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Get Ready for the Oscars with These Best Picture Adaptations
Posted by Cybil on February 23, 2017![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/misc/1487804209-1487804209_goodreads_misc.png)
Get ready for Hollywood's biggest night by curling up with some of its best inspiration! When the 89th Academy Awards get underway this Sunday, four book-to-film adaptations will be among the competition for Best Picture. Check out tinsel town's source material for this year's Best Picture nominees and look through some earlier books that were transformed into Best Picture gold. Be sure to add them to your Want to Read list.
Adaptations Nominated for Best Picture:
by Margot Lee Shetterly
Other nominations include Octavia Spencer for best supporting actress and best adapted screenplay.
by August Wilson
Other nominations include Denzel Washington for best actor and Viola Davis for best supporting actress, as well as best adapted screenplay.
by Saroo Brierley
Other nominations include Dev Patel for best supporting actor, Nicole Kidman for best supporting actress, and best adapted screenplay.
by Ted Chiang
Other nominations include Denis Villeneuve for best director, and best adapted screenplay.
Previous Best Picture Winners:
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![Francesca](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1446156110p1/31502192.jpg)
Have to admit, I'm still disappointed that A Monster Calls wasn't nominated for anything. It was a phenomenal and breath taking movie that deserved some recognition. It was one of the best adaptations I've ever seen, as well, as it stayed incredibly close to the source material.
![Sumeet Mahendra](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1487147699p1/5175325.jpg)
![Alejandra](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1505765931p1/59337315.jpg)
I totally agree with you! =)
![Crazyforbooks](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1491053607p1/35427524.jpg)
![Crazyforbooks](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1491053607p1/35427524.jpg)
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![Brooke](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1500919082p1/13662036.jpg)
Agreed. A Monster Calls was brilliant; I was so happy to see how much it stuck to the book & how the tears I produced reading it were still in full effect when watching the complex emotions played out on-screen. Definitely underrated, such a shame.
![Laura Saxon](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1471556051p1/58768705.jpg)
![Maureen](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1506739214p1/5535795.jpg)
Well isn't that handy. We don't like you either.
![The Book Crusader](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1463107485p1/39486165.jpg)
I'm just happy that Trolls lost. Screw that piece of shit movie. I hope Dreamworks realizes how much they screwed up by not using the Good Luck Troll designs.
![Maureen](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1506739214p1/5535795.jpg)
Didn't win, didn't win, didn't win! Mwahahahahaha
![Elizabeth☮](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1489805981p1/990216.jpg)
But the audience for this movie doesn't know the original trolls. Their parents might, but they definitely do not.
![Francesca](http://web.archive.org./web/20171113142443im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1446156110p1/31502192.jpg)
Oh, same here! I was a blubbering wreck by the end of the book and, sure enough, I was exactly the same at the end of the film. I'm hoping it will garner some more recognition but it doesn't seem to have received much which is such a shame. Such a gorgeous movie in every way.