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All the books by George Saunders adapted to cinema and television, ranked
The works by George Saunders, known for titles such as The House of Dr. Edwardes or Escape from Spiderhead, have been adapted several times to cinema and television.
Below, we present a ranked list, from best to worst, of 2 movies and TV series based on titles by George Saunders. Revisit old favorites or discover hidden gems, whether books or film productions. We invite you to watch, read, and vote for any title, joining the debate of whether the book or the movie is better.
The House of Dr. Edwardes
Francis Beeding (John Palmer), Hilary Saint George Saunders, 1927
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Alfred Hitchcock, 1945
Dr. Constance Petersen is a psychoanalyst at Green Manors, a therapeutic community mental hospital in Vermont. At the same time, it becomes public knowledge that the supposed Edwardes is an impostor, and that the real Edwardes is missing and may have been killed.
Escape from Spiderhead
George Saunders, 2013
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Joseph Kosinski, 2022
Two convicts living in a near-future society grapple with their pasts while trapped in a facility that allows prisoners to reduce their sentence time by volunteering for experiments using emotion-altering drugs, which are run by prison overseer Steve Abnesti. Inmate Jeff comes to care for another prisoner, Rachel, and tries to outmaneuver the experiments of the prison to save her.