Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "based-on-book-series"

1. Will Trent (2023– )

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama

Special Agent Will Trent was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta's overwhelmed foster care system. Determined to make sure no one feels as he did, he now has the highest clearance rate.

Stars: Ramón Rodríguez, Erika Christensen, Iantha Richardson, Jake McLaughlin

Votes: 17,105

2. Reacher (2022– )

TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Itinerant former military policeman Jack Reacher solves crimes and metes out his own brand of street justice. Based on the novels by Lee Child.

Stars: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald

Votes: 210,196

3. Alex Rider (2020–2024)

TV-14 | 1,067 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Alex Rider is an ordinary teenager enlisted to work on behalf of MI6, where he uses skills he didn't know he had to become an extraordinary spy.

Stars: Otto Farrant, Vicky McClure, Brenock O'Connor, Stephen Dillane

Votes: 17,093

4. Foundation (2021– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.

Stars: Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Terrence Mann

Votes: 95,775

5. The Wheel of Time (2021– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Set in a high fantasy world where magic exists, but only some can access it, a woman named Moiraine crosses paths with five young men and women. This sparks a dangerous, world-spanning journey. Based on the book series by Robert Jordan.

Stars: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Madeleine Madden, Zoë Robins

Votes: 136,768

6. Bosch (2014–2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama

An L.A.P.D. homicide detective works to solve the murder of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court for the murder of a serial killer.

Stars: Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Lance Reddick

Votes: 83,301

7. The Bad Guys (2022)

PG | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretends to seek being rehabilitated, only for their leader to realize that he genuinely wants to change his ways.

Director: Pierre Perifel | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson

Votes: 58,776 | Gross: $97.23M

8. His Dark Materials (2019–2022)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.

Stars: Dafne Keen, Kit Connor, Ruth Wilson, Amir Wilson

Votes: 84,488

9. All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama

The numerous adventures of a countryside veterinarian practice in 1930s to 1940s Yorkshire, England.

Stars: Anna Madeley, Samuel West, Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton

Votes: 16,799

10. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2019)

TV-PG | 1,164 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

After the loss of their parents in a mysterious fire, the three Baudelaire children face trials and tribulations attempting to uncover dark family secrets.

Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Pauli Weissman, Louis Hynes

Votes: 66,680

11. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

When a massive fire kills their parents, three children are delivered to the custody of cousin and stage actor Count Olaf, who is secretly plotting to steal their parents' vast fortune.

Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep, Liam Aiken

Votes: 220,965 | Gross: $118.63M

12. Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)

TV-MA | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

With the help of DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently spends his days bringing to justice members of the criminal underworld who are unfortunate enough to have the intrepid investigator assigned to their cases.

Stars: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Simon Hubbard, Lisa McGrillis

Votes: 8,509

13. Garage Sale Mysteries (2013–2020)

TV-G | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jennifer Shannon co-owns an antiques store with her best friend Danielle. Jen is also an amateur sleuth solving murders and other mysteries. Jen's store gets supplied by her attending garage sales, estate sales and yard sales.

Stars: Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, Steve Bacic, Eva Bourne

Votes: 1,008

14. Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)

R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside.

Director: Leigh Janiak | Stars: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald

Votes: 94,066

15. The Dark Tower (2017)

PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert

Votes: 145,754 | Gross: $50.70M

16. The Golden Compass (2007)

PG-13 | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.

Director: Chris Weitz | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Ben Walker

Votes: 196,757 | Gross: $70.11M

17. Goosebumps (2015)

PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

A teenager teams up with the daughter of young-adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.

Director: Rob Letterman | Stars: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee

Votes: 95,307 | Gross: $80.08M

18. The Black Cauldron (1985)

PG | 80 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A young boy and a group of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diabolical tyrant can.

Directors: Ted Berman, Richard Rich | Stars: Grant Bardsley, Freddie Jones, Susan Sheridan, Nigel Hawthorne

Votes: 40,651 | Gross: $21.29M

19. Goosebumps (1995–1998)

TV-PG | 22 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

"Goosebumps" was a series of scary anthology stories based on the children's books by R.L. Stine. Series one was hosted by R.L. Stine for twelve episodes.

Stars: R.L. Stine, Kathryn Short, Cody Jones, Scott Wickware

Votes: 15,209

20. Bitten (2014–2016)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Elena navigates her life between the human world and the werewolf world as the only female of the species.

Stars: Laura Vandervoort, Greyston Holt, Greg Bryk, Steve Lund

Votes: 19,257

21. Hailey Dean Mystery (2016–2021)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ex DA's prosecutor, now therapist Hailey Dean and her investigator friend, Finch, solve murder cases.

Stars: Kellie Martin, Viv Leacock, Matthew MacCaull, Lucia Walters

Votes: 652

22. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)

PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Two young friends find a magic book that brings a ventriloquist's dummy to life.

Director: Ari Sandel | Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris

Votes: 23,728 | Gross: $46.70M

23. Sweet Valley High (1994–1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Based on the book series, this series revolves around the lives of the Wakefield twins and their friends as they attend High School in Sweet Valley, California.

Stars: Cynthia Daniel, Brittany Daniel, Amy Danles, Michael Perl

Votes: 1,965

24. Honey West (1965–1966)

Not Rated | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.

Stars: Anne Francis, John Ericson, Bruce, Irene Hervey

Votes: 803

25. Uglies

Action, Adventure, Drama | Post-production

A world in which a compulsory operation wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty.

Director: McG | Stars: Joey King, Chase Stokes, Laverne Cox, Jillian Murray

26. Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Daring British WWI fighter pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and 1980s low-level business executive Jim Ferguson discover that they can time travel to each other's eras. They try to stop the Germans from changing the outcome of WWI.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchison, Peter Cushing

Votes: 3,360 | Gross: $0.11M

27. Shatter Me

Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Announced

The life of 17-year-old Juliette Ferrars, who has been locked away for a crime she never intended to commit a crime caused by her peculiar "gift" that she herself doesn't even understand.

28. The Worst Witch (1986 TV Movie)

G | 70 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Mildred Hubble (Fairuza Balk) is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers. The headmistress of ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rae, Tim Curry, Fairuza Balk

Votes: 3,135

29. Bing (2014–2021)

TV-Y | 7 min | Animation, Family

Celebrating the noisy, joyful, messy reality of pre-school life.

Stars: Elliot Kerley, Mark Rylance, Eve Bentley, Akia Henry

Votes: 625

30. Ranma ½ (1989–1990)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

A girl is involuntarily engaged to a boy who turns female when hit with cold water and male when hit with hot.

Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Noriko Hidaka, Sarah Strange

Votes: 5,586

31. The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011)

TV-14 | 441 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A girl with special cat-like powers is being hunted by an assassin.

Stars: Skyler Samuels, Gracie Gillam, Ki Hong Lee, Benjamin Stone

Votes: 10,584

32. Ranma ½ (1989–1992)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Ranma Saotome, the boy who turns into a girl with a splash of water, always has his hands full fending off crazed admirers. One of the most fanatical is Shampoo, a girl from a tribe of ... See full summary »

Stars: Ken'ichi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Noriko Hidaka, Venus Terzo

Votes: 1,770

33. The Family (2019)

TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary, Mystery

An enigmatic Christian group known as The Family wields enormous influence in Washington, DC, in pursuit of its global ambitions.

Stars: Jeff Sharlet, James Cromwell, Doug Hampton, Lisa Getter

Votes: 4,059

34. Ramona (1988–1989)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Drama, Family

Based on the popular children's series, Ramona Quimby struggles with the day-to-day life of being an eight-year-old.

Stars: Sarah Polley, Lynda Mason Green, Lori Chodos, Barry Flatman

Votes: 230

35. Tom Swift (2022)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Tom Swift is a billionaire inventor who is thrust into a world of sci-fi conspiracy and unexplained phenomena after the shocking disappearance of his father while on a space flight.

Stars: Tian Richards, Ashleigh Murray, Marquise Vilson, Albert Mwangi

Votes: 1,700

36. Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (2023 Video Game)

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Harry Potter: Magic Awakened takes place a few years after the Second Wizarding War. You, the player, receive a letter of acceptance from the Hogwarts School of Magic as a freshman and ... See full summary »

Stars: Abigail Marlowe, Anastasia Basil, Andrea Becker, Andrew Morgado

Votes: 24

37. The Demon Headmaster (1996–1998)

25 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Dinah Glass moves in with a new foster family and begins to attend the same school as her new foster brothers. But there is something very strange going on at the school. BBC adaptation of the children's novels by Gillian Cross.

Stars: Terrence Hardiman, Frances Amey, Gunnar Cauthery, Thomas Szekeres

Votes: 771

38. Lord of the Mysteries (2025– )

Animation, Action, Adventure

In the fogs of history and darkness, who was whispering? When the gray fog falls, who is whispering in the ear. The light still shines, the mystery has never been far away.

39. Little Princess (2006– )

TV-Y7 | Animation, Family

Princess is full of energy, charm and questions about how the world works. She has an impressive curiosity and stubbornness. But however demanding Princess gets no one can stay angry with her for long once she tries to make it all better.

Stars: Jane Horrocks, Colin McFarlane, Julian Clary, Maggie Ollerenshaw

Votes: 377

40. Akira

102 min | Action, Drama, Mystery | Announced

The leader of a biker gang tries to save his kidnapped friend from a powerful supernatural experiment.

Director: Taika Waititi

41. Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (2005)

Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An Orphaned Boy sets out in search of adventure, but when a shipwreck lands him on an island where Dinosaurs and Humans coexist, he finds not only adventure but a family as well.

Director: Davis Doi | Stars: Alyssa Milano, Jamie Kennedy, Kathy Griffin, Wayne Knight

Votes: 524

42. The Belgariad

Fantasy | Pre-production

One of the most beloved fantasy fiction epics of all time, written by the late David and Leigh Eddings, with more than 18 million copies of the Belgariad and Malloreon series, later prequels and other books sold.

43. Ranma ½ OVA (1993–2008)

Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

A series of Ranma 1/2 OVAs containing new stories of Ranma and his friends.

Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Minami Takayama, Kikuko Inoue

Votes: 479

44. Akira

Animation, Action, Drama | Announced

An anime TV series based on the manga 'Akira', it will be a direct adaptation.

45. Tara Duncan (2021– )

13 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Tara Duncan is an ordinary young girl who grew up on Earth. By going to OtherWorld, a magical planet, she will learn to control her nascent powers in order to help her family protect the lush empire of Omois of which she is the Heiress.

Stars: Lilou des Bois, Kaycie Chase, Julien Meunier, Arnaud Léonard

Votes: 27

46. Yukikaze (2002– )

47 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Thirty-three years ago, an alien force known as the "JAM" invaded Earth through a dimensional portal over Antarctica. Earth's forces managed to drive the JAM away to a distant planet ... See full summary »

Stars: Yôko Asagami, Takaya Hashi, Noriaki Sugiyama, Takuya Kirimoto

Votes: 357

47. Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (2022 TV Movie)

Drama, Mystery, Romance

A single lawyer meets a man who seems to be everything she is looking for, but when the man's jealousy and wrath lead to suspicious actions and dangerous threats, she has to fight to save herself.

Director: Troy Scott | Stars: Michelle Williams, Antonio Cupo, Romeo Miller, Tina Knowles

Votes: 180

48. The Demon Headmaster (2019– )

25 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A group of mismatched kids discover their headmaster is using hypnotism to gain ultimate control of their school.

Stars: Ellie Botterill, Dijarn Campbell, Jordan Cramond, Nicholas Gleaves

Votes: 85

49. Ranma ½: The Movie 2, Nihao My Concubine (1992)

Not Rated | 60 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

With the Tendos, the Saotomes, Ryoga, Shampoo and Ukyo misinterpreting Tatewake Kuno's invitation to his two loves, Akane and "The Pig Tailed Girl", to try his new yacht, a whole new ... See full summary »

Director: Iku Suzuki | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Noriko Hidaka, Minami Takayama

Votes: 963

50. Goosebumps Dead of Night (2020 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Family, Horror

In Goosebumps Dead of Night, the best-selling Goosebumps franchise has been reimagined as a first-person spooky survival adventure game for all platforms. Experience three chapters of ... See full summary »

Stars: Jack Black, Mick Wingert, Dan Foster, Ondra Masker

Votes: 25