All things considered, I'd have to say the Harry Potter movie series. It's one of the few that comes closest to capturing the magic of the books
The Lord of the Rings trilogy is definitely a standout for me.
The hunger Games - is the best movie book I am attached. It features true to life survival as refugees experienced.
Harry Potter
Unbroken
American Sniper
Dune 1986 movie
Godfather I and II
Starship Troopers
LOTR trilogy
2001: A space odyssee
LOTR trilogy
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Hey... pssst.... that's an l (as in luscious) at the end of my name, not an i The Princess Bride - is probably the only movie based on a book that is better than the book. So much better. The movie is great, the book is crap.
The Dead Zone-Stephen King
Godfather series. Especially 1and 2.
'Gone Girl' ... But some say that the book is better.
Shawshank redemption, The notebook
Cross of Iron based on the book The Willing Flesh by Willi Hienrich.
Jaws.
I love that film so much.
I guess i shouldn't have been surprised to learn that most of my favorite movies are based on books. And further that I have read most of those books, usually before seeing the movie, but a few after as well. Some of my favorites though, have not previously been mentioned:
Shogun (actually a TV mini-series);
All the President's Men;
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (a movie and a TV miniseries);
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold;
Pillars of the Earth (another TV miniseries); and
The Day of the Jackal.
But of these and all the others mentioned in earlier posts, I guess my all-time favorite would be Blackhawk Down.
On further thought though, there are so many great movies that have been mentioned here, it really is hard to choose. =d>
I adore thrillers and am really fond of many of the old Alfred Hitchcock films. My favourites are Strangers on a Train, Marnie and Rear Window. I had to double check, but they're all based on books.
For something more recent, I thought The Martian was brilliant.
Without a doubt the Hunger Games series, but I also like The GodFather, LOTR, Jaws, To Kill A Mockingbird, and the Joy Luck Club.
The Shinning, because Jack Nicholson made the movie.
Horse Solders, because anything John Wayne made is good if not great.
Open Range, I love all of Kevin Costar's movie's, even Water World and the Post Man.
Das Boot, One of the great movies, have watched it I don't know how many times.
From Here To Eternity, Love Burt Lancaster's movies, Frank Sinatra was great in movies too.
Islands In The Stream, For Whom The Bells Toll, The Sun Also Rises...all Hemingway Novels.
Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy was made into a movie by Roman Polanski. Such a good film. Green mile is another favourite of mine from book to film.
Out of Africa
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Strangers on a Train
Sense and Sensibility