Line #79 FollowTheLeader/LiveActionFilms


1	* The massive success of ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006,'' DarkerAndEdgier reboots of worn franchises, led to a trend of failed or declining franchises being rebooted with varying degrees of success.
2	* The huge box office returns of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' and especially ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' in 2015 really cemented the trend of making nostalgic {{Distant Sequel}}s in the modern era.
3	* ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' was rushed into theaters shortly after ''Film/{{Sky High\|2005}}'' came out, and the epic failure of the ripoff is probably why more films of this SubGenre are not being made. Ironically, ''Sky High'' is sort-of a ripoff of the old DCOM ''Film/UpUpAndAway'', which was made to capitalize on the success of another superhero team movie: ''Film/XMen1''.
4	* Anybody notice how after ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject,'' horror movies started having characters with a camera or web connection? Examples: ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'', ''Film/Quarantine2008'', ''Film/DiaryOfTheDead'', etc.
5	* ''Film/TheMatrix'': The film created a wave of dark, philosophical ScienceFiction movies that question the nature of reality, and also popularized Creator/JohnWoo [[GunFu gunplay]] in action sequences and spawning a whole heap of movies that copy the BulletTime scene in the movie. Examples include ''Film/{{eXistenZ}},'' ''Film/TheThirteenthFloor,'' and ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}.'' It also brought CyberPunk into the mainstream during the late 1990s, when the genre was already almost dead in Sci-Fi literature, and spawned a multitude of movies (e.g. ''Film/TheOne'') and video games (e.g. ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'') which mostly imitated its cinematic style and ''BulletTime'' CGI effects.
6	* Most CyberPunk movies owe debts of gratitude to ''Film/BladeRunner'' (the "[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture real world]]") and ''Film/{{Tron}}'' ({{cyberspace}}).
7	* Though not the first slasher film, ''Film/{{Halloween\|1978}}'' initiated the 1980s' slasher craze, starting with the obvious imitator ''Film/FridayThe13th1980''. Later, ''Film/{{Scream\|1996}}'' re-invigorated the genre by referencing other horror films and winking at the conventions of the horror genre; among the works that came in its wake were ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'', ''Film/UrbanLegend'', ''Film/{{Valentine}}'', ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'', and ''Film/FreddyVsJason.''
8	* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' began the concept of the SummerBlockbuster, along with a slew of "animals attack" movies; one of the best copiers was ''Film/{{Alligator}}.'' One of these films, ''Film/{{Piranha}},'' inspired few followers of its own in form of ''Barracuda'' and ''Killer Fish.''
9	* ''Film/Dolls1987'' and ''Film/ChildsPlay'' jumpstarted the "Killer Doll" horror sub-genre.
10	* Spielberg's first movie ''Film/{{Duel}},'' while not as influential, inspired a few rip-offs of its own; the video release ''Joy Ride: Dead Ahead'' was painfully blatant in its copying.
11	* The twin successes of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/HarryPotter'' led to more and more film adaptations of epic literary fantasy, varying from the relatively successful ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' movies, to ''Film/{{Eragon}},'' which was a FranchiseKiller. ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' (based on ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'') and ''Film/TheSeeker'' (based on ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'') were also released, but neither did very well. The increased appetite for epic fantasy helped ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' turn a surrealist parody of Victorian society and literature into a straightforward fantasy epic. It also helped get ''Series/GameOfThrones'' greenlit, which itself launched a legion of imitators on the big and small screens.
12	* The nature documentary ''Film/MarchOfThePenguins'' led to two animated features with penguin characters: ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' and ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp''. Both were in production long before ''March of the Penguins'' was released (that being the nature of feature quality animation of either kind), but the success of ''March'' probably got them slightly more publicity for getting on the "penguin bandwagon."
13	* If ''Film/TheMatrix'' was the FollowTheLeader of the late '90s / early 2000's, then ''Film/DieHard'' was the FollowTheLeader of the '80s. The success of ''Film/DieHard'' prompted a slew of action set pieces best described as DieHardOnAnX. Die Hard on a bus (''Film/{{Speed}}''), Die Hard on a boat (''Film/UnderSiege,'' ''Film/Speed2CruiseControl''), Die Hard on a plane (''Film/Passenger57,'' ''Film/ExecutiveDecision,'' ''Film/AirForceOne'') and so on.
14	* There was a genre (''Film/OurManFlint,'' ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE,'' ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise,'' ''Film/AustinPowers,'' ''Film/SpyHard,'' ''Film/JohnnyEnglish,'' etc.) parodying spy movies in and / or of the 1960's... Except that they only ever seem to parody Film/JamesBond. It's as if other spy fiction simply didn't exist, although they don't really need to parody those: The [[SmallReferencePools general public know about James Bond most]] and the Bond movies created or standardised enough tropes by themselves. What made it rather odd is the James Bond series already started out pretty tongue in cheek.
15	* A shift in the spy genre occurred in 2002 with the sleeper hit ''Film/TheBourneIdentity.'' Its success while using a gritty and grounded in reality approach to espionage, combined with the critical failure of ''Film/DieAnotherDay,'' resulted in a reboot for the Bond films, with a back to basics approach and Bond relying more on his fists than his gadgets.
16	* ''Film/{{Shaft}}'' became the model of a film genre for movies targeted towards urban African Americans now otherwise known as {{Blaxploitation}}. It also owed a lot to ''Film/SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong,'' which wasn't quite an exploitation film.
17	* Jacques-Yves Cousteau's ''Film/TheSilentWorld'' became the nature documentary all other nature documentaries would imitate.
18	* ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' in 1978 and ''Film/{{Batman\|1989}}'' in 1989 started the trend of SuperHero inspired [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action.]]
19	* The back-to-back successes of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' and ''Film/Batman1989'' in particular kickstarted a brief wave of films inspired by old school, 1930s and '40s pulp and newspaper heroes (or pastiches of old-school pulp and newspaper heroes), such as ''Film/DickTracy,'' ''Film/TheShadow'', ''Film/{{The Phantom\|1996}}'' and ''Film/TheRocketeer''. It intersected neatly with the brief revivals of swing music and [=WW2=] films in the 90s.
20	* The success of ''Film/XMen1,'' followed by the great success of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy,'' unleashed a deluge of modern SuperHero inspired [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action]] like ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' and ''Film/BatmanBegins.''
21	* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'': The success of the films helped encourage fantastical genre films, particularly those based on comics, eschewing campiness for a grittier, more grounded and serious tone. Creator/JonFavreau explicitly stated that Nolan's ''Film/BatmanBegins'' was a major influence on ''Film/IronMan1'' and consequently the whole MCU. ''Film/ManOfSteel'' also follows the precedent. ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' and ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' are others.
22	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
23	** The creation of a "cinematic universe" sent shockwaves through Hollywood, and every major studio was desperate to create their own:
24	*** The most obvious is competing comics publisher DC launching their own ''[[Franchise/TheDCU DCU]]''.
25	*** Creator/{{Sony}} was moving forward with ComicBook/{{Venom}} and [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Sinister Six]] spin-offs of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' (before the franchise was cancelled),
26	*** The CrisisCrossover and huge cast of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' were conceived in direct response to the success of ''The Avengers.''
27	*** There were attempts to create Myth/KingArthur and Myth/RobinHood-based shared-universe franchises.
28	*** Universal made an attempt to spin its [[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal monster movies]] into ''Film/DarkUniverse'', which quickly collapsed.
29	*** ''Franchise/StarWars'' also piggy-backed on the Extended Universe with ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' starting not only another trilogy, but various other spin-off films focusing on the [[Film/RogueOne Rebel Alliance]], [[Film/{{Solo}} Han Solo]], etc. The Film/MonsterVerse is another interesting example as it too is a shared universe that came about following the ''Avengers,'' but much like the Dark Universe, the Toho movies it's based on became their own SharedUniverse with the release of ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster.'' And in addition ''Film/{{Godzilla\|2014}}'' wasn't made with sequels in mind and the proceeding movies only came about after Toho explicitly gave Legendary permission to use other classic Kaiju following ''Godzilla's'' success.
30	** Even before attempting to ape the cinematic universe angle, ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' was the first X-Men film made after the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse really began to take off, and it's closer to MCU films in tone and visual style than the other ''X-Men'' films.
31	** The massive success of Music/KendrickLamar's ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' soundtrack (including the Oscar-nominated hit "All the Stars") has given rise to a new wave of superhero movies that have accompanying rap songs, such as Music/{{Eminem}}'s "Venom" for the [[Film/{{Venom 2018}} film of the same name]], Music/PostMalone's "Sunflower" for ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Music/{{Pitbull}}'s "Ocean to Ocean" for ''Film/{{Aquaman\|2018}}'' and the Music/MeganTheeStallion / [[Music/FifthHarmony Normani]] collaboration "Diamonds" for ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020''.
32	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
33	** The film is credited with paving the way for a focus in Hollywood on "blockbusters."
34	** ''Franchise/StarWars'' is also the reason that ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' was made when it was. Originally (in 1977) the next Film/JamesBond movie after ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' was supposed to be ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly,'' and indeed the closing credits of the former explicitly state this. The success of ''Franchise/StarWars'' changed this, and the 'spacey' movie was made. It was mediocre at best, so the next film was far more down-to-earth.
35	** The films launched a whole sub-genre of obvious direct rip-offs, including: ''Film/TheBlackHole'', ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'', ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'', ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|1978}}'', ''[[FanNickname Turkish]] [[Film/TheManWhoSavesTheWorld Star Wars]],'' ''Film/MessageFromSpace'', ''Film/{{Starcrash}}'', ''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]'', ''Film/{{Krull}}'', ''Cosmos: War of the Planets'', ''Battle in Interstellar Space'', ''War of the Robots'', and ''Star Odyssey''.
36	** Anime director Creator/YoshiyukiTomino was fascinated by the "space military" of ''Star Wars'' and created the first ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series in response; it can truthfully be said that the RealRobot genre might not exist today if not for ''Star Wars''. That first series includes {{Laser Sword}}s, Char Aznable's CoolHelmet that looks like a white version of Darth Vader's, and superhumanly skilled {{Ace Pilot}}s with PsychicPowers including telepathy, empathy and precognition. Note that Newtypes don't have any of the Force powers that were introduced in the later ''Star Wars'' movies, like telekinesis and Force lightning.
37	** The original ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' film itself drew from many sources. The ''[[Film/TheHiddenFortress Hidden Fortress]]'' connection is well known. The ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''-Tatooine inspiration is pretty obvious. You can tell Creator/GeorgeLucas must have seen at least ''[[Anime/UchuuSenkanYamato Space Battleship Yamato]]'' episodes 26, 1, and 8, in that order, so we can probably pin his famous trip to Japan down to early 1975 when the series went into reruns. Creator/IsaacAsimov noticed some similarity to his ''{{Franchise/Foundation}}'' series but didn't take it personally. As [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Mizner Wilson Mizner]] observed, stealing from ''everybody'' is just called "research."
38	** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' spawned the ''astonishingly'' overused cliché of how [[LukeIAmYourFather the villain is the hero's father]]. The reason it worked in that film was that there was so much talk about Luke's father that the reveal was so surprising and ironic at the time. Nowadays, many writers seem to just throw it in with very little foreshadowing and buildup that it is met with little surprise at the reveal.
39	** ''Empire'' also spawned some trends regarding how sequels are made. At the time, the expectation for any sequel was that it would just rehash the first film, a trend which is sadly still pretty common. Thus, it was rather shocking to have a sequel in which TheBadGuyWins and the story concludes with a CliffHanger. Nowadays, it's downright expected that the second installment of any franchise will end with a cliffhanger, particularly if [[TwoPartTrilogy a third installment is guaranteed]] if not already put into production concurrently. It seems to be the case especially when there's an unexpected breakaway hit that shows up like ''A New Hope'' was. Such was the case with the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', and ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' trilogies. All of which would have a second installment that ends with the cliffhanger where one of the heroes becomes trapped and in need of rescue, as was the case with Han Solo in ''Empire'', that the heroes try to resolve at the start of the third film. Another trend started by ''Empire'' is making the sequel DarkerAndEdgier in order to keep the premise fresh, which is seen in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' and ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''.
40	** The enormous success of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' seems to have started a mini-renaissance of "soft reboots" or "remakequels" of many Hollywood franchises that haven't had sequels in [[SequelGap decades or more]]. The new film often retreads the plot of the original, with new characters in the main roles and usually at least one of the original stars in supporting roles, like ''Film/BladeRunner2049'', ''Film/Halloween2018'', ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' (with a cameo from Dick Van Dyke), ''Film/JurassicWorld'' (with a cameo from Creator/JeffGoldblum in the [[Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom sequel]]), Creator/NeillBlomkamp's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen sadly-cancelled]] ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' sequel, ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', and a [[DevelopmentHell currently-gestating]] new ''[[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 Conan]]'' movie, among multiple others on the way.
41	* ''Film/TopGun'' led to several imitators, like short-lived TV series ''Supercarrier'' and long-lived TV series ''Series/{{JAG}}''. It also resulted in a mini-boom of air-combat video games.
42	* The DisasterMovie craze in the 1970s featured such works as ''Film/TheToweringInferno'', ''Film/TheChinaSyndrome'', and ''Film/{{Airport}}''. This only ended with the release of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', a parody that [[GenreKiller meant such films couldn't be taken seriously anymore]]. (That's how you know your parody was successful... when you kill your ''entire targeted genre''.) The DisasterMovie craze made a brief comeback with ''{{Film/Twister}}'', ''Film/Armageddon1998''/''Film/DeepImpact'' and ''Film/{{Volcano}}''/''Film/DantesPeak'', and a whole slew of mediocre Creator/{{Syfy}} [[Film/SyfyOriginalMovie movies]] about earthquakes and volcanoes and killer storms in unlikely or odd locations.
43	* ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' restarted the SwordAndSandal genre, which had included movies like ''Film/BenHur1959''. Creator/RussellCrowe's powerful performance, the high budget settings, and gritty action caught something in the audience that studios have attempted to imitate with films such as ''Film/{{Troy}}'', ''Film/KingArthur2004'', ''Film/{{Alexander}}'', and most iconic of them all, ''Film/ThreeHundred''. From there inspired by the success of ''300'' this lineage would carry onto more hyper-stylized and overtly-fantastical entries like the ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010'' remake and its sequel ''Film/WrathOfTheTitans'', ''Film/{{Immortals}}'', two ''Hercules'' films released in 2014 (''Film/TheLegendOfHercules'' and ''Film/Hercules2014''), as well as its own follow-up ''Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire''. Even if they weren't set during the time of antiquity director Creator/RidleyScott himself would attempt to recapture the magic with films like ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'', ''Film/RobinHood2010'', and ''Film/ExodusGodsAndKings'' whilst also being a producer on a film version of ''Film/TristanAndIsolde'' directed by Kevin Reynolds. Though none of them managed to attain the same level of success or popularity. While not as widely known, expensively produced, or successful the reverberations of what ''Gladiator'' started can be still felt in some Roman films, most of which are set in Britain for some reason, like ''Film/TheLastLegion'', ''Film/{{Centurion}}'', ''Film/TheEagle2011'', and ''Film/{{Pompeii}}''. As well as ones not in antiquity like the Medieval set ''Film/{{Ironclad}}'' and its sequel ''Ironclad: Battle for Blood''. Most recently was the newest big-screen iteration of ''Film/BenHur2016''; however, its failure at the box office does not bode well for the genre at present.
44	** While obviously different, other historical epic films like ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/MasterAndCommanderTheFarSideOfTheWorld'', ''Film/TheLastSamurai'', ''Film/{{Apocalypto}}'', ''Film/TheFourFeathers'', and ''Film/{{The Alamo\|2004}}'' also owe a lot to ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''. Both stylistically and in getting the execs to actually greenlight the massive budgets they needed. Some of these have garnered successes in their own light, not as imitations but as part as a new wave of Epic films.
45	* Before ''Gladiator'' brought back SwordAndSandal epics set in antiquity, several medieval, Renaissance, and/or simple "swashbuckler" period adventure movies were made in the Nineties in the wake of the major hit ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' in 1991. The most obviously derivative is the 1993 version of ''[[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993 The Three Musketeers]]'' - both movies have a similar light tone, a LaughablyEvil LargeHam of a villain, major liberties taken with both the source material and historical setting, a score by Music/MichaelKamen, an AwardBaitSong by [[Music/BryanAdams the same artist]] (plus [[Music/RodStewart two]] [[Music/{{Sting}} others]] later), and even Creator/MichaelWincott playing the top henchman. 1995's ''Film/FirstKnight'' continued the trend with a new take on the Myth/KingArthur legend, with Creator/SeanConnery as the king (he had a cameo in ''Prince of Thieves'' as King Richard). 1995 also saw the release of two such films about heroic Scottish rebels fighting the English. There was ''Film/RobRoy'' which while not a box office titan received a mostly positive reception as well as a respectable cult following, and then there was ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' which was the biggest historical adventure epic in recent memory before ''Gladiator''. And notably both won five Oscars in their time. ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'' in 1996 was a medieval fantasy with Sean Connery as a dragon. ''Film/TheManInTheIronMask'' in 1998 featured older versions of the characters from ''The Three Musketeers'' (but is not otherwise related to the 1993 movie) and was directed and written by the writer of ''Braveheart''. '98 also saw the release of another new-spin on a classic swashbuckling story with ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' which's own success got it a sequel in 2005 entitled ''Film/TheLegendOfZorro'' and inspired the making of a new film version of ''Film/{{The Count of Monte Cristo\|2002}}'' directed by Kevin Reynolds, the director of ''Prince of Thieves'' himself. Following on from ''Braveheart'' would be darker and grittier historical films, basically with the emphasis being more on "epic" than "swashbuckler". Including the likes of another Middle Ages film about a commoner turned military leader and war hero who gets executed with ''Film/TheMessengerTheStoryOfJoanOfArc'' in 1999 as well as ''Film/{{The Patriot\|2000}}'' in 2000 which also starred Creator/MelGibson as a man who has to go to war for independence against the English after his family is attacked by its soldiers. ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' itself, also released in 2000, looks to be a part of that group that owed the success of ''Braveheart'' for getting made. Complete with also being the story of a family-minded hero who just wants to live the simple life as a farmer who is forced into battle after those he loves are killed by soldiers in the service of a corrupt ruler. Which would make this all really one giant evolving trend of costume drama/adventure films over the span of several years.
46	* Soft on Demand, a somewhat infamous Japanese adult video company, created a small series of films called ''Zenra -X-'', where Zenra is the Japanese word for Nude, and -X- is some random everyday activity or sport: for example, Zenra Volleyball, Zenra Cross-town Bus Tour, Zenra Officework, Zenra Orchestra, etc. These films were successful enough and mimicked enough that ''Zenra'' has become a genre of Japanese pornography, dedicated to pointless nudity, with little to no sex, and occasional plots. It helps that the Soft on Demand company doesn't take itself at all seriously.
47	* Creator/GeorgeARomero's ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' started the trend, which was then unofficially spun off with ''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'' which then opened the floodgates to the ZombieApocalypse genre. There had been previous zombie films like ''Film/IWalkedWithAZombie'', ''Film/WhiteZombie'', and arguably ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'', but these had only one or two zombies each, and no apocalypse. In fact those were VoodooZombie movies, which is what "zombie" originally meant in mythology and pop culture -- Romero invented a completely new type of zombie for his movie.
48	** Except for ''Film/InvisibleInvaders'', which [[OlderThanTheyThink does feature]] a ZombieApocalypse.
49	** ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' may have been the first [[ZombieApocalypse real zombie]] film, but there were only a few imitators after it, like ''Film/ChildrenShouldntPlayWithDeadThings'' and the Spanish ''Film/TombsOfTheBlindDead'' series. What ''really'' set off the zombie film craze was the release of Romero's later ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'' and the Italian-made ''Film/{{Zombi 2}}'' (''Dawn of the Dead'' was called ''Zombi'' in Italy).
50	* There had been sketch movies before ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'' in The70s, such as ''The Groove Tube'', but it was ''Kentucky'' that was a big enough hit to inspired a host of largely forgettable films that consisted of largely unrelated sketches made up mostly of [[ShallowParody pop culture parodies and pastiches]].
51	** The first ''Film/ScaryMovie'' led to a couple of crappy spoof flicks by Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg such as ''Date Movie'' and ''Epic Movie''.
52	* The success of the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise (at least the [[Film/SawI first movie]]) sparked a rash of [[{{Gorn}} torture horror movies]], such as ''Film/{{Hostel}}'', ''Film/{{Turistas}}'', and ''Film/{{Vacancy}}''.
53	* Creator/{{Syfy}} has a tendency to release a [[TheMockbuster cheap knockoff version]] of whatever hot movie is in theaters.
54	* Following the blockbuster success of ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', several other movies were made about the Titanic and shipwrecks in general to try to follow in its footsteps. Including [[WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn two]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic separate]] atrocious Disneyesque cheapass cartoon movies with ''singing animals''. Which just goes to show, some people will try to Disneyfy ''anything''. ''Film/PearlHarbor'' was also a pretty blatant attempt to recapture the tragic-love-amid-larger-historical-tragedy magic that made ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' so many gazillions.
55	* ''Film/PearlHarbor'' was also part of a glut of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII films released after the success of ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', including ''Film/EnemyAtTheGates'', ''Film/HartsWar'', ''Film/TheGreatRaid'', ''Film/{{U571}}'', ''Film/{{Windtalkers}}'' and others. This even crossed over into video games, with ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' being directly inspired by ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan.'' The creators of ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' themselves would go on to create ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', ''Series/ThePacific'', and a third series currently in the works about the 8th Air Force. It also paved the way for more realistically violent but not irreverent war films set in other periods like ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' and ''Film/WeWereSoldiers''.
56	* And after ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' itself a number of films about conflict in modern Africa were made including ''Film/TearsOfTheSun'', ''Film/HotelRwanda'', and ''Film/BloodDiamond''.
57	* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' has had a lot of "MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily" monster movies after it.
58	** Then again, it's unlikely that ''Film/{{Alien}}'' would have been fast-tracked into production if not for the success of ''Franchise/StarWars'', proving that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this trope isn't necessarily a bad thing.]]
59	** It also repopularized the FaceFullOfAlienWingWong, which would often be done in a more [[MarsNeedsWomen literal]] way.
60	** The ''Nostromo'''s set design also heavily influenced SF movies and TV series with grungy, industrial UsedFuture settings: ''Film/{{Outland}}'' and ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'' (both directed by Peter Hyams), ''Film/{{Saturn 3}}'', the Vogon ship in ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981'' TV series, ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' (not surprising, being a sequel), ''Series/RedDwarf'' after the first two seasons, the interiors of Borg ships in ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and the first ''Film/{{Cube}}'' movie.
61	* Creator/MNightShyamalan's ''Film/TheSixthSense'' inspired many movies that completely ignored quality, fun, action, and plot, instead focusing on some [[TwistEnding supernatural twist]]. They ranged from good to bad to terrible. Unusually, Shyamalan himself seems to have been the main exponent of this trend.
62	* A wave of Japanese horror movie remakes began with ''Film/TheRing''. Examples include ''Film/TheRingTwo'', ''Film/TheGrudge'' 1 and 2, and ''Film/OneMissedCall''. ''Film/{{Shutter}}'' even tries to ''look'' like a Japanese remake (the original was Thai, by the way).
63	* After films like ''Film/MaryPoppins'', ''Film/MyFairLady'', and especially ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' hit the big time at the mid-1960s box-office, big studios fast-tracked a ton of big-budget movie musicals. While one, ''Film/{{Oliver}}'', was successful enough to win the 1968 Best Picture Oscar, and ''Film/FunnyGirl'' launched Music/BarbraStreisand's movie career, changing audience tastes doomed the vast majority of them to significant financial losses. The genre limped through the 1970s and quietly died in the early 1980s (with a mini-revival by way of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon in the '90s).
64	** ''Film/MoulinRouge'' (2001) revived this trend, making way for films such as ''Film/{{Chicago}}'', ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'', ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'', ''Film/MammaMia'', ''Theatre/NineMusical'' and ''Film/LaLaLand''.
65	* The success of Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/PulpFiction'' led to a glut of similarly stylistic and flashy Crime Dramas in the late 1990's and early 2000's. Emulated features including nonlinear timelines, amoral-yet-cool gangsters, gritty violence mixed with humor, and [[SeinfeldianConversation snappy dialogue about seemingly trivial subjects]]. Films include ''TwoDaysInTheValley'', ''Film/SuicideKings'', ''Film/ThingsToDoInDenverWhenYoureDead'', ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'', '' Film/{{Snatch}}'', and ''Film/LuckyNumberSlevin''.
66	* Nearly all AttackOfThe50FootWhatever movies can trace their lineage to one or more of a trio of extremely influential films:
67	** Willis O'Brien's 1925 version of ''Film/TheLostWorld'' [[AdaptationExpansion invented]] the notion of [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever a giant monster rampaging through a city]], which O'Brien later did again with ''Film/KingKong1933''. The Japanese ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' and ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'', with effects by O'Brien's protege, Ray Harryhausen, took the next step by linking the monster to the nuclear bomb.
68	** ''Film/{{Them}}'', in 1954, was a huge hit, adding the final touch of [[BigCreepyCrawlies casting giant insects as the menace]], leading to a wave of imitators all throughout The50s such as ''Film/BeginningOfTheEnd'', ''Film/{{Tarantula}}'', ''Film/TheBlackScorpion'', ''Film/TheDeadlyMantis'', and ''Film/EarthVsTheSpider''. Its influence can be traced through its imitators in more than just the obvious giant creatures. Its PoliceProcedural/pseudo-documentary style was also widely imitated, as were even minor tropes, like giving the female lead a {{gender concealing\|Writing}} introduction.
69	** The success of Japan's ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise led to many different monster movies all across Asia, including ''Film/{{Pulgasari}}'' (an obscure North Korean film about a monster ''made of rice that comes to life and eats metal'' commissioned by none other than ''Kim Jong-Il himself''), ''Film/YongaryMonsterFromTheDeep'', ''Film/{{Gorgo}}'' (which was actually made in Britain and featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''), ''Gappa'', ''Film/{{Reptilicus}}'' (probably the only Danish kaiju film and also featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''), ''The X From Outer Space'', and [[Film/{{Gamera}} everyone's favorite flying turtle]]. The genre was recently started up again with Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/KingKong2005'', and subsequently [[GenreThrowback revamped]] with South Korea's ''Film/TheHost2006'', which was followed by ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''.
70	** The release of ''Film/KingKong1976'' (itself following in the wake of "animal attack" movies spawned by ''Film/{{Jaws}}'') led to a small string of poor-quality imitators, such as the South Korean film ''Film/{{Ape}}'' (even featuring the tagline "NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH KING KONG"), the British GenderFlipped parody ''Film/QueenKong'', and the Hong Kong production ''Film/TheMightyPekingMan''.
71	* The smashing successes of ''Film/TheFlintstones'' and ''Film/{{Casper}}'' led to a string of [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action adaptations]] based on older cartoons well into TheNew10s, such as ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', ''Film/MrMagoo'', ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'', ''Film/DudleyDoRight'', ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'', ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'', ''Film/ScoobyDoo2002'', ''Film/{{Garfield}}'', ''Film/FatAlbert'', ''Film/{{Underdog}}'', ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', ''Film/{{Marmaduke}}'', ''Film/YogiBear'', and ''Film/TheSmurfs'', nearly all of which were met with a polarizing response at best from general audiences and became punchlines for critics and cartoon fans.
72	* The success of ''Film/{{Transformers\|2007}}'' (2007) caused studios to greenlight {{Remake}} and {{Revival}} projects from older series such as ''Film/SpeedRacer'', ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'', ''[[Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra G.I. Joe]]'', ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'', ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', and ''Series/KnightRider''. ''Film/StarTrek2009'' is also a part of this trend, "rebooting" the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Original Series]] with a style and mood more reminiscent of the "{{Revival}}" flicks than other films in the Trek franchise.
73	* {{The Mockbuster}}s. Most notably Creator/TheAsylum's productions. ''King of the Lost World'' is a particularly notable knock-off of ''Film/KingKong2005'', ''Series/{{Lost}}'', and Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's ''Literature/{{The Lost World\|1912}}'' (and/or ''[[Franchise/JurassicPark The Lost World]]''). Notably BAD. And when ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' came out, they released a movie called... ''The Terminators''.
74	* The massive success of ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' has led other films, such as ''Film/{{Fido}}'', ''Film/Severance2006'' and ''Film/LesbianVampireKillers'', to try and mix comedy and horror. Quality ranges from alright to bad. But one thing is certain: [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative all of these films will be promoted as the best comedy horror since]] ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''.
75	* On a similar note, ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' becoming the highest-grossing zombie movie at the time naturally greenlit several zombie comedies in the following years riding on its success such as ''Film/CockneysVsZombies'', ''Film/WarmBodies'', ''Film/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies'', ''Film/BuryingTheEx'', ''Film/ScoutsGuideToTheZombieApocalypse'', ''Film/{{Cooties}}'', ''Film/FreaksOfNature'', ''Film/LifeAfterBeth'', ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'', ''Film/TheDeadDontDie'', ''Film/LittleMonsters2019'' and along with the popular ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' TV show really cemented the "Zombie Craze" of the 2010s.
76	* The massive popularity of Creator/BruceLee after his tragic passing led to a peculiar phenomenon known as "Brucesploitation", in which various Hong Kong studios made movies starring [[BruceLeeClone Bruce Lee imitators]] with titles like ''Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave'' and ''The Clones of Bruce Lee''. The fad eventually died out when none of the imitators were as successful as the original, though one of them, Cheng Long, would later go on to greater fame by pioneering his own unique, often-imitated, never-duplicated style of martial arts film. [[YouKnowWhoSaidThat You might know him]] as Creator/JackieChan.
77	** The martial arts tournament plot seen in {{Fighting Game}}s, FightingSeries, and other works the world over owes quite a lot to Lee's most successful film, ''Film/EnterTheDragon''.
78	* After ''Film/TheExorcist'' made boatloads of money for Warner Bros., the rest of the '70s saw a veritable flood of horror movies based around children: ''Film/TheOmen1976'', ''Film/TheOther'', ''Film/AudreyRose'', etc. Many of its successors (such as ''Film/TheSentinel1977'') also chose to imitate its preoccupation with the symbolism and aesthetics of the Catholic church, as opposed to the scary-little-kid formula; in fact, any horror movie over the last forty or so years that relies heavily on Catholic iconography could be said to be following in ''Film/TheExorcist'''s footsteps.
79	* Imitators of ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' include the [[Film/Solaris1972 Tarkovsky]] and [[Film/Solaris2002 Soderbergh]] adaptations of ''Literature/{{Solaris}}'', ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', ''Film/{{Contact}}'', ''Film/MissionToMars'', ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', ''Film/{{Moon}}'' and ''Film/{{Interstellar}}''. However, ''2001'''s sequel ''[[Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact 2010]]'' tried to avoid imitating it as much as possible.
80	** ''Franchise/StarWars'' is as far away from an imitator of ''2001'' as you can get, but John Dykstra continued to use ''2001'''s style of lighting and detailing spacecraft on ''Star Wars'', and from there it became the standard way to depict spacecraft in all of visual science fiction.
81	* ''{{Series/Star Trek\| The Original Series}}'' and ''Series/LostInSpace'' both trod heavily, in their different ways, in the footsteps of ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''.
82	* It can't be a coincidence that ''Series/DoctorWho'' debuted on TV only a couple of years after [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657162/#producer1960 George Pal's]] film version of Creator/HGWells' ''[[Film/TheTimeMachine1960 The Time Machine]]'' won an Oscar!
83	* The 2005 Creator/BradPitt and Creator/AngelinaJolie vehicle ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'' jump-started a series of "my loved one is a secret agent and/or assassin" films. These were preceded in the '90s by ''Film/TrueLies'' (Creator/JamesCameron directs Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger and Creator/ElizaDushku, amongst others), which itself is an English remake of the French comedy ''La totale'', and ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight''.
84	* Every few years or so, when [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie a movie shown in 3D]] becomes a hit, many movies after that will premiere in 3D. The most recent example is ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. Quality varies on these films. Some movies will be truly enhanced by 3D, others will look nice but can do without it, and others just don't work in 3D. ''Avatar'', which started the latest 3D movement, was considered by many to look better in 3D. The film version of ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon\|2010}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' were considered by some critics, notably Creator/RogerEbert, to look nice, but could work just fine without it. And rushed 3D conversions to cash in this trope (3D tickets are more expensive and thus profitable), such as ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans\|2010}}'' and ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', weren't well-received, with the latter even receiving complaints that the botched 3D only made a bad movie worse.
85	* LittleMissBadass: Started with Hitgirl in ''Film/KickAss'', grew up a bit for ''Film/SuckerPunch'', and becomes particularly lethal in ''Film/{{Hanna}}''. And then there's Katniss from ''Film/TheHungerGames''.
86	* In the wake of the mega-grossing ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' and to a lesser extent the success of ''Wicked'' (both [[Literature/{{Wicked}} book]] and [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} stage musical]]), a glut of FairyTale-based film projects were greenlit in TheNew10s often with a DarkerAndEdgier take promised.
87	** There's ''two'' versions of ''Snow White''! ''Film/MirrorMirror'' and ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman''.
88	** ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'' was released in 2013.
89	** This might have also caused the creation of the TV shows ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' and ''Series/OnceUponATime'', and ''several'' pilots based on variants of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', though only ''Series/EmeraldCity'' was actually produced.
90	** Disney, which produced ''Alice'', has been playing with material they've previously adapted into the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon in various media. The canon gets a PerspectiveFlip in the ''Literature/ATaleOf'' novels, and on the big screen ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' was rethought as ''Film/{{Maleficent}}''. A new live-action adaptation of ''Film/{{Cinderella\|2015}}'' came out in 2015, starting a run of straight remakes of previous animated films. Moving beyond their canon, they also came up with a prequel to ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' with ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful''.
91	* Does anyone get the sense that ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers2011'' is trying to rip off ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''? Swashbuckling, political intrigues, naval combat (grafted on to ''Musketeers'' by adding airships), and Creator/OrlandoBloom?
92	** More like [[JustForFun/XMeetsY POTC meets]] [insert [[Film/TheFifthElement Milla]] [[Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries Jovovich]] action film here].
93	** While it isn't necessarily the case, the marketing of ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' makes it come across as such, promoting the film as from the same people as ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' and showing off Creator/JohnnyDepp as the deuteragonist. Clearly, Disney attempted to catch that same magic. [[BoxOfficeBomb It didn't work.]]
94	* The success of ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' (which might've been preceded by ''Film/FromHell'') led to similar steampunk-ish disturbed detective works like ''The Raven'' (2012) where Edgar Allan Poe himself helps solve murders based on his stories, and a version of ''Myth/RobinHood'' where the sheriff of Nottingham is pursuing a murderous archer [[spoiler: he discovers that Robin was framed and the two bring down the real murderer]]. Unfortunately that story was too different and what we got was Creator/RidleyScott's ''Film/{{Film/Robin Hood\|2010}}''.
95	* ''Film/LoveActually'' -> ''Film/ValentinesDay'' -> ''Film/NewYearsEve''. ''Love Actually'' is a British RomanticComedy with an [[AllStarCast all star ensemble cast]] about the intersecting stories of various couples in love in the run up to Christmas. ''Valentine's Day'' and ''New Year's Eve'' the same thing, only titled after a holiday and with a ''lot'' more A-list stars.
96	* The success of the ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' films spawned a number of paranormal teen romances, including [[Film/RedRidingHood a reimagining]] of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'', a film version of ''Literature/IAmNumberFour'', and ''Film/TheWolfman2010''. ''{{Literature/Beastly}}'''s film adaptation was also noted to be heavily inspired by ''Twilight''.
97	** It may have also helped bring ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' to the silver screen as that series was endorsed by Creator/StephenieMeyer.
98	** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' features an interspecies romance that features several close-ups of long, lingering gazes reminiscent of the ''Twilight'' films.
99	** Once the last ''Twilight'' film was released, studios have sought to fill the void of "teen paranormal romance" films. This has led to the film versions of ''Film/WarmBodies'', ''[[Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones The Mortal Instruments]]'', ''Film/BeautifulCreatures'' and ''Film/VampireAcademy''.
100	* The success of ''Film/TheNotebook'' led to many more romantic movies about ThePowerOfLove, most of them also based on books by Creator/NicholasSparks.
101	* The 1994 movie ''Film/CampNowhere'' follows the SummerCampy formula of ''Film/{{Meatballs}}'', as well as the then-recent success of the [[FreeRangeChildren "unsupervised children"]] genre invented by the ''Film/HomeAlone'' franchise. Likewise, the 1995 movie ''Film/{{Heavyweights}}'' followed in the footsteps of both ''Camp Nowhere'' and ''Meatballs''.
102	* After ''Film/ProjectX2012'' came out, [[http://abcnews.go.com/US/growing-number-project-party-copycats-lead-arrests-nationwide/story?id=15941569#.T6WNVlIpf_c real-life teens]] spread the news about their own Project X parties on social networking sites, with over 2000 people showing up to most of them. Two of these parties ended in violent shootings. Oddly enough, one teen got a job offer out of it because of his marketing skills.
103	* When adapting ''Literature/SnowFlowerAndTheSecretFan'' to film, the writers added a 21st-century storyline to parallel the 19th-century storyline from the original novel. This was likely an attempt to emulate the success of ''Literature/TheJoyLuckClub''. They even got Wayne Wang to direct.
104	* Creator/{{Dino de Laurentiis}}'s career as a producer, from the middle of The70s onwards, included a lot of movies that were deliberately trying not only to follow but top the decade's blockbusters:
105	** ''Film/{{Jaws}}'''s success was the basis for three different de Laurentiis productions featuring frightening beasts: ''The White Buffalo'' (1976), ''Film/KingKong1976'', and ''Film/OrcaTheKillerWhale'' (1977). Though his plans to do a crossover between the latter two films didn't come to fruition, he did make a sequel to the ''Kong'' remake [[Film/KingKongLives in '86]].
106	** ''King of the Gypsies'' (1978) was his answer to ''Film/TheGodfather'', focusing on a different kind of underworld.
107	** ''Hurricane'' (1979) was an attempt to capitalize on the DisasterMovie craze.
108	** ''Film/{{Flash Gordon\|1980}}'' and ''Film/Dune1984'' were his answers to ''Franchise/StarWars''.
109	* ''Film/ThePurge'': The film is quite comparable to ''Film/TheStrangers'', ''Film/Them2006'' and ''Film/{{Vacancy}}'', particularly with home invasions. The sequels, however, moved away from the home invasion angle and put more focus on the eponymous event, which was considered for the better.
110	* The runaway success of Creator/MacaulayCulkin and the ''Film/HomeAlone'' movies seemed to lead to a trend for [[Creator/MaraWilson adorably]] [[Creator/LindsayLohan precocious]] [[Creator/FrankieMuniz child]] [[Creator/ElijahWood stars]] leading, or being heavily featured in, family-friendly (or mostly family-friendly) movies throughout The90s. Stars like Creator/DakotaFanning and Creator/HaleyJoelOsment gained attention for dramatic roles around the same time. It seemed to die out by the middle of the decade, at least until Music/HilaryDuff became popular in [[TurnOfTheMillennium The Oughties]]. Culkin's later film ''Film/GettingEvenWithDad'' was a thin-veiled re-hash of the ''Film/HomeAlone'' formula. It [[BoxOfficeBomb didn't fare so well]], not least because the 14-year-old Culkin was less adorably precocious by then.
111	* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' was initially going to be a single film, but it had to be split into [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows two parts]] due to the length of the shooting script (nearly 5 hours long). After the two films had a combined box office intake of $2.2 billion (compared to the $1 billion a single film would have brought in), studios began to [[MovieMultipack split the final films of their franchises into two parts]] so they could milk them for more profits. Examples that saw the light of day include ''Literature/BreakingDawn'', ''[[Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1 Mockingjay—Part 1]]'' and ''[[Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart2 Part 2]]'', and ''[[Literature/{{Divergent}} Allegiant]]''. Taken even futher with ''Film/TheHobbit'', which splits the book into a full trilogy of films.
112	** Although the trend eventually died out, with ''Allegiant'' quickly being blamed for its end. First ''Allegiant - Part 1'' and ''Allegiant - Part 2'' were renamed ''Allegiant'' and ''Ascendant'', suggesting that ''Ascendant'' would be a fully original continuation, no longer adapting from the source novels. Then, ''Allegiant'' bombed at the box office, leaving the studio trying to conclude the series either as a MadeForTVMovie or a TV series. However, none of the original cast were contracted for that, and as negotiations dragged on, Lionsgate's rights to the franchise expired, leaving the series CutShort. In light of that, both ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/{{Justice League\|2017}}'' quickly dropped "Part 1" and "Part 2" from their titles. While ''Infinity War'' and ''[[Film/AvengersEndgame Endgame]]'' were still very much a 2-part story, ''Justice League'' was changed to be shot as a standalone movie with its sequel getting pushed back, before the sequel was eventually cancelled.
113	* Several crime thrillers with mentally deranged murderers were made in sixties after the success of Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', including ''Film/{{Dementia 13}}, Maniac, Homicidal'' and ''Film/{{Paranoiac}}''.
114	* The success of ''Film/TheHungerGames'' spawned film adaptations of other YoungAdult books with dystopian settings, such as ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' and ''Film/TheGiver''. ''Film/TheGiver'' especially is an odd case, as [[Literature/TheGiver the book it was based on]] was written close to twenty years before the current glut of Young Adult dystopias and is quite different in tone and style. The film tried to copy the tone of the newer dystopias, alienating many of the novel's fans.
115	* The makers of the ''Film/{{Gamera}}'' films are making their own ContinuityReboot for Gamera's MilestoneCelebration in response to ''Film/Godzilla2014''.
116	* The kung-fu/martial arts success of ''Film/TheKarateKid1984'' largely led to films such as ''Film/{{Bloodsport}}'' (and most of Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme's work), ''Film/ThreeNinjas'', and ''Sidekicks''.
117	* The 1990s sports movie craze came about thanks to ''Film/TheMightyDucks'' which led to movies with kids as managers or players in all sorts of sports: ''Film/TheSandlot'', ''Film/LittleGiants'', ''Film/LittleBigLeague'', ''Film/RookieOfTheYear'', and ''Film/TheBigGreen''. One could argue that ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' were the Trope Maker of the genre itself.
118	* The success of ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' led to a slew of AfterTheEnd movies in The80s.
119	* The film adaptations of ''Harry Potter'' also kickstarted a trend of fantasy epics featuring unknown child and teen actors as the leads - with big-name actors appearing in various bit parts and cameos. ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' also made a gimmick out of name actors having small roles as insignificant magical creatures.
120	* Though ''Film/LoneSurvivor'' served as a forbearer, the even bigger success of ''Film/AmericanSniper'' has led to Hollywood studios buying the film rights to non-fiction contemporary battlefield stories such as ''Film/ThirteenHoursTheSecretSoldiersOfBenghazi'' and ''Film/TwelveStrong''.
121	* One of the reasons that most ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' fans have such a low opinion of [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} the 1998 American remake]] is that it was so transparently made to cash in on the 1990s ''[[Film/JurassicPark1993 Jurassic Park]]'' craze, to the point that it resembles ''Jurassic Park'' far more than it resembles the actual ''Godzilla'' series. Instead of a plasma-breathing mutated dinosaur with a high-pitched keening roar, the Big G is a mutated ''iguana'' who looks, behaves, and sounds suspiciously like a real ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', [[MonsterIsAMommy she]] gives birth to a brood of mini-Godzillas who all suspiciously resemble ''Velociraptors'', and there are precisely '''zero''' opposing {{kaiju}} for Godzilla to fight. Instead of the gleefully pulpy science-fiction epic that was the classic ''Godzilla'' series, the remake tried to paint itself as a relatively realistic "Man vs. Nature" action thriller like ''Jurassic Park'', but it just ended up making the story look even more ridiculous.
122	* ''Film/GrandHotel'' was a 1932 film featuring an AllStarCast and an EnsembleCast structure that featured several intertwining plotlines involving the guests at a luxurious hotel. It won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Picture and inspired imitators using the same EnsembleCast, multiple-plot-line structure, including ''Film/DinnerAtEight'' (another MGM products that used some of the same actors) and ''Film/TheCaptainHatesTheSea'' (a lower-budget but still entertaining film from Columbia).
123	* ''Film/FatalAttraction'' begot ''Film/BasicInstinct'', which itself begot ''Film/BodyOfEvidence''. Many of the same actors and actresses of the were considered for the male and female leads of the first two films, and one of the many criticisms of the third film was that it was pretty much a ripoff of the second, with its lead clearly being an {{Expy}} of its FemmeFatale (especially with its lead, Music/{{Madonna}} having been among the actresses considered for the female lead in first two films.)
124	* ''Film/{{Deadpool\|2016}}'':
125	** It was an R-rated superhero movie. It was also well-received and a box office success, which led to a bunch of superhero film directors suddenly deciding to shoot for an R rating [[RatedMForMoney as if that were the only reason why]] ''Deadpool'' was good.
126	** According to director Creator/DavidAyer, ''Deadpool'' was a factor in why ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' wound up being a notorious TroubledProduction. Even though ''Suicide Squad'' was initially conceived, written and filmed as a DarkerAndEdgier action movie, ''Deadpool'''s massive success (as well as the disappointing response to ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'') caused the studio to ReTool it into an action-comedy via reshoots and new edits.
127	* It seems unlikely that ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'' and ''Film/TheMartian'' would have been greenlit if ''Film/{{Gravity}}'' hadn't been an unexpected hit.
128	* Creator/WilliamGoldman referred to two specific films, ''Film/EasyRider'' and ''Film/{{Charade}}'', as "money losers," not so much because the films themselves were flops, but because the imitators that came in the wake of these respective films cost Hollywood millions of dollars. Goldman has had some experience with this trope himself, as he wrote the 1992 bomb ''Year of the Comet'', which like ''Charade'', was a romantic comedy/thriller with a male lead inspired by Creator/CaryGrant.
129	* ''Film/GodsNotDead'' inspired not only a sequel but a slew of Christian films that starred a B-list actor, took place in a college environment, and had an atheist villain.
130	* The success of ''{{Film/Clueless}}'' - a SettingUpdate of ''{{Literature/Emma}}'' set in a modern high school - caused a surge of other films doing the same with classical works of literature:
131	** ''Film/CruelIntentions'' -> ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons''.
132	** ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' -> ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew''.
133	** ''Film/GetOverIt'' -> ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''.
134	** ''Film/ShesAllThat'' -> ''{{Theatre/Pygmalion}}''.
135	** ''Film/{{O}}'' -> ''{{Theatre/Othello}}''.
136	** ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' and ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}'' received their own updates, but keeping the original title and most of the text intact.
137	** Examples that came along a few years later after the craze had died down - ''Film/ShesTheMan'' (''Theatre/TwelfthNight''), ''Film/EasyA'' (''Literature/TheScarletLetter'').
138	** ''Film/TheFaculty'' is a related example. While not an adaptation or SettingUpdate, it's a WholePlotReference to ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers''.
139	* While ''Film/{{Ghostbusters\|2016}}'' (2016) was not a commercial success, the film's publicity surrounding its GenderFlip twist might have inspired more remakes taking advantage of this trope. Currently, there are plans for a remake of ''Film/{{Splash}}'' with Creator/ChanningTatum as a merman, and a ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' with girls. ''Film/{{Overboard\|2018}}'' with Creator/EugenioDerbez as the spoiled socialite and Creator/AnnaFaris as the working-class single parent and ''Ocean's Eight'' (all-female spies) arrived in 2018, and ''What Men Want'' flipped ''Film/WhatWomenWant'' the following year.
140	* Of course, ''Film/{{Ghostbusters\|1984}}'' (1984) was so popular that it inspired a wave of comedies with paranormal/horror underpinnings for the rest of the 1980s. These included ''Film/TeenWolf'', ''Film/Transylvania65000'', ''Film/OnceBitten'', ''Haunted Honeymoon'', ''Vamp'', ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' (also a variant on ''Film/TheGoonies''), ''Ghost Fever'', ''My Demon Lover'', ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'', ''Film/{{Vibes}}'' (also one of several ''Film/RomancingTheStone'' wannabes), ''Film/ElviraMistressOfTheDark'', ''High Spirits'', and ''Film/{{Scrooged}}''. Looser successors include the film adaptation of ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' (which has a similar antagonist and stakes by the end) and ''Film/TheLostBoys'' (which has a lot of humor).
141	* ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' was so influential in its day that practically every movie set in whole or in part in a desert since it came out has effectively borrowed or outright stolen from it. Echoes of Maurice Jarre's iconic sweeping score can be heard in everything from ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' to the Creator/BrendanFraser Film/TheMummyTrilogy movies.
142	* ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' was the biggest movie of The80s, and came along early in the decade (June 1982). As a result, the concept of a fantastical, kindly being ending up among humans took off big time. Like E.T. these protagonists learn about Earth culture (sometimes [[LearntEnglishFromWatchingTelevision via TV]]), use their abilities to help and befriend others (especially children), and/or need protection from cold-hearted souls who [[TheyWouldCutYouUp would cut them up]]. These variations on a theme by Spielberg were so many -- he even produced some of them via Amblin Entertainment -- that they could be divided into distinct sub-categories:
143	** The blatant ripoffs in which the alien is usually an attempt at UglyCute: ''Pod People'', ''The Aurora Encounter'', ''Film/{{Nukie}}'', ''Hypersapien: People from Another Star'', ''Film/MacAndMe'', ''Purple People Eater'', etc. The most successful of these knockoffs was actually the TV show ''Series/{{Alf}}'', which rethought the premise as a {{Sitcom}}. (Disney tried their hand at an animated variant with ''Fluppy Dogs'', but that didn't get beyond the pilot stage.)
144	** Looser variants: ''Film/ShortCircuit'' and ''Film/{{Daryl}}'' (military robots acquire sentience and defy their programming in favor of peace), ''The Brother from Another Planet'', ''Ratboy'', and ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' (aliens/mutant in a depressed urban setting), ''Film/{{Cocoon}}'' (aliens befriend senior citizens), ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' (alien duck in Cleveland helps save the world), ''Film/{{Solarbabies}}'' (kids and a mystical being in a knockoff of ''Film/TheRoadWarrior'''s setting!), ''Project X'' (youth rescues lab chimpanzees from the U.S. Air Force), ''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'' (Bigfoot befriends a family), ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' (possibly alien, definitely gross tykes befriend an adolescent), ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' (android in suburbia), and ''Film/FreeWilly'' (youth rescues orca from a marine park) -- and this is just stopping at the early 1990s.
145	** ''Film/{{Gremlins\|1984}}'' is an ''E.T.'' story rethought as a horror / BlackComedy hybrid -- and spawned (so to speak!) quite a few imitators of its own: ''Ghoulies'', ''Film/{{Critters}}'', ''Munchies'', ''Hobgoblins'', etc.
146	** The kids travel to and/or with aliens: ''Film/{{Explorers}}'' and ''Film/FlightOfTheNavigator''. See also ''Film/SpaceCamp'', which sends kids into space thanks to a cute robot on Earth, and ''Space Raiders'', where a kid stows away with, in effect, a bunch of [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]]s.
147	** RomanticComedy variations in which [[MagicalGirlfriend the otherworldly being]] and a human fall in love: ''Voyage of the Rock Aliens'', ''Film/{{Splash}}'' (mermaid), ''Film/{{Mannequin}}'' (which is actually an enchanted woman), ''Making Mr. Right'' (android), ''Date with an Angel'' (self-explanatory), ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'' (alien), and ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien''. ''Film/{{Starman}}'' (alien) is a PlayedForDrama version that not only had a followup TV series but inspired two PilotMovie attempts at imitation shows (''Starcrossed'' and a TV version of the novel ''Literature/TheManWhoFellToEarth''). Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}'', released in 1989, has a good deal in common with these films but as an animated FairyTale gives the point of view to the title character rather than the human.
148	* In 2019, the 2008 novel ''Literature/TheArtOfRacingInTheRain'' was given a LiveActionAdaptation after the success of the film adaptations of the W. Bruce Cameron books ''Literature/ADogsPurpose'', ''A Dog's Journey'', and ''Literature/ADogsWayHome''. They're all dog-centric {{Coming of Age Stor\|y}}ies from a dog's POV.
149	* 1981 saw the one-two punch of ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' and ''Film/TheHowling'' bring the state-of-the-art makeup effects that slasher films and sci-fi movies were already using to werewolves, resulting in truly convincing and exciting transformations. Combine that with the Canadian B-picture ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' being a hit that same year, and the result was both a new wave of monster movies that often were sold on {{Transformation Sequence}}s and the formal arrival of the BodyHorror genre on film -- trends best reflected in a run of remakes/alternative adaptations of 1930s-50s sci-fi/horror films. These included ''Film/CatPeople'', ''Film/{{The Thing\|1982}}'', ''Film/{{The Fly\|1986}}'', and ''Film/{{The Blob\|1988}}''.
150	* ''Film/TheThinMan'', which took a hardboiled Dashiell Hammett detective novel and mashed that story up with ScrewballComedy involving a droll detective and his wisecracking wife, inspired a lot of imitators. There was the 1930s-40s Franchise/PerryMason film series, which attempted to do the same with the Perry Mason novels. There was ''Film/SatanMetALady'', which attempted to do the same with a different Dashiell Hammett novel, ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon''; the result was a much DenserAndWackier film than the 1941 adaptation with Creator/HumphreyBogart. One imitator, ''Film/StarOfMidnight'', even had William Powell, but with Creator/GingerRogers as his wisecracking girlfriend instead of Creator/MyrnaLoy.
151	* ''Film/KungFury'' has been accused of ripping off the cult TV series ''Series/Danger5'', particularly its second season. This goes beyond broad strokes like an over-the-top {{troperiffic}} [[The80s 1980s setting]] and into weirdly specific details, like making Hitler the villain despite him having nothing to do with that era, and a very specific gag with bullets traveling through a phone line.
152	* When it was first released in late 2014, the first ''Film/JohnWick'' received high praise from critics and audiences alike for Creator/KeanuReeves's titular performance, the deep {{Worldbuilding}}, and especially the highly stylized but realistic action sequences, which forgo JitterCam and rapid-fire editing in favor of a series of [[TheOner epic long tracking shots]] and stunning choreography performed by Reeves [[NoStuntDouble himself]]. Since then, the influence of ''John Wick'' could felt throughout the industry.
153	** The aforementioned action sequences that refrained from the overuse of quick cuts and editing while also maintaining a stylish and/or realistic feel has inspired many actors and actresses to endure the training processes and bring more authenticity to their roles. Examples include ''Film/AtomicBlonde'' starring Creator/CharlizeTheron, ''Film/TheVillainess'', ''Film/Deadpool2'', ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'', ''Film/{{Extraction}}'' starring Creator/ChrisHemsworth, and ''Film/TheOldGuard''. In fact, for ''Extraction'', director Sam Hargrave (stunt coordinator for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'') stated that the extended and highly physical action sequences for ''John Wick'' paved the way for ''Extraction'''s fight and stunt choreography.
154	*** This sentient has certainly been echoed in the production company behind the ''Franchise/JohnWick'' franchise, 87North Productions[[note]]also known as 87Eleven Productions[[/note]]. Founded by Creator/DavidLeitch and Kelly [=McCormick=] as a partnership with Creator/{{Universal}}, the production company has worked on several films similar to ''John Wick'' with many of the actors doing many of their own stunts. Some of their productions include ''Film/{{Nobody}}'' starring Creator/BobOdenkirk, ''Film/{{Kate}}'' starring Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead, ''Film/BulletTrain'' starring Creator/BradPitt, and ''Film/ViolentNight'' starring Creator/DavidHarbour.
155	*** Chad Stahelski has stated the action for his upcoming ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' reboot will be similar to ''John Wick'', with the swords replacing the guns. He has also served as the second-unit director of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'' (in which he was also a stunt coordinator), and his influence could be felt throughout. On a related note, one of the main producers, Basil Iwanyk, also said that the ''Film/RobinHood2018'' reboot starring Creator/TaronEgerton was partially inspired by ''Wick'''s action, with the ''bow-and-arrow'' replacing the guns.
156	** Along with the ''Film/{{Taken}}'' franchise, ''John Wick'' has possibly repopularized the down-to-Earth concept of a highly-trained but realistic badass (possibly even older) taking on multiple enemies (sometimes in a quest for vengeance), serving as a "back-to-basics" GenreThrowback of the glory days of action movie cinema not unlike ''Film/TheExpendables'' franchise. Examples include ''Film/TheEqualizer'' and [[Film/TheEqualizer2 its sequel]] starring Creator/DenzelWashington, ''Film/TheAccountant2016'' starring Creator/BenAffleck, ''Film/TheForeigner2017'' starring Creator/JackieChan, ''Proud Mary'' starring Creator/TarajiPHenson, ''Film/{{Peppermint}}'' starring Creator/JenniferGarner, ''Film/{{Polar}}'' starring Creator/MadsMikkelsen, ''Film/GunpowderMilkshake'' starring Creator/KarenGillan, and ''The Protégé'' starring Creator/MaggieQ to name a few.
157	* The success of ''Film/Halloween2018'' kickstarted a trend of old horror franchises getting brought back for new sequels following a similar formula (being a direct sequel to the original that ignores most or all of the prior sequels and bringing back an old protagonist, often including a RoleReprise) -- e.g. ''Film/Scream2022'', ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacre2022'', and ''Film/TheExorcistBeliever''. It also brought [[Film/Hellraiser2022 a reboot]] of the original ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'' out of DevelopmentHell, as the rights holders only started taking the idea seriously after ''Halloween (2018)'' became a success.
158	* ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'' marked the first notable time that Hollywood's former leading ladies starred in horror stories as [[IWasQuiteALooker formerly glamorous]] women now going mad. Imitators included ''Film/HushHushSweetCharlotte'', ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToAuntAlice?'', ''Film/WhoeverSlewAuntieRoo'' and ''Film/WhatsTheMatterWithHelen'' - eventually creating the 'Psycho Biddy' subgenre. Almost all of the films were headlined by women who had been stars during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood - Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Olivia de Havilland, Shelley Winters, Debbie Reynolds, Geraldine Page, etc.
159	* Hollywood released a ''huge'' number of irreverent, raunchy farces in the 1979-81 period, clearly looking to replicate the huge box office of ''Film/AnimalHouse'' and various Creator/MelBrooks hits.
160	* ''Film/TheElevenCommandments'' is sort of a French answer to ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' (cast doing stupid and/or dangerous things and {{candid camera prank}}s for real).
161	* The success of ''Film/TheInfernalAffairsTrilogy'' has led to the American remake ''Film/TheDeparted'', which became successful on its own. The American remake led to the existence of ''İçerde'', a Turkish action thriller television series. And lastly, ''İçerde'' has its own remake in the Romanian thriller Tv series called ''The Clan''.
162	* ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'' provides much broader and bluer comedy than others in the ''Film/DoctorSeries'' in an attempt to appeal to fans of the ''Film/CarryOnSeries'', which was at the peak of its popularity when this film was released.
163	* Nat Cohen's inspiration to make ''Film/UpPompeii'' was due to the fact he had noticed how profitable spin-off films of TV series were, most notably being jealous of how successful TheMovie of ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'' was.

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