15 Books That Inspired Your Favourite Oscar Winning Films
With the Oscar fever still high, binge on the books that inspired award winning films.
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The Annual Academy Awards introduce us to some of the best films of the year.
But did you know that some of the most popular Oscar winning films were based on books?
Enjoy this list of the books that inspired some of the most iconic Oscar films of all time!
1. 1974: The Godfather II was inspired by The Godfather by Mario Puzo - ₹355

2. 1975: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey - ₹276

3. 1983: Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurthy - ₹304

4. 1987: The Last Emperor was inspired by The Last Manchu: the Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China by Kuo Ying - ₹894

5. 1989: Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry - ₹800

6. 1991: The Silence of The Lambs by Thomas Harris - ₹379

This legendary movie that won five Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins who had only 16 minutes of screen time in the film, was based on the book by Thomas Harris about an FBI agent who had to turn to a cannibal serial killer for advice on an ongoing investigation. Get it here.
7. 1993: Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally - ₹340

This movie that took home seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay was based on the Booker prize winning book about Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi Party, who played a vital role in saving hundreds of Jews from concentration camps. Get it here.
8. 1994: Forrest Gump by Winston Groom - ₹280

This film that won six Academy Awards including Best Actor for Tom Hanks was inspired by the hilariously heartwarming book of the same name about Forrest Gump, a special man whose life takes him on many adventures including the Vietnam War, a Hollywood movie set, and even a NASA mission. Get it here.
9. 1996: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje - ₹388

10. 2001: A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar - ₹1,299

11. 2004: Million Dollar Baby was inspired by Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole - ₹941

12. 2008: Slumdog Millionaire was inspired by Q&A by Vikas Swarup - ₹840

This legendary Oscar winning film that gave our own A.R. Rahman an Academy Award was based on Vikas Swarup’s Nigel about a poor boy who’s interrogated by the police after winning India’s biggest show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, because no one could believe that a slumdog could possibly know all the answers to the 12 questions in the show. Get it here.
13. 2013: 12 Years a Slave was based on Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - ₹389

14. 2020: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - ₹198

This film that won the Oscars for best costume design this year was based on the classic book about the four sisters of the March house, who may be poor, but their life is rich in spirit, and tells the story of their lives as they deal with life’s mundane problems, make and lose friendships, and learn from their many mistakes. Get it here.
15. 2020: Jojo Rabbit was based on Caging Skies by Christine Leunens - ₹423
