Casino Royale. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1953 book
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Casino Royale
Ian Fleming, 1953
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Martin Campbell, 2006

MI6 operative James Bond gains promotion to 00 agent status by assassinating two targets: traitorous section chief Dryden at the British Embassy in Prague and his contact, Fisher. In Uganda, the mysterious Mr. White introduces Steven Obanno, a high-ranking member of the Lord’s Resistance Army, to Le Chiffre, an Albanian private banker to terrorists.


The Dreamers. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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The Dreamers
Gilbert Adair, 1988
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Bernardo Bertolucci, 2003

Matthew is an American exchange student who has come to Paris to study French. The three bond over a shared love of film. After dinner with their parents, Théo and Isabelle offer Matthew the chance to stay with them while their parents are on a trip. After Théo loses at a trivia game, Isabelle sentences him to masturbate to a Marlene Dietrich poster in front of them.


The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1844 book, The Three Musketeers
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The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
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Martin Bourboulon, 2023

After trying to save a young woman from being kidnapped, D’Artagnan is left for dead. He arrives in Paris, determined to find his attackers, but soon finds himself caught up in a war that will determine the fate of France. With the help of the three musketeers, D’Artagnan faces off against the dark schemes of Cardinal Richelieu. However, his greatest danger arises when he falls in love with Constance, the Queen’s confidante.


The Secrets She Keeps. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 2017 book
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The Secrets She Keeps
Michael Robotham, 2017
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Jennifer Leacey, 2020-

In an affluent Sydney suburb, two women have a chance encounter in a supermarket. They are the same age, both heavily pregnant and due at the same time. Meghan is a glamorous influencer on the rise, with an ambitious television sports reporter husband Jack, while Agatha works in the supermarket as a shelf stacker.


Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, 2011
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Tim Burton, 2016

Abe Portman has told stories to his grandson Jake about battling monsters and spending his childhood at Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children at Cairnholm, Wales. Abe tells Jake to go to #the loop of September 3, 1943. Miss Peregrine greets him and explains that she belongs to a class of female Peculiars named Ymbrynes, who can transform into birds and manipulate time.


The Three Musketeers: Milady. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1844 book, The Three Musketeers
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The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
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Martin Bourboulon, 2023

D’Artagnan is compelled to team up with Milady to rescue Constance, who was abducted right before his eyes. However, as war breaks out and Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are already at the front lines, a long-buried secret from the past disrupts old alliances.


Cracks. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Cracks
Sheila Kohler, 1999
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Jordan Scott, 2009

Upon the arrival of Fiamma, a captivating Spanish girl, at a picturesque British boarding school, the presence of the outsider’s flawless charm immediately unsettles the girls. Even Miss G, who once relished being the most glamorous figure in her students’ lives, finds herself consumed by obsession, feeling both threatened and tantalized by Fiamma.


Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1998 comic book, Sin City: Booze, Broads, and Bullets
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Sin City: Booze, Broads, and Bullets
Frank Miller, 1998
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Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, 2014

Marv regains consciousness on a highway overlooking The Projects, surrounded by several dead young men and a crashed police car, with no memory of how he got there. When Marv intervenes, the leader of the frat boys shoots him in the arm, calling him Bernini Boy, which Marv mishears as Bernie.


Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1993 comic book, Sin City: A Dame to Kill for
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill for
Frank Miller, 1993
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Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, 2014

Marv regains consciousness on a highway overlooking The Projects, surrounded by several dead young men and a crashed police car, with no memory of how he got there. When Marv intervenes, the leader of the frat boys shoots him in the arm, calling him Bernini Boy, which Marv mishears as Bernie.


White Bird in a Blizzard. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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White Bird in a Blizzard
Laura Kasischke, 1999
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Gregg Araki, 2014

Kat Connors’ world takes a perplexing turn when her mother mysteriously vanishes. Initially reveling in the exploration of her newfound sexuality and the freedom it brings, Kat’s excitement is short-lived. As she delves into the peculiar circumstances of her mother’s disappearance, her own denial about the events surrounding it starts to haunt her.


The Luminaries. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 2013 book
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The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton, 2013
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Claire McCarthy, 2020-

A 19th-century tale of love, murder and revenge as men and women travel across the world to make their fortunes on the wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Anna Wetherall is a young women who travels to New Zealand in the hopes of finding gold during the Gold Rush. After meeting Emery Staines on the way there and feeling an instant attraction, she is tricked into working for the mysterious Lydia Wells, who also tricks her into missing her meeting with Emery – separating the pair.


Dumbo. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1939 book, Dumbo, the Flying Elephant
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Dumbo, the Flying Elephant
Helen Aberson, Harold Pearl, 1939
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Tim Burton, 2019

In 1919, equestrian performer and World War I amputee Holt Farrier returns after the war to the Medici Brothers’ Circus, run by Max Medici. The circus has run into financial troubles and Medici had to sell the circus’ horses after Holt’s wife and co-performer, Annie, died from the Spanish flu outbreak, so Medici reassigns Holt as the caretaker for the circus’ pregnant Asian elephant Mrs. Jumbo.