Films That Originated As a Book
Some of our most popular films of all time started their lives as a book – always handy if you are looking for inspiration for a book character costume as well! Although some of the plot may have been adapted to suit the screen, the basic story is normally followed, although characters may be added or forgotten completely.
A lot of these films will also show up in some of our other film categories, on the left, where they may be more information on them.
Costume Ideas…
So here are just some costume ideas of films that started life as a book, as you can see there is a huge variation and possible costume choices
- Harry Potter, we stock a great range of Harry Potter costumes, although a lot more for children
- The Wizard of Oz we stock a great range of The Wizard of Oz costumes
- The Lord Of The Rings
- Gone With The Wind
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
- Oliver Twist
- Bridget Jones
- Captain Corellis Mandolin
- The Smurfs & The Magic Flute
- Red Riding Hood
- Alice Adventures In Wonderland
- Green Lantern new costumes available soon
- Dances With Wolves American Civil War uniforms & Indian Costumes
- The Man With The Golden Gun – just 1 of the many James Bond 007 books
- Jaws
- The Twilight Saga – vampires & werewolves
- Dracula
- Frankensteins Monster
- Sense & Sensibility
- The Three Musketeers
- The Godfather – gangster costumes
- Breakfast at Tiffanys
- Band of Brothers
- Pinocchio
- Alias Madame Doubtfire – Became Mrs Doubtfire- a great opportunity for the men to dress up in drag!
- Mary Poppins
- Charlie& The Chocolate Factory
- Animal Farm
- The BFG
- Black Beauty
- The Cat In The Hat
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Dumbo
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- The Hundred & One Dalmations
- The Indian In the Cupboard
- James & The Giant Peach
- Jumani – full of weird costume ideas!
- The Jungle Book
- The Lion, the Witch & The Wardrobe
- Matilda
- The Night At The Museum
- Shrek
- Peter Pan – Pirate Costumes
- The Sheep Pig – Babe
- Treasure Island – pirate costumes
- The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle – Doctor Dolittle
- The Wind In The Willows
- Winnie The Pooh
- The Witches






