Shrek. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1990 book, Shrek!
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Shrek!
William Steig, 1990
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Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson, 2001

Shrek is an anti-social and highly-territorial green ogre who loves the solitude of his swamp. His life is interrupted after the dwarfish Lord Farquaad of Duloc exiles a countless number of fairy-tale creatures to Shrek’s swamp. He reluctantly allows the talkative Donkey, who was exiled as well, to tag along and guide him to Duloc.


The Movie of My Life. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2010 book, A Distant Father
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A Distant Father
Antonio Skármeta, 2010
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Selton Mello, 2017

Southern Brazil, 1963. The son of a French father and a Brazilian mother, young Tony Terranova is back in the small town of Remanso and discovers that his father has returned to France without explanation. A rite of maturation, cinema as a backdrop revealing dreams, uncertainties, revelations and the discovery of love. For an affectionate and generous portrayal of youth and family ties.


The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1844 book, The Three Musketeers
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The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
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Martin Bourboulon, 2023

After trying to save a young woman from being kidnapped, D’Artagnan is left for dead. He arrives in Paris, determined to find his attackers, but soon finds himself caught up in a war that will determine the fate of France. With the help of the three musketeers, D’Artagnan faces off against the dark schemes of Cardinal Richelieu. However, his greatest danger arises when he falls in love with Constance, the Queen’s confidante.


The Crimson Rivers. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1998 book, Blood Red Rivers
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Blood Red Rivers
Jean-Christophe Grangé, 1998
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Mathieu Kassovitz, 2000

Detective Superintendent Pierre Niemans, a well-known Parisian police investigator, is sent to the small university town of Guernon in the French Alps to investigate a brutal murder. Niemans learns that the victim was a professor and the university’s librarian, Remy Callois, and he seeks out a local ophthalmologist for an explanation regarding the removal of the eyes.


The Three Musketeers: Milady. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1844 book, The Three Musketeers
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The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
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Martin Bourboulon, 2023

D’Artagnan is compelled to team up with Milady to rescue Constance, who was abducted right before his eyes. However, as war breaks out and Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are already at the front lines, a long-buried secret from the past disrupts old alliances.


Jason Bourne. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1980 book, The Bourne Identity
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The Bourne Identity
Robert Ludlum, 1980
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Paul Greengrass, 2016

Twelve years after he exposed Operation Blackbriar and disappeared, Jason Bourne has finally recovered from his amnesia, isolating himself from the world and making a living by taking part in savage, bareknuckle fighting bouts in Greece. In Reykjavík, Nicky Parsons, who has been collaborating with a hacktivist group led by Christian Dassault, hacks into the CIA’s mainframe computer server to expose its black ops programs.


Derailed. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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Derailed
James Siegel, 2003
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Mikael Håfström, 2005

Advertising executive Charles Schine’s marriage to his wife Deanna is deteriorating, and his daughter Amy suffers from diabetes, requiring expensive medication. Charles embezzles $10,000 from his company and he and Winston plot to get the drop on LaRoche at his specified meeting location.


Child 44. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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Child 44
Tom Rob Smith, 2008
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Daniel Espinosa, 2015

In 1933, a child orphaned during the Ukrainian Holodomor runs away from his orphanage and is taken in by a Red Army unit and adopted by its kindly commander, who gives him the name Leo Demidov. In 1953, Leo, now married to Raisa and living in Moscow, is a captain in the Ministry of State Security (MGB), commanding a unit tasked with tracking down and arresting dissidents.


The Reckoning. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1995 book, Morality Play
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Morality Play
Barry Unsworth, 1995
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Paul McGuigan, 2002

Taking place in 14th century England, the film centers on Nicholas, a young priest who, having violated his vow of chastity, becomes a fugitive, fleeing from the scrutiny of his fellow monks. Assuming the role of an actor in a traveling troupe, Nicholas and his fellow performers come across a revelation that a young woman accused of murdering a boy is, in fact, innocent.


A Dangerous Method. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2002 book, The Talking Cure
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The Talking Cure
Christopher Hampton, 2002
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David Cronenberg, 2011

In August 1904, Sabina Spielrein arrives at the Burghölzli, the pre-eminent psychiatric hospital in Zürich, suffering from hysteria and begins a new course of treatment with the young Swiss doctor Carl Jung. The doctors correspond at length before they meet, and begin sharing their dreams and analysing each other, and Freud himself soon adopts Jung as his heir and agent.


A Dangerous Method. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1993 book, A Most Dangerous Method
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A Most Dangerous Method
John Kerr, 1993
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David Cronenberg, 2011

In August 1904, Sabina Spielrein arrives at the Burghölzli, the pre-eminent psychiatric hospital in Zürich, suffering from hysteria and begins a new course of treatment with the young Swiss doctor Carl Jung. The doctors correspond at length before they meet, and begin sharing their dreams and analysing each other, and Freud himself soon adopts Jung as his heir and agent.


Black Tide. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2011 book, The Missing File
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The Missing File
D.A. Mishani, 2011
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Erick Zonca, 2018

An alcoholic police officer who has a strained connection with his own disturbed teenage son, who is accused of drug trafficking, is given the case after a teenager mysteriously vanishes without a trace.