When films are adapted from books, more often than not, I tend to find the books a lot more enjoyable. So I have skipped watching a lot of films in the hope of reading the books later.
So what are some great films not adapted from books? Or what are some films that are significantly better than the book they were adapted from?
Star Wars is interesting in that it’s a big franchise IP that isn’t an adaption of a book or comic
Yea, in the case of Star Wars, there’s a lot of borrowing from old ideas and mythological forms as well as the samurai and western genres that I’m not sure it entirely counts … it probably sits in its own little category of sort of fairy tale literature brought to film, which is an achievement in its own right.
Any film made by Christopher Guest and Wes Anderson. Every one of them are gems.
Maybe this is controversial - I really like Wes Anderson’s films but they’re more of a visual treat than anything else.
Fight Club. I’ve read the book, the film was … different and better in some ways. Very much not a disappointment.
Sunshine. This might be my favourite movie. It’s excellent. Space done right. Not from a book.
Fightclub is a movie that’s adapted from a book. OP asked for movies like your second answer. Guess that’s why you’re being downvotedObviously I misread
