Books to movies
Oscars
Books to movies/shows
Contemporary Classics
Shakespeare
100
The first book made into a movie from author John Green
What is The Fault in Our Stars
100
This film is nominated for best adapted screenplay for its basis on a book by the same name about an actor's experience working with Tommy Wiseau of "The Room" fame.
What is The Disaster Artist
100
This series of books was made into a billiions dollars grossing series of films
What is Harry Potter series
100
Big Brother is watching.
What is 1984 by George Orwell
100
This play was made into a movie starring Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio
What is Romeo and Juliet
200
The highest grossing horror film of all time was based on this book
What is IT
200
This Oscar-nominated film is known as a "social horror film"
What is Get Out
200
This movie/book was about race relations in the South through the perspective of several maids and one upper-class white woman.
What is The Help
200
This science fiction classic posits a world where reading and owning books is illegal. hint: its title is derived from the temperature at which paper catches fire
What is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
200
Et tu, Brute? This historical drama is about backstabbing (literally) among the political elite in Rome
What is Julius Caesar
300
This book (and movie) is about a boy with Treacher oOllins syndrome and his struggle to fit in in his first year of normal school.
What is Wonder
300
This movie received the most Oscar nominations this year
What is The Shape of Water
300
This bildungsroman shows a positive character through many important events in American history of the 20th century
What is Forrest Gump
300
This 1925 book is about chasing the American Dream, excess, and obsession over the things we cannot have.
What is The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
300
This play is about race and uncontrollable jealousy. Some characters include Desdemona and Iago (yes, like the parrot in Aladdin)
What is Othello
400
This movie was based on a short novel about a boy in high school dealing with past trauma. It was directed by its own author
What is Perks of Being a Wallflower
400
This Oscar-nominated film was based on the novel of the same name. It takes place in 1980s Italy and follows a love story.
What is Call Me By Your Name
400
This novel was recently made into a controversial Netflix series. Hint: recordings sent out to many a person
What is 13 Reasons Why
400
This cautionary tale deals with extreme religious beliefs, the rights of women, and government control. Hint: Under His eye.
What is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
400
"If music be the food of love, play on..." This play contains genderbending and some humorous miscommunication (a common Shakespeare theme
What is Twelfth Night
500
This recent young adult novel tackles the concept of race relations and police brutality in America. Soon to be a movie.
What is The Hate U Give
500
This film is nominated for best adapted screenplay for its basis on X Men characters.
What is Logan
500
This famous book about adultery and shame was the inspiration for a popular movie starring Emma Stone
What is Easy A
500
This 2003 novel set in Afghanistan and America is about guilt and redemption across generations.
What is The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
500
This play was adapted into a film called "Ten Things I Hate About You"
What is The Taming of the Shrew
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