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Books That Became Some of the Greatest Movies According to Old American Critics - Page 2

Out of the 187 top-praised movies in the Western World, 69 of them were direct adaptations of books.
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The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile
41
Stephen King
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
42
Steven Spielberg
The Graduate (Charels Webb)
The Graduate
43
Charels Webb
Terms of Endearment (Larry McMurtry)
Terms of Endearment
44
Larry McMurtry
The African Queen
The African Queen
45
Stage to Lordsburg (Filmed as Stagecoach — Ernest Haycox)
Stage to Lordsburg
46
Filmed as Stagecoach — Ernest Haycox
Mutiny on the Bounty (Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall)
Mutiny on the Bounty
47
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
48
James M. Cain
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
49
Dashiell Hammett
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
50
Emily Bronte
Taxi Driver (Richard Elman)
Taxi Driver
51
Richard Elman
Rear Window (Cornell Woolrich)
Rear Window
52
Cornell Woolrich
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
53
Graham Greene
The Body (Stephen King)
The Body
54
Stephen King
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
55
William Goldman
The Prestige (Christopher Priest)
The Prestige
56
Christopher Priest
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
57
Cormac McCarthy
City of God (Paulo Lins)
City of God
58
Paulo Lins
Paths of Glory (Humphrey Cobb)
Paths of Glory
59
Humphrey Cobb
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
60
Hubert Selby Jr.
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
61
Stephen King
Das Boot (Lothar Gunther Buchheim)
Das Boot
62
Lothar Gunther Buchheim
Witness for the Prosecution (Agatha Christie)
Witness for the Prosecution
63
Agatha Christie
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
64
Emma Donoghue
Scarface (Armitage Trail)
Scarface
65
Armitage Trail
The Great Escape (Paul Brickhill)
The Great Escape
66
Paul Brickhill
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
67
Philip K Dick
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
68
Chuck Palahniuk
Who Goes There (John W. Campbell)
Who Goes There
69
John W. Campbell
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