All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by James Marsh, ranked

At the University of Cambridge, astrophysics student Stephen Hawking begins a romantic relationship with literature student Jane Wilde. After Stephen and his professor Dennis Sciama attend a lecture on black holes, Stephen speculates that black holes may have been part of the creation of the universe, and decides to write his thesis on them.

U.S. Marines Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey are facing a general court-martial, accused of murdering fellow Marine William Santiago at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Galloway wants to defend the two, but the case is given to Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee – an inexperienced and unenthusiastic lawyer with a penchant for plea bargains.

On August 7th, 1974, Philippe Petit, a young Frenchman, walked out onto a wire that had been illegally set up between the Twin Towers of New York, which were the tallest buildings in the world at the time. He spent nearly an hour performing on the wire before being arrested, evaluated by psychologists, and jailed. However, he was eventually released. James Marsh’s documentary features Philippe Petit’s own recollections of the event, as well as those of some of the people who aided him.

The documentary tells the story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.

The Ripper has tyrannized Yorkshire for six long years. Inspector Peter Hunter is brought from Manchester by the Ministry of Interior to conduct a review of the investigation thus far. Hunter is determined not to leave without results, even if he cannot trust anyone.

In 1956 on a desert not far from Las Vegas, the military conducts nuclear tests. Dr. Alexander Brown begins his career as a neurologist there, overseeing a top-secret project: studying the soldiers’ stress resistance near a hazardous atomic testing base. Back in the present day, Dr. Brown has become a wealthy and renowned neurologist, married to the beautiful Paula. Everything seems to be perfect, yet Paula struggles to comprehend her husband’s uncontrollable anxieties.