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

The Prestige (2006)

Everything’s coming up Christopher. Directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Christopher Priest, both the film adaptation and the 1995 novel relies on deceiving its audience. Although both versions pull off the great misdirection, the movie is able to achieve the big reveal more successfully—purely due to the addition of startling visuals.

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