Movie and television adaptations of Hugo-winning and Hugo-shortlisted novels, novellas, novelettes & short stories
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Year | Work | Author | Film Adaptation |
1956 (Short story winner) | The Star | Arthur C. Clarke | The Star |
1959 | Who? | Algis Budrys | Who? (1974) |
1959 (Shortlisted novel) | Immortality, Inc. | Robert Sheckley | Two: Immortality, Inc. (1969 episode of TV series "Out Of The Unknown") Freejack (1992) |
1959 (Shortlisted Short Story) | Captivity | Zenna Henderson | The People (1972)
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1960 (Short Story winner) | Flowers For Algernon | Daniel Keyes | Five: The Two Worlds Of Charlie Gordon (1961 — shortlisted for the Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo), Charly (1967 — shortlisted for the Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo), Flowers For Algernon (2000), Les Fleur Pour Algernon (2006), Algernon ni Hanataba (2015) |
1960 (Novel winner) | Starship Troopers | Robert A. Heinlein | Three: Starship Troopers (OVA) (1988) Shortlisted for Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo
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1961 (Shortlisted novel) | The High Crusade | Poul Anderson | The High Crusade (1994) |
1963 (Novel winner) | The Man In The High Castle | Philip K. Dick | The Man In The High Castle (TV Series 2015- 2019) |
1964 (Shortlisted novel) | Cat’s Cradle | Kurt Vonnegut | Between Time and Timbuktu (1972) |
1966 (Best Series winner) | Foundation | Isaac Asimov | Foundation (TV series 2021- present) |
1964 (shortlisted novel) | Dune World | Frank Herbert | Three: Frank Herbert’s Dune (2000) |
1968 (Shortlisted novella) | Damnation Alley | Roger Zelazny | Damnation Alley (1977) |
1970 (Shortlisted novella) | A Boy And His Dog | Harlan Ellison | A Boy And His Dog (1976) Hugo-Winner Dramatic Presentation |
1970 (Shortlisted novel) | Slaughterhouse Five | Kurt Vonnegut | Slaughterhouse Five (1972) Hugo-Winner Dramatic Presentation |
1972 (Shortlisted novella) | Inconstant Moon | Larry Niven | Inconstant Moon (1996 episode of The Outer Limits) |
1972 (Shortlisted novel) | The Lathe Of Heaven | Ursula K. Le Guin | Two: The Lathe Of Heaven (1980) Shortlisted for Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo The Lathe of Heaven (2002) |
1972 (Novel winner) | To Your Scattered Bodies Go | Philip Jose Farmer | Riverworld (TV series 2003) Riverworld (TV series 2010) |
1974 (Shortlisted novella) | The Girl Who Was Plugged In | James Tiptree Jr. | The Girl Who Was Plugged In |
1977 (Novelette winner) | The Bicentennial Man | Isaac Asimov | The Bicentennial Man (1999) |
1978 (Shortlisted novelette) | The Screwfly Solution | James Tiptree Jr. | The Screwfly Solution (2006) |
1978 (Shortlisted short story) | Air Raid | John Varley | Millennium (1989) |
1980 (Novella winner) | Enemy Mine | Barry B. Longyear | Enemy Mine (1985) Shortlisted for Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo |
1980 (Novelette winner) | The Sandkings | George R. R. Martin | The Sandkings |
1980 | Options | John Varley | Options |
1981 (Shortlisted novella) | The Brave Little Toaster | Thomas M. Disch | The Brave Little Toaster (1987) |
1981 (Shortlisted novella) | Nightflyers | George R. R. Martin | Nightflyers (1987) Nightflyers (2018 TV Series) |
1982 (Shortlisted novel) | 2010: Odyssey Two | Arthur C. Clarke | 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) Hugo-Winner Dramatic Presentation |
1982 (Shortlisted novella) | Blue Champagne | John Varley | Blue Champagne (Episode of TV series Welcome To Paradox 1998) |
1986 (Novelette winner) | Paladin of the Lost Hour | Harlan Ellison | Paladin Of The Lost Hour |
1986 (Novel winner) | Ender’s Game | Orson Scott Card | Ender’s Game (2013) |
1986 (Shortlisted novel) | The Postman | David Brin | The Postman (1997) |
1991 (Shortlisted novella) | Over The Long Haul | Martha Soukup | Override (TV episode 1994) |
1995 (Novelette winner) | The Martian Child | David Gerrold | The Martian Child (2007) |
1996 (Novelette winner) | Think Like A Dinosaur | James Patrick Kelly | Think Like A Dinosaur |
1999 (Shortlisted novella) | The Story Of Your Life | Ted Chiang | Arrival (2016) Hugo-Winner Dramatic Presentation |
2000 (Shortlisted novel) | Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban | J.K. Rowling | Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Shortlisted for Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo |
2001 (Novel winner) | Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire | J.K. Rowling | Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire (2005) Shortlisted for Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo |
2002 (Novel winner) | American Gods | Neil Gaiman | American Gods (TV series 2017 – 2021) |
2003 (Novella winner)
| Coraline | Neil Gaiman | Coraline (2009) |
2004 (Shortlisted novella) | Just Like The Ones We Used To Know | Connie Willis | Snow Wonder (2005) |
2005 (Novel winner) | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell | Susanna Clarke | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (TV series 2015) |
2001, 2006 & 2012 (Shortlisted Novels) | A Storm Of Swords
| George R. R. Martin | Game of Thrones (TV series 2011–2019)
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2007 (Shortlisted short story) | How To Talk To Girls At Parties | Neil Gaiman | How To Talk To Girls At Parties (2017) |
2010 (Novel winner) | The City & The City | China Mieville | The City & The City (TV series 2018) |
2012 (Shortlisted novel) | Leviathan Wakes / The Expanse | James S.A. Corey | The Expanse (TV series 2015 – 2022) Episode of the series won a Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation in 2017 |
2014 (Shortlisted novel) | The Wheel Of Time | Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson | The Wheel of Time (TV series 2021 – present) |
2015 (Novel winner) | The Three-Body Problem | Liu Cixin | The Three-Body Problem (2016 - Chinese) |
2015 (Shortlisted novel) | Skin Game | Jim Butcher | The Dresden Files (TV series 2007)
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2017 (Novella winner) | All Systems Red | Martha Wells | Murderbot (TV series 2025) |
2022 (Shortlisted novel) | Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | Project Hail Mary (2026) |
Note: This list excludes Retro Hugo awards, as often those were awarded *after* the film adaptation was made, as well as all Graphic Novels and comic book adaptations.
