Top 5 Book to Movie Adaptations

As you might know this but if not let me tell you the fact around 73% of the movies and web series are directly or indirectly adapted from the novels only.

So here's the list of top 5 movies adapted from the books :

1. The Godfather (1972)

📚 Book : The Godfather by Mario Puzo                             🎥 IMDb : 9.2 / 10 

It is an American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo. It is the first instalment in The Godfather Trilogy. The story spanning from 1945 to 1955, chronicles of Corleone family under Vito Corleone (Brando),focusing on the transformation of one of his sons, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

2. The Lord of the Rings ( 2001-2003 )

📚 Book : Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkein                      🎥 IMDb : 8.7 / 10

It is a film series of three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. The films are The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003). Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth, the films follow the hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and the Fellowship embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring, to ensure the destruction of its maker, the Dark Lord Sauron. The Fellowship eventually splits up and Frodo continues the quest with his loyal companion Sam and the treacherous Gollum.

3. Harry Potter ( 2001-2011 )

📚 Book : Harry Potter Series by J.K.Rowling                     🎥 IMDb : 7.8 / 10

It is a British-American film series based on the eponymous novels. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of eight fantasy films, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). Harry Potter is an Orphaned Boy who defeats Voldemort, one of the greatest Dark Wizards of all time and loses some people he loves along the way. His best friends are Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley and his favourite sport is Quidditch. He loves to fly and plays the Seeker.

4. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

📚 Book : Different Seasons by Stephen King                    🎥 IMDb : 9.3 / 10

It is an American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont. It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler  "Red" (Morgan Freeman), and becomes instrumental in a money-laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton .

5. The Great Gatsby (1974) 

📚 Book : The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald              🎥 IMDb : 6.4 / 10   

It is an American romantic drama film.It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by David Merrick from a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola. It follows Jay Gatsby, a man who orders his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, the love he lost five years earlier. Gatsby's quest leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved, and eventually to death.

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