The Silence of the Lambs. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris, 1988
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Jonathan Demme, 1991

Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, is asked to carry out an errand by Jack Crawford, the head of the FBI division that draws up psychological profiles of serial killers. Crawford ‘s real intention, however, is to try to solicit Lecter’s assistance in the hunt for a serial killer dubbed ‘Buffalo Bill’, whose modus operandi involves kidnapping overweight women, starving them for up to two weeks, killing and skinning them and dumping the remains in nearby rivers.


The Bourne Ultimatum. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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The Bourne Ultimatum
Robert Ludlum, 1990
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Paul Greengrass, 2007

Following his pursuit by Kirill, Jason Bourne eludes Moscow police while wounded through a train station and deals with more flashbacks of when he first joined Operation Treadstone. Meanwhile, in Turin, journalist Simon Ross of The Guardian meets an informant to learn about Bourne and Operation Blackbriar, the program succeeding Treadstone.


The Right Stuff. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the 1979 book
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The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe, 1979
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Philip Kaufman, 1983

The film begins in 1947 at the Muroc Army Air Field in California, with civilian and military test pilots flight-testing high-speed aircraft, including the rocket-powered Bell X-1. While horseback riding with his wife, Glennis, the evening before his historic flight, Yeager falls and breaks his ribs, an injury which inhibits his ability to lock the door on the X-1.


The Hunt for Red October. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1984 book
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The Hunt for Red October
Tom Clancy, 1984
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John McTiernan, 1990

In November 1984, Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius is given command of Red October, a new Typhoon-class nuclear missile submarine with a stealth caterpillar drive, rendering it undetectable to passive sonar. Once at sea, Ramius secretly kills political officer Ivan Putin and relays false orders that they are to conduct missile drills off America’s east coast.


Castle Rock. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 1991 book, Needful Things
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Needful Things
Stephen King, 1991
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Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason, 2018-2019

A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.


Freedom Writers. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1999 book, The Freedom Writers Diary
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The Freedom Writers Diary
Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers, 1999
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Richard LaGravenese, 2007

In 1994 in Long Beach, California, Erin Gruwell has been accepted to teach English for at-risk students at Woodrow Wilson High School—a once highly acclaimed school which has declined since voluntary integration had been enforced. Erin struggles to form a connection with her students and observes numerous fights between some of them, who are in rival gangs.


The Virgin Suicides. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides, 1993
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Sofia Coppola, 1999

In the suburbs of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a group of neighborhood boys—now grown men—reflect upon their memories of the five Lisbon sisters, ages 13 to 17, in the late 1970s. Unattainable due to their overprotective parents, math teacher Ronald Lisbon and his homemaker wife Sara, the girls—Therese, Mary, Bonnie, Lux, and Cecilia—are enigmas who fill the boys’ conversations and dreams.


Secretariat. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1988 book, Secretariat: The Making of a Champion
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Secretariat: The Making of a Champion
William Nack, 1988
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Randall Wallace, 2010

Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery – with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin – manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.


Buffalo Soldiers. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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Buffalo Soldiers
Robert O'Connor, 1993
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Gregor Jordan, 2001

Ray Elwood, a soldier serving in the U.S. army during the waning years of the Cold War, finds himself battling only monotony. To keep himself occupied, he takes advantage of the thriving black market in West Germany, trading whatever goods he can acquire, all while his bumbling superior remains oblivious. However, when he becomes romantically involved with the daughter of the newly arrived sergeant, his previously flawless existence begins to unravel.


Absolute Power. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Absolute Power
David Baldacci, 1995
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Clint Eastwood, 1997

Master thief Luther Whitney breaks into the mansion of billionaire Walter Sullivan, but is forced to hide upon the arrival of Sullivan’s wife Christy, on a drunken rendezvous with Alan Richmond, the President of the United States. Chief of Staff Gloria Russell arrives, and they stage the scene to look like a burglary gone wrong.


The Shipping News. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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The Shipping News
Annie Proulx, 1993
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Lasse Hallström, 2001

When Quoyle was a young boy, his father tossed him into a lake, expecting him to swim naturally. Images of flailing in water and nearly drowning often resurface in Quoyle’s memory when he is under stress. Quoyle, now an ink setter at a small newspaper in Poughkeepsie, New York, lives a lonely life. He becomes infatuated with and marries a vivacious local woman named Petal.


The Bourne Legacy. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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The Bourne Legacy
Eric Van Lustbader, 2003
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Tony Gilroy, 2012

Six weeks after Jason Bourne’s escape from Moscow in The Bourne Supremacy, Aaron Cross, an operative belonging to a Department of Defense black ops program called Operation Outcome, is assigned to Alaska for a training exercise. To prevent the Senate investigators from learning about Outcome, Byer orders everyone associated with the program to be killed, seeing the sacrifice as acceptable to protect next-generation ‘beta programs’, including the supersoldier program LARX.