List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Movies That Totally Missed the Point of the Book

There's no shortage of bad book-to-film adaptations. It's easy to get upset over characters, scenes, or entire plot threads that get cut, but the worst offence any adaptation can commit is missing the entire point of the book. If you screw up a book's theme/meaning/raison d'être , it's like you didn't even read it to begin with.
245 users · 755 views
 
made by private user
avg. score: 21 of 61 (35%)
required scores: 1, 13, 17, 23, 30 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 2
1
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   62%
2
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   51%
3
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   28%
4
Anna Karenina (2012)
Anna Karenina (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
5
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   32%
6
Beowulf (2007)
Beowulf (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
7
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
8
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   9%
9
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
10
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
11
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   50%
12
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
13
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
14
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
15
The Dark Tower (2017)
The Dark Tower (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   16%
16
Dragonball Evolution (2009)
Dragonball Evolution (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   15%
17
Ender's Game (2013)
Ender's Game (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   62%
18
Eragon (2006)
Eragon (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   16%
19
The Giver (2014)
The Giver (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   35%
20
The Golden Compass (2007)
The Golden Compass (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   42%
21
Great Expectations (1998)
Great Expectations (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   37%
22
The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   48%
23
Gulliver's Travels (2010)
Gulliver's Travels (2010)
24
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   32%
25
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
26
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
27
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   59%
28
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
29
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   49%
30
I Am Legend (2007)
I Am Legend (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
31
I, Robot (2004)
I, Robot (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   58%
32
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
33
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   17%
34
Left Behind (2014)
Left Behind (2014)
35
Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
36
Les Misérables (1998)
Les Misérables (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
37
The Little Prince (2015)
The Little Prince (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
38
The Lorax (2012)
The Lorax (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   54%
39
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
40
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
Page 1 of 2
Click movies you've seen
Trending Movie Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2024 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN