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Ernest Hemingway: books in order and screen adaptations
Quick answer
Ernest Hemingway has 10 books adapted into 16 TV shows and movies.
About Ernest Hemingway's books on screen
Ernest Hemingway has 10 works on record that have been adapted for the screen, published from 1926 to 1964. Together they have become 16 movies. The first adaptation was A Farewell to Arms (1932), and the most recent released one is The Killers (2024). The most adapted is The Killers, with 4 screen versions.
Ernest Hemingway books with adaptations, in publication order
- The Sun Also Rises (1926) · adapted as The Sun Also Rises (1957)
- The Killers (1927) · adapted as The Killers (1946), The Killers (1964), The Killers (1956), The Killers (2024)
- A Farewell to Arms (1929) · adapted as A Farewell to Arms (1932), A Farewell to Arms (1957)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1936) · adapted as The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
- The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber (1936) · adapted as The Macomber Affair (1947)
- To Have and Have Not (1937) · adapted as To Have and Have Not (1944), The Breaking Point (1950)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) · adapted as For Whom the Bell Tolls (1942)
- Across the River and into the Trees (1950) · adapted as Across the River and Into the Trees (2022)
- The Old Man and the Sea (1952) · adapted as The Old Man and the Sea (1958), The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
- A Moveable Feast (1964) · adapted as Midnight in Paris (2011)
TV shows and movies based on Ernest Hemingway's books
- The Killers (movie, 2024)
- Across the River and Into the Trees (movie, 2022)
- Midnight in Paris (movie, 2011)
- The Old Man and the Sea (movie, 1999)
- The Killers (movie, 1964)
- The Old Man and the Sea (movie, 1958)
- The Sun Also Rises (movie, 1957)
- A Farewell to Arms (movie, 1957)
- The Killers (movie, 1956)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (movie, 1952)
- The Breaking Point (movie, 1950)
- The Macomber Affair (movie, 1947)
- The Killers (movie, 1946)
- To Have and Have Not (movie, 1944)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (movie, 1942)
- A Farewell to Arms (movie, 1932)
Common questions
How many Ernest Hemingway books have been made into movies or TV shows?
10 books have been adapted into 16 TV shows and movies.
What was the first Ernest Hemingway adaptation?
A Farewell to Arms, released in 1932, a movie based on A Farewell to Arms.
Is a new Ernest Hemingway adaptation coming?
No new adaptation date is on record yet; the latest released one is The Killers.
Which Ernest Hemingway book has the most adaptations?
The Killers, with 4 TV and movie versions.