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Bookworms and cinephiles, assemble!

Sometimes a book is turned into a movie and that’s how you learn that the first one even exists. Sometimes the book you love becomes a blockbuster cinematic experience, and sometimes it’s a total flop. Today we’ll look at 25 books-turned-movies in an attempt to clarify once and for all which one was better. Can we all agree on one? Probably not, but let’s try!

#1

“The Lord Of The Rings” Trilogy

“The Lord Of The Rings” Trilogy

William Morrow , New Line Cinema Report

marina
Community Member
1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The books have much more depth than the movies, besides the ending in the book makes more sense and really closes the storylines.

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    #2

    “The Shawshank Redemption”

    “The Shawshank Redemption”

    Scribner , Castle Rock Entertainment Report

    Arturo De la Rosa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was surprised to see my opinion was in the mayority, I expected people would be snobs and say the short story was better. Ironically for Stephen king this is a middle quality story within his body of work and yet the best adaptation of a SK story ever brought to the big screen.

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    #3

    “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy”

    “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy”

    Macmillan Children's Books , Touchstone Pictures Report

    Arturo De la Rosa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    42 , The correct answer was not an option. I have casted my vote never the less, so long and thanks for all the fish.

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    #4

    “Hunger Games”

    “Hunger Games”

    Scholastic Press , Lionsgate Films Inc. Report

    BoredPamda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Suzanne Collins did such a good job of portraying PTSD in the books.

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    #5

    “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”

    “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”

    Berkley , Warner Bros. Report

    Joy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The closing scene is still the most powerful moving and inspiring moments in film. For me, it's the entire movie and I've often wondered about Chief's story and the new beginning he give himself. Even typing this and remembering the music to that scene is an incredible feeling. I love that scene

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    #6

    “The Maze Runner”

    “The Maze Runner”

    Delacorte Press , Twentieth Century Fox Report

    ggus44
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Book 1 was good. Books 2 and 3 are terrible... The writer just didn't know what to do with the story, how to explain things, how to end things. Movies changed a good part of the stories and made it better.

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    #8

    “All Quiet On The Western Front”

    “All Quiet On The Western Front”

    Amazon , Netflix Report

    SirWriteALot
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    German author, german movie. Watch it in german. MACH SCHNELL! JETZT!

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    #9

    “The Help”

    “The Help”

    Berkley , DreamWorks Studios Report

    Pandarosa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely both for me, the book was excellent and the movie really brought it to life, tears everywhere during certain scenes!

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    #10

    “The Princess Diaries”

    “The Princess Diaries”

    HarperCollins , Walt Disney Studios Report

    CrazyKnitter
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love both actually... I remember reading it before the movie came out and I thought the book did a really good job

    #11

    “Little Women”

    “Little Women”

    Puffin Books , Sony Pictures Report

    Amy Smith
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The better adaptation was the 90s version with Claire Danes, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Gabriel Byrne et al. Amazing cast... But the book was better

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    #12

    “Dune”

    “Dune”

    Ace Books , Warner Bros. Report

    Lost Panda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All the Dune... no matter what... even that old PC game... MORE DUNE

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    #13

    “Romeo And Juliet”

    “Romeo And Juliet”

    Amazon , Twentieth Century Fox Report

    Kelly Boreham
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Romeo and Julie isn't a book. It's a play/script

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    #14

    “The Great Gatsby”

    “The Great Gatsby”

    Amazon , Warner Bros. Report

    Arturo De la Rosa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's a must read, hard to beat Fitzgerald, even with DiCaprio.

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    #15

    “Where The Crawdads Sing”

    “Where The Crawdads Sing”

    G.P. Putnam's Sons; , Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Report

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I haven't seen the movie because I don't want to ruin the book.

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    #16

    “The Idea Of You”

    “The Idea Of You”

    St. Martin's Griffin , Amazon Studios Report

    Soal Devereaux
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When i saw the trailer for this movie was based on a book, i figured i would read the book first. Apologies, but the book is boring and poorly written. I had to force my self to finish it, thankfully it's a short one. The movies was, while not very deep, at least entertaining and they changed just enough to make it a lovable story. Good for a rainy day.

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    #17

    “Ready Player One”

    “Ready Player One”

    Random House Publishing Group , Warner Bros. Report

    Trillian
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The movie was vastly different from the book and what I loved most were all the Gen X references to movies, songs etc. Those were mostly lost in the movie.

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    #18

    "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower"

    "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower"

    TurtlebackBooks , Summit Entertainment Report

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The book tells you more about what happened with Charlie and his aunt. And why she did the things she did.

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    #19

    “The Da Vinci Code”

    “The Da Vinci Code”

    Achor , Columbia Pictures Report

    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The book was one of the biggest pieces of garbage I ever read in my life.

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    #20

    “My Policeman”

    “My Policeman”

    Penguin Books , Amazon Studios Report

    Patti Golden
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Harry styles is in that movie? I will have to check it out. Love me some H. S.

    #21

    “Call Me By Your Name”

    “Call Me By Your Name”

    Picador , Frenesy Film Company Report

    #22

    “It Ends With Us”

    “It Ends With Us”

    Atria Books , Columbia Pictures Report

    KT
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Secret fourth option: both movie and book are horrendous

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    #23

    “Harry Potter”

    “Harry Potter”

    Pottermore Publishing , Warner Bros. Report

    Mike Loux
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The movies can't quite compete with the books, due to them being so information dense. The first movie was probably the closest to the book. That being said, I love it all.

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    #25

    50 Shades Of Grey” Trilogy

    50 Shades Of Grey” Trilogy

    Bloom Books , Universal Pictures Report