Which Movies Were Actually Much Better Than The Books?

This seems to happen only on rare occasions. I’m not so much into the obvious reasons why this happens as to the actual movies you think are better than the books.

And, I know the astute group of movie and book experts here can give insight into these movies.

I’ll start with possibly the most obvious one and that’s the “Wizard Of Oz”. The screen play to this movie adaptation is so astoundingly written in my opinion. The way it’s woven into a dream sequence is spectacularly done. It’s really much different than Frank L. Baum’s book. And, of course, there’s the outstanding acting, the costumes and even the addition of color in the land of Oz. Overall, it really captures the ideas of both fantasy and that of a dream state.

I’m sure this topic has probably been done in the past, but I’m curious what you have to offer.