Films based on books - I kindly request recommendations

[Kirsten]

I liked The Andromeda Strain. Many classics have been dramatized MANY times. Also, PBS/BBC is great for dramatizing classics and/or mysteries.

[Feliks]

Kgwhitehurst has good advice. I'd back his picks any day

[K. G.]

Thanks Feliks.

[Janet]

Thanks, Kg & Feliks. I have Amazon Lovefilm disk rental. I will get it through that.

[Brendan]

B. Monkey
Misery
The Collector
The Long Goodbye
Silence of the Lambs
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Commitments
Fletch
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Trial
1984

[Janet]

Some good recommendations from Brendan, thanks.

[Marion]

I always find that the book is better than the movie.

[Kirsten]

These are some books I have found out are becoming movies this year. This is not an exhaustive list.

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez

The BFG by Roald Dahl, starring Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader, Mark Rylance

"Alone in Berlin," based on Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada, starring Daniel Brühl, Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson

American Pastoral by Philip Roth, starring Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Ewan McGregor

A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers, starring Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury

Nerve by Jeanne Ryan, starring Emma Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Dave Franco

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Armitage, Jenny Slate

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman, starring Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Michael McElhatton

The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster by Tim Crothers, starring Lupita Nyong'o, David Oyelowo, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, starring Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman, starring Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, Rachel Weisz

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann, starring Tom Holland, Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith, starring Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston

Alice: Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, starring Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley

Allegiant by Veronica Roth, starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels

The Choice by Nicholas Sparks, starring Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Daddario

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, starring Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Jenna Coleman

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, starring Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Dickens

Miracles from Heaven: A Little Girl, Her Journey to Heaven, and Her Amazing Story of Healing by Christy Beam, starring Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson

"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot," based on the book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker, starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman

The Infiltrator: My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel by Robert Mazur, starring Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger

Inferno by Dan Brown, starring Felicity Jones, Tom Hanks, Ben Foster

13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff, starring John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale

"Love & Friendship," based on the novella Lady Susan, by Jane Austen, starring Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (who would even consider remaking this movie?) by Lew Wallace, starring Jack Huston, Nazanin Boniadi, Haluk Bilginer

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, starring Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver

"Genius," based on the book Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg, starring Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Guy Pearce

Silence by Shūsaku Endō, starring Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield

Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton, starring Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves, Ian McElhinney

The Circle by Dave Eggers, starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, Patton Oswalt

"Nocturnal Animals," based on the book Tony and Susan by Austin Wright, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson

"Manhattan Night," based on the book Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison, starring Yvonne Strahovski, Adrien Brody, Jennifer Beals

Zeroville by Steve Erickson, starring James Franco, Megan Fox, Mia Serafino

Indignation by Philip Roth, starring Sarah Gadon, Logan Lerman, Ben Rosenfield

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, starring Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Garrett Hedlund

Fallen by Lauren Kate, starring Joely Richardson, Lola Kirke, Addison Timlin

London Fields by Martin Amis, starring Amber Heard, Cara Delevingne, Jaimie Alexander

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry, starring Rooney Mara, Theo James, Eric Bana

"Lion," based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley, starring Rooney Mara, Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman

"The Fundamentals of Caring," based on the book The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison, starring Paul Rudd, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Ehle

"The Young Messiah," based on the book Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice, starring Adam Greaves-Neal, Vincent Walsh, Sara Lazzaro

The Shack by Wm. Paul Young, starring Sam Worthington, Radha Mitchell, Octavia Spencer

Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel, starring Haley Bennett, Miles Teller, Amy Schumer

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, starring Travis Fimmel

A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen, starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen

HHhH by Laurent Binet, starring Rosamund Pike, Mia Wasikowska, Jack O'Connell

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, starring Zoey Deutch, Elena Kampouris, Halston Sage

The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey, starring Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine

The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen, starring Jamie Dornan, Sarah Gadon, Aaron Paul

[SherryRose]

Thanks Kirsten! :)

[Maureen]

Here are a few more, some might be duplicates of those mentioned;
Practical Magic from Alice Hoffman's book. A rare instance where I liked the movie more than the book.

I also thought Sacrifice from Sharon Bolton's book was very good. I only know of it being available from IFC MIdnight.

[Jezzy]

these are a loadful of film adaptations this year. thanks for this list Kirsten!

[Yuliya]

One True Thing (Anna Quindlen book) Stars: Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt

[Terry]

Resilient Transitions is a fictional action/adventure with memorable characters set in the future. Available on Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com.

https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B01LXGVRVV…
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/resil...…

[W]

The Bridges of Madison County
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Firm

[Jenny]

Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins