50 Movies That Are Better Than The Book

Tired of literary snobs constantly belittling films based on novels? Like David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, these cinematic adaptations should shut them up.

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Shutter Island

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Jackie Brown

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Drive

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Let Me In

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High And Low

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The Verdict

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The Constant Gardener

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The Bourne Ultimatum

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Full Metal Jacket

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Gone Baby Gone

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Angel Heart

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The Innocents

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Forrest Gump

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Island Of Lost Souls

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The Princess Bride

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Wild At Heart

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Legends Of The Fall

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The Last Of The Mohicans

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Atonement

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Double Indemnity

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

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The Maltese Falcon

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The English Patient

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Trainspotting

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Manhunter

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Breakfast At Tiffany's

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No Country For Old Men

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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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Cape Fear

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The Vanishing

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The Prestige

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Rebecca

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Children Of Men

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The Haunting

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Fight Club

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Jaws

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Requiem For A Dream

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L.A. Confidential

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Dr. Strangelove

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Blade Runner

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Psycho

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Gone With The Wind

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The Shining

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There Will Be Blood

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Rosemary's Baby

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Apocalypse Now

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The Silence Of The Lambs

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The Godfather

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The Exorcist

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A Clockwork Orange

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