10 beautiful film adaptations of literary works

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

This collection consists of the most interesting and striking screen adaptations of foreign novels over the past few years. See how the heroes of literary works leave the pages of books and come to life on the big screen.

Selling for a fall

• Drama, comedy, biography.
• USA, 2015.
• Filmed based on the book: “The Big Selling Game. The Secret Springs of Financial Crash, Michael Lewis.
• Duration: 130 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 8.

Four financial geniuses almost simultaneously predict the global economic crisis and a major collapse in the mortgage market. And then they make good money on it.

Long road

• Drama, melodrama.
• USA, 2015.
• Based on The Long Road by Nicholas Sparks.
• Duration: 128 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 1.

The life of a young couple is intricately intertwined with the life of an elderly man in a car accident. The old man's memories of the past help two lovers to make a rather difficult choice.

Abode of the damned

• Thriller.
• USA, 2014.
• Based on the book The System of Dr. Smol and Professor Perrault by Edgar Poe.
• Duration: 112 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 8.

A talented Oxford graduate goes to work in a psychiatric hospital and gradually discovers that the new method of treating patients is not as safe as it seems, and some hell is going on in the hospital itself.

The wolf of Wall Street

• Drama, comedy, crime.
• USA, 2013.
• Based on The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort.
• Duration: 180 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 2.

Based on true events, the story of investment broker Jordan Belfort, who quickly turned from an ordinary employee into a fabulous rich man.

The Incredible Life of Walter Mitty

• Adventure, melodrama, drama.
• USA, UK, 2013.
• Based on the book: The Incredible Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber.
• Duration: 114 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 3.

A modest and inconspicuous office worker Walter decides to completely change his life and sets off on a journey full of dangers across the incredibly beautiful Iceland.

Book thief

• Drama, military.
• USA, Germany, 2013.
• Based on the book: "The Book Thief", Markus Zuzak.
• Duration: 131 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 6.

Fleeing from the horrors of the Second World War, young Liesel Meminger finds solace in books. However, her hobby brings much more trouble than pleasure.

The Great Gatsby

• Drama, melodrama.
• USA, Australia, 2013.
• Based on The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald.
• Duration: 143 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 3.

The fateful meeting of the young writer Nick Carraway and the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby becomes the starting point for the beginning of the development of amazing events that influenced a huge number of people associated with them.

Life of Pi

• Fantasy, drama, adventure.
• USA, UK, 2012.
• Based on the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel.
• Duration: 127 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 0.

If you think that being in the middle of the open sea on a lifeboat alone with a Bengal tiger you will definitely die, then watch this film to be convinced of the opposite.

Les Miserables

• Musical, drama, melodrama.
• USA, UK, 2012.
• Based on the book Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.
• Duration: 158 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 6.

The film is set in France at the beginning of the 19th century. A former prisoner named Jacques Valjean is released early and decides to radically change his life.

Rum diary

• Drama, comedy, adventure.
• USA, 2010.
• Based on The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson.
• Duration: 120 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 2.

American journalist Paul Camp, fed up with life in New York, travels to Puerto Rico to work for a local newspaper and live a riotous lifestyle.