A Few Good Men. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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A Few Good Men
Aaron Sorkin, 1990
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Rob Reiner, 1992

U.S. Marines Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey are facing a general court-martial, accused of murdering fellow Marine William Santiago at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Galloway wants to defend the two, but the case is given to Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee – an inexperienced and unenthusiastic lawyer with a penchant for plea bargains.


Crime of the Century. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1985 book, The Airman and the Carpenter
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The Airman and the Carpenter
Ludovic Kennedy, 1985
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Mark Rydell, 1996

This movie portrays the infamous 1932 kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindberg’s infant son, as well as the controversial investigation, trial, and execution of the accused, Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Throughout the film, the viewer is presented with a disturbing portrayal of a corrupt police force, desperate to solve the case, who resorts to framing an innocent man by creating false evidence, bribing and threatening witnesses, and suppressing evidence that could exonerate him.


The Grifters. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1963 book
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The Grifters
Jim Thompson, 1963
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Stephen Frears, 1990

Lilly Dillon is a veteran con artist. She works for Bobo Justus, a mob bookmaker, making large cash bets at race tracks to lower the odds of longshots. On her way to La Jolla for the horse races, she stops in Los Angeles to visit her son Roy, a small-time grifter whom she has not seen in eight years.


The Client. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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The Client
John Grisham, 1993
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Joel Schumacher, 1994

Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his little brother, Ricky, are smoking cigarettes in the woods near their home when they encounter mob lawyer W. Jerome Clifford. Authorities – and the mob – realize that Clifford may have told Mark where a Louisiana senator, murdered by Muldano, is buried.


Outbreak. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1994 book, The Hot Zone
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The Hot Zone
Richard Preston, 1994
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Wolfgang Petersen, 1995

In 1967, during the Kisangani Mutinies, a virus called Motaba, which causes a deadly fever, is discovered in the African jungle. Twenty-eight years later, Colonel Sam Daniels, a USAMRIID virologist, is sent to investigate an outbreak in Zaire. He and his crew—Lieutenant Colonel Casey Schuler and new recruit Major Salt—gather information and return to the United States.


Outbreak. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Outbreak
Robert Tine, 1995
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Wolfgang Petersen, 1995

In 1967, during the Kisangani Mutinies, a virus called Motaba, which causes a deadly fever, is discovered in the African jungle. Twenty-eight years later, Colonel Sam Daniels, a USAMRIID virologist, is sent to investigate an outbreak in Zaire. He and his crew—Lieutenant Colonel Casey Schuler and new recruit Major Salt—gather information and return to the United States.


Hoffa. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Hoffa
Ken Englade, 1992
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Danny DeVito, 1992

This is the story of the infamous American labor union figure Jimmy Hoffa, known for orchestrating a contentious strike, negotiating with members of the organized crime syndicate, and vanishing under mysterious circumstances in 1975.


Needful Things. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1991 book
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Needful Things
Stephen King, 1991
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Fraser C. Heston, 1993

A mysterious proprietor named Leland Gaunt, claiming to be from Akron, Ohio, arrives in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine in a sinister-looking black car and opens a new antique store called Needful Things. To help Keeton with his problems, Gaunt sells him a toy race-horse that predicts the outcome of any horse-race.


The Russia House. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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The Russia House
John le Carré, 1989
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Fred Schepisi, 1990

Bartholomew Barley Scott-Blair, the head of a British publishing firm, arrives in Moscow on business. At a writers’ retreat near Peredelkino, he speaks of an end to tensions with the West, heard by the mysterious Dante, who demands for Barley to promise to do the right thing if the opportunity arises.


Wired. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1984 book, Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi
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Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi
Bob Woodward, 1984
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Larry Peerce, 1989

After dying from a drug overdose in early 1982, the movie follows John Belushi as he wakes up in a morgue and flees in a state of panic. He then meets an enigmatic taxi driver who takes him on a journey to revisit significant moments of his life, including the start of his career, his courtship of his wife, his rise in the comedy industry, his friendship with Dan Aykroyd, and his eventual decline.