Philip K. Dick was an American author known for his science fiction works, often with dystopian and drug-related themes. Some of his works have gone on to be adapted to films (and series) garnering much acclaim, such as the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner, which was an adaptation of Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, released three months posthumously. The only adaptation released in his lifetime was a 1962 episode of the British TV series Out of This World, based on Dick's 1953 short story "Impostor".
Other works such as the films Total Recall, Minority Report and A Scanner Darkly have also gone on to critical or commercial success, while the television series The Man in the High Castle adapted to long-form television successfully. Following the success of Netflix's science fiction short story series Black Mirror, and its own success with The Man in the High Castle, in 2017 streaming service Amazon Prime Video paired up with Channel 4 to produce a series of short stories originally released between 1953 and 1955, under the series title Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, the only adaptation bearing the author's own name.
The following is a list of film and television adaptations of Dick's writings: Source work Film Adaptation TV Adaptation Title Published Type Title Released Director Series or Episode Title Aired "The Hood Maker" 1953 Short story Julian Jarrold Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'The Hood Maker || 2017 |- | data-sort-value="Commuter, The" | "The Commuter" || 1953 || Short story | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | Tom Harper ||Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'The Commuter || 2017 |- | data-sort-value="Hanging Stranger, The" | "The Hanging Stranger" || 1953 || Short story | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | Dee Rees ||Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Kill All Others''' | 2017 |- | "Second Variety" || 1953 || Short story | Screamers| 1995
2009 | Christian Duguay
Sheldon Wilson | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | |- | "Paycheck" || 1953 || Short story || Paycheck || 2003 || John Woo | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | |- | "Impostor" || 1953 || Short story || Impostor || 2002 || Gary Fleder || Out of This World episode, adapted by Terry Nation || 1962 |- | "Sales Pitch" || 1954 || Short story | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | Marc Munden ||Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Crazy Diamond || 2017 |- | "Exhibit Piece" || 1954 || Short story | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | Jeffrey Reiner ||Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Real Life|| 2017 |- | data-sort-value="Father thing, The" | "The Father Thing" || 1954 || Short story | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | Michael Dinner ||Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'The Father Thing|| 2017 |- | "Adjustment Team" || 1954 || Short story | data-sort-value="Adjustment bureau, The" | The Adjustment Bureau || 2011 || George Nolfi | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | |- | data-sort-value="golden man, The" | "The Golden Man" || 1954 || Short story || Next || 2007 || Lee Tamahori | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | |- | data-sort-value="Crystal crypt, The" | "The Crystal Crypt" || 1954 || Short story | data-sort-value="Crystal crypt, The" | The Crystal Crypt || 2013 || Shahab Zargari | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | |- | data-sort-value="Impossible planet, The" | "The Impossible Planet" || 1955 || Short story | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | David Farr ||Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'The Impossible Planet''' || 2017 |- | "Human Is" || 1955 || Short story | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | Francesca Gregorini ||Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Human Is 2017 "Autofac" 1955 Short story Peter Horton Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Autofac'''|| 2017 |- | "Foster, You're Dead!" || 1955 || Short story | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | Alan Taylor ||Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Safe and Sound'|| 2017 |- | data-sort-value="Minority Report, The" | The Minority Report || 1956 || Novella || Minority Report || 2002 || Steven Spielberg || Minority Report|| 2015 |- | data-sort-value="man in the high castle, The" | The Man in the High Castle | 1962 | Novel | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | David Semel | data-sort-value="man in the high castle, The" |The Man in the High Castle | 2015 |- | "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" || 1966 || Short story | | 1990
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| Total Recall 2070 || 1999 |- | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? || 1968 || Novel | Blade RunnerBlade Runner 2049| 1982
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| Blade Runner 2099 || 2026 |- | Confessions of a Crap Artist || 1975 || Novel || Confessions d'un Barjo || 1992 || Jérôme Boivin | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | |- | Radio Free Albemuth || 1976 || Novel || Radio Free Albemuth || 2010 || John Alan Simon | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | | bgcolor="#cccccc" data-sort-value="zzzzz" | |- | A Scanner Darkly || 1977 || Novel || A Scanner Darkly'' 2006 Richard Linklater
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