# Good Books Which Became Good Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004 "2001-02-11T06:05:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004/21 "2001-02-12T02:26:36Z")
I was pleasantly surprised by The Cider House Rules. I loved the book and liked the movie quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004/22 "2001-02-12T02:31:52Z")
Heart of Darkness/Apocolypse Now. ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004/23 "2001-02-12T03:08:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grok \* > **Apollo 13 > HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon"** What were the novels that resulted in each show? ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004/24 "2001-02-12T08:48:07Z")
Not quite to the topic here but I thought Stephen King’s The Dead Zone was a better movie than a book, which surprised me. Back on topic, Stand By Me by Stephen King was pretty close to the original story. (Original story was ‘The Body’ from Different Seasons, same place as Shawshank Redemption and Apt Pupil.) Silence Of the Lambs is one that I enjoyed both the book and the film, though they were very close. Okay, so I read a lot of what I call “junk food for the brain”. ---
**Author:** ![Skarecrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Skarecrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skarecrow)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004/25 "2001-02-12T09:48:05Z")
I’d like to agree with a few Godfather To Kill a Mockingbird also Wizard of Oz ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004/26 "2001-02-12T10:39:20Z")
Gazoo, I also sent an email to you on this subject but thought I’d back it up here because my emial has been a little messed up lately, and I want to get the message through. Please DO read Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein. About the only things the book and the movie had in common were Bugs and the title. Their ideas, outlooks and philosophies were so different there is no comparison. It is one of my favorite adult novels of his, the other two being The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Double Star. ---
**Author:** ![Blondie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@Blondie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blondie)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004/27 "2001-02-12T14:06:14Z")
Of Mice and Men (the original-with Burgess Merideth) To Kill A Mockingbird The Shining The World According to Garp ---
**Author:** ![Hiro\_Protagonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hiro\_Protagonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hiro_Protagonist)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004/28 "2001-02-12T14:40:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TPWombat \* > > “Starship Troopers” Robert Heinlein. \*\* This is, without a doubt, the WORST effort of from book to screen. The movie had nothing whatsoever to do with the book. The only similarities are in the title. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004/29 "2001-02-12T14:57:36Z")
Raymond Chandler’s _The Big Sleep_ filmed with Bogart playing Marlowe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-which-became-good-movies/54004.md?page=1)