8 Best Movie-book Adaptations

How many times have you gone to the theater to see how the movie version of a book you thoroughly enjoyed has shaped up? Yes, all of us have done that at some point of time and more often than not, came out disappointed with the outcome. However, there are some movies that have done proper justice to the book and appeased readers all over the world. Presenting here, the best movie-book adaptations.

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Les Miserables

1. Les Miserables

Although Les Miserables is the oldest book on this list, it is the newest one to be adapted into a movie which was a spectacular musical and became a top grosser. At its core, this movie is a tragic tale of hardships. The movie version, although a musical, filled with performances by the actors themselves, did full justice to the deep emotions of the characters that are very important for the formation of the story.

LOTR trilogy

2. LOTR trilogy

Anyone who has read the huge hard bound Lord of the Rings books will tell you that it’s a complicated story set in a fictional, magical land and is too complex to have been adapted into a movie. However, readers around the planet were taken by surprise by the sheer magnitude of the movie series. You will understand the film even if you haven’t read the books.

Harry Potter series

3. Harry Potter series

All of the 7 books by J.K. Rowling were turned into a series of hit movies that became blockbusters worldwide thanks to the millions of die hard fans who swore by the book and loved the way the films stuck to the basic storyline.

Shawshank Redemption

4. Shawshank Redemption

Besides being the best movie-book adaptation, this film has also been regarded by critics as the best one ever. The ethos of prisoners and the beautiful relationships they share are perfectly captured on film.

The Silence of the Lambs

5. The Silence of the Lambs

When you talk of bone chilling thrillers, this cannibalistic story of a human eater, easily tops the list. The movie will make your skin crawl and give you goosebumps just like the book did.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

This 1975 movie, is an entertaining drama, pretty much as entertaining as the book was, about a rebel who is admitted to a mental institution and has to deal with people with different ailments.

The Notebook

7. The Notebook

Although at first glance it seems like the romantic sob story drama that women would enjoy and men would cringe at, it’s not really the case. This Nicholas Sparks story is an emotionally moving one and a classic at that. The movie displayed the sparking chemistry between Noah and Allie that readers of the book were waiting impatiently to see.

Life of Pi

8. Life of Pi

The extraordinary tale of Pi’s life is a complex one which many thought would be impossible to capture fully on the big screen. Ang Lee proved all these skeptics wrong with a movie so beautiful and spectacular, especially when viewed in 3D, that even James Cameron, the director of the most visually exciting film ever, Avatar, praised it to the skies.

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