Famous drama movies you didn’t know were based on books

In the era of Hollywood adaptations, where more stories than ever have been brought from the pages to the big screen, it is common for the original work to go unnoticed due to the popularity of its adaptation. Like these examples of drama you didn’t know were based on the books.

The Silver Linings Playbook

In Spanish known as’the games of fate’, This drama film is based on ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, written by Matthew Quick and brought to the big screen by David O. Russel. The story stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence and is about a man who, having lost everything, is hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital. Available on Netflix, Claro, Star + and Amazon Prime Video.

The silence of the lambs

One of those cases that prompts us to ask ourselves if the book or the film is better is that of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’, written by Thomas Harris, and played by Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster in the film, in the story of Detective Clarice, which is looking for a criminal named Bufallo Bill, who needs the help of Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

Forrest Gump

Probably one of the most popular films of the 1990s was’Forrest Gump’, a drama film by the same director of ‘Back to the Future’. Starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, the story is based on the novel of the same name written by Winston Groom. Available on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

It is not a country for old people

Despite being one of the most critically and enthusiastically praised modern westerns, not many know that ‘It is not a country for old people’, It is based on the novel by ‘It is not a country for old people’by Cormac McCarthy. Directed by the Coen brothers and starring Javier Bardem, who plays the terrifying killer Anton Chigurh. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

Jojo Rabbit

Director Taika Waititi won the Oscar in 2020 when he premiered “Jojo Rabbit”, an adaptation of Christine Leunens’ “Caged Heaven” or “Caging Skies”. Scarlett Johansson and Roman Griffin Davis star in the story of a boy whose imaginary friend is Hitler. Available in Star +.

12 years a slave

Finally, another Academy Award winner, and one of the most heartbreaking stories, directed by Steve McQueen, ’12 Years a Slave ‘, based on the book of the same name. The story follows a black man who wakes up drugged after a night of partying and realizes he has been sold as a slave. Available on Star +.