THIRTEEN POPULAR MOVIES BASED ON BOOKS
In honor of The Help, which moved from the page to the silver screen today, I'm listing the 13 most successful movies adapted from books.
1. Gone with the Wind. 1939. (When adjusted for inflation, it's still the top-grossing movie of all time.)
2. The Ten Commandments. 1956.
3. Jaws. 1975.
4. Doctor Zhivago. 1965.
5. The Exorcist. 1973.
6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 1937.
7. Jurassic Park. 1993.
8. The Graduate. 1967.
9. The Godfather. 1972.
10. Mary Poppins. 1964.
11. Thunderball. 1965.
12. The Jungle Book. 1967
13. Sleeping Beauty. 1959.
1. Gone with the Wind. 1939. (When adjusted for inflation, it's still the top-grossing movie of all time.)
2. The Ten Commandments. 1956.
3. Jaws. 1975.
4. Doctor Zhivago. 1965.
5. The Exorcist. 1973.
6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 1937.
7. Jurassic Park. 1993.
8. The Graduate. 1967.
9. The Godfather. 1972.
10. Mary Poppins. 1964.
11. Thunderball. 1965.
12. The Jungle Book. 1967
13. Sleeping Beauty. 1959.
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Great post. I'm a big fan of both movies and books too.
ReplyDeleteI really really liked quite a few of those books! Nice list :-)
ReplyDeleteI may be the only person on earth who has never seen Gone With the Wind.
ReplyDeleteGreat list!
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Not bad...I've seen nine out of ten. I have butterflies on my blog today.
ReplyDeleteA good list. So many others...
ReplyDeleteWhen my sisters and I read The Help, we cast it as a movie. The only character I cast correctly was Viola Davis.
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ReplyDeleteGreat post. I love the books/movies that you chose.
ReplyDeleteSome of them I have to watch!
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Wow, I didn't know some of these were books!
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Sometimes the movies are better and sometimes the books were better.
ReplyDeleteHave a great Thursday!
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