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- There are very few good movies based on books. That's not a knock on Hollywood–it can be challenging to fit a novel's worth of plot and character development into a few hours of entertainment. That's why the best films based on books often feel more like a companion piece than a true retelling of a best-selling paperback.
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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.
3 days ago · Every reader knows that when it comes to book-to-screen adaptations, all bets are off. Sometimes, they can be a letdown, but here are the retellings that you, the avid readers of our Community ...
- White Noise
- The Swimmers
- The Wonder
- Luckiest Girl Alive
- Catherine, called Birdy
- Little Women
- The Silver Linings Playbook
- David Copperfield
- The Call of The Wild
- Rocketman
Based on Don DeLillo's hilarious postmodern masterpiece and directed by Noah Baumbach, White Noiseis now available on Netflix.
Real-life sisters Manal and Nathalie Issa play two siblings making the dangerous journey from their war-torn home in Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Discover the inspirational true story behind the film in Yusra Mardini's memoir, Butterfly.
Now a Netflix Original historical drama starring Florence Pugh and Ciarán Hinds, this novel by the bestselling author of Room, is a compulsive, psychologically complex read.
Or is she? Mila Kunis returns to her Black Swandark side to star in this Netflix film about a woman forced to confront a dangerous truth which threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
Bella Ramsay (Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones) stars in Lena Dunham's fun, mischievous adaptation of Karen Cushman's novel, available to watch on Amazon Prime.
If a novel has been made into a film several times and they're all great, and all somehow tell a different story while telling the same one, then you know that the book is probably worth a read. Greta Gerwig's 2019 Little Women, starring Saoirse Ronan as Jo,is terrific: clever, warm and satisfying, but we'd happily watch Katherine Hepburn, June All...
Jennifer Lawrence won an Oscar for her role in David O. Russell's sweet and eccentric film adaptation of Matthew Quick’s story about mental illness and life not going to plan.
Directed by Armando Iannucci, this comedic adaptation of Dickens’ classic novel, starring Dev Patel, makes Victorian London feel surprisingly modern.
Michael Green, writer of Blade Runner 2049 and Logan, brings this classic story to a fresh audience in his film adaptation starring Harrison Ford.
This musical biopic is based on the incredible life and career of Elton John, from his childhood in a London suburb to superstardom, with Taron Egerton in the starring role. A must-see for Elton fans, Rocketman brings to life the extraordinary story told in Elton’s biography, Me.
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Dec 30, 2022 · Inspiration for movies comes from many places: plays, songs, true stories—even the occasional app can inspire a screenwriter and motivate a studio. But books remain the most frequently visited...
Stacker presents the 100 best movies based on books. To qualify, each film had to be based on a book, including novellas, comic books, and short stories; have an IMDb user rating and Metascore; and have at least 5,000 votes.
Mar 28, 2012 · Though I think your ideal scenario of going movie first, book second makes sense—bones first, then the flesh and blood and organs and whatnot—a strong adaptation can make you appreciate the ...
