Just wondering what everyone’s favourite book is that’s been made into an equally or better movie.
Just wondering what everyone’s favourite book is that’s been made into an equally or better movie.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Me too, Sandy.
The Princesses Bride
The green mile
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Hunger Games
Me before you ?
Misery
The Light between Oceans
Harry Potter ,The Hunger games, The Vampire Diaries ( though it’s a TV series ) , To kill a Mockingbird definitely
The Help
Angela’s ashes, but the book better than the film. Too much missed out.
me before you ?
White fang
Fried Green Tomatoes, The Green Mile.
Oooh – Green Mile was good!
The Help
Have to read and see this one again! It’s been ages but both so beautiful ❤️
@Isabelle I loved both !
They picked the absolute best actresses for this movie!
#1 fav is Outlander (TV Series) and #2 fav is Time Traveler’s Wife
I always think the book is better never the movie x
Agree ??
The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Harry Potter- all of them
Eat pray love
Funny you mention this. I finished reading The Stand by Stephen King and decided to check out the movie. I have never been more impressed with a movie that follows the book. There were a couple tweaks, but very minor. For the most part even the dialogue was the same!!
great feedback thanks I have been considering reading the stand.
@Ayla I really enjoyed it. I just finished this a few days ago and already miss some of the characters.
To Kill A Mockingbird, The Outsiders, The Giver, A Series of Unfortunate Events (made into a TV series with NPH as Olaf), City Of Bones, Fallen, Before I Fall, Harry Potter, The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. And probably many many more that I can’t think of right now.
Cider House Rules was pretty good, but not perfect.
The hate u give
To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time To Kill.
Remains of the Day
The notebook, the movie for me was much better…. and is still one of my favorites!
The yellow wallpaper by the BBC
Interview with a Vampire. I thought both the movie version and the book were fantastic.
Yeah gotta agree loved the movie but hated the book
The Help
Me Before You
Angela’s Ashes was spot on but depressing. It’s a great book and a great movie. Just a lot of poverty and sadness. It turns out ok I’m pretty sure. No spoilers bc I haven’t seen it in years so I don’t remember much ?
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.
By far not my favorite book, but the movie was made so well!
Eat Pray Love
Watership Down
A Man Called Ove
To kill a mockingbird
The green mile❤️ although I didn’t imagine paul edgecombe as Tom hanks when I heard that’s who was playing him, I felt he totally did the character justice. And John coffee was the most perfect casting I’ve ever seen❤️in fact all the actors did an amazing job!
Pity davinci code wasn’t the same, I loved the book but none of the characters suited the actors (or vice versa) Tom hanks will never be Robert Langdon for me!
The Notebook
wow thanks guys some standout recommendations I think it’s time I read to kill a mockingbird!
I read this for the first time a month or two ago and fell in love with it. I hope you enjoy it too ?
I have never ever watched a film that was better than a book. The characters I visualize are never right in the movie, so I am always disappointed. For example, I never thought Jack Teacher was Tom Cruise, height aside he just wasn’t Jack.
I though handmaids tale was way better as a tv series than the book but yes other than that I cant think of any either
Following on, absolute miss casting of Jamie Dorman in 50 shades.
@Marilyn Agreed! But I thought Dakota Johnson was a good pick.
@Dana Yes. But didn’t bother with second film.
The hunger games
The notebook
or kevin costner in Mesage in a bottle ….”teresa come on sail with me ” YES please…..all about kevin asking us Teresa’s to sail away with him
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman.
oh I didn’t know this movie was a book, thankyou
Time travlers wife…better movie
Photographing Fairies
Gone with the Wind, Outlander (tv series)
I know this much is true by wally lamb is my favorite book and is about to be a movie with mark ruffalo
i love him
mark ruffalo that is
@Teresa swoon
@Sarah omg i always say he knocks on my door, I am running away with him, him or andy garcia of course
@Teresa hope your okay with polygamy cuz I’m right there with you lol
I’m in Connecticut but moving to Agawam soon. I listen to Bax and OBrien everyday. Love that local radio icon. Teresa M Gihon
my daughter is in enfield…..i love bax and obrien and i know @Steve……he is a great guy
@Teresa small world. I grew up in East Windsor so endures is like my back yard. I tried to hire steve for a bday party but he’s all booked up.
The Help is a favorite book of mine. The movie did a good job following the book.
The green mile
Kiss the girls
Also Hidden Figures ;). It’s a true treat when they get a movie right after a book ?
I thought the Book Thief and The Help both did pretty good jobs with the movies
@Jeanette, I agree
I loved Me Before You…..
The Shack
The second remake of The Maltese Falcon. The book was by Dashiell Hammett.
The Godfather
The Hunt for Red October
Like water for chocolate. I understand that Laura Esquivel was always in the set while filming it so she could assist keeping it “real” as she felt it while writing ?
The best of me and the outsiders
Jurassic Park
You beat me to it. I didn’t think they could pull it off. Great vision for the film.
The “Harry Potters” aren’t too shabby hey @Chloë @Kristie? 😀
The Hunger Games!!
A Time to Kill
The Godfather, hands down. One of my favourite books and movies.
Jurassic Park
The Princess Bride!
Map of the World. The Magic of Ordinary Days.
First season of Game of Thrones
A Passage to India is just about perfect. I read the book just before seeing the film, and they didn’t leave out a thing. Of course it was a Merchant Ivory production, and they’re always wonderful.
Big Little Lies
The Notebook and The Help. ❤️
Just got done reading The Help about 20 minutes ago. Absolutely loved it!
The Help and A Time to Kill!!!
‘A Room with a View’ is a favourite book & film This film was also a Merchant Ivory production of a Forster novel
Another is ‘Circle of Friends’
Willy Wonka and Chocolate factory
I didn’t realise how many of these movies were also books, thanks everyone
Big Little Lies, Light between Oceans and The Help… and The Lovely Bones….
Room
Secret life of Bees
The Commitments
Agreed
Gone With The Wind…
The 1989 version of The Woman In Black. Definitely *not* the Daniel Radcliffe one.
The book was good but the twist in the telemovie (which couldn’t be done in the book because of its narrative structure) made it a real stand out.
Hands down, Lonesome Dove.
@Kathy ooooh disagree. The book was SO much better.
The Green Mile
To Kill A Mockingbird, A Time To Kill, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, Mystic River.
Definitely To Kill a Mockingbird
The Help !
Life of Pi snd/ or Book Thief
A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Except that it’s not the movie I am referring to, it’s the series currently on Hulu.
light between the oceans. Me before you
Practical magic
Kite Runner. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.
What Dream May Come
Women thou art lose by td Jake’s is one of my favs
Perks of being a wallflower is my fave book so that one
Me before You or The Help
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.
Love Simon by Becky Albertalli
Lots of books I’ve enjoyed have been made into films but usually the plot has changed. So the best one for sticking religiously to the book would be “The Light Between Oceans”
You by Caroline Kepnes is shaping up to be just like the book. 5 out of 5 Stemps.
I don’t think I’ve seen any *better* than the books but The Body and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption were done very well
The Pianist
hunger games! Twilight, pride and prejudice
to kill a mockingbird!!!
Water For Elephants and The Eighty Dollar Champion