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16 Underrated Movies Based on Banned Books

"Book banning has been a problem for a long time. It brings up several fundamental questions. Who gets to decide what is or isn't offensive? Is it fair to withhold a book from people just because a small percentage don't like what's in it? And, perhaps most importantly, doesn't that threaten to start a landslide in which everything that someone objects to gets banned? The simple fact is that some people are afraid of certain ideas, so they try to shield their children from those ideas by demanding certain books be pulled from schools' library shelves. Sometimes, though, those scary ideas are important to expose children to, because the world can be a tough place."
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The Dead Zone (1983)
The Dead Zone (1983)
1
90%7.2
The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone
2
The Outsiders (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
3
68%7.1
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
4
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
5
74%7.1
1984
1984
6
In Cold Blood (1967)
In Cold Blood (1967)
7
83%7.9
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
8
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
9
85%7.2
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia
10
Lord of the Flies (1963)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
11
91%6.9
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
12
Christine (1983)
Christine (1983)
13
69%6.7
Christine
Christine
14
The Color Purple (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
15
81%7.8
Color Purple, The
Color Purple, The
16
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
17
91%6.7
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
18
The Kite Runner (2007)
The Kite Runner (2007)
19
65%7.6
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
20
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
21
85%7.9
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
22
Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis (2007)
23
96%8.0
Persepolis
Persepolis
24
The Glass Castle (2017)
The Glass Castle (2017)
25
52%7.1
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle
26
Beloved (1998)
Beloved (1998)
27
71%6.0
Beloved
Beloved
28
Naked Lunch (1991)
Naked Lunch (1991)
29
69%7.0
Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch
30
The Hate U Give (2018)
The Hate U Give (2018)
31
97%7.5
The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give
32
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