1. The Joy Luck Club. I think this will always be my favorite adaptation even though it's been years since I've seen the movie or read the book it was definitely the first movie I enjoyed more than the book.
2. The Color Purple. I love this book and I love this movie. They are both so rich, I remember my best friend's father asking me in 8th grade what my favorite movie was and my answer was The Color Purple. It made me weird then and I'm sure it makes me weird now.
3. Gone With the Wind. An oldie and a goodie. It's just exciting to watch Scarlett and Rhett and their convoluted romance come alive in this film.
4. Pride and Prejudice. I love the BBC adaptation with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy as well as the most recent movie version with Keira Knightly as Elizabeth. They really make Jane Austen sexy. I also enjoy that the premise of Pride and Prejudice has been woven into other popular films.
5. Like Water for Chocolate. Didn't see this film until last summer and I loved it so much I probably watched it over three times in one week. One of my favorite parts was after the quail dinner when Gertrudis lights the shower on fire and is stolen riding off completely naked On horseback.
6. To Kill a Mockingbird. Another oldie. Love Gregory Peck and all the courtroom scenes.
7. The Secret Life of Bees. I liked what they did with this adaptation even with the changes.
8. Precious. The movie adaptation of Sapphire's book Push. A difficult book to read and a difficult movie to watch but I feel it deserves a spot on my list even though it dug up a lot of PTSD nightmares for me.
9. The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Now I've not actually read the book or books of the same title but I loved what Wes Anderson did with this story.
10. Matilda. One of my favorites from childhood, I often felt like Matilda growing up.
And these are just adaptations of books I've been wanting to see: Brideshead Revisited (the eleven hour miniseries not the recent film), Persepolis, The Road, The House of Mirth, and Where the Wild Things Are.
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I really like "The Secret Life of Bees" as well. Nice list. Kaye—the road goes ever ever on
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