Full list of every Best Picture Academy Award-winning movie based on or inspired by books, novels, and comic books.

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Oscars: Best Picture Winners that were inspired by books

Full list of every Best Picture Academy Award-winning movie based on or inspired by books, novels, and comic books. (50 TITLES)

Forrest Gump

Robert Zemeckis, 1994

Forrest Gump

Winston Groom, 1986

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Peter Jackson, 2003

The Return of the King

J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955

The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola, 1972

The Godfather

Mario Puzo, 1969

Gladiator

Ridley Scott, 2000

Those About to Die

Daniel P. Mannix, 1958

The Silence of the Lambs

Jonathan Demme, 1991

The Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris, 1988

Schindler's List

Steven Spielberg, 1993

Schindler's List

Thomas Keneally, 1982

The Godfather: Part II

Francis Ford Coppola, 1974

The Sicilian

Mario Puzo, 1969

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Milos Forman, 1975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey, 1962

No Country for Old Men

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2007

No Country for Old Men

Cormac McCarthy, 2005

A Beautiful Mind

Ron Howard, 2001

A Beautiful Mind

Sylvia Nasar, 1998

Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan, 2008

Q & A

Vikas Swarup, 2005

12 Years a Slave

Steve McQueen, 2013

Twelve Years a Slave

Solomon Northup, 1853

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