19 Movies That Utterly Butchered The Book They Were Based On, And 18 That Actually Made The Stories Better

A while back, Reddit user u/theyusedthelamppost asked about movies that butchered a great book — and another user asked about movies that were actually better than the book. Here are some of their hottest takes.

3. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: Artemis Fowl

4. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: Big Fish

6. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: Jaws

8. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: Children of Men

9. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: Ender's Game

10. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: The Martian

11. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: The Lovely Bones

12. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: The Godfather

13. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: A Wrinkle in Time

14. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: Forrest Gump

15. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: The Neverending Story

16. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: The Mist

17. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: Water for Elephants

18. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: Fight Club

19. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: The Golden Compass

20. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: the How To Train Your Dragon franchise

21. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: The Dark Tower

22. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: Jurassic Park

23. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: The Lost World: Jurassic Park

24. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: The Devil Wears Prada

25. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

26. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: Matilda

27. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: My Sister's Keeper

28. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: American Psycho

29. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

30. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: Carrie

31. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

32. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: Coraline

33. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: World War Z

34. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: I'm Thinking of Ending Things

35. BUTCHERED THE BOOK: Watchmen

36. BETTER THAN THE BOOK: The Last of the Mohicans

37. And finally, BUTCHERED THE BOOK: "All of the Bourne films after the first one."

What do you think is the worst book-to-film adaptation of all time? What about the best adaptation? Let us know in the comments below!

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