Shutter Island. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane, 2003
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Martin Scorsese, 2010

Marshals Edward ‘Teddy’ Daniels and his new partner Chuck Aule travel to the Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane on Castle Island in Boston Harbor. Lead psychiatrist John Cawley refuses to turn over records, and they learn that Solando’s doctor Lester Sheehan left the island on vacation immediately after Solando disappeared.


Watchmen. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1987 comic book
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Watchmen
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, 1987
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Zack Snyder, 2009

In an alternate United States, beginning in 1939 during the fading Interwar period, a team of costumed crime-fighters is formed – the Minutemen. While most heroes like Daniel Dreiberg ( Nite Owl II ) and Laurie Jupiter ( Silk Spectre II ) retire, Doctor Manhattan and the Comedian become government agents, and Rorschach continues to operate outside the law.


Little Children. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2004 book
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Little Children
Tom Perrotta, 2004
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Todd Field, 2006

Sarah Pierce is a hapless, stay-at-home mother in a small suburb of Boston. When Brad is supposed to be studying for the bar exam, he instead plays on a local football team or sits and watches teenagers skateboard outside his house, fantasizing about being young and carefree again.


Lincoln. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2005 book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2005
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Steven Spielberg, 2012

In January 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln expects the Civil War to end soon, with the defeat of the Confederate States. He is concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the courts after the war and that the proposed Thirteenth Amendment will be defeated by the returning slave states.


Alita: Battle Angel. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1990 book, Battle Angel Alita
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Battle Angel Alita
Yukito Kishiro, 1990
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Robert Rodriguez, 2019

In 2563, 300 years after Earth was devastated by a catastrophic war known as The Fall, scientist Dr. Dyson Ido discovers a disembodied female cyborg with an intact human brain while scavenging for parts in the massive scrapyard of Iron City. One night, Alita follows Ido; they are ambushed by a gang of cyborg serial killers led by Grewishka.


Alita: Battle Angel. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Alita: Battle Angel
Pat Cadigan, 2019
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Robert Rodriguez, 2019

In 2563, 300 years after Earth was devastated by a catastrophic war known as The Fall, scientist Dr. Dyson Ido discovers a disembodied female cyborg with an intact human brain while scavenging for parts in the massive scrapyard of Iron City. One night, Alita follows Ido; they are ambushed by a gang of cyborg serial killers led by Grewishka.


Devil's Peak. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2015 book, Where All Light Tends to Go
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Where All Light Tends to Go
David Joy, 2015
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Ben Young, 2023

Eighteen-year-old Jacob McNeely finds himself in a dilemma between pleasing his father who is a meth-dealer and kingpin, and leaving the mountains behind forever with the girl he is in love with.


All the King's Men. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1946 book
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All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren, 1946
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Steven Zaillian, 2006

Jack Burden, a Louisiana news reporter, takes a personal interest in Willie Stark, an idealistic small-town lawyer and parish treasurer. Circumstances develop that result in Tiny Duffy, a local political leader Burden knows, urging Stark to run for governor. Burden’s upbringing makes him familiar with the undercurrent of politics.


Winged Creatures. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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Winged Creatures
Roy Freirich, 2008
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Rowan Woods, 2008

A bond unlike any other develops among a group of strangers who, having endured a random shooting at a Los Angeles diner, find themselves connected by the shared experience.


The Dark Tower. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1982 book, The Gunslinger
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The Gunslinger
Stephen King, 1982
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Nikolaj Arcel, 2017

11-year-old Jake Chambers experiences visions involving a mysterious warlock, the Man in Black, who seeks to destroy a Tower and bring ruin to the Universe while a Gunslinger opposes him. At his apartment home in New York City, a group of workers from an alleged psychiatric facility offer to rehabilitate Jake; recognizing them from his visions as monsters wearing human skin, Jake flees from them, and they give chase.


Fallen. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Fallen
Lauren Kate, 2009
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Scott Hicks, 2016

Luce is a teenage girl who is sent to a reform school for misfit teenagers after a shocking accident. At the school, she becomes involved in a love triangle with two other students, Daniel and Cam. As she tries to recover her memories, she realizes that her true love has been a part of a centuries-old love story that transcends the boundaries between heaven and earth.