Our Favorite Turner Classic Movies Based on Books

From the golden age of Hollywood to Meryl Streep, here are some undoubted classics from the Turner Classic Movies canon.

By Rachel Krupitsky & Paige Hettinger | Updated May 20, 2020 | Published Mar 7, 2017

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turner classic movies a night to remember walter lord — Photo Credit: Still from "A Night to Remember" via The Rank Organisation

turner classic movies airport arthur haley — Photo Credit: Still from "Airport" via Universal Pictures

turner classic movies gone with the wind margaret mitchell — Photo Credit: Still from "Gone With the Wind" via Loews Inc

By John Steinbeck

turner classic movies of mice and men john steinbeck — Photo Credit: Still from "Of Mice and Men" via Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.

turner classic movies to kill a mockingbird harper lee — Photo Credit: Still from "To Kill A Mockingbird" via Universal Pictures

turner classic movies sophie's choice william styron — Photo Credit: Still from "Sophie's Choice" via Universal Pictures

turner classic movies cluny brown margery sharp — Photo Credit: Still from "Cluny Brown" via Twentieth Century Fox

turner classic movies the eagle has landed jack higgins — Photo Credit: Still from "The Eagle Has Landed" via Columbia Pictures

turner classic movies goodbye mr chips — Photo Credit: Still from "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1939) via Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer

turner classic movies the loneliness of the long distance runner alan sillitoe — Photo Credit: Still from "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner" via Warner Bros.

turner classic movies the thin man dashiell hammett — Photo Credit: Still from "The Thin Man" via Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer

turner classic movies searching for bobby fischer fred waitzkin — Photo Credit: Still from "Searching for Bobby Fischer" via Paramount Pictures

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