Movies Based on Books

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    • The Green Mile, The Mist etc. by Stephen King
    • Harry Potter Series by Rowling
    • The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
    • The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy by Tolkien
    • Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
    • Lord of the Flies by William Golding

      etc....

    and what can you add this list :eek: ?
     
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    coderbari Well-Known Member

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    The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson.
     
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    A Time to Kill - John Grisham
    Rainmaker - " "
    Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
     
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    Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
    Mystic River - Dennis Lehane
     
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    Don't know yet, but thanks for the list! :D
     
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    smatts9 Active Member

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    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
    The Bourne Identity / Supremacy / Ultimatum (different story line though)
    The Jungle Book
    Alice in Wonderland
    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
    Stardust
    The Golden Compass
    The Silence of the Lambs

    So many these are just a few from the top of my head.
     
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    Harry Potter - JK Rowling
     
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    Star Wars!!!!!

    Actually, I think the majority of movies are based on books.

    Running Man was based on a short story by Stephen King, but toatally altered.

    Other Stephen King book/movies that come to mind are Christine, Carrie, Cujo, actually the list goes on and on.
     
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    harry potter just because everything in the book and on the film seems to come to life when you see or hear it
     
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    no country for old men
     
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    You guys missed a big one... :p

    A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
     
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    To kill a mocking bird
     
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    Almost every next movie is based on a book. Harry porter, Lord of the rings, Bourne supermacy, ultimatum & Identity, Devil wears prada, The godfather, The patriot, The sentinel, U turn, Mean girls, Applolo 13 and many more. The list is too long...
     
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    The Hunt for Red October
    The Sum of All Fears
    Clear ind Present Danger
    Patriot Games

    and others by Tom Clancy

    The Bourne Identity
    The Bourne Supremacy
    The Bourne Ultimatum

    Robert Ludlum


    all great reads, all good movies
     
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    One more... Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Quite old movie :p)

    Both movie and novel were awesome :cool:

    One of the worst movie ever made :( complete waste of time.
     
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    Most if not all of the James Bond movies were written by Ian Fleming :)
     
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    you can find the list in the movie based on book club.
    http://www.bookmovieclub.com
     
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    The Devil Wears Prada
    Harry Potter
    LOTR
    Star Wars
    Fight Club
    Wizard of Oz
    The Chronicles of Narnia
    The Aviator
     
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    Angels and Demons - By Dan Brown!
     
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    I Robot - Issac Asimov ;)
     
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