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Were These Movies Based on Books? #2

Can you guess whether these movies were based on a novel?
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Last updated: June 26, 2024
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First submittedJune 26, 2024
Times taken12,403
Average score80.0%
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Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Original screenplay by James Cameron
2. The Da Vinci Code
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Based on the novel by Dan Brown
3. Fight Club
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk
4. The Color Purple
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Based on the novel by Alice Walker
5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Original screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
6. Ghostbusters
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Original screenplay by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis
7. Dune
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Based on the novel by Frank Herbert
8. Thelma & Louise
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Original screenplay by Callie Khouri
9. Rocky
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Original screenplay by Sylvester Stallone
10. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Original screenplay by Melissa Mathison
11. The Notebook
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks
12. The Shining
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Based on the novel by Stephen King
13. Gone with the Wind
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell
14. Life of Pi
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Based on the novel by Yann Martel
15. The Matrix
Based on a book ✓
Not ✓
Original screenplay by the Wachowskis
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15 Comments
Murphster45
+1
Level 92
Jun 27, 2024
Interesting! Never knew that fight club was based off a book.
EcceHomo
+4
Level 82
Jun 28, 2024
It wasn't. It was based on a book :)
duckwantbread
+1
Level 65
Jun 29, 2024
I only know it is because China censored Fight Club's ending so that a wall of text abruptly ends the movie saying that the police successfully foiled the plot and sent Tyler to the "lunatic asylum". The book's author joked when he found out that the censored ending actually made it closer to the book's ending (where the plot also fails).
BatistaDamin
+1
Level 74
Jul 2, 2024
Yann Martell in turn was "inspired" by Moacyr Scliar's "Max e os felinos" (Max and the cats). Those quote marks in inspired cannot be stressed enough, tough.
dumBunny
+1
Level 54
Jul 16, 2024
"Avatar" was based on the book "FernGully: The Last Rainforest" by Diana Young.
Danem20
+1
Level 84
Sep 2, 2024
Lol no
JuliusLang
+1
Level 50
Jul 16, 2024
I know most people won't believe me but I am in disbelief that despite my shortcomings of movie-book adaptations, I perfectly scored 15/15.
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Jul 16, 2024
Argh I thought this quiz was gonna be tricksier. I guessed that Colour Purple was originally a play but it looks like the quiz is simply "Original or not?".

Would be fun to have a few other mediums here, like how Whiplash was based on a short film.

JgrumpyC55
+1
Level 56
Jul 16, 2024
I was on the fence with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, because of Helter Skelter. I know the movie is about a bunch of different things, other then the Manson Family but I got suckered into choosing Based on a Book.
InterAlia
+2
Level 76
Jul 16, 2024
I'm a little surprised that the success rate for Gone with the Wind isn't higher. Another sign of age and the rise of new generations, I suppose.
KiloNova
+1
Level 52
Jul 16, 2024
If you liked this quiz then you should try this one: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1670711/book-or-movie
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 70
Jul 18, 2024
Just missed Color Purple
transfiguredtime
+1
Level 56
Jul 19, 2024
is the matrix not a loose adaptation of baudrillard's simulacra and simulation?
Krisurmomslover
+1
Level 27
Jul 20, 2024
Perfect score!
Hedgehog76
+1
Level 68
Aug 13, 2024
Knew 11/15 and guessed the rest right, mostly by assuming that in these type of quizzes usually have more or less the same number of questions for each answer.
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