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Films BETTER than the book?

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FurrySlipperBoots · 18/04/2021 20:52

I know it's extremely rare! Can you think of any? I just watched Esio Trot on Netflix and it's 1000% times better than the book, which bores the pants off me. I found it really sweet and well done - watched it right to the end, which is rare for me.

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Prokupatuscrakedatus · 18/04/2021 21:09

"The third man" - that's the first that comes to mind.

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username12345T · 18/04/2021 21:16

Silence of the Lambs
The English Patient
Interview with a Vampire
Bladerunner
Pride and Prejudice the BBC version - can't stand Austen!
Brokeback Mountain
Princess Bride
Stand by Me
Omen
Rosemary's Baby

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AnneShirleysNewDress · 18/04/2021 21:18

Stand by Me is the only one I can think of.

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EvilEdna1 · 18/04/2021 21:20

The Godfather

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Couldhavebeenme2 · 18/04/2021 21:22

Raymond Briggs' Snowman.
The first Harry Potter came close (apart from the end)

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Tartyflette · 18/04/2021 21:24

The original Catch-22 (not the TV series).

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username12345T · 18/04/2021 21:31

Remembered some more:

The Graduate
One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest

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SomewhereInAnotherLife · 18/04/2021 21:33

I came on to say One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest too.

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TimeToLose8 · 18/04/2021 21:34

Girl on the Train. Much better

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Useruseruserusee · 18/04/2021 21:34

Lord of the Rings

And I second Interview with the Vampire. The book is good but the film is better.

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RachelRavenRoth · 18/04/2021 21:36

Breakfast at Tiffanys

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AnneLovesGilbert · 18/04/2021 21:36

Atonement
Enduring love

(Both McEwan novels. Still love him but Atonement as a novel turned my stomach while the film had a much better ending)

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2pointfourmonkeys · 18/04/2021 21:36

Mary Poppons

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Blakes77 · 18/04/2021 21:37

High Fidelity

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2pointfourmonkeys · 18/04/2021 21:37

Or...
Mary Poppins!

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purpleme12 · 18/04/2021 21:37

Atonement

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username12345T · 18/04/2021 21:38

@Useruseruserusee

Lord of the Rings

And I second Interview with the Vampire. The book is good but the film is better.

Lord of the Rings! Noooooooooooooooo! Shock
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username12345T · 18/04/2021 21:39

@2pointfourmonkeys

Mary Poppons

As Dick Van Dyke would say Grin
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billybagpuss · 18/04/2021 21:41

Shawshank Redemption, it was in the same set of short stories as Stand By Me and Stephen king also wrote the screen play.

Also Lord of the Rings, the books waffle too much.

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Halfhardy · 18/04/2021 21:41

On Chesil Beach. I lost patience with the characters in the book. The film conveyed their anguish much more effectively.

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lovablequalities · 18/04/2021 21:44

Trainspotting
Whisky Galore (original haven't seen the remake)

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DrRamsesEmerson · 18/04/2021 21:48

Jude the Obscure (90s adaptation with Kate Winslet).

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Thewinterofdiscontent · 18/04/2021 21:54

I really like the 2015 version of Macbeth. Makes me a philistine but I can’t get the same brutality from the text ( confession; I get the names mixed up a lot).

I disagree about Stephen King films. They all annoy me. Shawshank in particular with Stand by Me in second place.

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VinoEsmeralda · 18/04/2021 21:56

Schindler's list

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BabyYoda · 18/04/2021 21:56

Practical Magic! Loved the movie as a teen, interesting story and great soundtrack. Finally read the book and there’s no frickin magic in it!?

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