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Bookbub's 40 Best Book-To-Film Adaptations

BookBub's list description: It's Oscar season, a time when we celebrate the best movies and performances of the past year. And like every year, this serves as a reminder that many of the best movies ever made were based on books. Two of this year's Best Picture nominees, Little Women and The Irishman, were adapted from books, and a third, Joker, used the graphic novel The Killing Joke as inspiration. In honor of the Oscars, we've rounded up some of our all-time favorite movies based on books, which takes into account both how well the movie adapted its original source material, as well as its overall success as a standalone piece of work. Read on for our list of the best movies based on books.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
2
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
3
Little Women (2019)
Little Women (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
4
The Color Purple (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
5
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
6
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
7
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
8
Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   70%
9
Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
10
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
11
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
12
Hidden Figures (2016)
Hidden Figures (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
13
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
14
Harry Potter Franchise (2001)
Harry Potter Franchise (2001)
15
Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
17
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
18
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
19
No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
20
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
21
Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
22
Don't Look Now (1973)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
23
M*A*S*H (1970)
M*A*S*H (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
24
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
25
The Social Network (2010)
The Social Network (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
26
The Exorcist (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
27
Wonder Boys (2000)
Wonder Boys (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
28
Room (2015)
Room (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
29
L.A. Confidential (1997)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
30
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
31
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
32
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
33
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
34
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
35
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
36
American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
37
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
38
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
39
Jackie Brown (1997)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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Trainspotting (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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