Cool Hand Luke. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1965 book
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Cool Hand Luke
Donn Pearce, 1965
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Stuart Rosenberg, 1967

In early 1950s Florida, decorated war veteran Lucas Jackson is arrested for cutting parking meters off their poles one drunken night. Carr the floorwalker tells the rules to the new set of prisoners. Luke refuses to observe the established pecking order among the prisoners and quickly runs afoul of the prisoners’ leader, Dragline.


In the Name of the Father. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1990 book, Proved Innocent
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Proved Innocent
Gerry Conlon, 1990
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Jim Sheridan, 1993

Young Belfastian Gerry Conlon admits that he was in London at the time of the incident. He does however profess his innocence when it comes to the bombing of the Guildford Pub in London in 1974, the event which killed several people inside. Dubbed the Maguire Seven, seven others, primarily members of Gerry’s extended family including his father Giuseppe, are accused of being accessories to the bombing.


The Grass Harp. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1951 book
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The Grass Harp
Truman Capote, 1951
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Charles Matthau, 1995

In 1935, Collin finds himself orphaned and is subsequently taken in by his father’s cousins, Verena and Dolly. Verena, a wealthy and commanding businesswoman, exerts her influence over their lives. However, Collin, along with Dolly and the household maid, rebels against Verena’s authority, leading them to embark on an unconventional journey by relocating to a tree house.


The Natural. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the 1952 book
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The Natural
Bernard Malamud, 1952
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Barry Levinson, 1984

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman.


Cape Fear. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1957 book, The Executioners
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The Executioners
John D. MacDonald, 1957
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Martin Scorsese, 1991

Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) is a lawyer living in North Carolina with his wife Leigh (Jessica Lange) and teenage daughter Danielle (Juliette Lewis). Unbeknownst to him, however, his former client is a naturally intelligent and single-minded psychopath; he learned how to read and studied law in prison, and even unsuccessfully appealed his own conviction several times.


GoldenEye. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1993 book, Casino Royale
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Casino Royale
Ian Fleming, 1993
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Martin Campbell, 1995

In 1986, MI6 agents James Bond and Alec Trevelyan infiltrate a Soviet chemical weapons facility in Arkhangelsk. Returning to London, Bond oversees MI6 staff monitoring an incident in Severnaya, Siberia, after the stolen helicopter turns up at a radar facility there.


GoldenEye. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the book novelization
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GoldenEye
John Gardner, 1995
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Martin Campbell, 1995

In 1986, MI6 agents James Bond and Alec Trevelyan infiltrate a Soviet chemical weapons facility in Arkhangelsk. Returning to London, Bond oversees MI6 staff monitoring an incident in Severnaya, Siberia, after the stolen helicopter turns up at a radar facility there.


Fletch. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1974 book
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Fletch
Gregory McDonald, 1974
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Michael Ritchie, 1985

Los Angeles Times undercover reporter Irwin M. Fletch Fletcher is writing an article exposing drug trafficking on the beaches of Los Angeles. While posing as an addict, he is approached by Boyd Aviation executive vice president Alan Stanwyk, who assumes Fletch is a real junkie.


The Living Daylights. Poster of the 1987 movie and cover of the 1966 book
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The Living Daylights
Ian Fleming, 1966
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John Glen, 1987

James Bond is assigned to aid the defection of a KGB officer, General Georgi Koskov, covering his escape from a concert hall in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia during intermission. Disobeying his orders to kill the sniper, he instead shoots the rifle from her hands with a Walther WA 2000, then uses the Trans-Siberian Pipeline to smuggle Koskov across the border into Austria and then on to Britain.


Tomorrow Never Dies. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Tomorrow Never Dies
Raymond Benson, 1997
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Roger Spottiswoode, 1997

MI6 sends James Bond into the field to reconnoiter a terrorist arms bazaar on the Russian border. Despite M’s insistence on letting 007 finish his reconnaissance, Royal Navy Admiral Roebuck orders the frigate HMS Chester to fire a missile at the bazaar. Bond then discovers two nuclear torpedoes mounted on an L-39 Albatros, and is forced to pilot the L-39 away seconds before the bazaar is destroyed by the missile.


Tomorrow Never Dies. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1953 book, Casino Royale
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Casino Royale
Ian Fleming, 1953
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Roger Spottiswoode, 1997

MI6 sends James Bond into the field to reconnoiter a terrorist arms bazaar on the Russian border. Despite M’s insistence on letting 007 finish his reconnaissance, Royal Navy Admiral Roebuck orders the frigate HMS Chester to fire a missile at the bazaar. Bond then discovers two nuclear torpedoes mounted on an L-39 Albatros, and is forced to pilot the L-39 away seconds before the bazaar is destroyed by the missile.


Poodle Springs. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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Poodle Springs
Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, 1989
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Bob Rafelson, 1998

Marlowe, who is in his middle age, has gained a few pounds and a new wife named Laura, a wealthy heiress, in 1963. The couple resides in a home that Laura’s father gave them in Poodle Springs, California, near the Nevada line. Marlowe is released after being falsely accused of murder thanks to Laura, and he is then recruited to find a gambler who owes $100,000. Marlowe discovers a blackmail plot involving stripper Lola while looking into the lowlife photographer Larry Victor.