Movies That Were Based on Books (25 pics)

1

101 Dalmatians
Based on: The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Year published: 1956

2

Father of the Bride
Based on: Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter
Year published: 1949

3

Terms of Endearment
Based on: Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
Year published: 1975

4

Shrek
Based on: Shrek! by William Steig
Year published: 1990

5

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Based on: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Wang Dulu
Year published: Between 1938–1942

6

Election
Based on: Election by Tom Perrotta
Year published: 1998

7

Forrest Gump
Based on: Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
Year published: 1986

8

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Based on: Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story by Cameron Crowe
Year published: 1981

9

The Graduate
Based on: The Graduate by Charles Webb
Year published: 1963

10

Apollo 13
Based on: Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
Year published: 1994

11

Drive
Based on: Drive by James Sallis
Year published: 2005

12

Goodfellas
Based on: Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi
Year published: 1986

13

Rambo: First Blood
Based on: First Blood by David Morrell
Year published: 1972

14

Die Hard
Based on: Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp
Year published: 1979

15

The Birds
Based on: “The Birds,” part of The Apple Tree collection by Daphne du Maurier
Year published: 1952

16

The French Connection
Based on:The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy by Robin Moore
Year published: 1969

17

Planet of the Apes
Based on: La Planète des Singes, known in English as Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Year published: 1963

18

Blade Runner
Based on: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Year published: 1968

19

Field of Dreams
Based on: Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella.
Year published: 1982

20

Ordinary People
Based on: Ordinary People by Judith Guest
Year published: 1976

21

Babe
Based on: The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
Year published: 1983

22

The Brave Little Toaster
Based on: The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances by Thomas M. Disch
Year published: 1980

23

FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Based on: FernGully by Diana Young
Year published: N/A, but the book was republished in 1992 to tie in with the film’s release.

24

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Based on: Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf
Year published: 1981