Top 10 Movies You Didn't Know Were Based on Books

[@geekcultureandmovieLover]

the list: 10. How to train your dragon 9. The exorcist 8. Forrest Gump 7. Jaws 6. Pitch Perfect 5. Scarface 1983 4. First Blood 3. Mean Girls 2. Mrs. Doubtfire Honorable mentions: How to lose a guy in 10 days There will be blood Trainspotting 1. Die Hard. There. Saved you 12:10 minutes

[@geekcultureandmovieLover]

james howe The description is incomplete

[@luckypat9402]

mounir maged thank u

[@geekcultureandmovieLover]

Hi Hi No problem

[@geekcultureandmovieLover]

***** Anytime

[@geekcultureandmovieLover]

Saunterblugget Hampterfuppinshire 30 boxes of pizza is fine :D

[@Reesicup]

Pitch Perfect as a book? I can't imagine that working out too well.

[@kaustavighosh116]

My thoughts exactly. Like....how

[@daniellance2936]

you prolly dont give a damn but does any of you know a way to log back into an instagram account? I was stupid lost the login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me

[@anakindean6434]

@Daniel Lance instablaster ;)

[@KirbySlays_]

How to train your dragon came out in 2010?! Damn I'm getting old

[@conqur4358]

Kirby Slays hey this'll make you feel older, I was 10

[@jbird_inc]

Finaly Dishonored me two

[@discombobulationstation5399]

Jbird1004 You're thirteen and you still don't know the difference between "To" "Too" and "Two?" I'm fourteen and I'm sure that was something I learned when I was seven.

[@uncreativeusername8362]

2010's nostalgia.

[@KirbySlays_]

Jugem16 never saw the second though

[@darthstarkiller1912]

Another possible mention: "Shrek", based on the book by William Steig.

[@brucesims3255]

Gillian Koh why would having pictures make it not count

[@jjenk911]

I don't believe Watch Mojo was specific on what TYPE of book.

[@darthstarkiller1912]

Jeremy Jenkins Agreed.

[@zodiac339]

In that case, Edge of Tomorrow should have been mentioned. I'll tell you, I was a little confused when I was living in Japan, and Tom Cruise "Thank you Japan" videos started coming up on KZbin for "All You Need is Kill". (And of course I can't find a link of video).

[@dantheman8103]

How is "Who Framed Rodger Rabbit" not even an honorable mention.

[@cottoncandykittens2954]

Here are some more books that you might know more about the movie than you do the book. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest- Ken Kesey Requiem For A Dream- Hubert Selby Jr Gone With The Wind- Margret Mitchell American Psycho- Brett Easton Ellis No Country For Old Men- Cormac McCarthy Fight Club- Chuck Palahniuk Breakfast At Tiffanys- Truman Capote The Godfather- Mario Puzo The Crow- James O'Barr The James Bond Series- Ian Flemming

[@LuriTV]

Neverending Story - Michael Ende

[@TheListenerCanon]

The only I didn't was The Crow and Requiem. Sorry, even lamer than WMs.

[@TheListenerCanon]

+LuriTV- That I knew too. And I also knew it wasn't the story within the story.

[@hiraetheria]

Don't forget the Polar Express.

[@Billwarson29]

Also "Rum Punch" by Elmore Leonard, which became the third film by Quentin Tarantino, "Jackie Brown".

[@ManyPeregrine81]

"I do voices!" "What do you mean, "You Do Voices!?!"

[@Em-kg7qn]

Well 90% of films are based on books so none of them is really shocking

[@arlenekitty1]

I was surprised that Pitch Perfect was based on a book.

[@nesvrstana1950]

I didnt know so it is shocking

[@externiumgames9720]

Do top 10 most popular watch mojo videos!

[@jenjenedozie2194]

Externium Games You can easily find that on popular uploads.

[@fleshTH]

Do a bottom 10 watchmojo videos.

[@Amy_Dunn]

On a similar subject, how about top 10 movie adaptations that are completely different/nothing like from their source material? So basically movies with the same, or similar titles, but completely different stories. like 1995 Judge Dredd, or the 1992 movie "Lawnmower man" which was allegedly based on the Stephen King short, but if you've ever read the actual short, it's nothing alike. (Spoilers: The Stephen King short is actually about a man who calls a lawn care service, and when the man shows up to mow his lawn, he turns out to be a monstrous satyr who starts eating his lawn)

[@rocketcon]

King even had to take the studio to court to force them to stop claiming that the film was based on his story.

[@dantheman8103]

Roger Rabbit is another one of those. It was based on a book but other than 3 of the characters having the same names and a couple of the more popular one liners being in both versions the book is basically a completely original story.

[@StephFuses]

Forrest Gump should be on that list as well.

[@RandomLittleImp]

Stephanie Martin so should How to Train your Dragon

[@tristanpetty7173]

There's also Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. It keeps the a few of the names and the Headless Horseman's origin as a Hessian soldier but that's about it.

[@TheModernPainter]

top 10 Pixar movies that should be live action

[@RGS_1520]

None of them

[@mrgahoolefan3615]

Now THAT I can agree with. Live action Pixar films? No thank you.

[@tiernanneville2023]

Did you know Harry Potter is based off a book???

[@CoolDude-fm2jy]

Yes I did. I have all of the books

[@lollypopsmum]

Tiernan Neville and The Ten Commandments I hear! You learn something new every day!

[@JTManuel]

Tiernan Neville no way! blew mind!

[@bd-vk5lf]

NEWS TO ME!

[@saraalaoui3626]

you're being sarcastic aren't you?

[@sarahr9192]

I love John Goodman, but I cannot picture him as Forrest Gump

[@cinephile9885]

Sarah R, You're right.

[@TheYuriBabe]

Sarah R the character was very different in the book.

[@cinephile9885]

TheYuriBabe, like what?

[@sarahr9192]

Maybe so, but I mean the way the character is written in the movie.

[@cinephile9885]

Sarah R, what's wrong?

[@jinhunterslay1638]

What about Jurassic Park, Psycho, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Howl’s Moving Castle ?

[@joshmartin4914]

Missed one: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, based off the book Who Censored Roger Rabbit.

[@cyrusaalborg]

"Say hello to my little friend " a line still used in bedrooms around the world

[@NellieKAdaba]

👍 yes

[@ejromm]

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON WAS A BOOK

[@Filmbuff237]

ejromm I didn't

[@thestormwizard6447]

ejromm what they also should have mentioned is how the books are almost nothing like the movies and TV shows. They're basically their own entities.

[@karolinapupi19977]

I had no idea

[@dramaticvirghoe]

um i didn't so

[@Filmbuff237]

caitlyn who r u it is... search it up

[@marigeobrien]

One of my mottos: If you like the movie, you'll love the book. Books invariably give more back story, more character development and usually tell a more (and often multiple) subtle story.

[@fintanwatson8137]

...I knew all of these were books apart from Pitch Perfect...

[@TheFrizbaloid]

How is Jaws on this list? It’s advertised as “the most terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No 1 best seller.”

[@LuriTV]

What about "Neverending Story"? I have heard that many americans didn't actually know it was based on a book by the german childbook author Michael Ende

[@goodjobeli]

LuriTV it's actually a very boring book

[@yomismo74]

Neverending story is a very famous book. The novel is great, the movie not so much

[@crwalter2003]

That book is the picture of "Top 10 Amazing books that don't actually exist".

[@yomismo74]

Charles Walter The neverending story is a fantasy novel written by german writer Michael Ende. I don't know if it's well known in the USA but it's a very famous book all over Europe

[@User-rt6wp]

@@yomismo74Hey don't you dare talk trash about movie, you idiot!

[@luiszam177]

Jurassic Park is one movie I didn’t know that was based on a novel.

[@metalredhead93]

I knew that both Forrest Gump, The Exorcist, Jaws, and First Blood were based off books because I read them.

[@trotman000]

Richard Espindola Both? Both is for two bud. You listed four.

[@Showtunediva]

I will have new books to read during the last few months of quarantine. Some of these movies are my absolute favorites. TYSM Ms. Mojo

[@CodyFairlessLee]

I love HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, FORREST GUMP, and MRS. DOUBTFIRE!

[@claireaquos6532]

Cody Fairless-Lee You talking about the books Or the movies?

[@CodyFairlessLee]

The movies!

[@claireaquos6532]

Cody Fairless-Lee Thanks for anwser me 😊.

[@pisaks6782]

But what if i did know they were based on books?

[@mikeberg6407]

Then you can get a cookie and eat it in glory knowing you are outside of social circles and most likely will not get laid until you can afford it with the millions you will make.

[@ArturGlass.C]

Congrats you're not the average moviegoer.

[@shubham2076]

@@mikeberg6407 i never see comment and its reply have same amount of like 😤 slowly eating cookies in glory

[@chasetemple1518]

Here's a list for Another Top 10 Movies You Didn't Know Were Based On Books. 10. "Total Recall" (1990) - Based on "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick 9. "Death Race 2000" (1975) - Based on "The Racer" by Ib Melchior 8. "Catch Me If You Can" (2002) - Based on "Catch Me If You Can" by Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding 7. "The Martian" (2015) - Based on "The Martian" by Andy Weir 6. "Jackie Brown" (1997) - Based on "Rum Punch" by Elmore Leonard 5. "Arrival" (2016) - Based on "Story Of Your Life" by Ted Chiang 4. "Shrek" (2001) - Based on "Shrek!" by William Steig 3. "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" (1982) - Based on "Fast Times At Ridgemont High: A True Story" by Cameron Crowe 2. "M*A*S*H" (1970) - Based on "MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors" by Richard Hooker 1. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) - Based on "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" by Gary K. Wolf Honorable Mentions: • "Moonlight" (2016) - Based on "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue" by Tarell Alvin McCrary • "American Sniper" (2014) - Based on "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice • "Mary Poppins" (1964) - Based on "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers • " No Country For Old Men" (2007) - Based on "No Country For Old Men" by Cormac McCarthy

[@availanila]

Bruce Willis was a TV comedy show actor?! No wonder Death Becomes Her

[@NellieKAdaba]

😆

[@ndimasilwana4894]

How do you capture the energy of a musical in the form of a novel? wtf?

[@acero5985]

you and me both. i was thinking like: Melody: DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU PAM-PARAM-PAM-PAM-PARAM-PAM-PAM Beatbox: BOO-SHIKA-SHIKA-BOOSH-KK!!! all over a page

[@lenaertsjelke]

Ndima Silwana if you are talking about Pitch Perfect, I think the writers of the movie used the book as an inspiration to understand how acapella groups work and see the competetion/riveraly from inside an accapela group and kind of based storyline around that so the book wasn't really a musical. Does that make sense?

[@equusquaggaquagga536]

"I Know What You Did Last Summer" was based on a mystery novel from the 70's. It was reprinted after the film's success.

[@Jimenopolix]

No "Jurassic Park"? I didn't know that was based on a book.

[@bodiboo130]

cesarjimenezanimator I already know that Jurassic park is based on book

[@Jimenopolix]

ahmad said I didn't.

[@keegankeegan6641]

I knew Jurassic Park was based on a book, we read it in school.

[@Chanbias22]

I did too, but I'm guessing most people don't.

[@emilymay6369]

How did people not know how to train a dragon was based off of books literally everybody at my school read them

[@grampton]

most movies are based on books like: The Martian, Armageddon, The Arrival, The Batman Series, Star Trek, All DC and Marvel movies, Jumanji, The Maze Runner, The Divergent, Son of God, and many many more.

[@christiandorey3381]

Saunterblugget Hampterfuppinshire the Martian was so good book and movie.

[@geekcultureandmovieLover]

Technically, MARVEL and DC are comics books.

[@flipjonah2348]

And the books were often so much better. The Maze Runner books were just amazing, one of my favorite series, but the films were trash compared to them. First film was decent but the Scorch Trials film was awful.

[@dantheman8103]

Star Trek was based on a book?

[@zodiac339]

Ah, there we are. Armageddon "based on the screenplay." I mean, I could have believed that load of dirty money was bastardized from a novel, but I was still skeptical. And was Star Trek mentioned because of being modeled after Gulliver's Travels?

[@nita409]

Exorcist 3 should have at least gotten honorable mention. It was based on William Blatty's book Legion.

[@samkresil6011]

I already knew How To Train Your Dragon was a book.

[@pillowdaily7431]

Good job do you want a cookie?

[@samkresil6011]

Odyssey2001 No but I got an apple.

[@samkresil6011]

***** I know. But it was a long time ago.

[@brianwise5850]

most of this list was well known already as being books first. only some of the facts about them were surprising. if your going to label this as movies that were books first you need to find ones that no one knows they were books to begin with. like cruel intentions is actually based off a 18th century book.

[@leeshdee9269]

I didn't know a lot of these movies were based on books. Scarface and Diehard in particular, no clue. The only one I knew was Jaws.

[@dantheman8103]

Cruel Intentions (and the movie was a remake of who's names escape me) are less well known for being based on a book that Forrest Gump or How To Train Your Dragon I admit, but I think a lot of people know that one too. Problem is when a movie becomes popular word gets out it's based on a book. So the only way to truly give a list most avid readers would not be familiar with would be to get movies that did not do well but were based on a book. Which would not be an interesting list.

[@brianwise5850]

DanTheMan i agree in it being difficult. but i could find probably a dozen movies that were popular during their time but are not currently well remembered to do a list about. like 'the running man', an arnold swartzeneger(i know i misspelled it) flick from the 80's. it is not remembered by a lot of people but it is well liked. and most importantly its based on a novellette by richard bachmann, which happens to be the pen name for stephen king.

[@dantheman8103]

Brian Wise I do agree not sure how you would do research on this but as you said Running Man, Who Framed Rodger Rabbit, Christine even off the top of my head were popular successful movies that are probably less common knowledge were based on books than half this list. They did not research it well even for them.

[@TheMoviePlanet]

The fact that Cruel Intentions is based on Choderlos de Laclos' Dangerous Liaisons is as well-known as the other flicks on this crappy list.

[@collinthompson9072]

How to train your dragon the book is very much not the movie. Toothless is, in the book, extremely tiny, most dragons were. He also wasn't a nightfury, he was a green dragon that could smell things really well.

[@primaldino2690]

But the movies are still good.. right? Not trying to force opinions.

[@darealundadawgg7847]

good job as always!

[@darthvaderunderwears9556]

I knew Forrest Gump and Jaws were a book

[@maddest_eunchaestan..n]

Pitch Perfect as a book?! That actually sounds so cool!

[@THEcold64]

Put Anna Kendrick in the thumbnail and you get my click.

[@tienthle]

coldnate That's me for every video on KZbin

[@dbnovaro]

Die-hard is based on a novel? I fell backwards knowing that.

[@sonicmario64]

They forgot to include "The Running Man", which happens to be based on a book by Stephen King.

[@killingfields07]

Under psudynm Richard Bachman

[@TheListenerCanon]

I forgot to be honest, but I remember now. :)

[@AmourEtRespect]

The movie has nothing to do with the book

[@robertpolanco1973]

@R2MI390 - I agree with you. I just saw the 1987 movie version of "The Running Man" on DVD and it really was nothing like the original novel by Richard Bachman (Stephen King). I just hope that someday that there be a remake of the movie so that it would be MORE FAITHFUL to the book.

[@jongreenleaf1000]

But you know it was based off a book so that isnt the point of the list

[@SweetTooth472]

I feel like it was really the acting of Tom Hanks and Robin Williams that made their respective movies so wonderful and memorable!

[@MatthiaGryffine]

#8 if you saw the movie, you know that it says in the opening credits that it is based on a novel. Therefore, it should not be on this list.

[@nesvrstana1950]

Good thing I didnt see movie then

[@peterdollins3610]

Jaws based on 'An Enemy of the People' by Ibsen.

[@clueso_]

Fight Club was also based on a book... just saying.

[@TheListenerCanon]

Yep, that I knew.

[@lenaertsjelke]

But isn't fight club a really well known book? I found out about the book before knowing there was a movie

[@MRWINDYMETHANE]

When I was 15 when the first Lord Of The Rings movie came out, I honestly didn't know that movie, as well as the whole trilogy, didn't know it was based on a book.

[@gulogulo7676]

Howl's Moving Castle

[@zodiac339]

I found that one eventually. Good book. I liked the differences from each other.

[@asherkahtan3914]

Actually the book has inspired two theatrical productions: one in London and one in Seattle.

[@michaelbrower7141]

The first 'I know what you did last Summer' was based off a book, that I believe came out in the 1970's. The character Helen Shivers from the movie, was Helen Rivers in the book. I can't remember why her last name was changed though.

[@brookmessner5424]

what went through my mind when seeing this video? "I wonder if Dragons will be on this list." I knew it.

[@brookmessner5424]

P.S Rise of the Guardians was another movie based on books

[@williamcrowe2576]

There was also Disney's Condorman adapted from The Game of X, Who Framed Roger Rabbit adapted from Who Censored Roger Rabbit, and Stand By Me adapted from The Body.

[@dylansearcy3966]

what about jurassic park?

[@nosuchthing8]

dylan searcy many people know jp was based on a book

[@dylansearcy3966]

nosuchthing8 and what about shrek and bridge to terebithia?

[@yamum9447]

dylan searcy what the fuck i had no idea it was based on a book

[@coneill251]

And what a epic book it is too, by Michael Crighton

[@jongreenleaf1000]

dylan searcy bridge sucks

[@bheast86]

it might be safer to assume that a movie is based on a book unless you learn otherwise - often the adapted book is all over bookshops (as with THE EXORCIST and JAWS) which is a bit of a giveaway. But if one is even vaguely interested in such things, how does one not notice the screenplay credit while watching the movie? THERE WILL BE BLOOD might have claimed a kinship with OIL!, but there is infinite distance between Upton Sinclair, and Daniel Day Lewis shouting in a moustache

[@RichKnight36]

Who the f**k didn't know The Exorcist was a book? This list is awful. I was expecting movies like The Warriors or Logan's Run or something

[@thefinalhashiraangrysag415]

Even though it wasn't on this list, until recently I never knew Stand By Me was based off of the book The Body which is weird for me as I pretty much spent most of my teenage years reading Stephen King books

[@bobbobete9546]

what about shrek?

[@58mdog]

I did actually know about How to Train Your Dragon, Forrest Gump, Pitch Perfect and Mean Girls all being books, but still good list

[@solidsnake9898]

I didn't know that Fight Club was based on a book... Until I actually read the book hehe!

[@girlinterrupted9792]

Well, considering Gump from the book and Gump from the movie are essentially two different people, yes, Goodman would not have been a good fit for the movie. However, had the movie stayed true to the book - he would've been perfect.

[@Smallafro]

HOW THE FUCK YOU KNOW IF I KNEW OR NOT

[@EmilyStay]

Helpful tip for screenwriters; if you want an original film to be made, write it as a novelisation first to gain an audience, then write it as a script.

[@EmilyStay]

Film companies are more likely to make original films if there's a fan base established already.

[@aedanb3663]

How to train Your Dragon book is way different still cool movie and book.

[@tawazu8425]

Ok

[@themaddoggshow1261]

If you guys haven't done this one yet can you please do an Top 10 were the movie is better then the book, also could you do an Top 10 one liners

[@ammo76534]

Everyone knew the exorcist, jaws, first blood and die hard were based of books

[@ammo76534]

james howe shame on you

[@starwarsfan0376]

The Warrior Teddy and forest gump

[@E.j.Robinson]

Cannot believe I found Dragon's in another of your lists, Its a rarity in my country to the point I feel like I'm the only fan in it. I discovered Dragons was based on a series of books from the opening credits but I didn't know going in. I did take a few months to read them as I feared the things in them would alter the love of the film only to discover - be advised: the books are different but they in their own right are fantastic! and its an ingenious aspect of all creators involved that they do have shining, or be them subtle, similarities woven between them both. But both films/TV shows and books are worth every penny and then some!

[@RandomMmm-d1l]

WTF I knew everyone Probably cause I google and try to know much about every movie i see

[@lenaertsjelke]

Or just look at the credits in a movie. If it's based on a book it always says "based on a novel by ..."

[@gutz1981]

I got one for you you would never guess. The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarznegger was a short story written by Stephen King under a different name.

[@jwallE93]

What Harry Potter was based off a book WTF no way!

[@asherkahtan3914]

jwallE93 everyone knows that.

[@rachelgarber1423]

The Exorcist book was scarier than the movie. I read it alone at night with all the lights except my living room. When I read the chapter that included the Regan's head turning around, scared the crap out of me, turned all the lights on and read the rest during the day. I heard of the earlier Scarface, but never read it.

[@Madsdross]

I knew it I knew it that how to train your dragon will be there. and there is a third movie coming on 2018 may 8. I really love that moviem

[@niko-jg5uc]

I'm a bit shocked that Scott Pilgrim vs the World wasn't on this list, because not that many people know about the graphic novels it was based on, which YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY READ.

[@minny6074]

Please do worst movies made based upon novels

[@rawrytheaguacate9722]

number two: Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children number one: PERCY JACKSON

[@minny6074]

rawryTHEaguacateSINGER Really is miss peregrine home for peculiar children that bad?

[@rawrytheaguacate9722]

fiza imran yeah. they included stuff from the third book in the first movie. ages and powers were wrong in the MAIN characters

[@kayaszakacs4521]

What about Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children? I didn't realize that was based off of a book until I walked past one in the bookstore.

[@baronsengir187]

Exorcist is not scary.

[@baronsengir187]

Jaws

[@wesleylamb9568]

You should make a top ten list of characters that break the fourth wall.

[@Cchannel-rk4ej]

Wesley Lamb Ohh i'd love to see that!

[@skeleletonboi4533]

httyd was completely different to the book. argh!! ;-;

[@primaldino2690]

They were still good, or at least ok... right? Not trying to force opinions.

[@akrfilms511]

Layer Cake was another movie that was a book before it became a film. Very underrated.

[@lukecarruthers9350]

Harry Potter is based on books? What? What is this magic?

[@lukecarruthers9350]

tattoos9246 Holy shit, really, 10 points to you

[@lukecarruthers9350]

*cough* sarcasm *cough*

[@matic6423]

Luke Carruthers 10 points to gryffindor*

[@williamaperrow636]

They forgot “The Lincoln Lawyer”: a 2011 American legal thriller film adapted from the novel of the same name by Michael Connelly, starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, Bryan Cranston and Marisa Tomei. The story is adapted from the first of several novels featuring lawyer Mickey Haller, who works out of a chauffeur-driven Lincoln Town Car rather than an office. Haller is hired by a wealthy Los Angeles businesswoman to defend her son.

[@honkshredder]

The last time I was this early vine was just made

[@jeffreyelya9996]

There's actually another twist to the Die Hard story. It was also originally supposed to be a sequel to Commando.

[@swedishzeldafan6121]

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON???

[@swedishzeldafan6121]

Yup, I'm just so surpriced

[@claireaquos6532]

VEJN But they are very different...

[@Dr.PicklePh.D.]

Yeah! And the books are SO WORTH IT.

[@swedishzeldafan6121]

peanutbutterpickles You've read them?

[@Dr.PicklePh.D.]

Yes, yes I have. :) They're much different than the movies, yet the same in some ways, and they've got better villains imo. They start out a bit childish, but the dry humor is amazing throughout the series, and from book 8 (the series has 12) onwards it gets really intense, and suddenly all the little things that happened along the way become very important. I'm a big fan of the books and movies both. :)

[@h193013]

Also Legally Blonde and Shrek were based on books

[@NellieKAdaba]

Yes, and Polar Express as well.

[@outofthegrave4073]

Aren't most movies based on books?

[@MorganKing95]

+Out ot the Grave {Creepypasta} No

[@TheListenerCanon]

Yes they are.

[@jons5756]

Yes

[@djs_specs]

Most of these I already knew, but I actually wasn't aware of Die Hard being even loosely based on a book. There ya go.

[@ExploringWithDanny]

If you have a sec, I visit and document abandoned places take a look thanks!

[@himesama88]

Exploring With Danny You do videos with exploring with Josh right?

[@lblancelot]

Read the novel Forest Gump years before it was made into a movie. Even bought the book as a gift for friends. This book actually made me laugh out loud. If you haven't read it yet please do so. So different than the movie. Of the 30k copies sold before the movie, I bought 5 of them. 😊

[@Phtephknee]

Baliwood's 3 idiots was also based on a book and that was awesome!

[@goodjobeli]

OMG! HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON IS A BOOK! I NEVER KNEW not. She's all over British TV.

[@claireaquos6532]

Missycrafter Potter But they are very different from each other (Sorry for my Bad english)

[@jb888888888]

Don't they all say "based on ___" in the opening credits? I mean, I get that people ignore the closing credits but I'd think they watch the opening ones.

[@KayleeCee]

I had read Requiem for a Dream before I saw the movie. It's one of the few movies that really do the book justice.

[@tommiejonsson8952]

I knew that "The excorsist", "Scarface" "First blood" "Die hard" and "Jaws" were based on books - and I've actually owned and read "Jaws". Unfortunately, I accidently left it on a bus - I think. I had it with me when I left the house, but not when I came back home.

[@mateomoreno6125]

Did you know the secret of nimh is based on a book

[@sagefoole]

I knew most of them were based on books but "Die Hard" and "First Blood" caught me by surprise.

[@Doublemg12]

What about "Where the Heart Is"?

[@IAmKyndle]

Am I the only one who didn't know the Chronicles of Narnia was a book? The first movie is what got me into the books.

[@najhoant]

Would have been surprised if Die Hard HADN'T been number 1. Fun fact: the second Die Hard movie was also based on a novel

[@atomheartmothersuite7913]

Actually I knew Die Hard was originally a book. First Blood and Jaws have both being done on CineFix's 'What The Difference' And Forrest Gump even appeared on WMs least faithful adaptations list. Also, some people might not know that Kubrick films: Barry Lyndon and 2001 are both book adaptations

[@Nickmyster1000]

No mention of Who framed Roger rabbit, that legit surprised the hell out of me when I learnt if it's book