The Name of the Rose. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco, 1980
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Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1986

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church’s authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence – which is considerable.


Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1976 book, Interview with the Vampire
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Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, 1976
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Neil Jordan, 1994

In modern-day San Francisco, reporter Daniel Molloy interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac, who claims to be a vampire. Despondent following the death of his wife and unborn child, he drunkenly wanders the waterfront of New Orleans one night and is attacked by the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt. Thirty years pass, and Claudia matures psychologically but remains a little girl in appearance and continues to be treated as such by Lestat.


Murder in the First. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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Murder in the First
Dan Gordon, 1994
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Marc Rocco, 1995

A passionate and optimistic young lawyer advocates for an Alcatraz inmate charged with killing another prisoner. The unique aspect of the case lies in the fact that the defendant had endured more than three years in solitary confinement prior to the incident.


The Wife. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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The Wife
Meg Wolitzer, 2003
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Björn Runge, 2017

Joan Castleman is a highly intelligent and still-striking beauty – the perfect devoted wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe and his skyrocketing literary career. Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises. And Joan’s reached her breaking point.


Fleishman Is in Trouble. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2019 book, Fleishman is in Trouble
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Fleishman is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, 2019
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Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, 2022-

When Toby Fleishman and his wife of over fifteen years divorced, he knew what to expect: weekends and every other holiday with the kids, some lingering resentment, and the occasional tense moment in their co-parenting discussions.


Tales from the Darkside. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1892 book, Lot No. 249
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Lot No. 249
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892
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John Harrison, 1990

Three short movies, bound together by a fourth tale in which the other three stories are read. The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a “cat from Hell” who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses a bizarre killing and promises never to tell what he saw, and the “in-between” bit is the story of a woman preparing to cook her newspaper boy for supper.


Tales from the Darkside. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1977 book, The Cat from Hell
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The Cat from Hell
Stephen King, 1977
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John Harrison, 1990

Three short movies, bound together by a fourth tale in which the other three stories are read. The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a “cat from Hell” who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses a bizarre killing and promises never to tell what he saw, and the “in-between” bit is the story of a woman preparing to cook her newspaper boy for supper.


Broken Arrow. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Broken Arrow
Jeff Rovin, 1995
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John Woo, 1996

Major Vic Deak Deakins and Captain Riley Hale, pilots in the United States Air Force (USAF), are assigned to a secret exercise flying a stealth bomber with two B83 nuclear bombs over the western United States. Rhodes tries to disable the warhead but is killed by the only other search team survivor, Master Sergeant Kelly, who is serving as a mole for Deakins.


Windtalkers. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Windtalkers
Max Allan Collins, 2001
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John Woo, 2002

In the brutal World War II Battle of Saipan, Sergeant Joe Enders guards and ultimately befriends Ben Yahzee, a young Navajo trained in the one wartime code never broken by the enemy, the Navajo Code. But if Yahzee should fall into Japanese hands, how far will Enders go to save the military’s most powerful secret?


Freaky Deaky. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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Freaky Deaky
Elmore Leonard, 1988
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Charles Matthau, 2012

Chris Mankowski worked in the bomb squad, but when he transferred out, he got caught up in an elaborate plot by former hippies, who have turned bomb making into a business. Rape and revenge are just the tip of the iceberg in a twisty tale that brings Detroit denizens to life in all their seedy glory, circa 1974.


Ask Me Anything. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Undiscovered Gyrl
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Undiscovered Gyrl
Allison Burnett, 2009
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Allison Burnett, 2014

Katie Kampenfelt, a beautiful, funny, free-spirited, lost soul decides to take a year off before attending college. She chronicles irresponsible sexual adventures in an anonymous blog, but as her fearless narrative drags on, dark secrets from her past begin to emerge. After Katie tells her convicted rapist former boss some of her dark secrets, she disappears.


Dolan's Cadillac. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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Dolan's Cadillac
Stephen King, 1989
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Jeff Beesley, 2009

Middle school history teacher Tom Robinson lives in Las Vegas with beloved wife Elizabeth. On a horse riding trip out in the desert one day, Elizabeth comes across a human trafficking deal gone bad, with gangster Jimmy Dolan executing the two Coyotes and one of the illegal aliens. Elizabeth is seen, however, and narrowly escapes Dolan’s thugs firing at her.