Keyword: based on novel or book

The Eiger Sanction

7.2

1975

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Classical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

Measuring the World

5.7

2012

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\Die Vermessung der Welt\ follows two brilliant and eccentric scientists, Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss, on their life paths in early-19th-century Germany.

Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food

7.3

2023

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A call to action for the officials who have the power to mitigate the danger caused by foodborne pathogens that kill thousands of people in the U.S. every year.

A Wife Confesses

7.5

1961

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Ayako is charged with murdering her much older academic husband while climbing a mountain. Ayako was having an affair, apparently with her husbands approval, and this complicates the trial.

Love Like the Falling Petals

8

2022

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An aspiring photographer falls in love with a skillful hairstylist. The future stretches before them until a twist of fate threatens their romance.

Clive of India

6.2

2022

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In the mid-1700s the East India Company has power over commerce on the sub-continent, with the blessings of the British government. A clerk in the company, Robert Clive, is frustrated by his lack of advancement, and transfers to the military arm of the company, where he excels. Clives leadership and gift for manipulation strengthen Englands hold over India and lead to personal wealth, which is often threatened by the enemies he makes along the way.

Promise at Dawn

7.4

2017

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From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.

The Garden of Allah

5.5

1936

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The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.

Storm Crashers

6.4

2024

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11-year-old Alfonso, heir of Don Quixote, and his 3 imaginary and musical rabbits join Pancho and Victoria, to save their beloved town of La Mancha from a huge storm.

Firestarter

6.1

1984

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A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telepathic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic.

The Christmas Carol

6

1949

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Dickens classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and three Christmas Ghosts that change his perception of life. Narrated by Vincent Price.

Ripley's Game

6.7

2002

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A dying family man in need of money is persuaded to assassinate a European crime boss.