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 2006 Movies Based on Books
Read the Book Before You See the Movie. Which is better? You decide. Browse movies based on books.
Peaceful Warrior (Drama, Coming of Age, Philosophy, Adaptation)
  
PLOT: Dan Millman (Scott Mechlowicz) is an aspiring young gymnast heading for the Olympic Games. But he lets girls and wild parties derail his track to the gold medal. After a motorcycle accident lands him in the hospital, he meets a stranger (Nick Nolte) nicknamed Socrates at a gas station who teaches him to tap into an inner peace and let go of his demons. BOOK TITLE: Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives AUTHOR: Dan Millman
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2006 Movies Based On Books List |
| Movie Title | Book Title | Author |
 Alice |  Alice in Wonderland (1865) | Lewis Carroll | | All the King's Men | All the King's Men (1946) | Robert Penn Warren | | Americanese | American Knees (1995) | Shawn Wong | | Aquamarine | Aquamarine (2001) | Alice Hoffman | | Ask the Dust | Ask the Dust (1939) | John Fante | | Black Dahlia, The | Black Dahlia, The (1987) | James Ellroy | | Brideshead Revisited | Brideshead Revisited (1945) | Evelyn Waugh | | Candy | Candy | Luke Davies | | Cervantes | Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes, The (1991) | Stephen Marlowe | | Charlotte's Web | Charlotte's Web (1952) | E. B. White | | Children of Men, The | Children of Men, The (1992) | P. D. James | | Curious George | Curious George (1941) | H. A. Rey | | Da Vinci Code, The | Da Vinci Code, The (2003) | Dan Brown | | Death and Life of Bobby Z | Death and Life of Bobby Z (1997) | Don Winslow | | Decameron: Angels & Virgins | Decameron (1997) | Giovanni Boccaccio | | Devil Wears Prada, The | Devil Wears Prada, The (2003) | Lauren Weisberger | | Eragon | Eragon (2003) | Christopher Paolini | | Flags of our Fathers | Flags of our Fathers (2000) | James Bradley | | Flicka | My Friend Flicka (1941) | Mary O'Hara | | Freedomland | Freedomland (1998) | Richard Price | | Gone, Baby, Gone | Gone, Baby, Gone (1998) | Dennis Lehane | | Good German, The | Good German, The (2001) | Joseph Kanon | | Good Year, A | Good Year, A (2003) | Peter Mayle | | Hawk Is Dying, The | Hawk Is Dying, The (1973) | Harry Crews | | Hoot | Hoot (2002) | Carl Hiaasen | | How to Eat Fried Worms | How to Eat Fried Worms (1973) | Thomas Rockwell | | I Served the King of England | I Served the King of England | Bohumil Hrabal | | Illusionist, The | Eisenheim the Illusionist | Steven Millhauser | | Killshot | Killshot (1989) | Elmore Leonard | | Last King of Scotland | Last King of Scotland, The (1998) | Giles Foden | | Last Legion | Last Legion (2003) | Valerio Manfredi | | Little Children | Little Children (2004) | Tom Perrotta | | Namesake, The | Namesake, The (2003) | Jhumpa Lahiri | | Night Listener, The | Night Listener, The (2000) | Armistead Maupin | | Painted Veil, The | Painted Veil, The (1925) | W. Somerset Maugham | | Peaceful Warrior | Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives (1980) | Dan Millman | | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Patrick Suskind | | Poseidon | Poseidon Adventure, The (1969) | Paul Gallico | | Running with Scissors | Running with Scissors: A Memoir (2002) | Augusten Burroughs | | Scanner Darkly, A | Scanner Darkly, A (1977) | Philip K. Dick | | Sentinel, The | Sentinel, The (2003) | Gerald Petievich | | Stormbreaker | Stormbreaker (2000) | Anthony Horowitz | | Tenants, The | Tenants, The (1971) | Bernard Malamud | | Thief Lord | Thief Lord, The (2001) | Cornelia Funke | | Treatment, The | Treatment, The (1998) | Daniel Menaker | | Ultimate Gift, The | Ultimate Gift, The | Jim Stovall | | V for Vendetta | V for Vendetta (1988) | Alan Moore | | Visitation, The | Visitation, The (1999) | Frank E. Peretti | | Wedding Season | Wedding Season (2004) | Darcy Cosper | | Zodiac | Zodiac (1985) | Robert Graysmith |
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
~Martin Farquhar Tupper
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