Top rated perfunctory movies that are also fairly faithful to book
Check out today’s highest ranked perfunctory and fairly faithful to book movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are perfunctory and fairly faithful to book, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 The Good Earth (1937)
China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.
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- 1937-06-02 | Drama / History
Cast
- Paul Muni, Luise Rainer
Rating
6.3
2 Ferdinand (2017)
Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen. Based on the classic 1936 children's book by Munro Leaf.
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- 2017-12-09 | Animation / Family
Cast
- John Cena, Kate McKinnon
Rating
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7.2
3 Apt Pupil (1998)
One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.
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- 1998-10-23 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro
Rating
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6.6
4 The Changeover (2017)
Laura Chant, 16, lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger. Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.
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- 2017-09-28 | Fantasy / Thriller
Cast
- Erana James, Timothy Spall
Rating
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5.3
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5 Gypsy (1962)
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
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- 1962-12-01 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell
Rating
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6.6
6 The Day of the Jackal (1973)
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
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- 1973-05-15 | Action / Thriller
Cast
- Edward Fox, Terence Alexander
Rating
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7.6
7 The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.
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- 1934-09-06 | Drama / Adventure
Cast
- Robert Donat, Elissa Landi
Rating
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6.6
8 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Director Paul Morrissey applies a hefty dose of humor to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective story in this interpretation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Comedian Peter Cook takes on the role of brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, who's not so gifted here as he relegates much of the investigation of demonic dogs to his bumbling sidekick, Watson (Dudley Moore), while he spends time with his mother and searches for an assistant.
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- 1978-07-21 | Drama / Horror
Cast
- Dudley Moore, Peter Cook
Rating
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4.5
9 The Door in the Floor (2004)
Set in the privileged beach community of East Hampton, New York and chronicles one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's book author Ted Cole and his wife Marion. Their once-great marriage has been strained by tragedy. Her resulting despondency and his subsequent infidelities have prevented the couple from confronting a much-needed change in their relationship. Eddie O'Hare, the young man Ted hires to work as his summer assistant, is the couple's unwitting yet willing pawn - and, ultimately, the catalyst in the transformation of their lives.
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- 2004-07-18 | Drama
Cast
- Elle Fanning, Jeff Bridges
Rating
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6.1
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10 The Duellists (1977)
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
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- 1977-08-31 | Drama / War
Cast
- Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel
Rating
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7.3
