War and Peace, 1973 (TV series), based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy; John Howard Davies, director; Anthony Hopkins as PierreI also recommend all of the novels on which these movies are based.Pride and Prejudice, 1995 (TV series), based on the novel by Jane Austen; Simon Langton, director; Jennifer Ehle; Colin Firth
Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai), 1954: Akira Kurosawa, director
I, Claudius, 1976 (TV series), based on the novel by Robert Graves; Herbert Wise, director; Derek Jacobi; Sian Phillips
Gone with the Wind, 1939, based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland
Tomorrow, 1972 (TV), based on the short story by William Faulkner; Joseph Anthony, II, director; Robert Duvall
Los Olvidados, 1950; Luis Bunuel, director
East of Eden, 1955, based on the novel by John Steinbeck; Elia Kazan, director; James Dean; Julie Harris
The Godfather, Part I, 1972, based on the novel by Mario Puzo: Francis Ford Coppola, director; Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall
The Godfather, Part II, 1974: Francis Ford Coppola, director; Al Pacino, Robert Duvall
I agree. This is possibly the best movie ever made. Every scene is like a painting. The director followed the book as well as possible. I don't understand it when directors change the story when gold exists in the original story. I can't understand why the director changed the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from the very satisfying ending that already existed in the book.
After seeing I Claudius (still have the old VCR tapes around somewhere), I read about 2,000 pages of Roman History. Livy from the beginning and various others through the year of 4 caesars.