Critics' Choice: The Top 10 Oscar-Winning Films Adapted from Books
And no, we're not talking about The Lord of the Rings here.
When it comes to movies that have won the Best Picture Oscar, there's a special bunch that started out as books; these films show us how a story can jump from the page to the screen and still capture our hearts and imaginations.
Turning a book into a movie is like retelling a tale in a whole new way, where the people who write the script have to really get what the book was about and then figure out how to show that in pictures and dialogues, which is no small feat.
This is why winning an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay is a big deal for screenwriters; it's proof they did an awesome job taking someone else's story and making it their own, and some of these adaptations were so good they didn't just stop at that award but went all the way to snag the top honor, Best Picture.
Out of all the movies that have won Best Picture in the Oscars ' 95-year history, the ones that came from books hold a special place because they not only told a great story but also showed how a good book can turn into an even more amazing movie, according to critics and fans alike, earning top scores on sites like Rotten Tomatoes.