Can you name the literary works from which these films were adapted or inspired (sometimes loosely)?

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FilmLiterary Work that Inspired ItAuthor
Cruel Intentions (1999)Choderlos de Laclos
A Place in the Sun (1951)Theodore Dreiser
Roxanne (1987)Edmond Rostand
Clueless (1995)Jane Austen
Field of Dreams (1988)W.P. Kinsella
Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)Jane Austen
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)Homer
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)William Shakespeare
Trading Places (1983)Mark Twain
Forbidden Planet (1956)William Shakespeare
My Fair Lady (1964)George Bernard Shaw
Blade Runner (1982)Philip K. Dick
Charly (1968)Daniel Keyes
FilmLiterary Work that Inspired ItAuthor
She's the Man (2006)William Shakespeare
Simon Birch (1998)John Irving
A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)George Eliot
Stand By Me (1986)Stephen King
The Innocents (1961)Henry James
West Side Story (1961)William Shakespeare
Gettysburg (1993)Micheal Shaara
Apocalyse Now (1979)Joseph Conrad
Throne of Blood (Japan, 1957)William Shakespeare
The Lion King (1994)Willaim Shakespeare
A Thousand Acres (1997)William Shakespeare
Total Recall (1990)Philip K. Dick
O (2001)William Shakespeare
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Films Based on Literature Quiz

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