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 2001 Movies Based on Books
Read the Book Before You See the Movie. Which is better? You decide. Browse movies based on books.
| LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Adventure, Fantasy, Monsters, Epic, Adaptation)
PLOT: In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo (Elijah Wood) has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an epic quest to Mt. Doom in order to destroy it by throwing it into a volcano. If he should fail, the Dark Lord Sauron will use the powerful ring to enslave the free peoples of the mythical realm of Middle-earth. AUTHOR: J. R. R. Tolkien
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| BRIDGET JONE'S DIARY (Comedy, Marriage, Relationships, Womenhood, Adaptation)
PLOT: Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is an average woman struggling against her many imperfections. Bridget decides to keep a diary in which she'll always tell the complete truth, including her feelings about her boss (Hugh Grant) and her friend Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). The movie is based on the book by Helen Fielding. AUTHOR: Helen Fielding
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (Adventure, Children, Witches, Wizards, Magic, Adaptation)
PLOT: A boy named Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) lives with his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon under the stairs in their home. Mistreated by his guardians, Harry soon discovers that he is a wizard, and has been summoned to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There, Harry learns to fly, cast spells, and perform other feats of sorcery. AUTHOR: J. K. Rowling
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| SHREK (Comedy, Fantasy, Monsters, Children, Computer Animation, Adaptation)
PLOT: Shrek tells the story of a reclusive, hideous ogre (voiced by Mike Myers) and an annoying donkey (Eddie Murphy), who go on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from a tyrannical midget named Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). Computer animated. AUTHOR: William Steig
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| ALONG CAME A SPIDER (Drama, Thriller, Kidnapping, Adaptation)
PLOT: The movie is prequel to 1997's Kiss the Girls — also based on a novel by James Patterson. Here, a congressman's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school by an insider. The abductor calls Det. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman), sucking him into the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner. AUTHOR: James Patterson
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2001 Movies Based On Books List |
| Movie Title | Book Title | Author |
 Along Came a Spider |  Along Came Spider | James Patterson | | Band of Brothers | Band of Brothers | Stephen E. Ambrose | | Beautiful Mind, A | Beautiful Mind, A | Sylvia Nasar | | Black Hawk Down | Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War | Mark Bowden | | Blow | Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All | Bruce Porter | | Bridget Jone's Diary | Bridget Jone's Diary | Helen Fielding | | Buffalo Soldiers | Buffalo Soldiers | Robert O'Connor | | Bully | Bully: A True Story of High School Revenge | Jim Schutze | | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Corelli's Mandolin | Louis DeBernieres | | Caveman's Valentine, The | Caveman's Valentine, The | George Dawes Green | | Charlotte Gray | Charlotte Gray | Sebastian Faulks | | Dagon | Dagon | H. P. Lovecraft | | Deep End, The | Blank Wall, The | Elisabeth Sanxay Holding | | Don't Say a Word | Don't Say a Word | Andrew Klavan | | Emperor's New Clothes | Death of Napoleon | Simon Leys | | Enigma | Enigma | Robert Harris | | Exit Wounds | Exit Wounds | John Westermann | | Fast Sofa | Fast Sofa | Bruce Craven | | Fourth Angel, The | Fourth Angel, The | Robin Hunter | | From Hell | From Hell | Alan Moore | | Gaudi Afternoon | Gaudi Afternoon | Barbara Wilson | | Gentleman's Game, A | Gentleman's Game, A | Tom Coyne | | Ghost World | Ghost World | Daniel Clowes | | Hannibal | Hannibal | Thomas Harris | | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J. K. Rowling | | Hearts in Atlantis | Hearts in Atlantis | Stephen King | | In the Bedroom | Killings | Andre Dubus | | Invisible Circus | Invisible Circus | Jennifer Egan | | Iris | Elegy for Iris | John Bayley | | K-PAX | K-PAX: A Novel | Gene Brewer | | Kaaterskill Falls | Kaaterskill Falls | Allegra Goodman | | Last Orders | Last Orders | Graham Swift | | Legally Blonde | Legally Blonde | Amanda Brown | | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | J. R. R. Tolkien | | Lost and Delirious | Wives of Bath, The | Susan Swan | | Musketeer, The | Three Musketeers, The | Alexandre Dumas | | Mystic Masseur | Mystic Masseur | V. S. Naipaul | | Other Side of Heaven, The | In The Eye of The Storm | John H. Groberg | | Pearl Harbor | Pearl Harbor | Randall Wallace | | Planet of the Apes | Monkey Planet | Pierre Boulle | | Pledge, The | Pledge, The | Friedrich D?rrenmatt | | Point Men, The | Heat of Ramadan, The | Steven Hartov | | Princess Diaries, The | Princess Diaries, The | Meg Cabot | | Prozac Nation | Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America | Elizabeth Wurtzel | | Riding in Cars With Boys | Riding in Cars With Boys | Beverly D'Onofrio | | Safety of Objects, The | Safety of Objects: Stories, The | A. M. Homes | | Scotland, Pa. | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | | Shipping News, The | Shipping News, The | E. Annie Proulx | | Shrek | Shrek | William Steig | | Someone Like You | Animal Husbandry | Laura Zigman | | Tailor of Panama, The | Tailor of Panama, The | John Le Carr | | Triumph of Love | Triumph of Love | Pierre Marivaux | | Trumpet of the Swan, The | Trumpet of the Swan, The | E. B. White | | Valentine | Valentine: A Novel | Tom Savage | | What's the Worst that Could Happen? | What's the Worst that Could Happen? | Donald E. Westlake | | Women in Film | I'm Losing You | Bruce Wagner |
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
~Martin Farquhar Tupper
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