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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Joseph Ruben

Joseph Ruben is known for adapting Sleeping with the Enemy, the book by Nancy Price published in 2014, for cinema.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Sleeping with the Enemy. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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Sleeping with the Enemy
Nancy Price, 1987
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Sleeping with the Enemy
Joseph Ruben, 1991

Laura Burney has a seemingly idyllic life and perfect marriage to Martin, a successful Boston investment counselor. On one occasion, Martin jealously claims that Laura has flirted with their new Cape Cod neighbor, an attractive doctor she has only glimpsed distantly, before physically assaulting her, and then later, in a recurring pattern, apologetically showers her with flowers and gifts.