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 Read the Book Before You See the Movie. Which is better? You decide. Browse movies based on books. 2008 Movies Based on Books
 Choke (Drama, Con-Man, Sexual Addiction, Adaptation)
 
  
      
  PLOT: Based on the book by author Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), Choke tells the story of a sex-addicted con-man named Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell), who pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.   AUTHOR: Chuck Palahniuk
 
  
 
 
 
 
			  
			  | 2008 Movies Based On Books List |    
			  | Movie Title | Book Title | Author |  |  21 |  Bringing Down the House | Ben Mezrich |  |  Appaloosa |  Appaloosa | Robert B. Parker |  |  Ballet Shoes |  Ballet Shoes | Noel Streatfeild |  |  Beaufort |  Beaufort | Ron Leshem |  |  Blindness |  Blindness | José Saramago |  |  Body of Lies |  Body of Lies | David Ignatius |  |  Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The |  Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The | John Boyne |  |  Choke |  Choke | Chuck Palahniuk |  |  Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The |  Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The | C. S. Lewis |  |  City of Ember |  City of Ember | Jeanne Duprau |  |  Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The |  Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The | F. Scott Fitzgerald |  |  Dark Knight, The |  Batman | Bob Kane |  |  Duchess, The |  Georgiana | Amanda Foreman |  |  He's Just Not That Into You |  He's Just Not That Into You | Greg Behrendt |  |  Horton Hears a Who! |  Horton Hears a Who! | Dr. Seuss |  |  House |  House | Ted Dekker |  |  In the Electric Mist |  In the Electric Mist | James Lee Burke |  |  Informers, The |  Informers, The | Bret Easton Ellis |  |  Iron Man |  Iron Man | Stan Lee |  |  John Adams |  John Adams | David McCullough |  |  Jumper |  Jumper | Steven Gould |  |  Kit Kittredge: An American Girl |  Kit an American Girl | Valerie Tripp |  |  Let the Right One In |  Let the Right One In | John Ajvide Lindqvist |  |  Life Before Her Eyes, The |  Life Before Her Eyes, The | Laura Kasischke |  |  Lipstick Jungle |  Lipstick Jungle | Candace Bushnell |  |  Marley & Me |  Marley & Me | John Grogan |  |  Married Life |  Five Roundabouts to Heaven | John Bingham |  |  Miracle at St. Anna |  Miracle at St. Anna | James McBride |  |  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | Winifred Watson |  |  Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The |  Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The | Michael Chabon |  |  Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist |  Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Rachel Cohn |  |  Nights in Rodanthe |  Nights in Rodanthe | Nicholas Sparks |  |  Northanger Abbey |  Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen |  |  Other Boleyn Girl, The |  Other Boleyn Girl, The | Philippa Gregory |  |  Privileged |  How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls | Zoey Dean |  |  Reader, The |  Reader, The | Bernhard Schlink |  |  Revolutionary Road |  Revolutionary Road | Richard Yates |  |  Ruins, The |  Ruins, The | Scott Smith |  |  Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, The |  Second Summer of the Sisterhood, The | Ann Brashares |  |  Snow Angels |  Snow Angels | Stewart O'Nan |  |  Soloist, The |  Soloist, The | Steve Lopez |  |  Speed Racer |  Mach Go Go Go | Tatsuo Yoshida |  |  Spiderwick Chronicles, The |  Spiderwick Chronicles, The | Holly Black |  |  Suburban Girl |  Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, The | Melissa Bank |  |  Tale of Despereaux, The |  Tale of Despereaux, The | Kate DiCamillo |  |  Tenth Circle, The |  Tenth Circle, The | Jodi Picoult |  |  Then She Found Me |  Then She Found Me | Elinor Lipman |  |  Towelhead |  Towelhead | Alicia Erian |  |  True Blood |  Dead Until Dark | Charlaine Harris |  |  Twilight |  Twilight | Stephenie Meyer |  |  Wanted |  Wanted | Mark Millar |  |  What Just Happened? |  What Just Happened? | Art Linson |  |  Yes Man |  Yes Man | Danny Wallace |  
 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
 ~Martin Farquhar Tupper
 
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