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Movies That Adapted the Book (Almost) Perfectly

It's very rare that a movie will follow the plot, characters, and feel of a book exact,y. But every once and a while, one adaptation will do just that, basically using the book as a screenplay.
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Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
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Louis Sachar
Holes (2003)
Holes (2003)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
4
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
5
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations (1946)
6
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
7
Boris Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
8
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Amos Oz)
A Tale of Love and Darkness
9
Amos Oz
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
10
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
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Alan Moore
Watchmen (2009)
Watchmen (2009)
12
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
13
Frank Herbert
Dune (1984)
Dune (1984)
14
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile
15
Stephen King
The Green Mile (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
16
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
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Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
18
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
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Cormac McCarthy
The Road (2009)
The Road (2009)
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The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
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Andy Weir
The Martian (2015)
The Martian (2015)
22
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
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Stieg Larsson
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
24
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Played With Fire
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Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played With Fire (2009)
The Girl Who Played With Fire (2009)
26
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
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Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
28
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
29
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
30
Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Chamber of Secrets
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J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
32
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
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Emma Donoghue
Room (2015)
Room (2015)
34
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
35
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
36
Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey
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Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
38
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
39
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
The Leopard (1963)
The Leopard (1963)
40
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