2007-10-17 05:48:49 · 14 answers · asked by . 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
to kill a mockingbird, a separate peace, shakespeare's romeo and juilet(the thing with leonardo dicaprio) and Othello(with laurence fishburne), The count of monte cristo, little women, wutherin heights, Pollyanna, King solomon's mines, Ivanhoe, Oliver Twist, BGlack beauty, the secret garden. It's true. many many movies started as a book. but these are actually famous literature.
2007-10-17 12:20:32 · answer #1 · answered by princenore 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1984
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Alice in Wonderland
Apocalypse Now (based on Heart of Darkness)
Beloved
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Bridge on the River Kwai
Bridges of Madison County
Call of the Wild
Camelot
Catch-22
Clockwork Orange
The Color Purple
Dances With Wolves
Death of a Salesman
Dracula
Fahrenheit 451
Forrest Gump
Frankenstein
Gone with the Wind
The Grapes of Wrath
The Hobbit
Hunt for Red October
Interview with a Vampire
Jaws
Jurassic Park
The King and I
Les Miserables
Little Women
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
The Maltese Falcon
Man in the Iron Mask
Never Cry Wolf
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Out of Africa
The Outsiders
Planet of the Apes
Psycho
The Princess Bride
Schindler's List
Silence of the Lambs
Spartacus
The Three Musketeers
To Kill A Mockingbird
War of the Worlds
...and many others!
2007-10-17 13:03:37 · answer #2 · answered by Noxy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Godfather, The Chosen, The Graduate, Wuthering Heights, Franko Zefferilli's Romeo &Juliet (there's alot of versions, that's just my favorite),Dolores Claiborne, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, Pride & Prejudice, Jane Eyre, jaws, The Exorcist, etc... Name the movie, it was almost definitely based on a book.
2007-10-17 13:04:48 · answer #3 · answered by sheyna 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Clockwork Orange
the Count of Monte Cristo
Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Charlotte's Web
Forrest Gump (the book is WAY better)
Hideaway
ummm..... Pretty much most movies are based on books or are remakes of classics with a modern twist.
2007-10-17 12:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by greggrunge311 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adaptation of Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice
Adaptation of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A midsummer night, Othello
Lee Ang's latest movie: Lust and Caution, not forgetting Brokeback Mountain.
2007-10-17 13:02:30 · answer #5 · answered by Straight Lead 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh), Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare), all of the James Bond (Ian Fleming) and the Hannibal Lecter (Thomas Harris) films, The Commitments as well as the lesser known The Van and The Snapper (Roddy Doyle) - the list could go on forever!
2007-10-17 13:01:37 · answer #6 · answered by supashopper 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'The Phantom of the Opera', 'The Masque of Red Death', 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The House of Usher', 'Pride and Prejudice', all five of the Harry Potter movies, all three of the Lord of the Rings movies, 'Cronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe', 'The Golden Compass' (coming out on 12/7/07), 'V for Vendetta' (a graphic novel), and '300' (a graphic novel)
...Just to name a few
2007-10-17 13:00:53 · answer #7 · answered by owlprowler77 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's some great answers already. I can only add The Lost World: Jurassic Park and The Illusionist. Angel and Demons is coming soon.
2007-10-17 13:57:28 · answer #8 · answered by Tina 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of Mice and Men
Gone With the Wind
The Grapes of Wrath
2007-10-17 16:05:47 · answer #9 · answered by ~~Comboverguy~~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The graduate
The notebook
Gone With the Wind
Dr. Zhivago
North by North West
Throne of Blood
Troy
Lords of the Ring 1/2/3
Apocalypse Now
etc. etc. so many...so many
2007-10-17 13:47:18 · answer #10 · answered by Walter M. 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋