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    19 Movies I Had Absolutely No Idea Were Based On Books We All Read In High School

    So...you're telling me watching Groundhog Day is basically the same as reading Nietzsche, right?

    1. 10 Things I Hate About You is based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

    Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles pointing at the camera at the dance

    2. As is romantic comedy Deliver Us From Eva.

    LL Cool J holding Gabrielle Union from behind in the film

    3. My Fair Lady is based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.

    Higgins standing behind Eliza

    4. As is teen comedy She's All That.

    Poster for the film

    5. And Pretty Woman.

    Edward gives Vivian a necklace

    6. Oliver & Company is based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

    Oliver in the film

    7. The Dark Knight Rises is based on Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.

    Bruce and Catwoman dancing

    8. The Nutty Professor is based on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

    Eddie Murphy in the poster for the film

    9. From Prada to Nada is based on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

    Mary and Nora hanging out on a bed

    10. The SpongeBob SquarePants movie seems to be based on Homer's Odyssey.

    Mindy with her arms around Patrick and SpongeBob

    11. Warm Bodies is loosely based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

    R next to Julie, who's pointing a gun

    12. Groundhog Day is loosely based on Friedrich Nietzsche's The Gay Science.

    Phil and Rita at a diner

    13. Cruel Intentions is based on the classic French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.

    Movie poster for the film

    14. Moulin Rouge is based on both Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

    Satine and Christian singing on top of the elephant

    15. Barnyard is loosely based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

    The barn animals talking

    16. Clueless is based on Emma by Jane Austen.

    Cher and Dionne outside

    17. She's the Man is based on Twelfth Night by Shakespeare.

    Duke and Viola at the game

    18. Bridget Jones's Diary is based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

    Poster for the film with Colin Firth, Renée Zellweger, and Hugh Grant

    19. And finally, Apocalypse Now is based on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

    Robert Duvall as Lt Col Bill Kilgore and another soldier in the film

    What movies were you super surprised to discover were based on classic literature? Let us know in the comments!