History DuelingWorks / Film

** '''Implementation:''' The former is about a sniper at the Super Bowl as a SWAT team tries to take him out. The latter is about a foreign terrorist group who plan to crash a blimp full of explosives to kill the President attending the Super Bowl. Both films were released within a year of each other, and were at the tail end of the DisasterMovie craze of the 70's. The former film was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Film Editing.

* The ''Film/LethalWeapon'' Series (1987) / The ''Franchise/DieHard'' Series (1988)
** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Popular cop action film franchises that started with a first installment released in the later 1980's that is considered a seminal film in the genre. Ironically enough, both films were also set around Christmas time, though their releases were about a year apart. It is also notable that both films, at least for their first couple of installments, were scored by Music/MichaelKamen.
** '''Implementation:''' A real ironic note is that Creator/BruceWillis, the actor of John [=McClane=] the star of the ''Die Hard'' films, was actually considered for the role of Martin Riggs before it subsequently went to Creator/MelGibson. Another fun note is that in an early scene of ''Film/DieHard2'' one can see an ad for ''Film/LethalWeapon2'' on a magazine. It is also interesting to note that the script for ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'' had started out written to be an original standalone piece called ''Simon Says''. However, that film was ultimately not made but they continued trying to find a way to use the script. At one point before being rewritted into a ''Die Hard'' movie it was at one stage reworked to be an installment of the ''Lethal Weapon'' series.
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* ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' / ''Film/Mowgli'' (2018)

* ''Film/DetectivePikachu'' (2019) / ''Film/Aladdin2019''

** '''Implementation:''' Amusingly, in an early screening of ''Deep Impact'', Creator/MorganFreeman is giving a speech in which he reassures his audience that life will go on after the meteor-hit, declaring, "[[TakeThat There will be no armageddon.]]" Too many viewers at the screening got the in-joke, however, and the [[{{Narm}} uproarious laughter at what was meant as a dramatic scene]] induced the director to cut the line from the final print. This actually was an example of the height of the Disney/[=DreamWorks=] feud. (Creator/DreamWorks distributed ''Deep Impact'' with Paramount while Disney/Touchstone distributed ''Armageddon''.)

** '''Implementation:''' It seems that most of ''Ultraviolet''[='s=] vampire references (the heroine and her pals are infected with a virus that mimics vampirism; the MacGuffin is a possible cure) were cut out so as to distance itself from ''Film/{{Underworld}}'', which led to some audience confusion.

* ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' (2002) / ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' series (2003)

* ''Film/{{Twister}}'' (1996) / ''Tornado[[ExcitedShowTitle !]]'' (1996) & ''Film/NightOfTheTwisters'' (1996)

** '''Implementation:''' ''Montage of Heck'' is an estate-approved biography that explores Cobain's life and fame, using home movie footage to show his personality outside of his persona. ''Soaked in Bleach'' uses recordings made by private investigator Tom Grant as the basis for a series of recreations [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories arguing that Cobain's death was not a suicide but a murder perpetrated by Courtney Love.]]

* ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|2022}}'' / ''Film/GlassOnion''

* ''Film/DeepImpact'' (1998) / ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' (1998)

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' {{Biopic}} musicals about famous British [[UsefulNotes/LGBTCommunity queer]] ClassicRock and GlamRock artists - Music/{{Queen}} and Freddie Mercury for the former, Music/EltonJohn for the latter - with much input from those artists in question. Plus, they share a director, Dexter Fletcher, although with a caveat - ''Rocketman'' was completely directed by him, while ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' had a TroubledProduction, with the [[Creator/BryanSinger original director]] famously getting [[FiringDay unceremoniously fired]] from the set, but still given credit thanks to DGA rules.
** '''Implementation:''' ''[=BoRhap=]'' was one of the last films produced by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox its distributor]] before being bought by [[Creator/{{Disney}} the current owner of Queen’s music in the US and Canada]]; ''Rocketman'' was inherited by [[Creator/{{Paramount}} its distributor]] after the semi-success of another [[WesternAnimation/SherlockGnomes film produced by Elton John]] which was a sequel to [[WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet a film distributed by that very owner.]] The former is rated PG-13 (12A in the UK); the latter, a hard R (15).

* ''Film/DoubleDragon'' (1994) / ''Film/StreetFighter'' (1994)

** '''Implementation:''' Both ''Framing'' and its follow-up, ''Controlling'' were produced by [[Creator/FXNetworks FX]] and The New York Times, while ''Britney vs Spears'' was produced by Netflix.

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2021 documentaries centered on [[Creator/BritneySpears Britney Spears]]'s conservatorship and the [=#FreeBritney=] movement.
** '''Implementation:''' Both ''Framing'' and its follow-up, ''Controlling'' were produced by [[Creator/FXNetworks FX]] and The New York Times, while ''Britney vs Spears'' was produced by Netflix.

* ''Film/GungaDin'' (1939) / ''[[Literature/{{TheFourFeathers}} The Four Feathers (1939)]]''

* ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1948}}'' (1948) / ''[[Literature/{{DonJuan}} Adventures of Don Juan]]'' (1948)

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 1991 films retelling [[RobinHood the famous thief of British folklore.]]

* ''Film/UnderSiege'' (1992) / ''Film/{{Passenger 57}}'' (1992)

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2007 vigilante movies about previously wimpy people on the hunt for criminals after they kill people close to them. (In ''Death Sentence'' Creator/KevinBacon's son dies. In ''The Brave One'' [[spoiler: Creator/JodieFoster's husband dies.]] Fittingly, the latter can be defined as ''Film/DeathWish'' [[RecycledInSpace but with a woman]], while the former is based off a novel written by the writer of ''Death Wish''.
** '''Implementation:''' ''Death Sentence'' was directed by [[Film/TheConjuring James]] [[Film/InsidIous Wan]] while ''The Brave One'' was directed by [[Film/TheCryingGame Neil]] [[Film/BreakfastOnPluto Jordan]]. The former leans more towards Gorn while the latter has the deaths spread out.

* ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'' / ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' (1986)

* ''Film/StreetFighter'' (1994) / ''Film/MortalKombat'' (1995)

** '''Implementation:''' ''Mortal Kombat: Annhilation'' is the sequel to 1995's ''Film/MortalKombat'', but only brought back the actors who played Liu Kang and Kitana; the entire crew was otherwise replaced. It continued the story of the first film with Shao Kahn taking Shang Tsung's place as the BigBad and launching his own invasion of Earth through Mortal Kombat. ''Rush Hour'' is a light-hearted buddy-comedy martial arts film starring Creator/JackieChan and Chris Tucker, as they work to save a girl from the clutches of crime boss Juntao.

* ''Film/TheLegendOfHercules'' (2014) / ''[[Film/{{Hercules2014}} Hercules]]'' (2014)

** '''Implementation:''' ''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' is a French [[FantasticComedy comedy]] and TheMovie of the ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' that was a runaway success on French television in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]], with Sir Gawain (francized as "Gauvain") having only a minor role. ''The Green Knight'' is an American epic DarkFantasy drama with Gawain as main protagonist.

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two different films inspired by the Myth/ArthurianLegend. Sir Gawain appears in both.
** '''Implementation:''' ''Kaamelott: Premier Volet'' is a [[FantasticComedy comedy]] and TheMovie of the ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' that was a runaway success on French television in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]], with Sir Gawain (francized as "Gauvain") having only a minor role. ''The Green Knight'' is a DarkFantasy drama with Gawain as main protagonist.

* ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' (2001) / ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone]]'' (2001)
** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' First installments of high-budget film adaptations of popular and beloved fantasy series, with an overlapping viewer demographic, released within a month's difference of each other. Ironically, this duel happened again when their respective second instalments (''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' ''Film/TheTwoTowers'' and ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'') were released the very next year.