Chance. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2014 book
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Chance
Kem Nunn, 2014
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Alexandra Cunningham, Kem Nunn, 2016-2017

The series focuses on a forensic neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Eldon Chance, living in San Francisco, who is semi-willingly pulled into his patient Jaclyn Blackstone’s dangerous life of police corruption, manipulation, and abuse. In the second season, Hynes blackmails Chance and Darius into going after a software tycoon who may secretly be a serial killer, while the pair also use Darius’s fighting skills to bring justice to the various abusers of Chance’s patients.


Blow. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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Blow
Bruce Porter, 1993
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Ted Demme, 2001

A young George Jung and his parents Fred and Ermine live in Weymouth, Massachusetts. As an adult, George moves to Los Angeles with his friend Tuna; they meet Barbara, an airline stewardess, who introduces them to Derek Foreal, a marijuana dealer.


The Fountain. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the comic book novelization
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The Fountain
Darren Aronofsky, Kent Williams, 2005
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Darren Aronofsky, 2006

Caught in the grip of mortality, Tommy, a contemporary scientist, grapples with the daunting task of finding a medical breakthrough that could potentially rescue his wife, Izzi, who is battling cancer. His relentless pursuit is driven by a desperate desire to save her life.


Motherless Brooklyn. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Motherless Brooklyn
Jonathan Lethem, 1999
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Edward Norton, 2019

In 1950s New York City, Lionel Essrog works at a detective agency alongside Gilbert Coney, Danny Fantl, and Tony Vermonte. Their boss, Frank Minna, rescued them as children from an abusive orphanage. Nicknamed ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ by Frank, Lionel has Tourette syndrome, often alienating him from people, but his strong verbal and photographic memory make him a good detective.


True Story. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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True Story
Michael Finkel, 2005
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Rupert Goold, 2015

In 2001, Christian Longo, an Oregon man whose wife and three children have been discovered murdered, is arrested by police in Mexico, where he had been identifying himself as a reporter for the New York Times named Michael Finkel. He is confronted by his editors about a story he has written which featured on the cover of the New York Times Magazine.


Evolution. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Evolution: The Junior Novelization
Eleanor Fremont, 2001
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Ivan Reitman, 2001

Wayne Grey, a trainee firefighter in Arizona, practices fire rescue and resuscitation in a shack near Glen Canyon, where a meteor lands in a cavern. Ira discovers that it harbors extraterrestrial nitrogen-based life that condense millions of years of evolution within a matter of hours: the very next day, they take the science class to survey the meteorite site and find it already surrounded by evolved oxygen-converting fungi and alien flatworms that cannot breathe oxygen.


God Is a Bullet. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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God Is a Bullet
Boston Teran, 1999
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Nick Cassavetes, 2023

After his ex-wife is murdered and daughter is kidnapped by a satanic cult, vice detective Bob Hightower becomes disillusioned with the police’s bungled investigations. Bob quits the force, gets tattoos, and infiltrates the cult to hunt down Cyrus, the charismatic cult leader, with the assistance of Case Hardin, the cult’s only female victim to escape who is brilliant but damaged.