movies/books?

"The Princess Bride" rivals the book; they are both utterly fanastic and I can't say which is better.

"Lord of the Rings", obviously.

"Harry Potter"- one of my favorite series of movies-from-books, because the book is more detailed, in-depth, but both are great experiences.

"Under the Tuscan Sun", I think, is one of the those movies that was fantastic, but came from a book that wasn't that great at all.

"Children of Men", my newest favorite movie, was based off a book (that I never read).

Those are some off the top of my head.

Maybe this list can help you?

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/

2007-02-14 10:07:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Hi Fidelity, it's a US movie based on an book written by an English writer, but it's a terrific movie. John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Jack Black are only 3 of a lot of superb actors in it.

2007-02-15 00:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by Orla C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A number of Philip K. Dick's stories have been made into great movies in the Sci-Fi genre:

- Blade Runner (based on 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep)
- Total Recall (based on 'We Can Remember it for You Wholesale')
- Minority Report
- and more recently, A Scanner Darkly

2007-02-14 10:02:46 · answer #3 · answered by mister science 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks - The movie really captured the bittersweetness of the book beautifully. This is a good story if you are into a different version of the Pied Piper tale.

2007-02-14 10:05:30 · answer #4 · answered by Piaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Here are my choices:

The Da Vinci Code
Harry Potter Series
Pride and Prejudice
The Secret Garden

2007-02-14 10:02:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

There are so many

Lord of the Rings
Eragon
Fox and the Hound
Silence of the Lambs
Interview with a Vampire
Fight Club
Shogun
IT
The Stand

There are a lot of others that I just cant think of right now.

2007-02-15 02:34:26 · answer #6 · answered by bribri75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

One of my favourite movie is an old Warner Brothers film called 'The Iron Giant', if you've watched it, high five! If not, what are you waiting for! It's very heart warming, funny, adventurous and not not to mention it has a GIANT METAL ROBOT!! What more could you want?

2015-02-15 13:55:42 · answer #7 · answered by leah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Simon Birch LOOSELY based on the book A Prayer for Owen Meany. Both are great, but the book is awesome. The Crucible, and Fight Club.

2007-02-14 10:21:21 · answer #8 · answered by Rae 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Well,"The witches of Eastweeck", the novel is not much, the film is spectacular. "Titus" by Shakespeare, was filmed too, Jessica Lang&sir Anthony Hopkins made the screen burn with passion. "Young Lions" with Marlon Brando is ecranisation, then, uhh, (I`m trying to remember only the good ones)....... It`s hard, books are generally so much better......... "Le Chevalieu de Maison Rouge" by Dumas...."la reine Margot" isn`t bad either....... An old Russian version (black&white) of "War&Peace" is a master-piece, You can really feel every emotion, camera is exquisit, too... That`s about enough from my part...

2007-02-14 09:48:16 · answer #9 · answered by Romentari 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

That would depend on your definition of "great"... however, here are some movie/book combinations that I enjoyed.

"I, Robot" (Asimov) - the book is actually a collection of short stories, but the movie does use some of the themes in the stories.

"Twelfth Night" (Shakespeare) - even though it's a play, and not a novel.

"Lord of the Rings" (Tolkien)
"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" (Lewis)
the "Harry Potter" series (Rowling)
"The Bourne Identity" (Ludlum)

2007-02-14 09:41:22 · answer #10 · answered by NC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

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