Oppenheimer. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2005 book, American Prometheus
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American Prometheus
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, 2005
movie vs book
Christopher Nolan, 2023

The movie tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a scientist who played a role in the Manhattan Project, resulting in the development of the atomic bomb.


Black Hawk Down. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1999 book, Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Mark Bowden, 1999
movie vs book
Ridley Scott, 2001

Following the ousting of the central government in 1993 amid the civil war in Somalia, the United Nations Security Council authorizes a military operation with a peacekeeping mandate. Outside Mogadishu, Rangers and Delta Force capture Osman Ali Atto, a faction leader selling arms to Aidid’s militia.


The Virgin Suicides. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides, 1993
movie vs book
Sofia Coppola, 1999

In the suburbs of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a group of neighborhood boys—now grown men—reflect upon their memories of the five Lisbon sisters, ages 13 to 17, in the late 1970s. Unattainable due to their overprotective parents, math teacher Ronald Lisbon and his homemaker wife Sara, the girls—Therese, Mary, Bonnie, Lux, and Cecilia—are enigmas who fill the boys’ conversations and dreams.


30 Days of Night. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 2002 comic book
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30 Days of Night
Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith, 2002
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David Slade, 2007

The town of Barrow, Alaska is preparing for its annual 30 Days of Night, a period during the winter when there is a month-long polar night. While the group heads for the station, Eben creates a diversion by having the vampires chase him to his grandmother’s house, where he uses one of her ultraviolet lights to burn the face of Marlow’s lover, Iris, so badly that Marlow is forced to kill her.


30 Days of Night. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the book novelization
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30 Days of Night
Tim Lebbon, 2007
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David Slade, 2007

The town of Barrow, Alaska is preparing for its annual 30 Days of Night, a period during the winter when there is a month-long polar night. While the group heads for the station, Eben creates a diversion by having the vampires chase him to his grandmother’s house, where he uses one of her ultraviolet lights to burn the face of Marlow’s lover, Iris, so badly that Marlow is forced to kill her.


Exterminate All the Brutes. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 1992 book, "Exterminate All the Brutes"
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Exterminate All the Brutes
Sven Lindqvist, 1992
TV series vs book
Raoul Peck, 2021

Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and its impact on society today. The path to the new world, an unsettling and intricate story of genocides. Conquest, slavery and the fabrication of ‘Whiteness’.


Exterminate All the Brutes. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 1995 book, Silencing the Past
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Silencing the Past
Michel-Rolph Trouillot, 1995
TV series vs book
Raoul Peck, 2021

Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and its impact on society today. The path to the new world, an unsettling and intricate story of genocides. Conquest, slavery and the fabrication of ‘Whiteness’.


Exterminate All the Brutes. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 2014 book, An Indigenous Peoples': History of the United States
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An Indigenous Peoples': History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, 2014
TV series vs book
Raoul Peck, 2021

Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and its impact on society today. The path to the new world, an unsettling and intricate story of genocides. Conquest, slavery and the fabrication of ‘Whiteness’.


Pearl Harbor. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Pearl Harbor
Randall Wallace, 2001
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Michael Bay, 2001

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan’s devastating attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.


The Fear Index. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2011 book
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The Fear Index
Robert Harris, 2011
TV series vs book
David Caffrey, 2022-

Dr. Alex Hoffman, an American ex-pat physicist, creates an AI-driven system that exploits fear in the financial markets and operates at lightning speed to make big returns. But on the day of launch, Alex’s sanity is shaken after he is viciously attacked at his home by a man who knows all of his security codes.


6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Crystal Clear
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Crystal Clear
Eric Le Marque, Davin Seay, 2009
movie vs book
Scott Waugh, 2017

In February 2004, when a snowstorm strands former professional hockey player Eric LeMarque atop the Sierra Nevada Mountains, he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival.


The Black Dahlia. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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The Black Dahlia
James Ellroy, 1987
movie vs book
Brian De Palma, 2006

LAPD Detectives Dwight Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard are paired as partners after engaging in a boxing match to raise funds for the department. He also discovers that Kay has been branded with the initials BD, for Bobby DeWitt, the gangster whose arrest and conviction for a big bank robbery made Lee’s career.