25 What are some movies that were better than the books/stories they were based on?
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This article is from the rec.arts.movies.past-films FAQ, by Evelyn C. Leeper evelynleeper@geocities.com with numerous contributions by others.
25 What are some movies that were better than the books/stories they were based on?
Commonly named ones include:
THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (based on "The Foghorn"
by Ray Bradbury)
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (based on the
Robert James Waller novel)
CARRIE (based on the Stephen King novel)
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (based on "Return of the Master"
by Harry Bates)
DR. CYCLOPS (based on the Henry Kuttner novel)
FREAKS (based on SPURS by Clarence Tod Robbins)
HIGH NOON (based on "The Tin Star" by John Cunningham)
IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING (based on the Valentine Davies novel)
JAWS (based on the Peter Benchley novel)
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (based on Dorothy Johnson's story)
THE MARK OF ZORRO (based on THE CURSE OF CAPISTRANO
by Johnston McCulley)
THE NATURAL (based on the Bernard Malamud novel)
QUEST FOR LOVE (based on "Random Quest" by John Wyndham)
THE 3:10 TO YUMA (based on the Elmore Leonard story)
Arguable:
DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (based on "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker)
THE GODFATHER (based on the Mario Puzo novel)
THE GRADUATE (based on the Charles Webb novel)
GRAND TOUR: DISASTER IN TIME (based on VINTAGE SEASON
by C. L. Moore)
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (based on the Alistair MacLean novel)
LAST OF THE MOHICANS (based on the James Fenimore Cooper novel)
THE NIGHT OF THE DEMON (based on "Casting the Runes"
by M. R. James)
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (based on the Muriel Spark novel)
SHANE (based on the Jack Schaefer story)
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (based on "Rita Hayworth and the
Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King)
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (based on the Thomas Harris novel)
TOUCH OF EVIL (based on the novel BADGE OF EVIL by Whit Masterson)
TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE (based on the B. Traven novel)
Possibly:
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (based on the Pierre Boulle novel)
COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (based on the D. F. Jones novel)
DIABOLIQUE (based on the Pierre Boileau novel)
DR. STRANGELOVE (based on the Peter George novel RED ALERT,
a.k.a. TWO HOURS TO DOOM)
FULL METAL JACKET (based on the novel THE SHORT TIMERS
by Gustav Hasford)
THE LADY VANISHES (1938) (based on THE WHEEL SPINS by Ethel Lina White)
THE PATHS OF GLORY (based on the Humphrey Cobb novel)
PLANET OF THE APES (based on the Pierre Boulle novel)
REAR WINDOW (based on Cornell Wollrich story)
SPARTACUS (based on the Howard Fast novel)
THE THIN MAN (based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett)
THE TOWERING INFERNO (based on Frank M. Robinson and
Thomas N. Scortia's GLASS INFERNO and THE TOWER by
Richard Martin Stern)
VERTIGO (based on the Pierre Boileau novel)
[Provided by Mark R. Leeper, mleeper@lucent.com, and Mark Brader]
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