# What is the best Dennis Lehane adaptation?

> Boston grit, buried secrets and a few polarizing swings make Lehane's page-to-screen record unevenly fascinating.

*By YPB Team · Published October 22, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-dennis-lehane-adaptation*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Shutter Island** — score 1000/1000
   Martin Scorsese's 2010 psychological thriller set in an island asylum.
2. **Mystic River** — score 436/1000
   Clint Eastwood's 2003 crime drama about three childhood friends reunited by a murder.
3. **Live by Night** — score 198/1000
   Ben Affleck's 2016 Prohibition-era gangster drama.
4. **Gone Baby Gone** — score 0/1000
   Ben Affleck's 2007 directorial debut about a missing child in Boston.
5. **The Drop** — score 0/1000
   A 2014 Brooklyn crime drama starring Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini.

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