of One's Own. Tired of the rootless, lonely existence of a...

    The Pedlar
  • 1966
    The Secret Agent 303

    The Secret Agent 303

    The Secret Agent 303

    01966HD

    Hong Kong's Ironman stepped up to the plate when Dr. No (1962) took the world by storm in the 1960s. Tso Tat-wah, the quintessential tough guy of...

    The Secret Agent 303
  • 1966
    The Witty Bus Girl

    The Witty Bus Girl

    The Witty Bus Girl

    01966HD

    Industrialist Tam Kar-cheung knowingly puts the lives of his workers at risk so as to line his pocket with insurance payments. The chivalrous Bus...

    The Witty Bus Girl
  • 1993
    Beck – De gesloten kamer

    Beck – De gesloten kamer

    Beck – De gesloten kamer

    71993HD

    A police officer investigates the case of a man shot dead in a room locked from the inside. A suicide? Then where's the gun?

    Beck – De gesloten kamer