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I would go with works by Jose Farmer and Roger Zelazny. The shortlist just reflects my personal favourites.
I actually haven't read anything by Poul Anderson, although I am aware of his contributions. :)
War Of The Wingmen is a pretty good start.
Nicolas Van Rijn is a fat Dutchman who runs a Galaxy wide food and beverage corporation. Imagine Harry Mudd if he was actually as smart as he thinks he is. Van Rijn is trapped on a planet where the natives look like winged leopards and all the native plants are poison to humans. He's got to talk his way through a war.
I love Zelazny, and while these are not movies, there are adaptations of his books in the works... sort of... maybe.
A Chronicles of Amber series is apparently under development headed up by Stephen Colbert, though I've seen no more recent news than this. Also, George R.R. Martin has written about producing a series adaptation of Roadmarks. Again, this is the most recent news I've heard about this effort.
Both of these are older articles ('23 and '21 respectively) and I can't say for sure that the efforts continue, but it does show that people with money, influence, and a love of the material have been trying to make these things happen.
Interesting, although the lack of recent news does not inspire confidence.