To Kill A Mockingbird
Rebecca
The Birds
Giant
You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
It's Going To Be A Bumpy Night!

Jaws
The movie is highly regarded to be superior to the book.

Lord of the Rings.
I don't think there have been any others where I've preferred the movie to the book.
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Nikki: Wild Dog of the North (1961) - what a pity the it hasn't any remake

Harry Potter (they did a pretty good job with the adaptations)
The Martian (they did a fantastic job, and the movie is a very, very good adaptation of the book. Plus, the casting was perfect).
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
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Catcher in the Rye. I think I might have been a kid when I read that. I've honestly forgotten it.
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Catcher in the Rye maybe? Although I was underwhelmed by that one personally. Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse too, that's one of my favourite books actually.
I'm hit and miss with King. I never finished The Stand, got 2 thirds through It and gave up and couldn't get past the first few chapters of The Shining, but have devoured some of his books with ease.
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The book is written in the first person, so it's already off to a bad start. I am struggling to think of any decent novels using that narrative style, but I'm sure there are some.
It's just ****. I'm not a Stephen King fan though, so there's that too. He's a creator of great stories, but he's terrible at telling them. His writing has always bored me.
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I read it as a group of five or maybe six books. I read after I'd seen the film but can't remember what my thoughts were on the quality of the books just that the film was true to the book.
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I stand corrected. Good shout.
The book is ****ing terrible.
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The Green Mile.
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The Rainmaker (1997)

There are many good Stephen King adaptations. I'd pick The Shawshank Redemption as the best.

iirc, Like Water For Chocolate was a pretty close adaptation. Plus, it's directed by the guy who played El Guapo in Three Amigos.

Are you looking for good movies or good movies that were better than the book?
There have been a lot of good movies based on books. Not nearly as many are agreed upon to be better than the source material. Especially when the source material is more graphic in nature (children's books, comics, video games, etc.). The exception would be older tv shows made into theatrical films.
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The closest adaptation of any is The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh. Nothing was changed.
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Hmm. Some things that I found different: Alex was much younger in the novel (I think he was only 14) and the book's final chapter (Alex's redemption) is of course omitted from Kubrick's film. I actually prefer Kubrick's more cynical ending.

Don't agree with A Clockwork Orange (1971). The book was far better, and Kubrick ****ed it up in the film with barely any Nadsat language. Anthony Burgess hated what he did to his book.
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Crime and Punishment (1935) - Stars Peter Lorre as Raskolnikov.
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Sentinel (1977)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
Salem's Lot (1979 - miniseries)
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978 - miniseries) - The novel is just called Harvest Home by Thomas Tyron. It's a great Gothic horror novel from the 70s and as good as anything Stephen King was writing at the time. I highly recommend both the book and the chilling miniseries starring Bette Davis.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) - Great adaptation of Orwell's novel.
The Trial (1962) - Stars Anthony Perkins and Orson Welles. Stunning adaptation of Kafka's great novel.

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Nothing Lasts Forever ( by roderick thorpe)===>> Die Hard
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58 minutes ( by walter wager) ====>> Die Hard 2
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in the novel,
SPOILER
up ahead:
his daughter goes out the window with Hans Gruber, hence the title, i assume: death is inevitable, therefore nothing lasts forever, even your innocent child

The cartoon version of
The Hobbit
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MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.