Books accurately made into movies?

[Julie Petitbon]

Of Mice and Men
The Shawshank Redemption
The Crucible
I can't think of any others....

[hazelk]

It is endless, most of Somerset Maughams and Raymond Chandlers books were made into great movies.

[Jennashby_87]

I love getting new ideas for books to read that have movie adaptations so I’ll have to try some of these out!

[imaginarilily]

A Man Called Ove (a swedish film- though there is an upcoming Tom Hanks one) felt very loyal to the original to me, and is to this day one of my favorite movies.

[cmbenglish2020]

Love, love, Grisham and Clancy. I will really miss Clancy. He died not long ago...
I love the politics, international intrigue, characters chosen (casting)... Of course, the books are more detailed which makes the movies exciting. I never left a book reading or movie disappointed.

Grisham's
1. The Firm
2. Pelican Brief
3. The Rainmaker
Clancy's
4. Patriot Games
5. Clear and Present Danger

[Deepa09k]

The Martian! Its movie was great, the book was very funny and its one of my favorites. Its about a guy who gets stuck alone on mars after his fellow astronauts leave him when they mistakenly thought he died.

I love the movie! I first watched the movie and then read the book, and I thought watching the movie added a dimension to the imagination of the book.

Also, I think the "Lord of the Rings" series was also adapted nicely into the movies!

And 'Twilight', first movie and book of course!

[Leyla Ann]

Not sure to be honest, I think most movies if not all, skip the little details and I know it can't be helped, but it still annoys me.

[Georgephilips]

Can someone provide me a list of 5 or so movies that have been turned into movies that they believe were a good representation of the original story?

The hate you give

[Georgephilips]

Can someone provide me a list of 5 or so movies that have been turned into movies that they believe were a good representation of the original story?

The hate you give

And yeah everything everything is another! The only ones I can think of now

[Preye I]

The Woman in the Window. Originally book then became a movie. The movie is pretty good and accurate. Although not everything. Overall it was enjoyable. The movie is available on Netflix. And they made a second one called The Woman Across from the Woman in the Window or something along those lines. I haven't watched it so watch on your own risk.

[RobinAbraham]

The Lord of the Rings series.
The Perks of being a Wallflower.
The Shawshank Redemption.

[DATo]

These are a few of the movies that I think were most faithful to the books:

To Kill A Mockingbird
This is probably the best book-to-screen adaptation I have ever seen. I thought the characters were perfectly cast in the movie; in fact, the Scout character (Mary Badham) was the exact image of the child I imagined from the book. The parts they didn't include from the book actually improved the story rather than detracted from it in my opinion.

The Hunger Games
I saw the movie first and then read the book. The only really radical departure from the book was the "werewolves" at the end which, rather than bringing back to life the dead tributes as monsters as was in the book, they were instead generic Creations of The Capitol. I honestly liked the way the movie version treated this issue far better than the book, though I must say I was very impressed with the rest of Susan Collins' creativity with the story as well as her writing style. Other than that the movie stayed pretty close to the book.

Of Mice And Men (The Blake / Chaney version)
Once again I thought they were pretty true to the book. I can't recall any serious omissions or changes. The movie was so well acted and presented that I felt that it captures Steinbeck's writing style perfectly even though this was on the screen and not in prose.

The Godfather
There was an enormous omission in the original movie with regard to Vito Corleone's past, but what WAS on the screen was a perfect depiction of that section of the book that was intended to be covered, in my opinion. The backstory (the 1920s scenes and story), which was omitted in the first movie, was presented in the sequel and it included some of the finest acting and cinematography that I have ever seen - it was quite possibly the VERY finest I have ever seen.

[elac]

Atonement, The Remains of the Day, The English Patient, The Road, No Country for Old Man.

[Samuel Mamo]

The count of Monte Cristo.

[Alexa Dimkpa]

The Chronicles of Narnia, Cursed and Twilight movies were all very impressive adaptation of the books.