Small Things Like These. Poster of the 2024 movie and cover of the 2021 book
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Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, 2021
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Tim Mielants, 2024

In 1985, a devoted father named Bill Furlong stumbles upon unsettling secrets concealed by the local convent, unraveling shocking truths about both the institution and his own life.


The Terror. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2007 book
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The Terror
Dan Simmons, 2007
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David Kajganich, Max Borenstein, Alexander Woo, 2018-2019

The series’ first season begins with the Royal Navy’s polar explorer ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror having recently left Beechey Island, heading south toward King William Island into uncharted territory, seeking the Northwest Passage. The ships are soon stuck, frozen and isolated, and those aboard must survive the harsh weather conditions and each other, while being stalked by an elusive menace.


Road to Perdition. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1998 comic book
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Road to Perdition
Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner, 1998
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Sam Mendes, 2002

In 1931, during the Great Depression, Michael Sullivan, Sr. Rooney sends Connor and Sullivan to meet with McGovern, under orders just to talk, but Connor shoots him, resulting in Sullivan gunning down McGovern’s men. Sullivan’s twelve-year-old son Michael Jr. was hidden in his father’s car and witnesses the event.


Road to Perdition. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Road to Perdition
Max Allan Collins, 2016
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Sam Mendes, 2002

In 1931, during the Great Depression, Michael Sullivan, Sr. Rooney sends Connor and Sullivan to meet with McGovern, under orders just to talk, but Connor shoots him, resulting in Sullivan gunning down McGovern’s men. Sullivan’s twelve-year-old son Michael Jr. was hidden in his father’s car and witnesses the event.


Persuasion. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1817 book
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Persuasion
Jane Austen, 1817
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Roger Michell, 1995

The Elliot family faces financial difficulties from the imprudent spending of Sir Walter Elliot and his eldest daughter, Elizabeth. An advisor proposes the family estate of Kellynch Hall be leased to Admiral Croft, home from the Napoleonic Wars; Anne Elliot is distraught at the prospect. The admiral is married to the sister of Captain Frederick Wentworth, to whom Anne was engaged eight years earlier.


Munich. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1984 book, Vengeance
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Vengeance
George Jonas, 1984
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Steven Spielberg, 2005

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September kills 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team. Avner Kaufman, a Mossad agent of German-Jewish descent, is chosen to lead a mission to assassinate 11 Palestinians allegedly involved in the massacre.


Frozen. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Frozen: The Junior Novelization
Sarah Nathan, 2013
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Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, 2013

Princess Elsa of Arendelle possesses magical powers that allow her to control and create ice and snow, often using them to play with her younger sister, Anna. After Elsa accidentally injures Anna with her magic, their parents, the King and Queen, take both siblings to a colony of trolls led by Grand Pabbie. The castle gates open to the public and visiting dignitaries for the first time in years.


First Man. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2005 book, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
James R. Hansen, 2005
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Damien Chazelle, 2018

In 1961, NASA test pilot Neil Armstrong is flying the X-15 rocket-powered spaceplane when it inadvertently bounces off the atmosphere. As Armstrong begins training, Deke Slayton impresses upon the new astronauts the importance of the Gemini program, as the Soviet Union had reached every milestone in the Space Race ahead of the United States.


Silence. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1966 book
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Silence
Shūsaku Endō, 1966
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Martin Scorsese, 2016

The film begins with a prologue where the veteran Portuguese Jesuit priest Cristóvão Ferreira witnesses the torture of Japanese converts he has been trying to bring to the Christian faith. A few years later, at St. Paul’s College, Macau, an Italian Jesuit priest, Alessandro Valignano, receives news that Ferreira renounced his faith in Japan after being tortured.


The Phantom of the Opera. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1909 book, Le fantôme de l'Opéra
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Le fantôme de l'Opéra
Gaston Leroux, 1909
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Joel Schumacher, 2004

In 1919, a public auction is held to clear an abandoned opera theatre’s vaults in Paris. Viscount Raoul de Chagny bids against the elderly Madame Giry for a papier-mâché music box shaped like a barrel organ with the figure of a cymbal-playing monkey attached to it. The auctioneer presents a shattered chandelier, relating it to ‘the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera’. As it is hoisted up to the roof, the story moves back to 1870.


Above Suspicion. Poster of the 2009 TV series and cover of the 2004 book
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Above Suspicion
Lynda La Plante, 2004
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Lynda La Plante, 2009-2012

Is rookie detective Anna Travis equipped to thrive in a predominantly male domain? Drawing inspiration from Lynda La Plante’s acclaimed novels, this popular British police drama serves as a more youthful and spirited heir to Prime Suspect.


John Carter. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1912 book, A Princess of Mars
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A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1912
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Andrew Stanton, 2012

In 1881, Edgar Rice Burroughs attends the funeral of his uncle, John Carter, a former American Civil War Confederate Army captain who died suddenly. A Thern appears in the cave at that moment and, surprised by the two men, attacks them with a knife; Carter kills him but accidentally activates the Thern’s powerful medallion, and is unwittingly transported to a ruined and dying planet, Barsoom.