Jaws. Poster of the 1975 movie and cover of the 1974 book
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Jaws
Peter Benchley, 1974
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Steven Spielberg, 1975

During a beach party at dusk on Amity Island, a young woman, Chrissie Watkins, goes skinny dipping in the ocean. Meanwhile, consulting oceanographer Matt Hooper examines Chrissie’s remains, and confirms her death was caused by a shark—an unusually large one.


Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Steven Spielberg, 1977
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Steven Spielberg, 1977

In the Sonoran Desert, French scientist Claude Lacombe, his American interpreter, cartographer David Laughlin, and other researchers, discover Flight 19, a squadron of Grumman TBM Avengers that went missing more than 30 years earlier. The planes are intact and function perfectly, but are empty. Investigating one of a series of large-scale power outages, electrical lineman Roy Neary experiences a close encounter with a UFO, when it flies over his truck and lightly burns the side of his face with its bright lights.


American Graffiti. Poster of the 1973 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Complete American Graffiti
John Minahan, 1979
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George Lucas, 1973

On their last evening of summer vacation in 1962, high school graduates and friends Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander meet two other friends, John Milner, the drag-racing king, and Terry The Toad Fields, in the parking lot of Mel’s Drive-In in Modesto, California. one of his friends tells him The Blonde is the wife of a local jeweler, but Curt does not believe it.


Fail Safe. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1962 book, Fail-Safe
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Fail-Safe
Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler, 1962
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Stephen Frears, Martin Pasetta, 2000

The time is the early-to-mid-1960s, the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. An unknown aircraft approaches North America from Europe. American bombers of the Strategic Air Command are scrambled to their fail safe points near Russia. Due to a technical failure, the attack code is transmitted to Group Six, which consists of six Vindicator supersonic bombers and four escort fighters.


Madoff. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2009 book, The Madoff Chronicles
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The Madoff Chronicles
Brian Ross, 2009
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Raymond De Felitta, 2016

The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims. The Madoff investment scandal was a fraud scheme perpetrated by Bernie Madoff, a former stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier. He is the former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market and the admitted operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered the largest financial fraud in U.S. history.


Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2008 book, Wishful Drinking
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Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher, 2008
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Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, 2010

In this documentary, based on her acclaimed stage production, Hollywood legend Carrie Fisher shares her candid and captivating life story. From navigating stardom to grappling with mental illness and addiction, Fisher offers a raw and compelling account of her journey, infused with both candor and humor.


James and the Giant Peach. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1961 book
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James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl, 1961
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Henry Selick, 1996

James Henry Trotter is a young orphan whose parents were devoured by a rhinoceros, forcing him to live with his sadistic and domineering aunts Spiker and Sponge. The peach pit is made into a cottage in Central Park, where James lives happily with the bugs, who form his new family and also find success and fame in the city.


Postcards from the Edge. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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Postcards from the Edge
Carrie Fisher, 1987
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Mike Nichols, 1990

After completing rehab, a troubled actress hesitantly agrees to reside with her movie-star mother, who will oversee her during the filming of her next movie. As they are compelled to spend time together, they begin to mend their strained relationship.


Polar. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2013 comic book
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Polar
Víctor Santos, 2013
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Jonas Åkerlund, 2019

At an undisclosed location in Chile, a former employee of Damocles; an organisation of assassins, is killed by a specialist hit team consisting of Sindy; decoy, Facundo; sniper, and assault team Alexei, Kurt, and Hilde. Unknown to him, Mr Blut, owner of Damocles, plans to sell the company and is inflating its value by murdering its retiring operatives; thus acquiring all of their retirement fund by way of a clause in their contract.


Oliver Twist. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1838 book
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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens, 1838
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Tony Bill, 1997

A young woman in labour makes her way to a parish workhouse and dies after giving birth to a boy, who is systematically named Oliver Twist by the workhouse authorities. As the years go by, Oliver and the rest of the child inmates suffer from the callous indifference of the officials in charge: beadle Mr. Bumble and matron Mrs. Corney.


Poseidon. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1969 book, The Poseidon Adventure
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The Poseidon Adventure
Paul Gallico, 1969
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Wolfgang Petersen, 2006

The RMS Poseidon, a luxury ocean liner, is making a transatlantic crossing. In the ballroom, a badly injured Captain Bradford attempts to restore order and assures the surviving passengers that help is on the way, and tries to persuade them to stay put.


Paranoia. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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Paranoia
Joseph Finder, 2003
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Robert Luketic, 2013

Adam Cassidy is a low-level inventor who works for a corporation run by Nicholas Wyatt. After being fired for insubordination, Adam uses the company’s credit card to pay for bottle service for his friends at a club. Wyatt and his enforcer, Miles Meechum, blackmail Adam into becoming a corporate spy for Wyatt by threatening to have him arrested for fraud.