The books and the movies. Discover 100 literary adaptations

This week we have been able to read a list in culturamas that we liked so much, that we have decided to publish it so that you can enjoy it as much as we do. In it we can meet 100 novels that have later been used to create films, which in many cases have gone down in history as great productions.

In total we can see 100 novels that have later been turned into movies. There is no shortage of great classics known to all as Hamlet or Dracula, but neither are some that many will surely miss as they are Forrest Gump o Perfume. In addition, in this list we can also see literary sagas that have managed to sell hundreds of thousands of copies and that later their films have achieved even a greater triumph, two quite simple examples are Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings.

Next we show you the list of the 100 novels that have been adapted to the cinema afterwards;

1. 1984 (1949) - George Orwell, novel adapted as 1984 in 1984
2. Farewell to arms (1929) - Ernest Hemingway, novel adapted as Farewell to Arms in 1957
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) - Ken Kesey, novel adapted as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975
4. Heart of Darkness (1899) - Jack London, novel freely adapted as Apocalypse Now in 1979
5. Ben-Hur (1880) - Lewis Wallace, novel adapted as Ben-Hur in 1959
6. Snow White (1812) - Brothers Grimm, short story adapted as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937
7. Carrie (1974) - Stephen King, novel adapted as Carrie in 1976
8. From here to eternity (1951) - James Jones, novel adapted as From Here to Eternity in 1953
9. From the Earth to the moon (1865) - Jules Verne, novel adapted as Journey to the Moon in 1902
10. From the dead (1954) - Boileau-Narcejac, novel adapted as Vertigo in 1958
11. Twelve years of slavery (1853) - Solomon Northup, novel adapted as 12 Years a Slave in 2013
12. Doctor Zhivago (1957) - Boris Pasternak, novel adapted as Doctor Zhivago in 1965
13. Dracula - Bram Stoker, novel adapted as Dracula in 1992
14. Love in the Time of Cholera (1985) - Gabriel García Márquez, novel adapted as Love in the Time of Cholera in 2007
15. Schindler's Ark (1982) - Thomas Keneally, novel adapted as Schindler's List in 1993
16. Howl's Moving Castle (1986) - Diana Wynne Jones, novel adapted as Howl's Moving Castle in 2004
17. The fight Club (1996) - Chuck Palahniuk, novel adapted as Fight Club in 1999
18. The Da Vinci Code (2003) - Dan Brown, novel adapted as The Da Vinci Code in 2006
19. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Francis Scott Fitzgerald, short story adapted as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2007
20. The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson, novel adapted as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1931
21. The invisible man (1897) - HG Wells, novel adapted as The Invisible Man in 1933
22. The Shining (1977) - Stephen King, novel adapted as The Shining in 1980
23. The Great Gatsby (1925) - Francis Scott Fitzgerald, novel adapted as The Great Gatsby in 2013
24. The Hobbit (1937) - JRR Tolkien, novel adapted as The Hobbit from 2012
25. The bicentennial man (1976) - Isaac Asimov, short story adapted as The Bicentennial Man in 1999
26. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) - L. Frank Baum, novel adapted as The Wizard of Oz in 1939
27. The Name of the Rose (1980) - Umberto Eco, novel adapted as The Name of the Rose in 1986
28. The Godfather - Mario Puzo, novel adapted as The Godfather in 1972
29. The perfume (1985) - Patrick Süskind, novel adapted as Perfume: The Story of a Murderer in 2006
30. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1952) - Pierre Boulle, novel adapted as The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957
31. The Lear King (1605) - William Shakespeare, play adapted as King Lear in 1971
32. The alien face (1964) - Kōbō Abe, novel adapted as Another's Face in 1966
33. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien, novel adapted as The Lord of the Rings from 2001 to 2003
34. The silence of the inocents (1988) - Thomas Harris, novel adapted as The Silence of the Lambs in 1991
35. The tin drum (1959) - Günter Grass, novel adapted as The Tin Drum in 1979
36. The treasure of the Sierra Madre (1927) - Bruno Traven, novel adapted as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre in 1948
37. The old man and the sea (1952) - Ernest Hemingway, novel adapted as The Old Man and the Sea in 1958
38. She who was not (1952) - Boileau-Narcejac, novel adapted as Las diabolicas in 1955
39. Fahrenheit 451 (1953) - Ray Bradbury, novel adapted as Fahrenheit 451 in 1966
40. Forrest Gump (1986) - Wiston Groom, novel adapted as Forrest Gump in 1994
41. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley, novel adapted as Frankenstein in 1994
42. Hamlet (1605) - William Shakespeare, play adapted as Hamlet in 1948
43. Harry Potter - JK Rowling, saga of novels adapted as Harry Potter from 2001 to 2011
44. The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) - Edgar Allan Poe, short story adapted for film as The Fall of the House of Usher in 1960
45. The road - Cormac McCarthy, novel adapted as The Road in 2009
46. The House of the Spirits (1982) - Isabel Allende, novel adapted as The House of the Spirits in 1993
47. The sword in the Stone (1938) - Terrance Hambury White, novel freely adapted as The Sword in the Stone in 1963
48. The cat on the tin roof (1955) - Tennessee Williams, work adapted as The Cat on a Tin Roof in 1958
49. War of the Worlds (1898) - HG Wells, novel adapted as The War of the Worlds in 1953
50. The Neverending Story (1979) - Michael Ende, novel adapted as The Neverending Story in 1984
51. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984) - Milan Kundera, novel adapted as The Unbearable Lightness of Being in 1988
52. The island of the treasure (1883) - Robert Louis Stevenson, novel adapted as Treasure Island in 1950
53. The time Machine (1895) - HG Wells, novel adapted as The Time Machine in 2002
54. The Sand Woman (1962) - Kōbō Abe, novel adapted as Woman from the Sand in 1964
55. A Clockwork Orange (1962) - Anthony Burguess, novel adapted as A Clockwork Orange in 1971
56. The question of their eyes (2009 - Eduardo Sacheri, novel adapted as The secret of their eyes in 2009
57. Eve's wisdom (1946) - Mary Orr, short story adapted as Naked Eve in 1950
58. The luck of Barry Lyndon - William Makepeace Thackeray, novel adapted as Barry Lyndon in 1975
59. Around the world in eighty days (1872) - Jules Verne, novel adapted as Around the World in Eighty Days in 1956
60. The Adventures of Pinocchio (1882) - Carlo Collodi, novel adapted as Pinocchio in 1940
61. The Chronicles of Narnia (1949-1954) - CS Lewis, series of novels adapted as The Chronicles of Narnia from 2005 to 2010
62. The grapes of wrath (1939) - John Steinbeck, novel adapted as The Grapes of Wrath in 1940
63. Las ventajas de ser invisible (1999) - Stephen Chbosky, novel adapted as The Perks of Being Invisible in 2012
64. LA Confidential (1990) - James Ellroy, novel adapted as LA Confidential in 1997
65. Leaving Las Vegas (1990) - John O'Brien, adapted as Leaving Las Vegas in 1995
66. Lolita (1955) - Vladimir Nabokov, novel adapted as Lolita in 1962
67. gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell, novel adapted as Gone with the Wind in 1939
68. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins, saga of novels adapted as The Hunger Games since 2012
69. Gulliver's Travels (1726) - Jonathan Swift, novel adapted as Gulliver's Travels in 1939
70. Macbeth (1606) - William Shakespeare, play adapted as Macbeth in 1971
71. Madame Bovary (1857) - Gustave Flaubert, novel adapted as Madame Bovary in 1949
72. Slaughterhouse 5 (1969) - Kurt Vonnegut, novel adapted as Slaughterhouse 5 in 1972
73. Kill a Mockingbird (1960) - Harper Lee, Novel adapted as To Kill a Mockingbird in 1962
74. Misery - Stephen King, adapted as Misery in 1990
75. momo (1973) - Michael Ende, novel adapted as Momo in 1986
76. Little Women (1868) - Louisa May Alcott, novel adapted as Little Women in 1994
77. No country for old men (2005) - Cormac McCarhty, novel adapted as No Country for Old Men in 2007
78. Pride and prejudice (1813) - Jane Austen, novel adapted as Pride and Prejudice in 2005
79. Othello (1603) - William Shakespeare, play adapted as Othello in 1952
80. Pantaleon and the visitors (1973) - Mario Vargas Llosa, novel adapted as Pantaleón and the Visitors in 2000
81. Paprika (1993) - Yasutaka Tsutsui, novel adapted as Paprika in 2006
82. Peter Pan and Wendy (1911) - JM Barrie, novel adapted as Peter Pan in 1953
83. Psychosis - Robert Bloch, novel adapted as Psycho in 1960
84. Who wants to be a millionaire? (2005) - Vikas Swarup, novel adapted as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2008
85. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) - Edward Albee, work adapted as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966
86. Rashōmon and In the forest (1917) - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, short stories adapted as Rashomon in 1950
87. Rebelion on the farm (1945) - George Orwell, novel adapted as Farm Rebellion in 1954
88. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank's Redemption - Stephen King, novel adapted as Perpetual Chain in 1994
89. Robinson Crusoe (1719) - Daniel Defoe, novel adapted as Robinson Crusoe in 1954
90. Romeo AND Juliet (1597) - William Shakespeare, play adapted as Romeo and Juliet in 1996
91. Silk (1996) - Alessandro Baricco, novel adapted as Seda in 2007
92. Sense and Sensibility (1811) - Jane Austen, novel adapted as Sense and Sensibility in 1995
93. Silver Linings Playbook (2008) - Matthew Quick, novel adapted as The Bright Side of Things in 2012
94. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) - Philip K. Dick, adapted as Blade Runner in 1982
95. Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh, novel adapted as Trainspotting in 1996
96. Millenium Trilogy (2005-2007) - Stieg Larsson, trilogy of novels adapted as Millennium from 2009
97. It had to be murder (1942) - Cornell Woolrich, short story adapted as Rear Window in 1954
98. Twenty thousand leagues of underwater travel (1869) - Jules Verne, novel adapted as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in 1954
99. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) - Jules Verne, novel adapted as Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1959
100. wiseguy (1986) - Nicholas Pileggi, novel adapted as One of Ours in 1990

Do you miss a novel that was later adapted to the cinema? Is there a reverse case that has been successful?.

Source - culturemas.es