The 10 Best Book-To-Movie Adaptations Of 2014
In order of release, these films made 2014 the year of the book-to-movie adaptation.
Posted on November 12, 2014, 20:32 GMT
Alexis Nedd
1. Divergent
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What it's based on: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Why it's the best: Badass lady butt-kicking action, Four's tattoos, and the slow realization that wow, that guy wasn't actually Macklemore.
2. The Double
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What it's based on: The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Why it's the best: Double the Eisenberg, double the fun.
3. The Fault In Our Stars
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What it's based on: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Why it's the best: We discovered which of our friends are secretly robots by asking if they cried at the end.
4. Edge of Tomorrow
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What it's based on: All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi ABe
Why it's the best: Time-resetting alien blood powers and Emily Blunt.
5. Snowpiercer
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What it's based on: Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette
Why it's the best: The scene in the schoolchildren's train car is one of the zaniest moments on film in 2014, period. WILFORD WILFORD WILFORD!
6. The Hundred-Foot Journey
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What it's based on: The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
Why it's the best: The food porn alone is amazing, but also it introduced a lot of us to the glory that is Manish Dayal.
7. This Is Where I Leave You
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What it's based on: This Is Where I Leave You by
Why it's the best: Jane Fonda is 76 years old. 76! 76! Look at her! 76!
8. The Maze Runner
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What it's based on: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Why it's the best: We can now add "maybe a virus idk" to the ever-growing list of movie apocalypses.
9. Gone Girl
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What it's based on: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.
Why it's the best: Haha wow. Um. Never marry.
10. Big Hero 6
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Release date: November 7, 2014
What it's based on: Big Hero 6 from Marvel comics.
Why it's the best: BAYMAX <3
Honorary Mention: Wild
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Release date: December 5, 2014
What it's based on: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Why it's the best: Well, to be fair it hasn't been released yet, but there's a lot of buzz surrounding Reese Witherspoon's performance!