Put down your book and watch:
Fahrenheit 451 (dir. Francois Truffaut, 1966; UK)
The NeverEnding Story / Die unendliche Geschichte (dir. Wolfgang Petersen, 1984; West Germany/USA)
Evil Dead II (dir. Sam Raimi, 1987; USA)
The Princess Bride (dir. Rob Reiner, 1987; USA)
Adaptation. (dir. Spike Jonze, 2002; USA)
Capote (dir. Bennett Miller, 2005; USA/Canada)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly / Le scaphandre et le papillon (dir. Julian Schnabel, 2007; France/USA)
The Ghost Writer (dir. Roman Polanski, 2010; France/Germany/UK)
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