Top 6: Definitive Adaptations

In Episode 4, our Top 6 list is on movie adaptations that are more definitive than their source material. That is, when you think of one of these titles, you think about the movie first, and the prior work the movie is based on second, if at all. What movies do you keep forgetting were not originally movies?

As always, we recommend listening to the episode before reading further.

Stephen

1. Psycho (1960)
2. The Exorcist (1973)
3. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
4. Gone With the Wind (1939)
5. Black Hawk Down (2001)
6. Fight Club (1999)

Sam

1. The Princess Bride (1987)
2. Frankenstein (1931)
3. The Godfather (1972)
4. The James Bond Films, starting with Dr. No (1962)
5. Jaws (1975)
6. Dr. Zhivago (1965)