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Movies and the Books That Inspired Them

This is a list of books and their movies. There are so many, but these are the ones that I thought of off the top of my head.
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12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
1
95%8.1
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2
1984 (1956)
1984 (1956)
3
7.0
1984
1984
4
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
5
89%8.1
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
6
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
7
89%7.6
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
8
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
9
80%6.7
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary
10
Carrie (2013)
Carrie (2013)
11
50%5.9
Carrie (1976)
Carrie (1976)
12
93%7.4
Carrie (2002)
Carrie (2002)
13
20%5.4
Carrie
Carrie
14
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
15
96%8.1
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
16
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
17
91%7.8
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
18
83%6.6
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
19
Charlotte's Web (2006)
Charlotte's Web (2006)
20
78%6.3
Charlotte's Web (1973)
Charlotte's Web (1973)
21
77%6.9
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
22
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
23
76%6.9
City of Ember (2008)
City of Ember (2008)
24
54%6.5
The City of Ember
The City of Ember
25
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
26
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
27
87%8.3
Coraline (2009)
Coraline (2009)
28
90%7.7
Coraline
Coraline
29
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
30
90%6.9
Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians
31
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
32
75%6.9
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada
33
Divergent (2014)
Divergent (2014)
34
41%6.6
Divergent
Divergent
35
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
36
25%6.6
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code
37
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Ella Enchanted (2004)
38
50%6.3
Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted
39
Emma (1996)
Emma (1996)
40
89%6.7
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