The Guardian Unlimited gives a list of the Top 50 Adaptations . So many good ones! Now to make this more personal I will bold the ones I've seen and underline the ones I've read. THE LIST 1984 Alice in Wonderland American Psycho Breakfast at Tiffany's Brighton Rock Catch 22 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory A Clockwork Orange Close Range (inc Brokeback Mountain) The Day of the Triffids Devil in a Blue Dress Different Seasons (inc The Shawshank Redemption ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (aka Bladerunner ) Doctor Zhivago Empire of the Sun The English Patient Fight Club The French Lieutenant's Woman Get Shorty The Godfather Goldfinger Goodfellas Heart of Darkness (aka Apocalypse Now ) The Hound of the Baskervilles Jaws The Jungle Book A Kestrel for a Knave (aka Kes) LA Confidential Les Liaisons Dangereuses Lolita Lord of the Flies The Maltese Falcon Oliver Twist One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Orlando The Outsiders Pride and Prejudice The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The Railway Children Rebecca The Remains of the Day Schindler's Ark (aka Schindler's List ) Sin City The Spy Who Came in From the Cold The Talented Mr Ripley Tess of the D'Urbervilles (After Les Miserables, the worst book I had to read in high school.) To Kill a Mockingbird (My #1 pick. I love the book and the movie equally. I think it's the perfect adaptation.) Trainspotting The Vanishing Watership Down (One of my favorite books from childhood.)