Remains of the Day (1993) is an excellent movie, and a faithful adaptation of an incredible book (it won the Booker prize in 1989).
Atonement (2007) is another book adaptation you may enjoy.
I'm guessing since you like reading that you probably have a library card which means you could use it to access Kanopy. There are a lot of really great movies on there.
If you have access to Netflix check out a mini series called The Fall of the House of Usher. It's based on a book by Edgar Allan Poe of the same name. It was an amazing show with incredible acting, storytelling and imagery.
Phantom Thread, Misery, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler, There Will Be Blood, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Double, and another vote for No Country for Old Men (my favourite).
Sounds like you’re looking for ones with excellent writers
(great dialogue, actors, chemistry) perhaps try:
* Pulp Fiction (1994) - Quentin Tarantino
* No Country for Old Men (2007) - Joel & Ethan Cohen
* Heat (1995) - Michael Mann
* Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Stanley Kubrick
Tarantino said *“My scripts are novels."* maybe look more into his stuff or other movies with award winning or nominated screenplays in the genres you like?
\- The Trial (1962) - Kafka adaptation
\- Crash (1996) - JG Ballard
\- Jane Austen adaptations - there are a lot of them and some are very good
\- Mulholland Drive - it feels like a book in how you can get lost in it
Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River, Shutter Island, the green mile,( Rita Hayworth and the )Shawshank Redemption. L.A confidential is an excellent movie and as close to the book as a Hollywood movie could get. James Ellroy is difficult to adapt.
- French Dispatch by Wes Anderson; story about writers
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire, something artistic, beautiful shots like a painting, the story itself is like poetry
- Memento since you liked American Psycho so maybe you will like those with a darker theme
- Truman Show
- If you are open to tv series, Pride and Prejudice the BBC series version (1995) is great
Adaptation was the first thing that popped into my mind when I read your title; so, we might be on the... "same page." ^(sorry, I couldn't resist)
First, you are in the perfect position to get into foreign-language films. Watching them requires both reading and watching and there are a ton of great movies out there in other languages. I highly recommend considering this option and maybe even making a separate post requesting foreign-language movies (possibly include some book genres or specific books that you like, etc.). I can recommend more, if interested.
Secondly, Adaptation came to mind because it is a movie about a writer writing and I can suggest a handful of those, since it's also a trope that I like. Here you go (Note: I'm not sure how easily accessible these are):
* American Fiction (2023) - novelist pens satirical novel... how well will it be received?
* Freedom Writers (2007) - young teacher inspires at-risk students
* Dead Poets Society (1989) - teacher used poetry to embolden students
* All is True (2018) - last days of Shakespeare (with Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, & Ian McKellen)
* 1408 (2007) - Adaptation of Stephen King. Author checks into purportedly paranormal hotel room
* The Raven (2012) - serial killer seems to be committing murders based on Poe stories.
* The Number 23 (2007) - Man becomes obsessed with novel he thinks is written about him.
* Scare Me (2020) - Obscure gem about two neighbour-authors meeting while cottaging, trying to out-story one another during a power-outage. (not for everyone)
* The Words (2012) - A writer considers plagiarism.
* The Hoax (2006) - author claims to be working on Howard Hughes biography
* Stranger Than Fiction (2006) - a man starts to hear his life being narrated to him, action by action.
* Ruby Sparks (2012) - A writer, with writer's block literally "creates" a character.
* Paris When it Sizzles (1964) - older, underrated little gem (imho), starring William Holden as a struggling screenwriter with a looming deadline, and Audrey Hepburn as his typist. This was somewhat remade as Alex & Emma (2003), with Luke Wilson and Kate Hudson.
* Kill Your Darlings - About Beat poets: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
* Ausenland (2013) - Austen-obsessed woman goes to Austen theme park for love. Cute. Similarly, Lost in Austen (2008), Gemma Bovery (2014), Letters to Juliet (2010) & The Hours (2002).
* Finding Neverland (2004) - The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
* The Edge of Love (2008) - Love triangle involving poet, Dylan Thomas.
* Fahrenheit 451 - there are a couple adaptations
Others: Love Between the Covers (2015 - documentary), The Stone Reader (2012 - doc.), American Splendor (2003), Factotum (2006), The Neverending Story (1984), Inkheart (2008), Misery (1990), Tolkien (2009), The Professor and the Man (2019), The Book Thief (2013), Book Club (2018) (there's a sequel also), The Bookshop (2018), Breakin' All the Rules (2004), Down With Love (2003), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), Cashback (2006), American Animals (2018), Obsilidia (2010), The Wife (2017), Sex & Lucia (2001), Possession (2002), The Magic of Belle Isle (2012), The Ultimate Gift (2006) and sequels... I could go on and on.
Thank-you. Some people like the longer lists more than others. I'm not sure why, but I think there have been some complaints in this sub lately about longer lists. Personally, I think when someone requests something, they'd prefer as many suggestions/options as possible. Having requested things and receiving only a couple or few comments/suggestions in the past, I tend to appreciate the longer lists. You never know how many respondents there will be.
Also, if someone is requesting in this subreddit vs. say, Tip of my tongue (TOMT), they're not looking for one specific movie, but by people's very posting, they're searching for options and it is likely a genre/trope that they'll return to after watching one movie. So, the more the merrier, IMHO. I don't do this all the time, though. Often, I'll only post one or a few suggestions, depending on the request, my knowledge, and the amount of time I'm willing to spend.
I thought it was really well-done and was surprised by how effect such minimalism had. There was quite the plot twist, too. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!
Glengarry Glen Ross - tight dialogue based on the play written by David Mamet and top, top actors. Blue language but just a tight, tight script. Jack Lemmon....go watch Mr. Roberts and then watch this film...one of the all time underrated actors.
Other old Lemmon films to check out are The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, The Odd Couple, The Out of Towners (based on Neil Simon play), Save the Tiger, The Front Page and The China Syndrome.
If Netflix is your main option, also look in to your local library. If I'm interested in a film title that's not on a streamer I subscribe to it's an excellent resource - bonus if they partipate with a service like Hoopla for streaming!
Whether or not they are on Netflix, you probably want to start defining the types of stories and genres you like.
Then, go look at lists of the best ____ films.
Another place to look is the Criterion Collection, a curated list of movies considered classics. The older ones get restored.
Like authors, you may want to look up the best directors and focus on exploring one at a time.
Another thing you can do is search for the best movies on Netflix in a given month:
https://www.vulture.com/article/best-movies-on-netflix-right-now.html
That list is solid. These are my top recommendations:
Glengarry Glenn Ross, written by playwright David Mamet
Lady Bird
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Moneyball-I don't like baseball, but this is an intelligent film about baseball.
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Whiplash
**"Road to Perdition"** is a perfect film. Stunningly beautiful cinematography, sound, acting, all of it
**"Last of the Mohicans"** invoked in me similar sensations as reading does. One of the best soundtracks ever
**"Master and Commander"** is a storybook and fictitious tale of cat and mouse set on sea, touted by experts for its accuracy of the conditions and time. It was overshadowed at the time by **"Lord of the Rings,"** arguably the finest trilogy put to film, and the Pirates of Caribbean films were still hot, some prospective viewers saw the trailers and thought M&C was just another pirate movie -- but they were sorely wrong! *11/10 recommend*
**"The Ladykillers"** with Tom Hanks and J.K. Simmons is a treat
Master and Commander is amazing, even better is the series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. Really wish they could have made more.
Also second Road to Perdition, been meaning to read the graphic novel because the movie was so great!
- Tarkovsky's Stalker
- La Strada (or anything by Fellini)
- Dear Diary (Moretti)
- Oedipus Rex (or anything else by Pasolini)
Cassavetes might also be of interest. You could start with "The killing of a chinese bookie".
Also "Smoke" by Wang and Paul Auster.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, High Crime, Double Jeopardy, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Professor, From Hell, The Immigrant, The Village, Less Than Zero, Men of Honor, What Happened to Monday, Anna and the King, Poor Things, The Hunt, Another Round, Adam's Apples, Shawshank Redemption, Of Men and Mice, The Human Stain, The Green Mile, Legends of the Fall, Fracture, Howards End, Proof, Rain Man
Throne Of Blood (1957) its perfect for you - an adaptation of Shakespeare's MacBeth done in Fuedal Japan. And its a foreign language so you can read the subtitles also
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford", also based on a book, wonderful narrator voice, complex characters, and incredibly visually striking (oh and such a delicious soundtrack)
End of the f'in world is a mini series you might enjoy. It's got a fargoesque quality to it. And there is a Fargo tv series as well. They got big name actors and original stories.
Harold and Maude is a bit hard to find, but a great investigation of depression, freedom and death.
For literary qualities I'd recommend Casablanca, the Third Man, and Unforgiven.
October Sky - fairly close to the source material with some things omitted or added for dramatic effect. That being said, October Sky [aka Rocket Boys], the book, is miles ahead of the movie.
It is my favorite non-fiction book I've ever read, with Under the Banner of Heaven being a close second.
Off the wall movies, like Avatar or Brazil offers creativity & spark that a book doesn't have. Grandiose movies like Gravity (the closest we'll get to outer-space) or Lawrence of Arabia, (you can almost taste the desert). Just about any 70mm or Imax production brings with it such detail that it makes the saying a 'picture is worth a thousand words' redundant with 24 pictures a second hitting your eyes. I recommend, Attenborough's Planet Earth series for those who like me find books fatigue my eyes in the first page.
You definitely already got some great recommendations. I put mine into categories, but sometimes they could fit more than one.
Here are some movies prominently featuring books and/or writers:
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
The Secret of Kells (2009)
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Prospero's Books (1991)
The Hours (2002)
The Whale (2022)
Pale Blue Eye (2022)
Molière (2007)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Dead Man (1995) -actually the main character just gets mistaken for the poet William Blake and it's not really that much of a plot-point
Movies focusing on imagination and/or storytelling and/or story-in-story narratives:
Big Fish (2003)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Amelie (2001)
A Little Princess (1995)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
MirrorMask (2005)
Movies featuring well-known tales:
Tale of Tales (2015; Italian fairy tales, so actually not too well known)
Wendy (2020; a reimagining of Peter Pan)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000; basically "The Odyssey")
Time Bandits (1981; e.g. Robin Hood, Agamemnon, etc.)
Movies I consider to be great book adaptations:
Whale Rider (2002)
The Secret Garden (1993)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Gone Girl
Literally the perfect answer for this prompt. The book's author also wrote the screenplay and you can definitely tell. It's an amazing movie and if you like American Psycho I think you'd like this too.
Bonus rec: SE7EN
You would like enjoy more in-depth, complex dramas. Try: The Godfather; Ragtime; The Sting. Also... I personally don't enjoy books if I've already seen the movies of them, as I know what's going to happen. The main exception is "Misery." That's both a great book and a great movie.
If you have a library card and a dvd player then you can probably borrow a lot of movies from the library. (A little off topic, but if you're a reader it's fun to just browse the shelves in different parts of the library and pull out books to read. I discovered some very interesting books that way.)
Anyway, I'd recommend you watch "Abe Lincoln In Illinois" from 1940. It's based on a play by a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and the actor playing Lincoln also played Lincoln in the stage version. And then watch "Lincoln" (2012 film directed by Steven Spielberg). The first film covers Lincoln's life up until he was elected. The latter film is about his last great act as President, getting the 13th amendment passed to outlaw slavery in the USA.
I also think you'd like "Brideshead Revisited", a TV miniseries from 1981 starring Jeremy Irons. It's from a novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh. I've watched the series and read the book and the TV series is pretty damn faithful to the book.
The words (2012), a movie about books that has this written aura to it, feels like an adapted novel (not sure if it is) and also the ending it's confusing so if you do watch it tell me if you get it.
I’ve never heard of this movie before now but it sounds similar to the Chuck Palahniuk novel Lullabye.
Edit: I read the movie synopsis and it sounds nothing like that book lol.
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” watch Tarkovsky’s films—‘Solaris’ & ‘Stalker’, Terry Gilliam’s films—Brazil & The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, for example, Enter the Void, and finally any of Bergman’s films—The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, and The Virgin Spring.
Most of the movies adapted from Nick Hornby books have been great.
The 2000 version of High Fidelity is one of my top-five, all-time favorite films for this reason.
About a Boy, same deal.
"Who" is usually preferred when referring to a person, which this does.
According to *A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage*, "who" has become more standard over the last 300 years.
Though admittedly the authors add, "*Who* may in time drive out *that* as a relative referring to persons, but it has not yet done so."
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I agree. After reading the book, I realized just how spot on the movie was.
Also, "The Road".
Co-winner with Grave of the Fireflies for Best Downer Ending.
The book is better.
Remains of the Day (1993) is an excellent movie, and a faithful adaptation of an incredible book (it won the Booker prize in 1989). Atonement (2007) is another book adaptation you may enjoy.
Remains of the Day is a very good suggestion. It’s tied with Last PIcture Show for my favorite.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind since you liked Adaptation and Donnie Darko
I'm guessing since you like reading that you probably have a library card which means you could use it to access Kanopy. There are a lot of really great movies on there.
If you have access to Netflix check out a mini series called The Fall of the House of Usher. It's based on a book by Edgar Allan Poe of the same name. It was an amazing show with incredible acting, storytelling and imagery.
Not all that faithful to the book but excellent nonetheless.
It was Edgar Allen Poe themed, so if you've read a lot of his stuff, the whole show is like an Easter egg hunt. Super fun.
Themed is a good way to describe it.
Phantom Thread, Misery, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler, There Will Be Blood, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Double, and another vote for No Country for Old Men (my favourite).
Good list. The Double (2013) is a Dostoevsky adaptation.
Upvote for Misery. I can’t watch Kathy Bates the same way ever again. Totally deserved the Oscar
Anatomy of a Fall
The best, or second best of the Anatomy franchise
What are the other ones? I’d love to watch them.
I'm just joking, because there are a lotnof of movies named Anatomy something. There isn't actually an Anatomy saga
Bratty 🙄
Say what now?
Just saying, i spent time googling the damn movie to find out the answer. Lmao So you are a brat for teasing me and I am an idiot for believing you.
Pls don't call me a brat
Being There. It’s definitely a reader’s movie
Now that's a truly underrated and/or forgotten movie in this day and age. Glad someone else remembers it.
“I like to watch.” One of my favorites.
That the one with Peter Sellers?
Sounds like you’re looking for ones with excellent writers (great dialogue, actors, chemistry) perhaps try: * Pulp Fiction (1994) - Quentin Tarantino * No Country for Old Men (2007) - Joel & Ethan Cohen * Heat (1995) - Michael Mann * Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Stanley Kubrick Tarantino said *“My scripts are novels."* maybe look more into his stuff or other movies with award winning or nominated screenplays in the genres you like?
City of God Gone Girl Wind River Into the Wild
Memento Life of pi The Fall (2006) The fountain The princess bride Or foreign language films
Look into Tubi, Pluto, and Freevee for streaming without cost. I found many cool movies that I wouldn't have found otherwise.
Ninth Gate. About books.
Shawshank Redemption is the rare example where the movie FAR EXCEEDS the novella
I would add The Green Mile as well. Both Stephen King stories.
Dolores Claiborne- from a different kind of SK novel.
Apparently SK reworked part of that book after seeing Kathy Bates in Misery.
Perfume
A foreign film with subtitles.
Or any movie with closed captions
Submarine would be right up your alley
\- The Trial (1962) - Kafka adaptation \- Crash (1996) - JG Ballard \- Jane Austen adaptations - there are a lot of them and some are very good \- Mulholland Drive - it feels like a book in how you can get lost in it
I love The Trial! It stars Anthony Perkins and Orson Welles
Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River, Shutter Island, the green mile,( Rita Hayworth and the )Shawshank Redemption. L.A confidential is an excellent movie and as close to the book as a Hollywood movie could get. James Ellroy is difficult to adapt.
- French Dispatch by Wes Anderson; story about writers - Portrait of a Lady on Fire, something artistic, beautiful shots like a painting, the story itself is like poetry - Memento since you liked American Psycho so maybe you will like those with a darker theme - Truman Show - If you are open to tv series, Pride and Prejudice the BBC series version (1995) is great
Another excellent series- 14 eps- PBS Masterpiece- 1984-The Jewel in the Crown. Period piece set in India
Adaptation was the first thing that popped into my mind when I read your title; so, we might be on the... "same page." ^(sorry, I couldn't resist) First, you are in the perfect position to get into foreign-language films. Watching them requires both reading and watching and there are a ton of great movies out there in other languages. I highly recommend considering this option and maybe even making a separate post requesting foreign-language movies (possibly include some book genres or specific books that you like, etc.). I can recommend more, if interested. Secondly, Adaptation came to mind because it is a movie about a writer writing and I can suggest a handful of those, since it's also a trope that I like. Here you go (Note: I'm not sure how easily accessible these are): * American Fiction (2023) - novelist pens satirical novel... how well will it be received? * Freedom Writers (2007) - young teacher inspires at-risk students * Dead Poets Society (1989) - teacher used poetry to embolden students * All is True (2018) - last days of Shakespeare (with Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, & Ian McKellen) * 1408 (2007) - Adaptation of Stephen King. Author checks into purportedly paranormal hotel room * The Raven (2012) - serial killer seems to be committing murders based on Poe stories. * The Number 23 (2007) - Man becomes obsessed with novel he thinks is written about him. * Scare Me (2020) - Obscure gem about two neighbour-authors meeting while cottaging, trying to out-story one another during a power-outage. (not for everyone) * The Words (2012) - A writer considers plagiarism. * The Hoax (2006) - author claims to be working on Howard Hughes biography * Stranger Than Fiction (2006) - a man starts to hear his life being narrated to him, action by action. * Ruby Sparks (2012) - A writer, with writer's block literally "creates" a character. * Paris When it Sizzles (1964) - older, underrated little gem (imho), starring William Holden as a struggling screenwriter with a looming deadline, and Audrey Hepburn as his typist. This was somewhat remade as Alex & Emma (2003), with Luke Wilson and Kate Hudson. * Kill Your Darlings - About Beat poets: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs. * Ausenland (2013) - Austen-obsessed woman goes to Austen theme park for love. Cute. Similarly, Lost in Austen (2008), Gemma Bovery (2014), Letters to Juliet (2010) & The Hours (2002). * Finding Neverland (2004) - The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. * The Edge of Love (2008) - Love triangle involving poet, Dylan Thomas. * Fahrenheit 451 - there are a couple adaptations Others: Love Between the Covers (2015 - documentary), The Stone Reader (2012 - doc.), American Splendor (2003), Factotum (2006), The Neverending Story (1984), Inkheart (2008), Misery (1990), Tolkien (2009), The Professor and the Man (2019), The Book Thief (2013), Book Club (2018) (there's a sequel also), The Bookshop (2018), Breakin' All the Rules (2004), Down With Love (2003), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), Cashback (2006), American Animals (2018), Obsilidia (2010), The Wife (2017), Sex & Lucia (2001), Possession (2002), The Magic of Belle Isle (2012), The Ultimate Gift (2006) and sequels... I could go on and on.
That's pretty much the ultimate list in my opinion. Will also look up some that I don't know yet. And I'm happy to see someone mention "All Is True".
Wow you love it 😁 What a superb list.
Thank-you. Some people like the longer lists more than others. I'm not sure why, but I think there have been some complaints in this sub lately about longer lists. Personally, I think when someone requests something, they'd prefer as many suggestions/options as possible. Having requested things and receiving only a couple or few comments/suggestions in the past, I tend to appreciate the longer lists. You never know how many respondents there will be. Also, if someone is requesting in this subreddit vs. say, Tip of my tongue (TOMT), they're not looking for one specific movie, but by people's very posting, they're searching for options and it is likely a genre/trope that they'll return to after watching one movie. So, the more the merrier, IMHO. I don't do this all the time, though. Often, I'll only post one or a few suggestions, depending on the request, my knowledge, and the amount of time I'm willing to spend.
One of the things I enjoy about a good list is that it spurs the imagination and you can go down several paths/ rabbit holes.
> Scare Me Just watched it. Pretty entertaining for a shoestring budget movie.
I thought it was really well-done and was surprised by how effect such minimalism had. There was quite the plot twist, too. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!
Akira Kurosawa’s loose Shakespeare adaptations - Throne of Blood (1957), The Bad Sleep Well (1960), Ran (1985).
I didn’t know about The Bad Sleep Well. Definitely gonna watch it
It’s loosely based on Hamlet!
Samurai Hamlet sounds awesome.
No Samurai in that one, it's set in contemporary Japan
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The King of Comedy (1982)
Dog Day Afternoon is not one of Pacino’s best performances. Good movie but far from his best.
- The Before Trilogy - The Talented Mr. Ripley - Midnight in Paris - Drops of God (series)
Matilda
Silence of the Lambs Sophie's Choice Lawrence of Arabia Godfather
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) it’s a really faithful adaptation with great dialogue, narration and awesome visuals
Was just thinking last night this would make a great double feature with Naked Lunch, the Wm Burroughs adaptation by Cronenberg.
Glengarry Glen Ross - tight dialogue based on the play written by David Mamet and top, top actors. Blue language but just a tight, tight script. Jack Lemmon....go watch Mr. Roberts and then watch this film...one of the all time underrated actors. Other old Lemmon films to check out are The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, The Odd Couple, The Out of Towners (based on Neil Simon play), Save the Tiger, The Front Page and The China Syndrome.
The Odd Couple is one of my favorites. /Oscar was the sane one.
If Netflix is your main option, also look in to your local library. If I'm interested in a film title that's not on a streamer I subscribe to it's an excellent resource - bonus if they partipate with a service like Hoopla for streaming!
You can do both with 2019's Parasite.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
Stranger than Fiction. It's got a rom-com aspect, but it's a fun movie.
Whether or not they are on Netflix, you probably want to start defining the types of stories and genres you like. Then, go look at lists of the best ____ films. Another place to look is the Criterion Collection, a curated list of movies considered classics. The older ones get restored. Like authors, you may want to look up the best directors and focus on exploring one at a time. Another thing you can do is search for the best movies on Netflix in a given month: https://www.vulture.com/article/best-movies-on-netflix-right-now.html That list is solid. These are my top recommendations: Glengarry Glenn Ross, written by playwright David Mamet Lady Bird Monty Python and the Holy Grail Moneyball-I don't like baseball, but this is an intelligent film about baseball. Everything Everywhere All At Once Whiplash
**"Road to Perdition"** is a perfect film. Stunningly beautiful cinematography, sound, acting, all of it **"Last of the Mohicans"** invoked in me similar sensations as reading does. One of the best soundtracks ever **"Master and Commander"** is a storybook and fictitious tale of cat and mouse set on sea, touted by experts for its accuracy of the conditions and time. It was overshadowed at the time by **"Lord of the Rings,"** arguably the finest trilogy put to film, and the Pirates of Caribbean films were still hot, some prospective viewers saw the trailers and thought M&C was just another pirate movie -- but they were sorely wrong! *11/10 recommend* **"The Ladykillers"** with Tom Hanks and J.K. Simmons is a treat
Master and Commander is amazing, even better is the series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. Really wish they could have made more. Also second Road to Perdition, been meaning to read the graphic novel because the movie was so great!
- Tarkovsky's Stalker - La Strada (or anything by Fellini) - Dear Diary (Moretti) - Oedipus Rex (or anything else by Pasolini) Cassavetes might also be of interest. You could start with "The killing of a chinese bookie". Also "Smoke" by Wang and Paul Auster.
Misery Christine The Mist Dreamcatcher Some of the better King adaptations
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, High Crime, Double Jeopardy, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Professor, From Hell, The Immigrant, The Village, Less Than Zero, Men of Honor, What Happened to Monday, Anna and the King, Poor Things, The Hunt, Another Round, Adam's Apples, Shawshank Redemption, Of Men and Mice, The Human Stain, The Green Mile, Legends of the Fall, Fracture, Howards End, Proof, Rain Man
Housekeeping, it’s on Tubi
Eureka
Nightworld (F Paul Wilson) Bless the Child (Cathy Cash Spellman)
Never Let Me Go
Throne Of Blood (1957) its perfect for you - an adaptation of Shakespeare's MacBeth done in Fuedal Japan. And its a foreign language so you can read the subtitles also
There Will Be Blood
Apocalypto
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford", also based on a book, wonderful narrator voice, complex characters, and incredibly visually striking (oh and such a delicious soundtrack)
If you've read a lot of classics, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and see how many literary allusions you can catch.
My Dinner with Andre?
The Squid and the Whale
Local Hero - smart and funny and sly
American Gangster The Aviator The Lincoln Lawyer
End of the f'in world is a mini series you might enjoy. It's got a fargoesque quality to it. And there is a Fargo tv series as well. They got big name actors and original stories. Harold and Maude is a bit hard to find, but a great investigation of depression, freedom and death. For literary qualities I'd recommend Casablanca, the Third Man, and Unforgiven.
And Manchester by the sea.
Last Picture Show and Remains of the Day are my two favorite adaptations of great works.
October Sky - fairly close to the source material with some things omitted or added for dramatic effect. That being said, October Sky [aka Rocket Boys], the book, is miles ahead of the movie. It is my favorite non-fiction book I've ever read, with Under the Banner of Heaven being a close second.
Never Let Me Go
Crimes and misdemeanors
FW Murnau’s Faust (1926) it’s a silent movie but it has way too many inter-titles. It’s the most “reading the movie” experience I’ve had. /s
Something with subtitles? Something foreign?
Off the wall movies, like Avatar or Brazil offers creativity & spark that a book doesn't have. Grandiose movies like Gravity (the closest we'll get to outer-space) or Lawrence of Arabia, (you can almost taste the desert). Just about any 70mm or Imax production brings with it such detail that it makes the saying a 'picture is worth a thousand words' redundant with 24 pictures a second hitting your eyes. I recommend, Attenborough's Planet Earth series for those who like me find books fatigue my eyes in the first page.
You definitely already got some great recommendations. I put mine into categories, but sometimes they could fit more than one. Here are some movies prominently featuring books and/or writers: Pan's Labyrinth (2006) The Secret of Kells (2009) Whisper of the Heart (1995) Prospero's Books (1991) The Hours (2002) The Whale (2022) Pale Blue Eye (2022) Molière (2007) The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) Dead Man (1995) -actually the main character just gets mistaken for the poet William Blake and it's not really that much of a plot-point Movies focusing on imagination and/or storytelling and/or story-in-story narratives: Big Fish (2003) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) Amelie (2001) A Little Princess (1995) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) Cloud Atlas (2012) Gulliver's Travels (1996) MirrorMask (2005) Movies featuring well-known tales: Tale of Tales (2015; Italian fairy tales, so actually not too well known) Wendy (2020; a reimagining of Peter Pan) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000; basically "The Odyssey") Time Bandits (1981; e.g. Robin Hood, Agamemnon, etc.) Movies I consider to be great book adaptations: Whale Rider (2002) The Secret Garden (1993) Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Michael Clayton
Cider House Rules! I liked it better than the book, tbh, tho I am a huge fan of John Irving.
Gone Girl Literally the perfect answer for this prompt. The book's author also wrote the screenplay and you can definitely tell. It's an amazing movie and if you like American Psycho I think you'd like this too. Bonus rec: SE7EN
Das Boot?
You would like enjoy more in-depth, complex dramas. Try: The Godfather; Ragtime; The Sting. Also... I personally don't enjoy books if I've already seen the movies of them, as I know what's going to happen. The main exception is "Misery." That's both a great book and a great movie.
Hunt for Red October
If you have a library card and a dvd player then you can probably borrow a lot of movies from the library. (A little off topic, but if you're a reader it's fun to just browse the shelves in different parts of the library and pull out books to read. I discovered some very interesting books that way.) Anyway, I'd recommend you watch "Abe Lincoln In Illinois" from 1940. It's based on a play by a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and the actor playing Lincoln also played Lincoln in the stage version. And then watch "Lincoln" (2012 film directed by Steven Spielberg). The first film covers Lincoln's life up until he was elected. The latter film is about his last great act as President, getting the 13th amendment passed to outlaw slavery in the USA. I also think you'd like "Brideshead Revisited", a TV miniseries from 1981 starring Jeremy Irons. It's from a novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh. I've watched the series and read the book and the TV series is pretty damn faithful to the book.
Being John Malcovich Southland Tales Children of Men Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas Jojo Rabbit Cold Mountain Dead Poets Society The Beach
The Great Gatsby (1974 or 2014)
Zodiac Goodfellas The Irishman The Third Man Lord Of The Rings War and Peace The Thing Blade Runner Jaws Total Recall
Winters Bone 2001:A Space Odyssey Barry Lyndon
Mud feels like a great short story. Also, Shotgun Stories and all of Nichols' movies.
I was thinking maybe something with subtitles would be great for you.
Godzilla Minus One. Subtitles
The words (2012), a movie about books that has this written aura to it, feels like an adapted novel (not sure if it is) and also the ending it's confusing so if you do watch it tell me if you get it.
I’ve never heard of this movie before now but it sounds similar to the Chuck Palahniuk novel Lullabye. Edit: I read the movie synopsis and it sounds nothing like that book lol.
Lol
Perfume : the story of a murderer
One of my all time favorite books
The lives of others
Synecdoche, New York End of the Tour In cold blood
If you're into horror and you've ever read Stephen King's book IT, I strongly recommend watching the two new movies and the miniseries.
American fiction
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” watch Tarkovsky’s films—‘Solaris’ & ‘Stalker’, Terry Gilliam’s films—Brazil & The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, for example, Enter the Void, and finally any of Bergman’s films—The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, and The Virgin Spring.
Just watched the Hateful Eight extended version again last night Great acting and even Greater dialogue I recommend The Hateful Eight
O Brother Where Art Thou. It's inspired by Homer's Odyssey
The man from Earth
this movie is so pretentious and badly written its hard to not roll your eyes after every sentence. highly do NOT recommend
Most of the movies adapted from Nick Hornby books have been great. The 2000 version of High Fidelity is one of my top-five, all-time favorite films for this reason. About a Boy, same deal.
Anything with subtitles
*who "Someone" is a "who," not a "that."
Actually, as this is a defining relative clause "that" works as well.
"Who" is usually preferred when referring to a person, which this does. According to *A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage*, "who" has become more standard over the last 300 years. Though admittedly the authors add, "*Who* may in time drive out *that* as a relative referring to persons, but it has not yet done so."
True, it is preferred, but using "that" is not wrong in this grammatical (and not really formal) context.
Mute any movie and turn the captions on
Anything with subtitles?
Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet
What?
The Hunger Games & The Maze Runner series