Which Mystery Novels Have Been Adapted Into Movies?

2025-06-02 00:20:12
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Wyatt
Wyatt
This movie is based off the book ‘The Da Vinci Code’ by Dan Brown. The movie brings the very intriguing puzzles and thrilling mystery to life with Tom Hanks playing the lead character, Robert Langdon. As much as I enjoyed the movie it didn’t do the book justice in terms of history. Another novel that was great as a movie was ‘Shutter Island’ by Dennis Lehane. This was a wonderful adaptation with Leonardo DiCaprio and an excellent job done by Martin Scorsese in creating a very haunting atmosphere in the film.

I also really love Big Little Lies – and this is a TV show which originated as a mystery novel by Liane Moriarty. The characters are amazing and the way in which the story is told is so full of atmosphere and I feel that the way in which a mystery is revealed on screen is so much more exciting than on the page.
2025-06-05
Benjamin
Benjamin
I’ve always been slightly fascinated by the way that mystery novels are adapted from page to screen, and some have done better than others, but for me Gone Girl is a great example of a particularly successful film adaptation of a novel. Rosamund Pike was incredible as Amy Dunne, fully capturing the dark and twisted quality of the main character in the film version of Gillian Flynn’s novel. Other great adaptations include the film version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a gritty and clever translation of Stieg Larsson’s novel, with particular praise due to Noomi Rapace’s excellent take on the complex character of Lisbeth Salander. Also by Flynn, Sharp Objects was adapted into a great mini-series, capturing the dark and foreboding atmosphere of the novel.
2025-06-07
Julian
Julian
One of the biggest combinations of great books and movies is mystery novels turned into films. My favorite adaptation of a mystery novel is ‘Murder on the Orient Express’. The adaptation by Kenneth Branagh of Agatha Christie’s classic novel was fantastic. The 2017 film was set beautifully and had an amazing cast. He even played the lead character Hercule Poirot.

And then there is the excellent movie version of Thomas Harris’ novel The Silence of the Lambs. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins deliver unforgettable performances and are one of the few movies ever to collect the Big Five Oscars. Their screen magic well captures the depth of the novel and conveys its exceptional suspense.

Recent example of these adaptations include Knives Out (and the follow-up screenplay Glass Onion, a sequel to the original screenplay which was inspired by classic whodunits) which take the fan favorite stories to the big screen for the global audience.
2025-06-08
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