Best Movies Based On Books
- 29 movies
We all know the books are usually better, but here are the greatest film adaptations of literature from all eras and genres!
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Sideways
2004 Movie •3.7/5
Comedy-drama road film directed by Alexander Payne and written by Jim...
1.9K
Raging Bull
1980 Movie •3.9/5
Biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced...
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Memento
2001 Movie •4.5/5
Neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Christopher...
994
Lawrence Of Arabia
1963 Movie •4.3/5
British epic historical drama film based on the life of T. E....
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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
1964 Movie •4.4/5
Black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear...
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 Movie •4.1/5
Epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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Great Expectations
1947 Movie •2.8/5
British drama film directed by David Lean, based on the 1861 novel by...
621
It's A Wonderful Life
1947 Movie •4/5
Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra,...
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Apocalypse Now
1979 Movie •4.3/5
Epic psychological war film directed and produced by Francis Ford...
900
Goldfinger
1964 Movie •4.2/5
Spy film and the third instalment in the James Bond series produced...
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Lolita
1962 Movie •4.3/5
Psychological comedy-drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based...
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The Virgin Suicides
2000 Movie •4.2/5
Psychological drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola (in...
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Full Metal Jacket
1987 Movie •4.4/5
War drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick, who also...
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Barry Lyndon
1975 Movie •4/5
Period drama film written, directed, and produced by Stanley Kubrick,...
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Paths Of Glory
1957 Movie •4.1/5
Anti-war film co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on...
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American Beauty
1999 Movie •4.3/5
Black comedy-drama film written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes.
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Citizen Kane
1941 Movie •3.9/5
Drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles.
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Goodfellas
1990 Movie •4.5/5
Biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by...
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The Deer Hunter
1979 Movie •4.1/5
Epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a...
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Amadeus
1984 Movie •4.4/5
Period biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman and adapted...
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No Country For Old Men
2007 Movie •4.2/5
Neo-Western crime thriller film written and directed by Joel and...
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The Usual Suspects
1995 Movie •4.5/5
Neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Bryan Singer and written...
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Forrest Gump
1994 Movie •4.4/5
Comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth.
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The Bridge On The River Kwai
1957 Movie •4.4/5
Epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel...