Your top 5 movies based off of books

[Fight Cluber]

List your top 5 (in order) movies that are based off of books that you thought were solid films.

1.) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2.) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
3.) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4.) October Sky
5.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

[T-1000]

1) The Godfather
2) Return of the King
3) The Two Towers
4) The Fellowship of the Ring
5) The Silence of the Lambs

[one_crow_sorrow]

Fight Club
The Godfather
Trainspotting
The Silence of the Lambs
American Psycho

[Trinity]

1. Gone with the Wind
2. Rebecca
3. The Silence of the Lambs
4. Contact
5. Bridget Jones's Diary

[syxxpac]

Jaws
Dr. Strangelove
L.A. Confidential
The Godfather
Goodfellas

[Antonio]

1. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
2. THE GODFATHER
3. PSYCHO
4. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
5. JAWS

[MickeyKnox]

1.Fight Club
2.Requiem For A Dream
3.The Godfather
4.The Shining
5.American Psycho

[Gone in 60sec]

my 5 are:
LOTR- FOTR
LOTR- TTT
LOTR- ROTK
Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile

[Erin123]

1. High Fidelity
2. Snow Falling on Cedars
3. Bridget Jones' Diary
4. Empire of the Sun
5. The Power of One

[Mikey2Dope]

1.The Fellowship of the Ring
2.The Return of the King
3.The Godfather
4.The Shawshank Redemption
5.Goodfellas

[The 8 Ball]

1. Lord of The Rings: Return of The King

2. Lord of The Rings: Fellowship of The Ring

3. The Virgin Suicides

4. Ashes of Time

5. Requiem For A Dream

[Hucksta G]

1. Fight Club
2. Goodfellas
3. The Godfather
4. The Return of the King
5. Gangs of New York

[Hannibal21]

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. The Godfather
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. Gone with the Wind
5. The Silence of the Lambs

[jeo4]

Kewl thread. I like most of the choices made so far.

1. THE LORD OF THE RINGS, (All in the series are included, assuming they are one body of work by both the author and the director)
2. JAWS
3. 2001: A SPACE ODDESSEY
4. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
5. CHRISTINE

[Sad man]

1) Ghost World (It's a comic, but still a book)
2) 2001: A Space Odyssey
3) Lolita
4) The Hours
5) Gone With the Wind

[Briare Rabbit]

Originally posted by Antonio
1. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
2. THE GODFATHER
3. PSYCHO
4. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
5. JAWS

Ditto! :D

[arby19]

1. Requeim for a Dream(10/10)
2. Fight Club(10/10)
3. American Psycho(10/10)
4. The Shining(10/10)
5. Goodfellas(10/10)

I have to many 10/10's. Maybe I'm to easy on rating movies?

[Unicron]

1 - Return of the King
2 - The Two Towers
3 - Fellowship of the Ring
4 - Jurassic Park
5 - The Silence of the Lambs

[Scarface98.9]

1) The Godfather

2) Goodfellas

3) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition

4) Once Upon a Time in America

5) Casino

[jolanar]

LOTR (All 3)

Harry Potter (All 2)

Fight Club

Dreamcatcher (Ok ok it's the only other movie book I have read)

[QUENTIN]

1.) Raging Bull
2.) 2001: A Space Odyssey
3.) Apocalypse Now
4.) The Last Picture Show
5.) GoodFellas

[Shockwave]

Add the new Peter Pan movie to this list!

I cant beleive how respectful to the source material it was. It wasnt a kids movie as much as it was a adult movie about kids and what it means to grow up.

[Guy Strong]

1. Goodfellas
2. The Godfather
3. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Raging Bull

[Jerk Shapiro]

1. Apocalypse Now

2. Raging Bull

3, 4, and 5, respectively, The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

[Shockwave]

Wasnt "Fried Green Tomatoes" based on a book?

If so id definitly add it to my list, its a great movie.

[Tweek]

apollo 13 (book by Jim Lovell)
The Silence of the Lambs
October Sky
Gone with the Wind
Psycho
a beautiful mind

[martyds761]

Interview W/ the Vampire
Fight Club
All LOTR
Both Harry Potter
To Kill A Mockingbird

[Cabrini Green]

Rosemary’s Baby
Contact
Requiem for a Dream
The Last Picture Show
To Kill A Mockingbird
Spider

[KornKidJedi]

1.Gone With The Wind
2.The Godfather
3.West Side Story
4.Jackie Brown
5.Where Eagles Dare

[Psychopathic287]

1. Fight Club
2. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
3. Requiem for a Dream
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Red Dragon

[FilmBuff84]

American Psycho
The Rules Of Attraction
Jurassic Park
White Oleander
Cold Mountain...next to alot that have been mentioned

[Grim H.]

1. The Godfather
2. Doctor Zhivago
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. Goodfellas
5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

*The reason I didn't add 2001: ASO to my list was on a technicality. Since the book and the screenplay were written at the same time, they're really both based off of each other. That's just me, though...

[stevereno]

Rules Of Attraction
Fight Club
Less Than Zero
Firestarter
High Fidelity

SHIVER ME TIMBERS

[Buck Turgidson]

Okay, these are my top movies based on books.

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Dr. Strangelove...
3. Spartacus
4. The Godfather
5. Apocalypse Now


Top five good movies based on good books and/or stories

1. Vanya on 42nd Street
2. The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner
3. Far From The Madding Crowd
4. The Duellists
5. The Europeans

I thought that two distinct lists were called for.

[Cyclonus]

A Clockwork Orange
Requiem For a Dream
Fight Club
The Silence of the Lambs
Goodfellas

[BISHOP 2]

Did everybody forget about the EXORCIST??????!!!!!!!

[ColinM]

1) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2) The Godfather (1972)
3) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
4) Rear Window (1954)
5) L.A. Confidential (1997)

[Indy in IN]

Jaws
Lord of the Ring(s)
Harry Potter(s)
The Godfather
Seabiscuit

[J3R3MY420]

1.The Shawshank Redemption
2.The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King
3.The Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring
4.The Lord of the Rings:The Two Towers
5.Fight Club

[dannywalker17]

For the sake of allowing more films to make the list, I will count The Lord of the Rings as just one.

Top Movies Based on Books

1. The Lord of the Rings
2. The Princess Bride
3. Vertigo
4. The Shining
5. Misery
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
7. Forrest Gump
8. Cold Mountain
9. The Silence of the Lambs
10. Fight Club

Runners up: Fried Green Tomatoes, The NeverEnding Story, Tuck Everlasting, Blade Runner

[Rick-James]

Goodfellas
Raging Bull
The Godfather
2OO1: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jackie Brown

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by Rick-James
2OO1: A Space Odyssey


Actually the movie came out before the novel.

[Badbird]

The Secret of Nimh
Watership Down
Jurassic Park
Harry Potter

And, uh... haven't read any others I'd call good. I didn't like the book Jaws. Congo wasn't good in book or movie form. I hated the book Blade Runner was based on.

Did you know Die Hard was loosely based on a book too? Always wanted to read that one.

[mecha0man]

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Jackie Brown
3. The Godfather
4. Goodfellas
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey

[fevers]

A Clockwork Orange
The Lord of the Rings
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
To Kill a Mockingbird
Trainspotting
Fight Club

[Could Be Worse]

Requiem For a Dream
Jurassic Park
Jaws (Book sucked though)
Carrie
A Clockwork Orange
Bram Stoker's Dracula
To Kill a Mockingbird
LOTR trilogy
The Fury
Frankenstein

[Spacey_Norton21]

Originally posted by fevers
A Clockwork Orange
The Lord of the Rings
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
To Kill a Mockingbird
Trainspotting
Fight Club

Exactly, minus Trainspotting I haven't seen that...

But add The Godfather, Requiem For a Dream and The Shining to my list.


Dreamcatcher was like the book up to about 2/3 off the way and then the last 45 minutes then they ruined it!! THe ending of the book was wonderful!!

**SPOILERS**





Especially the whole idea of the younger kids running through the 'dreamcatcher' of sorts and in the hospital and "Sympathy For The Devil" was playing! Awesome! They ruined it come to think of it. It coulda been wonderful! God I'm pissed off now. They ruined the whole idea about Mr. Grey too...

Sorry to all who haven't read the book and don't understand, please except my apologies... or appy polly loggys as Alex DeLarge would say... :D

[Heavenley]

The Shining
The Time Machine (original)
The Exorcist
Contact
IT
Misery
Jaws
Carrie
Jurassic Park

[distorto25]

TOP FIVE MOVIES BASED OFF OF BOOKS:

1. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by James Ellroy
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson

2. FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk
Screenplay by Jim Uhls

4. JURASSIC PARK by Michael Crichton
Screenplay by David Koepp and Michael Crichton

5. OUT OF SIGHT by Elmore Leonard
Screenplay by Scott Frank

[Kucha]

5) White Oleander - 9/10
4) The Silence Of The Lambs - 8/10
3) Harry Potter & The Philosphers Stone - 9/10
2) The Shining - 9/10
1) The Diary Of Anne Frank - 10/10

[mr_gamecube]

The Lord of the Rings
Jurassic Park
Harry Potter
Jaws
The Shining

[NCFan]

Here are some of my fave books turned movie

1. Empire of the Sun - J G Ballard
2. The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot
3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
4. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen - Dyan Sheldon
5. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
6. The Green Mile - Stephen King
7. Matchstick Men - Eric Garcia
8. K-PAX - Gene Brewer
9. The Dead Zone - Stephen King
10. Message in a Bottle - Nicholas Sparks

[Kidsilk]

1. Jaws
2. Jurassic Park
3. Fight Club
4. Jackie Brown
5. Shawshank Redemption (sort of)

[Gian-Sergio]

1.The Godfather
2.West Side Story
3.Rashomon
4.Raging Bull
5.Jackie Brown