Fahrenheit 451. Poster of the 1966 movie and cover of the 1953 book
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Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, 1953
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François Truffaut, 1966

Based on one of Ray Bradbury’s most famous novels, Fahrenheit 451 came out in 1966, one year after a dystopian film named Alphaville was released. In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, to perform the necessary book burnings.


Fahrenheit 451. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1953 book
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Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, 1953
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Ramin Bahrani, 2018

In the future, after a second civil war, most reading in America is confined to the Internet, called the 9, and most books are banned. Books are ordered to be burned by the firemen, who are part of the Ministry, a totalitarian dictatorship that blames unhappiness, mental illness, and conflicting opinions on reading the wrong literature.


A Sound of Thunder. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1952 book
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A Sound of Thunder
Ray Bradbury, 1952
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Peter Hyams, 2005

In the year 2055, the Chicago-based Time Safari company offers the opportunity for rich people to hunt dinosaurs in the past via time travel technology. As a precaution against the potential change of the past, the company preys only on the dinosaurs who would otherwise die of natural causes and keeps the clients from stepping off the designated path.