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In my humble opinion ---
James Hilton's "Lost Horizon". The story in the novel was muddied and weakened by the device of "this is a story someone told someone who told me". The 1937 movie used straightforward story telling and "show don't tell" and the photography was so atmospheric.
C S Lewis's "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe". The book was thinner in characterisation and atmosphere than the 2005 movie. The opening scenes of the London bombings and the children being sent from the city...ahh. And the witch - so sexy!
Is it cheating to add "Cabaret" based on Isherwood's "Berlin Stories"?
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