Scarface. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the 1929 book
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Scarface
Armitage Trail, 1929
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Brian De Palma, 1983

In 1980, Cuban refugee and ex-convict Tony Montana arrives in Miami, Florida, as part of the Mariel boatlift, where he is sent to a refugee camp with friends Manny Ray, Angel, and Chi Chi. Angel is dismembered with a chainsaw, while Manny and Chi Chi rescue Tony and kill the Colombians.


Scarface. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Scarface
Paul Monette, 1983
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Brian De Palma, 1983

In 1980, Cuban refugee and ex-convict Tony Montana arrives in Miami, Florida, as part of the Mariel boatlift, where he is sent to a refugee camp with friends Manny Ray, Angel, and Chi Chi. Angel is dismembered with a chainsaw, while Manny and Chi Chi rescue Tony and kill the Colombians.


Big. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Big
B.B. Hiller, Neil W. Hiller, 1988
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Penny Marshall, 1988

Thirteen-year-old Josh Baskin, who lives with his parents and infant sister Rachel in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, is told that he is too short for a carnival ride called the Super Loops, while attempting to impress Cynthia Benson, an older girl. He inserts a coin into an unusual antique arcade fortune teller machine called Zoltar, and makes a wish to be ‘big’. The next morning, Josh has suddenly grown into a full-fledged adult.


Independence Day. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Independence Day
Dean Devlin, 1996
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Roland Emmerich, 1996

On July 2, 1996, an enormous mothership orbits the Earth, deploying multiple saucers, each with a fifteen-mile radius, that take positions over Earth’s major cities. With help from his ex-wife, White House Communications Director Constance Spano, David and his father Julius gain access to the Oval Office and alert President Thomas Whitmore to the threat.


The Ninth Configuration. Poster of the 1980 movie and cover of the 1966 book
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The Ninth Configuration
William Peter Blatty, 1966
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William Peter Blatty, 1980

Army psychiatrist Col. Kane, teetering on the brink of sanity himself, attempts to provide therapy to the patients in a military mental hospital. Unfortunately, the hospital’s ominous location in an old castle does little to promote speedy recoveries. Additionally, a mid-film barroom brawl suggests that Kane’s unconventional approach to mental health may not be the most effective.


Oliver & Company. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the 1838 book, Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens, 1838
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George Scribner, 1988

On Fifth Avenue, an orphaned kitten named Oliver is left abandoned after his fellow orphaned kittens are adopted by passersby. The attempt to pillage the limousine fails and Oliver finds himself in the embrace of the Foxworth daughter Jenny, who adopts Oliver to assuage the loneliness brought about by the absence of her vacationing parents.


Prizzi's Honor. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1982 book
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Prizzi's Honor
Richard Condon, 1982
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John Huston, 1985

Charley Partanna is a hit man for a New York Mafia clan headed by the elderly Don Corrado Prizzi, whose business is generally handled by his sons Dominic and Eduardo and by his longtime right-hand man, Angelo, who is Charley’s father. At a family wedding, Charley is quickly infatuated with a beautiful woman he doesn’t recognize.


Oliver & Company. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Oliver & Company
Jan Carr, 1996
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George Scribner, 1988

On Fifth Avenue, an orphaned kitten named Oliver is left abandoned after his fellow orphaned kittens are adopted by passersby. The attempt to pillage the limousine fails and Oliver finds himself in the embrace of the Foxworth daughter Jenny, who adopts Oliver to assuage the loneliness brought about by the absence of her vacationing parents.


Rain. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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Rain
V.C. Andrews, 2000
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Craig DiBona, 2006

A talented young pianist named Rain is attacked by a vicious street gang which kills her sister. The gang sets out to find Rain while she hides in the care of a woman who is her natural grandmother. Rain was put up for adoption because the father of the baby was black and the mother was from a rich white family. Her adoptive mother sends her back because she is in danger for having witnessed her adoptive sister’s murder.


Independence Day: Resurgence. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Independence Day Resurgence
Tracey West, 2016
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Roland Emmerich, 2016

Twenty years after the devastating interstellar war against alien invaders, the United Nations has founded the Earth Space Defense, a global defense and research program that reverse-engineers alien technology and serves as Earth’s early warning system against extraterrestrial threats. It is revealed that people such as former U.S. President Thomas Whitmore, Dr. Brackish Okun, and Umbutu are telepathically linked to the aliens’ collective consciousness, following personal encounters, and have visions of an unidentified spherical object.