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Unpopular opinion: <i>The Shining</i> is a better book than movie.

Unpopular opinion: The Shining is a better book than movie.

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It's Finally Time To Decide If These 35 Movies Are Better Than The Books They're Based On

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It's Time To Decide If These Movies Are Better Than The Books They're Based On

Right let's start with off with a bang! Is _To Kill a Mockingbird_ better as a book or movie?

What about _The Godfather_?

Hey! Hey! Hey! What about the many adaptions of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, _Little Women_?

What about _The Color Purple_? Better as the Alice Walker novel or the Steven Spielberg-directed movie?

_The Wizard of Oz_, anyone?

What about _The Remains of the Day_? Better as the Kazuo Ishiguro novel or as the James Ivory adaption?

What do you reckon on Jane Austen's _Sense and Sensibility_? Better as the novel or the 1995-released movie?

Although the film adaption of _Forrest Gump_ won six Oscars, is it better as a movie or book?

_Persepolis_: better as the Marjane Satrapi autobiographical graphic novel or the 2007 film adaption?

What about _Doctor Zhivago_? Do you prefer David Lean's 1965 adaption or Boris Pasternak's famous novel?

This one might be pretty tough: do you prefer _The Princess Bride_ as the William Goldman novel or the film adaption?

What about this true story? Is _Hidden Figures_ better as the novel written by Margot Lee Shetterly or as the 2016 film adaption?

_Schindler's List_: better as the 1993 Steven Spielberg adaption or the original Thomas Keneally novel?

This one might be controversial! Is _Harry Potter_ better as a book series or as a movie franchise?

What about Charles Dickens' _Great Expectations_?

Miranda Priestly may be one of the greatest villains in cinematic history, but is _The Devil Wears Prada_ better as the Lauren Weinberger novel or the film adaption?

I'm pretty curious about this one. Is _The Lord of the Rings_ better as the Peter Jackson film trilogy or as the J.R.R. Tolkien novels?

This one might be a bit tricky! Do you prefer the 1994 adaption of _The Shawshank Redemption_ or the novella _Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption_ by Stephen King?

_No Country for Old Men_: better as the novel by Cormac McCarthy or the Coen Brothers' 2007 film?

Is _Goodfellas_ better as the 1990 film adaption or the original Nicholas Pileggi novel _Wiseguy_?

_Fight Club_: better as the David Fincher-directed adaption or the Chuck Palahniuk novel?

What about this other David Fincher-directed adaption? Do you prefer 2010's _The Social Network_ or Ben Mezrich's nonfiction book, _The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal_?

Do you prefer the 1973 adaption of _The Exorcist_ or the original novel by William Peter Blatty?

Maybe you prefer the 2000s movie adaption of the Michael Chabon novel, _Wonder Boys_?

Hey?! Hey, you! Do you prefer the Emma Donoghue novel or the 2015 film adaption of _Room_?

_One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_: better as the Ken Kesey novel or the 1975 Milos Forman film adaption?

Maybe you like Alfred Hitchcock's very different film adaption of the 1960 Robert Bloch novel, _Psycho_?

Or maybe you're more into Jonathan Demme's adaption of the Thomas Harris novel, _The Silence of the Lambs_?

_Crazy Rich Asians_: better as Kevin Kwan's 2013 satirical romantic comedy or the 2018 film adaption directed by Jon M. Chu?

Is the 1961 movie better than Truman Capote's novella, _Breakfast at Tiffany's_?

What about this one: is _American Psycho_ better as the novel written by Bret Easton Ellis or the 2000 film starring Christian Bale?

What about _The Perks of Being a Wallflower_?

Is _To All the Boys I've Loved Before_ better as Jenny Han's staggering New York Times bestseller or its 2018 Netflix adaption?

Don't worry, you're almost done! What do you think of _Trainspotting_? Better as Irvine Welsh's novel or the 1996 film adaption?

Last but certainly not least, do you prefer Stephen King's 1977 novel or the 1980 film adaption of _The Shining_?

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It's Finally Time To Decide If These 35 Movies Are Better Than The Books They're Based On

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It's Finally Time To Decide If These 35 Movies Are Better Than The Books They're Based On

This post is an entry in BuzzFeed’s 2nd Annual Community Summer Writers’ Challenge, where you can earn $$$ for creating your own lists and quizzes published through September 15, 2022! Check out alllll the details here. 👀

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