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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by puppy@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

When films are adapted from books, more often than not, I tend to find the books a lot more enjoyable. So I have skipped watching a lot of films in the hope of reading the books later.

So what are some great films not adapted from books? Or what are some films that are significantly better than the book they were adapted from?

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[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Gonna get pedantic here:

Blade Runner is based on "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" by Philip K Dick.
There Will Be Blood is based on "Oil" by Sinclair Lewis.
Both were acclaimed in their own right before the film adaptations.

Okey dokey then... carry on!

[-] theragu40@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] JoeyJoJoJuniour@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Also Schindlers List was a book first

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