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Dec 2, 2022 · 2. Pride and Prejudice (2005) The book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Jane Austen's classic story of love and bad first impressions has been adapted many times over. But this film version ...
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Oct 8, 2024 · Since the earliest days of Hollywood, book adaptations have been one of the most reliant and successful forms of filmmaking, from poignant standalones like The Grapes of Wrath to massive franchises like Harry Potter. Spanning decades and crossing genres - including drama, comedy, horror, and...
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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.
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- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. Book published: 2007. Movie released: 2011. Evoking graphic novels, picture books, flip books, and films, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick is utterly brilliant.
- My Abandonment by Peter Rock. Book published: 2009. Movie released: 2018. Inspired by a true story and told through the vantage point of its teenage protagonist, My Abandonment is a tale of survival, family, and what it means to have a loving home.
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Book published: 2009. Movie released: 2011. This novel is one of the best historical fiction books ever written, and as far as books made into movies go, both have made an impact on readers and viewers alike.
- The Cider House Rules by John Irving. Book published: 1985. Movie released: 1999. Set in a Maine orphanage, this classic by John Irving is harsh and dark—and essential.
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- The Godfather (1972) - Director: Francis Ford Coppola. - Stacker score: 100. - Metascore: 100. - IMDb user rating: 9.2. - Runtime: 175 minutes. From Mario Puzo's pulpy novel came one of the best films ever made.
- Rear Window (1954) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock. - Stacker score: 96. - Metascore: 100. - IMDb user rating: 8.4. - Runtime: 112 minutes. Another Hitchcock classic, "Rear Window" centers on suspicious activities within a New York City apartment complex.
- Vertigo (1958) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock. - Stacker score: 95. - Metascore: 100. - IMDb user rating: 8.3. - Runtime: 128 minutes. The novel "D'Entre les morts" by Thomas Narcejac and Pierre Boileau translates to "Among the Dead," but Hitchcock called it by another name: "Vertigo."
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Director: Peter Jackson. - Stacker score: 95. - Metascore: 94. - IMDb user rating: 8.9. - Runtime: 201 minutes.
Mar 5, 2024 · Back in 2015, it was the first feature ever to be distributed by Netflix; now, a few years and a few hundred movies later, Beasts of No Nation is still worth a stream. Adapted by Cary Joji Fukunaga from Uzodinma Iweala’s 2005 novel, the harrowing drama revolves around Agu (Abraham Attah) a young boy living in an unspecified West African country embroiled in civil war.
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Apr 15, 2022 · Hidden Figures (2016) Everett. Loosely based on the nonfiction book by Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures tells the story of three Black female mathematicians who played a pivotal role at NASA ...
