WarGames. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Wargames
David Bischoff, 1983
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John Badham, 1983

During a surprise drill of a nuclear attack, many United States Air Force Strategic Missile Wing controllers prove unwilling to turn the key required to launch a missile strike. David Lightman, a bright but unmotivated Seattle high school student and hacker, uses his IMSAI 8080 computer to access the school district’s computer system and change his grades.


North Dallas Forty. Poster of the 1979 movie and cover of the 1973 book
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North Dallas Forty
Peter Gent, 1973
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Ted Kotcheff, 1979

Wide receiver Phil Elliott plays for a late 1970s professional football team based in Dallas, Texas, named the North Dallas Bulls. Elliott and popular quarterback Seth Maxwell are outstanding players, but they also characterize the drug-, sex-, and alcohol-fueled party atmosphere of that era. A satire of American professional football.


Cinderella Liberty. Poster of the 1973 movie and cover of the 1973 book
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Cinderella Liberty
Darryl Ponicsan, 1973
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Mark Rydell, 1973

John Baggs Jr. is a US Navy sailor who falls in love with Maggie, an attractive woman hustling sailors at a pool table. John will becoming a surrogate father figure for Maggie’s bi-racial 10-year-old son Doug during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.


You've Got Mail. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1937 book, Parfumerie
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Parfumerie
Miklós László, 1937
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Nora Ephron, 1998

Kathleen Kelly is in a relationship with Frank Navasky, a left-leaning newspaper writer for The New York Observer who is always in search of an opportunity to root for the underdog. Using the screen name Shopgirl, she reads an email from NY152, the screen name of Joe Fox, whom she first met in an over-30s chatroom.


Stuart Little. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1945 book
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Stuart Little
E.B. White, 1945
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Rob Minkoff, 1999

Eleanor and Frederick Little are intending to adopt a new family member. However, Stuart is greeted coldly by their younger son George, who refuses to acknowledge the mouse as his brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, who is disgusted at having a mouse for a master.