History Main / FanFilm

* Various ''Franchise/{{Bionicle}}'' ones are/were in the works, such as ''Quest of the Toa'' covering the first year of storyline, and a separate massive project to create a whole series of fanfilms to cover the entire storyline called ''Bionicle: The Next Generation''. Sadly, both undertakings sank into DevelopmentHell -- ''B:QOTT'' already had to be canceled and restarted several times throughout the years, and has since hit another silent period. At least its SpinOff "series", ''Lewa Q&A'', managed to get a couple of episodes finished. The case of ''BNG'' is more complicated. At first, it appeared the whole project was done for, but a group of dedicated fans decided to reboot the thing as a less ambitious version of the original, making a short animated series instead of movies, switching to 2D CGI animation, and changing the title to ''Bionicle: Retold''. The 3D team moved to a different site, but have similar goals as well.

* ''[[http://www.constellationstudios.org/article.php3?id_article=377 Shamelady]]'', a French-made JamesBond fan film, truly deserves the full marks. Coming in at a whopping 50+ minutes, and even having a public screening in France!

* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDX1m0Y2Vkg Pokémon Apokelypse]] is a fan film trailer of a never to be released live action Anime/{{Pokemon}} film. It takes place in a dark future where Pokémon training is illegal and driven underground.

* ''Fullmetal Fantasy'' is a short ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' Fan Film written and directed by VicMignogna, the American voice actor for Edward Elric, starring most of the US vocal cast playing their characters[[note]]The exceptions are Armstrong and Alphonse, because it would literally be impossible for Creator/ChristopherSabat and Creator/AaronDismuke to play them; instead they dubbed their voices over an actor playing Armstrong and a life-sized Al statue on loan from Bandai.[[/note]] with FMA fans playing all the extras. In it, an FMA fan (played by Mignogna) dreams that he's becoming Edward and the FMA characters are showing up all over the real world. It's a CrowningMomentOfAwesome (and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Funny]]) for everyone involved, but rights issues mean it'll never see widespread release. On the other hand, Vic has gotten official permission to screen it at conventions as long as it doesn't get [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil videotaped and uploaded]].

* A film version (found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5eUIc1dTWY here]]) of the famous fan fiction FanFic/MyImmortal.

* The Film/{{Ghostbusters}} franchise of films and TV shows has inspired at least two notable fan films, "The Real Ghostbusters" downloadable [[http://www.therealghostbusters.net/ here]] and "Return of the Ghostbusters" having a trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNv27pEJ7qU here]].
** The Louisiana Ghostbusters had a fan film contest which had a few enrties, many of which were location based, such as Ghostbusters SLC, U.K. Ghostbusters, and Italy Ghostbusters, though there were plenty of others as well. They can all be seen [[http://www.goldenghostawards.com/?page_id=262 here]].

* ''Fullmetal Fantasy'' is a short ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' Fan Film written and directed by VicMignogna, the American voice actor for Edward Elric, starring most of the US vocal cast playing their characters[[note]]The exceptions are Armstrong and Alphonse, because it would literally be impossible for ChrisSabat and Creator/AaronDismuke to play them; instead they dubbed their voices over an actor playing Armstrong and a life-sized Al statue on loan from Bandai.[[/note]] with FMA fans playing all the extras. In it, an FMA fan (played by Mignogna) dreams that he's becoming Edward and the FMA characters are showing up all over the real world. It's a CrowningMomentOfAwesome (and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Funny]]) for everyone involved, but rights issues mean it'll never see widespread release. On the other hand, Vic has gotten official permission to screen it at conventions as long as it doesn't get [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil videotaped and uploaded]].

** ''[[http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/ Star Trek: Phase II]]'' (originally entitled ''Star Trek: New Voyages'') is a series of Fan Films that continue the adventures of the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' crew, with new actors in place of Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the gang. Its quality is such that one episode "World Enough And Time", was nominated for a HugoAward.

** ''[[http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/ Star Trek: New Voyages]]'' is a series of Fan Films that continue the adventures of the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' crew, with new actors in place of Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the gang. Its quality is such that one episode "World Enough And Time", was nominated for a HugoAward.

** The best of these has to be Kevin Rubio's ''Troops''. A dual parody of ''StarWars'' and ''Cops,'' it boasts professional quality costumes and special effects. It's also hilarious and puts a couple of major incidents from the first film in a whole new light.

* ''{{Haloid}}'' and the ''DeadFantasy'' series, two CG [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny Ultimate Showdowns of Ultimate Destiny]] by MontyOum.

* Zelda: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp8dQhyJRBs Dark Sage]], a fan film series that attempts to adapt certain elements of Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda into CG, in a similar fashion to MontyOum's films. The end result looks like ReBoot, [[SpecialEffectFailure to]] [[UncannyValley put]] [[AdaptationDecay it]] [[FightSceneFailure lightly.]]

* ''[[FanFic/ImAMarvelAndImADC I'm a Marvel... And I'm a DC]]'' by [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ItsJustSomeRandomGuy ItsJustSomeRandomGuy]] is a popular fan-made series featuring action figures of famous {{Marvel}} and DCComics characters. Originally, it started as a spoof of the "I'm a Mac... And I'm a PC" ads, with ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Spider-Man}} comparing their respective film series. Eventually, it evolved to include other characters, such as Franchise/{{Batman}}, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], ComicBook/IronMan, etc., and the "After Hours" series, originally mean to depict what the characters do when they're not making snarky remarks about each others' movies, developed its own involved plotline. Regardless, it's still pretty funny.

* "Patient J" is a very popular {{Main/Batman}} fan film about the Joker. The film focuses on a psychiatrist interviewing the Joker and gives the Joker's perspective on major events in the Batman comic book timeline and on his relationship with Batman personally. The film was written and directed by Aaron Schoenke specifically for his friend, Paul Molnar, to play the Joker.

* Many animations of the video game series ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' are made in a program called create.swf, aka Walfas. But if there is any that should count as a movie, it's the series/movie ''FanFic/DiamondInTheRough''. The story follows a boy (a [[ParodyStu parody]] of the typical SelfInsertFic MartyStu) who is gapped to the magical land of [[DeathWorld Gensokyo]] by the [[HumanoidAbomination border demon Yukari]] upon the promise of power and freedom, and [[ForegoneConclusion in three months will be killed]] by the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent celestial Tenshi]]. The [[HowWeGotHere series mostly taking place between these two events]]. The film is ''[[EpicMovie four hours long]]'', [[TwoActStructure split into two two-hour reels]] (with the first reel available on YouTube as a series). The full film can be seen on the creator's Ustream, complete with an intermission and AudienceParticipation.

* Many animations of the video game series ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' are in a style called Walfa that looks like flash. But if there is any that should count as a movie it's the series/movie ''FanFic/DiamondInTheRough''. The story of a MartyStu gapped to the magical land of [[DeathWorld Gensokyo]] by the [[HumanoidAbomination border demon Yukari]] upon the promise of power and freedom, and [[ForegoneConclusion in three months will be killed]] by the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent celestial Tenshi]]. The [[{{Deconstruction}} series mostly taking place between these two events]]. You can either watch this through the finished episodes on YouTube, which don't cover the entire movie's events yet. Or the still developing movie in UStream which currently is over ''3 and a half hours long''.

* Shippers might want to check out some of the so-called "porn parodies" which are clearly just an excuse to make a {{Lemon}} FanFic on film without getting sued as they don't contain any laughs. Examples include [[http://www.tlavideo.com/raw-the-sex-files-a-dark-xxx-parody/p-296052-4 The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody]] which has a rather basic plot, but you do get a well-filmed scene of a Mulder and Scully lookalike getting it on.

* ''Fullmetal Fantasy'' is a short ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' Fan Film written and directed by VicMignogna, the American voice actor for Edward Elric, starring most of the US vocal cast playing their characters[[hottip:*:The exceptions are Armstrong and Alphonse, because it would literally be impossible for ChrisSabat and Creator/AaronDismuke to play them; instead they dubbed their voices over an actor playing Armstrong and a life-sized Al statue on loan from Bandai.]] with FMA fans playing all the extras. In it, an FMA fan (played by Mignogna) dreams that he's becoming Edward and the FMA characters are showing up all over the real world. It's a CrowningMomentOfAwesome (and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Funny]]) for everyone involved, but rights issues mean it'll never see widespread release. On the other hand, Vic has gotten official permission to screen it at conventions as long as it doesn't get [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil videotaped and uploaded]].

* The ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' video game franchise has many Fan Films, ranging from the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwxVjNLPVhI silly]] to the serious. However, the copyright bogeyman led to ''The Hero of Time'' getting a CeaseAndDesist from Creator/{{Nintendo}} and is no longer distributed online by its creators.

* The hunger games have a lot of fanfilms what about the generic setting making it a little easier to do, yet one of the good ones can be seen here [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mUjssn86h4]]

* "Patient J" is a very popular Batman fan film about the Joker. The film focuses on a psychiatrist interviewing the Joker and gives the Joker's perspective on major events in the Batman comic book timeline and on his relationship with Batman personally. The film was written and directed by Aaron Schoenke specifically for his friend, Paul Molnar, to play the Joker.

* There exists a fan-made film version of the first ''Dune'' novel by Frank Herbert, made by a few fans living in Spain with a cast of the ''entire village''. Visually, it's a cross between the atmosphere of the '84 Lynch version and the Arabic influences of the 2000 Sci-Fi miniseries. It's also more faithful than either of them. Unfortunately, the HLP (Herbert Limited Partnership; the company that deals with the franchise since Frank's death) completely shut down the project and threatened to sue them, even though it took them over five years to make and over $10,000 of their own money and, they intended to release ''for free''.

* Even ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' has spawned a fan film, this one being ''[[http://nukabreak.com Nuka Break]]'', starring a [[BigFatFuture Vault 10]] Dweller with a Nuka Cola addiction, a recently freed slave, and a hedonistic ghoul.

* Street Fighter has webseries Street Fighter: the Later Years, Street Fighter Legacy, Street Fighter High (and its sequel musical), Street Fighter: Beginning's End, and Balrog: Behind the Glory.

** There's now a VideoGame/{{Portal}} fan film entitled ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NorZUFfpvC0 Outside Aperture]]'' which is set after the original ending of the first game and completely ignores VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}. There's very little dialogue, the only character is Chell (who has some issues due to her time as a test subject), and apart from flashbacks it's set entirely inside an extremely bare apartment, yet somehow it works.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drucg1A6Xk&ob=av3e Portal: No Escape]]'' shows Chell as a prisoner who tries to break out of Aperture Science, [[spoiler: which turns out to be her first test.]] It's a darker take on the series compared to both the above fan film and ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' itself.
* ''WebVideo/FindMakarov'', based on the ''ModernWarfare'' series.

** There's now a VideoGame/{{Portal}} fan film entitled [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NorZUFfpvC0 Outside Aperture]] which is set after the original ending of the first game and completely ignores VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}. There's very little dialogue, the only character is Chell (who has some issues due to her time as a test subject), and apart from flashbacks it's set entirely inside an extremely bare apartment, yet somehow it works.

** StarWars [[ShotForShotRemake Uncut]] takes this to new heights, by asking people around the internet to redo snippets of the original, 15 seconds each, no matter the budget. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ezeYJUz-84&feature=player_embedded#! The end result]] manages to be its own beast, while paying tribute to the original film.

* ''[[FanFic/ImAMarvelAndImADC I'm a Marvel... And I'm a DC]]'' by [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ItsJustSomeRandomGuy ItsJustSomeRandomGuy]] is a popular fan-made series featuring action figures of famous {{Marvel}} and DCComics characters. Originally, it started as a spoof of the "I'm a Mac... And I'm a PC" ads, with ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Spider-Man}} comparing their respective film series. Eventually, it evolved to include other characters, such as ComicBook/{{Batman}}, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], ComicBook/IronMan, etc., and the "After Hours" series, originally mean to depict what the characters do when they're not making snarky remarks about each others' movies, developed its own involved plotline. Regardless, it's still pretty damn funny.

* ''{{Batman}} [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjp0I_okX0w Dead End]]'' is a eight-minute long fan video that puts Batman against The Joker and later...[[spoiler:the Franchise/{{Alien}} and the Franchise/{{Predator}}]].

* ''FanFilm/BatmanPuppetMaster'', a fan film set in {{Batman}}'s ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' universe meant to bridge the gap between ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Possibly intended as part of a series due to the SequelHook at the end. Features Nolanverse re-imaginings of classic villains The Riddler and The Ventriloquist. Can be seen [[http://batmanpuppetmaster.com/ here]].

* Many animations of the video game series ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' are in a style called Walfa that looks like flash. But if there is any that should count as a movie it's the series/movie FanFic/DiamondInTheRough. The story of a MartyStu gapped to the magical land of [[DeathWorld Gensokyo]] by the [[HumanoidAbomination border demon Yukari]] upon the promise of power and freedom, and [[ForegoneConclusion in three months will be killed]] by the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent celestial Tenshi]]. You can either watch this through the finished episodes on YouTube, which don't cover the entire movie's events yet. Or the still developing movie in UStream which currently is over ''3 and a half hours long''.

* ''StarWreck'' has gone from being a space battle animated using early home computer technology, to a spoof of epic proportions with effects that easily rival most big-budget Hollywood productions. The latest film, ''In The Pirkinning'' is also the most successful Finnish movie ever made.