High School Books That Are Movies

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Shakespeare's plays have been film fodder for decades, particularly Hamlet, about a Danish prince caught in a web of murder and deceit. Mel Gibson tackled the famous role in 1990, while Glenn Close played his mother.

Extra credit: Two major Hamlet films have come out since Gibson's version — one, in 1996, starring Kenneth Branagh, and another in 2000, set in modern day, starring Ethan Hawke.