There are approximately 1450 books that have been made into movies. Can I suggest narrowing the field down a little? I know I'm only supposed to make one suggestion but no-one is coming up with any
YET! I hope! So to get this moving here are some other books -> movies.
Stardust - book by Neil Gaiman, movie directed by Matthew Vaughn.
“Stardust,” based on the best-selling graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, takes audiences on an adventure that begins in a village in England and ends up in places that exist in an imaginary world. A young man named Tristan (Charlie Cox) tries to win the heart of Victoria (Sienna Miller), the beautiful but cold object of his desire, by going on a quest to retrieve a fallen star. His journey takes him to a mysterious and forbidden land beyond the walls of his village. On his odyssey, Tristan finds the star, which has transformed into a striking girl named Yvaine (Claire Danes).
This is one of the few movies I would say is better than the book. Not that I didn't enjoy the book, the movie was just better.
Minority Report - short story (not a book) by Philip K. Dick. Movie starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg.
Despite it being an adaptation from a short story, this has many interesting issues around human rights to explore.
A River Runs Through It - Ok this is another one I'm surprised to learn was also a book. I haven't read it but the movie has to be one of the most beautiful cinematic experiences possible.
The book is "A River Runs Through It and Other Stories" by Norman Maclean
"A River Runs Through It" concerns the Macleans, a Presbyterian family during early 20th century Montana whose opinions of life are filtered through their passion for fly fishing. The novella is presented from the point of view of older brother Norman who goes on one last fishing trip with his rowdy and troubled younger brother Paul in an attempt to help him get his life on track After a brief introduction of his early life, most of the action takes place during the summer of 1937 and both Norman and Paul were in their early 30s.
The novella is noted for using detailed descriptions of fly fishing and nature to engage with a number of profound metaphysical questions. In a review for the Chicago Tribune, critic Alfred Kazin stated: "There are passages here of physical rapture in the presence of unsullied primitive America that are as beautiful as anything in Thoreau and Hemingway".
The Help
Need to read the book but the movie was brilliant.
The Time Travellers Wife
another one that the movie was better than the book.
Water for ElephantsHaven't seen the movie. Book was brilliant.
Percy Jackson and Olympians
This movie was good enough that I will get the books when I can
The book is The Lightening Thief.
Eat, Pray, Love
Movie - not bad. Book - not bad but horribly self-indulgent. I entirely lacked sympathy and failed to see why this was such a best seller.
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Secret Life of Bees
I am Number Four
(I need to read the next one in the series. It's been sitting waiting for me for ages!)
The Golden Compass
Chocolat
