List of films based on civics books
A list of films that are based on books about common topics and issues in social science and political science.
Addiction
Alcoholism
India
Mexico
- ♠ The subject is the British consul in a Mexican town.
USA
Drug addiction
Germany
- ♠ The German book title translates literally as Christiane F. – We Children from the Zoo Station.
UK
USA
Sex addiction
USA
Civil rights
South Africa
USA
For slave revolts, see List of films based on war books — 1775–1898.| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| Boycott * | 2001 | Clark Johnson | USA | Daybreak of Freedom: the Montgomery Bus Boycott | Stewart Burns | 1997 ¤ | Non-fiction | Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy, Rosa Parks |
| ' * | 1975 | Marvin J. Chomsky | USA | ' | Don Whitehead | 1970 | Non-fiction | Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman |
- * TV movie.
- ** TV miniseries.
Journalism
Reporters
- ♠ A television reporter broadcasts live from the 1746 Battle of Culloden.
- * TV movie.
Editors
Publishers
- ♠ Mrs. Graham is often mentioned but not dramatized.
Labour
Belgium
USA
Agriculture
Manufacturing
- * TV movie.
Mining
Sports
- ♠ The hockey players in the wage dispute are Canadian; the club owners are American.
- * TV movie.
Mental disorder
19th century
Canada
;20th centuryUSA
Native issues
Australia
USA
- ♠ The story of Ira Hayes was also told in Flags of Our Fathers.
Penology
Roman Empire
Brazil
France
South Africa
UK
- ♠ The earliest editions of the novel did not contain a glossary, or any indication that the slang was based on Russian.
Capital punishment
USA
Capital punishment
- * TV movie.
USSR
Political prisoners
Greece
- ♠ The film concerns torture during the period of the colonels.
South Africa
Poverty
Brazil
UK
USA
Urban
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| A Tree Grows In Brooklyn | 1945 | Elia Kazan | USA | A Tree Grows In Brooklyn | Betty Smith | 1943 | Novel | Brooklyn |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn | 1989 | Uli Edel | USA, UK, West Germany | Last Exit to Brooklyn | Hubert Selby Jr. | 1964 | Novel | Brooklyn |