Still Alice. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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Still Alice
Lisa Genova, 2007
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Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, 2014

Alice Howland, a linguistics professor at Columbia University, celebrates her 50th birthday with her physician husband John and their three adult children. She hides sleeping pills in her room, and records a video message instructing her future self to commit suicide by overdosing on the pills when she can no longer answer the questions.


The Long Road Home. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 2007 book, The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family
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The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family
Martha Raddatz, 2007
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Mikko Alanne, 2017

Relive a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War, when the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ferociously ambushed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad — a day that came to be known in military annals as ‘Black Sunday.’


21. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2002 book, Bringing Down the House
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Bringing Down the House
Ben Mezrich, 2002
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Robert Luketic, 2008

Ben, a mathematics major at MIT, is accepted into Harvard Medical School but cannot afford the $300,000 tuition. He applies for the prestigious Robinson Scholarship which would cover the entire cost. After looking at Ben’s 97% score on his latest non-linear equations test, Micky invites Ben to join his blackjack team, which consists of fellow students Choi, Fisher, Jill, and Kianna.


The Rules of Attraction. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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The Rules of Attraction
Bret Easton Ellis, 1987
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Roger Avary, 2002

Set in the fictional Camden College in New Hampshire, the film opens at the End of the World party, where students Lauren Hynde, Paul Denton, and Sean Bateman give apathetic interior monologues on their lives and briefly exchange glances with one another. Lauren, previously a virgin, takes a film student upstairs to have sex and passes out; she wakes to find herself being raped by a townie while the film student records it.


The Horse Whisperer. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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The Horse Whisperer
Nicholas Evans, 1995
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Robert Redford, 1998

Teenager Grace MacLean and her best friend Judith go out early one winter’s morning to ride their horses, Pilgrim and Gulliver. As they ride up an icy slope, Gulliver slips and hits Pilgrim. Desperate for a way to heal both Grace and Pilgrim, Annie tracks down a horse whisperer, Tom Booker, in the remote Montana mountains.


SS-GB. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 1979 book
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SS-GB
Len Deighton, 1979
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Philipp Kadelbach, 2017

In the alternative world, it is November 1941, nine months after a successful German invasion of Britain. Douglas Archer, a Scotland Yard murder squad Detective Superintendent with a stellar reputation, is working under a German superior from the Schutzstaffel (SS), the security force of the Nazi Party. He investigates a murder in a German-occupied England.


Homefront. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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Homefront
Chuck Logan, 2005
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Gary Fleder, 2013

Two years after the raids of a gang’s methamphetamine laboratory where his cover was blown, retired DEA Agent and U.S. war veteran, Phil Broker and his daughter Maddy have moved to a small Louisiana town where Maddy’s deceased mother grew up. Maddy gets into a schoolyard fight with a bully named Teddy Klum; when Broker comes to the school, Teddy’s hostile father, Jimmy, picks a fight with him and loses.


Superman Returns. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2006 comic book, Superman
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Superman
Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, 2006
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Bryan Singer, 2006

Superman has been missing for five years, since traveling to the location where astronomers believed they had discovered the remains of Krypton. Meanwhile, Luthor travels to the Fortress of Solitude and steals Kryptonian crystals, which he uses for an experiment that causes a power outage on the East Coast.


Superman Returns. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Superman Returns
Marv Wolfman, 2006
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Bryan Singer, 2006

Superman has been missing for five years, since traveling to the location where astronomers believed they had discovered the remains of Krypton. Meanwhile, Luthor travels to the Fortress of Solitude and steals Kryptonian crystals, which he uses for an experiment that causes a power outage on the East Coast.


Along for the Ride. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Along for the Ride
Sarah Dessen, 2009
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Sofia Alvarez, 2022

The summer before college Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on a nightly quest to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.


Straw Dogs. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1969 book, The Siege of Trencher's Farm
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The Siege of Trencher's Farm
Gordon M. Williams, 1969
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Rod Lurie, 2011

Scriptwriter David Sumner and his wife Amy relocate to rural Mississippi where Amy grew up. While in town one afternoon, David meets Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie and his three friends, Norman, Chris, and Bic. David is intimidated by the men, but they have already been hired to fix the roof of the barn on Amy’s property.


Big Sur. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1962 book
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Big Sur
Jack Kerouac, 1962
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Michael Polish, 2013

Seeking solace from the ravages of sudden fame and excessive alcohol, renowned Beat author Jack Kerouac retreats to an isolated cabin nestled in the misty, primitive wilderness of Big Sur. However, instead of the tranquility he seeks, he finds himself ensnared once more by his inner struggles. Kerouac embarks on a tumultuous journey marked by paranoia, intense relationships, delirium tremens, misery, and madness, spiraling into a visceral collision course with his own demons.