• Sylvia (2003) - Sylvia Plath
• Finding Forrester (2000)
• Total Eclipse (1995) - Arthur Rimbaud
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) - Dorothy Parker
• Deathtrap (1982)
• Henry Fool (1997)
• Manhattan (1979)
• Barfly (1987) - Bukowski
• The Pillow Book (1996)
• My Left Foot (1989)
• American Splendor (2003)
• Swimming Pool (2003)
• The Front (1976)
• Ruby Sparks (2012)
• Impromptu (1991)- George Sand
• Kill Your Darlings (2013) - Ginsberg, Burrough, Kerouac
• Contempt (1963) - Odisseia (Homero)
• Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
• Adult World (2013)
• Julia (1977)
• Poetic Justice (1993)
• Fellini’s Casanova (1976)
• Shakespeare In Love (1998)
• Iris (2001)
• Before Sunset (2004)
• The Door in the Floor (2004) - Based on the John Irving novel A Widow For One Year
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) - Hunter Thompson
• Misery (1990) - Stephen King
• Before Night Falls (2000)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• The World According to Garp (1982) - Based on the John Irving novel Sexual Suspect
• The Hours (2002) - based on Virginia Woolf novel Mrs Dalloway
• Naked Lunch (1991) - based on the novel Naked Lunch
• Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
• Bright Star (2009)
• Young Adult (2011)
• Certified Copy (2010)
• A Man For All Seasons (1966)
• Providence (1977)
• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• My Brilliant Career (1979)
• Adaptation (2002) - Susan Orlean’s real-life book The Orchid Thief
• An Angel at My Table (1990)
• Wonder Boys (2000)
• Barton Fink (1991)
• Reprise (2006)

The screenplay "The Shining" was co-written by Diane Johnson, the writer best known for the great book Le Divorce