25 Shows and Movies Better Than the Books They're Based On

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The Princess Bride
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The Princess Bride
3.9
disney+ dogear
+8
Fight Club
4.2
hulu dogear
+5
Forrest Gump
4.2
amazon dogear
+6
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4.2
max dogear
+5
The Vampire Diaries
3.6
peacock premium dogear
+4
The Shawshank Redemption
4.5
itunes dogear
+4
The Notebook
3.8
itunes dogear
+3
The Handmaid's Tale
4.3
hulu dogear
+3
The Silence of the Lambs
4.5
tubi dogear
+4
Howl's Moving Castle
4
max dogear
+4
Practical Magic
3.1
itunes dogear
+3
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
3.4
netflix dogear
Jaws
4.1
itunes dogear
+4
Jurassic Park
4.2
hulu dogear
+5
Crazy Rich Asians
3.4
max dogear
+5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
3.5
itunes dogear
+3
Divergent
3.3
itunes dogear
+3
The Princess Diaries
3
amazon dogear
+5
Big Little Lies
4.3
max dogear
+3
The Lovely Bones
3.3
epix dogear
+7
Little Fires Everywhere
3.8
hulu dogear
+3
Normal People
4.5
hulu dogear
+2
Bridget Jones's Diary
3.5
max dogear
+5
Brokeback Mountain
3.6
itunes dogear
+4
The Summer I Turned Pretty
3.6
amazon dogear

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