The Most Iconic Book-to-Film Adaptations in the History of Cinema

12. American Psycho

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The film is based on the 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis. The protagonist of American Psycho is Patrick Bateman, a wealthy investment banker during the financial boom of the ‘80s. Bateman cuts an unsympathetic figure even before we discover that he brutally murders women in his spare time. Director Mary Harron’s film is slightly more comedic than the novel, and is a hugely enjoyable romp with a magnificent central performance from Christian Bale.