Top 50 book-to-film adaptations
2006-04-20 08:53 pmAccording to the UK newspaper The Guardian, here is a list of the Top 50 book to film adaptations of all time (a list, oddly enough, containing 51 items). Note which ones you've seen the movie of and/or read the book for. For films with multiple adaptations, any film adaptation counts.
[MB] 1984 [MB] Alice in Wonderland American Psycho Breakfast at Tiffany's Brighton Rock [B] Catch 22 [MB] Charlie & the Chocolate Factory [B] A Clockwork Orange Close Range (inc Brokeback Mountain) [MB] The Day of the Triffids Devil in a Blue Dress Different Seasons (inc The Shawshank Redemption) [MB] Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (aka Bladerunner) [M] Doctor Zhivago Empire of the Sun [B] The English Patient Fight Club The French Lieutenant's Woman Get Shorty The Godfather [MB] Goldfinger Goodfellas Heart of Darkness (aka Apocalypse Now) [MB] The Hound of the Baskervilles Jaws [B] The Jungle Book A Kestrel for a Knave (aka Kes) LA Confidential Les Liaisons Dangereuses [MB] Lolita [MB] Lord of the Flies [M] The Maltese Falcon [MB] Oliver Twist [MB] One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Orlando The Outsiders Pride and Prejudice The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The Railway Children [M] Rebecca The Remains of the Day Schindler's Ark (aka Schindler's List) Sin City [MB] The Spy Who Came in From the Cold The Talented Mr Ripley Tess of the D'Urbervilles [MB] To Kill a Mockingbird Trainspotting The Vanishing [MB] Watership Down
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