Books Made into Movies
There are several movies that have been adapted from books and that have impressed many. If you want to know about the books made into movies, then here is a list of them.
These kinds of questions keeps popping up when someone watches a movie which is based on a book. Such movies have become very popular among the audiences. People, after reading a book, like to compare, whether or not what they had imagined while reading the book, such as the climax scenes, the main characters, etc., fits to their fancy or not. Some might read the book after watching the movies, while some, who are not much into reading, would rather watch the movie than read about it. Some people like this concept, while some do not. This is because, the latter half feels that books made into movies do not cover the entire thing, such as maybe their favorite part in the book, or their favorite dialogs. Well, what the directors have got to say in their defense is that, in a 2 hours movie, it is not possible to cover each and every scene from the book, thus they have to edit some sections from the book.
Whatever the case might be, people love the concept of movies derived from amazing books. If you want to know what are the various books that have been made into a movie till date and that have also won Oscar Awards, then given below is a list that will tell you all about it.
List of Movies You Can't Miss
| NAMES OF BOOKS | AUTHOR |
| Black Hawk Down | Mark Bowden |
| Bridget Jones' Diary | Helen Fielding |
| Cold Mountain | Charles Frazier |
| Notebook | Nicholas Sparks |
| Dances With Wolves | Michael Blake |
| Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown |
| Angels and Demons | Dan Brown |
| P.S.I Love You | Cecelia Ahern |
| Father of the Bride | Edward Streeter |
| The Firm | John Grisham |
| Forrest Gump | Winston Groom |
| Frankenstein | Mary Shelley |
| General's Daughter | Nelson DeMille |
| Ghost Story | Peter Straub |
| Great Expectations | Charles Dickens |
| Twilight | Stephenie Meyer |
| New Moon | Stephenie Meyer |
| Hannibal | Thomas Harris |
| Horse Whisperer | Nicholas Evans |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Jules Verne |
| Out of Africa | Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) |
| Ben Hur: A tale of the Christ | Lew Wallace |
| Schindler's List | Thomas Keneally |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai | Pierre Boulle |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Thomas Harris |
| Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini |
| Gangs of New York | Herbert Asbury |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | Ian Fleming |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Jules Verne |
| Man in the Iron Mask | Alexandre Dumas |
| Sherlock Holmes | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| The Godfather | Mario Puzo |
| Slumdog Millionaire | Simon Beaufoy |
Besides these books, there are several other books for children and family. Children, who cannot read yet, enjoy watching these movies. Given below is a list for kids. There are some children who become interested in reading the book after watching the movie. Then they can easily link the characters with the actors. Here is a list of children feature films, based on books.
Movies Made for Kids
| NAMES OF BOOKS | AUTHOR |
| Aquamarine | Alice Hoffman |
| Black Beauty | Anna Sewell |
| Harry Potter | J.K. Rowling |
| Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Dyan Sheldon |
| Alice In Wonderland | Lewis Carroll |
| Inkheart | Cornelia Funke |
| The Spiderwick Chronicles | Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe | C.S.Lewis |
| Bridge to Terthia | Katherine Paterson |
| The Golden Compass | Phillip Pullman |
| City of Ember | Jeanne Duprau |
| Ella Enchanted | Gail Carson Levine |
| Eragon | Christopher Paolini |
| The Hundred and One Dalmatians | Dodie Smith |
| The Jungle Book | Rudyard Kipling |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott |
| Mary Poppins | P.L. Travers |
| Matilda | Roald Dahl |
| New Moon | Stephenie Meyer |
| Twilight | Stephanie Meyer |
| Eclipse | Stephenie Meyer |
| The Polar Express | Chris Van Allsburg |
| The Princess Diaries | Meg Cabot |
| Shrek | William Steig |
| Stuart Little | E.B.White |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Judi Barrett |
This year (2010), there have been several books that have been made into movies. I am sure you must have seen the movie 'Eclipse' or you are probably eagerly waiting for the Harry Potter movie 'Deathly Hallows' to be released. Let us now take a sneak peek into the movies that have been adapted for the year 2010.
Movies Released in 2010
| NAMES OF BOOKS | AUTHOR |
| Eat, Pray, Love | Elizabeth Gilbert |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | J.K. Rowling |
| The Last Song | Nicholas Sparks |
| Alice in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll |
| Dear John | Nicholas Sparks |
| Beezus and Ramona (Ramona and Beezus) | Beverly Clearly |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney |
| Flipped | Wendelin Van Draanen |
| How to Train Your Dragon | Cressida Cowell |
Besides these, there are several more movies that are to be released this year. If you have read the book, then I am sure that like me, you must be waiting eagerly for the movies to be released? The one which has already been released, have you seen it yet? No? Then what are you waiting for? Go and watch it and I am sure that you would enjoy it as much as you enjoyed the book. If you have not liked the book, then may be you would like the movie or the other way round. If you ask me, I would love to read the book first and then I would watch the movie, this is because I like to see what could be the extent of the power of my imagination. What do you think? Do let me know.
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