Best Movie Made From A Book
 

Pretty simple you say your favourate movie that was originally a book. I'm sure you all have your own personal favourates, so what are they?

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Sons and Lovers by D.H.Lawrence

Far too many great adaptations, to list them all, or to choose a favourite.

To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
The Green Mile-Steven King
Stand By Me- based on the nevella 'The Body' by Steven King
Briget Jones's Diary.... kinda... it's a good movie...-Helen Fielding
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy... except for when they messed up some of the storylines... all muddled, but it's still amazing!-J.R.R. Tolkein

Let's see there are only two movies that are better then the books!
 

The two movies are "The Godfather" I did not like the book at all too many swores!
"Princess Bride" man don't read the book it sucked big time!Watch the movie instead much better!
And that is al for now will be Countined!See you around!JM :eek: :cool: ;) :p :D :)

Easy, The Shawshank Redemption, which is based on the Stephen King-novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.

Unbeatable.

Cheers, Martin :D

Lord of the Rings Triology- Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The World According To Garp

will think of more...

green mile
princess bride
lord of the rings trilogy
the passion
stand by me (short story)
peter pan
mystic river

Thought of some more:

The Godfather
Psycho
The Virgin Suicides
The Thin Red Line
Die Hard
Once Upon A Time In America
The Neverending Story
The Shawshank Redemption
Fight Club
City Of God
Peter Pan
Barry Lyndon
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Cold Mountain



will think of more... again...

funny, just yesterday i was thinking about starting a thread about exactly the same thing, but i was sure somebody else already did...
anyway, i think it's:
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
LOTR trilogy - tolkein
sorry, i can think of a lot of crap ones, but these are the only good ones i can think of at the moment

Top 5 in order

1.LOTR Trilogy
2.Mystic River
3.High Fidelity
4.the Green Mile
5.Fight Club

Cold Mountain
The Thing (John Caprenter, based off the story "Who Goes There?"
Lord of the Rings
The Shawshank Redemption
Misery
A Clockwork Orange
The Princess Bride (and I liked the book darnit!)

The LOtR Trilogy
The Stand
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shining
The Princess Bride
The Neverending Story

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Catch 22
Mystic River
Lord Of The Rings
Fight Club
The Shining
Lolita
A Clockwork Orange

I'd like to thank Garrett for bringing this to my attention. I FORGOT ONE FLEW OVER THE COOKOO'S NEST! Well, add it to my list.

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury


Those are just a few.

The Joy Luck Club ~by Amy Tan

Sense and Sensibility ~by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice ~by Jane Austen
Persuasion ~by Jane Austen

Much Ado About Nothing ~by Shakespeare

That was a book? I actually like that movie. I was addicted to it when I was like 7. Picture that, a 14 year old boy liking Sense and Sensibility. Not something you see everyday.

Thought of some more... again...

25th Hour
Harry Potter
A Time To Kill
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Jurassic Park
The War Of The Worlds
Animal Farm

Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien