The Best Movies Based On Books
“What are the best Book Adaptation Movies?” We looked at 539 of the top Book Adaptation films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 56 films, all appearing on 4 or more “Best Book Adaptation” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 475+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
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Top 56 Best Book Adaptation Movies Ever Made
56 .) A Clockwork Orange (1971) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic FM
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Stylist
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of “droogs”. But he’s a boy who also likes Beethoven’s Ninth and a bit of “the old in-out, in-out”. He later finds himself at the mercy of the state and its brainwashing experiment designed to take violence off the streets.
55 .) Apollo 13 (1995) directed by Ron Howard
Lists It Appears On:
- Buzzfeed
- List Challenges
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
54 .) Atonement (2007) directed by Joe Wright
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- RD
- Stylist
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit.
53 .) Babe (1995) directed by Chris Noonan
Lists It Appears On:
- Buzzfeed
- List Challenges
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
Babe is a little pig who doesn’t quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mom, Babe realizes that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hogget knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.
52 .) Blade Runner (1982) directed by Ridley Scott
Lists It Appears On:
- Buzzfeed
- List Challenges
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
51 .) Brokeback Mountain (2005) directed by Ang Lee
Lists It Appears On:
- Newsday
- Short List
- Stylist
- The Guardian
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of ’63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
50 .) Doctor Zhivago (1965) directed by David Lean
Lists It Appears On:
- List Challenges
- Short List
- Stylist
- Telegraph
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other yet because of their current situation cannot find a way be together.
49 .) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) directed by Amy Heckerling
Lists It Appears On:
- Buzzfeed
- List Challenges
- Mental Floss
- The Movie Blog
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.
48 .) Girl, Interrupted (1999) directed by James Mangold
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen’s prescribed “short rest” from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice’s Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.
47 .) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) directed by Mike Newell
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- The Movie Blog
Harry starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Triwizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure – but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that he stands for.
46 .) Jurassic Park (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Ranker
- RD
- Stylist
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
45 .) Million Dollar Baby (2004) directed by Clint Eastwood
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn’t prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie’s determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
44 .) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) directed by Milos Forman
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB 2
- Short List
- Stylist
- The Guardian
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy, inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
43 .) Planet of the Apes (1968) directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Lists It Appears On:
- Buzzfeed
- List Challenges
- The Guardian
- The Movie Blog
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
42 .) Pride and Prejudice (1980) directed by Cyril Coke
Lists It Appears On:
- Common Sense Media
- List Challenges
- Newsday
- The Movie Blog
The arrival of a young, well-off, eligible man named Mr. Bingley sends the Bennet household–with five girls of a marrying age–into a tizzy. But it’s the introduction of Mr. Bingley’s friend, Mr. Darcy, that sets in motion the fate of Elizabeth Bennet, resolved only after a labyrinth of social and personal complexities.
41 .) Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Lists It Appears On:
- List Challenges
- Mental Floss
- Ranker
- The Movie Blog
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky, but fine… until Marion decides to take a shower.
40 .) Sense and Sensibility (1995) directed by Ang Lee
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic FM
- List Challenges
- Short List
- Stylist
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.
39 .) Stand by Me (1986) directed by Rob Reiner
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- The Movie Blog
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
38 .) The Color Purple (1985) directed by Steven Spielberg
Lists It Appears On:
- IPPL
- List Challenges
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie’s abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing “Mister” Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa. Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
37 .) The English Patient (1996) directed by Anthony Minghella
Lists It Appears On:
- List Challenges
- RD
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
36 .) The Firm (1993) directed by Sydney Pollack
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by ‘The Firm’ and made an offer he doesn’t refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice – work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan… ×
35 .) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) directed by Niels Arden Oplev
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Newsday
- Short List
- Stylist
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson’s novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger’s niece
34 .) The Hunt for Red October (1990) directed by John McTiernan
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- The Movie Blog
A new, technologically-superior Soviet sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it — because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too.
33 .) The Last of the Mohicans (1992) directed by Michael Mann
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
As the British and French soldiers battle for control of the American colonies in the 18th century, the settlers and native Americans are forced to take sides. Cora and her sister Alice unwittingly walk into trouble but are reluctantly saved by Hawkeye, an orphaned settler adopted by the last of the Mohicans.
32 .) The Thing (1982) directed by John Carpenter
Lists It Appears On:
- List Challenges
- List Challenges
- Mental Floss
- The Movie Blog
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
31 .) The Wizard of Oz (1939) directed by Victor Fleming
Lists It Appears On:
- Common Sense Media
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Stylist
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
30 .) Where The Wild Things Are (2009) directed by Spike Jonze
Lists It Appears On:
- Common Sense Media
- Newsday
- Stylist
- Yard Barker
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts – Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander – crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
29 .) Wuthering Heights (1939) directed by William Wyler
Lists It Appears On:
- List Challenges
- Short List
- Telegraph
- The Movie Blog
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw’s son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley’s sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the Moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they’re happy – until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor. ×
28 .) Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) directed by Sharon Maguire
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Newsday
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.
27 .) Field of Dreams (1989) directed by Phil Alden Robinson
Lists It Appears On:
- Buzzfeed
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- RD
- The Movie Blog
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice’s directions don’t stop – even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
26 .) Goodfellas (1990) directed by Martin Scorsese
Lists It Appears On:
- Buzzfeed
- IMDB
- Ranker
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
25 .) L.A. Confidential (1997) directed by Curtis Hanson
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Short List
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
24 .) Misery (1990) directed by Rob Reiner
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- The Movie Blog
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the “number one fan” of Paul’s heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.
23 .) No Country for Old Men (2007) directed by Ethan Coen
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Short List
- Telegraph
- The Movie Blog
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
22 .) The Green Mile (1999) directed by Frank Darabont
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people’s ailments. When the cell block’s head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey’s miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man’s execution.
21 .) The Notebook (2004) directed by Nick Cassavetes
Lists It Appears On:
- List Challenges
- Newsday
- RD
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer’s. From a faded notebook, the old man’s words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
20 .) The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Lists It Appears On:
- Ranker
- Short List
- Stylist
- Telegraph
- The Movie Blog
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren’t prepared for the madness that lurks within.
19 .) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) directed by Mel Stuart
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- The Movie Blog
- Yard Barker
Eccentric candy man Willy Wonka prompts a worldwide frenzy when he announces that golden tickets hidden inside five of his delicious candy bars will admit their lucky holders into his top-secret confectionary. But does Wonka have an agenda hidden amid a world of Oompa Loompas and chocolate rivers?
18 .) Gone With The Wind (1939) directed by Victor Fleming
Lists It Appears On:
- IPPL
- List Challenges
- Newsday
- Ranker
- Short List
- Stylist
The spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner is forced to use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty, following Maj. Gen. William Sherman’s destructive “March to the Sea,” during the American Civil War.
17 .) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) directed by Chris Columbus
Lists It Appears On:
- Common Sense Media
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Stylist
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle’s house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he’s a powerful wizard – with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school’s kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents’ deaths – and about the villain who’s to blame.
16 .) Jaws (1975) directed by Steven Spielberg
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- RD
- Screen Rant
- Stylist
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
15 .) Schindler’s List (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic FM
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Stylist
- Telegraph
- The Movie Blog
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
14 .) The Godfather (1972) directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Lists It Appears On:
- Newsday
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- Short List
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
13 .) To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) directed by Robert Mulligan
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic FM
- Newsday
- Ranker
- Short List
- Stylist
- Telegraph
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
12 .) Trainspotting (1996) directed by Danny Boyle
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic FM
- List Challenges
- Short List
- Stylist
- Telegraph
- The Movie Blog
Mark Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
11 .) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) directed by Andrew Adamson
Lists It Appears On:
- Common Sense Media
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch’s glacial powers forever.
10 .) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) directed by Peter Jackson
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic FM
- IMDB
- IPPL
- List Challenges
- Newsday
- Ranker
- Telegraph
Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.
9 .) The Princess Bride (1987) directed by Rob Reiner
Lists It Appears On:
- Common Sense Media
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- RD
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can’t stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
8 .) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) directed by Jonathan Demme
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Short List
- Stylist
- Telegraph
- The Movie Blog
From Thomas Harris’ novel, director Jonathan Demme explodes and reconstructs a classic genre, laying a foundation of emotional and political commitment beneath a perfectly constructed psychological thriller. Fourteen years after her controversial role in Taxi Driver, Jodie Foster finally makes the transformation from helpless victim to rescuing hero in this dark, gender-bending fairy tale of an American obsession: serial murder.
7 .) Charlotte’s Web (2006) directed by Gary Winick
Lists It Appears On:
- Common Sense Media
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- List Challenges
- Newsday
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
- Yard Barker
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
6 .) Die Hard (1988) directed by John McTiernan
Lists It Appears On:
- Buzzfeed
- List Challenges
- Mental Floss
- Ranker
- RD
- Screen Rant
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
NYPD cop John McClane’s plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
5 .) Fight Club (1999) directed by David Fincher
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic FM
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- RD
- Screen Rant
- Short List
- Stylist
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground “fight clubs” forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
4 .) Forrest Gump (1994) directed by Robert Zemeckis
Lists It Appears On:
- Buzzfeed
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Newsday
- Ranker
- RD
- Screen Rant
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
3 .) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) directed by Frank Darabont
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic FM
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Newsday
- Ranker
- RD
- Screen Rant
- Stylist
- The Movie Blog
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates – including an older prisoner named Red – for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
2 .) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) directed by Peter Jackson
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic FM
- IMDB
- IPPL
- List Challenges
- Newsday
- Ranker
- Ranker
- Stylist
- Telegraph
- The Movie Blog
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
1 .) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) directed by Peter Jackson
Lists It Appears On:
- Classic FM
- IMDB
- IPPL
- List Challenges
- Newsday
- Ranker
- Ranker
- Telegraph
- The Movie Blog
- The Movie Blog
Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron’s forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord’s realm.
The 475+ Additional Best Book Adaptation Films
| # | Movies | Directors | Lists |
| 57 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 58 | A River Runs Through It (1992) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 59 | Ben-Hur (1959) | IPPL | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| 60 | Brighton Rock (1947) | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 61 | Casino Royale (2006) | Classic FM | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 62 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) | Common Sense Media | |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 63 | Dances with Wolves (1990) | Kevin Costner | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 64 |
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
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List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Screen Rant |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 65 | Empire of the Sun (1987) | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 66 | Frankenstein (1931) | James Whale | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IPPL |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 67 | Friday Night Lights (2004) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Paperback Swap |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 68 | Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 69 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Mental Floss |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 70 | Great Expectations (1946) | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 71 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | David Yates | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 72 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | David Yates | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 73 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) | David Yates | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 74 | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) | Neil Jordan | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 75 | Jumanji (1995) | Joe Johnston | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Yard Barker |
| 76 | Lolita (1962) | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | The Guardian |
| 77 | Mary Poppins (1964) | Robert Stevenson | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Yard Barker |
| 78 | Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) | Buzzfeed | |
| – | – | – | Mental Floss |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 79 | Munich (2005) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 80 | Of Mice and Men (1992) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 81 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 82 | Ordinary People (1980) | Buzzfeed | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 83 | Scarface (1932) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 84 | Silver Linings Playbook (2012) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Mental Floss |
| – | – | – | Short List |
| 85 | Sophie’s Choice (1982) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 86 | Terms of Endearment (1983) | Buzzfeed | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 87 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) | Andrew Adamson | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| 88 | The Da Vinci Code (2006) | Ron Howard | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| – | – | – | Paperback Swap |
| 89 | The Devil Wears Prada (2006) | Newsday | |
| – | – | – | Paperback Swap |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 90 | The Fault in Our Stars | Common Sense Media | |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| – | – | – | RD |
| 91 | The Remains of the Day (1993) | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 92 | 3:10 to Yuma (1957) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 93 | 9 1/2 Weeks (1986) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 94 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 95 | A Time to Kill (1996) | Joel Schumacher | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 96 | Alice in Wonderland (2010) | Tim Burton | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 97 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 98 | American Psycho (2000) | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 99 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | Stylist | |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 100 | Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 101 | Capote (2005) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 102 | Casino (1995) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 103 | Children of Men (2006) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 104 | Clueless | Mental Floss | |
| – | – | – | RD |
| 105 | Das Boot (1981) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 106 | Deliverance (1972) | John Boorman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 107 | Diggstown (1992) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 108 | Divergent | Common Sense Media | |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| 109 | Dracula (1931) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 110 | Drive | Buzzfeed | |
| – | – | – | Mental Floss |
| 111 | Drugstore Cowboy (1989) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 112 | Ella Enchanted | Paperback Swap | |
| – | – | – | RD |
| 113 | First Blood (1982) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 114 | Goldfinger (1964) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 115 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) | Chris Columbus | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 116 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) | David Yates | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 117 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) | Alfonso Cuarón | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 118 | In the Name of the Father (1993) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 119 | It (1990) | Richard Thomas | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| 120 | It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) | Frank Capra | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 121 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 122 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 123 | Little Women (1994) | Gillian Armstrong | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 124 | Lord of the Flies (1990) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 125 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 126 | Matilda | Newsday | |
| – | – | – | Yard Barker |
| 127 | Memento (2000) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 128 | Minority Report (2002) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 129 | Moby-Dick | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 130 | Mystic River (2003) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 131 | Othello (1965) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 132 | Out of Sight (1998) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 133 | Patriot Games (1992) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 134 | Pitch Perfect (2012) | Mental Floss | |
| – | – | – | Screen Rant |
| 135 | Raging Bull (1980) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 136 | Ragtime (1981) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 137 | Rambo: First Blood | Buzzfeed | |
| – | – | – | Mental Floss |
| 138 | Rebecca (1940) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 139 | Red Dragon (2002) | Brett Ratner | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 140 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins… (1985) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 141 | Romancing the Stone (1984) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 142 | Secret Window (2004) | David Koepp | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 143 | Shadowlands (1993) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 144 | Shrek | Buzzfeed | |
| – | – | – | Yard Barker |
| 145 | Sideways (2004) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 146 | Stardust (2007) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 147 | The 39 Steps | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 148 | The Accidental Tourist (1988) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 149 | The Age of Innocence (1993) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Short List |
| 150 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
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| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 151 | The Big Sleep | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 152 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 153 | The Color of Money (1986) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 154 | The Dead Zone (1983) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 155 | The Fly (1986) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 156 | The Graduate (1967) | Buzzfeed | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 157 | The Help | Newsday | |
| – | – | – | RD |
| 158 | The Hours (2002) | Paperback Swap | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 159 | The Hunger Games | Common Sense Media | |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| 160 | The Iron Giant | Mental Floss | |
| – | – | – | Yard Barker |
| 161 | The Joy Luck Club (1993) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 162 | The Jungle Book (1967) | Common Sense Media | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 163 | The Kite Runner (2007) | Newsday | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 164 | The Lovely Bones (2009) | Peter Jackson | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| 165 | The Maltese Falcon | IPPL | |
| – | – | – | Short List |
| 166 | The Mambo Kings (1992) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 167 | The Martian | Common Sense Media | |
| – | – | – | RD |
| 168 | The Natural (1984) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 169 | The Perfect Storm (2000) | Paperback Swap | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 170 | The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 171 | The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie | Short List | |
| – | – | – | Telegraph |
| 172 | The Secret Life of Bees (2008) | Gina Prince-Bythewood | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Paperback Swap |
| 173 | The Secret of NIMH (1982) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 174 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Newsday | |
| – | – | – | Paperback Swap |
| 175 | The Stepford Wives (1975) | Bryan Forbes | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| 176 | The Three Musketeers (1948) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 177 | The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009) | Robert Schwentke | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Newsday |
| 178 | The Untouchables (1987) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 179 | The Verdict (1982) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 180 | The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 181 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | Paul Thomas Anderson | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Mental Floss |
| 182 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Short List |
| 183 | Wag the Dog (1997) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | The Movie Blog |
| 184 | Warm Bodies (2013) | Common Sense Media | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 185 | Water For Elephants (2011) | Newsday | |
| – | – | – | Stylist |
| 186 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Buzzfeed | |
| – | – | – | Mental Floss |
| 187 | 101 Dalmatians | Buzzfeed | |
| 188 | 127 Hours | Newsday | |
| 189 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | List Challenges | |
| 190 | 3:10 to Yuma (2007) | List Challenges | |
| 191 | A Kestrel For A Knave | Short List | |
| 192 | A Monster Calls | Common Sense Media | |
| 193 | A Room with a View (1985) | Stylist | |
| 194 | A Walk to Remember | Newsday | |
| 195 | About a Boy | Common Sense Media | |
| 196 | ACCIDENTAL TOURIST | The Movie Blog | |
| 197 | Adaptation | The Guardian | |
| 198 | Aladdin (1992) | List Challenges | |
| 199 |
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
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Common Sense Media | |
| 200 | Alice in Wonderland | Newsday | |
| 201 | Alice in Wonderland (1951) | List Challenges | |
| 202 | Alice in Wonderland (1985 TV Movie) | Harry Harris | IMDB 2 |
| 203 | Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966 TV Movie) | Alan Handley | IMDB 2 |
| 204 | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1972) | William Sterling | IMDB 2 |
| 205 | Alive (1993) | Frank Marshall | IMDB |
| 206 | Along Came a Spider (2001) | Lee Tamahori | IMDB |
| 207 | American Pastoral | IPPL | |
| 208 | American Sniper | Newsday | |
| 209 | Angels & Demons (2009) | Ron Howard | IMDB |
| 210 | Anna Karenina | List Challenges | |
| 211 | Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) | List Challenges | |
| 212 | Assembly (2007) | List Challenges | |
| 213 | Bambi | Yard Barker | |
| 214 | Batman (1989) | Tim Burton | IMDB 2 |
| 215 | Batman Begins (2005) | Christopher Nolan | IMDB 2 |
| 216 | Batman Returns (1992) | Tim Burton | IMDB 2 |
| 217 | Beaches (1988) | Garry Marshall | IMDB |
| 218 | Before I Fall | Common Sense Media | |
| 219 | Ben-Hur (2016) | IPPL | |
| 220 | Big Fish (2003) | Tim Burton | IMDB 2 |
| 221 | Blow (2001) | Stylist | |
| 222 | Born Free (1966) | Stylist | |
| 223 | Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) | Francis Ford Coppola | IMDB |
| 224 | Bridge to Terabithia (2007) | Gabor Csupo | IMDB 2 |
| 225 | Buffalo Soldiers (2001) | List Challenges | |
| 226 | Call Me by Your Name | Newsday | |
| 227 | Carrie (1976) | List Challenges | |
| 228 | Children of Dune (2003– ) | Alec Newman | IMDB |
| 229 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) | Ken Hughes | IMDB 2 |
| 230 | Circle of Friends (1995) | Stylist | |
| 231 | City of Life and Death (2009) | List Challenges | |
| 232 | Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs | Yard Barker | |
| 233 | Cold Mountain (2003) | Stylist | |
| 234 | Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) | Stylist | |
| 235 | Coraline | Common Sense Media | |
| 236 | Coriolanus (2011) | List Challenges | |
| 237 | Count of Monte Cristo | IPPL | |
| 238 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Buzzfeed | |
| 239 | Cruel Intentions | Mental Floss | |
| 240 | Cujo (1983) | Lewis Teague | IMDB |
| 241 | DANGEROUS LIAISONS | Telegraph | |
| 242 | Dark Water (2002) | Hideo Nakata | IMDB 2 |
| 243 | Dark Water (2005) | Walter Salles | IMDB 2 |
| 244 | Day Watch (2006) | Timur Bekmambetov | IMDB |
| 245 | Deadly Appearances (2000 TV Movie) | George Bloomfield | IMDB 2 |
| 246 | Deadly Medicine (1991 TV Movie) | Richard A. Colla | IMDB 2 |
| 247 | Dear Dumb Diary | Common Sense Media | |
| 248 | Death Wish | Mental Floss | |
| 249 | Defiance (I) (2008) | Edward Zwick | IMDB |
| 250 | Degree of Guilt (1995 TV Movie) | Mike Robe | IMDB 2 |
| 251 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Common Sense Media | |
| 252 | Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? | Short List | |
| 253 | Don Quixote (1957) | List Challenges | |
| 254 | Don’t Look Now | Short List | |
| 255 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) | List Challenges | |
| 256 | Dr. No (1962) | List Challenges | |
| 257 | Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! | Common Sense Media | |
| 258 | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | Newsday | |
| 259 | Dracula (1992) | List Challenges | |
| 260 | Dreamcatcher (2003) | Lawrence Kasdan | IMDB 2 |
| 261 | Dune (2000– ) | William Hurt | IMDB |
| 262 | Eat, Pray, Love | Newsday | |
| 263 | Election | Buzzfeed | |
| 264 | Emma (1996) | Stylist | |
| 265 | Eragon (2006) | Stefen Fangmeier | IMDB |
| 266 | Every Day | Newsday | |
| 267 | Everything, Everything | Common Sense Media | |
| 268 | Extreme Measures (1996) | Michael Apted | IMDB |
| 269 | Fahrenheit 451 (1966) | List Challenges | |
| 270 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Yard Barker | |
| 271 | Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) | IPPL | |
| 272 | Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) | IPPL | |
| 273 | Father of the Bride | Buzzfeed | |
| 274 | Faust (1926) | List Challenges | |
| 275 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) | Stylist | |
| 276 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Buzzfeed | |
| 277 | Firestarter (1984) | Mark L. Lester | IMDB 2 |
| 278 | Flowers in the Attic (1987) | Jeffrey Bloom | IMDB |
| 279 | For Your Eyes Only (1981) | List Challenges | |
| 280 | Freaks (1932) | Tod Browning | IMDB 2 |
| 281 | From Here to Eternity (1953) | Fred Zinnemann | IMDB |
| 282 | From Russia With Love (1963) | List Challenges | |
| 283 | Gone Girl (2014) | Screen Rant | |
| 284 | Gorillas in the Mist (1988) | Michael Apted | IMDB |
| 285 | Great Expectations (2013) | Common Sense Media | |
| 286 | Great Gatsby (1974) | IPPL | |
| 287 | Great Gatsby (2000) | IPPL | |
| 288 | Great Performances (1971– ) Episode: Alice in Wonderland (1983) | Kirk Browning | IMDB 2 |
| 289 | Green Zone (2010) | Paul Greengrass | IMDB |
| 290 | Hamlet (1948) | List Challenges | |
| 291 | Hamlet (1964, Kozintsev) | List Challenges | |
| 292 | Hamlet (1996 Film) | List Challenges | |
| 293 | Hangman’s Curse (2003) | Rafal Zielinski | IMDB 2 |
| 294 | Hannibal (2001) | Ridley Scott | IMDB |
| 295 | He’s Just Not That Into You | Newsday | |
| 296 | Heart Of Darkness | Short List | |
| 297 | Hidden Figures | RD | |
| 298 | Holes | Newsday | |
| 299 | Hook (1991) | Steven Spielberg | IMDB 2 |
| 300 | How to Make an American Quilt (1995) | Jocelyn Moorhouse | IMDB |
| 301 | How to Train Your Dragon | Yard Barker | |
| 302 | Hugo | Common Sense Media | |
| 303 | I Am Legend (2007) | Francis Lawrence | IMDB |
| 304 | I Am Number Four (2011) | D.J. Caruso | IMDB |
| 305 | I’ve Been Waiting for You (1998 TV Movie) | Christopher Leitch | IMDB 2 |
| 306 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) | Don Siegel | IMDB 2 |
| 307 | Ivansxtc | The Guardian | |
| 308 | Jack Reacher (2012) | List Challenges | |
| 309 | Jane Eyre (1996) | Franco Zeffirelli | IMDB |
| 310 | Jaws: The Revenge (1987) | Joseph Sargent | IMDB 2 |
| 311 | Julie and Julia (2009) | Screen Rant | |
| 312 | Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics (1970) | IPPL | |
| 313 | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | IPPL | |
| 314 | King Kong (2005) | Peter Jackson | IMDB 2 |
| 315 | Kiss the Girls (1997) | Gary Fleder | IMDB |
| 316 | Last of the Mohicans (1936) | IPPL | |
| 317 | Last of the Mohicans (1992) | IPPL | |
| 318 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | List Challenges | |
| 319 | Legends of the Fall (1994) | Stylist | |
| 320 | Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) | Brad Silberling | IMDB 2 |
| 321 | Les Miserables (1935) | List Challenges | |
| 322 | Life of Pi (2012) | List Challenges | |
| 323 | Little Children (2006) | Todd Field | IMDB |
| 324 | LORD OF THE FLIES (1963) | The Movie Blog | |
| 325 | Lost and Found | Common Sense Media | |
| 326 | Lust, Caution (2007) | List Challenges | |
| 327 | Malcolm X (1992) | Spike Lee | IMDB |
| 328 | Man in the Attic (1953) | Hugo Fregonese | IMDB 2 |
| 329 | Manhunter (1986) | List Challenges | |
| 330 | Marie Antoinette (2006) | Sofia Coppola | IMDB 2 |
| 331 | Marley & Me | Newsday | |
| 332 | Mean Girls | Mental Floss | |
| 333 | Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) | Stylist | |
| 334 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) | Clint Eastwood | IMDB |
| 335 | Millions | Common Sense Media | |
| 336 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Common Sense Media | |
| 337 | Mudbound | Newsday | |
| 338 | Murder on the Orient Express (1974) | IPPL | |
| 339 | Murder on the Orient Express (2018) | IPPL | |
| 340 | My Cousin Rachel | IPPL | |
| 341 | My Side of the Mountain (1969) | Common Sense Media | |
| 342 | My Sister’s Keeper | Newsday | |
| 343 | Naked Lunch (1991) | David Cronenberg | IMDB |
| 344 | Nanking (2007 – Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman) | List Challenges | |
| 345 | Nanny McPhee (2005) | Kirk Jones | IMDB 2 |
| 346 | National Velvet (1944) | Clarence Brown | IMDB |
| 347 | Never Cry Wolf (1983) | Carroll Ballard | IMDB |
| 348 | Nicky Deuce | Common Sense Media | |
| 349 | Night Watch (2004) | Timur Bekmambetov | IMDB |
| 350 | NightScream (1997 TV Movie) | Noel Nosseck | IMDB 2 |
| 351 | Nim’s Island (2008) | Jennifer Flackett | IMDB 2 |
| 352 | No Way Out | List Challenges | |
| 353 | Nosferatu (1922) | List Challenges | |
| 354 | Oliver | List Challenges | |
| 355 | One for the Money | Newsday | |
| 356 | One Missed Call (2003) | Takashi Miike | IMDB 2 |
| 357 | One Missed Call 2 (2005) | Renpei Tsukamoto | IMDB 2 |
| 358 | One Missed Call Final (2006) | Manabu Asô | IMDB 2 |
| 359 | Out of Africa (1985) | Stylist | |
| 360 | Paddington | Common Sense Media | |
| 361 | Paper Towns | Newsday | |
| 362 | Paranoiac (1963) | Freddie Francis | IMDB 2 |
| 363 | Perfect Alibi (1995) | Kevin Meyer | IMDB 2 |
| 364 | Pet Sematary (1989) | Mary Lambert | IMDB 2 |
| 365 | Peter Pan (1960 TV Movie) | Vincent J. Donehue | IMDB 2 |
| 366 | Peter Pan (2003) | P.J. Hogan | IMDB 2 |
| 367 | Phantoms (1998) | Joe Chappelle | IMDB |
| 368 | Pinocchio (1976 TV Movie) | Ron Field | IMDB 2 |
| 369 | Precious (2009) | Stylist | |
| 370 | Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) | Warwick Davis | IMDB 2 |
| 371 | QUIZ SHOW | The Movie Blog | |
| 372 | Quiz Show (1994) | List Challenges | |
| 373 | Race to Witch Mountain (2009) | Andy Fickman | IMDB 2 |
| 374 | Rasen (1998) | Jôji Iida | IMDB 2 |
| 375 | Requiem For A Dream | Short List | |
| 376 | Revolutionary Road (2008) | Stylist | |
| 377 | Ring (1999) | Dong-bin Kim | IMDB 2 |
| 378 | Ringu (1998) | Hideo Nakata | IMDB 2 |
| 379 | Ringu 0 (2000) | Norio Tsuruta | IMDB 2 |
| 380 | Ringu 2 (1999) | Hideo Nakata | IMDB 2 |
| 381 | Robin and Marian (1976) | List Challenges | |
| 382 | Romeo + Juliet (1996) | List Challenges | |
| 383 | Romeo and Juliet (1968) | List Challenges | |
| 384 | Room with a View | IPPL | |
| 385 | Rosemary’s Baby (1968) | List Challenges | |
| 386 | Rum Punch | Short List | |
| 387 | Scandal (1989) | List Challenges | |
| 388 | Scrooge (Brian Desmond Hurst) | List Challenges | |
| 389 | Seabiscuit | Paperback Swap | |
| 390 | Shining | List Challenges | |
| 391 | Shrek 2 (2004) | Andrew Adamson | IMDB 2 |
| 392 | Shrek Forever After (2010) | Mike Mitchell | IMDB 2 |
| 393 | Shrek the Third (2007) | Chris Miller | IMDB 2 |
| 394 | Silence of the Lambs (1991) | Screen Rant | |
| 395 | Simon Birch (1998) | Mark Steven Johnson | IMDB 2 |
| 396 | Sleepers (1996) | Barry Levinson | IMDB |
| 397 | Sleeping Beauty (1959) | List Challenges | |
| 398 | Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) | Joseph Ruben | IMDB 2 |
| 399 | Sleepy Hollow (1999) | List Challenges | |
| 400 | Slumdog Millionaire | Mental Floss | |
| 401 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarves | List Challenges | |
| 402 | Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) | Jack Clayton | IMDB 2 |
| 403 | Stellaluna | Common Sense Media | |
| 404 | Stick Man | Common Sense Media | |
| 405 | Stuart Little | Common Sense Media | |
| 406 | Superman Returns (2006) | Bryan Singer | IMDB 2 |
| 407 | Tarzan (1999) | List Challenges | |
| 408 | Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1924) | Stylist | |
| 409 | The 101 Dalmatians | Yard Barker | |
| 410 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) | List Challenges | |
| 411 | The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) | List Challenges | |
| 412 | The Amityville Horror (1979) | Stuart Rosenberg | IMDB 2 |
| 413 | The BFG | Common Sense Media | |
| 414 | The Birds | Buzzfeed | |
| 415 | The Black Stallion (1979) | Carroll Ballard | IMDB |
| 416 | The Body | Short List | |
| 417 | The Bone Collector (1999) | Phillip Noyce | IMDB |
| 418 | The Book of Negroes | Common Sense Media | |
| 419 | The Book Thief | Common Sense Media | |
| 420 | The Bourne Identity (2002) | List Challenges | |
| 421 | The Bourne Supremacy (2004) | List Challenges | |
| 422 | The Boxcar Children | Common Sense Media | |
| 423 | The Brave Little Toaster | Buzzfeed | |
| 424 | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI | The Movie Blog | |
| 425 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | List Challenges | |
| 426 | The Bridges of Madison County | Newsday | |
| 427 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) | Michael Apted | IMDB |
| 428 | The Conformist | The Guardian | |
| 429 | The Constant Gardener (2005) | Stylist | |
| 430 | The Count of Monte Cristo | List Challenges | |
| 431 | The Dark Knight (2008) | Christopher Nolan | IMDB 2 |
| 432 | THE DAY OF THE JACKAL | Telegraph | |
| 433 | The Descendants (2011) | Alexander Payne | IMDB 2 |
| 434 | The Devil’s Arithmetic (1999 TV Movie) | Donna Deitch | IMDB 2 |
| 435 | The Dirty Dozen (1967) | Robert Aldrich | IMDB |
| 436 | The Exorcist (1973) | Stylist | |
| 437 | The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) | List Challenges | |
| 438 | The Fallen Idol | The Guardian | |
| 439 | The Fly (1958) | List Challenges | |
| 440 | The Four Feathers (2002) | Shekhar Kapur | IMDB |
| 441 | The French Connection | Buzzfeed | |
| 442 | The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) | Stephen Hopkins | IMDB |
| 443 | The Girl on the Train | RD | |
| 444 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2009) | List Challenges | |
| 445 | The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) | Daniel Alfredson | IMDB |
| 446 | The Giver | Common Sense Media | |
| 447 | The Glass Castle | Newsday | |
| 448 | The Grapes Of Wrath | IPPL | |
| 449 | The Great Escape (1963) | John Sturges | IMDB |
| 450 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Common Sense Media | |
| 451 | The Gruffalo | Common Sense Media | |
| 452 | THE HARRY POTTER SERIES | Telegraph | |
| 453 | The Hate U Give | Common Sense Media | |
| 454 | THE HEIRESS | Telegraph | |
| 455 | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) | Garth Jennings | IMDB |
| 456 | The Hobbit | Newsday | |
| 457 | The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug | List Challenges | |
| 458 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) | List Challenges | |
| 459 | The Horse Whisperer | Paperback Swap | |
| 460 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (I) (1923) | Wallace Worsley | IMDB 2 |
| 461 | The Hunt for the BTK Killer (2005 TV Movie) | Stephen Kay | IMDB 2 |
| 462 | The Invisible Man (1933) | List Challenges | |
| 463 | The Jungle Book (2016) | Common Sense Media | |
| 464 | The Jungle Book 2 (2003) | Steve Trenbirth | IMDB 2 |
| 465 | The Last King of Scotland (2006) | Stylist | |
| 466 | THE LEOPARD | Telegraph | |
| 467 | The Life of Pi (2012) | Classic FM | |
| 468 | The Little Mermaid (1989) | List Challenges | |
| 469 | The Little Vampire (2000) | Uli Edel | IMDB 2 |
| 470 | The Long Goodbye | The Guardian | |
| 471 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) | Steven Spielberg | IMDB |
| 472 | The Maze Runner | Newsday | |
| 473 | The Mermaid Chair (2006 TV Movie) | Steven Schachter | IMDB 2 |
| 474 | The Mist (2007) | Frank Darabont | IMDB |
| 475 | The Mists of Avalon (2001– ) | Anjelica Huston | IMDB |
| 476 | The Name of the Rose (1986) | Jean-Jacques Annaud | IMDB |
| 477 | The Namesake | Common Sense Media | |
| 478 | The Nanny Diaries | Newsday | |
| 479 | The Note (2007 TV Movie) | Douglas Barr | IMDB 2 |
| 480 | The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) | Stylist | |
| 481 | The Parent Trap | Mental Floss | |
| 482 | The Pelican Brief (1993) | Alan J. Pakula | IMDB |
| 483 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Common Sense Media | |
| 484 | The Phantom of the Opera (1962) | Terence Fisher | IMDB 2 |
| 485 | The Phantom of the Opera (1989) | Dwight H. Little | IMDB 2 |
| 486 | The Pianist (2002) | Stylist | |
| 487 | The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) | List Challenges | |
| 488 | The Polar Express | Common Sense Media | |
| 489 | The Prince and the Surfer (1999) | Arye Gross | IMDB 2 |
| 490 | The Quiet American (2002) | Stylist | |
| 491 | The Railway Children (1970) | Stylist | |
| 492 | The Reader (2008) | Stylist | |
| 493 | The Relic (1997) | Peter Hyams | IMDB |
| 494 | The Ring Two (2005) | Hideo Nakata | IMDB 2 |
| 495 | The Ruins (2008) | Carter Smith | IMDB |
| 496 | The Rum Diary | Newsday | |
| 497 | The Russia House (1990) | List Challenges | |
| 498 | The Secret Garden | Common Sense Media | |
| 499 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Common Sense Media | |
| 500 | The Secret World of Arrietty | Yard Barker | |
| 501 | The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) | Wes Craven | IMDB 2 |
| 502 | The Sheep-Pig | Short List | |
| 503 | The Silver Chair (1990) | David Thwaites | IMDB 2 |
| 504 | The Social Network (2010) | Stylist | |
| 505 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Common Sense Media | |
| 506 | The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (Ritt) | List Challenges | |
| 507 | The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) | List Challenges | |
| 508 | The Stand (1994) | Gary Sinise | IMDB |
| 509 | The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) | Stylist | |
| 510 | The Town | Mental Floss | |
| 511 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) | Chris Weitz | IMDB 2 |
| 512 | The Virgin Suicides (1999) | Stylist | |
| 513 | The Whistle Blower (1986) | List Challenges | |
| 514 | The Wicker Man (1973) | Robin Hardy | IMDB 2 |
| 515 | Think Like A Man | Newsday | |
| 516 | Thunderball (1965) | List Challenges | |
| 517 | Tiger Eyes | Common Sense Media | |
| 518 | Topaz (1969) | List Challenges | |
| 519 | Total Recall (1990) | List Challenges | |
| 520 | True Grit | Short List | |
| 521 | Tuck Everlasting | Newsday | |
| 522 | Twilight | Newsday | |
| 523 | Twitches (2005 TV Movie) | Stuart Gillard | IMDB 2 |
| 524 | Twitches Too (2007 TV Movie) | Stuart Gillard | IMDB 2 |
| 525 | Unbroken | Common Sense Media | |
| 526 | Victor Frankenstein (2015) | IPPL | |
| 527 | Walk the Line (2005) | James Mangold | IMDB 2 |
| 528 | War of the Worlds (2005) | Steven Spielberg | IMDB |
| 529 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | The Guardian | |
| 530 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) | Robert Aldrich | IMDB 2 |
| 531 | When Calls the Heart | Common Sense Media | |
| 532 | Where the Heart Is (2000) | Matt Williams | IMDB |
| 533 | White Oleander (2002) | Peter Kosminsky | IMDB |
| 534 | Wiseguy | Short List | |
| 535 | World War Z (2013) | List Challenges | |
| 536 | Wuthering Heights (1992) | Stylist | |
| 537 | You Only Live Twice (1967) | List Challenges | |
| 538 | Young Frankenstein (1974) | Mel Brooks | IMDB 2 |
| 539 | Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005) | Jon Favreau | IMDB 2 |
19 Best Book Adaptation Film Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| Buzzfeed | 25 Famous Movies That You Might Not Know Were Based On Books |
| Classic FM | The Greatest Movie Adaptations of Books |
| Common Sense Media | Movies Based on Books |
| IMDB | Best Movies Adapted From Books |
| IMDB 2 | Top Movies Based on Books |
| IPPL | Great Movies: Popular Movies Based on Classic Novels |
| List Challenges | Top 200 Movies Based on Books |
| Mental Floss | 20 Movies You Might Not Know Were Based on Books |
| Newsday | Books turned into movies |
| Paperback Swap | List of 333 Books Made Into Movies |
| Ranker | Best Movies Based on Books |
| RD | Hit Movies That Were Books First |
| Screen Rant | 12 Movies Better Than The Books They’re Based On |
| Short List | The 40 best book-to-film adaptations ever |
| Stylist | Best films based on books |
| Telegraph | 25 best book to film adaptations |
| The Guardian | Top 10 movie adaptations |
| The Movie Blog | Top 100 Movies Based On Books |
| Yard Barker | 15 greatest movies based on children’s books |
