Movies Adapted from Novels That Ended up Being Better Than the Book

Jackie Brown (1997)

Quentin Tarantino’s only adaptation to date is Jackie Brown, based on the 1992 novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard. Tarantino cast Pam Grier as protagonist Jackie Brown, originally Jackie Burke, in a role that celebrated her blaxploitation past. Tarantino spins what would be a traditional thriller into something historic and unique.

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