--- description: Grisham's new novel 'Gray Mountain' is released on Oct. 21, 2014. See some of his past novels, and the movies they've inspired title: See John Grisham's Novels That Made It To Hollywood image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the Many Movies Inspired by John Grisham Novels by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 21, 2014 1:00 PM CUT by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 21, 2014 1:00 PM CUT  The Firm, 1993 From Left: Hal Holbrook as Oliver Lambert and Tom Cruise as Mitch McDeere Paramount Pictures  The Pelican Brief, 1993From Left: Denzel Washington as Gray Grantham and Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw Warner Brothers  The Client, 1994 From Left: Tommy Lee Jones as Roy Foltrigg and Susan Sarandon as Reggie Love Warner Brothers  A Time To Kill, 1996 From Left: Sandra Bullock as Ellen Roark and Matthew McConoughey as Jake Tyler Brigance Warner Brothers  The Chamber, 1996 From Left: Faye Dunaway as Lee Cayhall Bowen and Chris O'Donnell as Adam Hall Universal Pictures  The Rainmaker, 1997 From Left: Danny DeVito as Deck Shifflet and Matt Damon as Rudy Baylor Paramount Pictures  Gingerbread Man, 1998 Robert Downey Jr. as Clyde Pell PolyGram Filmed Entertainment  Runaway Jury, 2003 From Left: Nestor Serrano as Janovich, John Cusack as Nicholas Easter and Guy Torry as Eddie Weese Twentieth Century Fox  Christmas With The Kranks, 2004 From Left: Tim Allen as Luther Krank and Jamie Lee Curtis as Nora Krank Columbia Pictures ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3525018/john-grisham-book-to-movie-adaptations/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3525018/john-grisham-book-to-movie-adaptations/"},"headline":"See the Many Movies Inspired by John Grisham Novels","datePublished":"2014-10-21T13:00:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:20.521Z","description":"Grisham's new novel Gray Mountain hits shelves on Oct. 21","url":"https://time.com/3525018/john-grisham-book-to-movie-adaptations/","keywords":["Books","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3525018/john-grisham-book-to-movie-adaptations/","name":"See the Many Movies Inspired by John Grisham Novels"}}]}] ```