List of Short Fiction Made Into Feature Films - A-E - S-Z

S-Z

Short fiction	Film adaptation(s)
"Sardonicus" (1961), Ray Russell	Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
"Second Variety" (1953), Philip K. Dick	Screamers (1995) * Screamers: The Hunting (2009)
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939), James Thurber	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (TBA 2012)
Secret Window, Secret Garden (1990), Stephen King	Secret Window (2004)
The Seed and the Sower (1963), Laurens van der Post	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
"The Sentinel" (a. k. a. "Sentinel of Eternity") (1951), Arthur C. Clarke	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" (1936), H. P. Lovecraft	Lemora (1973) Dagon (2001) Cthulu (2007)
"Shopgirl" (2000), Steve Martin	Shopgirl (2005)
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" (1936), Ernest Hemingway	The Macomber Affair (1947)
"A Situation of Gravity" (1957), Samuel W. Taylor	The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) * Son of Flubber (1963) The Absent-Minded Professor (1988) (TV) * The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places (1989) (TV) Flubber (1997)
"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (1936), Ernest Hemingway	The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)
"The Sobbin' Women" (1938), Stephen Vincent Benét	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
"Sometimes They Come Back" (1974), Stephen King	Sometimes They Come Back (1991) (TV) * Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) (TV) ** Sometimes They Come Back... for More (1998) (TV)
"Spurs" (1923), Tod Robbins	Freaks (1932)
"St. Dragon and the George" (1957), Gordon R. Dickson	The Flight of Dragons (1982) (TV)
"The Statement of Randolph Carter" (1920), H. P. Lovecraft	The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) 13:de mars, 1941 (2004) Kammaren (2007) The Testimony of Randolph Carter (2009)
"Steel" (1956), Richard Matheson	Real Steel (2011)
"A Story Like the Wind" (1972), Laurens van der Post	A Far Off Place (1993)
"Suburbs" (1930), Vera Caspary	The Night of June 13 (1932) Scandal Street (1938)
"Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" (1969), Brian Aldiss	A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
"Tales of the South Pacific" (1947), James A. Michener	South Pacific (1958) South Pacific (2001)
"There Shall Be No Darkness" (1950), James Blish	The Beast Must Die (1974)
"The Third Man" (1948), Graham Greene	The Third Man (1949)
"The Thought Monster" (1930), Amelia Reynolds Long	Fiend Without a Face (1958)
"トニー滝谷" ("Tonī Takitani") (1990), Haruki Murakami	Tony Takitani (2004)
"Toomai of the Elephants" (1894), Rudyard Kipling	Elephant Boy (1937)
"The Traitor" (1928), W. Somerset Maugham	Secret Agent (1936)
"Traumnovelle" ("Dream Story") (1925–1926) (serial), (1926) (novel), Arthur Schnitzler	Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
"Troll Bridge" (1991) (written), (1992) (published), Terry Pratchett	Troll Bridge (TBA 2013)
"Trucks" (1973), Stephen King	Maximum Overdrive (1986) Trucks (1997) (TV)
The Turn of the Screw (1898), Henry James	Matinee Theater: The Others (1957) The Turn of the Screw (1959/I) (TV) The Turn of the Screw (1959/II) (TV) The Innocents (1961) * The Nightcomers (1971) (prequel to above) Die sündigen Engel (1962) (TV) Le tour d'écrou (1974) (TV) The Turn of the Screw (1974/I) (TV) The Turn of the Screw (1982) (TV) Otra vuelta de tuerca (1985) Nightmare Classics: The Turn of the Screw (1989) (TV) The Turn of the Screw - Die Drehung der Schraube (1990) (TV) The Turn of the Screw (1992) The Turn of the Screw (1994) The Haunting of Helen Walker (a. k. a. The Turn of the Screw) (1995) (TV) Presence of Mind (1999) The Turn of the Screw (1999) (TV) Le tour d'écrou (2001) (TV) The others (2001) The Turn of the Screw (2003) In a Dark Place (2006) The Turn of the Screw (2009) (TV) The Turn of the Screw (2009/I) (TV) The Turn of the Screw 3D (TBA 2013)
"Two Bad Hats" (1937), Monckton Hoffe	The Lady Eve (1941) The Birds and the Bees (1956)
"The Undefeated" (1996), Irvine Welsh	Ecstasy (2009)
Up at the Villa (1941), W. Somerset Maugham	Up at the Villa (2000)
"The Vessel of Wrath" (1931), W. Somerset Maugham	Vessel of Wrath (1938) The Beachcomber (1954) The Vessel of Wrath (1970) (TV) Wilson's Reward (1980) (TV)
The Virgin and the Gypsy (1926) (written), (1930) (published), D. H. Lawrence	The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970)
"The Wax Works" (1930), Charles Spencer Belden	Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) House of Wax (1953) House of Wax (2005)
"We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" (1966), Philip K. Dick	Total Recall (1990) Total Recall (2012)
Andre Dubus short stories "We Don't Live Here Anymore" (1975) * "Adultery" (1977)	We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
Weeds (1976), Stephen King	Creepshow (1982)
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" (1966), Joyce Carol Oates	Smooth Talk (1985)
"White Nights" (1848), Fyodor Dostoyevsky	White Nights (1959) Le notti bianche (1957) Chhalia (1960) Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971) شب های روشن (The White Nights) (2002) Iyarkai (2003) Ahista Ahista (2006) Saawariya (2007) Two Lovers (2009)
"Who Am I This Time?" (1961), Kurt Vonnegut	Who Am I This Time? (1982) (TV)
"Who Goes There?" (1938), John W. Campbell, Jr.	The Thing from Another World (1951) The Thing (1982) * The Thing (2011) (prequel to above)
"The Wisdom of Eve" (1946), Mary Orr	All About Eve (1950)
"Your Arkansas Traveler" (1955), Budd Schulberg	A Face in the Crowd (1957)
"Youth Without Youth" ("Tinereţe fără tinereţe") (1976), Mircea Eliade	Youth Without Youth (2007)
"Zorro" (1919–1959) (series), Johnston McCulley	Zorro (1920–1925) (series) The Mark of Zorro (1920) * Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925) The Bold Caballero (1936) Zorro (1937–1949) (serials) Zorro Rides Again (1937) * Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939) ** Zorro's Black Whip (1944) *** Son of Zorro (1947) **** Ghost of Zorro (1949) The Mark of Zorro (1940) Disney's Zorro (1958–1959) (series) The Sign of Zorro (1958) * Zorro, the Avenger (1959) Zorro (1961) * The Shadow of Zorro (a. k. a. Zorro the Avenger) (1962) The Mark of Zorro (1974) (TV) La Gran Aventura Del Zorro (1974) Zorro (1975) Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981) Zorro (1998–2005) (series) The Mask of Zorro (1998) * The Legend of Zorro (2005)
"Звезда" ("Zvezda"; or, "The Star") (1947), Emmanuil G. Kazakevich	Zvezda (The Star) (2002)