Lolita. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1955 book
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov, 1955
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Adrian Lyne, 1997

In 1947, Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged European professor of English literature, travels to the United States to take a teaching position in New Hampshire. Humbert’s affection for Lo is also rivaled by another man, playwright Clare Quilty, who has been pursuing Lo since the beginning of the pair’s travels.


Indecent Proposal. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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Indecent Proposal
Jack Engelhard, 1988
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Adrian Lyne, 1993

David and Diana Murphy are married high school sweethearts, living in California. The couple invest everything they have in David’s project, purchasing beachfront property in Santa Monica and beginning construction, but the recession leaves Diana without houses to sell and David without a job.


9½ Weeks. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the 1978 book, Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair
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Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair
Ingeborg Day (Elizabeth McNeill), 1978
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Adrian Lyne, 1986

The title of the film refers to the duration of a relationship between Wall Street arbitrageur John Gray and divorced SoHo art gallery employee Elizabeth McGraw in her early 30s. John initiates and controls the various experimental sexual practices of this volatile relationship to push Elizabeth’s boundaries.


Deep Water. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1957 book
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Deep Water
Patricia Highsmith, 1957
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Adrian Lyne, 2022

A married couple who have fallen out of love with each other begin playing deadly mind games against one another that begin seeing those around them dying.