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 2000 Movies Based on Books
Read the Book Before You See the Movie. Which is better? You decide. Browse movies based on books.
| AMERICAN PSYCHO (Satire, Strong Violence, New York City, Psycho, Adaptation)
PLOT: Patrick Bateman works on Wall Street by day and fills his nights with murderous actions impossible to fathom. Christian Bale plays this soul-less, modern monster whose zealous materialism and piercing envy fuels his homicidal activities. The movie is based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis (The Rules of Attraction, Less Than Zero). AUTHOR: Bret Easton Ellis
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| HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (Holiday, Christmas Spirit, Children's, Adaptation)
PLOT: Dr. Seuss' classic 1957 book and 1966 animated TV special come to the big screen. Jim Carrey is the bitter, green Grinch who contrives to steal Christmas from the devoutly happy Whos. When the Grinch slithers down to Whoville on Christmas Eve, an unexpected encounter with little Cindy Lou Who teaches him that the Christmas spirit is more than presents, decorations, and roast beast. AUTHOR: Dr. Seuss
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| CHOCOLAT (Romance, France, Small Town, 1950s, Chocolate, Adaptation)
PLOT: Chocolat tells the story of Vianne (Juliette Binoche), a single mother who moves to a small French town in the '50s with her 6-year-old daughter, Anouk. She opens a chocolate shop, which angers the mayor (Alfred Molina) by staying open on Sundays. The town begins to grow on Vianne, who has never been able to stay in one place for very long. Also starring Johnny Depp as Vianne's love interest. AUTHOR: Joanne Harris
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| MY DOG SKIP (Family, Dog, 1940s, Friendship, Adaptation)
PLOT: A shy boy played by Frankie Muniz is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy. AUTHOR: Willie Morris
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| HIGH FIDELITY (Romantic Comedy, Music, Relationships, Love, Adaptation)
PLOT: High Fidelity tells the story of Rob (John Cusack), a record store owner and compulsive list maker, who recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress. Rob's relationship with the geeky guys who help run the store, Dick (Todd Louiso) and Barry (Jack Black), is hilarious and juvenile. Based on the book by Nick Hornby, the film translates well with Cusack delivering a series of genuine, talk-to-the-camera, Ferris Bueller-style monologues. AUTHOR: Nick Hornby
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2000 Movies Based On Books List |
| Movie Title | Book Title | Author |
 All the Pretty Horses |  All the Pretty Horses | Cormac McCarthy | | American Psycho | American Psycho | Bret Easton Ellis | | Animal Factory | Animal Factory, The | Edward Bunker | | Bad Faith | Bad Faith | Ian Adams | | Battlefield Earth | Battlefield Earth | L. Ron Hubbard | | Beach, The | Beach, The | Alex Garland | | Body, The | Body, The | Richard Sapir | | Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The | Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The | Robert Cormier | | Chocolat | Chocolat | Joanne Harris | | Complicity | Complicity | Iain Banks | | Dead Babies | Dead Babies | Martin Amis | | Get Carter | Jack's Return Home | Ted Lewis | | Golden Bowl, The | Golden Bowl, The | Henry James | | Hanging Up | Hanging Up | Delia Ephron | | High Fidelity | High Fidelity | Nick Hornby | | House of Mirth, The | House of Mirth, The | Edith Wharton | | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Dr. Seuss | | I Dreamed of Africa | I Dreamed of Africa | Kuki Gallman | | Jill Rips | Jill Rips | Frederic Lindsay | | Legend of Bagger Vance, The | Legend of Bagger Vance: Golf and the Game of Life, The | Steven Pressfield | | Little Vampire, The | Little Vampire, The | Angela Sommer-Bodenburg | | Luzhin Defence, The | Defence, The | Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov | | Maybe Baby | Inconceivable | Ben Elton | | Memento | Memento Mori | Jonathan Nolan | | Monkey's Mask, The | Monkey's Mask, The | Dorothy Porter | | My Dog Skip | My Dog Skip | Willie Morris | | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Odyssey | Homer | | Pavilion of Women | Pavilion of Women | Pearl S. Buck | | Pay It Forward | Pay It Forward | Catherine Ryan Hyde | | Perfect Storm, The | Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea | Sebastian Junger | | Pollock | Jackson Pollock: An American Saga | Steven Naifeh | | Rancid Aluminium | Rancid Aluminium | James Hawes | | Shaft | Shaft | Ernest Tidyman | | Testimony of Taliesin Jones, The | Testimony of Taliesin Jones, The | Rhidian Brook | | Up at the Villa | Up at the Villa | W. Somerset Maugham | | Waking the Dead | Waking the Dead | Scott Spencer | | Weight of Water, The | Weight of Water, The | Anita Shreve | | Where the Heart Is | Where the Heart Is | Billie Letts | | Wonder Boys, The | Wonder Boys, The | Michael Chabon |
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
~Martin Farquhar Tupper
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