All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Paul Weitz, ranked

Will Freeman lives a serene and luxurious lifestyle devoid of responsibility in London thanks to substantial royalties left to him from a successful Christmas song composed by his father. Marcus’s influence leads Will to mature and he seeks out a relationship with Rachel, a self-assured career woman, bonding over their experiences raising teenage sons, though Will neglects to explain his relationship to Marcus.

A father brings up his baby girl as a single dad after the unexpected death of his wife who died a day after their daughter’s birth. He will have to cope with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own.

Nick Flynn is an aspiring writer who works at a homeless shelter where his estranged father Jonathan is a client. Jonathan, an alcoholic ex-con and self-proclaimed master storyteller, left Nick’s mother Jody years earlier to raise Nick on her own. She eventually committed suicide, for which Nick feels responsible. Jonathan gets into fights with the other clients, and Nick is tempted to throw him out.

16-year-old Darren Shan and his best friend Steve Leonard visit the Cirque du Freak freak show. During the performance, Steve recognizes one of the troupe’s members, Larten Crepsley, as a vampire, prompting him to try to find Crepsley after the show.

Strait-laced Princeton University Admissions Officer Portia Nathan is caught off guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by a former college classmate, the free-wheeling John Pressman. After an awkward romantic attraction to Pressman, she arranges for Jeremiah to visit Princeton, where she and a colleague, Corinne, are rivals to succeed the soon-to-retire Dean of Admissions.

A guerrilla rebel organization in South America is holding Roxanne Coss, a well-known opera singer, hostage after she sang at a Japanese businessman’s opulent birthday party. The ensuing confrontation leads to the formation of unexpected bonds.