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Movie Endings That Are Different From the Books They Are Based On

In the Ranker.com article, a poll was held as to decide which ending was better - the one in the film or the one in the novel. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the voters picked the movies as having the better ending - possibly because more people had seen the films than read the book.
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Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
1
Forrest Gump (Winston Groom)
Forrest Gump
2
Winston Groom
The Notebook (2004)
The Notebook (2004)
3
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
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The Prestige (2006)
The Prestige (2006)
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The Prestige (Christopher Priest)
The Prestige
6
Christopher Priest
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
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The Devil Wears Prada (Lauren Weisberger)
The Devil Wears Prada
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It (2017)
It (2017)
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It (Stephen King)
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The Mist (2007)
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The Mist (Stephen King)
The Mist
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Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
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Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
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Hannibal (2001)
Hannibal (2001)
15
Hannibal (Thomas Harris)
Hannibal
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Thomas Harris
Misery (1990)
Misery (1990)
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Misery (Stephen King)
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Election (1999)
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Election (Tom Perotta)
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
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Anthony Burgess
I Am Legend (2007)
I Am Legend (2007)
23
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
24
Richard Matheson
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