Top Ten Tuesday: Movie and TV Shows That Would Have Made Amazing Books

It’s Tuesday and that means there’s another Top Ten Tuesday topic to bring you. This week, I’m breaking down some movies I think would’ve made amazing books. Unsurprisingly, many movies I watch were already booked before they got turned into movies. But today, I’m going to share with you some of my favorite movies, mostly from the early 2000s, that I would definitely read as books.

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Movie and TV Shows That Would Have Made Amazing Books

Bend It Like Beckham

Two ambitious girls have their hearts set on careers in professional soccer.

Chasing Liberty

Teen sensation Mandy Moore stars as the U.S. president’s 18-year-old daughter who gives the Secret Service the slip to go on a road trip unsupervised by the earpiece set.

Dirty Dancing

It’s the classic romance between an ugly duckling teenybopper and a hunky dance instructor at a Catskills resort in the summer of 1963. You’ll have the time of your life!

Grease

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John star in this hit musical about a high-school girl who is ‘hopelessly devoted’ to a hip dragster.

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey star in this romantic comedy about a writer out to romance and repel the perfect mate as material for a magazine article.

Mean Girls

Teenager Cady Heron must assimilate into Girl World to survive high school life after joining “The Plastics.” After she makes the mistake of falling for the Queen Bee Regina George’s ex-boyfriend Aaron, Cady must reckon with the true nature of high school.

Miss Congeniality

International screen sensation Sandra Bullock stars as an FBI agent who goes undercover as a beauty contestant to capture a terrorist in this hilarious action-comedy.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Nia Vardalos stars as a girl who creates a stir within her traditional Greek family by falling for a guy with one flaw–he’s not Greek!

Step Up

A troubled guy but a gifted dancer attracts the attention of a talented ballerina at a Maryland school.

27 Dresses

A seasoned bridesmaid preps for her sister’s big day despite her feelings for the groom in this romantic comedy.

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.