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

9. To Kill A Mockingbird

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The film is based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. If Lee’s epoch-defining novel is about tolerance and compassion in the face of hatred and violence, then Robert Mulligan’s adaptation has hit this premise spot on. The casting of Gregory Peck as the heroic Atticus Finch is absolutely perfect. The film won three Oscars — including Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Peck.