Top Ten Film Adaptations that are Better Than the Book

The Top Ten
1 The Godfather

Yep, I agree with this one, though the book is really good too.

2 Jaws
3 The Shining

I'd say it's a tie.

4 The Silence of the Lambs
5 Pitch Perfect
6 Mean Girls
7 A Clockwork Orange
8 The Maze Runner
9 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
10 Apocalypse Now
The Contenders
11 Legally Blonde
12 Room
13 Jurassic Park

I agree with this one because the movie is more timely than the book.

14 Stand By Me
15 Mrs. Doubtfire
16 Brokeback Mountain
17 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Both are ok.
But it would've been more interesting to have seen Vernon's day at work seeing McGonagall in cat form and all the other witches and wizards, Peeves, the Librarian, Professor Binns, Gryffindor vs Hufflepuff Quidditch Match and Harry sees Quirrell and Snape in the forest after the match, more of the centaurs, Snape's protection for the stone.

18 The Wizard of Oz

I dunno it's a good musical but..
Oz in the book was not a dream.
I wonder what the plots of the 13 other books are yeah there are 14 books altogether.

19 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
20 Forrest Gump

I like Forrest Gump in the movie better, plus the movie is more encouraging, dramatic and smoother.

21 Die Hard

Yes, "Die Hard" is based on a novel – however, John McClane is a Hollywood original. Roderick Thorp's novel "Nothing Lasts Forever" and the Bruce Willis classic both center around detectives caught in a building with terrorists, but the novel's protagonist is a retired officer who specializes in catching explosive baddies. "Die Hard" presents McClane as an everyman who's in way over his head, which is more exciting than "Nothing Lasts Forever's" action hero protagonist. Adding a touch of holiday spirit and a bunch of perpetually quotable lines, "Die Hard" turned Thorp's nihilistic novel into the perfect action flick.

22 No Country for Old Men
23 American Psycho
24 Children of Men
25 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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