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5312

7.2

7.6

300 (2007)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: 300
PUBLISHED FORMAT: comic series
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Frank Miller
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

2234

6.3

6.8

1408

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: 1408
PUBLISHED FORMAT: short story
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Stephen King
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999 on an audiobook anthology and 2002 in Everything's Eventual, a King horror anthology
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

4051

7.2

7.3

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Taming of the Shrew
PUBLISHED FORMAT: play
AUTHOR/CREATOR: William Shakespeare
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: late 1500s
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: 10 Things I Hate About You is a modern variation of the Shakespearian play where the dialogue has been updated to present language, but the basic plot line remains the same.

becca85's rating:

3308

5.6

5.7

101 Dalmatians (1996)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: One Hundred and One Dalmatians
PUBLISHED FORMAT: children's book
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Dodie Smith
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1956
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

882

6.3

6.6

The 13th Warrior (1999)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Eaters of the Dead
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Michael Crichton
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1976
HAVE I READ: Yes
NOTES: With the release of the film, the novel has been re-published under the title The 13th Warrior.

becca85's rating:

7.4

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Jules Verne
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1870
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

1433

6.3

6.6

30 Days of Night (2007)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: 30 Days of Night
PUBLISHED FORMAT: comic book
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: I am finding conflicting information on the original publication date, but it sounds like it was originally published in 2002, but was re-released in 2004 when it garnered something of a cult following, also spawning the rest of the series.
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

207

4.6

4.4

30 Days Of Night: Dark Days (2010)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: 30 Days of Night: Dark Days
PUBLISHED FORMAT: comic book
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

4388

6.8

7.2

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Super-Toys Last All Summer Long
PUBLISHED FORMAT: short story
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Brian Aldiss
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1969
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

881

5.8

5.9

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Seth Grahame-Smith
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 2010
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

1268

6.7

The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Adjustment Team
PUBLISHED FORMAT: short story
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Philip K. Dick
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1954
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

266

6.9

6.8

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [and] The Wind in the Willows
PUBLISHED FORMAT: short story [and] children's book
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Washington Irving [and] Kenneth Grahame
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1820 [and] 1908
HAVE I READ: No [and] No
NOTES: Details above are listed respectively (each answer lists Sleepy Hollow first and the Wind in the Willows second).

becca85's rating:

184

4.7

5.2

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Le avventure di Pinocchio
PUBLISHED FORMAT: children's book
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Carlo Collodi
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1883
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

8.3

5.4

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Aftershock
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Chuck Scarborough
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1991
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: Written by a New York news anchorman who was concerned about a possible earthquake in New York.

becca85's rating:

5262

7.5

Aladdin (1992)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (or Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp)
PUBLISHED FORMAT: folktale
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Unknown
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1706 (in the English language)
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: Is a folktale contained within the collection of stories that comprise One Thousand and One Nights; many of these stories have been circulating for centuries, primarily by oration.

becca85's rating:

1186

6.4

Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
PUBLISHED FORMAT: folktale
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Unknown
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 18th century
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: This tale was added to the One Thousand and One Nights collection in the 18th century by a French archaeologist named Antoine Galland.

becca85's rating:

3129

7.3

7.4

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Charles Lutwidge (commonly known by his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll)
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1865
HAVE I READ: I think I started it, but never finished it.
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

4713

6.4

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

becca85's rating:

264

5.4

5.7

Allegiant (2016)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Allegiant
PUBLISHED FORMAT: young adult novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Veronica Roth
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

2473

6.4

6.9

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Amazing Spider-Man
PUBLISHED FORMAT: comic book series
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Stan Lee
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1963-present
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: I tried to avoid putting the comic book superheroes in here, but I guess they all originated in written works. However, it seems that the films of most, if not all, superhero adaptations used storylines from several comic books or they created completely original plots exclusively for the films, so pinpointing exact issues used in the films will be impossible, primarily because I don't actually read comic books and wouldn't know where to start in tracking said information down.

becca85's rating:

1310

5.6

6.5

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Amazing Spider-Man
PUBLISHED FORMAT: comic book series
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Stan Lee
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1963-present
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

2103

7.4

7.8

American Gangster (2007)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Return of Superfly
PUBLISHED FORMAT: magazine article
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Mark Jacobson
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000 or earlier (exact date is unknown)
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: Based on the real life story of Frank Lucas, a gangster from North Carolina.

becca85's rating:

316

5.2

An American Haunting (2005)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Bell Witch: An American Haunting
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Brent Monahan
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: Purported to be published from a manuscript found written by Richard Powell, the schoolteacher featured in the story.

becca85's rating:

4303

7.4

7.6

American Psycho (2000)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: American Psycho
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Bret Easton Ellis
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1991
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

619

6.1

6.2

The Amityville Horror (1979)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Amityville Horror
PUBLISHED FORMAT: non-fiction novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Jay Anson
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1977
HAVE I READ: Yes
NOTES: Based off of the "true" events of the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York (there is some debate over the validity of what happened, and I, personally, have no opinion one way or another on it).

becca85's rating:

1342

5.7

5.9

The Amityville Horror (2005)

becca85's rating:

195

5.6

Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Murder in Amityville
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Hans Holzer
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1979
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: Based loosely on the novel. The name of the family in the film was changed, but the novel and film attempted to explore why DeFeo murdered his entire family, even introducing his claims that voices told him to do it.

becca85's rating:

5.6

4.6

Amityville 1992: It's About Time

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Amityville: The Evil Escapes
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: John G. Jones
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: Both films Amityville: The Evil Escapes and Amityville Horror: It's About Time are based on the same novel. Both films (and the novel) explore items left behind by the Lutzes that were sold at auction and reportedly brought bad luck to the new owners of said items.

becca85's rating:

5.3

4.3

Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (1989)

becca85's rating:

155

7.2

7.4

And Then There Were None (1945)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Ten Little Niggers
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Agatha Christie
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1939
HAVE I READ: Yes
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

7.6

7.8

And Then There Were None (2015)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Ten Little Niggers
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Agatha Christie
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1939
HAVE I READ: Yes
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

278

7.2

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Andromeda Strain
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Michael Crichton
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1969
HAVE I READ: Yes
NOTES: The Andromeda Strain is the first novel Michael Crichton released under his own name, having used two pseudonyms for prior publications.

becca85's rating:

6.2

The Andromeda Strain (2008)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Andromeda Strain
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Michael Crichton
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1969
HAVE I READ: Yes
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

833

6.4

6.7

Anna and the King (1999)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Anna and the King of Siam
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Margaret Landon
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1944
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: The novel wasn't completely faithful to the diaries and memoirs of Anna Leonowens herself, and some of those were used for the basis of the film as well.

becca85's rating:

200

7.7

8.5

Anne of Green Gables (1985)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Anne of Green Gables
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Lucy Maud Montgomery
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1908
HAVE I READ: Yes
NOTES: Anne of Green Gables was the first of eleven books that detailed Anne Shirley's life and the lives of friends and family.

becca85's rating:

7.7

8.4

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Anne of Avonlea [and] Anne of the Island [and] Anne of Windy Poplars
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Lucy Maud Montgomery
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1909 [and] 1915 [and] 1936
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: The film pulled material from three of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne Shirley novels. The third installment in the film series was not based on any of the novels Lucy Maud Montgomery penned and was only based on characters created in the first two adaptations starring Megan Follows.

becca85's rating:

637

6.5

6.6

Annie (1982)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Little Orphan Annie
PUBLISHED FORMAT: comic strips
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Harold Gray
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1924
HAVE I READ: Some
NOTES: I debated with myself on whether to include the Annie films and I finally decided to keep them. Fun note: I typed Annie into the search bar of Listal and the three well-known adaptations came up. Each movie poster gets progressively more and more characters added to it (only two characters on the poster for the 1982 version, four characters for the 1999 version and six characters on the 2014 version).

becca85's rating:

125

6.4

6.6

Annie (1999)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Little Orphan Annie
PUBLISHED FORMAT: comic strips
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Harold Gray
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1924
HAVE I READ: Some
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

2979

7.6

Apollo 13 (1995)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Lost Moon
PUBLISHED FORMAT: non-fiction novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1994
HAVE I READ: Yes
NOTES: Lost Moon detailed the disastrous miracle that was the Apollo 13 mission. Fun fact: One of the most famous misquoted quotes of all time appears in this film. "Houston, we have a problem," is what we hear in the film, spoken by Tom Hanks (who portrays Jim Lovell). The actual words spoken by Jim Lovell himself were "Houston, we've had a problem."

becca85's rating:

556

5.5

5.3

Aquamarine (2006)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Aquamarine
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Alice Hoffman
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: Film only loosely based on novel.

becca85's rating:

1574

7.4

7.7

Argo (2012)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Master in Disguise [and] The Great Escape (or Escape from Tehran)
PUBLISHED FORMAT: non-fiction novel [and] magazine article
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Antonio J. Mendez [and] Joshuah Bearman
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999 [and] 2007
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: Argo is based on real events and takes the basis for the film from two published sources.

becca85's rating:

1220

5.3

5.9

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Around the World in 80 Days
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Jules Verne
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1873
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

3944

7.6

The Avengers (2012)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Avengers
PUBLISHED FORMAT: comic book series
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1963-present
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

1811

6.6

7.3

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

becca85's rating:

664

5.3

5.5

Babylon A.D.

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Babylon Babies
PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Maurice G. Dantec
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

157

5.5

5.8

The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Baby-Sitters Club
PUBLISHED FORMAT: young adult book series
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Ann M. Martin
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1986-2000
HAVE I READ: Some
NOTES: While the film isn't based on any one book, it kind of encompasses many of the aspects of the series. The series ultimately expanded to 200+ YA novels before publication ceased.

becca85's rating:

5.1

4.5

Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Bad Kids Go to Hell
PUBLISHED FORMAT: graphic novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Matthew Spradlin and Barry Wernick
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 2010
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

4.8

6.7

Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Bad Kids Go 2 Hell
PUBLISHED FORMAT: graphic novel
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Matthew Spradlin and Barry Wernick
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: Unknown (possibly around 2014)
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: The published work seemed to have been seeking assistance for publication in 2014 (a Kickstarter campaign was setup), but it seemed like they reached their goal in 2014, so I estimate that is when it was published, though it's difficult to determine.

becca85's rating:

3008

6.9

7.3

Bambi (1942)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Bambi, a Life in the Woods
PUBLISHED FORMAT: children's book
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Felix Salten
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1923
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: Despite Salten penning a sequel to the children's book, that sequel was not the basis for the Bambi II film (in fact Bambi II was not based on any book, merely using the characters from the first film).

becca85's rating:

5193

7.1

7.5

Batman (1989)

TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Batman
PUBLISHED FORMAT: comic book series
AUTHOR/CREATOR: Bob Kane and Bill Finger
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1939-present
HAVE I READ: No
NOTES: N/A

becca85's rating:

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FROM MY COLLECTION, I have compiled this list of movies and the occasional TV show came from novels, short stories, comic books, etc. Basically anything that I own, that was published in the written word before it was turned into a movie. It does not include vice versa (books that were based on movies/TV shows). There are some movies on this list that I didn't even know were based on novels, or other forms of the written word. I'm going to include notes on the actual publications where I can find the information. Basic notes will include author name(s), original title (if different from film title), and publication year, but I may add more details as I see fit. See the notes for The Amazing Spider-Man for my general details regarding the comic book superheroes.

This list has primarily been created as a future reading list for myself, but I thought I would publish it in case anyone else was interested in where some movies come from.