Movies Based On Books

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This thread is a discussion about books that have has movies based on them.

This part of my post is from a list I created of what I thought were the greatest movies of all time, then I found out which ones were based in books. Here are the movies based on books.

" " = Short story.

1. The Godfather - The Godfather - Mario Puzo
2. It's A Wonderful Life - "The Greatest Gift" - Phillip Van Doren Stern
3. The Godfather: Part II - The Godfather - Mario Puzo
4. The Silence of the Lambs - The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
5. Raging Bull - Raging Bull: My Story - Jake La Motta
6. The Return of the King - The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kasey
8. Dr. Strangelove - Red Alert - Peter George
9. Apocalypse Now - Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad/Dispatches - Michael Herr
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke/"The Sentinel" - Arthur C. Clarke
11. Psycho - Psycho - Robert Bloch
12. Goodfellas - Wiseguy - Nicholas Pileggi
13. Gone With the Wind - Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
14. To Kill a Mocking Bird - To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
15. Vertigo - The Living and the Dead - Piere Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
16. The Wizard of Oz - The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
17. City of God - City of God - Paulo Lins
18. Memento - "Memento Mori" - Johnathan Nolan
19. Fight Club - Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
20. The Shawshank Redemption - "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" - Stephen King
21. Rear Window - It Had to be Murder - Cornell Woolrich
22. The Exorcist - The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
23. A Streetcar Named Desire - A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams (Play)
24. Ben - Hur (1959) - Ben - Hur: A Tale of Christ - Lew Wallace
25. The Bridge on the River Kwai - The Bridge Over the River Kwai - Pierre Boulle
26. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - B. Traver
27. The Shining - The Shining - Stephen King
28. Double Indemnity - Double Indemnity - James M. Cain
29. The Maltese Falcon - The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett
30. The Fellowship of the Ring - The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien
31. Full Metal Jacket - The Short - Timers - Gustav Harford
32. Jaws - Jaws - Peter Benchley
33. A Clockwork Orange - A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
34. Frankenstein - Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
35. No Country for Old Men - No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy
36. The Great Escape - The Great Escape - Paul Brickhill
37. There Will Be Blood - Oil! - Upton Sinclair
38. The Two Towers - The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien
39. Nosferatu - Dracula - Bram Stoker
40. Das Boot - Das Boot - Lothar G. Buchheim
41. Million Dollar Baby - Short Stories by F.X. Toole
42. Metropolis - Metropolis - Thea Von Harbou
43. Requiem for a Dream - Requiem for a Dream - Hurburt Shelby Jr.
44. Forrest Gump - Forrest Gump - Winston Groom
45. Die Hard - Nothing Lasts Forever - Roderick Thorp
46. Paths of Glory - Paths of Glory - Humphrey Cobb
47. L.A. Confidential - L.A. Confidential - James Ellroy
48. Touch of Evil - Badge of Evil - Whit Masterson
49. The Green Mile - The Green Mile - Stephen King
50. Casino - Casino - Nicholas Pileggi
51. The Princess Bride - The Princess Bride - William Goldman
52. The Prestige - The Prestige - Christopher Priest
53. Rosemary's Baby - Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
54. The Pianist - The Pianinst - Wladyslaw Szpilman
55. Stand By Me - "The Body" - Stephen King
56. Rebecca - Rebecca - Daphne du Maurter
57. The Thing - "Who Goes There?" - John W. Campbell, Jr.
58. Village of the Damned - John Wyndham