Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 1987 book, Patriot Games
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Patriot Games
Tom Clancy, 1987
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Carlton Cuse, Graham Roland, 2018-2023

When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.


Blow. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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Blow
Bruce Porter, 1993
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Ted Demme, 2001

A young George Jung and his parents Fred and Ermine live in Weymouth, Massachusetts. As an adult, George moves to Los Angeles with his friend Tuna; they meet Barbara, an airline stewardess, who introduces them to Derek Foreal, a marijuana dealer.


In the Heart of the Sea. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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In the Heart of the Sea
Nathaniel Philbrick, 2000
movie vs book
Ron Howard, 2015

In 1850, author Herman Melville visits innkeeper Thomas Nickerson, the last survivor of the sinking of the whaleship Essex, offering money in return for his story. The owners hire veteran whaler Owen Chase as first mate, though he is disappointed not to receive a captain’s commission.


The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1615 book, Don Quixote
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Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 1615
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Terry Gilliam, 2018

Toby Grummett, a director, is in rural Spain, struggling with the production of a commercial featuring Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. After an unsuccessful day of shooting, Toby’s superior, the Boss, introduces him to a Romani street merchant who sells him an old DVD of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.


Term Life. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2011 comic book
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Term Life
A. J. Lieberman, Nick Thornborrow, 2011
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Peter Billingsley, 2016

Nick plans and sells heists to the highest bidder but is forced to take his daughter Cate, who he hasn’t had a relationship with her whole life, on the lam when a job goes bad. Cate has had to fend for herself because her mother Lucy is an alcoholic. Cate gives her father a hard time because of the hideout that has no food, him trying to assert himself in her life.