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The 100 Best Movies Based on Books According to Stacker

It might seem like this is an age where every movie is based on a previously existing piece of work, but the truth is Hollywood has been adapting prose and other source materials for more than a century. There are only so many original screenplay ideas out there, no small percentage of which are likewise based on previous ideas and formulas. "Art is theft," as Picasso reportedly said, but at least Hollywood dispenses credit every now and then.
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The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
1
94%8.2
It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934)
2
99%8.1
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
3
96%8.1
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
4
98%8.0
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
5
100%7.9
In Cold Blood (1967)
In Cold Blood (1967)
6
83%7.9
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
7
91%7.9
Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations (1946)
8
100%7.8
The African Queen (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
9
96%7.8
Tristana (1970)
Tristana (1970)
10
97%7.5
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
11
92%7.5
Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
12
98%8.3
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
13
100%8.0
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
14
97%7.8
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Right Stuff (1983)
15
96%7.8
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
16
100%7.8
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
17
98%7.7
The 39 Steps (1935)
The 39 Steps (1935)
18
96%7.6
Sideways (2004)
Sideways (2004)
19
97%7.5
Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
20
70%8.8
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
21
94%8.7
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
22
95%8.5
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
23
93%8.2
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
24
89%8.1
The Hustler (1961)
The Hustler (1961)
25
96%8.0
Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis (2007)
26
96%8.0
Patton (1970)
Patton (1970)
27
94%7.9
Little Women (2019)
Little Women (2019)
28
95%7.8
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
29
84%7.7
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
30
89%7.7
L'argent (1983)
L'argent (1983)
31
96%
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
32
96%8.6
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
33
97%8.4
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
34
94%8.2
Solaris (1972)
Solaris (1972)
35
92%8.0
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
36
86%8.1
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
37
98%8.1
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
38
95%7.9
The French Connection (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
39
97%7.7
Harakiri (1962)
Harakiri (1962)
40
100%8.6
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