This is a list of films that are based on books about crime. Films are listed according to the decade in which the depicted crime occurred, rather than by the film's date of release.
This page includes "crimes" where the "criminal" was later exonerated. This page includes suicides or other deaths which have been deemed to be suspicious by some and have therefore become the subject of conspiracy theories.
12th century
England
Japan
14th century
Italy
16th century
England
======== 1536
Scotland
17th century
United States
1692âÂÂ1693
18th century
France
Frequently filmed: Le Bossu
1785
Frequently filmed: ' and sequels
1737
Bulletin ... upcoming film: ' by Oskar Roehler
19th century
Australia
For bushrangers, see List of films based on westerns.
Brazil
For cangaceiros, see List of films based on westerns.
Canada
For Mounties, see List of films based on westerns.
France
Corsica
See
1894âÂÂ1897
India
Russia
United Kingdom
February 1820
1827âÂÂ1828
15 May 1855
1888âÂÂ1891 (Jack the Ripper)
United States
For outlaws and lawmen, see List of films based on westerns.
14 April 1865<br /> See List of films based on war books â 1775âÂÂ1898 See also Assassinations in fiction.
24 February 1868
4 August 1892
1900s
United States
11 July 1906
The novel was the subject of an unproduced 1930 screenplay by Sergei Eisenstein.
1910s
France
1914âÂÂ1918
United Kingdom
after 31 January 1910
1920s
France
Germany
1929
United States
21 May 1924 (Leopold and Loeb)
19 November 1924
1925
1925âÂÂ1931
14 February 1929
20 March 1927
1930s
Algeria
France
2 February 1933
Japan
18 May 1936
United States
23 April 1931
1 March 1932
[informative page deleted over copyright violations] <br /> 9 December 1932
1940s
Austria
Bahamas
7 July 1943
Canada
1949âÂÂ1952 (Boyd Gang)
France
before 31 October 1944
Italy
1 May 1947
- â A young innocent is deceived by swindlers and sold into slavery.
- ñ Animated film
Kenya
1941
United States
2 August 1942
c. 15 January 1947
West Germany
1950s
Canada
France
United Kingdom
25 December 1950 (Christmas Day robbery of a church)
1955
United States
17 January 1950
31 July 1952
1957
Frequently filmed: Psycho
16 June 1959
15 November 1959
1960s
Argentina
1965
- ⣠The robbery took place in Argentina; the pursuit ended in Uruguay.
France
- â The film was remade for television in 2005 as Joseph.
Sweden
Frequently filmed: Roseanna and sequels
Turkey
United Kingdom
1963
Uruguay
1965
- ⣠The robbery took place in Argentina; the pursuit ended in Uruguay.
United States
3 June 1961
9 March 1963
1962âÂÂ1964
22 November 1963
Bulletin ... film currently in development: Reclaiming History
- ⣠Lane is credited as screenwriter, rather than as author.
- ⦠Bugliosi's preparation for the televised "trial" of deceased defendant Oswald became the book Reclaiming History.
- â The authors are credited as technical advisors on JFK.
- âÂÂ¥ Prouty's book has an introduction by Oliver Stone.
- * TV special
- ** TV miniseries
- ô Documentary
- â Dramatized documentary
See also Assassinations in fiction.
13 March 1964
26 October 1965
13 July 1966
1969 (Manson Family)
1970s
Canada
13 November 1971
Guyana
18 November 1978
Italy
Sweden
23âÂÂ28 August 1973 (Stockholm syndrome)
United Kingdom
Bulletin ... film now in production: Straw Dogs by Rod Lurie
11 September 1971
What if ...
- â The earliest editions of the novel did not contain a glossary, or any indication that the slang was based on Russian.
United States
New England
- â The film, shot in Bennington, Vermont, involves a "bank in a remote town in New England".<br />"Catamount" is an infrequently used term for a cougar, but here refers to the fictitious town.
17 February 1970
1970âÂÂ1972
17 June 1972
22 August 1972
1974âÂÂ1978
before 1975
31 October 1975
1977âÂÂ1978
29 June 1978
What if ...
1980s
Australia
17 August 1980 (dingo baby abduction)
Canada
21 January 1983
6 December 1989
France
1980s
India
Iran
Soraya M. case
1986
Mexico
9 February 1985
Soviet Union
1978âÂÂ1990
What if ...
- â In this version, the murderer, renamed Evilenko, has psychic powers.
United States
10 March 1980 (Scarsdale Diet author death)
8 December 1980
See also Assassinations in fiction.
28 May 1981
before 11 June 1983
18 June 1984
See also Assassinations in fiction.
23 March 1989
West Germany
1990s
Australia
Belgium
Canada
up to 1992
France
India
12 March 1993
Singapore
1995
Spain
- â A crossword puzzle writer becomes involved in a bizarre mystery in Seville.
United Kingdom
12 February 1993
- â The principal connection to the Bulger case appears to be the youthfulness of the convicted boys.
United States
20 July 1993
Vietnam
2000s
30 May 2005
Brazil
Italy
Mexico
South Korea
United States
- ô Decade when story occurs is presumed.
- ** TV miniseries
14 July 2003
Political crimes
For political prisoners, see List of films based on civics books.
Drug trade
For traffickers, see above.<br /> For addicts, see List of films based on civics books.
Prisons
For punishment and prisons, see List of films based on civics books.
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