Mindhunter. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 1995 book
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Mindhunter
John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, 1995
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Joe Penhall, 2017

Mindhunter revolves around FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench, along with psychologist Wendy Carr, who operate the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit within the Training Division at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. They interview imprisoned serial killers to understand how they think, with the hope of applying this knowledge to solve ongoing cases. The first season takes place from 1977 to 1980, in the early days of criminal psychology and criminal profiling at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


Nightmare Alley. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1946 book
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Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay Gresham, 1946
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Guillermo del Toro, 2021

Bradley Cooper is Stanton ‘Stan’ Carlisle, an ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with Dr. Lilith Ritter, a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is. Remake of the 1947 film.


Sully. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters
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Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters
Chesley B. Sullenberger, 2009
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Clint Eastwood, 2016

On January 15, 2009, US Airways pilots Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger and First Officer Jeff Skiles board US Airways Flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Without engine power and judging themselves unable to reach nearby airports, Sully ditches the aircraft on the Hudson River.


Casualties of War. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1969 book
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Casualties of War
Daniel Lang, 1969
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Brian De Palma, 1989

Lieutenant Reilly leads his platoon of American soldiers on a nighttime patrol. They are attacked by the Viet Cong after a panicked soldier exposes their position. While guarding the platoon’s flank, Eriksson falls as the top of a tunnel gives way beneath him. Eriksson’s squad leader, Sergeant Tony Meserve, pulls Eriksson out of the hole and eventually, the platoon retreats out of the jungle.


Alien³. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Alien 3
Alan Dean Foster, 1992
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David Fincher, 1992

Following the events of Aliens, a fire starts aboard the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco. The computer launches an escape pod containing Ellen Ripley, the young girl Newt, Hicks, and the damaged android Bishop; Scans of the crew’s cryotubes show a Queen Facehugger attached to one member.


The Losers. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2003 comic book
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The Losers
Andy Diggle, Jock, 2003
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Sylvain White, 2010

The Losers are an elite black-ops team of United States Special Forces operatives. While painting a target for an upcoming air strike, the Losers spot slave children in the compound and try to call off the attack, but their superior ignores their pleas. With no other option, the Losers enter the compound, successfully rescue the children and kill the drug lord in the process.


Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2013 book, Never Go Back
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Never Go Back
Lee Child, 2013
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Edward Zwick, 2016

After busting a human trafficking ring on US Army land, drifter and former Army military police officer, Jack Reacher, returns to his old military headquarters to meet Major Susan Turner, holding his former command, whom he has been working with by phone during his travels. Turner’s attorney, Colonel Moorcroft, reveals that there is evidence that Turner is involved in the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan, but Reacher believes she is being framed.


Creepshow 2. Poster of the 1987 movie and cover of the 1982 comic book, Creepshow
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Creepshow
Stephen King, 1982
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Michael Gornick, 1987

Three bone-chilling tales. In the first, a wooden statue of a Native American comes to life…to exact vengeance on the murderer of his elderly owners. In the second, four teens are stranded on a raft on a lake with a blob that is hungry. And in the third, a hit and run woman is terrorized by the hitchhiker she accidentally killed…or did she really kill him?