Henry James

Henry James

1843-04-15 New York, New York City, USA 60 Credits

Biography

Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born British writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. James alternated between America and Europe for the first 20 years of his life, after which he settled in England, becoming a British subject in 1915, one year before his death. He is primarily known for the series of novels in which he portrays the encounter of Americans with Europe and Europeans. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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The Beast

The Beast

2024

Short Story

6.3
Writing

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past liv...

The Beast in the Jungle

The Beast in the Jungle

2023

Short Story

5.6
Writing

The club as a place of endless (im)possibilities. A man and a woman wait here together for 25 years for a mysterious, all-changing event to occur. Fro...

The Turn of the Screw - OperaGlass Works

The Turn of the Screw - OperaGlass Works

2021

Short Story

Writing

A film of the opera The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten. A young governess arrives at an old house in the country to look after two orphans. Wha...

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

2020

Short Story

6.0
Writing

Louisa Muller makes her Garsington directing debut and we welcome back Richard Farnes (Falstaff, 2018) to conduct with Sophie Bevan (Don Giovanni, 201...

The Turning

The Turning

2020

Novel

5.7

A young woman quits her teaching job to become a private tutor and governess for two wealthy young kids, but soon starts to suspect there’s more to th...

The Spellbound

The Spellbound

2019

Author

5.4

For the "story of the month," Coline, a contributor to a women's magazine, is sent deep into the Pyrenees to interview Simon, a rather wild artist who...

The Beast in the Jungle

The Beast in the Jungle

2019

Novel

6.1

Based on the novella by Henry James Beast in the Jungle depicts the enigmatic love story of John Marcher and May Bartram. Their duet around an omnious...

The Aspern Papers

The Aspern Papers

2019

Novel

4.4

A young writer tries to obtain romance letters a poet sent to his mistress.

A Fera na Selva

A Fera na Selva

2017

Novel

8.0

A story about a man who hopes to see something extraordinary. Based upon the book of Henry James.

The Tutor

The Tutor

2017

Original Story

6.7
Writing

Mona picks up her first job tutoring two orphaned children living in a derelict house in the country. Her obsession with trying to educate these two n...

Through the Shadow

Through the Shadow

2015

Novel

5.4

Laura makes spooky observations as soon as she starts her job as a teacher for two orphan students at a plantation. She concludes that it has somethin...

What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013

Novel

7.1

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

2009

Novel

4.8

A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from boardi...

Le Pendu

2007

Novel

4.5

A small-town detective unravels a web of secrets after a mysterious hanging jolts the community. As whispers of betrayal surface, he confronts his own...

Private Life

Private Life

2007

Novel

In a Dark Place

In a Dark Place

2006

Novel

4.1

The disturbed arts teacher, Anna Veigh, is hired by Mr. Laing as a governess to raise Flora and her brother Miles. Anna believes that the ghosts of th...

The Californians

The Californians

2005

Novel

4.8

When real estate mogul Gavin Ransom announces his plan to cover California's northern coast with scores of mini-mansions, his environmentalist sister,...

Friends of Friends

Friends of Friends

2002

Short Story

5.8
Writing

Dominik Graf relocates the story of the same name by Henry James from the 19th century to the year 2001.

Owen Wingrave

Owen Wingrave

2001

Novel

Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers ...

Presence of Mind

Presence of Mind

2000

Novel

4.6

A governess, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted and the children are under an evil influence.

The Golden Bowl

The Golden Bowl

2000

Novel

6.0

Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Ch...

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

1999

Novel

5.7

A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.

The Haunting of Hell House

The Haunting of Hell House

1999

Short Story

4.2
Writing

A mysterious, morbid professor who has suffered a number of horrid events in his life tries to help a young troubled man, whose girl friend was killed...

The American

The American

1998

Novel

5.8

After the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to France is search of cultural treasures. He won't get ...

Under Heaven

Under Heaven

1998

Novel

4.2

Two young lovers try to con a wealthy woman out of her inheritance by pretending to be brother and sister.

Washington Square

Washington Square

1997

Novel

6.2

Set in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to the chagrin of her over-protective father, and must de...

The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove

1997

Novel

6.7

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's dece...

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

1996

Novel

6.0

Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill fathe...

The Pupil

The Pupil

1996

Novel

6.0

Morgan, a sensitive 12-year-old, growing up in richness and royalty, finds a true friend in Julien, a young man hired to tutor him.

Le Fantôme de Longstaff

Le Fantôme de Longstaff

1996

Short Story

5.5
Writing

Wonderful short by Moullet based on a Henry James short story.

The Haunting of Helen Walker

The Haunting of Helen Walker

1995

Novel

4.3

TV remake of the Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw", with changes in location and character names. A live in nanny discovers two children h...

What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

1993

Novel

5.5

Paris during the 1920s. Ever since her parents' separation, ten-year-old Maisie has been travelling to and fro between her father Beale Farange and he...

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

1992

Novel

5.4

A young woman is hired by a wealthy but sinister man to tutor his two children at the family's isolated estate. When the woman gets there, she finds t...

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

1989

Novel

8.0

A governess is hired to look after two neglected children, who show signs of having been corrupted by the insidious influence of the groom Peter Quint...

Turn of the Screw

Turn of the Screw

1985

Novel

4.8

A young man is hired to take care of two orphaned siblings in a remote seaside mansion and soon realizes that someone... or something from the past is...

The Bostonians

The Bostonians

1984

Novel

5.5

A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

Aspern

Aspern

1982

Novel

A publisher seeks information on a writer who died long ago.

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

1982

Writer

6.0
Writing

Benjamin Britten’s opera of the Henry James novel. An inexperienced governess is sent to a country house to care for two children, whom she is gradual...

The Perfect Presence

The Perfect Presence

1981

Short Story

7.0
Writing

An author who falls in love with a girl gets haunted by the ghost of the dead lover of the girl's mother.

The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove

1981

Novel

5.2

A 20th-century prostitute (Dominique Sanda) arranges for her lover (Michele Placido) to wed a wealthy, dying millionairess (Isabelle Huppert) in Venic...

The Europeans

The Europeans

1979

Novel

5.4

An adaptation of Henry James' novel about the Countess Eugenia Münster and her brother Robert, expatriate Americans who have grown up in Europe. Retur...

The Green Room

The Green Room

1978

Novel

6.6

A WWI veteran decides to build a memorial to all of the people who have mattered to him but are now dead.

Listy Juliane

1978

Novel

1.0
The Ambassadors

The Ambassadors

1977

Novel

Dramatisation of Henry James's novel. Lambert Strether comes to Europe on a difficult and delicate mission. A chance meeting on arrival with the engag...

The Author of Beltraffio

The Author of Beltraffio

1976

Short Story

7.0
Writing

A young American writer visits a famous author in the English countryside, and notices antagonism between the author and his wife over the upbringing ...

Georginas Gründe

1975

Short Story

Writing

Adaptation of a story by Henry James.

Stayover in Tirol

1974

Original Film Writer

Writing

An adaptation of the Henry James short story Les raisons de Georgina.

Daisy Miller

Daisy Miller

1974

Novel

6.0

Despite mixed emotions, Frederick Winterbourne tries to figure out the bright and bubbly Daisy Miller, only to be helped and hindered by false judgmen...

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

1974

Novel

6.5

An English governess is hired to take care of two adorable orphans, who turn out to be not exactly what they seem to be.

Le tour d'écrou

Le tour d'écrou

1974

Novel

7.0

A new governess arrives at a country house to take care of two seemingly angelic young children. But she begins to suspect that the house is haunted, ...

The Haunting of Rosalind

The Haunting of Rosalind

1973

Short Story

7.0
Writing

Rosalind's romantic attraction for her brother's handsome guest, Arthur, takes a weird turn when he announces that he's going to marry her sister, Per...

The Nightcomers

The Nightcomers

1972

Characters

5.7

Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruptio...

The Ghostly Rental

The Ghostly Rental

1965

Novel

6.8

At the end of the 19th Century, young Fanning finishes his studies in theology at the University of Cambridge. During a walk through the countryside, ...

The Ambassadors

1965

Novel

Lambert Strether goes to France to rescue a young American from a European adventuress - only to fall under the spell of Europe himself. 1965 BBC adap...

The Innocents

The Innocents

1961

Novel

7.5

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Startime: The Turn of the Screw

Startime: The Turn of the Screw

1959

Novel

A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.

The House in the Square

The House in the Square

1951

Novel

6.7

Atomic scientist Peter Standish travels back in time to 1784, an era he has read about in his forefather's diaries. He falls in love with his forefath...

The Heiress

The Heiress

1949

Novel

7.8

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or ...

The Lost Moment

The Lost Moment

1947

Novel

6.3

In a long flashback, a New York publisher is in Venice pursuing the lost love letters of an early-19th-century poet, Jeffrey Ashton, who disappeared m...

Berkeley Square

Berkeley Square

1933

Idea

5.7

A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.