Adaptation
This tag is applied to a review when its subject work adapts an older reviewed work into a different medium. Where the older work has not been reviewed on this site, the tag is not applied.
Compare “implementation” and “remake”.
Reviews
- “A Trip to the Moon” (1902)
- Quo Vadis? (1913)
- Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Dracula (1931)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- “Thru the Mirror” (1936)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- Gulliver’s Travels (1939)
- Superman (1941)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
- Beauty and the Beast (1946)
- Great Expectations (1946)
- Hamlet (1948)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Miss Julie (1951)
- The Thing from Another World (1951)
- “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1953)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
- The Time Machine (1960)
- The Day of the Triffids (1963)
- The Haunted Palace (1963)
- The Raven (1963)
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- Batman (1966)
- Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
- Here Is Your Life (1966)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Catch-22 (1970)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Animal Treasure Island (1971)
- Sagan om ringen (1971)
- The Andromeda Strain (1971)
- The Emigrants (1971)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
- Solaris (1972)
- Robin Hood (1973)
- Tidal Wave (1973)
- Heidi: A Girl of the Alps (1974)
- Dune (1977)
- Jabberwocky (1977)
- The Hobbit (1977)
- Superman: The Movie (1978)
- “The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa” (1978)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Dracula (1979)
- Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
- Stalker (1979)
- “Princess Mononoke: The First Story” (1980)
- The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Conan the Barbarian (1982)
- The World According to Garp (1982)
- The Right Stuff (1983)
- Dune (1984)
- Lensman (1984)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
- Sherlock Hound (1984)
- “There Will Come Soft Rains” (1984)
- Re-Animator (1985)
- Aniara (1986)
- From Beyond (1986)
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
- “Black Magic M-66” (1987)
- Akira (1988)
- Alice (1988)
- Appleseed (1988)
- Dominion Tank Police (1988)
- Scrooged (1988)
- Starship Troopers (1988)
- Batman (1989)
- Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
- The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Nadia of the Mysterious Seas (1990)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
- The Resurrected (1991)
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)
- Batman Forever (1995)
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
- Emma (1996)
- Hamlet (1996)
- Batman & Robin (1997)
- Berserk (1997)
- Contact (1997)
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- The Odyssey (1997)
- The Postman (1997)
- Wyrd Sisters (1997)
- Great Expectations (1998)
- New Rose Hotel (1998)
- Sphere (1998)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)
- The Prince of Egypt (1998)
- A Christmas Carol (1999)
- The 13th Warrior (1999)
- Dune (2000)
- Dagon (2001)
- From Hell (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
- Spirited Away (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- About a Boy (2002)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
- Solaris (2002)
- The Sum of All Fears (2002)
- The Time Machine (2002)
- Treasure Planet (2002)
- Yukikaze (2002)
- Blame (2003)
- Evil (2003)
- Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)
- La Prophétie des grenouilles (2003)
- Planetes (2003)
- Riverworld (2003)
- Shadow Star Narutaru (2003)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
- Appleseed (2004)
- House (2004)
- Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
- Populärmusik från Vittula (2004)
- The Passion of the Christ (2004)
- Troy (2004)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Guns, Germs, and Steel (2005)
- “The Call of Cthulhu” (2005)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- V for Vendetta (2005)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- 300 (2006)
- A Scanner Darkly (2006)
- “On Ponyo” (2006)
- Sinking of Japan (2006)
- Tales from Earthsea (2006)
- Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- The Road (2009)
- Watchmen (2009)
- Easy Money (2010)
- Robin Hood (2010)
- Tangled (2010)
- The Colour Out of Space (2010)
- Game of Thrones (2011)
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King (2012)
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (2012)
- John Carter (2012)
- Man of Steel (2013)
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
- World War Z (2013)
- “Pickman’s Model” (2014)
- Irrational Man (2015)
- Arrival (2016)
- Berserk (2016)
- Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (2016)
- “The Glass Fortress” (2016)
- Blame (2017)
- Last and First Men (2017)
- Little Women (2017)
- My Friend Dahmer (2017)
- The Handmaid’s Tale (2017)
- Altered Carbon (2018)
- Aniara (2018)
- Little Women (2019)
- “Troll Bridge” (2019)
- Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)
- Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020)
- The Invisible Man (2020)
- Belle (2021)
- Dune (2021)
- Black Crab (2022)
- Bubble (2022)
- Dreams in the Witch House (2022)
- “Ordinary Men: The “Forgotten Holocaust”” (2022)
- Pickman’s Model (2022)
- The Batman (2022)
- “Wind Princess” (2023)
Other
The following make direct references to the adaptation tag.
- “Implementation” tag description
- “Remake” tag description
- “Same source material” tag description
- “Version” tag description
- “Pop Squad” (2021)
- “Swarm” (2022)