Shutter Island to American Psycho: 5 Hollywood Thrillers Based on Best-Selling Novels

Movie adaptations of the novels have remained fan favorites throughout the ages. From fantasy book adaptations like “Harry Potter” and “Percy Jackson” to romance novels like “The Notebook” and “Love, Rosie,” there are many movies inspired by books. Likewise, there are some exciting Hollywood movies that you should watch.

Here are some exciting Hollywood movies based on best-selling novels. They will leave you frightened, confused and feeling suspense at every step.

Shutter Island

Marshal Edward Daniels and his partner Chuck Ollie travel to Shutter Island, Boston Harbour, where they must investigate a criminal case at Ashcliffe Hospital. They go there to investigate the case of a missing person named Rachel Solando who was a patient in the mental hospital and drowned her three children.

American Psycho

Set in 1987, Patrick Bateman is a man in his late twenties who is wealthy and good looking. He is based in New York where he joins a group of people who remain secretive and only allow a few people inside. However, Patrick has a secret, psychopathic personality that he keeps under a veil.

Silence of the Lambs

This Hollywood film revolves around the life of Clarice Starling, a trainee FBI agent. She is searching for a serial killer named “Buffalo Bill” who only preys on women. To solve the case, she gets advice from the infamous Dr. Hannibal Lecter who is behind bars for his cannibalism.

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The girl with the dragon tattoo

This is the story of Mikael Blomkvist, a financial reporter who now has a black patch on his identity. He gets the perfect opportunity to regain his self-respect after Henrik Vanger hires him to solve the mystery behind his niece’s death that happened forty years ago. The chain of events that will follow will leave you in shock.

the shining

Remember when Joey was reading “The Shining” on the hit TV show FRIENDS? This is the same book. Jack Torrance is assigned the task of taking care of the abandoned hotel, the Overlook Hotel in Colorado. He settles there with his wife and son Danny, however, Danny continues to experience increasingly strange things over time.

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