unfilmable

adjective

un·​film·​able ˌən-ˈfil-mə-bəl 

: not fit or able to be adapted to movies : not filmable

an unfilmable novel

Examples of unfilmable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The intricacies of their discourse and society might be unfilmable, or at least, not many have tried to represent it in full. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Strong acting turns by Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin help director Brian Duffield make a meal of a seemingly unfilmable novel about a sour young man swallowed by a whale. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

The show is remarkably faithful and visually luxurious, putting a novel once thought unfilmable on the screen in grand style. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

The book, sweeping in its scope, had been labeled unfilmable, but supported by García Márquez’s family, Netflix brought it to the screen. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above