Name a movie that is just as good or better than the book. I got The Shawshank Redemption.
Name a movie that is just as good or better than the book.
I got The Shawshank Redemption.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I’ll watch Stephen King movies but I won’t read the books. Does that count?
Candice the man is a master at his craft..just a great story teller
Mustafa Ashraf
I’m rereading The Stand
The Green Mile..exactly the same as the book
I don’t think I can agree with the just the same, but both of them are absolutely amazing.. definitely one of my favorites.. =)
A Map Of The World ?
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
To Kill a Mockingbird
Stand By Me
Stand by Me.. fantastic.
Stand by Me is also Stephen King
Honestly, Fried Green Tomatoes was SOOO much better than the book.. I hated the book.. also, not a movie but a TV show, True Blood.. I watched the show and then read the books, and the 2 are so completely different that I feel like you can’t really compare them side by side.. it’s like comparing apples and oranges, but I love both.. I also love that they’re so different that you can’t compare really compare them..
That’s the beautiful thing about art.
I LOVE Fried Green Tomatoes!
The movie was awesome.. I couldn’t stand the book.. it was so disjointed and hard to follow, and just.. meh..
I couldn’t watch True Blood because they were so far off from the books ?
I love True Blood! Never read the Sookie Steakhouse series though..
Of mice and men, the one from 1992
Mary Poppins….I remember reading the book as a kid, and being disappointed after having loved the movie!
I loved both. The book had so much more than the movie, loved Cora the gingerbread lady that she turned to stars and the twins being able to talk to the birds until their 1st birthday. The movie with the wonderful songs and Andrews and Van Dyke were perfect as Mary and Bert.
I really enjoyed both book and movie of my sisters keeper by Jodi picoult.
No they ruined the end in the movie. Made me so mad
that is true. They did. But I still felt the movie was good overall. I wasn’t mad throughout the movie as I typically am. Lol.
The Green Mile!!
Shawshank is one of my favorite movies
Forrest Gump
The Green Mile
I have to agree. The green mile. But you can’t go wrong with Tom Hanks
The Harry Potter books ?
I find the movies are not as good as he books.
Safe Haven by Nicolas Sparks
Lord of the Rings
Nice!
Was gonna say that too
The World According to Garp
The genius of Robin Williams
The green mile loved it
The princess bride
Memoirs of A Geisha
Mémoires of a geisha
Davinci Code. Excellent movie, excellent book.
Anne of Green Gables- the original shows on PBS.
I disagree… Books are better in detail.
Big LM Montgomery fan?
DUFF is the rare case where a movie is better than a book
I read the book and watched the movie last night I agree
Have to actually disagree with this one! Although I enjoyed the movie the book was so much better! Felt the relationship in the book between the main characters was much more believable! ?
I agree with Amanda. I definitely preferred the DUFF book. The movie was funny and cute though
Vampires (1998) was so much better than the book which I didn’t realize was a book until years later. Two words. James Woods.
Dr. Zhivago
Narnia (better than the book)
Ella Enchanted. The movie is much more entertaining.
Pygmalion..
A walk to Remember
And The Notebook! Mainly because of Ryan Gosling’s charisma ❤
Haven’t seen that yet. I went premiere day with one of my best friends to see A walk to remember. Big mistake of going with someone who read the book I couldn’t count on my hands how many times I heard I knew that was going to happen
These are 2 of my favourite movies, and my favourite Nicholas Sparks movies. After that they all start to blend together.
I never spoil. That friend deserves a smack on the head. Lol
She got yelled at be me and her sister afterwards. And I vowed never to see a movie with her after that
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Christine the movie is way better than the book.
White Oleander
Both are good! ???
Loved the book & like the movie.
Colour purple
Time traveller’s wife. ANd all of hardy potter books are just as good as the books.
Schindler’s Ark
Perks of being a wallflower
Stardust and i agree shawshank.
The Martian
I prefer the book tbh. The movie is grand, but somehow doesn’t have all the charm (for me)
For people (like me) who struggled through the tons of science stuff in the book, the movie was better.
I see your point. I think I just skimmed over it while I was reading! Lol
Cloud Atlas
Interview with the vampire
I loved the Book!
Me too. And the movie was amazing.
The 100 TV show is better than the book. The Magicians as well.
How I live Now by Meg Rosoff. I really liked the book and the movie changed a few a couple things but I feel that it gave it better imagery than the book. Same with The Boy in the Striped Pajama’s. Book is fantastic and the childlike nature sets the mood very well but the movie ending is more powerful. Tuck Everlasting, I thought was better. The Lovely Bones. I hated the book but the movie was okay.
The only movie I ever though was just as good with the book was Blood and Chocolate.
The Narnia books vs movies, I’ll take the movies over C.S. Lewis’s writing anyday.
His writing style was really … hard on me.
Agreed. So when our dog was teething I was secretly really glad she destroyed the Narnia collection tome.
Oh no … That makes me laugh … And I’m horified at the same time. Bad me. ???
I love the books. You have to remember they were written a long, long time ago, so the language, sentence structure, vocabulary is different to what we use today.
Of all C.S.Lewis books, I found The Chronicles the easiest to read. Some of his other books are just way too complex. . .and then I found out he was a Professor of Medieval English! Enough said
Penny Stephens but you have to admit that many books written in the same period do not have the same effect. The writing there, unlike Lewis’s, is energetic, immersive and interesting. I mean I love the concept of Narnia a lot, but the execution is lacking.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Shawshank Redemption
Stand By Me
The Green Mile
Of Mice and Men
Delores Claiborne
Misery
Lord of the Rings trilogy
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Bone Collector
Kiss the Girls
Along Came A Spider
Romeo and Juliet
Like Water for Chocolate was fabulous! Both book and movie were superb!
Misery was sooooo good on both ends!!
Red Dragon – original movie was Manhunter with William L. Petersen and later remake with Ralph Fiennes and Edward Norton was incredible.
Divine Secret Sisters of the YaYa Hood and To Kill A MockingBird
I love YaYa but haven’t read the book.
Gone with the wind. I love them both equally
Brokeback Mountain
Beautiful creatures was a shockingly good representation… I mean they left out a lot and didn’t explain some stuff but the movie was great. The book is phenomenal though… the whole series is brilliant. And the follow up series… I’m shutting up now.
For me it’s the color purple I liked the movie way better than the book and the green mile!
I thought the hunger games was incredibly close to the book. I thoroughly enjoyed the movies as they stayed as close to the books as they could get
Catch me if you can
Fight Club
Lord of the Rings. Mostly because they had subtitles for the Elvish same with the Hobbit. Fried Green tomatoes
Forrest Gump
The maze runner? The fault in our Stars? *Shrug* both were perfectly fine in there respectful firms.
Walk to remember, p.s. I love you and The Godfather
Bram Shocker’s Dracula, A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 13 Reasons Why
*Stoker’s
Kiss the girls
The book thief
fight club, I liked the movie more than the book
I tend not to watch many films, but I saw Book Thief and Fault in our Stars, so decided to read them after. Films were way better!!! The Harry Potter films are as good as the books.
Forrest Gump!!
Angels @ demons,derailed,
I thought they did a fantastic job on the kite runner and the boy in the striped pajamas
Goodwill Hunting.
The Green Mile
Oh and The Lovely Bones
The Princess Bride
The Color Purple
I don’t think I can name any… But for some reason, it doesn’t bother me with Stephen King as much as it does with others. His stories seem to work well in either form 🙂
Gone with the Wind.
The Stepford Wives
Gone With the Wind, The Green Mile
Jurassic Park, Gone With The Wind
Safe haven they little different but both really good.
The Life of Pi
I watched The Life of Pi just last night!
You read the book?
Yes I did, long ago, enjoyed it very much
Its a beautiful book. But I enjoyed the movie more
The Getaway.
I agree with Shawshank Redemption. The Green Mile, The Hunger Games, The Shining (even tho it was very different from the book)
Wait. The Hunger Games?! This requires argument! I need explanation ??
I really liked the movies. They weren’t better than the book, but they weren’t as bad as divergent or TMI. Lol
I liked the movies too—I thought you were saying they’re BETTER than the books!??
I need to get The Shining, the movie was soooo scary and the book must be as well
The book is different. The movie was much darker, crazier. I was kinda disappointed with the book cuz I enjoyed the movie so much. Still creepy, though. And then there’s Doctor Sleep.
@Chrissie There’s no comparison! The Shining is awesome!??
@Melissa I was the opposite! I read the book first and I hated the movie?? (Just like King himself)
King and Kubrick had problems with each other during the filming of the movie. The made for tv version of the Shining was way closer to the book.
@Melissa OH! I never saw that one!??
@Siri, the actors actually match the description of the ones from the book and the creepy topiary animals are in the movie too. It came out in the early 90s I believe.
i agree with u on shawshank redemption
The Godfather 1&2! Even better than the book!??
Practical Magic. The book wasn’t focused, the characters were under developed, it didn’t have most of the scenes that made the movie memorable and moving. The movie was way better.
Gone With the Wind. Even though it left off vital details, the movie was equal to the book.
13 Reasons Why. The mini series did some things inferior to the book and some things superior to the book. They’re about equal.
How did I not know practical magic was a book. I love that movie!
You could have READ the book and still not known it was connected to the movie. It’s that different.
Oh wow! I may give it a try, but I know I’ll be disappointed thinking back to the movie lol
I’m here for moral support when it breaks your heart.
Thank you! I just pulled it from my local library ( love digital checkout) . I’m between books so, here it goes!
Never yet found a film to touch the book
The Winds of War miniseries. Both were excellent.
Oh yes that’s a wonderful series!
1984
The Handmaid’s Tale…series. So far, it is as affecting as the book.
I thought the Jack Nicholson version of the Shining was better than the book. I never saw the other version.
Oh the new version was just as scary!!
I found the movie to be scarier than the book.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Holes & Tuck Everlasting were really similar to the movies..
Hunger Games & Divergent series were really good books & movies..
I hated how they made The Host & Vampire Academy. Vampire Academy was extremely butchered. The Host was missing a lot of the story.
LA Confidential
The girl with the dragon tattoo (David fincher version)
Harry Potter
Godfather
The Shack
The Mist, the film trims out some of the main characters content, and the ending is just awesomely bleak, but anything by Stephen King is brilliant?
not a movie but a show…The Magicians. I disliked the book
“My Big Fat Greek wedding”
To kill a …
The notebook , the girl on the train , the hunger games , divergent
The Help
Bridges over Madison County ❤️
Jaws
Lord of the Rings
The Notebook
The Notebook
Lord of the rings. And also, not quite a movie but sooo much better than the books… GAME Of Thrones!
To Kill a Mockingbird.
I think The Hunger Games movies are better than the books. One big one that I’m sure is an unpopular opinion is that I preferred the movie Vampire Academy over the book. I liked both a lot but I preferred the movie. However, I haven’t continued with the book series so maybe that will change once I get more information? I’m not sure.
I loved the VA movie, so I decided to give the books a try. Loved the first one, but the series got worse as it went on.
I loved how strong Rose was, someone who didn’t need a man and could fend for herself. I liked the romance, but the further the books went, it seemed as though Rose went from the strong girl to a lovesick girl who only thought of her man.
Yeah! I also read the first book after seeing the movie. And damn that sucks. I have only read the first one. I really loved Rose’s character (and the actress who played her) so it’s a bummer she loses her personality in the following series.
I might have been projecting my thoughts about the movie on to the book, which might be why I liked it so much! Lol
It’s a pity they won’t carry on with the movies.
I agree! It was such a funny and clever movie. I really loved the main two female actresses. And I didn’t even mind Rose’s start of her relationship. I would have loved to see more movies.
Howl’s Moving Castle
“The Accidental Tourist.” For me it was far better than Anne Tyler’s book.
Great movie, The only book of Anne Tyler’s I didn’t read. I love her books.
I think she’s a great writer, but others of her works have impressed me more than “Tourist.”
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Harry potter
I tot. agree about the Shawshank. Another could be Stand By Me?
Pride and Prejudice(2005). Jane Eyre(2011)
E.T.
ET was a book? Wow. Didn’t know that
Yes. But I think the film (unusually) was made first directly from a screen dialogue and then due to its success they wrote the book from the film. A big mistake.
Schindler’s List…..the movie is way better than the book. I’m reading it now and it’s going very slow!
And also “Chocolat”. The book was actually difficult to read, but the film version, which totally transposed the location and ambience of the story, was magical.
Good to know. I saw the movie many years ago and always wanted to read the book.
Personally I’d recommend against it. Normally I think the book is sooooo much better than the film, but there are some notable exceptions as we can see from everyone’s comments on this post. Regarding ‘Chocolat’, if I recall correctly, the book takes place in NY in relatively modern times (as compared with the film). It lacked the sumptiousness (is that even a word? ) that the film had in spades.