The Guardian's "Top 50 Adaptations"

1. 1. ? 1984 Drag me to re-order

2. 2. A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick Drag me to re-order

3. 3. Alice by Jan Svankmajer Drag me to re-order

4. 4. American Psycho (Unrated Version) by Mary Harron Drag me to re-order

5. 5. Apocalypse Now Drag me to re-order

6. 6. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Blake Edwards Drag me to re-order

7. 7. Blade Runner by Ridley Scott Drag me to re-order

8. 8. Brighton Rock by John Boulting 1947 (UK) 92min Drag me to re-order

9. 9. Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee Drag me to re-order

10. 10. Catch-22 by Mike Nichols Drag me to re-order

11. 11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Tim Burton Drag me to re-order

12. 12. Dangerous Liaisons by Stephen Frears Drag me to re-order

13. 13. Devil in a Blue Dress by Carl Franklin Drag me to re-order

14. 14. Doctor Zhivago by David Lean Drag me to re-order

15. 15. Empire of the Sun Drag me to re-order

16. 16. Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) by David Fincher Drag me to re-order

17. 17. Get Shorty Drag me to re-order

18. 18. Goldfinger by Guy Hamilton Drag me to re-order

19. 19. GoodFellas by Martin Scorsese Drag me to re-order

20. 20. Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition) Drag me to re-order

21. 21. Kes by Ken Loach Drag me to re-order

22. 22. L.A. Confidential by Curtis Hanson Drag me to re-order

23. 23. Lolita by Adrian Lyne Drag me to re-order

24. 24. Lord of the Flies by Harry Hook Drag me to re-order

25. 25. Oliver Twist by David Lean Drag me to re-order

26. 26. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Milos Forman Drag me to re-order

27. 27. Orlando by Sally Potter Drag me to re-order

28. 28. Pride and Prejudice (Special Edition) by Simon Langton Drag me to re-order

29. 29. Rebecca - Criterion Collection Drag me to re-order

30. 30. Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition) by Steven Spielberg Drag me to re-order

31. 31. Sin City Drag me to re-order

32. 32. Tess (Special Edition) by Roman Polanski Drag me to re-order

33. 33. Day of the Triffids by Freddie Francis Drag me to re-order

34. 34. The English Patient by Anthony Minghella Drag me to re-order

35. 35. The French Lieutenant's Woman by Karel Reisz Drag me to re-order

36. 36. The Godfather (Widescreen Edition) by Francis Ford Coppola Drag me to re-order

37. 37. Sherlock Holmes - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sidney Lanfield Drag me to re-order

38. 38. The Jungle Book (Limited Issue) by Wolfgang Reitherman Drag me to re-order

39. 39. The Maltese Falcon by John Huston Drag me to re-order

40. 40. The Outsiders by Francis Ford Coppola Drag me to re-order

41. 41. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Ronald Neame Drag me to re-order

42. 42. The Railway Children by Lionel Jeffries Drag me to re-order

43. 43. The Remains of the Day (Special Edition) Drag me to re-order

44. 44. The Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont Drag me to re-order

45. 45. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by Martin Ritt Drag me to re-order

46. 46. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Anthony Minghella Drag me to re-order

47. 47. The Vanishing by George Sluizer Drag me to re-order

48. 48. To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal Legacy Series) by Robert Mulligan Drag me to re-order

49. 49. Trainspotting by Danny Boyle Drag me to re-order

50. 50. Watership Down by Martin Rosen Drag me to re-order