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  1. Here are movies directly based on, loosely based on, or are inspired by Richard Stark's hard-hitting crime-action Parker series. 1, 2, 5 are based on the first book, The Hunter. Parker at his…

    • The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien.
    • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) C.S. Lewis.
    • To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee.
    • Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7) J.K. Rowling.
  2. A list of 8 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Point Blank (1967), Payback (1999), The Split (1968), The Outfit (1973) and Pillaged (1967). About this list: Richard Stark's Parker novels are my favorite series of books.

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    • Henry Blodget
    • "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon. Buy the book on Amazon or Bookshop. Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles.
    • "Normal People" by Sally Rooney. Buy the book on Amazon or Bookshop. Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner.
    • "Mindhunter" by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Buy the book on Amazon or Bookshop. During his 25-year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time.
    • "Unorthodox" by Deborah Feldman. Buy the book on Amazon or Bookshop. As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism, Deborah Feldman grew up under a code of relentlessly enforced customs governing everything from what she could wear and to whom she could speak to what she was allowed to read.
  3. The first novel in Parker's series is The Hunter (adapted to film twice: as Point Blank in 1967, and as Payback in 1999), in which he chases a past associate who betrayed him in a heist and left him for dead. He survives, but is arrested by the police.

  4. Before his untimely death in May from lung cancer, the brilliant Eisner- and Harvey Award-winning artist Darwin Cooke began a series of graphic novels based on the Parker series. He completed four: Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter (2009), Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, which includes a short version of Richard Stark’s Parker: The ...

  5. Oct 26, 2021 · The best film adaptations take some of those elements, or the character of a novel, and make them sing on the silver screen. Today we're going to list some of the best book-to-movie adaptations to date. Some remain faithful to the writer’s original book; some take the source material into previously unimagined areas.

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