Movies that are better than the book

99% of the time, the book is superior to the film. Of course, that leaves 1% of room for exceptions.

Here's a few of mine:
-American Psycho
-A Clockwork Orange
-Jackie Brown
-No Country for Old Men
-Fantastic Mr. Fox
-The Godfather
-Fight Club
-The Last of the Mohicans
-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
-Requiem for a Dream
-Watchmen
-The Silence of the Lambs
-The Shining

No disrespect to any of these books, of course; most of them are great. For example, The Shining is a masterpiece both as a novel and a film—I personally just slightly prefer Kubrick's version. Same goes for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and A Clockwork Orange. Excellent novels, but for me, they're also both all-time Top 20 films.

I'm sure many people will disagree with my selection of Watchmen—which is fine—but I'm just not big into graphic novels, and thought the film remained incredibly faithful to the source material while somehow actually improving upon it. It's likely my favorite superhero film, and as far as I'm concerned, a damn near-masterpiece, regardless of genre.

The film that I believe MOST improved upon its source material is American Psycho, which is why I listed it first. The book was pretty decent, but not great. The film, however, is one of my all-time favorites.

So, what are some films you consider to be superior to the books on which they were based?