Robert A. Heinlein Books and Movies

Robert A. Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) is a prolific American writer, considered to be one of the "Big Three" of science fiction authors together with Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke. His writing debut "For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs" was written in 1939, but was first published only in 2003 posthumously.

Heinlien published 59 short stories and 32 novels. The most republished work is "Stranger in a Strange Land". And eleven of novels where published post mortem.

Ten of Robert A. Heinlein novels are made into movies. "Starship Troopers" is the most famous movie based on Heinlein's book.

PickGoodBook offers complete chronological Robert Heinlein book list. You can also choose to get the list of movies based on works by Robert A. Heinlein.

Starship Troopers (1959)

Three movies, forty-four episodes of one TV series, and one video game are based on this book.

• Starship Troopers: Invasion

  

  2012; Japan, USA
  Director: Shinji Aramaki
• Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy

  

  Video Game; 2000; Australia
• Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles
  TV Series (44 episodes); 1999; USA
  

  
• Starship Troopers

  

  1997; USA
  Director: Paul Verhoeven
• Uchû no senshi

  

  Video; 1988; Japan
  Director: Tetsurô Amino

—All You Zombies— (1959)

• Predestination

  

  2014; Australia
  Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig

The Puppet Masters (1951)

• The Puppet Masters

  

  1994; USA
  Director: Stuart Orme
• The Brain Eaters

  

  1958; USA
  Director: Bruno VeSota

Destination Moon (1950)

• Destination Moon

  

  1950; USA
  Director: Irving Pichel

Red Planet (1949)

• Red Planet

  

  1994; USA

Space Cadet (1948)

• Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

  

  1950; USA

Ordeal in Space (1948)

Series: Future History

• Out There

  

  Ordeal in Space (#1.2)
  1951; USA

The Green Hills of Earth (1947)

Series: Future History

• Out There

  

  The Green Hills of Earth (#1.6)
  1951; USA

Jerry Was a Man (1947)

• Masters of Science Fiction

  

  Jerry Was a Man (#1.3)
  2007; USA
  Director: Michael Tolkin

Misfit (1939)

Series: Future History

• Out There

  

  Misfit (#1.4)
  1951; USA

Other interesting stuff
Red Planet adaptation is an animated TV miniseries for children released in 1994. The adaptation made several significant changes from the original Heinlein's plot, e.g. Mars as the scene of action was substituted with fictitious planet of New Aries.

Some stats: Ten of Robert A. Heinlein books (8% out of total 119) have been adapted to 8 movies, 1 video, 48 episodes from 1 TV series, 1 video game