Little Women: Book to 1933 Film
The four March sisters come of age during and after the Civil War as family loyalty, illness, work, and love lead them toward different adult lives.
Little Women / 1933 filmAdaptations
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Little Women: Book to 1994 Film
Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March grow from a financially strained Civil War household into adult lives shaped by work, love, loss, and the sisters' enduring attachment.
Little Women / 1994 filmLittle Women: Book to 2019 Film
The March sisters grow through poverty, work, love, illness, and separation while Jo tries to make a life as a writer without surrendering the family that formed her.
Little Women / 2019 filmPeople We Meet on Vacation: Book to Film
Opposite best friends Poppy and Alex reconnect on a trip after two years apart and must decide whether years of summer friendship have been postponing a shared life.
People We Meet on Vacation / 2026 filmThe Housemaid: Book to Film
Millie enters the Winchester home believing Nina is unstable and Andrew is sympathetic, only to learn that the household's apparent roles conceal a calculated response to abuse.
The Housemaid / 2025 filmHamnet: Book to Film
Agnes and her playwright husband lose their eleven-year-old son Hamnet to plague, and their different forms of grief eventually meet in the creation and performance of Hamlet.
Hamnet / 2025 filmThe Hunger Games: Book to Film
Katniss volunteers for the Hunger Games, protects Peeta where she can, and turns the Capitol's final rule change into public defiance.
The Hunger Games / 2012 filmCatching Fire: Book to Film
Katniss's victory becomes a rebel symbol before the Quarter Quell sends her and Peeta back into a clock-shaped arena.
Catching Fire / 2013 filmMockingjay and Part 1: Book to Film
District 13 makes Katniss its Mockingjay while the Capitol uses the captured Peeta against her.
Mockingjay / 2014 filmAdaptations and their sequels
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