We Wouldn't Have Our Favorite Movies Without These Awesome Books

Adapted from the 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, a young man spends his time stealing, raping and beating innocent people in nihilistic orgies of violence, all in an attempt to get his nightly kicks.

From director Cary Joji Fukunaga, and set in West Africa, Beasts of No Nation tells the story of AGU (Abraham Attah), a young villager, whom we meet playing with his older brother, making mischief with his friends at a nearby refugee camp and enjoying dinner with his family. But the happy routines of childhood are shattered when army troops from the capital city arrive to squelch a rebellion against the country's corrupt regime. The 2005 novel is by American-Nigerian author Uzodinma Iweala.

Forrest Gump, a friendly, simpleminded man, finds himself in the middle of nearly every major event of the 1960s and '70s. The 1994 movie starring Tom Hanks is based on the 1986 novel by Winston Groom.

Marine recruits endure the grueling ordeal of basic training and later face the unrelenting Viet Cong during the Tet Offensive in this grim drama. American actor, author and photographer, Mathew Modine, published a book named Full Metal Jacket Diary in 2005.

While hunting, Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad and takes off with $2 million in cash, but a psychopathic hit man is hot on his trail. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, while hunting, Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad and takes off with $2 million in cash, but a psychopathic hit man is hot on his trail. The 2005 novel is by Cormac McCarthy.

The mob drama starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino was directed by Sofia Coppola but the 1969 book was written by Mario Puzo.

Mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy Buchanan, who's married to unfaithful Tom, making for a tragic love triangle. The 1925 book was written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay book was the final in the Hunger Games series but it was split into two movies starring Jennifer Lawrence. Back in District 13 after demolishing the Hunger Games, Katniss reluctantly becomes the icon of a groundswell rebellion against the Capitol.

The 1960 book by Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize and the author even inspired Victoria Beckham's baby name choice.