And Read the Book, Too
By: Uli Cain, Cinefidel¹³
Here are some films based on books that I feel are either better — usually the case — or as good as the film.
The first two on the list are my two favorite novels, and the films, while good, barely compare.
Now, a film not on this list is The Ice Storm, which I feel is vastly superior to Rick Moody’s novel.
Then there is something like Strip Tease, which is a brilliantly funny book by Carl Hiaasen, that was turned into a horrendous movie.
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01Dalton Trumbo
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02Tom Tykwer
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03Henning Carlsen
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04David Fincher
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05William Friedkin
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06Richard Attenborough
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07George Roy Hill
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08Stephen Frears
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09Christine Jeffs
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10Alastair Reid
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11Pierre Gang
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12Pierre Gang
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13Joy Batchelor
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14Steven Spielberg
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15Neil Jordan
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16Clive Barker
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17Clive Barker
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18Andrew Bergman
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19Sydney Pollack
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20Alan Parker
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21Mary Lambert
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22Paul Michael Glaser
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23Michael Radford