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Adaptations: 37 Great Movies Based on Great Short Stories

From the anthology Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Short Stories That Inspired Great Films (2005), edited by Stephanie Harrison. These 37 movies were based on the 35 short stories in the book. "The Fly" was adapted twice, as was "The Lady with the Pet Dog."
I hope there will be a sequel, because there are other forgotten short stories made into great movies—I'm thinking especially of "The Boy with Green Hair," by Betsy Beaton.
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Short Cuts (1993)
Short Cuts (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
2
Blow-Up (1966)
Blow-Up (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
3
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
4
Rear Window (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
5
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
6
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
7
Minority Report (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
8
Freaks (1932)
Freaks (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
9
The Fly (1958)
The Fly (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
10
The Fly (1986)
The Fly (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
11
Re-Animator (1985)
Re-Animator (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
12
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
A Man Called Horse (1970)
A Man Called Horse (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
14
Smoke Signals (1998)
Smoke Signals (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
15
American Splendor (2003)
American Splendor (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
16
Ghost World (2001)
Ghost World (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
17
All About Eve (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
18
Meet John Doe (1941)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
19
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
20
The Wild One (1953)
The Wild One (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
21
Tomorrow (1972)
Tomorrow (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
22
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
23
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
24
The Swimmer (1968)
The Swimmer (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
The Killers (1946)
The Killers (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
26
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
Memento (2000)
Memento (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
28
A Christmas Story (1983)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
29
My Friend Flicka (1943)
My Friend Flicka (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
30
Field of Dreams (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
31
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
32
Lady With the Dog (1960)
Lady With the Dog (1960)
33
Dark Eyes (1987)
Dark Eyes (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
34
Smooth Talk (1985)
Smooth Talk (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
35
Smoke (1995)
Smoke (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
36
Jesus' Son (1999)
Jesus' Son (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
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In the Bedroom (2001)
In the Bedroom (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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