Gli sceneggiatori di Film hanno da sempre attinto a piene mani dai libri di Fantascienza per raccontare storie fantastiche sul grande (e sul piccolo) schermo. In alcuni casi, rari per la verità, facendo un lavoro persino migliore (o per meglio dire, ancora più emozionante) di quello narrato sulla carta stampata. Un binomio certo che non sempre ha avuto successo, ma che in ogni caso ci ha portati a considerare (o riconsiderare) opere e storie che fino a quel momento vivevano soltanto nella nostra immaginazione.
I film di fantascienza tratti da libri
Alcune trasposizioni sono effettivamente una versione visiva del libro, altre si sono lasciate più o meno liberamente ispirare dalla storia e dai personaggi. Ma quelle che vi proponiamo in questa lista, valgono se non altro una (doppia) occasione: quella di guardare per chi ha letto e quella di leggere per chi ha guardato. Con, si spera, reciproca soddisfazione. Se poi volete sapere tutto sui Film di Fantascienza degli anni duemila, fate un salto sulla pagina dedicata!
Disclaimer: ci sono stati innumerevoli trasposizioni nei decenni passati, ma proprio per lo spirito delle nostre pagine, in questo listone vi parleremo solo di quelle uscite negli ultimi anni, dal 2010 a oggi.
Non Lasciarmi di Kazuo Ishiguro (2005, Einaudi)
Never Let Me Go
| October 15, 2010 (United States)
Summary: The lives of three friends, from their early school days into young adulthood, when the reality of the world they live in comes knocking.
Countries: United Kingdom, United StatesLanguages: English
Territori Oscuri – The Dark Fields – Limitless (2011, Rizzoli)
Limitless
| March 18, 2011 (United States)
Summary: A mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100% of his brain's abilities transforms a struggling writer into a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with many dangers.
Countries: United StatesLanguages: English, Russian, Italian, Mandarin, French
I Guardiani del Destino di Philip K. Dick (2011, Fanucci)
The Adjustment Bureau
| March 4, 2011 (United States)
Summary: The relationship between a politician and a contemporary dancer is affected by mysterious forces keeping them apart.
Countries: United StatesLanguages: English
La cosa (Who Goes There?, 1938) di John Wood Campbell
The Thing
| October 14, 2011 (United States)
Summary: At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.
Countries: Canada, United StatesLanguages: English, Norwegian, Danish
Ricordiamo per voi (Total Recall – Atto di Forza) di Philip K. Dick
Total Recall
| August 3, 2012 (United States)
Summary: A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have... Read all
Countries: United States, Canada, United KingdomLanguages: English, Ukrainian
Sotto le lune di Marte (John Carter) di Edgar Rice Burroughs (2011)
John Carter
| March 9, 2012 (United States)
Summary: A war-weary former army captain is inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions.
Countries: United StatesLanguages: English
L’atlante delle nuvole (Cloud Atlas) di David Mitchell (2012, Sperling & Kupfer)
Cloud Atlas
| October 26, 2012 (United States)
Director: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly WachowskiWriter: Writers, David Mitchell, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Stars: Stars, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant,
Summary: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples acro... Read all
Countries: United States, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, United Kingdom, SpainLanguages: English, Spanish, Ukrainian, Korean
Hunger Games di Suzanne Collins (2012, Mondadori)
The Hunger Games
| March 23, 2012 (United States)
Summary: Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at ran... Read all
Countries: United StatesLanguages: English
Ender’s Game (Il gioco di Ender) di Orson Scott Card (1987, Cosmo Oro)
Ender's Game
| November 1, 2013 (United States)
Summary: Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy ... Read all
Countries: United StatesLanguages: English
World War Z di Max Brooks (2006)
World War Z
| June 21, 2013 (United States)
Summary: Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itsel... Read all
Countries: United States, United KingdomLanguages: English, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic
The Host di Stephanie Meyer (2013, Rizzoli)
The Host
| March 29, 2013 (United States)
Summary: When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder risks everything to protect the people she cares about.
Countries: United States, SwitzerlandLanguages: English
Under the Skin di Michel Faber (2001, Einaudi)
Under the Skin
| April 18, 2014 (United States)
Summary: A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.
Countries: United Kingdom, Switzerland, United StatesLanguages: English
Maze Runner di James Dashner (2014, Fanucci)
The Maze Runner
| September 19, 2014 (United States)
Summary: Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow "runners" for a shot at es... Read all
Countries: United States, United KingdomLanguages: English
Divergent di Veronica Roth (2014, De Agostini)
Divergent
| March 21, 2014 (United States)
Summary: In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out wha... Read all
Countries: United StatesLanguages: English, Spanish
Predestination – All You Zombies di Robert A. Heinlein (1959)
Predestination
| January 9, 2015 (United States)
Summary: As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.
Countries: Australia, United StatesLanguages: English
The Giver – Il mondo di Jonas di Lois Lowry (1995, Mondadori)
The Giver
| August 15, 2014 (United States)
Summary: In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
Countries: Canada, South Africa, United StatesLanguages: English
High Rise – Il Condominio di J. G. Ballard (1976)
High-Rise
| April 28, 2016 (United States)
Summary: Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Countries: United Kingdom, BelgiumLanguages: English
The Martian – Sopravvissuto di Andy Weir (2015, Newton Compton)
The Martian
| October 2, 2015 (United States)
Summary: An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescu... Read all
Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Hungary, JordanLanguages: English, Mandarin
Arrival – Storia della tua vita di Ted Chiang
Arrival
| November 11, 2016 (United States)
Summary: Linguist Louise Banks leads a team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must find a way to ... Read all
Countries: United States, CanadaLanguages: English, Mandarin, Russian
Annientamento di Jeff VanderMeer (Einaudi)
Annihilation
| February 23, 2018 (United States)
Summary: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition in which the laws of nature don't apply.
Countries: United States, United KingdomLanguages: English
Fahrenheit 451 di Ray Bradbury (1999, Mondadori)
Fahrenheit 451
| May 20, 2018 (Russia)
Summary: In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young woman - and begins to rebel against societ... Read all
Countries: United StatesLanguages: English
Macchine Mortali di Philip Reeve (2001)
Mortal Engines
| December 14, 2018 (United States)
Summary: In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.
Countries: United States, New Zealand, Japan, ChinaLanguages: English
Ready Player One di Ernest Cline (2011, Mondadori)
Ready Player One
| March 29, 2018 (United States)
Summary: When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of ... Read all
Countries: United States, India, Singapore, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, AustraliaLanguages: English, Japanese
Il colore venuto dallo spazio (The Colour Out of Space) di Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Color Out of Space
| February 25, 2020 (United States)
Summary: A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world.
Countries: United States, Malaysia, PortugalLanguages: English
Little fish di Casey Plett (2018)
Little Fish
| February 5, 2021 (Canada)
Summary: A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.
Countries: United States, CanadaLanguages: English
Dune di Frank Herbert (1965)
Dune: Part One
| October 22, 2021 (United States)
Summary: Paul Atreides arrives on Arrakis after his father accepts the stewardship of the dangerous planet. However, chaos ensues after a betrayal as forces clash to control melange, a precious resou... Read all
Countries: United States, CanadaLanguages: English, Mandarin
The Wandering Earth di Cixin Liu (Mondadori)
The Wandering Earth
| February 5, 2019 (China)
Summary: With the sun dying out, a group of brave astronauts set out to find new planet for the whole human race.
Countries: ChinaLanguages: Mandarin