Movies and TvShows featuring "based-on-story" theme.

Apartment 610 holds a dark and terrifying secret: anyone who enters it will die within four days. Can Alma and her sister, Mia, escape the curse?

Lily Powers, a young woman from a small town, uses her beauty and charm to manipulate men in order to climb the social ladder. Starting as a secretary, Lily seduces her way to the top, becoming a mistress and using her newfound power to exact revenge on those who wronged her.

Called home to visit their dying uncle, two siblings discover his eerie resistance to death when a series of supernatural events haunts them.

My World and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine closely resembling The New Yorker called The Manhattanite. Wry, fanciful and curmudgeonly, Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his rather sensible wife Ellen and intelligent, questioning daughter Lydia. Monroe's frequent daydreams and fantasies are usually based on Thurber material. My World — And Welcome To It is the name of a book of illustrated stories and essays, also by James Thurber. The series ran one season on NBC 1969-1970. It was created by Mel Shavelson, who wrote and directed the pilot episode and was one of the show's principal writers. Sheldon Leonard was executive producer. The show's producer, Danny Arnold, co-wrote or directed numerous episodes, and even appeared as Santa Claus in "Rally Round the Flag."

Another is a supernatural horror anime that tells the story of a middle school student named Kouichi Sakakibara who transfers to a new school and discovers a chilling secret. The class he joins is haunted by a mysterious curse that causes a series of tragic deaths every year. As the deaths continue, Kouichi and his classmates must unravel the dark secrets of their school before it's too late. With a gloomy atmosphere, suspenseful plot twists, and gruesome deaths, Another takes viewers on a terrifying journey into the supernatural.

A group of young men and women who work as seasonal workers in a sugar factory face terror from the kingdom of demons where the factory is located. They must find out the cause of the demons' anger, before the terror ends their lives.

Mary Stevens, M.D. is a drama film released in 1933. It follows the story of a female physician navigating the challenges of her profession in the pre-Code era. The plot revolves around pregnancy, friendship, romance, and professional obstacles. Mary Stevens finds herself caught in a web of unrequited love, embezzlement schemes, and an unexpected pregnancy out of wedlock. Will she be able to overcome these obstacles and find happiness in her personal and professional life?

Soon after getting married, couple Maya and Andi begin to experience eerie disturbances from unseen malevolent forces.

After finding a strange package, Sucipto and his family suspect a terrible curse is responsible for a string of misfortunes taking over their lives.

A group of World War II veterans, led by Danny Ocean, plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos on New Year's Eve by simultaneously detonating an explosives-filled van at each casino's electrical control center.

Land of the Lost follows a group of explorers who accidentally travel through a time warp and find themselves in a world full of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. They must navigate this dangerous and unpredictable land while trying to find a way back home.

A Gulf war veteran named Jack Starks is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals. There, he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments that completely affect his life. Starks tries to piece together his memories and find out what happened to him on a specific date in the past. Along the way, he encounters a young woman named Jackie who believes his story. Together, they navigate through time and uncover the truth about Starks' past and his connection to Jackie's family.

In the year 2021, a courier named Johnny Mnemonic, who has a computer chip implanted in his brain, is tasked with delivering sensitive information. As he races against time, he encounters assassins, hitmen, and a pharmaceutical corporation that will stop at nothing to get hold of the valuable data. With the help of a bodyguard and a group of rebels, Johnny must navigate a dangerous world of virtual reality and high-stakes deception.

In 1974, two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of the law in New York City. One is a cop while the other gets involved with the mob. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, the family's bonds are put to the ultimate test.

Aris was the perfect husband and ideal family man. That is, until his sister-in-law moves in and they begin a forbidden affair.

In 'Dear David', comic artist Adam responds to Internet trolls and experiences sleep paralysis. As he chronicles malevolent occurrences in tweets, he believes he's being haunted by a dead child named David. Encouraged by his boss, Adam starts losing grip on reality. Based on a viral Twitter thread.

Twin sisters plot to kill each other in order to take the other's identity and inheritance.

When a diplomat in Sydney discovers a nuclear bomb plot, he must navigate the treacherous waters of international espionage and uncover the truth while facing personal demons.

After Mawar falls for her very first boyfriend, her friends' joy turns into suspicion as they realize he may not be who he seems.

When a teenage girl named Crysta discovers a human logging operation in the magical rainforest of FernGully, she enlists the help of a young human named Zak to save their home from destruction. Together, they must battle an evil creature and learn the importance of protecting nature.