Ayn Rand: Screen Adaptations and Documentaries

Updated 10/7/2017

Fiction

The Night of January the 16^th (1941)

 American film based on a stage play with the same name by Ayn Rand. The story follows Steve Van Ruyle and Kit Lane as they investigate the apparent murder of Lane's boss, in an attempt to clear her as a suspect.

Love Letters (1945)

The plot tells the story of a man falling in love with an amnesiac woman with two personalities who killed his fellow soldier and friend. (Ayn Rand was the screen writer)

The Fountainhead (1949)

The film and novel's storyline are about the life of Howard Roark, an Individualistic young architect who chooses to struggle in obscurity rather than compromise his artistic and personal vision.

We The Living (1986)

 A film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel We the Living [First Published in 1936] It is a story of life in post-revolutionary Sovit Russia and was Rand's statement against communism.

The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)

 A television film from a period of Ayn Rand's life.

Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 (2011)

Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 (2012)

Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt (2014)

Film adaptations of 1957 novel by Ayn Rand, her fourth and last novel. 

Documentaries 

Red Hollywood (1996)

A documentary that examines the films made by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist

Ayn Rand: A sense Of Life (1998)

 A documentary film on novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand.

The Birth of Objectivism Volumes 1-3 (2011)

Documentary of Ayn Rand's philosophy.

Ayn Rand In Her Own Words (2011) 

Ayn Rand's own recollections and reflections, providing a new understanding of her inspirations and influences. 

Ayn Rand & The Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged (2012)

a feature length documentary film that examines the resurging interest in Ayn Rand's epic and controversial 1957 novel and the validity of its dire prediction for America.