Ranker's 17 Supposedly Unfilmable Books That Got Filmed Anyway

"If you were to read through a list of the highest-grossing movies of all time or the best movies ever made, you'll find that a sizable proportion of them are based on books. But not all books are easily adapted to the screen, and some of them are downright 'unfilmable.' Books and movies are very different art forms, and not all stories translate well. But Hollywood has a long track record of filming the unfilmable - and sometimes they even get it right. Before Peter Jackson monopolized the box office and the Oscars with his Lord of the Rings trilogy, Stanley Kubrick thought Tolkien's novels were unfilmable. Dune was also deemed impossible to adapt - only to be turned into a box office and critical hit when Denis Villeneuve stepped in. But no matter what the reviews or balance sheets say, it's always a matter of opinion whether a movie succeeds at capturing the essence of its source material." - ranker.com