All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Tom Skerritt, ranked

When retired heart surgeon Ben Givens learns that he has terminal cancer, he takes his beloved dog back to his boyhood home in Eastern Washington, determined to end his life on his own terms. Ben’s journey, though, takes an unexpected turn, and soon becomes an adventure against which he pits himself with characteristic stoicism, wit, and determination.

The commercial space tug Nostromo is on a return trip back to Earth with a seven-member crew in stasis: Captain Dallas, Executive Officer Kane, Warrant Officer Ripley, Navigator Lambert, Science Officer Ash, and two engineers, Parker and Brett. They discover the signal comes from a derelict alien ship and enter it, losing communication with the Nostromo.

Dr. Ellie Arroway works for the SETI program at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Four years later, around 1996, with Drumlin seeking to close the SETI program, Arroway discovers a signal repeating a sequence of prime numbers, apparently sent from the star system Vega about 26 light-years away.

In 1951, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea is assigned two new surgeons, Hawkeye Pierce and Duke Forrest, who arrive in a stolen Army Jeep. The three doctors have little respect for military protocol, having been drafted into the Army, and are prone to pranks, womanizing, and heavy drinking.

Annelle Dupuy, a shy, awkward beauty school graduate, moves to a northwestern Louisiana town where Truvy Jones hires her to work in her home-based beauty salon. Grouchy and sarcastic Louisa Ouiser Boudreaux arrives at the salon and immediately begins interrogating Annelle about her background.

In the town of Castle Rock, New Hampshire, John Smith, a young schoolteacher, is in love with his colleague Sarah Bracknell. As he drives home through stormy weather, he has a car accident that leaves him in a coma. Sarah is now married and has a 10-month old child, Dennis.

The Maclean brothers, Norman and Paul, grow up in Missoula, Montana with their father, Presbyterian minister John, from whom they learn a love of fly fishing for trout in the Blackfoot River. Norman leaves to attend college at Dartmouth; when he returns six years later, he finds that Paul has become a skilled fisherman.

WWII has ended and Hanna is still grieving over her husband’s disappearance. When the Christmas Comet appears, Hanna is caught in a terrible storm and knocked unconscious. When she wakes up, she’s in 2016.

United States Naval Aviator LT Pete Maverick Mitchell and his Radar Intercept Officer LTJG Nick Goose Bradshaw are stationed aboard the USS Enterprise, from which they fly the F-14A Tomcat. Despite his dislike for Maverick’s recklessness, CAG Stinger sends him and Goose to attend TOPGUN, the Naval Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar.

A solitary boy manages to bridge the gap with his distant father and stern grandmother, thanks to the assistance of a courageous velveteen rabbit whose singular desire is to transform into a real rabbit one day.

Alan Clay is a salesman for American tech company Relyand, who is sent to sell a holographic teleconferencing system to the Saudi government by overseeing a presentation for the King of Saudi Arabia. Alan is haunted by his former job at bicycle manufacturer Schwinn where he was responsible for outsourcing production to China which led to several hundred people losing their jobs and, in the long run, the financial ruin of the company.

Two convicts from a Louisiana chain gang led by a brutal strong boss escape in 1836. The powerful boss is killed during the escape attempt, which prompts his brother, the ex-warden, to pursue the men. The two, however, team up with Sam Houston’s army to fight the Mexicans, clearing their names of earlier accusations in the process.