Best Book and Movie Combos

Descripció
Recommend books you enjoyed reading that were made into good movies. Ideally, you could read the book and then watch the movie, and the two would enhance each other.
1
Matar un rossinyol
de Harper Lee
76,572 membres
1,419 ressenyes
½ 4.4
4 Members
hipdeep, KimarieBee, ahef1963, nrmay
2
Conte de Nadal
de Charles Dickens
23,787 membres
507 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, nrmay, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
hipdeep: The book is simply outstanding, and there are many good movies.
3
The Wizard of Oz
27 membres
4 Members
hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
El Senyor dels anells
de J. R. R. Tolkien
49,442 membres
449 ressenyes
½ 4.5
3 Members
ahef1963, nrmay, ManWithAnAgenda
5
Watchmen
de Alan Moore
18,777 membres
482 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Les hores
de Michael Cunningham
12,571 membres
227 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
EMS_24, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Orgull i prejudici
de Jane Austen
78,363 membres
1,347 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Els Jocs de la Fam
de Suzanne Collins
62,206 membres
3,448 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
9
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
de Douglas Adams
38,186 membres
711 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
Explicacions
hipdeep: I know a lot of people didn't like the Hollywood movie, though I thought it was faithful to Adams' tone and pacing. If you're among them, then I mean the BBC TV production, which was also wonderful in a different way.
10
Emma
de Jane Austen
36,937 membres
497 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
11
The Help
de Kathryn Stockett
29,829 membres
1,471 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
12
Romeu i Julieta
de William Shakespeare
27,755 membres
272 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
EMS_24, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
EMS_24: So far, only the version by Baz Luhrmann and the Broadway version of the West Side Story
13
The Princess Bride
de William Goldman
24,133 membres
518 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
Explicacions
hipdeep: The movie is a classic fable; the book is completely true to it but also a fascinating postmodern look at the author's relationship to stories.
14
Clots
de Louis Sachar
22,664 membres
941 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, nrmay
15
The Shining
de Stephen King
22,475 membres
444 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
16
Parc Juràssic
de Michael Crichton
20,196 membres
313 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
17
El James i el préssec gegant
de Roald Dahl
19,124 membres
353 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
Misery
de Stephen King
14,829 membres
197 ressenyes
4
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
19
A Time to Kill
de John Grisham
12,155 membres
150 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
20
Molt soroll per res
de William Shakespeare
10,360 membres
98 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
21
Different Seasons
de Stephen King
8,722 membres
121 ressenyes
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
22
Rosemary's Baby
de Ira Levin
4,477 membres
134 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
KimarieBee, ManWithAnAgenda
23
Senyor de les mosques
de William Golding
48,526 membres
735 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
24
Els homes que no estimaven les dones
de Stieg Larsson
42,205 membres
1,723 ressenyes
4
Member
EMS_24
Explicacions
EMS_24: The Swedish version by Niels Arden Oplev!
25
Frankenstein
de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
41,179 membres
694 ressenyes
3.8
Member
ahef1963
26
Homes i ratolins
de John Steinbeck
38,097 membres
645 ressenyes
3.9
Member
ahef1963
27
Aigua per a elefants
de Sara Gruen
29,014 membres
1,165 ressenyes
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
28
Little Women
de Louisa May Alcott
25,692 membres
393 ressenyes
4
Member
ahef1963
29
Charlie i la fàbrica de xocolata
de Roald Dahl
24,273 membres
438 ressenyes
4.1
Member
ahef1963
30
East of Eden
de John Steinbeck
22,692 membres
412 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
EMS_24
31
The Color Purple
de Alice Walker
19,196 membres
330 ressenyes
4.1
Member
ahef1963
32
Blade runner
de Philip K. Dick
18,733 membres
466 ressenyes
4
Member
pitjrw
33
The Martian
de Andy Weir
17,274 membres
1,202 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
KimarieBee
34
The Goldfinch
de Donna Tartt
14,284 membres
774 ressenyes
3.9
Member
EMS_24
35
Carrie
de Stephen King
14,185 membres
280 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
36
Where the Crawdads Sing
de Delia Owens
12,854 membres
586 ressenyes
4.1
Member
dara85
37
The Silence of the Lambs
de Thomas Harris
12,197 membres
135 ressenyes
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
38
The Green Mile
de Stephen King
12,090 membres
160 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
39
A Room with a view
de E. M. Forster
10,910 membres
218 ressenyes
3.9
Member
ahef1963
40
Red Dragon
de Thomas Harris
9,773 membres
102 ressenyes
3.8
Member
KimarieBee
41
La maledicció de Hill House
de Shirley Jackson
9,245 membres
425 ressenyes
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
ManWithAnAgenda: 'The Haunting' (1963)
42
El guepard
de Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
6,399 membres
145 ressenyes
4.1
Member
pitjrw
43
Solaris
de Stanisław Lem
6,396 membres
153 ressenyes
3.9
Member
pitjrw
44
Normal People
de Sally Rooney
6,324 membres
254 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
EMS_24
Explicacions
EMS_24: It's made into a TV-series. The television series was gripping me even more than the book, I could empathize with the characters better. They were natural.
45
L'Enginyós senyor Ripley
de Patricia Highsmith
5,999 membres
191 ressenyes
3.9
Member
ahef1963
46
Out Stealing Horses
de Per Petterson
4,227 membres
244 ressenyes
3.9
Member
EMS_24
Explicacions
EMS_24: The atmosphere, the characters and the story are true to life and faithfully portrayed
47
Roadside Picnic
de Arkady Strugatsky
3,420 membres
124 ressenyes
4
Member
pitjrw
48
The General's Daughter
de Nelson DeMille
2,230 membres
33 ressenyes
3.8
Member
KimarieBee
49
Picnic at Hanging Rock
de Joan Lindsay
1,860 membres
55 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
KimarieBee
50
A Simple Plan
de Scott Smith
1,849 membres
57 ressenyes
3.8
Member
KimarieBee
51
The DUFF
de Kody Keplinger
1,673 membres
146 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
52
The Evenings
de Gerard Reve
1,307 membres
29 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
EMS_24
53
The Wall
de Marlen Haushofer
1,227 membres
71 ressenyes
4.2
Member
EMS_24
54
Beau Geste
de Percival Christopher Wren
973 membres
25 ressenyes
3.9
Member
KimarieBee
55
Els Amics de l'Eddie Coyle
de George V. Higgins
916 membres
44 ressenyes
4
Member
pitjrw
56
The Dead
de James Joyce
877 membres
15 ressenyes
4.1
Member
pitjrw
57
The Seventh Cross
de Anna Seghers
773 membres
12 ressenyes
4.1
Member
pitjrw
58
The Railway Man
de Eric Lomax
667 membres
27 ressenyes
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
59
Trànsit
de Anna Seghers
636 membres
17 ressenyes
3.8
Member
pitjrw
60
Tim
de Colleen McCullough
624 membres
14 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
KimarieBee
61
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [1975 film]
de Miloš Forman
501 membres
9 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
hipdeep
62
Kramer vs. Kramer
de Avery Corman
461 membres
12 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
nrmay
63
Spencer's Mountain
de Earl Hamner
202 membres
10 ressenyes
3.9
Member
dara85
64
Eddie and the Cruisers
de P.F. Kluge
60 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
hipdeep
Explicacions
hipdeep: The movie is a magnificent rock-and-roll musical for teenagers; the book is a meditation on aging for the middle-aged. Fortunately, I met both pieces at the right times in my life.
65
War and Peace [1966 film]
de Sergei Bondarchuk
35 membres
½ 4.7
Member
pitjrw
66
Of Mice and Men [1939 film]
de Lewis Milestone
17 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.6
Member
pitjrw