Movies and TvShows featuring "1980s-literature-on-screen" theme.

The Queen's Gambit is a TV show centered around Beth Harmon, a young orphaned girl with a gift for chess. Set in the 1960s, the show follows Beth as she navigates her way through the male-dominated world of competitive chess, facing challenges both on and off the board. Despite her troubled upbringing, Beth's extraordinary talent and determination propel her to become a grandmaster and a force to be reckoned with in the chess world.

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent. After a series of murders and capturing the scents of beautiful young girls, Grenouille is captured and sentenced to death. On the day of his execution, he applies a drop of his perfume, which causes everyone to fall into a massive orgy, declaring Grenouille innocent. Disenchanted with his aimless quest, Grenouille returns to Paris, where he is devoured by the crowd who believes him to be an angel.

Beau Pere tells the story of a man who falls in love with his stepdaughter after the death of her mother. As their relationship becomes more intimate, they struggle with the guilt and consequences of their forbidden love. The movie explores themes of desire, loss, and the complexities of human relationships.

Memoirs of an Invisible Man follows the story of a man who becomes invisible after a laboratory accident. He is pursued by the CIA who wants to use his invisibility as a weapon. As he tries to uncover their plans, he forms a relationship with a woman who helps him. With comedic and thrilling moments, the movie explores the consequences and challenges of living as an invisible person.

Yoshimoto Koya becomes a tutor to a student, Numata Shigeyuki, an underachiever on the verge of dropping out of middle school. Expecting immediate results, Shigeyuki’s father makes a deal with Koya that if he could make Shigeyuki return to school within a week, he would receive a 100,000 yen bonus. Koya accepts the offer, replying that he would only need 5 days to complete the mission but demands that no one should interfere with his methodology in doing so.

Mari Hayase is on a mission to go back in time and meet eight of the most prominent scientists and inventors in history. With the help of her two friends Waka Mizuki and Jun Mizuki she’ll find herself up close and personal with famous figures like Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and so many more! What’s her purpose and mission? Hopefully not getting stuck in the past!

Everybody Wins is a crime thriller set in a small town, focusing on corruption and murder. A private detective investigates a murder which involves a catholic priest, drugs, and a mysterious paper bag. As he digs deeper, he uncovers a web of deceit and secrets that threaten to destroy the town.

In 1980s Central Europe, a female doctor is confronted with a complicated brain tumor operation that will test her skills, while also dealing with the emotional impact it has on herself and the patient's family.

In Deadly Circuit, a private detective finds himself entangled in a web of deception and obsession as he investigates a series of murders. As he follows the clues, he realizes that he is being watched and that the killer may be closer than he thinks. With themes of literature, noir, and dark comedy, Deadly Circuit takes viewers on a thrilling journey through a maze of crime and intrigue.

An upbeat, action-filled drama that depicts the lives of two obnoxious high school students, Koji and Toru, who are caught in exciting and dangerous adventures involving their fellow students. Based on the best selling comic series, “Be-Bop High School” has gained popularity among the young audience, and become an icon of Japan’s pop culture in the 1980’s.

Live action adaptation of the cartoon and comic. The story focuses on a high school boy who boards with an all-female family. When he discovers that he can turn invisible, it naturally leads to risque situations, particularly involving the girls that he lives with.

One day after school, Kaoru glances at Sonoko at the pool side. He falls in love with her at first sight and decides to join the swimming team even though he cannot swim.

In this uproarious comedy, a woman accidentally exposes herself in a comedy of errors involving mistaken identities, secret affairs, and mischievous pranks, resulting in a hilarious farce that will leave you in stitches.

Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fellow high school student neighbor Ryotaro Shiba, who decides to join the high school boxing club. Adapted from Toshio's Nobe manga, with the same title.

An elderly paper-crusher branded a fool in Prague secretly stashes condemned books, preserving their contents and extrapolating from them eccentric scenarios of wit.

After his wife Marjan has died in a car crash, Philip de Wit becomes a total wreck. Only after months does he return to a more or less normal life and even then he only works in his wife's bookstore. A year later Eileen walks in the store, a girl from Northern Ireland with her baby in her arms. When Philip sees her, he's dumbfounded, for she's the spitting image of his dead wife. Obsessed with her, he goes and tries to find her again, but he soon finds out that he's not the only one who's looking for Eileen.

A grotesque and self-ironic reflection on the last things, and how you have to work for yourself.