X-Men: Days of Future Past. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1963 comic book, X-Men
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X-Men
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1963
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Bryan Singer, 2014

In a dystopian 2023, Sentinels have been programmed to identify and hunt down mutants and any humans who help them. In Moscow, a small band of X-Men survivors consisting of Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Blink, Warpath, Bishop, Iceman and Sunspot are attacked by the Sentinels, but Kitty sends Bishop’s consciousness back in time a few days to warn the others as to ensure their survival.


X-Men: Days of Future Past. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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X-Men: Days of Future Past Prose Novel
Alexander C. Irvine, 2014
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Bryan Singer, 2014

In a dystopian 2023, Sentinels have been programmed to identify and hunt down mutants and any humans who help them. In Moscow, a small band of X-Men survivors consisting of Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Blink, Warpath, Bishop, Iceman and Sunspot are attacked by the Sentinels, but Kitty sends Bishop’s consciousness back in time a few days to warn the others as to ensure their survival.


Silver Linings Playbook. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2008 book, The Silver Linings Playbook
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The Silver Linings Playbook
Matthew Quick, 2008
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David O. Russell, 2012

After eight months’ treatment in a mental health facility for bipolar disorder, Patrizio Pat Solitano Jr. is released into the care of his father Patrizio. At dinner with his friend Ronnie and Ronnie’s wife, Pat meets Veronica’s sister, Tiffany Maxwell, a young widow with an unnamed disorder.


X-Men: First Class. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1987 comic book, X-Men
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X-Men
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1987
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Matthew Vaughn, 2011

In 1944, in a Nazi death camp, Nazi officer Klaus Schmidt witnesses young prisoner Erik Lehnsherr bending a metal gate with his mind when he is separated from his parents. In Las Vegas, CIA officer Moira MacTaggert follows U.S. Army Colonel Hendry into the Hellfire Club, where she sees Schmidt with mutant telepath Emma Frost, teleporter Azazel, and cyclone-producing Riptide.


The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Catching Fire
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Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins, 2009
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Francis Lawrence, 2013

Sometime after Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark return to District 12 following their victory in the 74th Hunger Games, President Snow visits Katniss and explains that her actions in the Games have inspired uprisings. He orders her to use the upcoming Victory Tour to convince him that her actions were out of love and not defiance against the Capitol, warning her that her friends, family, and District 12 will otherwise suffer.


The Hunger Games. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, 2008
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Gary Ross, 2012

The nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts, ruled from the Capitol. As punishment for a failed revolt, each district is forced to select two tributes, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18, to fight to the death in the annual Hunger Games until there is only one survivor.


American Hustle. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1981 book, The Sting Man: Inside Abscam
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The Sting Man: Inside Abscam
Robert W. Greene, 1981
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David O. Russell, 2013

The deception unfolds as Irving Rosenfeld and Sydney Prosser, both swindlers and in love, are trapped by the driven FBI agent Richie DiMaso and compelled to join a high-stakes operation aimed at catching Carmine Polito, a politician, and his colleagues. To further complicate things, Irving’s wife Rosalyn poses a significant risk, as her involvement could cause the entire plan to crumble.


Winter's Bone. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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Winter's Bone
Daniel Woodrell, 2006
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Debra Granik, 2010

In the rural Ozarks of Missouri, seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly looks after her mentally ill mother, twelve-year-old brother Sonny, and six-year-old sister Ashlee. the only information Ree comes up with are warnings to leave the situation alone and stories that Jessup died in a meth lab fire or skipped town to avoid the trial.


X-Men: Apocalypse. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1964 comic book, X-Men
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X-Men
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1964
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Bryan Singer, 2016

In 3600 BCE, the powerful mutant lord En Sabah Nur, hailed as a god named Apocalypse, rules ancient Egypt until he is entombed alive during a rebellion. In East Berlin, shape-shifting mutant Raven frees Kurt Wagner, a teleporting mutant, from an underground cage match with Angel and attempts to organize for black marketeer Caliban to transport him to America.


The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2010 book, Mockingjay
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Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins, 2010
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Francis Lawrence, 2014

After being rescued from the destroyed arena in the 75th Hunger Games, tributes Katniss Everdeen, Beetee, and Finnick Odair are taken to District 13, a below-ground district isolated from Panem that has been spearheading the rebellion. Katniss is told that her arrow destroying the forcefield led to riots in over half the districts, joining District 13 in the rebellion, which caused Snow to bomb District 12 in retaliation.


The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Catching Fire
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Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins, 2009
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Francis Lawrence, 2015

Three convicts, Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete Hogwallop, and Delmar O’Donnell, escape from a chain gang and set out to retrieve a supposed treasure Everett buried before the area is flooded to make a lake. They pick up Tommy Johnson, a young black man, who claims he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play guitar.


Red Sparrow. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2013 book
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Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews, 2013
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Francis Lawrence, 2018

In modern-day Russia, Dominika Egorova is a famous ballerina who supports her ill mother. She is tasked with seducing Dimitry Ustinov, a Russian gangster, in exchange for her mother’s continued medical care. become an SVR operative, or be executed for witnessing Ustinov’s assassination.