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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Bruce Ramsay, ranked

Bruce Ramsay appears in several titles adapted from the pages of books and comic books to the screen, such as Alive or The Porter.
Here, we offer a ranked list, from best to worst, of 3 movies and TV series based on existing source material where Bruce Ramsay appears. Revisit old favorites or discover hidden gems, whether books or film productions. We invite you to watch, read, and vote for any title, joining the debate of whether the book or the movie is better.
Alive. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1974 book
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Alive
Piers Paul Read, 1974
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Alive
Frank Marshall, 1993

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 flies over the Andes on October 13, 1972. The raucous rugby players and a few of their relatives and friends are eagerly looking forward to an upcoming match in Chile. Upon emerging from clouds, the plane encounters turbulence and collides with a mountain. Stranded in the snow swept Andes, the survivors are forced to use desperate measures to survive after a plane crash.

The Porter. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2019 book, They Call Me George
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They Call Me George
Cecil Foster, 2019
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The Porter
Aubrey Nealon, Bruce Ramsay, 2022-

The series depict the history of Black Canadian and African-American men who worked as Pullman porters in the period following World War I, leading to the 1925 creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters as the first Black-led labour union.

Hit Me. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1954 book, A Swell-Looking Babe
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A Swell-Looking Babe
Jim Thompson, 1954
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Hit Me
Steven Shainberg, 1996

Sonny lives with his intellectually disabled older brother Leroy and works as a bellhop in a hotel, struggling to pay back a loan to Jack Cougar, the head of hotel security. Everything changes when Monique a beautiful, suicidal nut-case checks in. Sonny is offered a part in a heist that goes wrong.