When films are adapted from books, more often than not, I tend to find the books a lot more enjoyable. So I have skipped watching a lot of films in the hope of reading the books later.

So what are some great films not adapted from books? Or what are some films that are significantly better than the book they were adapted from?

  • theragu40@lemmy.world
    17·
    11 months ago
    • Pulp Fiction
    • Donnie Darko
    • The Big Lebowski
    • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
    • In Bruges
    • The Matrix
    • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    • Ocean’s Eleven
    • Indiana Jones original trilogy
    • Get Out
    • Bladerunner (a book, apparently)
    • Bladerunner 2049
    • 28 Days Later
    • American Beauty
    • The Usual Suspects
    • Gladiator
    • Schindler’s List (also a book??)
    • Saving Private Ryan
    • There Will Be Blood (dammit, a book!)
    • niktemadur@lemmy.world
      19·
      11 months ago

      Gonna get pedantic here:

      Blade Runner is based on “Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep” by Philip K Dick.
      There Will Be Blood is based on “Oil” by Sinclair Lewis.
      Both were acclaimed in their own right before the film adaptations.

      Okey dokey then… carry on!