Movies adapted from books so radically that the original stories are unrecognizable

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These are movies based on books (or short stories), but so freely "adapted" that they bear little if any resemblance to the original stories.

Please keep in alphabetical order and ignore articles like "a," "an," or "the" as the first word.

  2. 2.
    I, Robot (Widescreen Edition)
    by Alex Proyas
  3. 3.
    Jumper
    by Doug Liman
  4. 4.
    The Lawnmower Man (New Line Platinum Series)
    by Brett Leonard
  6. 6.
    Nightfall [VHS]

  7. 7.
    Paycheck (Special Collector's Edition)
    by John Woo
  8. 8.
    The Scarlet Letter
    by Roland Joffé
  9. 9.
    Starship Troopers

  10. 10.
    Total Recall
    by Paul Verhoeven
  11. 11.
    Clueless
    by Amy Heckerling
  12. 12.
    10 Things I Hate About You

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Created by Larry Gilbert on Sep 13, 2007.
 

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ihaveshoos

Classics Reworked? — 3 years ago

What about “Ten Things I Hate About You” which was based on the Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, or “Clueless” which was based on Emma by Jane Austen?

Mar 17, 10:59AM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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