Books and novels tales are so finely created and perfectly written that it is no doubt has been a centre of producing movies since the 80s. It resembles creative writing of a story that takes time in the magical world of the author to perform and create an outstanding tale. These stories have paved the way to great movie adaptations on the big screen as we see some of the best movie adaptations from novels.
1) Breakfast at Tiffany’s
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Story of a young uptown girl on the quest to finding the man of her dreams in this classical novella by Truman Capote.
2) Silence of the Lambs
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The first movie to be adapted out of the books, Anthony Hopkins alter-ego strikes fear in audiences and readers as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal.
3) Forrest Gump
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Mama always says, life is like a box of chocolates, as Tom Hanks stars in this touching story of a man whom despite his flaws and disabilities would face a struggling life of ups and downs.
4) Brokeback Mountain
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True love does exist, as Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger takes on these striking roles of a bromance tale by Annie Proulx.
5) Revolutionary Road
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Imagine in an alternate world that the floating wooden door fits both Jack and Rose, as the dream couple embarks on a journey of revolution in this romantic film adaptation.
6) The Notebook
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Yup, the story of the saddening and touching tale of the two starstruck lovers of Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling really deserves to be in the list again.
7) The Shining
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Stephen King’s terror of a maniacal man who seeks to terrorise his family deserves to shine in this list of adaptations.
8) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Both movies with the titular role by Noomi Rapace and Rooney Mara are well received, where it centred on a mysterious woman who assists in the investigation of an unsolved murder case.
9) American Psycho
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Bale was having a dark past as the gruesome psycho killer way before he was the Batman.
10) Harry Potter
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An extraordinary childhood movie, where we had grown up with the dynamic trio and witty moments of Harry, Ron and Hermione as the saviours of Hogwarts in putting a stop to Voldermort’s evil deeds. Thank you, J.K. Rowling!
11) The Lord of the Rings
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A trilogy that always will be precious to me, focusing on the squad goals of Aragorn and Ned Stark, the bromance of an elf and a dwarf, a wizard and four little hobbits on the quest of destroying the Night Ring. Wow, it sounds so right.