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| 3 | [[folder:N]] |
| 4 | * ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'' is ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' as directed by ''Creator/WesAnderson.'' |
| 5 | * ''Film/{{Need For Speed|2014}}'' is the [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeed eponymous video game series]] meets ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious''. |
| 6 | * ''Film/{{Network}}'' is ''Film/LifeOfBrian'' meets ''Film/TheBadSleepWell''. |
| 7 | * ''Film/NewJackCity'' is ''Film/Scarface1983'': NewJackSwing edition. |
| 8 | ** Alternatively it's ''Film/KingOfNewYork'': NewJackSwing edition. |
| 9 | * ''Film/TheNewMutants'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' |
| 10 | * ''Film/TheNiceGuys'' is basically what you'd get if you put ''Film/BoogieNights'', ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', and ''Film/LethalWeapon'' into a blender. The last of these shouldn't come as much of a surprise since Creator/ShaneBlack wrote and directed it. |
| 11 | * ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'' is ''Film/NationalTreasure'' meets ''Franchise/ToyStory''. |
| 12 | * ''Film/NightOfTheComet'': ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''Film/TheOmegaMan''. |
| 13 | * ''Film/{{Nightbooks}}'': ''Literature/ArabianNights'' meets ''Literature/HanselAndGretel'' meets ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'' meets ''Literature/FourteenOhEight''. |
| 14 | * ''Film/{{Nightcrawler}}'' is ''Film/{{Network}}'' meets ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'' meets ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'' meets ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''. |
| 15 | * ''Film/{{Nighthawks}}'' was sold as ''Film/{{Serpico}}'' meets ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal''. |
| 16 | * ''Film/TheNightComesForUs'' is ''Film/TheRaid'' meets ''Film/KillBill'' meets ''Film/{{Nightcrawler}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. |
| 17 | * ''[[Film/NineLives2016 Nine Lives]]'' is ''Film/TheShaggyDog'' (the 2006 remake) meets ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''. |
| 18 | * Creator/GuillermoDelToro's ''Film/{{Nightmare Alley|2021}}'' is ''Film/CrimsonPeak'' meets ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' meets ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}''. |
| 19 | * ''Film/NightSwim'' is ''Film/Smile2022'' meets ''Film/TheBoogeyman2023'' meets ''Film/It2017''. |
| 20 | * ''Ninja III: The Domination'' is ''Film/AmericanNinja'' meets ''Film/TheExorcist'' meets ''Film/{{Flashdance}}''./ |
| 21 | * ''Film/NoGoodDeed2014'' is ''Film/TheStrangers''/''Film/ThePurge1'' meets ''Film/{{Obsessed}}'' meets ''Film/PanicRoom''. |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Noah}}'': |
| 23 | ** ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' meets ''Literature/TheBible'', with a bit of ''Film/TheTreeOfLife'' and ''[[spoiler:Literature/TheShining]]'' thrown in. |
| 24 | ** ''{{Film/The Ten Commandments|1956}}'' meets ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' |
| 25 | * ''Film/NocturnalAnimals'' is ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' if, instead of a fairytale, the main story within story was a gritty revenge tale similar to ''Film/DeathWish'' with the bleakness of ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen''. |
| 26 | * ''Film/{{Nope}}'' is ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' meets ''Film/TheDayTimeEnded'' meets ''Series/UltraQ''. |
| 27 | * ''Film/NothingButTrouble'': Creator/DanAykroyd described the film as ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' meets ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974''. |
| 28 | * ''Film/NowYouSeeMe'': |
| 29 | ** ''Film/OceansEleven'' meets ''Film/ThePrestige''. |
| 30 | ** Alternatively, ''Film/TheItalianJob1969'' meets ''Series/JonathanCreek''. |
| 31 | ** ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' meets ''Series/JonathanCreek''. |
| 32 | * ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1996}}'' (1996) starring Creator/EddieMurphy is ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1963}}'' meets ''[[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'', which is odd, since the original movie starring Creator/JerryLewis was already [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]] meets the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons. |
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| 35 | [[folder:O]] |
| 36 | * ''Film/TheObjective'' is ''Literature/RainbowSix'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' meets ''Film/RestStop''... and just as confusing. |
| 37 | * ''Film/{{Oblivion|2013}}'' is ''Film/{{Moon}}'' meets ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' meets ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' by way of an alien created version of [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet]] or [[Film/IRobot VIKI]]. |
| 38 | * ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'': |
| 39 | ** ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' meets ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' as directed by Creator/PrestonSturges. |
| 40 | ** Alternately, it's ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' as imagined by Creator/JohnSteinbeck if Steinbeck wrote comedies. |
| 41 | * ''Film/ObserveAndReport'' is ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop'' meets ''Film/TaxiDriver''. |
| 42 | * ''Film/OfficeSpace'' is ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' |
| 43 | ** Alternately, it's ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets the blue pill. |
| 44 | * ''Film/Oldboy2003'' is ''Film/{{Obsession}}'' meets ''Film/SympathyForMrVengeance''. |
| 45 | ** Or [[Manga/{{Oldboy}} the original manga]] by way of ''Film/FightClub''. |
| 46 | * ''Film/{{The Omen|1976}}'' is ''Literature/TheBadSeed'' meets ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' meets ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', all done in the style of Creator/HPLovecraft. |
| 47 | * ''Film/TheOne'' is ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''Series/{{Sliders}}'', made in the era of ''Film/TheMatrix''-style martial arts sequences. |
| 48 | * ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' is ''Film/TheTheoryOfEverything'' (minus the disease) meets ''Film/FatmanAndLittleBoy'' and ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck''. |
| 49 | * ''Film/{{Orgazmo}}'' is ''Film/BoogieNights'' meets ''Film/{{Blankman}}''. |
| 50 | * ''Film/Outlander2008'' was described by at least one critic as "''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' meets ''Film/{{Predator}}''" (the story originally started out as a retelling of ''Beowulf'' with a sci-fi twist). |
| 51 | * ''Film/Overlord2018'' is ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' meets ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'' meets ''Film/ReAnimator''. |
| 52 | * ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'' is ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' meets ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''. |
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| 55 | [[folder:P]] |
| 56 | * ''Film/PacificRim'' is ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. |
| 57 | ** Alternatively ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. |
| 58 | ** Alternatively ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets [[spoiler:''Film/IndependenceDay''.]] |
| 59 | ** Or ''Film/RobotJox'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. |
| 60 | ** As del Toro put it, it's ''all Anime'' and ''all Tokusatsu'' meets ''all Kaiju''. With a twist of ''all Awesome.'' |
| 61 | ** ''Film/PacificRimUprising'' is ''Film/PacificRim'' meets ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. |
| 62 | * ''Film/Paddington2014'' was described by Paul King as having "the tender comedy of ''Film/TheKid1921'', and the fish-out-of-the-water anarchy of ''Film/{{Elf}}''". |
| 63 | * ''Film/{{Pandorum}}'': ''Film/TheTimeMachine2002'' meets ''Series/TheStarLost'' with a hint of ''Film/WhenWorldsCollide''. |
| 64 | * ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' technically is ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' meets ''Film/TheWindThatShakesTheBarley'' [[RecycledInSpace en]] [[TorosYFlamenco España]]. |
| 65 | * One movie review described ''Film/{{Parasite2019}}'' as a mashup of ''Film/{{Shoplifters}}'' and ''Film/Burning2018''. |
| 66 | * "''Film/{{Parker}}'' is if ''Film/TheTransporter'' and ''Film/OutOfSight'' had a baby." -- Music/JenniferLopez |
| 67 | * ''Film/{{Passengers|2016}}'' is ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'' meets ''Series/TheLastManOnEarth'' |
| 68 | ** WebVideo/CinemaSins described it as "''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' all rolled into one." |
| 69 | * ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'' is ''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist'' meets ''Film/StrawDogs'' meets ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}''. |
| 70 | * ''Film/ThePatriot2000'' is ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' meets ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans''. |
| 71 | * ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop'' is ''Film/DieHard'' meets ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' with a double helping of Creator/KevinJames. |
| 72 | ** ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop2'' is ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop'' meets ''Film/{{Casino}}''. |
| 73 | * ''Film/PearlHarbor'' is ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' meets ''Film/ToraToraTora''. |
| 74 | ** ''Titanic (1997)'' (LoveTriangle against a RealLife disaster backdrop) meets ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' (UsefulNotes/WorldWarII). |
| 75 | * ''Film/ThePeoplesJoker'' is ''Film/Joker2019'' meets ''Series/ThirtyRock'' meets ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' meets ''Series/TheBoys2019'' meets ''Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch'' meets ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel''. |
| 76 | * ''Film/PGPsychoGoreman'' is ''Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. |
| 77 | * ''Film/Piranha3D'' is the original ''Film/{{Piranha}}'' meets ''Girls Gone Wild''. |
| 78 | * ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' is ''Manga/OnePiece'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''. |
| 79 | ** The original 1967 ride can be best described as ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' meets ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''. |
| 80 | * ''Film/PitchBlack'': |
| 81 | ** ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' meets ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. |
| 82 | ** ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' is ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' meets ''Film/Alien3'' meets ''[[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]]''. |
| 83 | * ''Film/PlanetTerror'' is ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985'' meets ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''. |
| 84 | * ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'' is ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' meets ''Film/LastActionHero'' meets ''Film/TheTrumanShow''. With a slight hint of ''Literature/{{Coraline}}''. |
| 85 | * ''Film/PoisonIvy'' is ''Film/FatalAttraction'' meets ''Literature/{{Lolita}}''. |
| 86 | * ''Film/{{Pompeii}}'' is ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' meets ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' meets ''Film/DantesPeak''. |
| 87 | * ''Film/ThePopesExorcist'' is ''Film/TheExorcist'' meets ''Film/TheNun''. |
| 88 | * ''Film/{{Popeye}}'' was Creator/RobertAltman's answer to the question "What would a Creator/{{Disney}} musical directed by Creator/FedericoFellini be like?" |
| 89 | * ''Film/PopStarNeverStopNeverStopping'' is ''[[Music/JustinBieber Never Say Never]]'' meets ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' done with the style you'd expect from Music/TheLonelyIsland. |
| 90 | * ''Film/{{Poseidon}}'' is ''Film/Titanic1997'' meets ''Film/TheToweringInferno''. |
| 91 | * ''Film/PreschoolMusicalOnAStick'' is ''Film/AMuppetFamilyChristmas'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' meets Creator/{{Sprout}}. |
| 92 | * ''Film/ThePresidentsAnalyst'' is ''Film/OurManFlint'' meets ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'' meets ''Literature/TheCryingOfLot49''. |
| 93 | * ''Private Lessons'' is ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'' meets ''Film/AnimalHouse'' meets ''Film/TheGraduate''. |
| 94 | * ''Film/TheProfessional'' is ''Film/{{Nikita}}'' meets ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'' meets ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' meets ''Film/LeSamourai'' with some musical touches from ''Film/AClockworkOrange''. |
| 95 | * ''Film/ProjectX2012'' is ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' meets ''Film/TheHangover'' meets ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' meets ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' meets ''Film/AnimalHouse'' meets ''Film/{{Porkys}}'' meets ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' meets ''Film/AmericanPie'' meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}''. |
| 96 | * ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness''. |
| 97 | * ''Film/PromNight1980'' is ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'' meets ''Film/Halloween1978'', with a side order of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''. |
| 98 | * ''Film/{{Pumpkinhead}}'' is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Literature/PetSematary'' meets ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes1977''. |
| 99 | * ''Film/ThePurge'' in general is the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E21TheReturnOfTheArchons The Return of the Archons]]" meets ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' meets ''Film/TheRunningMan''. |
| 100 | ** Or ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' meets ''VideoGame/Bioshock1''. |
| 101 | ** ''Film/ThePurgeAnarchy'' and ''Film/ThePurgeElectionYear'' are ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'' meets ComicBook/ThePunisher meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' meets ''[[Film/Robocop1987 Robocop (1987)]]''. |
| 102 | ** ''Film/TheFirstPurge'' is ''The Purge'' directed by Creator/SpikeLee. |
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| 105 | [[folder:R]] |
| 106 | * ''Film/RadioDays'' is the first few minutes of ''Film/AnnieHall'' meets ''Film/AChristmasStory''. |
| 107 | * ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'': |
| 108 | ** ''Film/FirstBlood'' is ''Film/TaxiDriver'' meets ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' meets ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' meets ''Film/LonelyAreTheBrave'' meets ''Literature/JohnnyGotHisGun''. |
| 109 | ** ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' is ''Film/FirstBlood'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' meets ''Film/RockyIV'' meets ''Film/EmpireOfTheSun'' meets ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''. |
| 110 | ** ''Film/RamboIII'' is ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' meets ''Film/HamburgerHill'' meets ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' meets ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' meets ''Film/FullMetalJacket''. |
| 111 | ** ''Film/{{Rambo|IV}}'' is ''Film/RamboIII'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' meets ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' meets ''Film/TheThinRedLine'' meets ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' meets ''Film/TheHurtLocker'' meets ''Film/TearsOfTheSun''. |
| 112 | ** ''Film/RamboLastBlood'' is ''Film/{{Rambo|IV}}'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}'' meets ''Film/HomeAlone'' meets ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' meets ''Film/{{Logan}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' meets ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' meets ''Series/BreakingBad''. |
| 113 | * ''Film/{{Rashomon}}'' is ''Literature/InAGrove'' meets ''Film/TheGalWhoTookTheWest''. |
| 114 | * ''Film/RealSteel'': |
| 115 | ** ''Film/Transformers2007'' meets ''Film/{{Rocky}}''. |
| 116 | ** Or ''VideoGame/{{Teleroboxer}}'' meets ''Film/{{Rocky}}''. |
| 117 | * ''Film/ReadyOrNot'' is ''Film/{{Clue}}'' meets ''Film/YoureNext''. |
| 118 | * ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'': |
| 119 | ** ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' meets ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' meets ''Literature/SwordArtOnline''. |
| 120 | ** Or ''Film/{{TRON}}'' meets ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld''. |
| 121 | * ''Film/RebelMoon'' is ''Film/SevenSamurai'' meets ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' meets ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Film/ManOfSteel''. |
| 122 | * ''Rebirth of Underworld Superpower'' (better known by its international title, ''Literature/TheExecutioner'') is ''Manga/LupinIII'' meets ''Film/TheStreetfighter''. |
| 123 | * ''Film/{{REC}}'' is ''Film/DiaryOfTheDead'' and/or ''The Last Broadcast'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' and/or ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' (minus the special infected). |
| 124 | * ''[[Film/{{REC}} [REC]2]]'' is ''Literature/RainbowSix'' and/or ''Series/{{SWAT|1975}}'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' and or ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' (minus the special infected) meets ''Film/DiaryOfTheDead'' meets ''[[spoiler:Film/TheExorcist]]''. |
| 125 | * ''Film/RedRidingHood'' is ''Film/TheCompanyOfWolves'' meets ''Film/SleepyHollow1999'' meets ''Film/TheVillage2004'' meets ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''. |
| 126 | * ''Film/RedSparrow'' is ''ComicBook/BlackWidow'' meets the 2007 film adaptation of ''Film/{{Hitman}}''. |
| 127 | * ''Film/RedTails'' is ''The Tuskegee Airmen'' meets ''Film/PearlHarbor.'' |
| 128 | * ''Film/RepoMen'' is ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' + (''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' x ''Film/MinorityReport'') -- [[TheMusical the singing]]. |
| 129 | * ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' is ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner''. |
| 130 | * ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' is Creator/JohnWoo meets Creator/JeanLucGodard meets Creator/SamPeckinpah. |
| 131 | * ''Film/TheRevenant'' (2015) is ''Film/{{Apocalypto}}'' meets ''Literature/BloodMeridian'' meets ''The New World'' meets ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', with a dash of ''Film/AguirreTheWrathOfGod'' thrown in for good measure. |
| 132 | * ''Film/{{RIPD}}'': |
| 133 | ** ''Film/MenInBlack'' (old veteran and young rookie police TheMasquerade) meets ''Series/{{Reaper}}'' (spirits escaped from Hell causing havoc with supernatural powers) with a side order of ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' (dead main characters look completely different to the living). |
| 134 | ** ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' meets ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''. |
| 135 | ** ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''Film/{{Brimstone}}'' meets ''G vs E'' meets ''Film/{{Ghost|1990}}''. |
| 136 | ** ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''. |
| 137 | * ''Film/RedRiver'' was described by the writers as "''Film/MutinyOnTheBounty'' with cows''. |
| 138 | * ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' was described by WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob as ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/{{Freejack}}'' as made by the Goth Kids from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. |
| 139 | * ''Film/{{Rhinestone}}'' is ''Film/MyFairLady'' meets ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' meets ''Film/UrbanCowboy''. |
| 140 | * ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'' is best described as the live-action adaptation of ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' meets ''[[JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow Itchy and Scratchy]]''. With an {{Expy}} of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] as the lead. ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''? |
| 141 | ** Or more accurately, it's ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' with the over-the-top [[{{Gorn}} extreme gore]] of ''Film/BrainDead''. |
| 142 | * ''Film/{{Risen}}'' is ''Series/{{CSI}}'' meets Literature/TheBible - [[HalfwayPlotSwitch for the first half, anyway]]. |
| 143 | * ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' is ''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' meets ''Film/{{Splice}}''. |
| 144 | * ''Film/RoadGames'' is ''Film/RearWindow'' meets ''Film/{{Duel}}''. |
| 145 | * ''Film/RoadHouse1989'' is ''Film/{{Shane}}'' meets ''Film/DirtyDancing''. |
| 146 | * The Music/EltonJohn biopic ''Film/Rocketman2019'' has been described as ''Film/{{Grease}}'' meets ''Jersey Boys'' on Broadway. |
| 147 | * ''Film/RockItsYourDecision'' is ''Film/ReeferMadness'' meets ''Film/TheRoom2003''. |
| 148 | * ''Film/RockNRolla'' is ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' meets ''Film/TheBigLebowski''. |
| 149 | ** Creator/MarkKermode described it as ''Film/TheLongGoodFriday'' as done by Music/ChasAndDave. He also compared it to ''Series/LittleBritain''. |
| 150 | * ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' meets ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' meets ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert''. |
| 151 | * ''Roller Town'' is ''Film/NapoleonDynamite meets'' ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' meets ''Film/SaturdayNightFever.'' |
| 152 | * ''Film/{{Room}}'' is ''Film/BadBoyBubby'' meets ''Film/ExtremelyLoudAndIncrediblyClose''. |
| 153 | * ''Film/TheRoom2003'' is Creator/TennesseeWilliams as interpreted by Creator/EdWood. |
| 154 | * ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' is, quite deliberately, ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' meets ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot''. |
| 155 | * ''Film/{{ROTOR}}'' is ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator''. |
| 156 | * ''Film/RunAllNight'' is ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}'' meets ''Film/TheFugitive''. |
| 157 | * ''Film/RunHideFight'' was described by Rob Walker as ''Film/DieHard'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell''. |
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| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder:S]] |
| 161 | * ''Film/TheSadness'' is ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'' meets ''Film/{{Contagion|2011}}''. |
| 162 | * ''Sahara'' (1983) was an attempt to make ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' by way of ''Film/TheBlueLagoon1980'' meets ''Film/TheGreatRace''. |
| 163 | * ''Film/{{Salt}}'' is ''Film/TheFugitive'' meets ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight''. |
| 164 | * ''Film/{{Saltburn}}'' is ''Film/Parasite2019'' meets ''Literature/AmericanPsycho''. |
| 165 | ** Alternatively, ''Film/TheTalentedMrRipley'' meets ''Film/DowntonAbbey'' with a dash of ''Film/AClockworkOrange''. |
| 166 | * ''Film/SanAndreas'' is ''Film/{{Earthquake}}'' meets ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', with [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] as the main actor. |
| 167 | * ''Film/TheSantaClause1'': Creator/MarkKermode described it as "''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet'' meets ''Film/TheFly1986'' - with Creator/TimAllen". |
| 168 | ** ''Film/TheSantaClause3TheEscapeClause'' is ''The Santa Clause'' meets ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' meets ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''. |
| 169 | * ''Film/SaveTheGreenPlanet'' is ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''Film/{{Misery}}''. |
| 170 | * ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' is ''Film/TheLongestDay'' meets ''Film/SevenSamurai''. |
| 171 | * ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'': |
| 172 | ** The series as a whole is ''Film/HomeAlone'' meets ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' meets ''Film/TaxiDriver'' meets ''Film/FightClub'' meets ''Film/MulhollandDrive'' meets ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' meets ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' meets ''Film/{{Audition}}'' meets ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''. |
| 173 | ** ''Film/SawI'' is ''Saw'' meets ''Film/DeepRed'' meets ''Film/MadMax1''. |
| 174 | ** ''Film/SawIV'' is ''Saw'' meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''. |
| 175 | ** ''[[Film/Spiral2021 Spiral]]'' is ''Saw'' meets ''Film/NewJackCity''. |
| 176 | * ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' is ''Film/TheFury'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen''. |
| 177 | * ''Film/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark2019'' is ''Film/Goosebumps2015'' meets ''Series/StrangerThings'', set in TheSixties. |
| 178 | * ''Film/{{Scream}}'': |
| 179 | ** ''Film/Scream1996'' is ''Film/Halloween1978'' meets ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare''. |
| 180 | ** ''Film/Scream2'' is ''Film/Scream1996'' meets ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors''. |
| 181 | ** ''Film/Scream3'' is ''Film/Scream2'' meets ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974''. |
| 182 | ** ''Film/Scream4'' is ''Film/Scream3'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Film/{{Hostel}}''. |
| 183 | ** ''Film/Scream2022'' is ''Film/Scream4'' meets ''Film/Halloween2018'' meets ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections''. |
| 184 | ** ''Film/ScreamVI'' is ''Film/Scream2'' meets ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan''. |
| 185 | * ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'' is ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' meets ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'' by way of a WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short. |
| 186 | * ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' is ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' meets ''Film/{{Psycho}}''. |
| 187 | * ''Film/{{Searching}}'' is ''Film/{{Unfriended}}'' meets ''Film/TheCall''. |
| 188 | ** ''Film/Missing2023'' is ''Film/{{Searching}}'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}''. |
| 189 | * ''Film/ASerbianFilm'' is ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'' meets ''Film/TheHumanCentipede'' meets ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' meets ''Film/{{Hostel}}'' meets ''Film/SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom''. |
| 190 | * ''Film/ShadowInTheClouds'' is ''Film/MemphisBelle'' meets ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Terror at 20,000 Feet]]''. |
| 191 | * ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'' is ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' meets ''Film/RushHour''. |
| 192 | * ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'' is ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' meets ''Film/{{Amelie}}''. |
| 193 | ** Creator/MarkKermode described it as ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' meets ''Film/{{Splash}}''. |
| 194 | ** It can also be seen as ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' and a bit of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'', but made HotterAndSexier. |
| 195 | * ''Film/SharkNight'' is ''Film/Piranha3D'' meets ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'' meets ''Shark Week'' (with some ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' thrown in). |
| 196 | * ''Film/SharkWeek'' is ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' meets ''Film/SawI''. |
| 197 | * ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'' is ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' meets ''Film/{{Twister}}'' done in the style of ''Creator/TheAsylum'' |
| 198 | * ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' is ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' meets ''Film/RunFatboyRun'' meets ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. |
| 199 | * ''Film/TheShining'' is ''Film/TheOmen1976'' meets ''Film/BartonFink'' (except the antagonist is the hotel rather than the child). |
| 200 | * ''A Shock to the System'' was described by Creator/RogerEbert as ''Film/WallStreet'' meets ''Film/CrimesAndMisdemeanors''. |
| 201 | * ''Film/ShockingDark'' is ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator'' in Venice. In fact, it was actually marketed as a sequel to the latter. |
| 202 | * ''Film/ShootEmUp'': |
| 203 | ** ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' meets ''Film/{{Crank}}'' meets ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' meets Creator/JohnWoo. |
| 204 | ** Alternatively, GunFu meets Creator/JackieChan. |
| 205 | * ''Film/ShortCircuit'' is ''Film/TheTerminator'' meets ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' meets ''Film/WarGames'', PlayedForLaughs. |
| 206 | * ''Film/ShoutAtTheDevil'' was described by producer Michael Klinger as a combination of ''Film/TheAfricanQueen'' and ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone''. |
| 207 | * ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' is ''Film/AllAboutEve'' meets ''Film/FortySecondStreet'' meets ''Film/ValleyOfTheDolls'' meets the 1990s ''Film/{{Emmanuelle}}'' movies. |
| 208 | * ''Film/ShutterIsland'' is ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' meets ''Film/CapeFear1991'' meets ''VideoGame/SilentHill2''. |
| 209 | * ''Film/{{Sidekicks}}'' is ''Series/TheWonderYears'' meets ''Film/TheKarateKid'', with some self-indulgent Creator/ChuckNorris bits. |
| 210 | * ''Film/SilentRage'' is ''Film/IndestructibleMan'' meets ''Film/WalkingTall1973'' |
| 211 | * ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'': |
| 212 | ** ''Film/LittleMissSunshine'' and ''{{Film/Rudy}}'' go ''[[Film/DirtyDancing Dirty]] [[Series/DancingWithTheStars Dancing with]] [[Film/TheBlindSide The Blind Side]]''. |
| 213 | ** Alternatively, ''Film/TheBlindSide'' meets ''Film/MozartAndTheWhale'' (but with bipolar disorder instead of Asperger's). |
| 214 | * ''Film/SingStreet'' is ''Film/TheCommitments'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. |
| 215 | * ''Film/{{Sisu}}'' is either ''Franchise/JohnWick'' meets ''Film/MadMax'', ''Franchise/JohnWick'' meets ''Film/FirstBlood'', or ''Franchise/JohnWick'' meets ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''. |
| 216 | * ''Film/SixStringSamurai'' is ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' meets ''Film/MadMax'' meets [[RockAndRoll Rock 'n' Roll]]. |
| 217 | * ''Film/TheSixthSense'': Creator/MNightShyamalan pitched it as a cross between ''Film/TheExorcist'' and ''Film/OrdinaryPeople''. |
| 218 | * ''Film/{{Skinamarink}}'' is ''Film/Poltergeist1982'' meets ''Film/PansLabyrinth'', ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'', ''VideoGame/{{Anatomy}}'', and ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves''. |
| 219 | * ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' is ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets Creator/JohnHughes. |
| 220 | * ''Film/{{Skyline}}'' is ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''The Whisperer in Darkness''. |
| 221 | * ''Film/{{Skyscraper}}'' is ''Film/DieHard'' meets ''Film/TheToweringInferno''. |
| 222 | * ''Film/SleepawayCamp'' is ''Film/FridayThe13th1980'' meets ''[[spoiler: Film/TheCryingGame.]]'' |
| 223 | * ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' is ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' meets ''Film/ChildsPlay'' meets ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe''. |
| 224 | * ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}'': |
| 225 | ** ''VideoGame/BioShock'' meets ''Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery1975''. |
| 226 | ** Alternatively, ''Film/{{Elysium}}'' meets the LocomotiveLevel from ''[[VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves Uncharted 2]]''. |
| 227 | * ''Film/Smile2022'' is ''Film/ItFollows'' meets ''Literature/TheRing'' meets ''Film/TruthOrDare2018'' with a dash of ''Film/{{Hereditary}}''. |
| 228 | * ''Film/SonOfDracula'' is essentially ''{{Dracula}}'' meets ''Film/DoubleIndemnity''. |
| 229 | * ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'' is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' meets ''Anime/SonicX'' meets ''Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial'' meets ''Film/{{Paul}}'' meets ''Film/{{Hop}}'' meets ''Film/SpiderMan1'' meets ''Film/{{Thor}}'' meets ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''. |
| 230 | ** ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'' is ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' meets ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' meets ''Film/SpiderMan2'' meets ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' meets ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. |
| 231 | * ''Film/SororityRow'' is filled with ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars Who Know What [[Series/ScreamQueens2015 Scream Queens]] [[Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer Did Last Summer]]''. |
| 232 | * ''Film/SoulSurfer'' is ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'' meets ''Film/TheBlindSide''. |
| 233 | * ''Film/SourceCode'' is ''Series/QuantumLeap'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay''. |
| 234 | * ''Film/SouthlandTales'': |
| 235 | ** ''Film/RepoMan'' meets ''Film/{{Zardoz}}''. |
| 236 | ** Richard Kelly called it a "strange hybrid of the sensibilities of Creator/AndyWarhol and Creator/PhilipKDick". |
| 237 | * ''Film/TheSpaceBetweenUs'' is ''Film/TheMartian'' meets ''Film/TheFaultInOurStars''. |
| 238 | * ''Film/SpaceJam'' is ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' meets ''Manga/SlamDunk''. |
| 239 | ** ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'', on the other hand, seems to be the original film meets ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'' meets ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', with a little bit of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater''. |
| 240 | * WebVideo/FilmBrain described ''Film/TheSpirit'' as a hybrid of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and ''Film/SinCity'' |
| 241 | * ''Film/LesSpecialistes'' is ''[[Film/MissionImpossible1996 Mission: Impossible]]'' meets ''Film/{{Bullitt}}'' and ''Film/OceansEleven''. |
| 242 | * ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' is the ''Film/RoadTo'' films meets ''Film/TradingPlaces'' meets ''Film/DrStrangelove''. |
| 243 | * ''Film/{{Splice}}'': |
| 244 | ** ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' meets ''Film/{{Species}}'' meets ''Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996''. |
| 245 | ** ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' meets Creator/DavidCronenberg's ''Film/TheFly1986''. |
| 246 | * ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' is ''Film/IndependenceDay'' meets ''Film/TriumphOfTheWill'' meets ''Franchise/Warhammer40000''. |
| 247 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 248 | ** ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' is "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E3TheChangeling}} The Changeling]]" meets ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''. |
| 249 | ** ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' is [[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed "Space Seed"]] meets ''Literature/MobyDick'' meets ''Film/RunSilentRunDeep''. |
| 250 | ** ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' is "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever]]" meets ''Film/BackToTheFuture1''. |
| 251 | ** ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' is ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' meets Creator/TomClancy meets ''Literature/SherlockHolmes''. |
| 252 | ** ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' is ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' meets ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. |
| 253 | ** Due to some comments by the director, Creator/JJAbrams, ''Film/StarTrek2009'' has been referred to in some forums as ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''. |
| 254 | *** The images shown of the set designs of the ''Enterprise'''s interior in said movie have also been referred to as ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets [[EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture iStore]]. |
| 255 | *** The plot is ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' meets ''Film/TopGun''. |
| 256 | *** ''Top Gun'' meets ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''Film/GalaxyQuest''. |
| 257 | ** ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' is [[spoiler:[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed "Space Seed"]]]] meets [[spoiler:''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'' and ''The Undiscovered Country'']] meets [[spoiler:"Homefront" and "Paradise Lost" and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'']] |
| 258 | ** ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' is [[spoiler:[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Power Play"]] (inverted)]] meets [[spoiler:[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise "Terra Nova"]]]] meets ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''. |
| 259 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'' is what happens when you put ''Franchise/FlashGordon'', Creator/AkiraKurosawa, ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'', ''Literature/FoundationSeries'', ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'', ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', real-world history and religion into a blender. |
| 260 | ** ''Film/ANewHope'': ''Film/TheHiddenFortress'' meets ''Film/FlashGordon1980''. |
| 261 | *** Alternatively, ''A New Hope'' can be described within the Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer pantheon as ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' meets ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''. |
| 262 | ** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': ''Literature/HeirToTheEmpire'' meets ''Film/ANewHope'' meets ''Film/TheRoadWarrior'' meets ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. |
| 263 | ** ''Film/RogueOne'': ''VideoGame/DarkForces'' meets ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' meets ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' meets ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' meets ''Film/TheThinRedLine''. |
| 264 | ** ''Film/TheLastJedi'': According to Creator/JasonMomoa, it's ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets [[Film/ThePhantomMenace the]] [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Prequel]] [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Trilogy]]. |
| 265 | ** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'': ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'' meets ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. |
| 266 | * ''Film/StayTuned'' was described by its writers as ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' meets ''Creator/MontyPython''. It's also practically [[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E64KACMETV "K-ACME TV"]] '''I[-N-] H[-ELL-]'''. |
| 267 | * ''Film/{{Stealth}}'' was described by Creator/RogerEbert as a "dumbed-down ''Film/TopGun'' crossed with the HAL 9000 plot from ''Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey''". |
| 268 | * ''Film/{{Strays|2023}}'' is a R-rated version of ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'' meets ''Film/CocaineBear'', as done in the minds of Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller. |
| 269 | ** Or ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. |
| 270 | * ''Film/StreetFighter'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' meets ''Franchise/GIJoe''. |
| 271 | * ''Film/StreetTrash'' is ''Film/RepoMan'' meets Creator/{{Troma}}. |
| 272 | * ''Film/StrokerAce'' is ''Film/DaysOfThunder'' meets ''Film/CannonballRun''. |
| 273 | * ''Film/TheStuff'' is ''Film/TheBlob1958'' meets ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978'' meets ''Film/SoylentGreen''. |
| 274 | * ''Film/SuckerPunch'': |
| 275 | ** ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' in ''Film/{{Chicago}}'', with reaps of ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' and ''Film/{{Inception}}''. |
| 276 | ** Alternatively ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''Film/{{Brazil}}''. |
| 277 | ** Alternatively ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' meets ''Film/MoulinRouge'' |
| 278 | ** Alternatively ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' meets Website/TVTropes. |
| 279 | ** ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' |
| 280 | * ''Film/SugarAndSpice'' is ''Film/PointBreak1991'' meets ''Film/BringItOn''. |
| 281 | * ''Film/SummerCampNightmare'' is ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Film/{{Meatballs}}''. |
| 282 | * ''Film/Super8'': |
| 283 | ** ''Film/{{ET|The Extraterrestrial}}'' meets ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' (which considering who made it, makes perfect sense). |
| 284 | ** Or even '''more''' fittingly, ''ET'' meets ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. |
| 285 | ** ''Series/StrangerThings''-Lite. |
| 286 | * ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' is the [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons Fleischer shorts]] and [[Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman the 1950s live-action series]] meets ''Film/TheGodfather'' meets ''Film/ANewHope''. |
| 287 | * ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' meets ''Film/FlashGordon1980'' and ''Film/HowardTheDuck''. |
| 288 | * ''Film/SurvivalOfTheDead'' is the Hatfield-[=McCoy=] feud meets ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', with a light dusting of ''Series/TheATeam''. |
| 289 | * ''Survivor'' is ''Film/TheFugitive'' meets ''Film/TheJackal'' meets ''Film/TheBourneIdentity''. |
| 290 | * ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' is ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' meets ''Film/FightClub'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' meets ''Theatre/TitusAndronicus'' meets ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing'', all set in VictorianLondon. |
| 291 | ** Visually, it resembles Creator/CharlesDickens meets Film/HammerHorror. |
| 292 | [[/folder]] |
| 293 | |
| 294 | [[folder:T]] |
| 295 | * ''Film/TalesFromTheHood'' is ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' meets ''Film/MenaceIISociety''. |
| 296 | * ''Film/TaleOfTales'' is ''Film/TheCompanyOfWolves'' meets Creator/CatherineBreillat version of [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721683/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt The Sleeping Beauty done in the year 2010.]] |
| 297 | * ''Film/TangoAndCash'' is ''Film/LethalWeapon'' meets ''Film/JamesBond''. |
| 298 | * ''Film/TankGirl'' seems to be the somewhat DenserAndWackier DistaffCounterpart to ''Film/MadMax''. |
| 299 | * ''Film/Tarot2024'' is ''Film/{{Ouija}}'' meets ''Film/TalkToMe''. |
| 300 | * ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' is ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' meets ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''. |
| 301 | * ''Film/{{Ted}}'' |
| 302 | ** ''{{WesternAnimation/Pinocchio}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. |
| 303 | ** ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' meets ''Film/YouMeAndDupree''. |
| 304 | ** Could also be ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' meets ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. |
| 305 | * ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movies: |
| 306 | ** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' is [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the comic book characters of the same name]] meets ''Film/Batman1989''. |
| 307 | ** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' is ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' meets ''Film/BatmanReturns''[[note]]despite "The Secret of the Ooze" came out first[[/note]]. |
| 308 | ** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' is ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' meets ''Film/BatmanForever'' meets ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' meets ''Film/SevenSamurai''. |
| 309 | ** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'' is ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' meets the ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' by Michael Bay meets ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''. |
| 310 | ** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows'' is ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'' meets ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' meets ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' meets ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''. |
| 311 | * ''Film/{{Tenet}}'': ''Film/{{Looper}}'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond'' combined with the reversal aspect of the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIBackwards Backwards]]" and the time travel mechanic of ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''. |
| 312 | ** Or, to put it more simply, by not including hand-holding for either its espionage elements or its time inversion mechanics, it’s (the already somewhat confusing) ''Film/MissionImpossible1996'' meets the ''VERY'' confusing ''Film/{{Primer}}''. |
| 313 | * ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'': |
| 314 | ** ''Film/TheTerminator'' is ''Film/Halloween1978'' meets ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' meets ''Film/TheDriver'' meets ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' meets ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'' meets ''Film/FirstBlood'' meets ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''. |
| 315 | ** ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' is ''Film/TheTerminator'' meets ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' meets ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII''. |
| 316 | ** ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' is ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' meets ''Film/Alien3''. |
| 317 | ** ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' is ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' meets ''Film/AlienResurrection''. |
| 318 | ** ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' is ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' meets ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' meets ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. |
| 319 | ** ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' is ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' meets ''Film/TheLastJedi'' meets ''Film/Halloween2018'' meets ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' meets ''Film/{{Logan}}'' meets ''Film/AlienCovenant'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' meets ''Film/RamboLastBlood'' meets ''Film/{{Looper}}''. |
| 320 | * ''Film/{{Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2022}}'' is ''Film/{{The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|1974}}'' meets ''Film/{{Logan}}''. |
| 321 | * ''Film/Thanksgiving2023'' is ''Film/MyBloodyValentine'' meets ''Film/VForVendetta''. |
| 322 | * ''Film/TheseFinalHours'' is ''Literature/OnTheBeach'' meets ''Film/DeepImpact''. |
| 323 | * ''Film/TheyLive'' is ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}'' meets ''Series/{{V|1983}}'' meets ''Literature/TheWitches''. |
| 324 | * ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' is ''Film/TheLastWaltz'' meets ''[[Music/TheRutles The Rutles: All You Need is Cash]]''. |
| 325 | * ''Film/ThoseWhoWishMeDead'' is ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}'' meets ''Film/MercuryRising''. |
| 326 | * ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers2011'' (starring [[HotterAndSexier Milla Jovovich]]) is ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' meets ''Film/VanHelsing'' minus the monsters. |
| 327 | * ''Film/ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging'' is ''Series/ArabianNights'' meets ''Series/AmericanGods2017''. |
| 328 | * ''Film/{{Titane}}'' is ''Film/PromisingYoungWoman'' meets ''Film/TetsuoTheIronMan'' and ''Literature/{{Crash}}'' |
| 329 | * Reportedly, Creator/JamesCameron hadn't even written a script yet when ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' got greenlit. He simply told Fox executives "imagine ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' [[RecycledInSpace on the]] [[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Titanic]]". |
| 330 | * The 1943 Nazi propaganda film ''Film/{{Titanic|1943}}'' is essentially ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' meets ''Film/GrandHotel'' meets ''Film/WallStreet''. |
| 331 | * ''Film/TokyoGorePolice'' is ''Film/RoboCop1987'' meets ''Film/KillBill''. |
| 332 | * ''Film/TommyBoy'' is ''Film/BillyMadison'' meets ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'' |
| 333 | * ''Film/TheTomorrowWar'' is ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' meets ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Film/IndependenceDay'' meets ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''. |
| 334 | * ''Film/TopGun'' is ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' meets aviation meets Romance. |
| 335 | ** ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' is ''Film/TopGun'' meets ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' meets ''Anime/MacrossPlus'' meets ''Film/ANewHope''. |
| 336 | * ''Film/TopSecret'' is ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' meets Music/ElvisPresley movie meets UsefulNotes/WorldWarII movie. |
| 337 | * ''Film/{{Total Recall|2012}}'' (2012): ''[[Film/TheBourneSeries The Bourne Identity]]'' meets ''Film/IRobot''. |
| 338 | * ''Film/TowerHeist'' is ''Film/FunWithDickAndJane'' meets ''Film/OceansEleven''. |
| 339 | * One of the most overt examples is ''Film/TheToweringInferno'', which is intentionally ''The Tower'' meets ''The Glass Inferno'' (two novels). |
| 340 | * ''Film/TheTown'' is ''Film/{{Heat}}'' meets ''Film/TheDeparted''. |
| 341 | * ''Film/TheTownThatDreadedSundown'' is ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}'' meets ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2''. |
| 342 | * ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird'' is ''Film/StandByMe'' meets ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'' minus lawyer's AIDS plus false rape accusations instead of homophobia. |
| 343 | * ''Film/ToWongFooThanksForEverythingJulieNewmar'' is (''Film/TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert'' – ''Film/TheMatrix'' + ''Film/DirtyDancing'' + ''Film/{{Blade}}'') meets ''Film/{{Spartacus}}''. |
| 344 | ** ''Film/TheBirdcage'' meets ''Film/LittleMissSunshine'' with a hint of ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'' |
| 345 | * WebVideo/ConfusedMatthew once referred to ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'' as "''Film/CitizenKane'' without the sled". |
| 346 | * ''Film/TradingPlaces'' is ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' meets ''[[Film/TheThreeStooges Hoi Polloi]]'' meets ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''. |
| 347 | * ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'': |
| 348 | ** The original Creator/MichaelBay series is ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' meets ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'', ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'', ''Series/{{Alf}}'', and ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar''. |
| 349 | ** The reboot series in general is ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'' meets ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' meets the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''. |
| 350 | *** ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' meets ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'' meets ''Film/TheLoveBug'' meets ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. |
| 351 | *** ''Film/TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts'' is above meets ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' meets ''Anime/GridmanUniverse''. |
| 352 | * ''Film/{{Triangle}}'' is ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''Film/GhostShip''. |
| 353 | * ''Film/TriangleOfSadness'' is ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix1965'' meets ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' by way of ''Film/Parasite2019''. |
| 354 | * ''Film/TrickRTreat'': |
| 355 | ** 2004's ''Film/{{Crash}}'' meets ''Film/CreepShow''. |
| 356 | ** Alternately, it's ''Film/LoveActually'' meets ''Film/CreepShow'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''. |
| 357 | * ''Film/TripleFrontier'' is ''Film/{{Sicario}}'' meets ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre''. |
| 358 | * ''Film/TropicThunder'' is ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' meets ''Film/ApocalypseNow''. |
| 359 | * ''Film/TrueLies'' is Film/JamesBond meets ''Film/{{Commando}}''. |
| 360 | * ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' is ''Film/DarkCity'' meets ''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}'' meets ''Film/ShockTreatment'' meets Creator/JimCarrey. |
| 361 | * ''Film/TuckerAndDaleVsEvil'' is ''Film/WrongTurn'' meets ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''. |
| 362 | ** Or ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' meets ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' and ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''. |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:U]] |
| 366 | * ''Film/{{UHF}}'': |
| 367 | ** ''Film/{{Network}}'' meets ''Film/{{Airplane}}''. |
| 368 | ** InUniverse, "Gandhi II" is ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' meets {{Blaxploitation}}, specifically ''Film/{{Shaft}}''. |
| 369 | * ''Film/TheUnbearableWeightOfMassiveTalent'' is ''Film/ConAir'' meets ''Film/TropicThunder'' and a bit of ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance''. |
| 370 | * ''Film/UncutGems'' is ''Series/BreakingBad'' meets ''Film/Mandy2018'' meets ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' meets ''Film/TheLighthouse'' meets ''Film/BloodDiamond'' meets ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'' meets ''Film/GoodTime'' meets ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' meets ''Film/{{Casino}}'' meets ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'' meets ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' meets ''Film/TheDeparted'' meets ''Film/HeavenKnowsWhat'' meets ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' meets ''Film/PulpFiction'' meets ''Film/{{Heat}}'', all with a side dash of ''Series/{{Newhart}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', ''Film/ReignOverMe'', ''Film/EightMile'', ''Film/FunnyPeople'', ''Film/{{Midsommar}}'', ''Film/{{Bugsy}}'' and ''Film/TheMeyerowitzStories''. |
| 371 | * ''Film/UndercoverKitty'': ''Film/MaryPoppins'' meets ''Film/ThatDarnCat''. In UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands. |
| 372 | * ''Film/{{Underwater}}'' is ''Film/TheAbyss'' meets ''Film/EventHorizon''. |
| 373 | * ''Film/{{Unearth}}'' is basically ''American Rust'' minus the murder plot (or any story about desperate people in a DyingTown, or on a farm etc), meets ''Film/TheCurse'' by way of the Cordyceps from ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', meets a small dusting of Eco-thrillers like ''Film/ErinBrockovich'', ''Film/ACivilAction'', and ''Film/DarkWaters'' except minus the litigations. |
| 374 | * ''Film/{{Unfriended}}'' is ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' meets ''Film/TheSocialNetwork''. |
| 375 | * ''Film/{{Unhinged|2020}}'' is ''Film/FallingDown'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}'' meets ''Film/JohnWick'' meets ''Film/CapeFear'' meets ''Film/DriveAngry'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator''. |
| 376 | * ''Film/UniversalSoldierDayOfReckoning'' is ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' meets ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''. |
| 377 | * ''Film/{{Unknown|2011}}'' is ''Series/NowhereMan'' meets ''[[spoiler:Film/TheBourneSeries]]'' meets ''[[spoiler:Film/TotalRecall1990]]'' (with a dash of ''Film/{{Frantic}}''). |
| 378 | * ''Film/UnmaskedPart25'' is ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' meets ''Film/TheToxicAvenger''. |
| 379 | * ''Film/{{Unsane}}'' is ''Film/DontSayAWord'' meets ''Film/GetOut2017'' |
| 380 | * ''Film/{{Upgrade}}'' is essentially ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator'' meets ''Film/DeathWish'' |
| 381 | * ''Film/UpstreamColor'' is Creator/DavidCronenberg meets Creator/TerrenceMalick. |
| 382 | * ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'': Creator/BryanSinger described it as ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' meets ''Film/{{Rashomon}}''. |
| 383 | * ''Film/Utoya22Juli'' is ''Film/FridayThe13th1980'' meets ''Film/ComeAndSee''. |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | [[folder:V]] |
| 387 | * ''Film/VaincreOuMourir'' is ''Literature/NinetyThree'' meets ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. |
| 388 | * ''Valentine's Day'' is ''Film/LoveActually'' a couple weeks later, in America. |
| 389 | * ''{{Film/Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' in an epic love letter to Sci-Fi and Buddy Cop films. All rolled up into a nice little package with ''Film/TheFifthElement'' (Being from the same director, Luc Besson) as well. |
| 390 | * ''Film/VampireAcademy'' is ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' (if one of the main characters was also [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender The Avatar]]). |
| 391 | * ''Film/VampiresVSTheBronx'' is ''Film/AttackTheBlock'' meets ''Film/TheMonsterSquad''. |
| 392 | * ''Film/VanHelsing'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets a ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' MonsterMash. |
| 393 | * ''Film/VarsityBlues'' is ''Film/FridayNightLights'' meets ''Series/DawsonsCreek''. |
| 394 | ** On the flip side, ''Friday Night Lights'' is essentially a slightly darker and sadder semi-{{Defictionalization}} of ''Varsity Blues''. |
| 395 | * ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'' is ''Film/CitizenKane'' meets ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth''. |
| 396 | * ''Film/VelvetBuzzsaw'' is ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' meets ''Creator/HPLovecraft'''s ''Literature/PickmansModel'' |
| 397 | * ''Film/Venom2018'' has been described by one critic as ''Spider-Man'' meets ''Film/TheMask'' via ''Deadpool 7.'' |
| 398 | ** [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] described it as a cross between ''The Mask'' and ''Film/{{Spawn|1997}}''. |
| 399 | ** Or ''Spider-Man'' by way of ''Film/TheThing1982''. |
| 400 | * ''Film/VeryBadThings'' is ''Film/TheHangover'' as a dark comedy. |
| 401 | * ''Film/AVeryLongEngagement'' was described by one Amazon.com viewer as ''Film/{{Amelie}}'' meets ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', which is pretty accurate, as it has some of the quirkiness of the former (and the same star and director), while also having the mystery element and [[WarIsHell horrific battle scenes]] of the latter. |
| 402 | * ''Film/{{VHS}}'' is ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'' meets ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets''. |
| 403 | * ''Film/{{Vibes}}'' is ''Film/RomancingTheStone'' meets ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''[[note]]With regards to the latter Dan Aykroyd was originally cast in Jeff Goldblum's role, and Richard Edlund did the special effects[[/note]]. |
| 404 | * ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'' is ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' meets ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982''. |
| 405 | * ''Film/ViolentNight'' is ''Film/DieHard'' meets ''Film/TheChristmasChronicles'' meets ''Film/HomeAlone'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. |
| 406 | ** Or alternatively, ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok''. |
| 407 | ** Alternatively again, ''Film/DieHard2'' meets ''Film/{{Fatman}}''. |
| 408 | [[/folder]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | [[folder:W]] |
| 411 | * ''Film/{{Wanted}}'' is ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Film/FightClub''. |
| 412 | * ''Film/WalkingOnSunshine'' was described in TV Spots as ''Film/MammaMia'' meets ''Film/PitchPerfect''. |
| 413 | * ''War of the Dead'' is ''Film/DogSoldiers'' meets ''Film/{{Outpost}}''. |
| 414 | * ''Film/TheWarriors'' is ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', but with the plot of ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}'' instead of ''Romeo and Juliet'', and seasoned liberally with ''Film/AClockworkOrange''. |
| 415 | * ''Film/TheWatch2012'' is ''Film/AttackTheBlock'' meets ''Series/TheITCrowd''. |
| 416 | * ''Film/WeirdScience'' is ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' meets a {{Cyberpunk}} ''Film/MaryPoppins''. |
| 417 | * ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory'' is ''Film/{{UHF}}'' meets ''Film/WalkHard''. |
| 418 | * ''Film/WelcomeToMarwen'' is ''Film/DanInRealLife'' meets ''Film/SuckerPunch'' meets ''Film/{{Marwencol}}''. |
| 419 | * ''Film/{{Wendy}}'' is ''Literature/PeterPan'' meets ''Film/BeastsOfTheSouthernWild''. |
| 420 | * ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'' is ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' meets ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead''. |
| 421 | * ''Film/{{West Side Story|1961}}'' is ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' meets ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''. |
| 422 | * ''Film/TheWhale'' is ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1996}}'' meets ''Literature/RequiemForADream'' meets ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', with the bleakness of ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'' and the father-daughter relationship elements of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean''. |
| 423 | * ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'' is ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' meets ''Film/{{Gaslight}}''. |
| 424 | * ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' is ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' as written by Creator/TerryPratchett. |
| 425 | * ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'' is ''Film/TheJazzSinger'' meets ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' meets ''Film/BlackSwan''. |
| 426 | * ''Film/WhoAmI2014'' is ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' meets ''Film/FightClub''. Once could even throw ''Film/{{Identity}}'' into the mix. |
| 427 | * The Creator/JackieChan [[SimilarlyNamedWorks film also called]] ''Film/WhoAmI1998'' is ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'' meets Jackie Chan. |
| 428 | * ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' (quite literally) meets ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' ...and a host of many, many classic animated characters. |
| 429 | ** FilmNoir meets Creator/TexAvery. |
| 430 | ** Alternatively, it's ''Chinatown'' meets UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation [[spoiler:and given a HappyEnding]]. |
| 431 | * ''Film/WildWildWest'' is ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' meets ''Film/MenInBlack'', even sharing the same director (Creator/BarrySonnenfeld) and lead actor (Creator/WillSmith). |
| 432 | * ''Film/WildZero'' is ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' meets ThePowerOfRock. |
| 433 | * ''Film/WillysWonderland'' is ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' meets ''Film/DemonicToys'' meets ''Film/PuppetMaster'' meets ''Film/TheGingerdeadMan'' meets ''Film/JackFrost1997'' meets ''Film/{{Critters}}'' meets ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' meets ''Film/ChoppingMall'' [[spoiler:with a big side order of ''Film/ChildsPlay'' thrown in for good measure]]. |
| 434 | ** Or ''Film/Mandy2018'' meets ''Five Nights At Freddy's''. |
| 435 | * ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'': Creator/GeneWilder described Mel Stuart's vision for the film as "''[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice In Wonderland]]'' meets ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''". |
| 436 | * ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'': |
| 437 | ** Many have said the film is ''Film/GoodFellas'' meets ''Film/WallStreet''. |
| 438 | ** ''{{Film/Caligula}}'''s heavy hedonistic lifestyle with the similar story structure (and actor) of ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'', along with the parody of excess and UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream of ''Film/PainAndGain''. |
| 439 | * ''Wolfhound'' has been described as "''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' meets ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''", which is essentially a [[ReviewerStockPhrases blurb-friendly way]] of saying "is an heroic fantasy film". |
| 440 | * ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' was described by Creator/BobChipman as, "''[[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers Body Snatchers]]'' meets ''[[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]]'' meets ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960'': [[PlayedForLaughs The Funny Version]]". |
| 441 | * ''Film/WorldsGreatestDad'' is basically ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' meets ''Film/{{Heathers}}''. |
| 442 | * ''Film/TheWraith'' is ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' meets ''Film/TheCrow1994''. |
| 443 | * The ''Film/WrongTurn'' series is ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' meets ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes1977'' meets ''Film/ScaryMovie''. |
| 444 | * ''Film/{{Wyrmwood}}'' is ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978''. |
| 445 | [[/folder]] |
| 446 | |
| 447 | [[folder:X]] |
| 448 | * ''Film/XXx'' is (blatantly) ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' meets ''Film/JamesBond''. |
| 449 | [[/folder]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | [[folder:Y]] |
| 452 | * ''Film/YearOne'' is if ''Film/TenThousandBC'', ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', ''Film/{{Noah}}'', and ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartOne'' all got incredibly baked off that sweet Creator/JuddApatow kush. |
| 453 | ** ''Film/{{Caveman}}'' meets ''Film/{{Superbad}}''. |
| 454 | * ''Film/{{Yentl}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' meets ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''. |
| 455 | * ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'' is ''Literature/RedHarvest'' meets ''Film/BuchananRidesAlone''. |
| 456 | * ''Film/YoureNext'' is ''[[Film/TheCelebration Festen]]'' meets ''Film/TheStrangers'' with a dash of ''Film/HomeAlone''.[[spoiler:..with a hidden DeconReconSwitch and a final act full of BlackComedy.]] |
| 457 | * ''Film/YourHighness'' is ''Film/HawkTheSlayer'' meets ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' meets ''Film/PineappleExpress''. |
| 458 | * ''Film/YouWereNeverReallyHere'' is ''Film/TaxiDriver'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}'' meets ''Film/Joker2019''. |
| 459 | [[/folder]] |
| 460 | |
| 461 | [[folder:Z]] |
| 462 | * ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' is ''Film/LogansRun'' meets ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' meets [[spoiler:''The Wizard of Oz'']]. |
| 463 | ** Or, the answer to the question "What would it look like if Creator/HGWells, Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, Creator/GeorgeOrwell and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary Timothy Leary]] worked on a screenplay together, then asked Creator/RogerCorman, Creator/StanleyKubrick and Creator/KenRussell to direct it?" |
| 464 | * ''Film/{{Zola}}'' is ''Film/{{Hustlers}}'' meets ''Film/SpringBreakers'' meets ''Film/MagicMike''. |
| 465 | * ''Film/Zombi3D'' is ''Film/TheCrazies1973'' meets ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985'' meets ''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead''. |
| 466 | * ''Film/Zombie90ExtremePestilence'' is a low budget zombie movie meets ''Film/WhatsUpTigerLily''. |
| 467 | * ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' is ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' meets ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''. |
| 468 | * ''Film/Zombies2018'' is an aftermath of a mix of ''Film/WarmBodies'', ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'', ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}'' and ''Film/TheWaterboy'' with a touch of ''Film/BringItOn''. |
| 469 | * ''ComicBook/ZsazsaZaturnnah'' is ''ComicBook/{{Darna}}'' meets ''Manga/SailorMoon'' meets ''Film/PriscillaQueenOfTheDesert''. |
| 470 | [[/folder]] |
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