Bullet Train. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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Bullet Train
Kōtarō Isaka, 2010
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David Leitch, 2022

Trained killer Ladybug wants to give up the life but is pulled back in by his handler Maria Beetle in order to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka. Once onboard, he and the other competing assassins onboard discover that their objectives are all connected.


Troy. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the -750 book, The Iliad
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The Iliad
Homer, -750
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Wolfgang Petersen, 2004

A battle between the Greek armies of King Agamemnon of Mycenae and King Triopas of Thessaly is quickly averted when the great warrior Achilles, fighting for Agamemnon, defeats Boagrius, Triopas’ champion, in single combat after Achilles was initially absent from the battle. Upon learning of this, Menelaus meets with Agamemnon, his elder brother, and asks him to help take Troy.


Meet Joe Black. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1957 book, Death Takes a Holiday
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Death Takes a Holiday
Alberto Casella, 1957
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Martin Brest, 1998

Billionaire media mogul Bill Parrish is considering a merger between his company and another media giant and is about to celebrate his 65th birthday with an elaborate party planned by his elder daughter, Allison. His younger daughter, Susan, a resident in internal medicine, is in a relationship with one of Bill’s board members, Drew. When she asks for the short version of his impassioned speech, he simply says, ‘Stay open’.


A River Runs Through It. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1976 book
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A River Runs Through It
Norman Maclean, 1976
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Robert Redford, 1992

The Maclean brothers, Norman and Paul, grow up in Missoula, Montana with their father, Presbyterian minister John, from whom they learn a love of fly fishing for trout in the Blackfoot River. Norman leaves to attend college at Dartmouth; when he returns six years later, he finds that Paul has become a skilled fisherman.


Seven Years in Tibet. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1953 book
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Seven Years in Tibet
Heinrich Harrer, 1953
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Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1997

In 1938, Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer leaves behind his pregnant wife to join Peter Aufschnaiter in a team attempting to summit Nanga Parbat. When World War II begins in 1939, they are arrested by the authorities for being enemy aliens and imprisoned in a prisoner-of-war camp in Dehradun in the Himalayan foothills, in the present-day Indian state of Uttarakhand.


World War Z. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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World War Z
Max Brooks, 2006
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Marc Forster, 2013

Former UN field agent Gerry Lane, his wife Karin, and their two daughters are in heavy Philadelphia traffic when the city is overrun by zombies. UN Deputy Secretary-General Thierry Umutoni, an old friend of Gerry, sends a helicopter that extracts the Lanes to a U.S. Navy vessel in the Atlantic Ocean where scientists and military personnel are analyzing the worldwide outbreaks.


Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1984 book, Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
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Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Chuck Barris, 1984
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George Clooney, 2002

Tired of being rejected by the beautiful women he lusts after, Chuck Barris moves to Manhattan to become an NBC page with dreams of becoming famous in television but is eventually fired. He is given $7,500 to create a television pilot, but ABC abandons the idea in favor of Hootenanny.


Less Than Zero. Poster of the 1987 movie and cover of the 1985 book
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Less Than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis, 1985
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Marek Kanievska, 1987

Clay Easton is a straitlaced college freshman on the East Coast of the United States, who returns home to Los Angeles, California, for Christmas to find things very different from the way he left them. After suffering through a night of overdose and hiding from Rip, Julian decides to quit and begs his father to help him.


Killing Them Softly. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1974 book, Cogan's Trade
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Cogan's Trade
George V. Higgins, 1974
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Andrew Dominik, 2012

During the American financial crisis and presidential election campaign in the fall of 2008, Johnny Squirrel Amato plans to rob a Mafia poker game. They decide to target a game run by Markie Trattman, who is known to have previously orchestrated an inside job by paying two men to rob his own illegal poker game.


War Machine. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2011 book, The Operators
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The Operators
Michael Hastings, 2011
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David Michôd, 2017

In the summer of 2009, four-star General Glen McMahon, having won renown for his effective leadership in Iraq, is sent to Afghanistan to prepare an assessment so that the government can end the ongoing war. McMahon and his staff, particularly his right hand man Major General Greg Pulver, are united in their belief that the war can be won, and decide to recommend that President Obama authorize a surge of 40,000 additional troops to secure Helmand province in order to stabilize the country.