Adaptation.. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1998 book, The Orchid Thief
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The Orchid Thief
Susan Orlean, 1998
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Spike Jonze, 2002

The self-loathing Charlie Kaufman is hired to write the screenplay adaptation of Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief. Too shy and socially awkward to speak with her upon arriving at her office and after he received the surprising news that Donald’s spec script for a cliché psychological thriller, The 3, is selling for six or seven figures, Charlie resorts to attending McKee’s seminar in New York and asks him for advice.


Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1883 book, Pinocchio
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Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi, 1883
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Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, 2022

A retelling of the famous Carlo Collodi fairytale about a wooden puppet who comes to life and dreams of becoming a real boy takes place in 1930s Fascist Italy. When Pinocchio comes to life, however, he turns out not to be a nice boy but instead the opposite, causing mischief and playing mean tricks.


Doctor Strange. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1978 comic book, Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts
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Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts
Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, 1978
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Scott Derrickson, 2016

In Kathmandu, the sorcerer Kaecilius and his zealots enter the secret compound Kamar-Taj and behead its librarian. They steal a few pages from an ancient, mystical text belonging to the Ancient One, a long-lived sorcerer who has taught every student at Kamar-Taj, including Kaecilius, in the mystic arts.


We Need to Talk About Kevin. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver, 2003
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Lynne Ramsay, 2011

Teenager Kevin Khatchadourian is in prison after committing a massacre at his high school. His mother, Eva, once a successful travel writer, lives alone in a rundown house and works in a travel agency near the prison, where she visits Kevin. As a baby, he cries incessantly, but only around her; as a child, he resists toilet training, rebuffs Eva’s attempts at affection, and shows no interest in anything.


Doctor Strange. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Doctor Strange: The Junior Novel
Steve Behling, 2016
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Scott Derrickson, 2016

In Kathmandu, the sorcerer Kaecilius and his zealots enter the secret compound Kamar-Taj and behead its librarian. They steal a few pages from an ancient, mystical text belonging to the Ancient One, a long-lived sorcerer who has taught every student at Kamar-Taj, including Kaecilius, in the mystic arts.


Orlando. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1928 book
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Orlando
Virginia Woolf, 1928
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Sally Potter, 1992

A former nobleman from Queen Elizabeth I’s court, Orlando was instructed to remain perpetually youthful. Remarkably, after 200 years, Orlando remains unchanged in age and undergoes a remarkable transformation into a woman.


Snowpiercer. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1982 comic book
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Snowpiercer
Jacques Lob, Jean-Marc Rochette, Virginie Selavy, 1982
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Bong Joon Ho, 2013

After an attempt to stop global warming via climate engineering catastrophically backfires, creating a new ice age in 2014, the remnants of humanity have taken to a circumnavigational train, the Snowpiercer, run by reclusive transportation magnate Wilford.


Constantine. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1988 comic book, Hellblazer
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John Constantine: Hellblazer
Jamie Delano, John Ridgway, Alfredo Alcalá, 1988
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Francis Lawrence, 2005

In the Mexican countryside, a scavenger named Manuel finds a spearhead wrapped in a Nazi flag at the ruins of an old church. In Los Angeles, occult detective John Constantine exorcises a girl possessed by a demon trying to break through to Earth, which should not be possible under the rules of a standing wager between God and Lucifer for mankind’s souls.


Constantine. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the comic book novelization
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Constantine
John Shirley, 2005
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Francis Lawrence, 2005

In the Mexican countryside, a scavenger named Manuel finds a spearhead wrapped in a Nazi flag at the ruins of an old church. In Los Angeles, occult detective John Constantine exorcises a girl possessed by a demon trying to break through to Earth, which should not be possible under the rules of a standing wager between God and Lucifer for mankind’s souls.


The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1950 book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis, 1950
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Andrew Adamson, 2005

During World War II, the Pevensie children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are evacuated from a London suburb to Professor Digory Kirke’s country home. When she returns to Professor Kirke’s house, hardly any time has passed, and her siblings disbelieve her story.


Three Thousand Years of Longing. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1994 book, The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
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The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
A.S. Byatt, 1994
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George Miller, 2022

A scholar, content with life, encounters a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. Their conversation, in a hotel room in Istanbul, leads to consequences neither would have expected.


The Killer. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2018 comic book, The Complete The Killer
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The Killer
Matz, Luc Jacamon, 2018
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David Fincher, 2023

Following a fateful near-miss, an assassin finds himself in a relentless international manhunt, battling not only his employers but also his inner demons in a pursuit he maintains is not personal.