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Book v. Film

Which is really better, book or film?  (Each determination is relative; it could be that neither can be truly called "good.")
​Check back, as this list will continue to expand.
Book

Book

Movie(s)

Book

Movie

Toss Up

The Amityville Horror (1977)

The Amityville Horror (1979)

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The Amityville Horror (2005)

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Anatomy of a Murder (1958)

Anatomy of a Murder (1958)

 

P

 

And Then There Were None (1939)

And Then There Were None (1945)

 

 

P

The Bad Seed (1954)

The Bad Seed (1956)

 

P

 

Battle Royale (1999)

Battle Royale (2000)

P

 

 

Beast (1991)

Beast (1996-TV)

P

 

 

Burnt Offerings (1973)

Burnt Offerings (1976)

P

 

 

Carrie (1974)

Carrie (1976)

 

P

 

The Cider House Rules (1985)

The Cider House Rules (1999)

P

 

 

Coma (1973)

Coma (1978)

 

P

 

Congo (1980)

Congo (1995)

P

 

 

Contact (1985)

Contact (1997)

P

 

 

The Da Vinci Code (2003)

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

P

 

 

Death Wish (1972)

Death Wish (1974)

 

 

P

Demon Seed (1973)

Demon Seed (1977)

P

 

 

Dracula (1897)

Dracula (1931)

P

 

 

Ender's Game (1985)

Ender's Game (2013)

P

 

 

The Entity (1978)

The Entity (1981)

 

 

P

The Executioners (1957)

Cape Fear (1962)

 

P

 

 

Cape Fear (1991)

P

 

 

Fail-Safe (1962)

Fail Safe (1964)

 

 

P

Firestarter (1980)

Firestarter (1984)

P

 

 

Fletch (1974)

Fletch (1985)

 

 

P

Flowers in the Attic (1979)

Flowers in the Attic (1987)

 

 

P

Gone With the Wind (1936)

Gone With the Wind (1939)

P

 

 

Green Mansions (1904)

Green Mansions (1959)

 

 

P

Hannibal 1999)

Hannibal (2001)

 

 

P

Hell House (1971)

The Legend of Hell House (1973)

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I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973)

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

 

P

 

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1955)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

 

P

 

 

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

P

 

 

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)

The Island of Lost Souls (1932)

P

 

 

 

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

P

 

 

Jaws (1974)

Jaws (1975)

 

P

 

Jurassic Park (1990)

Jurassic Park (1993)

 

P

 

The Lair of the White Worm (1911)

The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

 

P

 

The Living and the Dead (1954)

Vertigo (1958)

 

P

 

Lost Horizon (1933)

Lost Horizon (1937)

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The Lost World (1912)

The Lost World (1960)

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The Manitou (1976)

The Manitou (1978)

 

 

P

Man on Fire (1980)

Man on Fire (2004)

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Marnie (1961)

Marnie (1964)

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Millennium (1983)

Millennium (1989)

P

 

 

Phantom Lady (1942)

Phantom Lady (1944)

 

 

P

The Planet of the Apes (1963)

The Planet of the Apes (1968)

 

 

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The Planet of the Apes (2001)

P

 

 

The Poseidon Adventure (1969)

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

 

 

P

 

Poseidon (2006)

P

 

 

Psycho (1959)

Psycho (1960)

 

P

 

Red Dragon (1981)

Manhunter (1986)

 

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Red Dragon (2002)

P

 

 

Rising Sun (1992)

Rising Sun (1993)

P

 

 

Rosemary’s Baby (1967)

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

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Rosemary’s Baby (2014-TV)

P

 

 

The Running Man (1982)

The Running Man (1987)

 

P

 

She (1887)

She (1965)

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The Shining (1977)

The Shining (1980)

 

 

P

The Silence of the Lambs (1988)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

 

P

 

Sphere (1987)

Sphere (1998)

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A Stir of Echoes (1958)

Stir of Echoes (1999)

 

 

P

The Stepford Wives (1972)

The Stepford Wives (1975)

 

 

P

 

The Stepford Wives (2004)

P

 

 

The Tarnsman of Gor (1966)

Gor (1988)

P

 

 

The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)

The 39 Steps (1935)

 

P

 

True Grit (1968)

True Grit (1969)

 

 

P

 

True Grit (2010)

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Virgin (1980)

Child of Darkness, Child of Light (1991-TV)

 

 

P

The War of the Worlds (1897)

The War of the Worlds (1953)

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War of the Worlds (2005)

P

 

 

A Wrinkle in Time (1963)

A Wrinkle in Time (2003)

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