Films: Based on Graphic Novels
Annotation:Paul Giamatti plays underground comic book hero Harvey Pekar in this critically acclaimed biographical film.
Annotation:An astonishing film that spans several centuries, multiple galaxies, combining both science fiction and romance, to tell the epic story of one man’s quest to stop Death himself.
Annotation:After meeting a middle-aged oddball, two teenage outsiders might lose the only friendship they have.
Annotation:Guillermo del Toro directed this film about a demon who turns on his Nazis creators when he decides to fight for the forces of good.
Annotation:Mark Millar’s comic book comes alive in this adrenaline pumping story of a high school loser who becomes infamous when he decides to walk the streets as a superhero.
Annotation:A U.S. Special Forces unit is sent to South America to complete a lethal mission, but when they become the targets, they quickly realize that they’ve been double-crossed by an inside man. Now they’ll use all of their military expertise as they try to settle the score.
Annotation:Marjane Satrapi wrote the graphic novel and directed this faithful adaptation of a young, outspoken Iranian girl coming-of-age during the Islamic Revolution.
Annotation:Bruce Willis leads an all-star cast in this action-packed film based on Warren Ellis’s graphic novel of the same name.
Annotation:After Scott Pilgrim literally meets the woman of his dreams, his geeky life gets turned upside down when her evil exes join forces to have him killed.
Annotation:A group of survivors try to live until daylight as vampires lurk in the darkness of a small Alaskan town.
Annotation:300 Spartans fight to the death against an invading Persian army in the visually stunning film adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel.
Annotation:Natalie Portman stars in this stylish adaption of Alan Moore's tale about an anarchist who tries to overthrow a corrupted government.
Annotation:Mankind is on the brink of extinction as zombies stalk the streets in season one of the hugely popular AMC original series.
Annotation:As the world moves closer to a war between the US and USSR, a group of superheroes are forced out of retirement after one of their own is mysteriously murdered. Alan Moore’s masterpiece comes alive in this virtually precise adaptation.
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