Ooh this could get controversial!! I have to admit the Reacher movies are a guilty pleasure, purely because Tom Cruise is almost exactly the opposite to what Reacher should be like!!
If tv adaptations are also ok to add, I really loved Case Histories and Bosch, both very true to the books I thought. And I really can’t wait for the Cormoran Strike series, the cast look perfect!
Mine is very old, but a real favourite. To Kill a Mockingbird.. Harper Lee. Watched the film recently with my 12 year old grandaughter and she loved it.xx
Hunger Games, which was a surprise to me too because a) I don’t normally like that genre and b) I’m usually not a fan of movies that are taken from books. The book is always a million times better in my opinion.
The Hunger Games took me by surprise as well. The books were well written and the story pulls you in from the get go. However I have yet to make it through any of the movies.
If I read a book I won’t watch the film. If I watch a film won’t read the book. Rosemary’s Baby I read as a teen, many years later it was on TV. Film missed out chunks and bore no resemblem to the book
I remember seeing the film of My Sister’s Keeper and getting really annoyed that they’d just totally switched the ending around, it’s the last time I can think of where I strongly disliked an adaptation!
And finally, I’ve not read the book but I thought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was superb, it had so many nods to the BBC adaptation of the original, one of my absolute favourites!
Among ones already stated here, I thought Stephen King’s THE STAND was an absolutely great mini series! The book is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Also good books to movie are Dennis Lehane’s MYSTIC RIVER and SHUTTER ISLAND
All of the June Austen adaptations, even the dotty American version of P+P starring Green Garston and Laurence Olivier. Costumes, acting, set – they usually get at least one of them right. Maybe my favourite is the Mansfield Park version with Anna Massey as horrid Aunt Norris. But I once lived in Portsmouth so I may be prejudiced.
Ooh this could get controversial!! I have to admit the Reacher movies are a guilty pleasure, purely because Tom Cruise is almost exactly the opposite to what Reacher should be like!!
If tv adaptations are also ok to add, I really loved Case Histories and Bosch, both very true to the books I thought. And I really can’t wait for the Cormoran Strike series, the cast look perfect!
The Green Mile
I’ve still never seen that, or read the book 🙁 was it one of his short stories?
Ooh yes totally agree. My best book ever and my best film ever.
Not a short story but a number of novellas
I agree with this wholeheartedly. Both the book and the film are fantastic!
Oh this affects me so much! Cried reading the book, then cried even more at the film! When I hear that song…. ????
I cried for ages at this movie
This film made me cry. It is brilliant.x
Absolutely and totally brilliant Book and Film ! x
Anything and every thing is okay to add!
Girl with the Dragon tattoo.
Bridget Jones Diary
Mine is very old, but a real favourite. To Kill a Mockingbird.. Harper Lee. Watched the film recently with my 12 year old grandaughter and she loved it.xx
Ha ha the kids books Harry Potter. Well Voldermort is a bit of a criminal. Loved the girl with the dragon tattoo.
The Shawshank Redemption
I loved the sculptress.
Shawshank Redemption
Mystic River
Tell no one.
Is that Harlen Coben? Sure I have read this.x
@Lesley yes. The film is in French. But excellent
Gone Baby Gone
Day of the jackal.
Safe haven
Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe. Gone with the wind. Jack Reacher ?
Oh I loved Fried Green Tomatoes! Made me cry every time!
Jaws..
does my memory serve me right? was it Peter Benchley ?
Yes.. I was 14 when it came out, still in my all time top 10 books..
Think I read it when I was in my teens.
Love Jack Reacher didnt think I would as couldnt imagine Tom Cruise but he was ok
Stephen King novels seem to translate to the big screen very well. Aside from Shawshank, Stand by Me and Misery are both excellent adaptations.
I’ve always wished someone would make The Talisman into a film!
Hunger Games, which was a surprise to me too because a) I don’t normally like that genre and b) I’m usually not a fan of movies that are taken from books. The book is always a million times better in my opinion.
The Hunger Games took me by surprise as well. The books were well written and the story pulls you in from the get go. However I have yet to make it through any of the movies.
Silence of the lambs
Shawshank redemption
Absolutely !! The play is amazing too !
Carrie (the original, not the remake)
Sorry not a film but loved the TV adaption of Val McDermids Tony Hill series wire in the blood.
All of John Grisham books, The Firm, The Client, The Pelican Brief
Harry Potter, Hunger Games, The Hobbit (although one book into three films was pushing it a little) and Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Girl with All the Gifts.
Is this any good? Really want to watch it x
I still prefer the book, but that is just me, I say give it a go, its all you can do
Gone girl. Normally I hate books to film, but the author wrote the screen play so stayed true to the original.
Green mile
Eragon. I’m a hipster. #Sarcasm
Gone with the wind
The Green mile
If I read a book I won’t watch the film. If I watch a film won’t read the book. Rosemary’s Baby I read as a teen, many years later it was on TV. Film missed out chunks and bore no resemblem to the book
To Kill A Mocking Bird.
I can separate the two, no problem.
I remember seeing the film of My Sister’s Keeper and getting really annoyed that they’d just totally switched the ending around, it’s the last time I can think of where I strongly disliked an adaptation!
I was so annoyed by that.
I am so glad you posted. I read the book recently. I then happened to catch the end of the film on tv last week. Totally different ending.
The Great Gatsby
And finally, I’ve not read the book but I thought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was superb, it had so many nods to the BBC adaptation of the original, one of my absolute favourites!
The Name of the Rose
The lovely bones I balled it at both book and film best adaptation from book to film I’ve ever seen xx
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: BBC series with Alec Guinness, A+
Perfection.
Among ones already stated here, I thought Stephen King’s THE STAND was an absolutely great mini series! The book is one of the best books I’ve ever read.
Also good books to movie are Dennis Lehane’s MYSTIC RIVER and SHUTTER ISLAND
Stephen King, Rose Red
Shutter Island
Perfume.
All of the June Austen adaptations, even the dotty American version of P+P starring Green Garston and Laurence Olivier. Costumes, acting, set – they usually get at least one of them right. Maybe my favourite is the Mansfield Park version with Anna Massey as horrid Aunt Norris. But I once lived in Portsmouth so I may be prejudiced.
Awesome last name!
I think it was the clincher in the marriage proposal.
Greer Garson
Jaws and the life of pi.
One shot, i cant remember others yet
Not a film but Val Mcdermaids wire in the blood.
Wild, Harry Potter (if I ignore the changes), The Lion, Witch and The Wardrobe
The BFG, The Green Mile, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, just a couple of my favourites but there’s so many 🙂
Bone collector
Bone Collector and Lincoln Lawyer