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

The Notebook (2004)

Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 novel may lay a rigid foundation for the movie adaptation, but The Notebook subverted expectations, thanks to the chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. Although the two famously hated one another on set, they ended up dating for two years—and that magnetism is palpable.

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The More You Know

  • The glow around the moon is called a "broch."
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  • A pack of chihuahuas once terrorized a town in Arizona.
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