Rust and Bone. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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Rust and Bone
Craig Davidson, 2005
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Jacques Audiard, 2012

Alain van Versch, an unemployed father in his mid 20s known as Ali, arrives in Antibes, southern France, to look for work to support his young son Sam. Having no money, he crashes with his sister Anna, who already has her own share of problems with money and temporary employment.


The Danish Girl. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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The Danish Girl
David Ebershoff, 2000
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Tom Hooper, 2015

In mid-1920s Copenhagen, portrait artist Gerda Wegener asks her husband, popular landscape artist Einar Wegener, to stand in for a female model who is late coming to their flat to pose for a painting she’s working on. A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener.


The Drop. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Drop
Dennis Lehane, 2014
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Michaël R. Roskam, 2014

Bobby Saginowsky (Tom Hardy) is a bartender at a neighborhood bar in Brooklyn. Marv ridicules Bobby and some patrons for commemorating the 10th anniversary of the murder of a man named Richie Whelan. While rescuing it, he meets Nadia (Noomi Rapace), a resident of the house.


Far from the Madding Crowd. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1874 book, Far From the Madding Crowd
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Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy, 1874
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Thomas Vinterberg, 2015

The film is set in about 1870 in Britain. While Bathsheba Everdene is working on her aunt’s farm in Dorset, she meets a neighbouring farmer, Gabriel Oak. As they get to know one another, he proposes, but the headstrong Bathsheba declines, saying she is too independent. One night a new sheepdog chases Gabriel’s entire flock off a cliff.


Suite Française. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Suite française
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Suite française
Irène Némirovsky, 2004
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Saul Dibb, 2014

In 1940 France, as Hitler’s forces advance toward Paris, Lucile anxiously anticipates updates on her husband who is captive as a prisoner of war. She leads a constricted life under the control of her overbearing mother-in-law, but her world is disrupted when a charming and attractive German officer is assigned to live with them. Despite the societal norms, they become attracted to each other, but their relationship is endangered by the brutalities of the war.


Our Souls at Night. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2015 book
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Our Souls at Night
Kent Haruf, 2015
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Ritesh Batra, 2017

Louis Waters, a widower, and Addie Moore, a widow, have been neighbours for decades but hardly know each other. One night, Addie visits Louis to suggest that they spend the night together, non-sexually, to counter their loneliness. Although Louis is initially somewhat hesitant, he soon agrees and they start spending their evenings and nights at Addie’s house.


Red Sparrow. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2013 book
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Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews, 2013
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Francis Lawrence, 2018

In modern-day Russia, Dominika Egorova is a famous ballerina who supports her ill mother. She is tasked with seducing Dimitry Ustinov, a Russian gangster, in exchange for her mother’s continued medical care. become an SVR operative, or be executed for witnessing Ustinov’s assassination.


The Old Guard. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2017 comic book
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The Old Guard
Greg Rucka, Leandro Fernández, 2017
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Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2020

Andromache Andy of Scythia, Booker, Joe, and Nicky are centuries-old warriors with regenerative healing abilities who use their vast experience to help people. After healing their wounds and killing their attackers, they realize that Copley set them up and filmed their regeneration.


The Command. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2002 book, A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy
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A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy
Robert Moore, 2002
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Thomas Vinterberg, 2018

Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.


The Laundromat. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2017 book, Secrecy World
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Secrecy World
Jake Bernstein, 2017
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Steven Soderbergh, 2019

Ellen Martin and her husband Joe are on a pleasure boat at Lake George, New York when it capsizes, drowning Joe. When Ellen tries to get compensation from the boating company for Joe’s death, she cannot because the reinsurance company that the boat company’s owner and son Matthew bought their policy from was sold to another company based out of Nevis.


Brothers by Blood. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1991 book, Brotherly Love
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Brotherly Love
Pete Dexter, 1991
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Jérémie Guez, 2020

Peter and Michael, raised on the streets of Philadelphia, are the children of Irish mob members, forever linked by the crimes of their fathers. 30 years later, Michael now runs the criminal organization and lusts for more power, his dangerous antics frequently held in check by his cautious cousin Peter. Haunted by the death of his sister, Peter is caught between the dreams of childhood and the realities of his life as an enforcer.