Carlito's Way. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1982 book, After Hours
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After Hours
Edwin Torres, 1982
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Brian De Palma, 1993

In 1975 New York, after having served five years of a 30-year prison sentence, career criminal Carlito Brigante is freed on a legal technicality exploited by his close friend and lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld. Carlito vows to end his unlawful activities but is persuaded to accompany his young cousin Guajiro to a drug deal held at a bar.


Carlito's Way. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1982 book
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Carlito's Way
Edwin Torres, 1982
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Brian De Palma, 1993

In 1975 New York, after having served five years of a 30-year prison sentence, career criminal Carlito Brigante is freed on a legal technicality exploited by his close friend and lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld. Carlito vows to end his unlawful activities but is persuaded to accompany his young cousin Guajiro to a drug deal held at a bar.


Scrooge. Poster of the 1970 movie and cover of the 1843 book, A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
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Ronald Neame, 1970

On Christmas Eve, in London, 1860, Ebenezer Scrooge, a surly money-lender, does not share the merriment of Christmas. In his house, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife as he was, carrying a heavy chain forged by his own selfishness and greed.


A Christmas Carol. Poster of the 1938 movie and cover of the 1843 book
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
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Edwin L. Marin, 1938

On Christmas Eve in 19th-century London, Fred is sliding on ice on a sidewalk. He meets Peter and Tim Cratchit, sons of his uncle Ebenezer’s clerk, Bob Cratchit. When Fred reveals who he is, the boys take off in terror. After declining an invitation from his nephew to dine with him on Christmas, Scrooge rejects two gentlemen collecting money for charity.


Into the Night. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 2015 book, The Old Axolotl
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The Old Axolotl
Jacek Dukaj, 2015
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Jason George, 2020-

The series follows a group of people who are hijacked while on board a red-eye flight from Brussels. The handful of people in the aircraft becomes some of the survivors from a deadly global event that results from exposure to sunlight. The group must work together to keep the sun behind them. They must deal with fuel shortage, irradiated food, hidden agenda, and other problems in their race to reach an underground military bunker.


Valdez Is Coming. Poster of the 1971 movie and cover of the 1970 book, Valdez is Coming
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Valdez is Coming
Elmore Leonard, 1970
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Edwin Sherin, 1971

Aging town constable Bob Valdez is tricked into killing an innocent man by powerful rancher Frank Tanner, whose hired gun R.L. Davis shot up the hovel where the wrongly accused man and his Indian wife were trapped. Valdez believes it would be a fair gesture to raise $200 for the widow, $100 from Tanner and the rest from others in town.


Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2014 book, Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
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Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
Eka Kurniawan, 2014
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Edwin, 2021

Set in the 1980s in a society ruled by machismo, a hibernating ‘bird’ becomes a serious matter. In a life of brutality, the sleeping bird is an allegory for a peaceful and serene life, even when the whole world tries desperately to rouse it.


Viceroy's House. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1975 book, Freedom at Midnight
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Freedom at Midnight
Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre, 1975
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Gurinder Chadha, 2017

Lord Mountbatten arrives at Viceroy’s House in Delhi in 1947 with his strong-willed wife Edwina and daughter Pamela. As the final Viceroy of India, he is in charge of overseeing the dissolution of the British Raj and the establishment of an independent Indian nation. Mountbatten attempts to mediate a disagreement between the two major Indian political leaders, who wants India to remain intact as one nation after independence.


Viceroy's House. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2006 book, The Shadow of the Great Game
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The Shadow of the Great Game
Narendra Singh Sarila, 2006
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Gurinder Chadha, 2017

Lord Mountbatten arrives at Viceroy’s House in Delhi in 1947 with his strong-willed wife Edwina and daughter Pamela. As the final Viceroy of India, he is in charge of overseeing the dissolution of the British Raj and the establishment of an independent Indian nation. Mountbatten attempts to mediate a disagreement between the two major Indian political leaders, who wants India to remain intact as one nation after independence.


4 garçons dans la nuit. Poster of the 2010 TV series and cover of the 2003 book, The Distant Echo
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The Distant Echo
Val McDermid, 2003
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Edwin Baily, 2010

In 1995, a group of four student friends formed a band together. After returning from a celebration, they stumbled upon the body of a 19-year-old bartender on the side of the road. The young woman passed away in their arms. The police superintendent suspected the four boys but was unable to prove it, none of them admitted to any involvement. 15 years later, on the anniversary of the bartender’s death, one of the four men was killed by a bomb that was planted in his apartment.


Mystery of Edwin Drood. Poster of the 1935 movie and cover of the 1870 book, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens, 1870
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Stuart Walker, 1935

John Jasper maintains a secret life that includes frequenting an opium den. His tortured mind becomes obsessed with a young student, Rosa Bud, who is engaged to his nephew Edwin Drood. When she senses the intensity of Jasper’s feelings, she becomes frightened of him and avoids his company.


The Informer. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Three Seconds
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Three Seconds
Anders Roslund, Börge Hellström, 2009
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Andrea Di Stefano, 2019

Pete Koslow, a reformed criminal and former special operations soldier, is working undercover for crooked FBI handlers to infiltrate the Polish Mob’s drug trade in New York. In a final step toward freedom, Koslow must return to the one place he has fought so hard to leave, Bale Hill Prison, where his mission becomes a race against time when a drug deal goes wrong and threatens to identify him as a mole.