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Wait, That Was a Book?

A list of movies and TV shows that most of which I for the longest time didn't know were first a book, novella or short story.
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101 Dalmatians (Dodie Smith)
101 Dalmatians
1
Dodie Smith
13 Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
13 Reasons Why
2
Jay Asher
3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma
3
Alias Madame Doubtfire (Anne Fine)
Alias Madame Doubtfire
4
Anne Fine
All About Eve (Beth Ciotta)
All About Eve
5
Beth Ciotta
Apt Pupil (Stephen King)
Apt Pupil
6
Stephen King
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Ron Hansen)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7
Ron Hansen
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
8
Ian McEwan
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
9
Being There
Being There
10
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
11
The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds
12
Daphne Du Maurier
The Body Snatchers (Jack Finney)
The Body Snatchers
13
Jack Finney
The Book of Three (Lloyd Alexander)
The Book of Three
14
Lloyd Alexander
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
15
Truman Capote
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
16
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bridge Over the River Kwai (Pierre Boulle)
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
17
Pierre Boulle
Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife
18
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
19
P.D. James
"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx
"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx
20
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
21
Carl Sagan
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
22
Charles Frazier
Cool Hand Luke (Donn Pearce)
Cool Hand Luke
23
Donn Pearce
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
24
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Das Boot (Lothar Gunther Buchheim)
Das Boot
25
Lothar Gunther Buchheim
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
26
James Dickey
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
27
Rebecca Wells
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
28
Philip K. Dick
Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
29
Daphne Du Maurier
Election (Tom Perotta)
Election
30
Tom Perotta
Ella Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)
Ella Enchanted
31
Gail Carson Levine
The Eagle of the Ninth (Rosemary Sutcliff)
The Eagle of the Ninth
32
Rosemary Sutcliff
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, by Tom Robbins
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, by Tom Robbins
33
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
34
Jonathan Safran Foer
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Cameron Crowe)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
35
Cameron Crowe
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
36
Sarah Waters
The First Wives Club (Olivia Goldsmith)
The First Wives Club
37
Olivia Goldsmith
Forrest Gump (Winston Groom)
Forrest Gump
38
Winston Groom
Freaky Friday (Mary Rodgers)
Freaky Friday
39
Mary Rodgers
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
40
Fannie Flagg
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