Book to Film

In light of the new Harry Potter film release, Becca posed an interesting question to me today at work. What, in your opinion, is the best book-to-movie adaptation in which you've both read the book and seen the movie? I thought about it and came up with a Top 5:

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
3. Blade Runner
4. The Wizard of Oz
5. Frankenstein

I ranked these movies based on their adaptation of the book to the screen and how both combined impact me. This is why "The Wizard of Oz" is not ranked higher; even though I think it's the best movie of the 5, to me it's not the best adaptation of the book.

With this in mind, what are some of your favorite book-to-film adaptations? I believe we okay'd made for TV movies and in my opinion plays are not books.