“Frankenstein” (Netflix) — Guillermo del Toro — based on the novel “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley; Penguin (publisher)

“Hamnet” (Focus Features) — Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell — based on O’Farrell’s novel of the same name; Vintage Books (publisher)

“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) — Paul Thomas Anderson — based on the novel “Vineland” by Thomas Pynchon; Penguin (publisher) - WINNER

“Peter Hujar’s Day” (Janus Films/Sideshow) — Ira Sachs — based on the book of the same name by Linda Rosenkrantz; Magic Hour Press (publisher)

“Train Dreams” (Netflix) — Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar — based on the novella of the same name by Denis Johnson; Picador (publisher)