movies that are based on books, how many can you come up with?
2006-11-08 06:40:08 · 11 answers · asked by shenae 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
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1984
Orwell, George
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Clarke, Arthur C.
THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
Tyler, Anne
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Twain, Mark
AFFLICTION
Banks, Russell
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
Forester, C. S.
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
Wharton, Edith
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Carroll, Lewis
ALIVE
Read, Piers Paul
ALL THE KING'S MEN
Warren, Robert Penn
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
Bernstein, Carl/Woodard, Bob
AMADEUS
Shaffer, Peter
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
Crichton, Michael
APOCALYPSE NOW
Conrad, Joseph (Book titled HEART OF DARKNESS)
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
Kesselring, Joseph
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN
Gaines, Ernest J.
BELOVED
Morrison, Toni
BEN-HUR
Wallace, Lew
THE BIG SLEEP
Chandler, Raymond
BLADERUNNER
Dick, Philip K. (Book titled DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?)
BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
Wolfe, Tom
BORN FREE
Adamson, Joy
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Kovic, Ron
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
Capote, Truamn
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
Waugh, Evelyn
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
Boulle, Pierre (Book titled BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI)
BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Waller, Robert James
CAINE MUTINY
Wouk, Herman
CALL OF THE WILD
London, Jack
CAMELOT
White, T.H. (Book titled THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING)
CANNERY ROW
Steinbeck, John
CAPE FEAR
MadDonald, John D. (Book titled THE EXECUTIONERS)
CARRIE
King, Stephen
CATCH-22
Heller, Joseph
CHARLY
Keyes, Daniel (Book titled FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON)
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
Binchy, Maeve
A CIVIL ACTION
Harr, Jonathan
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
Clancy, Tom
THE CLIENT
Grisham, John
CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Burgess, Anthony
THE COLOR PURPLE
Walker, Alice
COMA
Cook, Robin
CONGO
Crichton, Michael
DANCES WITH WOLVES
Blake, Michael
DANGEROUS MINDS
Johnson, Louanne (Book titled MY POSSE DON'T DO HOMEWORK
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Miller, Arthur
THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN
Mitchard, Jacquelyn (due out 1999)
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
Mosley, Walter
DIE HARD
Thorp, Roderick (Book titled NOTHING LASTS FOREVER)
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
Pasternak, Boris
DODSWORTH
Lewis, Sinclair
DRACULA
Stoker, Bram
EAST OF EDEN
Steinbeck, John
ELMER GANTRY
Lewis, Sinclair
EMMA
Austin, Jane (Also was the inspiration for the movie CLUELESS)
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
Ondaatje, Michael
EXODUS
Uris, Leon
THE EXORCIST
Blatty, William
FAHRENHEIT 451
Bradbury, Ray
FIELD OF DREAMS
Kinsella, W. P. (book titled SHOELESS JOE)
THE FIRM
Grisham, John
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB
Goldsmith, Olivia
FORREST GUMP
Groom, Winston
FRANKENSTEIN
Shelley, Mary
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
Flagg, Fannie (book titled FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Jones, James
GET SHORTY
Leonard, Elmore
GETTYSBURG
Shaara, Michael (Book titled THE KILLER ANGELS)
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
Mamet, David
THE GODFATHER
Puzo, Mario
GOLDFINGER
Fleming, Ian
GONE WITH THE WIND
Mitchell, Margaret
THE GOOD EARTH
Buck, Pearl
GORILLAS IN THE MIST
Fossey, Dian
THE GRADUATE
Webb, Charles
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Steinbeck, John
THE GREAT ESCAPE
Brickhill, Paul
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Dickens, Charles
GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
Crichton, Michael
THE GRIFTERS
Thompson, Jim
HAWAII
Michener, James
THE HANDMAID'S TALE
Atwood, Margaret
THE HOBBIT
Tolkien, J. R. R.
THE HORSE WHISPERER
Evans, Nicholas
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
Allende, Isabel
HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK
McMillan, Terry
HOWARD'S END
Forster, E.M.
HUD
McMurtry, Larry (Book titled HORSEMAN, PASS BY)
HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
Clancy, Tom
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER
Duncan, Lois
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Rice, Anne
IRONWEED
Kennedy, William
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Stern, Philip Van Doren (Short story titled "The Greatest Gift")
JAWS
Benchley, Peter
THE JOY LUCK CLUB
Tan, Amy
JURASSIC PARK
Crichton, Michael
THE KILLING FIELDS
Schanberg, Sidney (Book titled THE DEATH AND LIFE OF DITH PRAN)
THE KING AND I
Landon, Margaret (Book titled Anna and the King of Siam)
KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Corman, Avery
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Ellroy, James
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
Cooper, James Fenimore
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Lawrence, T.E. (Book titled THE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM)
LEGENDS OF THE FALL
Harrison, Jim
LES MISERABLES
Hugo, Victor
LITTLE BIG MAN
Berger, Thomas
LITTLE WOMEN
Alcott, Louisa May
LOLITA
Nabokov, Vladimir
LONESOME DOVE
McMurtry, Larry
THE LONG, HOT SUMMER
Faulkner, William (Book titled THE HAMLET)
THE LONGEST DAY
Ryan, Cornelius
THE LORD OF THE FLIES
Golding, William
THE MALTESE FALCON
Hammett, Dashiell
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
Dumas, Alexandre
THE MAN WHO BE KING
Kipling, Rudyard
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
Condon, Richard
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Sparks, Nicholas
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Herlihy, James
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
Berendt, John
MISSING
Hauser, Thomas (Book titles THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES HORMAN)
MOSQUITO COAST
Theroux, Paul
MRS. DALLOWAY
Woolfe, Virginia
THE NATURAL
Malamud, Bernard
NEVER CRY WOLF
Mowat, Farley
NORTH AND SOUTH
Jakes, John
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Hemingway, Ernest
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Kesey, Ken
ONE TRUE THING
Quindlen, Anna
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Guest, Judith
OSCAR AND LUCINDA
Carey, Peter
OUT OF AFRICA
Dinesen, Isak
OUT OF SIGHT
Leonard, Elmore
THE OUTSIDERS
S.E. Hinton
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Forester, E. M.
PATRIOT GAMES
Clancy, Tom
PELICAN BRIEF
Grisham, John
A PLACE IN THE SUN
Dreiser, Theodore (book AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY)
PLANET OF THE APES
Boulle, Pierre
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
Fisher, Carrie
PRESUMED INNOCENT
Turow, Scott
PRIZZI'S HONOR
Condon, Richard
PSYCHO
Bloch, Robert
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Austen, Jane
PRIMARY COLORS
Anonymous
PRINCE OF TIDES
Conroy, Pat
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Goldman, William
RAGTIME
Doctorow, E. L.
REBECCA
DuMaurier, Daphne
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Ishiguro, Kazuo
THE RIGHT STUFF
Wolfe, Tom
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
Maclean, Norman
A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Forester, E. M.
ROOTS
Haley, Alex
ROSEMARY'S BABY
Levin, Ira
THE RUSSIA HOUSE
LeCarre, John
SCHINDLER'S LIST
Keneally, Thomas
THE SECRET GARDEN
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
Austen, Jane
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
King, Stephen (Book titled RITA HAYWORTH AND THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION)
THE SHINING
King, Stephen
SHOGUN
Clavell, James
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Harris, Thomas
A SIMPLE PLAN
Smith, Scott
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
Guterson, David (due out 1999)
SOPHIE'S CHOICE
Styron, William
SPARTACUS
Fast, Howard
SPHERE
Crichton, Michael
THE STAND
King, Stephen
STAND BY ME
King, Stephen (book titled THE BODY)
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Williams, Tennessee
THE SWEET HEREAFTER
Banks, Russell
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
McMurtry, Henry
THE THIN RED LINE
Jones, James
THE THORN BIRDS
McCullough, Colleen
A THOUSAND ACRES
Smiley, Jane
THE THREE FACES OF EVE
Thigpen, Corbett
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Dumas, Alexandre
A TIME TO KILL
Grisham, John
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Lee, Harper
TOTAL RECALL
Anthony, Piers
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
Smith, Betty
TRUE GRIT
Portis, Charles
UNDER SIEGE
Coonts, Stephen
A WALK TO REMEMBER
Nicholas Sparks
WAITING TO EXHALE
McMillan, Terry
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
Wells, H. G.
WE CAN REMEMBER IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE
Phillip K. Dick
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Albee, Edward
WITCHES OF EASTWICK
Updike, John
WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
Irving, John
2006-11-08 06:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by Pop T 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Da Vinci Code,Harry potter,Silence of the Lambs,J oy luck Club,
Friday Night Lights, Amityville Horror, Aviator, Beaches
Bone Collector,Bridges of Madison County, Bridget Jone's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason,Hannibal, The Firm, Red Dragon,Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH ,The Color Purple, Fantastic Four,Sin City, Along Came a Spider, Pearl Harbor, Devil in a Blue Dress, Losing Isaiah, The Note book,Carlito's Way, Graveyard Shift,My Dog Skip, Pay It Forward
2006-11-08 15:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by ~InEvItAbLe~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wen u read the book first and then watch movie then 90% of the cases u wont like but a person watching a movie without knowing about the book may enjoy it better, I believe reading book is good than watching movie based on it ,coz u use ur imagination to understand the book and is always good, and again everyone neednot have time to go thru the whole book or there are people who r illiterate thus movie may be better in comparision.
2006-11-08 14:52:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great list but he forgot -
Holes - Louis Sachar
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
Charly - Jack Weyland
Baptists at Our Barbeque - Robert Farrell Smith
Prince of Egypt - Bible
Joseph King of Dreams - Bible
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsberg
Jumangi - Chris Van Allsberg
Zathura - Chris Van Allsberg
2006-11-08 15:03:24 · answer #4 · answered by becbec 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most movies are based on books. Few are written from scratch as a script (whether the original book author writes a screenplay from it, or -- more likely -- a screenwriter adapts the book as a screenplay). The list is FAR too long to list here :)
2006-11-08 14:51:44 · answer #5 · answered by LSF 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Kill a Mockingbird
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Heart Is
Chronicles of Narnia- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Deep
Jaws
Harry Potter
2006-11-08 14:43:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
gone with the wind
crime and punishment
sense and sensibility
pride and prejudice
beowulf
most books written by agatha christie were ecranised
hamlet
richard III
robinson crusoe
harry potter
the chronicles of narnia
tarzan (how many tarzan movies r there anyway?)
man with the iron mask
ana karenina
three musketeers (forgive my spelling, not a native eng. speaker)
the da vinci code :)
hey, really, this list would be way too long - it's just that i don't know most of their titles in english ............. i'll sure add up if i think of some
EDIT: u won't even see my answer ......... lol - give that guy the best answer pls hahahha complete list indeed
2006-11-08 14:49:23 · answer #7 · answered by Regina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lord of the rings, Chocolat, Memoirs of a Geisha, Harry Potter, all comic books such as Elektra, Hulk, Spiderman etc, Little women, a number of Shakespeare plays: Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Midsummer Nights Dream etc. And many many others that I can't think of now.
2006-11-08 15:01:29 · answer #8 · answered by Chinaman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the shawshank redemption
stand by me
the tommyknockers
stand
the green mile
silence of the lambs
red dragon
the perfect storm
the firm
kiss the girls
the rainmaker
double jeopardy
the pelican brief
to kill a mockingbird
a clockwork orange
a time to kill
the saint
2006-11-08 14:45:06 · answer #9 · answered by SkiHard 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOR
Harry Potter
Black Beauty
Tom Sawyer
...many more...
but somehow I always feel that the book is better...
2006-11-08 14:42:03 · answer #10 · answered by Manisha 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋