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This is the last page dedicated to Film Adaptations.
The Brussels World Fair in 1958 was the first ever Critics and Filmmaker’s poll. Out of the 12 chosen films, many of which hailed from the silent movie era, 3 were based on books.
The Bicycle Thief: Book by Cesare Zavattini : Vittorio De Sica 1948
Greed: Book 'McTeague' by Frank Norris : Erich von Stroheim 1924
Mother: Book, 'The Mother' by Maxim Gorky : Vsevolod Pudovkin 1926
Audience Polls on the best films of all time are carried out on random US public are available and updated yearly. This is how they stand in 2014.
Gone with the Wind: Margaret Mitchell: David O. Selznick 1939
Casablanca: Michael Curtiz 1942
Seven Samurai : Akira Kurosawa 1954
The Third Man: Graham Greene: Carol Reed 1949
The Godfather: Mario Puzo: Francis Ford Coppola 1972
The Godfather Part 11: Mario Puzo: Francis Ford Coppola 1974
Cross of Iron: Sam Peckinpah
Star Wars: George Lucas 1977
Raise the Red Lantern: Wives and Concubines : Su Tong: Zhang Yimou 1991
Schindler’s List: Schindler’s Ark: Thomas Keneally: Steven Spielberg 1993
The Shawshank Redemption: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: Stephen King : Frank Darabont 1994
The Lord Of The Rings: J.R.R. Tolkien: Peter Jackson 2001- 2003
Out of a list of 12 only 4 of these films are not a Film Book Adaptation.
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William Shakespeare's plays seem to be the most popular literary works adapted by film directors, with Romeo and Juliet as the most screened. Other popular literary works are classics like works by Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy. E.M. Forester, Victor Hugo, Colette, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Tom Jones etc. Other works make use of new publications by successful new authors, especially if they have been awarded by the literary world. It also follows that if such an adaptation is successful then the same filmmaker or another filmmaker will make use of the given author's other publications. Ron Howard's Da Vinci Code 2006 based on Dan Brown's book of the same names was followed up by Ron Howard's "Angels and Demons" an adaptation of another Dan Brown book. This obvious marketing trend can be traced throughout the various James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Agata Christie, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film productions.
Although Critics and polls seem to be divided there seems to be certain quiescence with regards to some adaptations. The following productions can be found in all these polls and they appear here in no particular order.
Doctor Zhivago: Boris Paternak: David Lean 1965
A Clockwork Orange: Anthony Burgess: Stanley Kubrick 1971
The Godfather: Mario Puzo: Francis Ford Coppola: 1972 (All three parts)
Lord of the Rings: J.R.R Tolkien : Peter Jackson 1999- 2003 (All three parts)
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Ken Kesey: Milos Forman 1975
Tess: Thomas Hardy: Roman Polanski 1979 / 80
Amadeus: Mozart i Salieri (Моцарт и Сальери,) Alexander Pushkin: Milos Forman
A Passage to India: E.M. Forester: David Lean 1984
Goodfellas: Wiseguy: Nicholas Pileggi: Martin Scorcese 1990
The Silence of the Lambs: Thomas Harris: Johnathan Demme 1991
Forrest Gump: Winston Groom: Robert Zemeckis 1994
The Shawshank Redemption: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: Stephen King : Frank Darabont 1994
The Pianist: Wladyslaw Szpilman : Roman Polanski 2002
Apocalypse Now: Heart Of Darkness: Joseph Conrad: Francis Ford Coppola 1979
Munich : Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team: George Jonas: Steven Spielberg 2005
Slumdog Millionaire: Q & A : Vikas Swarup: Danny Boyle 2008
Romeo And Juliet: William Shakespeare: Franco Zeffirelli 1968
Ben Hur: Ben Hur. A tale of Christ : Lew Wallace; Sam Zimbalist: 1959
Moulin Rouge: Pierre La Mure: John Huston 1952
Hamlet: William Shakespeare: Laurence Olivier 1948
Spellbound: The House of Dr Edwardes: Hilary St. George and John Palmer: Alfred Hitchcock 1945
Gone with the Wind: Margaret Mitchell: David O. Selznick 1939
Mary Poppins: P.L. Travers: Robert Stevenson 1964
To kill A Mockingbird: Harper Lee: Robert Mulligan 1962
The English Patient: Michael Ondaatje : Anthony Minghella 1996
Kes: A Kestrel to a Knave by Barry Hines: Ken Loach 1969
The Maltese Falcon: Dashiell Hammett: John Huston 1941
Requiem for a Dream: Hubert Selby Jr: Darren Arofonsky 2000
Lolita: Vladimir Nabukov: Stanley Kubrick 1997
Great Expectations: Charles Dickens: David Lean 1946
The Age of Innocence: Edith Wharton: Martin Scorcese 1993
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Lionel Schriver : Lynne Ramsay 2011
Ivans Xtc: The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy: Bernard Rose 2000
Adaptation: The Orchard Thief by Susan Orlean : Charlie Kaufman 2002
Brokeback Mountain: Annie Proulx: Ang Lee 2005
Jurassic Park: Michael Crichton: Steven Spielberg 1993
The Leopard: Il-Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa: Luchino Visconti 1963
The Oscars and Academy Awards very often go to adaptations from books. The following is a list of nominations and winners of the Oscars year by year. The list of Book based screenplay Best Screen winners and nominees is impressive. The following list includes the Film Title, The Book Title (if the original title had been changed), the Author of the original book, The Film Director and the Year it was nominated or awarded.
Trader Horn: Alfred Aloysius Horn: W.S. Van Dyke 1931
Arrowsmith: Sinclair Lewis: John Ford 1931
Shanghai Express: Harry Hervey: Joseph von Sternberg 1932
42nd Street: Bradford Ropes: Lloyd Bacon 1933
Lady for a Day: Damon Runyon: Frank Capra 1933
Little Women: Louisa May Alcott: George Cukor 1933
State Fair: Phil Strong: Henry King 1933
It Happened One Night: Night Bus by Samuel Hopkins Adams : Frank Capra 1934
Imitation of a Life: Fannie Hurst: John M.Stahl 1934
One Night of Love: Don’t Fall in Love by C. Beahan and D. Speare: Victor Schertzinger 1934
The Thin Man: Dashiell Hammet: W.S. Van Dyke 1934
Viva Villa!: Edgecumb Pinchon and Odo B. Stade : Jack Conway 1934
The White Parade: Rian James: Irving Cummings 1934
Mutiny on the Bounty: Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall: Frank Llyod 1935
Alice Adams: Booth Tarkington: George Stevens 1935
Captain Blood: Rafael Sabatini: Michael Curtiz 1935
David Copperfield: Charles Dickens: George Cukor 1935
The Informer: Liam O’Flaherty: John Ford 1935
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: William Shakespeare: Max Reinhardt 1935
Les Miserables: Victor Hugo: Richard Boleslawksi 1935
Ruggles of Red Gap: Harry Leo Wilson: Leo McCarey 1935
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland: Frank Capra 1936
Romeo and Juliet: William Shakespeare: Irving Thalberg 1936
A Tale Of Two Cities: Charles Dickens: Jack Conway 1935
Lost Horizon: James Hilton: Frank Capra 1937
Le Grande Illusion: The Great illusion by Norman Angell: Jean Renoir 1937
Pygmalion: George Bernard Shaw: Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard 1938
Gone with the Wind: Margaret Mitchell: David O. Selznick 1939
Goodbye Mr Chips: James Hilton: Sam Wood 1939
Of Mice And Men: John Steinbeck: Lewis Milestone 1939
Stagecoach: Ernest Haycox: John Ford 1939
The Wizard of Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.Frank Baum: Victor Flemming 1939
Wuthering Heights: Emily Bronte: William Wyler 1939
Rebecca: Daphne Du Maurier: Alfred Hitchcock 1940
All This, and Heaven Too: Rachel Field: Anatole Livak 1940
The Grapes of Wrath: John Steinbeck: John Ford 1940
Kitty Foyle: Christopher Morley: Sam Wood 1940
The Long Voyage Home: Eugene O’Neill: John Ford 1940
How Green Was My Valley: Richard Llewellyn: John Ford 1941
Blossoms in the Dust: Ralph Wheelwright: Mervyn LeRoy 1941
Hold Back The Dawn: Ketti Frings: Mitchell Leisen: 1941
The Maltese Falcon : Dashiell Hammett : John Huston 1941
Suspicion: Before the Fact by Francis Iles: Alfred Hitchcock 1941
Mrs. Miniver: Jan Struther : William Wyler 1942
The Magnificent Ambersons: Booth Tarkington: Orson Welles 1942
The Pied Piper: Nevil Shute: Irving Pichel 1942
Random Harvest: James Hilton: Mervyn LeRoy 1942
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ernest Hemmingway: Sam Wood 1943
The Human Comedy: William Saroyan: Clarence Brown 1943
The Ox-Bow Incident: Walter Van Tilburg Clark: William A. Wellman 1943
The Song Of Bernardette: Franz Werfel: Henry King: 1943
Double Indemnity: James M. Cain: Billy Wilder 1944
Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife by John Cromwell 1944
The Lost Weekend: Charles R. Jackson: Billy Wilder 1945
Mildred Pierce: James M. Cain : Michael Curtiz1945
Spellbound: The House of Dr Edwardes by H. S. George and J. Palmer: Alfred Hitchcock 1945
Henry V : William Shakespeare: Laurence Olivier 1944
It’s a Wonderful Life: The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern: Frank Capra
The Yearling: Marjorie Kinnan Rawling : Clarence Brown 1946
Gentleman’s Agreement: Laura Z. Hobson: Elia Kazan 1947
The Bishop’s Wife: Robert Nathan: Henry Koster 1947
Black Narcissus: Rumer Godden: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 1947
Crossfire: The Bricks Foxhole by Richard Brooks: Edward Dymytryk 1947
Great Expectations: Charles Dickens: David Lean 1946
Miracle on 34th Street: Valentine Davis: George Seaton 1947
Hamlet: William Shakespeare: Laurence Olivier 1948
The Red Shoes: Hans Christian Andersen: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 1948
The Treasure of Sierra Madre: B. Traven: John Huston 1948
All the King’s Men: Robert Penn Warren: Robert Rossen 1949
A Letter to Three Wives: Letter to Five Wives by John Klempner: Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1949
All About Eve: The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr: Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1950
Father of the Bride: Edward Streeter: Vincente Minnelli 1950
King Solomon’s Mines: Henry Rider Haggard: Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton 1950
Decision Before Dawn: Call it Treason by George Howe: Anatole Litvak 1951
A Place in the Sun: An American Tragedy by Theodore Drieser: George Stevens 1951
Quo Vadis: Henryk Siekiewicz: Sam Zimbalist 1951
Ivanhoe: Sir Walter Scott: Richard Thorpe 1952
Moulin Rouge: Pierre La Mure: John Huston 1952 Silver Lion Venice
Julius Ceaser: William Shakespeare: Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1953
The Robe: Lloyd C. Douglas: Henry Koster 1953
Shane: Jack Schaefer: George Stevens 1953
The Caine Mutiny: Herman Wouk: Edward Dymytryk 1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: The Sobbin’ Women by Stephen V. Benet: Stanley Dohen 1954
Coins in The fountain: John H. Secondari : Jean Neguelesco
Love is a Many Splendored Thing: A Many Splendored thing Han Suyin: Henry King 1955
Mister Roberts: Thomas Heggen : John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy 1955
Around the World in 80 Days: Jules Verne: Michael Andersen 1956
Friendly Persuasion: The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West: William Wyler 1956
Giant: Edna Ferber: George Stevens 1956
The King And I: Anna and The King of Siam by Margaret Landon: Walter Lang 1956
The Ten Commandments: The Bible: Cecil B. DeMille 1956
The Bridge on the River Kwai: Pierre Boulle : David Lean 1957
Peyton Place : Grace Metalious: John Michael Hayes 1957
Sayonara: James Michener: Joshua Logan 1957
Witness for the Prosecution: Agatha Christie: Billy Wilder 1957
Gigi: Colette: Vincente Minnelli 1958
Auntie Mama : Patrick Dennis: Morton DaCosta 1958
The Defiant Ones: Nedrick Young: Stanley Krammer 1958
Ben Hur: Ben Hur. A tale of Christ by Lew Wallace; Sam Zimbalist: 1959
Anatomy of a Murder: John D. Voelker (Robert Traver) Otto Preminger 1959
The Nun’s Story: Kathryn Hulme: Fred Zinnemann 1959
Room at The Top: John Braine: Jack Clayton 1959
The Apartment: Promises Promises by Neil Simon: Billy Wilder 1960
Sons And Lovers: D.H. Lawrence: Jack Cardiff 1960
Elmer Gantry: Sinclair Lewis: Richard Brooks 1960
The Sundowners :Jon Cleary: Fred Zinnermann 1960
West Side Story: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins 1961
Fanny : adapted from ‘Marius’ & ‘Fanny’ Marcel Pagnol: Joshua Logan 1961
The Guns of Navarone: Alistair MacClean : J. Lee Thompson 1961
The Hustler: Walter Trevis: Robert Rossen 1961
The Longest Day: Cornelius Ryan: K. Annakin , A. Marton, G. Oswald, B. Wicki and D. F. Zanuck 1962
Mutiny on the Bounty: Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall: Lewis Milestone 1962
To kill A Mockingbird: Harper Lee: Robert Mulligan 1962
Tom Jones: Henry Fielding: Tony Richardson: 1963
America, America: Elia Kazan: Elia Kazan 1963
Lillies of the Field: William Edmund Barrett: Ralph Nelson: 1963
My Fair Lady: Pygmalion by George B. Shaw: George Cukor 1964
Dr. Strangelove: Red Alert by Peter George: Stanley Kubrick 1964
Mary Poppins: Robert Stevenson : P.L. Travers: 1964
Zorba The Greek: Nikos Kazantzakis: Michael Cacoyannis 1964
The Sound of Music: The Story of the Trapp Family Singers: M. A. von Trapp: Robert Wise 1965
Doctor Zhivago: Boris Paternak: David Lean 1965
Alfie: Bill Naughton: Lewis Gilbert: 1966
The Russians Are Coming: The Off Islanders: Nathanial Benchley: Norman Jewison 1966
The Sand Pebbles: Richard McKenna: Robert Wise: 1966
In The Heat of The Night: John Ball : Norman Jewison 1967
Doctor Dolittle: The Story of Doctor Dolittle", "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle", and "Doctor Dolittle's Circus"by Hugh Lofting: Richard Fleischer 1967
The Graduate: Charles Webb: Mike Nichols 1967
Oliver: Oliver Twist: Charles Dickens: Carol Reed: 1968
Funny Girl: Isobel Lennart: William Wyler 1968
Rachel, Rachel: A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence: Paul Newman 1968
Romeo And Juliet: William Shakespeare: Franco Zeffirelli 1968
Midnight Cowboy: James Leo Herlihy: John Schlesinger 1969
Z: Vassilis Vassilikos: Costa-Gavras 1969
Airport: Arthur Hailey: Ross Hunter 1970
Love Story: Erich Segal :Arthur Hiller 1970
M*A*S*H: Mash A novel about 3 Army Doctors: Richard Hooker: Robert Altman 1971
The French Connection: Robin Moore: William Friedkin 1971
A Clockwork Orange: Anthony Burgess: Stanley Kubrick 1971
Fiddler on The Roof: Tevye and his Daughters: Joseph Stein: Norman Jewison 1971
The Last Picture Show: Larry McMurtry :Peter Bogdanovich 1971
Nicholas and Alexandra: Robert K. Massie: Franklin J. Schaffner 1971
The Emigrants: The Emigrants Suite: Vilhelm Moberg: Jon Troell 1971
The Godfather: Mario Puzo: Francis Ford Coppola: 1972
Cabaret: The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood : Bob Fosse: 1972
Deliverance: James Dickey: John Boorman: 1972
The New Land: The Emigrants Suite by Vilhelm Moberg: Jon Troell 1972
Sounder: William H. Armstrong: Martin Ritt 1972
The Sting: The Big Con. The Story of the Confidence Man by David Maurer: George Roy Hill 1973
The Exorcist: William Peter Blatty: William Friedkin 1973
A Touch of Class: She loves me. She Told me so Last Night by Melvin Frank: Melvin Frank 1973
The Godfather: Part11 Mario Puzo: Francis Ford Coppola: 1974
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Ken Kesey: Milos Forman 1975
Barry Lyndon: The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray: Stanley Kubrick 1975
Jaws: Peter Benchley: Steven Spielberg 1975
All the President’s Men : Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward: Alan J. Pakula 1976
Julia: Pentimento by Lillian Hellman: Fred Zinnemann 1977
Coming Home: Nancy Dowd :Hal Ashby 1978
Midnight Express: Billy Hayes: Alan Parker 1978
Kramer vs. Kramer: Avery Corman : Robert Benton 1979
Apocalypse Now: Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: Francis Ford Coppola 1979
Norma Rae: Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by Henry P. Leifermann: Martin Ritt: 1979
Tess: Thomas Hardy: Roman Polanski 1979
Ordinary People: Judith Guest: Robert Redford: 1980
Raging Bull: Raging Bull. My Story by Jake LaMotta: Martin Scorcese 1980
Reds: Ten Days That Shook The World by John Reed: Warren Beaty 1981
The Verdict: Barry Reed: Sidney Lurnet 1982
The Right Stuff: Tom Wolfe: Philip Kaufman 1983
Amadeus: Mozart i Salieri (Моцарт и Сальери,) by Alexander Pushkin: Milos Forman 1984
A Passage to India: E.M. Forester: David Lean 1984
Out of Africa: Isak Dinesen: Sydney Pollack 1985
The Colour Purple: Alice Walker: Steven Spielberg 1985
Kiss of the Spiderwoman: Manuel Puig: Hector Babenco 1985
Prizzi’s Honor : Richard Condon: John Huston 1985
A Room with a View: E.M. Forester: James Ivory 1986
The Accidental Tourist: Anne Tyler: Lawrence Kasdan 1988
Dangerous Liasons: Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos : Stephen Frears 1988
Field of Dreams: Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella: Paul Alden Robinson 1989
My Left Foot: Christy Brown: Jimi Sheridan 1989
The Godfather Part 111: Mario Puzo: Francis Ford Coppola 1990
Goodfellas: Wiseguy: Nicholas Pileggi: Martin Scorcese 1990
The Silence of the Lambs: Thomas Harris: Johnathan Demme 1991
Beauty And The Beast: Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont: Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise 1991
Bugsy: We Only Kill Each Other by Dean Jennings: Barry Levinson 1991
The Prince of Tides: Pat Conroy: Barbara Striesand 1991
Howard’s End: E.M. Forester: James Ivory: 1992
Scent of a Woman: Il buio e il miele: Giovanni Arpino: Martin Brest 1992
Schindler’s List: Schindler’s Ark: Thomas Keneally: Steven Spielberg 1993
In The Name of The Father: Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon : Jim Sheridan 1993
The Remains of the Day: Kazuo Ishiguro: James Ivory: 1993
Forrest Gump: Winston Groom: Robert Zemeckis 1994
Quiz Show: Remembering America by Richard N. Goodwin: Robert Redford 1994
The Shawshank Redemption: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: Stephen King : Frank Darabont 1994
Braveheart: The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace: Blind Harry: Mel Gibson 1995
Apollo13: Lost Moon. The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by J. Lovell / J.Kluger : Ron Howard1995
Babe: The Sheep Pig by Dick King-Smith: Chris Nooman 1995
Il Postino: Ardiente paciencia by Antonio Skármeta : Michael Redford 1995
Sense And Sensibility: Jane Austen: Ang Lee 1995
The English Patient: Michael Ondaatje: Anthony Minghella 1996
L.A. Confidential: James Ellroy: Curtis Hanson 1997
The Cider House Rules: John Irving: Lasse Hallstrom 1999
The Green Mile: Stephen King: Frank Darabont 1999
Chocolat: Joanne Harris: Lasse Hallstrom 2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Crane Iron Pentalogy: Wng Dulu: Ang Lee 2000
A Beautiful Mind: Sylvia Nasar: Ron Howard: 2001
In The Bedroom: Killings: Andre Dubus: Todd Field 2001
The Lord Of The Rings. The Fellowship of the Rings: J.R.R. Tolkien: Peter Jackson 2001
Moulin Rouge: Pierre La Mure: Baz Luhrman 2001
Gangs of New York: Herbert Asbury: Martin Scorcese: 2002
The Hours: Michael Cunningham: Stephen Daldry: 2002
The Lord of the Rings. The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Peter Jackson 2002
The Pianist: Wladyslaw Szpilman : Roman Polanski 2002
The Lord of the Rings. The Return of The King: J.R.R. Tolkien: Peter Jackson 2003
Mystic River: Dennis Lehane: Clint Eastwood 2003
Semibiscuit: Semibiscuit. An American Legend: Laura Hillenbrand: Gary Ross 2003
Sideways: Rex Pickett: Alexander Payne 2004
Brokeback Mountain: Annie Proulx: Ang Lee 2005
Capote: Gerald Clarke: Bennett Miller 2005
Munich : Vengeance: George Jonas: Steven Spielberg 2005
No Country For Old Men: Cormac McCarthy : The Coen Brothers 2007
There will Be Blood: Oil: Upton Sinclair: Paul Thomas Anderson 2007
Slumdog Millionaire: Q & A : Vikas Swarup: Danny Boyle 2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: F. Scott Fitzgerald : David Fincher 2008
The Blind Side: The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis : John Lee Hancock 2009
Precious: Push by Sapphire : Lee Daniels 2009
Up In The Air: Walter Kirn: Jason Reitman 2009
127 Hours: Between A Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston : Danny Boyle 2010
The Social Network: The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich: David Fincher 2010
True Grit: Charles Portis : Coen Brothers 2010
Winter’s Bone: Daniel Woodrell: Debra Granik 2010
The Descendants: Kaui Hart Hemmings : Alexander Payne 2011
Extremely Large and Incredibly Close: Jonathan Safran Foer : Stephen Daldry 2011
The Help: Kathryn Stockett : Tate Taylor 2011
Hugo: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick : Martin Scorcese 2011
Moneyball: Michael Lewis: Bennett Miller 2011
War Horse: Michael Morpugo : Steven Spielberg 2011
Argo: The Master of Disguise by T. Mendez & Wired by J. Bearman : Ben Affleck 2012
Les Miserables: Victor Hugo : Tom Hooper 2012
Life of Pi: Yann Martel: Ang Lee 2012
Silver Linings Playbook: Matthew Quick: David O. Russell 2012
Twelve Years a Slave: Solomon Northup: Steve McQueen 2013 \
Philomena: The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith: Stephen Frears 2013
The Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort : Martin Scorcese 2013
The Palm D'Or or the Grand Prix Jury Prize has a wider range of criteria which it applies to its prizes and nominations, often awarding films which are based on current affairs including political conflict or human rights issues. However many a book adaptation triumphed in Cannes.
Palm D’Or
Union Pacific: Trouble Shooter by Ernest Haycox: Cecil. B DeMille 1939
Iris and the Lieutenant: Olle Hedburg: Alf Sjoberg 1946
The Lost Weekend: Charles R. Jackson: Billy Wilder 1946
The Third Man: Graham Greene: Carol Reed 1949
Miracle In Milan: Toto Il Buono by Cesare Zavattini: Vittorio De Sica 1951
Othello: William Shakespeare: Orson Welles 1952
The Wages of Fear: Le Salair De La Peur: Georges Arnaud: Henri-Georges Clouzot 1953
Viridiana: Halma by Benito Pérez Galdós : Luis Brunuel 1961
The Leopard: Il Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa : Luchino Visconti 1963
Blow Up: Las Babas Del Diablo by Julio Cortazar: Michelangelo Antonini 1966
M*A*S*H: Wash A novel about 3 Army Doctors by Richard Hooker: Robert Altman 1970
The Go-Between: L.P. Hartley: Joseph Losey 1971
The Hireling: L.P. Hartley : Alan Bridges 1973
Padre Padrone : GavinoLedda : Paolo & Vittorio Taviani 1977
Apocalypse Now: Heart Of Darkness: Joseph Conrad: Francis Ford Coppola 1979
The Tin Drum: Gunter Grass: Volker Schlöndorff 1979
The Ballad of Narayana: Narayama bushiko by Shichirō Fukazawa : Shōhei Imamura 1983
Under The Sun of Satan: Sous Le Soleil De Satan by Georges Bernanos: Maurice Pialat: 1987
Wild at Heart: Barry Gifford: David Lynch 1990
Farewell My Concubine: Lillian Lee: Chen Kaige 1993
The Eel: On Parole by Akira Yoshimura : Shohei Imamura 1997
The Pianist: Wladyslaw Szpilman : Roman Polanski 2002
Blue is the Warmest Colour: Julie Maroh : Abdellatif Kechiche 2013
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