Lists of Bests: The Guardian's "Top 50 Adaptations" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4255 Guardian Unlimited has revealed its list of the 50 best film adaptations of pre-existing books. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:54:41 GMT en-us 0 50 50 0 0 1984 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025857 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> A Clockwork Orange http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52093 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52093"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005ATQB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> Alice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66219 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66219"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305779635.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jan Svankmajer</div> American Psycho (Unrated Version) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113665 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113665"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004U8H4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Harron</div> Apocalypse Now http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40001 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40001"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305609705.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Breakfast at Tiffany's http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44685 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44685"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305537321.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Blake Edwards</div> Blade Runner http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188827 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188827"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004RYU5.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ridley Scott</div> Brighton Rock http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65321 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Boulting 1947 (UK) 92min</div> Brokeback Mountain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71401 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71401"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JOFO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123700351_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ang Lee</div> Catch-22 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55091 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005ASGC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Nichols</div> Charlie and the Chocolate Factory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/98605 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/98605"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BB96LW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Burton</div> Dangerous Liaisons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75201 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75201"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6304696515.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Frears</div> Devil in a Blue Dress http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66913 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66913"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767818075.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Franklin</div> Doctor Zhivago http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/198481 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/198481"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000065FOU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lean</div> Empire of the Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35876 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35876"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415KQT0H6WL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38827 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38827"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516ZF6YQKAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Fincher</div> Get Shorty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51107 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51107"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792833279.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Goldfinger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81288 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81288"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6304698836.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guy Hamilton</div> GoodFellas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/276998 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/276998"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002W12K8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Scorsese</div> Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/80958 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/80958"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0008KLVG4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Kes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268506 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268506"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A3YH7Y.01-A1HZSA5JUUDTUK._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Loach</div> L.A. Confidential http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23597 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23597"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R182THC0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Curtis Hanson</div> Lolita http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35814 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35814"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00001IVFG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Lyne</div> Lord of the Flies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116090 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005O06X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harry Hook</div> Oliver Twist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/257907 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/257907"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005NFDP.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lean</div> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43690 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43690"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0790732181.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Milos Forman</div> Orlando http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60879 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60879"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767827694.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sally Potter</div> Pride and Prejudice (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49555 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005MP58.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Langton</div> Rebecca - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65206 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65206"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005QAPL.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36947 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36947"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00012QM8G.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Spielberg</div> Sin City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38153 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38153"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JNTX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Tess (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/250968 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/250968"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002O7XVI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roman Polanski</div> Day of the Triffids http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/323066 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/323066"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000AYELJ2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Freddie Francis</div> The English Patient http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44681 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44681"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6304806426.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Minghella</div> The French Lieutenant's Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66736 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66736"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005LOKU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057223236_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karel Reisz</div> The Godfather (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37049 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37049"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001NBNB6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Ford Coppola</div> Sherlock Holmes - The Hound of the Baskervilles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363687 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363687"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001DCYBE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sidney Lanfield</div> The Jungle Book (Limited Issue) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66210 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66210"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00001QEE8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wolfgang Reitherman</div> The Maltese Falcon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49841 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49841"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305729328.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Huston</div> The Outsiders http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79774 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79774"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00002E237.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Ford Coppola</div> The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148787 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148787"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001US78G.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ronald Neame</div> The Railway Children http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/338411 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/338411"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008G8LC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lionel Jeffries</div> The Remains of the Day (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35883 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35883"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXC9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Shawshank Redemption http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35859 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35859"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000399WI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Darabont</div> The Spy Who Came in from the Cold http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48052 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48052"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000228EK4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Ritt</div> The Talented Mr. Ripley http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23633 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23633"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792165020.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Minghella</div> The Vanishing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88574 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88574"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002IQLHQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Sluizer</div> To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal Legacy Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50134 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50134"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009X7664.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Mulligan</div> Trainspotting http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39132 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39132"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6304806442.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Danny Boyle</div> Watership Down http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58052 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58052"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005UF84.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Rosen</div>