Year | Title | Director | Producer | Screenwriter | Source Material | Other notes |
1963 | The Householder[6] | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | adapted from the novel of the same name by Jhabvala | the first Merchant Ivory adaptation of a novel by Jhabvala |
1965 | Shakespeare Wallah[6] | original story |
1969 | The Guru | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory |
The Night of Counting the Years | Shadi Abdel Salam | Roberto Rossellini | Shadi Abdel Salam | the first Merchant Ivory film without Merchant, Ivory, or Jhabvala |
1970 | Bombay Talkie | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
1972 | Savages | Ismail Merchant, Joseph J.M. Saleh (executive), and Anthony Korner (associate) | George W. S. Trow and Michael O'Donoghue | based on an idea by James Ivory |
1975 | The Wild Party | Ismail Merchant | Walter Marks | based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March |
Autobiography of a Princess | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | original story |
1977 | Roseland | anthology film |
1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | TV film |
1979 | The Europeans | based on the novel by Henry James | the first Merchant Ivory adaptation of a novel by James |
1980 | Jane Austen in Manhattan | Libretto "Sir Charles Grandison" by Jane Austen & Samuel Richardson, based on the play "Sir Charles Grandison, or The Happy Man" by Austen |
1981 | Quartet | based on the novel by Jean Rhys |
1983 | The Courtesans of Bombay | Ismail Merchant | Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | original story | TV film |
Heat and Dust | James Ivory | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala[10] | based on the novel by Jhabvala | the second Merchant Ivory adaptation of a novel by Jhabvala |
1984 | The Bostonians | based on the novel by Henry James | the second Merchant Ivory adaptation of a novel by James |
1985 | A Room with a View | based on the novel by E. M. Forster | the first Merchant Ivory adaptation of a novel by Forster |
1986 | My Little Girl | Connie Kaiserman | Ismail Merchant (executive producer), Thomas F. Turley (line producer) | Connie Kaiserman and Nan Mason | original story |
1987 | Maurice | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant | James Ivory and Kit Hesketh-Harvey | based on the novel by E. M. Forster | the second Merchant Ivory adaptation of a novel by Forster |
1988 | The Deceivers | Nicholas Meyer | Michael Hirst | based on the novel by John Masters |
The Perfect Murder | Zafar Hai | H. R. F. Keating and Zafar Hai | based on the novel by Keating |
1989 | Slaves of New York | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant, Gary Hendler, Fred Hughes (associate), and Vincent Fremont (associate) | Tama Janowitz | based on a collection of stories by Janowitz |
1990 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Ismail Merchant | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | based on Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell |
1991 | The Ballad of the Sad Café | Simon Callow | Michael Hirst | based on the play by Edward Albee adapted from the novel by Carson McCullers |
Street Musicians of Bombay | Richard Robbins | Wahid Chowhan, Ismail merchant (executive, uncredited), Shahnaz Vahanvaty (associate) | n/a | original story | documentary |
1992 | Howards End | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | based on the novel by E.M. Forster | the third adaptation of a novel by Forster |
1993 | In Custody | Ismail Merchant | Wahid Chowhan, Paul Bradley (executive), and Donald Rosenfeld (executive) | Shahrukh Husain and Anita Desai | based on the novel by Desai |
The Remains of the Day | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant, Mike Nichols, and John Calley | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala[10] and Harold Pinter (uncredited) | based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro |
1995 | Feast of July | Christopher Menaul | Henry Herbert, Christopher Neame, Ismail Merchant (executive) and Paul Bradley (executive) | Christopher Neame | based on the novel by H. E. Bates |
Jefferson in Paris | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant, Humbert Balsan, Paul Bradley and Donald Rosenfeld | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | historical fiction |
1996 | The Proprietor | Ismail Merchant | Humbert Balsan and Donald Rosenfeld | Jean-Marie Besset and George W. S. Trow | original story |
Surviving Picasso | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant and David L. Wolper | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | based on the book Picasso: Creator and Destroyer by Arianna Huffington |
1998 | Side Streets | Tony Gerber | Bruce Weiss, Ismail Merchant (executive), Tom Borders (executive), and Gregory Cascante (executive) | Tony Gerber and Lynn Nottage | original story |
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | based on the novel by Kaylie Jones |
1999 | Cotton Mary | Ismail Merchant and Madhur Jaffrey | Nayeem Hafizka, Richard Hawley, Paul Bradley (executive), and Gil Donaldson (associate) | Alexandra Viets | original story |
2000 | The Golden Bowl | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | based on the novel by Henry James | the third Merchant Ivory adaptation of a novel by James |
2001 | The Mystic Masseur | Ismail Merchant | Nayeem Haffizka and Richard Hawley | Caryl Phillips | based on the novel by V. S. Naipaul |
2002 | Merci Docteur Rey | Andrew Litvack | Ismail Merchant | Andrew Litvack | original story |
2003 | Le Divorce | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant and Michael Schiffer | James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | based on the novel by Diane Johnson |
2005 | Heights | Chris Terrio | Richard Hawley, James Ivory, and Ismail Merchant | Amy Fox and Chris Terrio | original story by Fox |
The White Countess | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant | Kazuo Ishiguro | original story | Ismail Merchant's final film |
2007 | Before the Rains | Santosh Sivan | Mark Burton, Paul Hardart, Tom Hardart, Doug Mankoff, and Andrew Spaulding | Cathy Rabin | adapted from the "Red Roofs" segment of the film Yellow Asphalt, written and directed by Danny Verete | the only remake by Merchant Ivory and the last Merchant Ivory film made without James Ivory or Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
2009 | The City of Your Final Destination | James Ivory | Paul Bradley and Pierre Proner | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | based the novel by Peter Cameron | the final Merchant Ivory film |