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Great Adaptations

15.3k votersThings Movie Adaptations Had To Leave Out Because They Were Too DarkThis article contains movie and book spoilers.The next time you leave a movie theater having watched an adaptation of a beloved no...

14.3k votersThe Best Movies Based On BooksHere is a list of the best movies based off books, voted on by cine-bibliophiles everywhere. Many movies are based off of books bu...

581 voters10 Great Changes Movie And TV Adaptations Made From Their Source MaterialAdaptations are just that – adaptations of the source material. That means movie and TV conversions of books are rarely one-to-one...

Remakes & Reboots

6.2k voters19 Times A Remake Lived Up To The Original ClassicIt can sometimes feel as though Hollywood has run out of original ideas, intent on pillaging films from the past. These remakes of...

324 votersUnderrated Movie Adaptations That Aren't Based On BooksWhat do Bumblebee, Green Hornet, Mars Attacks!, Dick Tracy, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, Green Knight, and Ouija: Origin of Evil ha...

192 voters15 Times Movies For Adults Were Turned Into Cartoons For KidsThe cartoon landscape of the '80s and '90s was a strange place. There were plenty of cartoons that were seemingly designed just to...

188 voters15 Surprisingly Good Movie Adaptations About Public Domain CharactersPublic domain characters are fair game for filmmakers, and the legions of movies they have spawned have yielded some surprisingly ...

9.4k votersThe Best TV Series Based on BooksThere's something about the written word that feels super satisfying when adapted to the screen and this list of the best TV shows...

2.3k votersFantastic Sci-Fi Stories You Love That Were Ruined By Their Utterly Terrible Movie VersionsScience fiction is a genre of big ideas. Unfortunately, Hollywood can't always emulate those ideas on the big screen as producers,...

6.8k votersThe Best TV Shows Based on MoviesThese are the best TV shows based on movies. Sometimes a story deserves the attention a small-screen adaptation offers, and this l...

1.6k votersThe Most Unlikely Cartoons Based on Live-Action MoviesHollywood today makes movies based on comics and cartoons, where it used to be the other way around. Many popular live-action film...

5.4k votersThe Best Film Adaptations Of Young Adult NovelsHere is a list of the best movies based on young adult literature written by some of the best young adult writers. These films wer...

6.7k votersThe Best Movies Based On Stephen King BooksHorror writer Stephen King ranks among the most prolific of contemporary American authors. This is a complete list of feature film...

781 votersThe Best Movies Based On PlaysThere are tons of famous plays, and the glitz and glamour of attending the theatre is a truly unique experience. While few things ...

Animated Movies

9.6k votersThe Worst Live-Action Movies Based on CartoonsLive-action movies based on cartoons don't have to be bad. A lot of the time, however, they suck. Animation and live-action are ve...

2.3k votersThe Best Movies Based On TV ShowsWith over 2,200 movie fans casting their votes, these are the top movies based on television shows. From classic rom-coms to inten...

William Shakespeare

342 votersTV Movies & Shows You Didn't Realize Were Based on ShakespeareHere’s to William Shakespeare. May the Bard never fade. TV shows based on or influenced by Shakespeare are perhaps more popular th...

Anime Underground

460 votersAmerican TV Shows That Would Make Amazing Anime SeriesBoth Hollywood and anime have traded notes for years, spawning The Matrix, Kill Bill, and a Japanese remake of Unforgiven, to name...

13.7k views16 Influential Movies You Didn't Know Were Based on Short FilmsLet’s say you’re a rookie filmmaker with a great script or idea but no Hollywood street cred. Often times, in order to secure fina...

3.6k voters15 Kids Cartoons That Should Be Made Into MoviesChildren of '80s and early '90s spent a lot of Saturday mornings watching cartoons: from funny cartoons to anime, they took in the...