All the books by Elmore Leonard adapted to cinema and television, ranked

Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is something of a 19th-century-style, Old West lawman living in modern times, whose unconventional enforcement of justice makes him a target of criminals and a problem child to his U.S. Marshals Service superior. In response to his controversial but justified quick-draw shooting of mob hitman Tommy Bucks in Miami, Givens is reassigned to Lexington, Kentucky.

Miles Daly works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada. For the sake of his daughter, he attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film. But instead of leaving the criminal world behind, he accidentally brings it with him to Los Angeles.

Judge Gibbs’ young wife performed in a mermaid show until she nearly lost her life to an alligator, after which she abruptly retired from the business. Kathy Baker, a comely spitfire public defender, comes to the town on a case and becomes a romantic target for the local sheriff, as well as a potential conquest for the always lustful judge.

Having departed from the Kentucky hills, Raylan Givens now navigates the delicate equilibrium between his role as a U.S. Marshal and his responsibilities as a part-time father. However, an unexpected encounter propels him towards the city of Detroit, where he finds himself entangled in a high-stakes conflict with a ruthless sociopath and a formidable defense lawyer, setting the stage for an imminent clash.

Having departed from the Kentucky hills, Raylan Givens now navigates the delicate equilibrium between his role as a U.S. Marshal and his responsibilities as a part-time father. However, an unexpected encounter propels him towards the city of Detroit, where he finds himself entangled in a high-stakes conflict with a ruthless sociopath and a formidable defense lawyer, setting the stage for an imminent clash.

In 1884 Arizona, Dan Evans is an impoverished rancher and Civil War veteran, who owes money to the wealthy Glen Hollander. The next morning, as Evans and his two sons, William and Mark, look for their lost herd, they stumble upon outlaw Ben Wade and his gang, who have used Evans’ cattle to block the road and ambush an armored stagecoach staffed by Pinkerton agents.

In the Arizona Territory of the 1880s, struggling rancher Dan Evans and his two sons witness a gang led by notorious outlaw Ben Wade rob a stagecoach. Evans and his sons alert the town marshal of the robbery and the murders; a posse is assembled as Wade, unaware that he has been discovered, instructs his men to ride across the border to safety until he can rejoin them.

In 1995, Jackie Brown, a flight attendant for a fictional Mexican airline named Cabo Air, makes ends meet by smuggling money from Mexico into the United States for Ordell Robbie, a gun runner living in Los Angeles. Ordell arranges for $10,000 bail with bondsman Max Cherry, then lures Livingston into a car trunk and kills him.

In late 19th-century Arizona, an Apache-raised white man, John Russell, faces prejudice in the white world after he returns for his inheritance upon his father’s death. Deciding to sell the house to buy a herd of horses, which does not endear him to the boarders who live there or to the caretaker, Jessie, Russell ends up riding a stagecoach with Jessie and unhappily married boarders Doris and Billy Lee Blake leaving town.

Passing a stagecoach way station on his journey into town, Pat Brennan agrees to return with some store bought candy for the friendly station manager’s young son. At a ranch where he once worked, Brennan tries to buy a bull, but is talked into riding one. If he wins, he gets the bull. If he loses he has to give up his horse. Brennan loses, and is forced to walk home, carrying his saddle.

Intelligent. Alluring. Resilient. Meet Karen Sisco, a dedicated United States marshal stationed on Miami’s vibrant Gold Coast. Tasked with apprehending elusive fugitives, Karen navigates the treacherous depths of South Beach’s nocturnal underworld and the glamorous facade of Palm Beach’s privileged elite. Along the way, she grapples with earning the respect of her superiors and colleagues.

A career bank robber, Jack Foley, and a U.S. Marshal, Karen Sisco, are forced to share a car trunk during Foley’s escape from a Florida prison. Before the robbery, a romantic interlude between Foley and Sisco takes place in a Detroit hotel, but the question of whether she is really pursuing Foley to arrest him or for love ends in a showdown during the robbery at Ripley’s home and adds to the fun Foley claims they are having.