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

The Graduate (1967)

Although the film adaptation doesn’t deviate heavily from the 1963 novella by Charles Webb, The Graduate’s casting elevates it beyond its literary form. Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock and Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson are an incomparable duo—and the iconic Simon and Garfunkel score doesn’t hurt, either.

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