Books
East of Eden (1952)
Multiple generations of a family keep falling into the story of Cain and Abel in this examination of the nature of good and evil.
Movies
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
A reporter looks into some mysterious disappearances involving people she’s written stories about.
Movies
Rambo (2008)
Rambo finds his peaceful existence in Burma interrupted by some well-meaning but naive missionaries.
Movies
Mississippi Burning (1988)
FBI agents investigate the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964 Mississippi.
Movies
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
An angry teenager finds himself turning into a bloodthirsty wolf-man.
Movies
A Time to Kill (1996)
A young lawyer defends a black man in court for murder after he killed his daughter’s white rapists in Mississippi.
Movies
Night Moves (1975)
A private detective goes looking for a teenage runaway while his marriage is in turmoil.
Movies
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
A joint American-Soviet space mission heads out to space to see what happened to the Discovery in 2001.
Movies
The Last Samurai (2003)
An American soldier with a drinking problem finds peace and a new home when he sides with a Japanese samurai against the modernizing forces of his nation.
Movies
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
A sub commander needs to figure out who the Russian agent on his ship is during a top secret mission.