How did they ever make a movie of…?
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17 (19 actually, the LotR trilogy counts as one) successful adaptations of “unadaptable” books, by Vadim Rizov, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Marcus Gilmer, Will Harris, Genevieve Koski, Keith Phipps, Nathan Rabin, Tasha Robinson, Scott Tobias, Emily Withrow, And Claire Zulkey (A.V. Club)
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003, in 29 top lists Check -
11 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002, in 26 top lists Check -
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Mean Girls
2004, in 4 top lists Check -
7 new
American Psycho
2000, in 12 top lists Check -
18 new
Where the Wild Things Are
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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Crash
1996, in 9 top lists Check -
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Moneyball
2011, in 3 top lists Check -
5 new
Lolita
1962, in 11 top lists Check -
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...
1972, in 2 top lists Check -
3 new
Naked Lunch
1991, in 4 top lists Check -
4 new
Fast Food Nation
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
1 new
A Cock and Bull Story
2005 — a.k.a. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, in 1 top list Check -
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The Dead
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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Orlando
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
19 new
Johnny Got His Gun
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
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Slaughterhouse-Five
1972, in 1 top list Check -
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Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel...
1999 — a.k.a. Marcel Proust's Time Regained, in 5 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 29, 2012; source