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- In fact, the best movies based on books are definitely worth your time. We’ve rounded up 45 of the greatest books made into movies, from classic works of fiction, mystery books and thrillers to fantasy books, romance novels and teen reads.
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Dec 2, 2022 · Below you'll find some of the best movies based on books available for streaming right now. We also included the real-life novels that inspired them so you can add to your reading list.
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- The Godfather (Mario Puzo) £9.99. Buy the Godfather trilogy at Amazon. Film: 1972. Director: Francis Ford Coppola. Mario Puzo himself assisted on the screenplay for Coppola’s classic.
- The Silence Of The Lambs (Thomas Harris) £5.68. Buy the movie at Amazon. Film: 1991. Director: Jonathan Demme. That The Silence of the Lambs is a great movie goes without saying – it won the Big Five (best film; best director; best actor/actress and best writing) at the Oscars.
- To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) £4.99. Buy the movie at Amazon. Film: 1962. Director: Robert Mulligan. If Harper Lee’s epoch-defining novel is about tolerance and compassion in the face of hatred and violence, then Robert Mulligan’s adaptation has it spot on.
- Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk) £3.00. Buy the movie at Amazon. Film: 1999. Director: David Fincher. Critics often attack Hollywood for castrating a book’s central premise or diluting its message so as to garner a bigger audience.
Oct 23, 2024 · Spanning decades and crossing genres - including drama, comedy, horror, and science-fiction - these beloved movies based on books all have one thing in common: they turned their source material into cinema that stands the test of time.
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Aug 16, 2024 · In fact, the best movies based on books are definitely worth your time. We’ve rounded up 45 of the greatest books made into movies, from classic works of fiction, mystery books and...
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Aug 19, 2024 · Here are the 30 best book-to-movie adaptations ever made, from classics like 'To Kill a Mockingbird' to series like 'The Hunger Games' to recent hits like 'Dune.'.
Dec 30, 2022 · But books remain the most frequently visited well for cinematic inspiration. Of the hundreds of movies based on books, here are the 30 best, in no particular order.
Apr 15, 2022 · This list of our favorite book-to-film adaptations is by no means exhaustive (there are a LOT out there), nor is it a list of films we consider to be most faithful to the book, but if...