Complex's The 25 Best Graphic Novel Adaptations of All Time
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BY KHAL, AUBREY PAGE, JOHN FLYNN, MIKE SHEFFIELD, KERENSA CADENAS, HELEN OWOLABI, MADISON HARTMAN
Aug 23, 2017
If you’re a fan of today’s movies, you can throw a rock and hit like 40 different comic book-related projects. And while it’s weird that a number of these series are produced with their comic book counterparts continuing to grow on a monthly basis, there’s a history of movies that were derived from graphic novels, which at their base are more serialized comic book works.
With the money Netflix is funneling into their original programming, there’s no surprised that the long-awaited Hollywood adaptation of Death Note, the wildly-popular manga series-turned-anime dealing with a magical book that grants its owner the ability to kill anyone who’s name is written in it, is premiering on the service this Friday. In a year that’s already featured (shaky) film adaptations of Valerian AND Ghost In the Shell, it’s high time we take a look at the absolute best movies that got their start as graphic novels. And who knows, maybe you might find out that your favorite film is also just as dope when you read it.
Note: There are 27 films because Kick-Ass 1 & 2 Hellboy 1 & 2 are counted as single entries in the source.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010, in 6 top lists Check -
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Akira
1988, in 22 top lists Check -
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Ghost World
2001, in 8 top lists Check -
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Kôkaku Kidôtai
1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check -
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Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
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Edge of Tomorrow
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Diary of a Teenage Girl
2015, in 1 top list Check -
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Road to Perdition
2002, in 6 top lists Check -
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Kick-Ass
2010, in 1 top list Check -
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Kick-Ass 2
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
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A History of Violence
2005, in 11 top lists Check -
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Snowpiercer
2013, in 2 top lists Check -
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Persepolis
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
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Hellboy
2004, in 1 top list Check -
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008, in 1 top list Check -
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Sin City
2005, in 10 top lists Check -
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American Splendor
2003, in 3 top lists Check -
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RED
2010, in 1 top list Check -
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La vie d'Adèle
2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check -
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Tank Girl
1995, in 2 top lists Check -
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Wanted
2008, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Crow
1994, in 4 top lists Check -
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Atomic Blonde
2017, in 0 top lists Check -
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Watchmen
2009, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Mask
1994, in 5 top lists Check -
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V for Vendetta
2005, in 10 top lists Check -
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300
2006, in 6 top lists Check
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