Hi, can you suggest a movie which was based from classic novels?

Question

like for example The Little Prince, The Secret Garden, and the likes
anything that is done good in the movie...thanks!

Answer 1

I suppose it depends on your definition of a classic. I've put in those which I think are classics or are interesting in their own way. (I love The Little Prince and Secret Garden *sigh* I want that garden!)



To Kill a Mockingbird

Clockwork Orange

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Silence of the Lambs

Jude (from Jude the Obscure by Hardy. Christopher Eccleston. Mmm)

The Outsiders

Pride and Prejudice (prefer the BBC miniseries, although it is 6 hours)

Emma

Sense and Sensibility (<3 Emma Thompson)

Dracula...although I actually don't like any of the Dracula movies...despite Gary Oldman and Christopher Lee.

James Bond series

Name of the Rose (Sherlock Holmes meets Aristotle!!)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (Australian film)

Camelot (the musical...lol...with Richard Harris...singing :) ) From T.H. White's Once and Future King. Also, Disney's Sword in the Stone is from that series.

Interview with the Vampire (not really a classic...but Tom Cruise, blonde. Hahaha)

American Psycho

The Grapes of Wrath

Gone with the Wind

Bladerunner (sci-fi by Philip K. Dick)

Solaris (Stanislav Lem, sci-fi)

The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)

A Night to Remember (Walter Lord)

The Princess Bride (William Goldman)

Rosemary's Baby.

Answer 2

Pride and Prejudice...There is a version with Colin Firth and a new one with Keira Knightley; I suggest the Colin Firth version. It's better.



North and South...This one is an adaptation of an Elizabeth Gaskell novel by the same name, and it is one of my favorites.



Sense and Sensibility...This is the BBC version, not the one with Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant (which I've never liked). This one is also a favorite.



Jane Eyre...The newest Masterpiece Theatre version is very good, though I have not seen the older adaptation.



Wives and Daughters...Another Elizabeth Gaskell adaptation; a little slow, but very funny in parts. The stepmother is especially horrid/hilarious.



The Count of Monte Cristo and Les Miserables have also been made into movies, though they are not very true to the novels, especially not Les Miserables.

Answer 3

Clueless and Emma were both based on Jane Austen's novel Emma. Other Jane Austen books have been made into recent movies, like Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice.



Jude, based on Jude the Obscure



Tess, based on Tess of the Durbevilles



The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, from the books by Alexandre Dumas



I could go on and on but this is your work not mine...

Answer 4

Pride and Prejudice

Sense and Sensibility

Wuthering Heights

Little Women

Heidi

Anne of Green Gables

Gulliver's Travels

Treasure Island

Oliver Twist

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Answer 5

Here are the books. The movies have the same titles except where noted:



"Ben Hur" by General Lew Wallace



"Gone With The Wind" by Margaret Mitchell



"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee



"Hombre" by Elmore Leonard



"Shane" by Jack Schaeffer



"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton



"The Princess Bride" by William Goldman



"Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry



"No Country for Old Men" by Cormac McCarthy



"Schindler's Ark" by Thomas Keneally (one of the rare situations where the movie, "Schindler's List," is better than the book!)



"From Here to Eternity" by James Jones



"Hawaii" by James Mitchener (the basis of two films: "Hawaii" (1966) and "The Hawaiians" (1970) )



"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. (I recommend the 1935 film with Ronald Coleman)



There are tons more. Novels have always been fodder for Hollywood and London, Paris, Berlin, etc) filmmakers.

Answer 6

anything by austen has been made into a movie. the best i would say are pride and prejudice (the one with kiera kinghtly is very good and the bbc adaptation is good as well with colin firth) and sense and sensibility (the one with hugh grant, emma thompson, alan rickman is very good and again the bbc one is good).



emma and mansfield park are also films but neither are fantastic but still give them a go.

Answer 7

Pride and Prejudice, Little Women?

I don't know whether they're good in the movies. Can't compare to the books, which I haven't read.

Answer 8

Pride and Prejudice

Phantom of the Opera movie



And I agree with the person who said Lord of the Rings Trilogy :)

Answer 9

Pride and Prejudice. Mmmm... maybe not so much the one with Keira Knieghtly, but the one with Colin Firth is fantastic. I loved it. There's also...nope sorry, forgot. bahaha.

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good luck with that.

bella.

Answer 10

Wuthering Heights. But read the books first its way better.and the movie doesn't even tell the whole story.i was disappointed when i watched the movie.

Answer 11

well, the books are always better than the movies and if you liked the movie then there's no doubt you'll love the book ♥ : )

Answer 12

the Bridge to Terribitha babies in insurrection (action picture in pre-production) Little domicile Holes ( i admire the e book, action picture is virtually the comparable) Moby Dick Robinson Crusio i wish this enables

Answer 13

To Kill a Mocking Bird is awesome.

Answer 14

wuthering heights (the b&w version)



a tale of two cities



great expectations



the great gatsby



I could go on...but won't