Nicholas Sparks books seem like natural material for romantic movies. Maybe that's why every movie based on Sparks' books seems to have done well with women! Here is a complete list of movies based on Nicholas Sparks' books, with details about when they were released.
'Message in a Bottle'
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The movie version of Message in a Bottle, starring Kevin Costner and Robin Wright Penn, was released in 1999. The book Message in a Bottle was released in 1998. Message in a Bottle is about a woman who finds a love letter in a bottle and becomes determined to track down the author.
'A Walk to Remember'
Grand Central Publishing
The movie version of A Walk to Remember, starring Shane West and Mandy Moore, was released in 2002. The book was released in 1999. A Walk to Remember is the story of a popular guy who is forced to tutor a plain girl from a poor school. Love and tragedy occur, as they do in all Sparks' books.
'The Notebook'
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The movie version of The Notebook, starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, was released in 2004. The book version of The Notebook was actually Sparks' first book to be published, and was released in 1996. The Notebook is about a man who reads to an old woman he visits from a faded notebook that tells the story of a couple who are separated by World War II, then passionately reunited years later.
'Nights in Rodanthe'
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The movie version of Nights in Rodanthe, starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane, was released in September 2008. The book Nights in Rodanthe was released in 2002. Nights in Rodanthe is about a woman who is tending a friend's inn for the weekend in order to escape problems in her life, and meets a man going through his own crisis of conscience, who is the only guest at the inn.
