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The Book is Not Always Better: Favourite Adaptations (Letterboxd Showdown)

Here's my 50 favourite movies based on a book, graphic novel, essay, or a short story. These are loosely ranked. This list is part of Letterboxd's Showdown lists.

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  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

    1

  • Blade Runner

    2

  • Grave of the Fireflies

    3

  • Satantango

    4

  • Apocalypse Now

    5

  • Stalker

    6

  • Trainspotting

    7

  • A Clockwork Orange

    8

  • City of God

    9

  • There Will Be Blood

    10

  • Don't Look Now

    11

  • Memento

    12

  • Werckmeister Harmonies

    13

  • Blue Is the Warmest Color

    14

  • The Godfather

    15

  • The Wicker Man

    16

  • Die Hard

    17

  • Paths of Glory

    18

  • Ghost in the Shell

    19

  • Carol

    20

  • The Handmaiden

    21

  • Rosemary's Baby

    22

  • Barry Lyndon

    23

  • Oldboy

    24

  • The Shining

    25

  • Hard to Be a God

    26

  • Psycho

    27

  • Rear Window

    28

  • Fight Club

    29

  • Ivan's Childhood

    30

  • The Social Network

    31

  • Akira

    32

  • Raging Bull

    33

  • The Last Temptation of Christ

    34

  • Rashomon

    35

  • Eyes Wide Shut

    36

  • Vertigo

    37

  • The Red Shoes

    38

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    39

  • Inherent Vice

    40

  • Casino

    41

  • Under the Skin

    42

  • Silence

    43

  • Suspiria

    44

  • Odd Man Out

    45

  • The General

    46

  • GoodFellas

    47

  • Kwaidan

    48

  • Perfect Blue

    49

  • The Searchers

    50