The Best Sci-Fi Movies Based On Books

 

Ready Player One

Described as "Willy Wonka meets The Matrix" by USA Today, Ready Player One takes place in a dystopian future where Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) explores the popular virtual reality world, The OASIS, in a quest to win a contest and gain ownership of it. A holy grail of pop culture, this film was originally a novel created by author Ernest Cline, who hit the jackpot when Steven Spielberg chose to adapt his book. Though the film didn't focus much on the global crisis elaborated in the book, it's still a rocking good story that explores people's dependence on technology and the way they escape into nostalgia. Member berries, anyone?