1. Top 10 Feature Films of 2010 by Roger Ebert
1. Social Network - Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires.
2. The King’s Speech – not based on, but a book by the same name was published just before the release of the movie.
3. Black Swan
4. I Am Love
5. Winter’s Bone - adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's 2006 novel of the same
6. Inception
7. The Secret of the Eyes - Eduardo Sacheri’s novel El Secreto de Sus Ojos.
8. The American - Based on the 1990 novel by Martin Booth titled A Very Private Gentleman
9. The Kids Are All Right
10 The Ghost Writer - The Ghost, a 2007 novel by English writer Robert Harris.
As you can see, five out of the top ten movies from last year were based on books, and one spawned a book of the same name at the same time as the movie. Not all of these books were popular before the films, but after the films; the books definitely earned more readers. The best-selling novels often turn into the best-selling films--Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings trilogy--and I don't see this changing anytime soon.
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