Jaws.

Average paperback but all time classic blockbuster movie. In fact, was it the first blockbuster movie?

shawshank good book great film

The Prestige - great film based on a great book

Best Adaptations:
The Third Man
Adaptation(fr. Orlean's 'Orchid Thief')
Lawrence of Arabia(fr.'Seven Pillarsof..)
The Go-Between
The English Patient
The Prestige
Notes on a Scandal
Accident
The Bourne films(&one to come)
Casino Royale
From Russia with Love
This is a revised second list from the one I previously done.It's more topical.

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane was a fantastic book and the film stuck really closely to it. Usually I prefer to just read the book rather than see the film though.

I read that Life Of Pi would be coming to the big screen this year. One of my favourite books, I hope it's done well.

If anyone has read the Alex Cross novels by James Patterson I would be interested to hear whether you think that Morgan Freeman was a good choice to play the main character?
I watched 'Kiss the Girls' and 'Along Came a Spider' before reading the books and thought they were good films. However, having read those two books later (and many more Alex Cross novels - I became a fan!), I thought someone like Denzel Washington would have been a better choice.
Don't get me wrong - I love Morgan Freeman and think he is a fantastic actor, but he was far too old to play Alex Cross.
Anyone agree/disagree?

I remember enjoying the book Gorky Park muchly, and being so excited when I realised that they were filming it.
Oh Dear

No one has mentioned the obvious yet... fight club was amazing when it came out.
I'm interested to see what the coupland movie is going to be like when it comes out. I don't see how it would work. Blank fiction is hard to film...

Nearly everything Stephen King has written has been made into a either a film or TV series but, sadly, most of it is pants. A few exceptions - Carrie, The Shining, The Green Mile, Stand By Me.

The Harry Potter series movies and books were great.

the notebook was a really good adaptation, excellent movie also