Schindler's List. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1982 book
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Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally, 1982
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Steven Spielberg, 1993

In Kraków during World War II, the Germans have forced local Polish Jews into the overcrowded Kraków Ghetto. To better protect his workers, Schindler bribes Göth into allowing him to build a sub-camp. As the Germans begin to lose the war, Göth is ordered to ship the remaining Jews at Płaszów to Auschwitz concentration camp. Schindler asks Göth to allow him to move his workers to a new munitions factory he plans to build in Brünnlitz near his home town Zwittau.


Cold Courage. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 2011 book
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Cold Courage
Pekka Hiltunen, 2011
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Agneta Fagerström-Olsson, Kadir Balci, 2020

Amid a string of London’s murders, two women’s paths intersect. Mari champions the marginalized, while Lia is in a state of evasion. Mari is consumed by her mission to thwart the ascent of a perilous politician and decides to employ an unfamiliar face to infiltrate his campaign. And who better suited for this role than Lia?


The White Princess. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 2014 book, The King's Curse
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The King's Curse
Philippa Gregory, 2014
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Jamie Payne, Alex Kalymnios, 2017

Adapted from Philippa Gregory’s best-selling novel and part of The Cousins’ War book series, The White Princess sees England ostensibly united by the marriage of Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII, but their personal and political rift runs deep and the war that rages between them threatens to tear the kingdom apart once again.


The White Princess. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 2013 book
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The White Princess
Philippa Gregory, 2013
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Jamie Payne, Alex Kalymnios, 2017

Adapted from Philippa Gregory’s best-selling novel and part of The Cousins’ War book series, The White Princess sees England ostensibly united by the marriage of Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII, but their personal and political rift runs deep and the war that rages between them threatens to tear the kingdom apart once again.


The Dressmaker. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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The Dressmaker
Rosalie Ham, 2000
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Jocelyn Moorhouse, 2015

In 1926, in the fictitious Australian outback town of Dungatar, schoolgirl Myrtle Dunnage is blamed for the death of classmate Stewart Pettyman and exiled from the town by local police sergeant Horatio Farrat. Twenty-five years later in 1951, Myrtle, now an accomplished dressmaker going by the name Tilly, returns to Dungatar.


Hook. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1906 book, Peter and Wendy
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Peter and Wendy
J.M. Barrie, 1906
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Steven Spielberg, 1991

Successful San Francisco corporate lawyer Peter Banning is unaware that his workaholic lifestyle is straining his relationship with his wife Moira and their children, Jack and Maggie. Surprised to see how weak Peter has become, Hook challenges him to fly and rescue his children, but then prepares to execute him when he fails.


Hook. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Hook
Terry Brooks, 1991
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Steven Spielberg, 1991

Successful San Francisco corporate lawyer Peter Banning is unaware that his workaholic lifestyle is straining his relationship with his wife Moira and their children, Jack and Maggie. Surprised to see how weak Peter has become, Hook challenges him to fly and rescue his children, but then prepares to execute him when he fails.


The Best of Me. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks, 2010
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Michael Hoffman, 2014

Alternating between scenes of their relationship in 1992 with their current lives separately, the film shows the story of Dawson and Amanda. Months later, after recovering, Dawson learns that his close friend and surrogate father, Tuck Hostetler, has died and returns home for the first time in almost twenty years to carry out Tuck’s final wishes.


Hunter Killer. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2011 book, Firing Point
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Firing Point
George Wallace, Don Keith, 2011
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Donovan Marsh, 2018

The U.S. Los Angeles class submarine USS Tampa Bay vanishes while shadowing the Russian Akula-class submarine Konek in the Arctic. At the same time, a Navy SEAL team under the command of Lieutenant Bill Beaman is sent in to discreetly observe the Russian naval base in Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast, but their mission is swiftly complicated when Martinelli, the team’s new designated marksman recruit, is rendered injured during the HALO drop.


Cliffhanger. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Cliffhanger
Jeff Rovin, 1993
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Renny Harlin, 1993

After a ranger fails to rescue his partner’s girlfriend from a tragic death in the Rocky Mountains, he leaves the rescue team to wrestle with his guilt. When he returns to reconcile his relationship with his own girlfriend, also a rescue ranger, he is drawn into one last mission. This time, the victims they are rescuing turn out to be deadly criminals who are hauling away a large amount of cash.


The Princess Diaries. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot, 2000
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Garry Marshall, 2001

Shy high school student Mia Thermopolis resides with her mother Helen in a refurbished firehouse in San Francisco. Unpopular among her peers, Mia suffers from a fear of public speaking while harboring a crush on Josh Bryant, and is often teased by his popular girlfriend Lana Thomas. Mia’s only friends are social outcast Lilly Moscovitz.


Dorian Gray. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1890 book, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde, 1890
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Oliver Parker, 2009

When a naive young Dorian Gray arrives in late Victorian London, by train, to inherit an estate left to him by his abusive grandfather, he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Lord Henry Wotton, who introduces Gray to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. When the portrait is unveiled, Gray makes a flippant pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture—even his soul.