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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Jean-pierre Jeunet, ranked

Jean-pierre Jeunet, known for works such as A Very Long Engagement or Alien: Resurrection, has adapted several stories from the pages of books and comic books to the screen.
Below, we present a ranked list, from best to worst, of 2 Jean-pierre Jeunet movies and TV series based on existing source material. Revisit old favorites or discover hidden gems, whether books or film productions. We invite you to watch, read, and vote for any title, joining the debate of whether the book or the movie is better.
A Very Long Engagement. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1991 book
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A Very Long Engagement
Sébastien Japrisot, 1991
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A Very Long Engagement
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2004

Five French soldiers are convicted of self-mutilation in order to escape military service during World War I. They are condemned to face near-certain death in the no man’s land between the French and German trench lines. It appears that all of them were killed in a subsequent battle, but Mathilde, the fiancée of one of the soldiers, refuses to give up hope and begins to uncover clues as to what actually took place on the battlefield.

Alien: Resurrection. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Alien Resurrection
A.C. Crispin, 1997
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Alien: Resurrection
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997

In 2379, two hundred years after the events of Alien 3, military scientists on the space vessel USM Auriga create a clone of Ellen Ripley, designated Ripley 8, using DNA from blood samples taken before her death. The scientists extract the embryo, raise it, and collect its eggs while keeping Ripley 8 alive for further study.