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All the AFI Top 100 Movies That Were Based on Books

More than half of the featured films have literary roots.

By Kaytie Norman | Published Sep 21, 2020
it happened one night, an AFI top 100 movie based on a book
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  • Photo Credit: Columbia Pictures

AFI Top 100 Movies Based on Books

movies better than the book - the godfather
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  • The Godfather.

    Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures
one flew over the cuckoo's nest, one of the afi top 100 movies based on a book
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  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

    Photo Credit: United Artists
double indemnity, an afi top 100 movie based on a book
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  • Double Indemnity.

    Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures
kirk douglas in spartacus
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  • Spartacus. In 2012, Kirk Douglas discussed the making of this film in his memoir. 

    Photo Credit: Universal International

AFI Top 100 Movies Based on Short Stories

All About Eve, an AFI top 100 film based on a book
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  • All About Eve.

    Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox

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