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Adaptations
See how a story changes on screen. Each explainer puts the book and film together, then explains what stayed, what changed, what was compressed, and which version might suit you first.
A rebellious patient challenges Nurse Ratched's control inside a psychiatric hospital, turning daily rules, group therapy, and ward routines into a fight over dignity and power.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / 1975 filmOil money, family ambition, labor pressure, and religion collide around the rise of a petroleum fortune, with wealth turning private hunger into public damage.
Oil! / 2007 filmYuri Zhivago's private loves, poetry, and family life are swept through revolution, war, separation, and political upheaval in Russia.
Doctor Zhivago / 1965 filmBenjamin Braddock returns from college aimless and uneasy, begins an affair with Mrs. Robinson, then pursues Elaine as adult expectations close around him.
The Graduate / 1967 filmAndy Sachs enters the fashion-magazine world as Miranda Priestly's assistant, learning how ambition, taste, labor, and identity collide inside a glamorous workplace.
The Devil Wears Prada / 2006 filmBritish prisoners of war are forced to build a railway bridge under Japanese command, while military discipline, survival, sabotage, and pride collide.
The Bridge over the River Kwai / 1957 filmSolomon Northup, a free Black man from New York, is kidnapped into slavery and fights to survive years of forced labor, violence, and separation before regaining his freedom.
Twelve Years a Slave / 2013 filmWladyslaw Szpilman survives the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and years of hiding, with music, chance, fear, and help shaping his survival.
The Pianist / 2002 filmWashington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein follow the Watergate break-in into a larger pattern of political secrecy, pressure, and abuse of power.
All the President's Men / 1976 filmAdaptations and their sequels
Compare adaptations, remakes, sequels, and films that borrow the original idea more loosely.
