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35 Times the Movie Was Better

Most film adaptations do something almost unforgivable to their source material. There are some movies, though, that are just better than the book!
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
1
Arthur C. Clarke
An Education (Lynn Barbour)
An Education
2
Lynn Barbour
The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
The Bridges of Madison County
3
Robert James Waller
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
4
Helen Fielding
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
5
Anthony Burgess
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
6
Carl Sagan
The Devil Wears Prada (Lauren Weisberger)
The Devil Wears Prada
7
Lauren Weisberger
Drive (James Sallis)
Drive
8
James Sallis
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
9
Chuck Palahniuk
Forrest Gump (Novel)
Forrest Gump (Novel)
10
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
11
Stieg Larsson
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
12
Gillian Flynn
The Graduate (Charels Webb)
The Graduate
13
Charels Webb
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
14
J.K. Rowling
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
15
Diana Wynne Jones
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
16
Peter Benchley
Jumanji (Chris Van Allsburg)
Jumanji
17
Chris Van Allsburg
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
18
Michael Crichton
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
19
James Fenimore Cooper
LA Confidential (James Ellroy)
LA Confidential
20
James Ellroy
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
21
P.L. Travers
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
22
Stephen King
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
23
Cormac McCarthy
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
24
Nicholas Sparks
Pitch Perfect (Mickey Rapkin)
Pitch Perfect
25
Mickey Rapkin
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes
26
The Prestige (Christopher Priest)
The Prestige
27
Christopher Priest
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
28
Robert Bloch
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
29
Thomas Keneally
The Shawshank Redemption (Stephen King)
The Shawshank Redemption
30
Stephen King
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
31
Stephen King
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
32
Thomas Harris
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers
33
Robert A. Heinlein
Thank You for Smoking (Christopher Buckley)
Thank You for Smoking
34
Christopher Buckley
A Walk to Remember (Nicholas Sparks)
A Walk to Remember
35
Nicholas Sparks
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