List of films based on civics books

A list of films that are based on books about common topics and issues in social science and political science.

Mexico

 * ♠ The subject is the British consul in a Mexican town (based on Cuernavaca).

Germany

 * ♠ The German book title translates literally as Christiane F. – We Children from the Zoo Station.

United States
For slave revolts, see List of films based on war books — 1775–1898.


 * * TV movie.
 * ** TV miniseries.

Journalism
(Print and television)

Reporters

 * ♠ A television reporter broadcasts live from the 1746 Battle of Culloden.
 * * TV movie.

Publishers

 * ♠ Mrs. Graham is often mentioned but not dramatized.

Manufacturing

 * * TV movie.

Sports

 * ♠ The hockey players in the wage dispute are Canadian; the club owners are American.
 * * TV movie.

Canada

 * 20th century

United States

 * ♠ The story of Ira Hayes was also told in Flags of Our Fathers.

United Kingdom

 * ♠ The earliest editions of the novel did not contain a glossary, or any indication that the slang was based on Russian.

Capital punishment

 * * TV movie.

Greece

 * ♠ The film concerns torture during the period of the colonels.