The 15 Greatest Movies with Novels as Source Material

Not only are these great movies, but the novels on which they are based are classics, too. If you’re in a reading group, why not read the book, then watch the movie? I only chose novels, no non-fiction (i.e., A Beautiful Mind) or drama (i.e., Much Ado About Nothing). Movies are listed alphabetically.

1. Ben-Hur – Novel by Lew Wallace
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai – Novel by Pierre Boulle
3. Field of Dreams – Based on Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
4. The Godfather – Novel by Mario Puzo
5. Gone with the Wind – Novel by Margaret Mitchell
6. The Grapes of Wrath – Novel by John Steinbeck
7. The Lord of the Rings – Novel by J.R.R. Tolkien
8. The Maltese Falcon – Novel by Dashiell Hammet
9. Master and Commander – Novel by Patrick O’Brian
10. The Natural – Novel by Bernard Malamud
11. A Room with a View – Novel by E.M. Forster
12. The Searchers – Novel by Alan Lemay
13. Shane – Novel by Jack Schaefer
14. To Kill a Mockingbird – Novel by Harper Lee
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Novel by Arthur C. Clarke

What are your favorite movies based on novels? Leave a comment and let me know.