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He's my favorite author of all time.. Here is a list of his work that has been translated into film :
- Blade Runner (1982), based on Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford.
- Total Recall (1990), based on the short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale", directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Confessions d'un Barjo (1992), titled Barjo in its English-language release, a French film
- Screamers (1995), based on Dick's short story "Second Variety", directed by Christian Duguay and starring Peter Weller..
- Minority Report (2002), based on Dick's "The Minority Report", directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise.
- Dick's 1953 story "Impostor" has been adapted twice: first in 1962 for the British anthology television series Out of This World and then in 2002 for the movie Impostor, directed by Gary Fleder and starring Gary Sinise, Vincent D'Onofrio and Madeleine Stowe.
- Paycheck (2003), directed by John Woo and starring Ben Affleck, based on Dick's short story of the same name.
- A Scanner Darkly (2006), directed by Richard Linklater and starring Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, and Robert Downey Jr.,
- Next (2007), directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Nicolas Cage, loosely based on the short story "The Golden Man".
- Radio Free Albemuth (2010), directed by John Alan Simon loosely based on the novel "Radio Free Albemuth".
- The Adjustment Bureau (2011), directed by George Nolfi and starring Matt Damon, based on the short story "Adjustment Team".
- Total Recall (2012), directed by Len Wiseman and starring Colin Farrell, remake of the 1990 film and second adaptation of the short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale".
The Halcyon Company, known for developing the Terminator franchise, acquired right of first refusal to film adaptations of the works of Philip K. Dick in 2007. In May 2009, they announced plans for an adaptation of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said.[49] It has been reported in 2010 that Ridley Scott will produce an adaptation of The Man in the High Castle for BBC, in the form of a mini-series.
While away at college in 1985, I didn't have funds to go home for Easter, so I went to the bookstore and chose something that sounded interesting. I picked Phil k. Dick's "flow my tears, the policeman said". Took it back to the dorm and it blew me out of the water. I went on to read most everything he has written and, happily, watched story after story end up on the big screen. The man was an absolute genius. His plots and storylines will twist your mind like no other. I find it impossible to read the first few pages of "A scanner Darkly" without laughing out loud and getting sucked into the book everytime. The man was brilliant.
