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9	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GalaxyQuest]]'': Actors from an old TV show are contacted by some obsessive fans who need help dealing with violent bullies.
10	** Or: Creator/TimAllen is in a movie whose plot revolves around the fact that he's famous. Series/{{Monk}} helps.
11	** Alternate: [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]], [[Film/HarryPotter Professor Snape]], Series/{{Monk}}, [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Dana Barrett]] and some other people meet real aliens in a ripoff of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries an old TV show]].
12	** Alternate: ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' [-[[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE!]]-]
13	* [[spoiler:''Film/TheGallows'']]: Ghost of a teen who was accidentally hanged in a school play tries to kill a group of students who broke into the school late at night.
14	* [[spoiler:''Film/TheGame1997'']]: Banker gets pranked. ''Hard''.
15	** [[spoiler:''Film/GameNight'']]: Overtly competitive couple gets pranked. ''Hard''.
16	* ''[[spoiler:Film/{{Gamera}}]]'': A little boy becomes best friends with a big turtle who is really neat.
17	** ''[[spoiler:Film/GameraGuardianOfTheUniverse]]'': Big turtle saves Japan from giant man-eating bats.
18	** ''[[spoiler:Film/Gamera2AdventOfLegion]]'': Flying turtle fights giant bug.
19	** ''[[spoiler:Film/Gamera3AwakeningOfIrys]]'': Girl seeks revenge against a giant turtle. Giant tentacled monster offers his help only to manipulate the girl's emotions for his own gain. Oh, and the giant bat-monsters come back.
20	* ''[[spoiler: Film/{{Gandhi}}]]'': Lawyer gets thrown off train, spends the rest of his life making sure nobody ever has to go through that again.
21	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GangsOfNewYork]]'': An angry orphan comes to a rapidly growing city during wartime. He nearly gets mugged by a woman with [[OohMeAccentsSlipping a shifting accent]] before going to work for a mustachioed, plaid-wearing hypocrite. He starts to forget why he came to the city in the first place, but then is set straight by a self-proclaimed Shakespearean scholar while a celebrity impersonator hovers above their heads and gets fruit hurled at him. Later on, an elephant stampedes through blood-soaked streets.
22	* ''[[spoiler:Film/{{Gattaca}}]]'': A man who may or may not be terminally ill steals his roommate's identity in order to fulfill his childhood dream, which will almost certainly put his coworkers' lives in danger. Later, he seduces a woman with no intention of revealing his true identity to her, then proves that he isn't mature enough to cope with his sibling-rivalry issues. In the end, [[spoiler:the protagonist fulfills his dream while his roommate commits suicide in an incinerator.]]
23	* ''[[spoiler:Film/GetShorty]]'': Mob-connected loan shark discovers he's a natural Hollywood player.
24	** ''[[spoiler:Film/BeCool]]'': Disgruntled natural Hollywood player fights against, participates in and makes beautiful music with organized crime.
25	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GetSmart]]'': Clumsy guy gets the big break at his job, which requires him to dance with a fat woman, be repeatedly cut while pestered by a mouse, kiss a man, and attack pianists.
26	** Alternatively, Creator/SteveCarell and Creator/AnneHathaway try to save the world.
27	* [[spoiler: ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'']]: Four guys drive around in a van and trap restless spirits. They save New York City from a giant candy mascot by [[ForbiddenChekhovsGun taking serious risks with their equipment]].
28	** The story of three friends who overcome previous rejection to create their own start-up business on the tough streets of New York, get past resistance from bureaucrats and make a big break. There's also a Sumerian demigod.
29	** [[spoiler: ''Film/GhostbustersII'']]: Evil painting comes to life and summons pink goo within disused subway tunnels to stalk an infant. He is eventually defeated by four guys piloting a mobile national monument.
30	** [[spoiler: ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 2016}}'']]: [[DistaffCounterpart Four girls]] drive around in a hearse and trap restless spirits. They save New York City from a disgruntled janitor.
31	** [[spoiler: ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife]]'': Four teens follow a family legacy by driving that same van and trapping restless spirits in the middle of nowhere.
32	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra]]'': Man fights his ex-girlfriend's new friends.
33	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GIJoeRetaliation]]'': Another man fights his ex-boss's new friends.
34	* ''[[spoiler:Film/GingerSnaps]]'': Coming of age/werewolf drama. Morbid friendless sisters feature in a study of the similarity between premenstrual tension and uncontrollably violent lycanthropic blood-lust.
35	* ''[[spoiler:[[Film/TheMillenniumTrilogy The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]]]'': To get his job back, man brings the girl who lead to his dismissal to a [[TownWithADarkSecret small, cold village]].
36	** ''[[spoiler:The Girl who Played with Fire]]'': The girl reunites with her father. This turns out to be a bad thing.
37	** ''[[spoiler:The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest]]'': To get her job back, girl asks the man to publish a dirty book of memories.
38	** ''[[spoiler:Film/TheGirlInTheSpidersWeb]]'': The girl reunites with her sister. This turns out to be a bad thing.
39	* ''[[spoiler:Film/Glass2019]]'': [[BetterThanItSounds/FilmU Security officer, sickly geek]], and [[BetterThanItSounds/FilmS zoo worker]] are brought together by a shrink who thinks they're delusional.
40	* ''[[spoiler:Film/GlengarryGlenRoss]]'': A band of real estate agents endeavor to sell undesirable property to unwilling prospective buyers.
41	* ''[[spoiler: WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet]]'': Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet...with lawn gnomes!
42	* ''[[spoiler: Film/TheGodfather]]'': Importer of olive oil struggles to keep with the times. It gets violent.
43	** Alternatively: Intimidating New York control freak with hanging jowls helps his friends by utilizing guns, lawyers and long-distance animal abuse.
44	** ''[[spoiler: Film/TheGodfatherPartII]]'': Son inherits family business and flashbacks are shown throughout.
45	** ''[[spoiler: Film/TheGodfatherPartIII]]'': Organization leader starts a charity fund.
46	* ''[[spoiler: Film/TheGodsMustBeCrazy]]'': An epic quest to get rid of an old glass bottle.
47	** Alternatively: On the way to dispose of a Coke bottle, a man discovers that the world is truly bizarre.
48	* ''[[spoiler: {{Film/Godspell}}]]'': The [[Literature/TheBible Gospel According to Saint Matthew]] performed by clowns on a Manhattan Island devoid of people.
49	* ''[[spoiler: Franchise/{{Godzilla}}]]'': A giant dinosaur destroys (or rescues) Japan while fightingr other giant monsters for [[LongRunners 60 years and counting]].
50	** ''[[spoiler: Film/Godzilla1954]]'': An examination of post-war national disillusionment, heartbreakingly told through the allegory of a giant dinosaur.
51	** ''[[spoiler: Film/KingKongVsGodzilla]]'': Big gorilla fights giant dinosaur.
52	** ''[[spoiler: Film/MothraVsGodzilla]]'': A butterfly fights a dinosaur.
53	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster]]'': A radioactive dinosaur, a giant caterpillar, and a giant pterodactyl team up to save Japan from a space dragon.
54	** ''[[spoiler: Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster]]'': Two Mesozoic reptiles go to space to fight a dragon. Also features dancing in space.
55	** ''[[spoiler: Film/SonOfGodzilla]]'': Father and child bonding told through the eyes of dinosaurs.
56	** ''[[spoiler: Film/AllMonstersAttack]]'': A boy learns to stand up for himself by daydreaming about a dinosaur's son.
57	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaVsHedorah]]'': A giant dinosaur fights a MuckMonster. Psychedelic trippiness and {{Anvilicious}} morals ensue.
58	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaVsGigan]]'': Two dinosaurs fight a dragon and a cyborg chicken from space.
59	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaVsMegalon]]'': Giant dinosaur vs [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 beetle with Chrysler buildings for arms]] vs a robot version of Jack Nicholson vs cyborg chicken.
60	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla]]'': Giant dinosaur vs robot dinosaur vs ancient lion-dog thing.
61	** ''[[spoiler: Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla]]'': Radioactive dinosaur vs robot dinosaur and marine dinosaur. In the meantime, a guy falls in love with a robot.
62	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaVsBiollante]]'': A dinosaur fights a really big flower.
63	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah]]'': Time travelers from the future send a giant dragon to fight a big dinosaur.
64	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaVsSpacegodzilla]]'': Dinosaur vs EvilTwin vs HumongousMecha.
65	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah]]'': A dinosaur explodes from a nuclear meltdown while fighting a giant demonic crab-monster that murdered his son.
66	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack]]'': [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Enraged spirits of Japanese soldiers who fought in WWII]] possess a dead giant dinosaur and fight against a dragon, a butterfly, and a red dinosaur-dog thing while trying to destroy Japan.
67	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaFinalWars]]'': A mustachioed badass and his crew release giant dinosaur he once imprisoned to stop the invasion of leather wearing aliens by beating the shit out of all the monsters they control. Also, one of the crew members is the Japanese equivalent to [[Film/TheMatrix Neo]].
68	** ''[[spoiler: Film/{{Godzilla\|1998}} (1998, American)]]'': Sea critter gets stuck with a misnomer and tries to nest despite humans disturbing the area.
69	** ''[[spoiler: Film/{{Godzilla\|2014}} (2014, American)]]'': Sea critter awakens to break the honeymoon of a particularly destructive couple.
70	** ''[[spoiler: Film/ShinGodzilla]]'': A national disaster response is hampered by [[DemocracyIsFlawed government incompetence]].
71	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019]]'': A remake of the fourth entry, caused by environmentalists with rather extreme ideas.
72	** ''[[spoiler: Film/GodzillaVsKong]]'': Sea critter harbors Luddite tendencies and an irrational dislike of a giant gorilla.
73	* ''[[spoiler:Film/GoingInStyle2017]]'': Three senior citizens plot to rob a bank.
74	* ''[[spoiler:Film/GoneInSixtySeconds1974]]'': Professional carjacker steals [[CoolCar '73 Mustang]], proceeds to [[CarFu utterly void its warranty]].
75	** ''[[spoiler:Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000]]'': Professional carjacker steals [[CoolCar '67 Shelby Mustang]] in order to prevent [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] from killing his brother.
76	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GoneWithTheWind]]'': A spoiled bitch and a lecherous scoundrel fight for chattel slavery to be made a substitute against both wage slavery and the use of taxes to transfer money from one place to another. They're our heroes.
77	** Alternatively: Dixie buttercup achieves riches and finds love by flaunting her beauty, betraying friends, and smacking servants upside they heads, while others lose their lives in her behalf.
78	* ''[[spoiler: Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly]]'': Three guys have a staring contest over a cash prize.
79	* ''[[spoiler: Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird]]'': A man badly translates a stolen map.
80	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GoodByeLenin!]]'': Woman falls into coma, wakes up in another country. Her son tries to cover it up.
81	** Or: The protagonist feeds his ill, bed-ridden mother outrageous lies to fool her into thinking she lives in an oppressive socialist state.
82	* ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur]]'': Set in an alternate history, an orphan becomes friends with a small boy.
83	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GoodMorningVietnam]]'': Army higherups try to stop Creator/RobinWilliams from being funny.
84	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GoodWillHunting]]'': A therapist, a mathematician, and working class roughs vie for the soul of a really smart janitor.
85	* ''[[spoiler: Film/{{Goodfellas}}]]'': A kid gets a job parking cars for the people across the street and talks about the things his employers have him do.
86	* ''[[spoiler: WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie]]'': Reject from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, featuring wacko suburbanite and his son on a physically dangerous RoadTripPlot. One of them ends up on stage at a concert by a performer who appears to be a cross between Music/{{Prince}} and 1980s-era Music/MichaelJackson. A fly-fishing move becomes a dance move and helps the father with his audience.
87	* ''[[spoiler: Film/TheGoonies]]'': A hobbit and his friends try to find some treasure that was buried in a cave. They end up not getting to keep much of it.
88	* ''[[spoiler: Film/{{Gorgo}}]]'': Irish mother travels to London to rescue her kidnapped son. Visits various monuments and destroys them.
89	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GorillasInTheMist]]'': The inspiring true story of a white woman who goes to Africa and spends most of her time hanging out with apes while pissing off a lot of black people. Ultimately she is mysteriously murdered after trying to interfere with said black people's way of making money.
90	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GosfordPark]]'': Love and intrigue at a 1930s British house party. Michael Gambon is murdered twice.
91	* ''[[spoiler:Film/TheGraduate]]'': College boy wants girl, compromises by humping her mother until a yellow bus drives him to a future of probable poverty with vacillating trophy girl bride.
92	* ''[[spoiler: Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel]]'': A manager causes a shootout in his own hotel over a stolen painting. Creator/BillMurray does not provide any laughs.
93	* ''[[spoiler: Film/GranTorino]]'': Guy gets gangsters who broke his garden dwarf away from his property. This turns him into a neighborhood hero.
94	** Alternatively: A GrumpyOldMan keeps threatening to shoot people. He befriends the kids from next door because of it.
95	* ''[[spoiler: Film/{{Gravity}}]]'': A woman suffering from Kessler syndrome struggles to get back onto her feet.
96	** Alternatively: Doctor tries to drive home despite awful road conditions.
97	** Or: A grieving schoolteacher finds her livelihood depends on learning Chinese in a high-pressure environment.
98	* ''[[spoiler: The Great Caruso]]'': A {{Biopic}} depicts a famous tenor playing another who is even more famous.
99	* ''[[spoiler: Film/TheGreatDictator]]'': A CaptainErsatz of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler attempts to TakeOverTheWorld and slaughter the Jews. HilarityEnsues.
100	* ''[[spoiler: Film/TheGreatEscape]]'': Guy spends too much time playing with baseball while his mates dig holes. Eventually he gets to ride a motorcycle... only to get back to his baseball.
101	* ''[[spoiler: WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective]]'': A mouse tries to foil Creator/VincentPrice.
102	** Alternatively, a large cat owner kidnaps a guy and makes him build a robotic Queen of England, and also forces a pair of rodents to listen to a song he wrote.
103	* ''[[spoiler:Film/TheGreatestShowOnEarth]]'': [[Creator/CecilBDeMille One of the greatest film directors ever]] takes us behind the scenes at the circus.
104	* ''[[spoiler:Film/Gremlins1984]]'': City gets attacked by corrupted Christmas gift.
105	** ''[[spoiler: Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch]]'': Office building is conquered by Tony Randall and an army consisting entirely of Creator/FrankWelker.
106	* ''[[spoiler: Film/{{Grindhouse}}]]'': A bunch of famed filmmakers make cheesy movies [[FakeMovieRealTrailer (or pieces of movies)]] [[StylisticSuck with bad picture quality and missing scenes]].
107	** ''[[spoiler:Film/PlanetTerror]]'': Woman quits dancing the same day she becomes crippled. Gets used to her new prosthetic limb, though. Also, zombies happen.
108	** ''[[spoiler: Film/DeathProof]]'': Women who are tired of putting up with celebrities go and rent a car, kill an ex-stunt guy who drives his cool car around.
109	* ''[[spoiler:Film/GrossePointeBlank]]'': Man facing existential crisis attends his ten-year reunion to get back together with his high school sweetheart, even if he is unable to get rid of his work while there.
110	* ''[[spoiler:Film/GroundhogDay]]'': A journalist has his life fall into repetition, tries to kill himself and a woodchuck several times. Eventually he becomes enlightened.
111	** Or: Big town weatherman experiences small-town life.
112	* ''[[spoiler:Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014]]'': Exiled orphan steals a metal ball, leading him to misunderstandings with an aggressive green girl, plus a duo of a [[TheNapoleon grumpy shorty]] and a dimwitted giant, that get them all arrested. They are forced to team up, along with a LiteralMinded gray-and-red muscular angry guy, to break out of prison and try to get rid of said ball.
113	** ''[[spoiler:Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2]]'': The orphan finally meets his DisappearedDad. However, huge disagreements emerge once the father's [[AssimilationPlot plans for fun family time]] are revealed.
114	*** Daddy issues turn out to be the lesser of two evils.
115	** ''[[spoiler:Film/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial]]'': A Christmas special where two aliens learn about human trafficking, gay bars, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Go Bots]].
116	** ''[[spoiler:Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3]]'': The grumpy shorty is dying, so the orphan and his friends must retrieve the cure from a corporation owned by a guy who wants to make his furry [=OCs=] real. Also, [[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker somehow the aggressive green girl returned]].
117	* ''[[spoiler:Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner]]'': Conflict over a dinner guest.
118	* ''[[spoiler:Film/GetOut2017]]'': Conflict over being brought for more than dinner.

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