The Power of the Dog: Book to Film
Phil Burbank's campaign against his brother's new family ends when Peter understands the rancher more accurately than Phil understands him.
The Power of the Dog / 2021 filmAdaptations
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The Ice Storm: Book to Film
Two neighboring Connecticut families test the promises of sexual freedom and emotional detachment until a winter storm brings irreversible loss.
The Ice Storm / 1997 filmWe Need to Talk About Kevin: Book to Film
Eva revisits her life with Kevin after his school massacre, searching for responsibility and motive without finding an answer that can contain the damage.
We Need to Talk About Kevin / 2011 film
L.A. Confidential: Book to Film
A coffee-shop massacre pulls Los Angeles police, tabloids, prostitution, organized crime, and department politics into one corruption story.
L.A. Confidential / 1997 filmI Heard You Paint Houses: Book to Film
Frank Sheeran's mob life moves through loyalty, Teamsters power, Jimmy Hoffa, and old-age regret after the violence has gone quiet.
I Heard You Paint Houses / 2019 film
The Accidental Billionaires: Book to Film
Facebook's origin becomes a story of ambition, friendship, status, ownership, and competing memories of who created what.
The Accidental Billionaires / 2010 film
Zodiac: Book to Film
The Zodiac case becomes a story about evidence, letters, ciphers, suspects, and the mental cost of never reaching a clean answer.
Zodiac / 2007 film
The Revenant: Book to Film
Hugh Glass survives a bear mauling, abandonment, hunger, cold, and grief while pursuing the men who left him for dead.
The Revenant / 2015 filmSeven Pillars of Wisdom: Book to Film
T. E. Lawrence's Arab Revolt experience becomes a story about desert war, political promise, identity, and imperial contradiction.
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