Abstract:The appreciation on literary works and films can add a finishing touch on human life, especially the films adapted from literary works can bring dormancy feelings to the spectators in drama methods with inheritance, transformation and harmony, so as to give a more deep reflection on human life. In developing a philosophy to help overcome existential anxiety and facilitate personal accomplishment, one can consider modern literary works, especially those of Novelists who won Nobel literary prize, and famous or award-winning films. This article shows how this process can occur, tries to analyze anxiety and self-realization in modern literatures and films in order to think more deeply on human life.