The bonus round for the Fall Film Challenge turned out to be perfect for me! Jenn simply asked us to select 25 movies that were based on either actual events or a book. These are my absolute two favorite genres so I scoured google lists to find some that I managed to miss over the past few years. I generally have a rule about reading the book before watching the movie, but was happy to add a few to my list that I've read over the past few months (and a couple that I hope to finish before viewing). I anticipate I'll enjoy nearly all of these films. Check back in a month or so for my thoughts on each of them!
1 - Lean on Me (1989) - actual event
2 - The Good Lie (2014) - actual event
3 - McFarland, USA (2015) - actual event
4 - Water for Elephants (2011) - book
5 - Ali (2001) - actual event
6 - Last King of Scotland (2006) - actual event
7 - The Jungle Book (2016) - book
8 - Antwone Fisher (2002) - actual event
9 - The Manchurian Candidate (2004) - book
10 - The Hours (2002) - book
11 - United 93 (2006) - actual event
12 - The Hurt Locker (2008) - actual event
13 - Atonement (2007) - book
14 - The Book Thief (2013) - book
15 - The Road (2009) - book
16 - The Best of Me (2014) - book
17 - Amanda Knox (2016) - actual event
18 - 13th (2016) - actual event
19 - The Witness (2015) - actual event
20 - Audrie & Daisy (2016) - actual event
21 - Who Took Johnny (2014) - actual event
22 - Concussion (2015) - actual event
23 - Everest (2015) - actual event
24 - Man on Wire (2008) - actual event
25 - To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) - book
Have you seen any of these movies?
Andrea :)
i've seen parts of lean on me, the good lie, the last king of scotland, the hours and water for elephants. of those, i'd only want to see the whole of lean on me and the hours.
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but this is one of the many things i love about hosting this challenge. i dig seeing yall's list and how diverse they are. i LOVE that it makes you see things you normally wouldn't.