50 Book-To-Movie Adaptations That Were Actually Given Justice On Screen

Oh, how bookworms loathe inaccurate adaptations but these ones truly did a decent job at it.

Sophia

• Published in Interesting
• June 10, 2022

If there is one thing that readers truly dislike, it's being excited about a book they read having a film adaptation and then when they finally see it, they end up disappointed because of how far the movie strayed away from the books. It could be as trivial as having the characters not looking as accurate as their book descriptions or it could be because they completely botched the storyline and just went with whatever they think worked best commercially.

Take the first Percy Jackson movies, for instance—and thank the gods we are going to get a series adaptation in this decade that is actually promised by the author himself that the story would be loyal to the books this time; readers and fans, and even the author himself did not like how they compressed all the books in just two movies. Another example is The Maze Runner franchise, The Scorch Trials had so many major differences from the books that most viewers just ended up going home disappointed.

The bottom line? Readers slash viewers would always appreciate it more when adaptations just stick to the books!

Good thing that there are still plenty of other adaptations that did try their best in staying as close to their book counterpart as possible, contrary to the popular stigma against film adaptations being disappointing. There is nothing truly more satisfying than a film adaptation affirming your imagination when you first read the books.

Check out some of the best book-to-movie adaptations that actually tried to stay loyal to the original storyline, and see if you have some of your favorites here!

1. Fried Green Tomatoes

2. Alice In Wonderland

3. The Godfather

4. Gone With The Wind

5. Finding Neverland

6. The Martian

7. The Chronicles Of Narnia Franchise

8. Jurassic Park

9. Little Women

10. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

11. Harry Potter Franchise

12. Jumanji

13. The Count Of Monte Cristo

14. V For Vendetta

15. The Silence Of The Lambs

16. The Devil Wears Prada

17. Psycho

18. Mary Poppins

19. The Godfather Part II

20. To Kill A Mockingbird

21. Forrest Gump

22. The Green Mile

23. The Wizard Of Oz

24. Pride & Prejudice

25. Catch Me If You Can

26. The Help

27. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

28. Misery

29. Goodfellas

30. The Bourne Identity

31. Of Mice And Men

32. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

33. A Beautiful Mind

34. No Country For Old Men

35. The Shining

36. The Birds

37. Shrek

38. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

39. The Princess Bride

40. Jaws

41. The Neverending Story

42. Who Framed Roger Rabbit

43. Schindler's List

44. How To Train Your Dragon

45. Cool Hand Luke

46. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

47. The Da Vinci Code

48. The Outsiders

49. Stand By Me

50. The Shawshank Redemption

It may seem quite rare for movies to be actually loyal to the books, so were you surprised to see that there are actually a lot of them? Some of them may not have perfectly captured the books at a hundred percent, but still, they're most definitely better than the ones who just threw out the story away and just used the characters!

How many of your favorite movies did you spot here? Comment down your thoughts, or share this list for all your family and friends to see!

Sophia