7 Oscar Nominees You Never Knew Were Based on Books

Published in 1977, this bestselling novel — and later award-winning film — changed the national conversation about divorce and family in the modern age. Chronicling a custody battle between Joanna and Ted Kramer, it’s a layered, complicated, and emotional story of oppositions: mother versus father, freedom versus responsibility, petitioner versus respondent — but not in the way you would expect.