Das Boot. Poster of the 1985 TV series and cover of the 1973 book
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Das Boot
Lothar-Günther Buchheim, 1973
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Wolfgang Petersen, 1985-1987

Lt. Werner is a war correspondent on the German submarine U-96 in October 1941. He is driven by its captain and chief engineer to a raucous French bordello where he meets some of the crew. Thomsen, another captain, gives a crude drunken speech to celebrate his Ritterkreuz award, in which he mocks Adolf Hitler.


Das Boot. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1973 book
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Das Boot
Lothar-Günther Buchheim, 1973
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Wolfgang Petersen, 1981

Werner is a war correspondent on the German submarine U-96 in October 1941. As time passes, he observes ideological differences between the new crew members and the hardened veterans, particularly the captain, who is embittered and cynical about the war.


The Da Vinci Code. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown, 2003
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Ron Howard, 2006

Jacques Saunière, a Louvre curator, is pursued through the Grand Gallery by an albino Catholic monk named Silas, who demands the location of the Priory’s keystone to find and destroy the Holy Grail. Sophie Neveu, a police cryptographer and Saunière’s granddaughter, tells Langdon that Fache planted a tracker on him after finding the words, P.S.


Lore. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 2017 book, The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
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The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
Aaron Mahnke, 2017
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Aaron Mahnke, 2017-2018

This eerie anthology series adapts Aaron Mahnke’s ‘Lore’ podcast, delving into real-life events that inspired our deepest fears. Combining compelling dramatizations with animations, archival footage, and Mahnke’s narration, Lore unveils the unsettling origins behind our most terrifying myths and legends.


Air Force One. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Air Force One
Max Allan Collins, 1997
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Wolfgang Petersen, 1997

A combined Russian-American special forces operation captures General Ivan Radek, the dictator of Kazakhstan. After takeoff, Secret Service agent Gibbs, who is secretly a mole and Radek agent, enables Korshunov and his accomplices to obtain weapons and storm the plane, killing many of the other agents and military personnel before taking the civilians hostage.


Dune. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the 1965 book
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Dune
Frank Herbert, 1965
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David Lynch, 1984

In the far future, the known universe is ruled by Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. Meanwhile, on the industrial world of Giedi Prime, the sadistic Baron Vladimir Harkonnen tells his nephews Glossu The Beast Rabban and Feyd-Rautha about his plan to eliminate the Atreides by manipulating someone in House Atreides into betraying the Duke.


The Keep. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the 1981 book
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The Keep
F. Paul Wilson, 1981
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Michael Mann, 1983

Ahead of the invasion of Russia, a German battalion sets up a crucial outpost within an ancient Romanian castle. However, the soldiers’ concerns extend beyond the imminent arrival of Soviet forces. Unwittingly disturbing ancient runes within the stronghold, they unleash a formidable and seemingly unstoppable mystical force that becomes a source of terror.


Judge Dredd. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1977 comic book
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Judge Dredd
John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, 1977
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Danny Cannon, 1995

By the 2080s, much of Earth has become an uninhabitable wasteland. While some humans manage to survive in the barren, the majority of humanity resides in huge Mega-Cities. To combat crime, the traditional justice system has been replaced by a corps of Judges whose role combines those of police officer, judge, jury, and executioner.


Judge Dredd. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Judge Dredd
Neal Barrett Jr., 1995
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Danny Cannon, 1995

By the 2080s, much of Earth has become an uninhabitable wasteland. While some humans manage to survive in the barren, the majority of humanity resides in huge Mega-Cities. To combat crime, the traditional justice system has been replaced by a corps of Judges whose role combines those of police officer, judge, jury, and executioner.


Damascus Cover. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1977 book
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Damascus Cover
Howard Kaplan, 1977
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Daniel Zelik Berk, 2017

Ari Ben-Sion, an Israeli spy posing as a German businessman named Hans Hoffmann in Berlin in 1989, must get an Israeli spy out of Syria but realizes that he is part of a much bigger plan.