"The Day of the Jackal" (not to be confused with the Bruce Willis one). I listened to the novel on audiotape, was very happy with it, then I rented the movie and was pleasantly surprised at how professionally it was made. It stays in near perfect tandem with the novel, with some scenes being ripped straight out of the pages. There were a few liberties that were taken, like for example adding more of a romance with the Jackal's lover, but otherwise everything worked great.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Amazing book, film (Blade Runner) almost matches it.
The Godfather Parts 1 & 2 are the only movies that spring to mind that are actually better than the novel(s) they are based on (apart from Jaws, of course). Mario Puzo's work is pretty shallow and pulpy, the movies are rich, dark and much more menacing on screen than on the page.
Other than that, Fight Club (the movie) is probably as good as the book (although the end products are quite different), although there were parts of it that I thought played out better in the book. Same for A Clockwork Orange. Both fantastic films in their own right though.
I started reading The Da Vinci Code once. It was laughably bad, and I refuse to watch the movie. It's actually become a joke already. God I hate Tom Hanks.
Originally posted by Impediment
Some more I forgot to add:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Outsiders
To Kill a Mockingbird
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Rdemption
Stand by Me (originally The Body from the novella)I also agree with Dusty about Sin City. Seamlessly adapted from the graphic novels. Amazingly faithful!
great choices.I will list the ones that I have read that you listed that I agree are great novel to film movies.
Jaws
The Exorcist
the shining
one flew over the cuckoos nest
To Kill a mockingbird
The others you listed I havent read.
a few more I want to add to this list that are really great are
The amityville horror
Halloween
Patriot Games
The Omen and
Tex.