Elmore Leonard passed away today at the age of 87. Alongside a vast library of brilliant crime fiction (his first novel The Bounty Hunters was published in 1953), many of Leonard's works were adapted for the big screen.

Digital Spy takes a look at five of the best movies that originated from Leonard's pen.

Jackie Brown (1997)

How do you follow a movie like Pulp Fiction? Quentin Tarantino was always going to find it difficult to replicate the blistering success of his 1994 crime film but time has been kind to Jackie Brown, which ages like a fine wine. It's by far Tarantino's most mature work, and that's thanks in part to using Leonard's novel Rum Punch as the jumping off point. Stars Pam Grier and Robert Forster give career-best performances as a flight attendant and bail bondsman who fall for each other.

3:10 to Yuma (1957 / 2007)

Leonard's short story, which was first published in a 1950s pulp mag,...