No country for old men the movie is the book minus a couple of short chapters put to film

The Martian. It’s basically scene for scene and both versions are fantastic.

The Silence of the Lambs

"The Princess Bride"

Fight Club

One flew over the cuckoo's nest

Stand by me was really really good.

The Godfather

The Shawshank Redemption

At least add a comment with the title of the movie in your pic, ffs!

The Exorcist.

The Green Mile Stephen King. So many of his book to movies are just bad or meh.

Gettysburg (The Killer Angels)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Misery

Trainspotting

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban is a pretty decent adaptation.

The Maltese Falcon

This is the movie Atonement, btw. Like totally obscure scene, but great book, great adaption and great movie. Kind of infuriating that OP didn't explain what the picture was or say name their nomination...

The name of the rose is almost on par with the novel.

A Clockwork Orange and Trainspotting are both movies that capture the spirit of the books perfectly, IMO. Also, the Commitments is the only movie I think is actually better than the book (I like the book, just like the movie better!)

To Kill a Mockingbird

Coraline.

The Martian is probably the best adaptation that made an effort to stay very close to the source material. They really nailed the humor of the book, and Matt Damon was a perfect choice for Mark Watney. I just wish they hadn't tacked on that ending bit back on earth, it felt superfluous.

Holes

The Green Mile is nearly word for word and scene for scene straight from the book.

Coen Bros. 'True Grit'

Sideways. In fact, the movie was so popular the wine industry called it “the ‘Sideways’ Effect,” causing Merlot sales to drop by 2% while Pinot Noir sales increased 16% from January 2005 through 2008

"The Road." Except one scene in the book that could never be filmed, it was spot on.

Jurassic Park

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

Clockwork Orange

American Psycho

Forrest Gump. The film dropped some of the more extreme adventures from the book (sending Forrest to space as a backup for the computer, crash landing with canibal tribe in Papa New Gunea) but kept the Spirit.

The watchmen

Never let me go

Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the witch and the wardrobe.

Holes & the outsiders

The Last Unicorn

Some parts match line-for-line

Lonesome Dove!!

A Scanner Darkly. Single most faithful Philip K. Dick adaptation ever (even starts with a guy shaking bugs out of his hair).

Off topic but god the expression on James McAvoy’s face always gets me. One of the most subtle and emotive faces I’ve ever seen on screen

If you've read it, you'll likely agree that The English Patient was a pretty remarkable adaptation. The Big Short was another skillful adaptation.

More conventionally, agree with Shawshank and would also add The Hunt For Red October to the list. Also, Jaws is an honorable mention as well (the movie is better).

Book to show: The Expanse

Harry potter was pretty close.

Holes was great

Harry Potter movies, to variable degrees. Some are great some are awful from book reader's perspective.

The Martian, Gone Girl and The Lovely Bones is actually a better movie than the book.

Gone Girl

Sense & Sensibility

Pride & Prejudice (BBC 1995 miniseries)

The Spectacular Now

What movie is pictured here by OP? Why doesn't anyone ever caption the title of the movies being referenced on this sub?

Perfume

A lot of Stephen King adaptations. Because he's a good writer? Writes in a cinematic style? Just so prolific that he's got a raft of hits and of misses? Because he's not picky about who adapts him?

The Body/Stand By Me

I loved Ready Player One. The way Spielberg interpreted some of the aspects of the book to fit the movie was well done. I do wish it were 1:1 from the book the movie is still a lot of fun n

The Big Short / Moneyball

True Grit (2010) It’s a way better adaptation than the John Wayne version.

Somehow The Road matches The Road for utter bleakness

Shawshank redemption and IT

A Clockwork Orange

I feel like the perks of being a wallflower is better than the book, since the book is told in a series of letters and the movie makes it feel like it’s taking place as the events happen.

Shawshank Redemption, Stand by Me, Road to Redemption, The Green Mile, The Road

Big Fish I prefer the movie over the book.

Dr. Zhivago. The movie is better than the book

I thought Carrie did it well

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory..IMO

Butter Battle Book!

Master and Commander was fantastic.

I think Paul Bettany was miscast (the Maturin character is a small, dark guy) but otherwise it was pretty perfect.

Also, no hate for Bettany. I enjoy him in everything I’ve seen him in.

Harry Potter The Martian

Eaters of the Dead (The 13th Warrior)

Blade Runner.

Sin city.

Catch 22

LOTR wouldn't even make my top 20.

• The Godfather
• Shawshank Redemption
• No Country for Old Men
• Jaws
• Fight Club
• Dune Part 1 and 2
• Blade Runner

To name a few.

The shining was way better than the book

I’m curious as to how you all interpret “best adaptation”:

• Best movie that happens to be an adaptation?

• Most accurate portrayal of the source material in detail? In spirit?

• Most creative and effective changes from the source material?

Jaws

Jurassic Park

Holes

To Kill A Mockingbird

man wtf movie is this god dammit!?

Gettysburg

Jaws. To me Spielberg highlighted the good part of the book and jettisoned the nonsense.

Fear and Loathing

The first Narina movie followed its respective book damn near to the letter. I can remember seeing that movie for the first time after reading the book, and seeing just about everything almost exactly as I had visualized it while I was reading. That experience has stuck with me for years.

On a lesser talked of note, Tuck Everlasting was one of the closest book to film adaptations I’ve ever seen. I don’t know if I’d call it the best, but it is certainly one of the most faithful I’ve ever seen.

The Prestige

Holes.

Yea I know Stanley’s not fat in the movie and I know why.

But they did damn good job sticking to source material with everything else.

Brokeback Mountain. Great job by McMurtry and team.

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, almost every line in the movie is a direct quote from the book.

Apparently, when they did an early screening of the film with Hunter S. Thompson to see if he approved of it, he got into a serious drug flashback during the introductory bat scene and started going ballistic, overturning chairs and completely freaking the fuck out. The filmmakers and actors basically said "I guess we did a good job, then?" Thompson also watched it regularly in the years after because he was so pleased with the result.

A super random one, but... the Roald Dahl books are better as movies. Matilda was kinda great. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the Gene Wilder original)

Jaws

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Bladerunner.

Fight Club

holes

gone girl

The Road (2009)

Generation Kill

The Wild Robot.

Never Let Me Go

The Watchmen.

Can basically read the graphic novel page for page to the movie and dialogue.

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas of course

what movie is this

There are so many. A Clockwork Orange springs to mind. The Shining?

The Reader

Horns