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4* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' is ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'' meets ''Literature/LeftBehind''.
5* ''Film/ThreeNinjas'' "crosses ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' and ''Film/HomeAlone''." [[https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5170/5170646_so.jpg And that's not from us.]]
6** Could also be seen as ''Film/TheKarateKid'' meets ''Home Alone''.
7* ''Film/EightWomen'': ''Theatre/TheWomen'' meets ''Film/{{Clue}}''.
8* ''Film/EightBitChristmas'': ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' meets ''Film/AChristmasStory'' meets ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'', by way of ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''.
9* ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'' is the DistaffCounterpart to ''Film/{{Big}}'' meets ''Film/WorkingGirl'' meets ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
10* ''Film/ThirteenAssassins'' is ''Film/The47Ronin'' meets ''Film/SevenSamurai'' mixed with the over-the-top filmmaking style of Creator/QuentinTarantino.
11* ''Film/The1517ToParis'' is ''Film/TheCommuter'' meets ''Film/StandByMe'' with a type of ''Film/AmericanSniper'' and ''Film/{{Sully}}''.
12* ''Film/SeventeenAgain2009'' is ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'' meets ''Film/PeggySueGotMarried''.
13* ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' is ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' meets ''Film/HotFuzz''.
14* ''Film/FortySevenRonin'' (2013) is ''Film/TheLastSamurai'' meets ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', with some touches of ''Film/Hero2002'' and ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' for flavor, and a garnish of ''Film/{{Elektra}}''.
15* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' is ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Film/The300Spartans'' meets ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' meets ''ComicBook/SinCity''.
16** ''Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire'' is ''Film/ThreeHundred'' meets ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
17* ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'':
18** ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' meets ''Film/GardenState''.
19** Creator/NeilPatrickHarris called it ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' minus Barney.
20** ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'' meets ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''.
21** ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' meets ''Anime/OceanWaves''.
22* The cancelled Creator/BradBird film ''1906'' was described as ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' meets a city (San Francisco) and an earthquake (not literally, although [[Film/TwoThousandTwelve that'd be pretty cool too]]).
23** ''Titanic'' meets ''Film/{{Earthquake}}'' or even ''Film/SanAndreas''.
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27* ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' is ''[[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Pinocchio]]'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner'', otherwise it's just simply ''Pinocchio'', but in TheFuture.
28** Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/StanleyKubrick pitched the film as "''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/FieldOfDreams''".
29* The plot to ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' is ''Film/Se7en'' meets ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', only several decades before any of them. Its mood, however, involves [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs eating several bowls of sugar laced with acid]].
30* ''Film/AbraxasGuardianOfTheUniverse'': ''Film/TheTerminator'' meets ''[[ComicBook/NewGods Jack Kirby's Fourth World]]''.
31* ''Film/Absurd1981'' is ''Film/TheAnthropophagusBeast'' meets ''Film/Halloween1978''
32* ''Film/Abigail2024'' is ''Film/ReadyOrNot'' meets ''Film/DraculasDaughter''.
33* ''Film/{{Accepted}}'' is ''Film/CampNowhere'' meets ''Film/AnimalHouse''
34* ''Film/TheAccountant2016'': ''Film/JasonBourne'' meets ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' meets ''Film/RainMan''.
35* ''Film/AceVentura'': ''Literature/DoctorDolittle'' meets ''Film/TheNakedGun'' meets Creator/JimCarrey.
36** ''Film/AceVenturaWhenNatureCalls'': The first film meets ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux''.
37* ''Film/TheAdamProject'' is ''Film/{{Looper}}'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' meets ''Film/FlightOfTheNavigator''.
38* ''Adam Resurrected'' is ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' meets a deconstruction of ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful''.
39* ''Adventure in Kigan Castle'' is ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' meets ''Samurai Pirate''.
40* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'': ''Literature/DocSavage'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets Creator/ThomasPynchon.
41* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl'' is ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' meets ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants''.
42* ''Film/AfterLastSeason'': ''Film/TheRoom2003'' meets ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan''.
43* ''Film/{{Airheads}}'' is ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'' meets ''Film/WaynesWorld'' meets ''Film/DieHard''.
44* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' was the ''Film/{{Airport}}'' movies as if Creator/TexAvery had directed them.
45** Functionally ''Airplane!'' is ''Film/TheBigBus'' (an earlier DisasterMovie parody) meets the ''A Fistful of Yen'' segment of ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'' (the ZAZ team's first display of their SignatureStyle of rapid-fire genre parody).
46* ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' is ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'' meets ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' meets ''Film/{{Hook}}''.
47* ''Film/Alien2OnEarth'' is essentially ''Film/TheDescent'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982''. Notice how none of those [[InNameOnly were]] ''Film/{{Alien}}''.
48* ''{{Franchise/Alien}}'', ''{{Franchise/Predator}}'', and ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' movies:
49** ''Film/AlienResurrection'' is ''{{Film/Alien}}'' meets ''{{Series/Firefly}}''.
50** ''Film/AlienCovenant'' is ''{{Film/Alien}}'' and ''{{Film/Prometheus}}'' meet ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau''.
51** ''Film/{{Predator}}'' is ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' meets ''Film/{{Alien}}''.
52** ''Film/Predator2'' is ''Film/{{Predator}}'' meets ''Film/LethalWeapon''.
53** ''Film/{{Predators}}'' is ''Film/Predator2'' meets ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.
54** ''Film/ThePredator'' is ''Film/{{Predators}}'' meets ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines''.
55** ''Film/{{Prey|2022}}'' is ''Film/{{Predator}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' meets ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation''.
56* ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' is ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}''.
57* Obscure horror film ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085156/ American Nightmare]]'' is ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079271/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Hardcore]]'' meets ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' (or any Giallo slasher film).
58* ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' is ''Film/WallStreet'' meets ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
59* The InNameOnly ''Literature/AnarchistCookbook'' [[TheMovie film]] is ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'' meets ''Film/TheDoomGeneration''.
60* ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'' is ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' meets ''Film/LaLaLand''.
61* ''Film/Annihilation2018'' is ''Film/Stalker1979'' meets ''Film/{{Thor}}'' meets ''Film/EventHorizon'' meets a GenderFlipped ''Film/{{Predator}}'' meets ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982'' meets Music/{{Bjork}}
62* In his ''WebVideo/CinemassacreVideo'' for ''Literature/AnonymousRex'', ''Creator/JamesRolfe'' called it a mashup of ''Film/MenInBlack'' and ''Film/JurassicPark''.
63* ''Film/AnvilTheStoryOfAnvil'' is ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' meets RealLife. Seriously, it's spooky.
64* Creator/JohnCarpenter's "[[ThematicSeries Apocalypse Trilogy]]":
65** ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Film/{{Invasion of the Body Snatchers|1978}}'' meets ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'' as directed by Creator/DavidCronenberg.
66** ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness'' is ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' meets ''Film/{{The Omen|1976}}'' meets ''Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu''.
67** ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' is ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness'' meets ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'' meets ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}''.
68* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' is ''Film/AguirreTheWrathOfGod'' meets ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' meets ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.
69* ''Film/TheApple'' is the ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'' meets ''Film/Xanadu1980''.
70* ''Film/{{Argylle}}'':
71** ''Film/LeMagnifique'' meets ''Film/{{Kingsman}}'' and ''Film/TheBourneSeries'', with a dash of ''[[Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' and ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''.
72** Alternatively, ''Film/TheLongKissGoodbye'' meets ''Film/RomancingTheStone'' with a dash of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
73* ''Film/{{Arrival}}'' is ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' meets ''Film/{{Contact}}''.
74* Creator/DougWalker summed up the ''Film/ArtemisFowl'' movie as ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' characters in ''Film/HomeAlone''.
75* ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'' is ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' meets ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' meets ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' meets ''Film/{{Peninsula}}''.
76* ''Film/TheArtist'' is ''Film/SingingInTheRain'' meets ''Film/ModernTimes''.
77* ''Film/AssaultOnPrecinct131976'' is ''Film/RioBravo'' (updated to the NewOldWest) meets ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' in terms of TheSiege by a [[EqualOpportunityEvil Multi-ethnic ]], cult-like gang instead of zombies.
78* ''Film/AtomicBlonde'' is Creator/JohnLeCarre meets ''Franchise/JohnWick'' (filtered through Music/NewOrder).
79** Alternatively same as the above with ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE'' instead of Le Carre.
80* ''Film/AustinPowers'':
81** ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'' is the Creator/SeanConnery-era Franchise/JamesBond films (particularly ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'') meets ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'' meets ''Film/{{Sleeper}}'', filtered through ''Film/WaynesWorld''.
82* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' meets ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Katmandu}}'' meets ''Literature/WatershipDown'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' meets ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' meets ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.
83** Alternately, it's ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''.
84** WebVideo/{{Benzaie}} calls it ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' + ''[[WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest Ferngully]]'' + ''Film/TheMatrix'' in his 5-Second Film.
85** Or ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' meets ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' meets ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' with a bit of ''Film/EventHorizon'' thrown in.
86** Or even ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 40K]]'' as one person puts it.
87** Or ''ComicBook/{{Katmandu}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' meets ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' meets ''Anime/GhostInTheShell''.
88** ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' is ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' meets ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' meets ''Film/Dune2021'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' meets ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' meets ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'', with a big side dash of ''Film/FreeWilly'' thrown in for good measure.
89* ''Film/AvengersGrimm'' is ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' meets ''Series/OnceUponATime'' if both were directed by Creator/UweBoll.
90* ''Film/AwaitFurtherInstructions'' is ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' meets ''ComicBook/WhenTheWindBlows'' meets ''[[Literature/TheShining The]] [[Film/TheShining Shining]]'' meets ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace''.
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94* ''Film/BabePigInTheCity'' is ''Film/{{Babe}}'' meets ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' if it was directed by Creator/TheCoenBrothers.
95* ''Film/BabyDriver'' is ''Film/Drive2011'' meets ''Film/HotFuzz'' meets ''Film/{{Heat}}'' meets ''Film/VanishingPoint'' meets ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' meets ''Film/PointBreak1991'' meets ''Film/ReservoirDogs''.
96* ''Film/BabysDayOut'' is ''Film/HomeAlone1'' meets ''Film/TheThreeStooges''.
97* ''Film/Babylon2022'' is ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' meets ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''.
98* ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'':
99** [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 Part I]] is ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'', Creator/JohnHughes, and Creator/FrankCapra.
100** [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII Part II]] is the first film meets ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' meets [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever "The City on the Edge of Forever"]] meets the Potterville scenes from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
101** [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII Part III]] is Part I meets ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' meets ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''.
102* ''Film/BadMoon'' and the book it's based upon (''Thor'') are ''The Adventures Of Rintintin'' meets ''Film/TheHowling''.
103* ''Film/BallisticEcksVsSever'' was described by ''Entertainment Weekly'' as ''Film/BadBoys1995'' meets ''Film/TheProfessional''.
104* ''Film/{{Bamboozled}}'': Richard Corliss described it as ''{{Film/Network}}'' meets ''Film/{{Bulworth}}''.
105** Or ''Film/TheProducers'' meets ''Film/HollywoodShuffle''
106* ''Film/Barbie2023'' is ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' meets ''Film/LifeSize'', by way of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1''.
107* ''Film/BarbWire'' is ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' in a [[GenderFlip Gender Flipped]] ''Film/MadMax'' costume.
108** Or ''Film/JudgeDredd'' meets ''Film/{{Showgirls}}''.
109* ''Film/BasicInstinct'' is the love child of Creator/RussMeyer and Creator/AlfredHitchcock.
110* ''Film/TheBatman2022'' is ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}'' meets ''ComicBook/SinCity''.
111** Or ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'' meets ''Film/{{Se7en}}''.
112** Or ''Film/BatmanReturns'' meets ''WesternAnimation/ToddMcFarlanesSpawn'' meets Film/TaxiDriver.
113** Or ComicBook/TheLongHalloween meets Film/{{Chinatown}} meets Film/{{Prisoners}}.
114** Or ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'' meets Film/TheSilenceoftheLambs.
115** Or ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' meets ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'' and a bit of ''Film/Joker2019''.
116* ''Film/BatmanFilmSeries'':
117** ''Film/Batman1989'' is ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' meets ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' meets ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''.
118** ''Film/BatmanReturns'' is ''Film/Batman1989'' meets ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''.
119** ''Film/BatmanForever'' is ''Film/Batman1989'' meets ''Series/Batman1966''.
120** ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' is ''Film/BatmanForever'' meets the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE14HeartOfIce Heart of Ice]]" meets UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
121* ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' is ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''.
122* ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' is the ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' meets ''Film/IndependenceDay'' (by way of ''Film/{{Pixels}}'') meets ''Film/TopGun'' meets ''Film/PearlHarbor'' meets ''Film/MasterAndCommanderTheFarSideOfTheWorld''.
123** The ''Transformers Film Series'', but merely JustForFun/{{recycled|InSpace}} in the Pacific Ocean.
124* ''Film/{{Battletruck}}'' is ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' meets ''Film/{{Duel}}''.
125* ''Film/BeauIsAfraid'' is ''Film/ASeriousMan'' meets ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' and ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}''.
126* ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' is ''Film/{{Cinderella|2015}}'' meets [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the original animated classic]].
127* ''Film/Bedazzled1967'' is ''Myth/{{Faust}}'' meets ''Film/WhatsNewPussycat''.
128* ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'' is ''Film/MaryPoppins'' meets ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''.
129* ''Film/TheBeekeeper'' is ''[[https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Pleasant_Green Pleasant Green]]'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}''.
130* ''Film/BehindTheMaskTheRiseOfLeslieVernon'' is ''Film/ManBitesDog'' meets ''Film/Scream1996''.
131* ''Film/{{Belfast}}'' is ''Film/{{Roma}}'' meets ''Film/JojoRabbit'' meets ''Film/ForrestGump''.
132* ''Film/TheBelkoExperiment'' was outright described on its poster as being "''Film/OfficeSpace'' meets ''Film/BattleRoyale''".
133* ''Film/Beowulf1999'' is ''[[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior The Road Warrior]]'' meets ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' meets ''Franchise/TheWitcher''.
134* ''Film/BetterWatchOut'' is ''Film/HomeAlone'' meets ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'', by way of [[spoiler: ''Film/TheGoodSon'', ''Film/AmericanPsycho'', ''Film/InTheCompanyOfMen'', and ''Literature/{{Misery}}'']].
135* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'': Creator/MartinBrest describes the film on the DVD commentary as "this weird hybrid between ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' and ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''".
136* ''Film/BigFish'':
137** ''Film/ForrestGump'' as written by Creator/RoaldDahl.
138** Or ''Film/ForrestGump'' meets ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''.
139** "Creator/FedericoFellini directing ''Film/ForrestGump''" was a common description by film critics when it came out.
140* ''Film/BigManJapan'' is the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' meets ''Film/{{Fantozzi}}''.
141* ''Film/BigMommasHouse'' was described by [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] as ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'' meets ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1996}}''.
142* ''Franchise/BillAndTed'':
143** ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'': Creator/StephenFry once called it "''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''".
144** ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'' is ''Bill & Ted'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator'', ''Film/TheSeventhSeal'', and ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath''.
145*** ''Film/BillAndTedFaceTheMusic'' is ''Bill & Ted'' meets ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo'', and ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005''.
146* ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance'' is ''Film/EightAndAHalf'' but with an arguably happier ending.
147* ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'' is ''Film/TheBirds'' meets ''Film/TheRoom2003''.
148* ''Film/{{Bite}}'' is ''Film/TheFly1986'' meets ''Film/{{Repulsion}}'' by way of ''Film/{{Contracted}}''.
149* ''Film/{{Blackhat}}'' is ''Film/MiamiVice'' meets ''Anime/GhostInTheShell''.
150* ''Film/BlackChristmas2019'': Creator/BradJones described it as ''Film/GodsNotDead'' for the left as written by [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]], while also ripping off ''Film/SatansSchoolForGirls''. Creator/DougWalker described it as ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'' with ''Film/SpiderMan3'' thrown in.
151* ''Film/BlackSwan'':
152** ''Anime/PerfectBlue'' meets ''Theatre/SwanLake'' and/or ''Anime/PrincessTutu''.
153** ''Film/Suspiria1977'' meets ''Film/TheMachinist''.
154* ''Film/TheBlob1988'' is ''Film/TheBlob1958'' if written by ''Creator/StephenKing'' and the gore effects were made by ''Creator/TomSavini''.
155* ''Film/BloodRedSky'' is ''Film/DieHard'' meets ''Film/NonStop'', ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'', ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', ''Film/ThirtyDaysOfNight'', and ''Film/TrainToBusan''.
156* ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'' (the 2009 film, at least) is ''Film/{{Blade}}'' meets ''Film/KillBill''.
157* ''Film/{{Bloodthirsty}}'' is ''Film/BlackSwan'' meets ''Film/TheWolfman2010''.
158* ''Film/BobRoberts'' is ''Film/TheCandidate'' meets ''Film/AFaceInTheCrowd'', as filtered through ''Film/DontLookBack'' and ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''.
159* ''Film/BodyDouble'' is ''Film/RearWindow'' meets ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' meets ''Film/BlowOut'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice''.
160* ''Film/BoneTomahawk'' is ''Film/TheBurrowers'' meets ''Literature/BloodMeridian''.
161* ''Film/BoogieNights'' is like the lovechild of Creator/RobertAltman, Creator/StanleyKubrick and Creator/MartinScorsese.
162** Or ''Film/GoodFellas'' if it were about porn.
163* ''Film/TheBookOfEli'', as described in its article, is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''.
164* ''Film/TheBookOfHenry'': is ''Film/PayItForward'' meets ''Film/ISpitOnYourGrave''.
165* ''Film/BottleRocket'' was described as ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' meets ''Film/{{Breathless}}''.
166* ''Film/TheBoy'' is ''Film/{{Annabelle}}'' meets [[spoiler:''Film/BadRonald'']].
167* ''Film/TheBraveOne'':
168** ''Film/TaxiDriver'' meets ''Film/DeathWish'', with [[GenderFlip a woman in the lead]].
169** Alternatively it's ''Film/TaxiDriver'' meets ''Film/Ms45''.
170* ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' is Creator/MontyPython meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' meets ''Literature/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty''.
171* ''Film/BreakerBreaker'' is ''Billy Jack'' meets ''White Line Fever'', set in a PlayedForDrama [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Hazzard County]].
172* ''Film/{{Brick}}'' is ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'' {{cosplay}}ing as ''Film/TheBlackDahlia'' and talking like ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon''.
173** If ''Film/LAConfidential'' went all ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' sans BreakingTheFourthWall.
174** "HardboiledDetective FilmNoir [[HighSchoolAU High School]]."
175* ''Film/{{Brightburn}}'' is ''Film/ManOfSteel'' meets ''Film/TheOmen1976''.
176** Or ''Film/{{Orphan}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''
177* Creator/DavidCronenberg has described ''Film/TheBrood'' as his version of ''Film/KramerVsKramer''.
178* ''Film/BugsyMalone'' is ''Film/JohnnyDangerously'' starring Film/TheLittleRascals.
179* ''Film/BulletTrain'' is ''Film/PulpFiction'' meets ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' meets ''Franchise/JohnWick'' meets ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''.
180* ''Film/{{Burlesque}}'' was described by WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows as "''Film/{{Cabaret}}'' without the tragedy, ''Film/MoulinRouge'' without the prostitution, ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' without the murder and ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' without the batshit insane - or the coherent screenplay".
181** Creator/MarkKermode described it as "''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' for twelve-year olds".
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185* ''Film/TheCableGuy'' is ''Film/FatalAttraction'' meets ''Film/AceVentura'' meets ''Film/{{Network}}''.
186** Creator/JimCarrey described the finished product as "Hitchcock meets Creator/JerryLewis", and "''Film/RosemarysBaby'' meets ''Film/{{The Odd Couple|1968}}''".
187* ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' is ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' meets ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' and the ''Website/SCPFoundation''.
188** The climax of this film also mixes in {{exp|y}}ies of [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover just about (almost) every single]] [[MonsterMash classic horror movie monsters and villains]] you can think of.
189* ''The Caller'' is ''The Lakehouse'' meets ''Stir of Echos'' meets ''Film/{{Frequency}}'', with a little dusting of ''Film/TheButterflyEffect''.
190* ''Cannibal'' is ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' meets ''Guinea Pig: Flowers of Flesh and Blood''.
191* ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' is ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'' meets ''Literature/The120DaysOfSodom''.
192* ''Film/TheCannonballRun'' is ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' meets ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'' meets ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''.
193* ''Film/CaptainClegg'' is ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' meets ''Film/{{Heat}}'' meets ''Literature/LesMiserables''.
194* ''Film/TheCar'':
195** ''Film/{{Duel}}'' meets ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', minus the [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]].
196** ''Film/{{Duel}}'' meets ''Literature/{{Christine}}''.
197* Herk Harvey said he was going for Creator/IngmarBergman meets Creator/JeanCocteau in ''Film/CarnivalOfSouls''. There's an obvious ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' influence in there as well.
198* ''Film/{{Casino}}'' is ''Film/GoodFellas'' meets ''Film/TheCasino''.
199* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'' is Franchise/JamesBond meets WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes meets ABoyAndHisX.
200* ''Film/Catwoman2004'' is ''Film/BatmanReturns'' meets ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' (minus Batman) and the ''Film/AeonFlux'' movie.
201* ''Film/TheCell'':
202** ''Film/{{Dreamscape}}'' meets a Marilyn Manson/Nine Inch Nails music video.
203** ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs''.
204** Also, ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles''. More specifically, the protagonist uses an Inception-like device to enter the dreams of a serial killer, whose psychotic nature matches that of Pinkie Pie as seen in ''Cupcakes''.
205** It is also ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Film/{{Se7en}}''.
206* ''Film/TheChainReaction'' is ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/TheChinaSyndrome''. It was even described as such in advertisements!
207* ''Film/Challengers2024'' is ''Film/BattleOfTheSexes'' meets ''Film/CreedIII''.
208* ''Film/{{Chappie}}'' is ''Film/RoboCop1987'' meets ''Film/District9'' (with touches of ''Film/IronMan1'' and ''Film/ShortCircuit'').
209* This comic convention exchange from ''Film/ChasingAmy'' between a Bluntman and Chronic fan and their exasperated creator:
210-->'''Fanboy:''' I love [Bluntman and Chronic]! They're like... uh... Franchise/BillAndTed meet... meet Creator/CheechAndChong!\
211'''Holden:''' ''[condescendingly]'' Yeah, I kinda like to think of them as [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Rosencrantz and Guildenstern]] [[Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead meet]] [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Vladamir and Estragon]].\
212'''Fanboy:''' Yeah! Wait... huh?
213* ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' is ''Film/{{Cabaret}}'' meets ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.
214* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' meets ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy''.
215** Alternatively, it's ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' meets ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
216** Or ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale'' meets ''Film/TheMuppets2011'' and ''Film/GForce'', by way of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' and with a dose of ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot''.
217* ''Film/{{Chloe}}'' is either ''Nathalie'' meets ''Film/CrimesAndMisdemeanors'' or ''Nathalie'' meets ''Film/FatalAttraction'', depending on your point of view.
218* ''Film/{{Christine}}'' is ''Film/TheLoveBug'' meets ''Film/FatalAttraction''
219* ''Film/Christine2016'' is ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' meets Creator/LarsVonTrier.
220* ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' is ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' meets ''Film/{{Hook}}''.
221* ''Film/{{The Circle|2017}}'' is ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' meets ''Film/TheFirm''.
222* ''Film/CivilWar2024'' is ''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'' meets ''Film/{{Salvador}}''.
223* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981'' is the myth of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Perseus and Andromeda]] meets ''Film/StarWarsANewHope''.
224** ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010'' is [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981 the original 1981 film]] meets Creator/JamesCameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' meets ''Film/ThreeHundred'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
225* ''Film/ClassOf1999'' was pitched as ''Film/BlackboardJungle'' meets ''Film/{{Westworld}}'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.
226* ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' was described by Dave Kehr of ''The New York Daily News'' as Creator/HowardStern meets Creator/DavidMamet.
227* ''Film/{{Click}}'' is ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' meets ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' only the Christmas in both is replaced with Creator/AdamSandler.
228* ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' is ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' (or ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', if you know your film history) meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''.
229* ''Film/{{Clue}}'' is ''Film/MurderByDeath'' meets ''Literature/ChooseYourOwnAdventure''.
230* ''Film/CoachCarter'' is ''Film/LeanOnMe'' meets ''Above The Rim''.
231* ''Film/ColdPursuit'' is ''Film/{{Fargo}}'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}''.
232* ''Film/ColdWar'' is ''Film/LaLaLand'' as an Creator/IngmarBergman film. Or alternatively, Ingmar Bergman meets ''Film/AStarIsBorn1937''.
233* ''Film/{{Colossal}}'' is ''Film/PacificRim'' meets ''Film/RealSteel'' meets ''Anime/{{Heroman}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' meets ''Film/DrillbitTaylor'' (if the bodyguard against TheBully is a {{Kaiju}}).
234* ''Film/{{Commando}}'' is ''Film/{{Taken}}'' meets ''Film/ShootEmUp'' but pre-dating both.
235* ''Film/ComeAndSee'' is ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' meets ''Film/{{Threads}}''.
236* ''The Concorde... Airport '79'' is ''Film/{{Airport}}'' meets ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' meets ''Series/FantasyIsland'' meets ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
237* ''Film/TheCondemned2007'' is ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame'' meets ''Film/BattleRoyale'' meets ''Film/ConAir'' meets ''Film/TheTrumanShow''.
238* ''Connie and Carla'' is ''Film/VictorVictoria'' meets ''Film/SomeLikeItHot''.
239* ''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids'' is ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' meets ''Film/TheRoom2003''.
240* ''Film/CoolWorld'' is ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' meets ''Film/DarkCity''.
241** ''Roger Rabbit'' meets ''Film/{{Showgirls}}''.
242* ''Film/CopLand'' was described in the book ''Down and Dirty Pictures'' as ''Film/{{Serpico}}'' or ''Film/ThePrinceOfTides'' meets ''Film/{{Fargo}}''.
243* ''Film/TheCore'' is ''Film/Armageddon1998'' on a ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth''.
244* ''Film/{{Cosmopolis}}'' is Creator/DavidCronenberg's own ''Literature/{{Crash}}'' meets ''Film/WallStreet'' -- meets ''Film/LastYearAtMarienbad''.
245* ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' is described [[WordOfGod by its screenwriters]] as "''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' with aliens landing." This makes some sense because both films feature an ex-outlaw running up against a harsh order-obsessed sheriff. In other words: ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' meets ''Film/{{Skyline}}''.
246* ''Film/TheCraft'' is if ''Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick'' magically rejuvenated themselves into ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.
247* ''Film/{{Crank}}'' is ''Film/{{Speed}}'' meets ''Film/{{DOA}}''.
248* ''Film/{{The Creator|2023}}'' is ''Film/RogueOne'' meets ''Film/IRobot'' meets ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' meets ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' meets ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' meets ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' meets ''Film/Dune2021'' meets ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/District9'' meets ''Film/{{Chappie}}'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator'' meets ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' meets ''Film/{{Baraka}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' meets ''Film/RainMan'' meets ''Film/PaperMoon''.
249* ''Film/CreedII'' is ''Film/{{Creed|2015}}'' meets ''Film/RockyIV''.
250* ''Film/CrimsonPeak'' is ''Film/TheDevilsBackbone'' meets ''Literature/JaneEyre''.
251* ''Film/{{Cruella}}'' is ''Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996'' meets ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' meets ''Film/Joker2019''.
252** ''Joker (2019)'' meets ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada''.
253* ''Film/TheCrush'' is ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'' meets ''Film/FatalAttraction''.
254* ''Film/CurlySue'': Creator/RogerEbert said that the film "could have been written by Creator/DamonRunyon, illustrated by Creator/NormanRockwell and filmed by Creator/FrankCapra".
255* ''Film/CutAndRun'' is ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' meets ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''.
256* ''Film/CyberSeductionHisSecretLife'' is ''Film/ReeferMadness'' meets ''Film/AmericanPie.''
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259[[folder:D]]
260* ''Film/DaddyDayCamp'' is ''Film/DaddyDayCare'' meets ''Film/{{Meatballs}}''.
261* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
262** ''Film/BatmanBegins'': ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' meets ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner''.
263** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': ''Film/Batman1989'' meets ''{{Film/Heat}}'' meets ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' meets ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween''.
264** ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' is ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' meets ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' meets ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' meets ''Literature/TheScarletPimpernel'' meets Film/LawrenceofArabia.
265* ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' is ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' meets ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019''.
266* ''Film/TheDarkTower'': According to a Platform/{{Facebook}} post from [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Rob Walker]], Creator/BradJones described the film as ''Film/LastActionHero'' meets ''Film/InTheNameOfTheKing''.
267* ''Film/DaysOfThunder'' is ''Film/TopGun'' meets Nascar.
268* ''Film/Da5Bloods'' is ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' meets ''Film/BlacKkKlansman'' meets ''Film/BloodDiamond'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Nier}} NieR]]'' meets ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' meets ''Film/DoTheRightThing'' meets ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' meets ''Film/{{Glory}}''.
269* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':
270** ''Film/ManOfSteel'':
271*** ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' meets ''Film/SupermanII'' (both sans Lex Luthor) meets ''Film/BatmanBegins''.
272*** Alternatively, it's ''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist'' with Franchise/{{Superman}}.
273** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' is ''Film/ManOfSteel'' meets ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' meets ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' meets ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' meets ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', with some of the tone of ''Film/BatmanReturns''.
274** ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'':
275*** John Ostrander's ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' run meets ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham''.
276*** ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' meets Franchise/DCComics.
277*** ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
278** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}''
279*** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' meets ''Film/{{Thor}}'' meets ''Film/ThreeHundred'' meets ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''.
280*** Or ''Film/BatmanBegins'' meets ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
281** ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}''
282*** ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''.
283*** ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' meets ''Film/{{Thor}}'' meets ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis''.
284** ''Film/Shazam2019'' is ''Film/{{Big}}'' meets ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''.
285*** Or ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' meets ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''.
286** ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' is ''Film/Deadpool2'' meets ''Film/JohnWick'' meets ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' meets ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' meets ''Film/Joker2019'' meets ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''.
287*** Or, as one film critic called it, "DC's ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' with a dash of [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino]]."
288** ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' is ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' meets ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' meets ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' meets ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' meets ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
289** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' is ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' meets ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' meets ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'' meets ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' meets ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' meets ''Film/{{Logan}}'' meets ''Film/Joker2019''.
290** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' is ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' meets ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' meets ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
291*** Or ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' meets ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' [[WordOfGod as described]] by one of the producers.
292** ''Film/{{Black Adam|2022}}'' is ''Film/{{Shazam|2019}}'' meets ''Film/JungleCruise'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
293*** Or, in terms of DCEU movies, ''Film/{{Shazam|2019}}'' meets ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' meets ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''.
294** ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' is ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' meets ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
295** ''Film/{{Blue Beetle|2023}}'' is ''Film/{{Shazam|2019}}'' meets ''Film/{{Shin Kamen Rider|2023}}'' meets ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' meets ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' meets ''Series/CobraKai'' meets ''Series/{{Moon Knight|2022}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' meets ''Film/SpyKids''.
296** ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom'' is ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' meets ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', ''VideoGame/BioShock'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]'' and ''Literature/TheTwiceDeadKing''.
297* ''De Griezelbus'' is ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote'' with a bit of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''.
298* ''Film/DeadEndDriveIn'': ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' in the ''Film/MadMax'' universe.
299* ''Film/TheDeadPit'': ''Bad Dreams'' meets ''Film/ReAnimator''.
300* ''Film/Deadpool2016'' is the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' meets WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, Creator/LewisBlack, and ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''.
301* ''Film/{{Deathgasm}}'' is ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'' and/or ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' meets ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''.
302* ''Film/DeathNote2017'' is ''Film/FinalDestination'' meets ''{{Film/Twilight}}'', with a [[AdaptationDecay slight resemblance]] to the original ''Manga/DeathNote''.
303* ''Film/DeepBlueSea'' was commonly described in reviews as ''Film/JurassicPark'' meets ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.
304* ''Film/DeepImpact'' could be described as ''Film/Armageddon1998'' failing an astronomy test ''again'' and then having a romantic encounter with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' whilst Mimi Leder films the whole thing.
305* ''Film/DeepRising'' is ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' meets ''Film/{{Alien}}''.
306* ''Film/DemolitionMan'' is ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' meets ''Literature/BraveNewWorld''.
307* ''Film/DenOfThieves'' is ''Film/{{Heat}}'' with the twist from ''Film/TheUsualSuspects''.
308* ''Film/{{Descendants}}'' (A Creator/DisneyChannel Original TV Movie) is the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' meets ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' [[spoiler:except the kids know their parents are villains]].
309** Or the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''.
310** The sequel movie though, is what many fans would see as ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical 2'' minus any appearance of Ariel, Prince Eric and/or their daughter Melody, due to similar themes in the two movies.
311* ''Film/DiaryOfAMadBlackWoman'': WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob described it as if ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' got drunk and went to bed with ''Film/BigMommasHouse''.
312* ''Film/{{Dick}}'' is ''Film/{{Nixon}}'' meets ''Film/DazedAndConfused'' plus ''Film/TheWorldOfHenryOrient'', as well as borrowing the BeenThereShapedHistory motifs of ''Film/ForrestGump''.
313* ''Film/TheDictator'' is ''Film/ComingToAmerica'' meets ''Film/AliGIndahouse''.
314* ''Film/DieHard'' was once described as ''Film/TheToweringInferno'' meets ''Film/LethalWeapon1987''.
315* ''Film/TheDisasterArtist'' is ''Film/TheRoom2003'' meets ''Film/EdWood''. Confirming that Creator/TommyWiseau is the successor to [[Creator/EdWood the latter's namesake]].
316** The film was described by Creator/JamesFranco as "a combination of ''Film/BoogieNights'' and ''Film/TheMaster''".
317* ''Film/District9'':
318** ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' meets ''Film/BadTaste'' plus Creator/DavidCronenberg's ''Film/TheFly1986''.
319** ''Film/District13'' (minus LeParkour) meets ''Film/MenInBlack'', ''Film/TheFly1986'', and UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra.
320* ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' is ''{{Film/Django}}'' meets ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', meets ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS2E12TheStoryOfCatcherFreeman The Story of Catcher Freeman]]".
321* ''Film/DogSoldiers'': is ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' meets ''Film/TheHowling'' meets ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' meets ''Film/TheHowling'' meets ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' meets ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' meets ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''Film/{{Predator}}'' meets ''Film/RioBravo''.
322* ''Film/{{Dolittle}}'' is ''Literature/DoctorDolittle'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets ''FILM/SherlockHolmes2009''.
323* ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'':
324** ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' is ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'' meets ''Film/GunfightAtRedSands''.
325** ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'' is ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' meets ''Film/TheNewCenturions'' by way of ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
326** ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' is ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' meets ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' by way of ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.
327* ''Film/DontBreathe'' is ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' meets ''Film/HomeAlone'' meets ''Franchise/FridayThe13th''.
328* ''Film/DontLookUp'' is ''Film/DeepImpact'' colliding with ''Film/DrStrangelove''.
329** Or ''Film/{{Melancholia}}'' meets ''Series/BlackMirror'' and ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}''.
330* ''Film/DontTellMomTheBabysittersDead'' was described by one reviewer as "''Film/HomeAlone'' meets ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' and then visits ''Film/WorkingGirl''".
331* ''Film/DontWorryDarling'' is ''Film/TheStepfordWives'' [[spoiler: plugged into ''Franchise/TheMatrix''.]]
332* ''Film/{{Doom}}'' is ''VideoGame/Doom3'' meets ''Film/EventHorizon'' and ''Film/{{Predator}}''.
333* ''Film/{{Doomsday}}'' is ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.
334* ''Film/DoraAndTheLostCityOfGold'' is '' WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' meets ''Film/TheGoonies'' meets ''Series/StrangerThings'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Franchise/TombRaider'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'', with touches of ''Film/PrinceCaspian'' and ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.
335* ''Film/DrStrangelove'' is 1963's ''Film/FailSafe'' meets ''No Time For Sergeants''.
336* ''Film/DraculaUntold'' is ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' meets ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow''.
337* ''Film/DragMeToHell'':
338** ''Film/NightOfTheDemon'' meets ''Film/TheGrudge''.
339** ''Literature/{{Thinner}}'' meets ''Film/TheGrudge''.
340* ''Film/DragonballEvolution''
341** ''Franchise/DragonBall'' meets ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
342** ''Franchise/DragonBall'' meets the first Creator/SamRaimi ''Film/SpiderMan1'' movie.
343* ''Film/DragonFighter'' is ''Film/ReignOfFire'' meets ''Film/JurassicPark'' meets ''Film/{{Alien}}''.
344* ''Film/Drive2011'' is ''Film/TheDriver'' meets ''Film/{{Thief}}'' meets ''Film/PointBlank'' meets ''Film/TwoLaneBlacktop'' meets ''Film/TaxiDriver''.
345* ''Film/DriveAngry'' was written as ''Film/TheTerminator'' by way of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.
346* ''Film/{{Drumline}}'' is essentially ''Film/TopGun'' only with college marching bands instead of [[AcePilot U.S. Navy pilots]].
347* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duma_(2005_film) Duma]]'' is ''Born Free'' meets ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney''.
348* ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' meets ''Film/TheThreeStooges''.
349* ''Film/Dumbo2019'', as suggested by Creator/BradJones in his ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'' review, is the [[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} original animated feature]] meets ''Film/SantaClausTheMovie'' via Creator/TimBurton's SignatureStyle.
350* ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' films:
351** ''Film/Dune1984'' is [[Literature/{{Dune}} The original novel]] meets ''Film/ANewHope'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' meets ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'', with a bit of [[Film/JodorowskysDune Jodorowsky's vision for the series]].
352** ''Film/Dune2021'' is ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' meets ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
353*** Or ''Franchise/StarWars'' if it were directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan and written by Creator/MichaelMoorcock.
354*** Or ''Film/ANewHope'' meets ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
355** ''Film/DunePartTwo'' is ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' meet ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' and ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' meets ''Film/TheGodfather''.
356* ''Film/TheDybbuk'' has been described as "''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' meets ''Film/TheExorcist.''"
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360* ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'' is ''Film/ValleyGirl'' meets ''Film/{{Starman}}'' by way of [=MTV=] and Creator/JerryLewis.
361* ''Film/EarthToEcho'' is ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' meets ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' (minus the latter's SuperPowerLottery and [[AGodAmI declarations of superiority]]).
362** A blurb uses "''WesternAnimation/WallE'' (Echo is a little robot with big eyes) meets ''E.T.''". ''Wall-E'' + ''E.T.'' + [[FoundFootageFilms Found Footage]]
363* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' has many such descriptions:
364** ''Film/{{Next|2007}}'' meets ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative''.
365** ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'' (possibly with a hint of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'').
366** ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'' (as early as immediately after the trailer was released).
367** ''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'' meets ''Film/PacificRim''.
368** ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
369** ''Literature/AllYouNeedIsKill'' (the original story) meets ''Film/PacificRim''.
370* ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' is ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' meets ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' meets ''Film/TheFly1986'' meets ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''.
371* ''Film/{{Elf}}'' is ''Film/TheSantaClause1'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' and ''Series/{{ALF}}''.
372* ''Film/ElTopo'' is the Film/DollarsTrilogy meets MindScrew.
373* ''Film/{{Elysium}}'':
374** ''Film/District9'' meets ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' and ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic''.
375** Or ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' meets ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''.
376* ''Film/EmbraceOfTheVampire1995'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI0Oohhx Described by]] [[Platform/YouTube WhatCulture]] as ''[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Nightmare on]] Film/{{Emmanuelle}} Street''
377* ''Film/TheEmperorOfParis'' is ''Literature/LesMiserables'' meets ''Film/{{The Untouchables|1987}}''.
378* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' is "Creator/{{Disney}} meets Reality".
379** ''Film/{{Disenchanted|2022}}'' is ''Series/{{Galavant}}'' meets ''Series/WandaVision'' meets ''Series/OnceUponATime''.
380* ''Film/EndersGame'' is ''Film/HarryPotter'' meets ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' IN SPACE!
381* ''Film/EnolaHolmes'' is [[Literature/EnolaHolmes the original book]] meets ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' meets ''Series/StrangerThings'' meets ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''.
382* ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' is ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' meets ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' meets ''Literature/{{Fahrenheit 451}}'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Film/HardBoiled'' meets GunFu, bringing in BottomlessMagazines and the style of the works of Creator/JohnWoo to the mixture.
383* ''Film/EvanAlmighty'' is ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' meets ''Film/TheSantaClause1''.
384* ''Film/EventHorizon'' is ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}''.
385** Or ''Film/TheBlackHole'' meets ''{{Film/Hellraiser}}''.
386** Or what happens when you put watered down versions of ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''Film/{{Alien}}'', ''Film/Solaris1972'', ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/TheShining'', and ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' in a blender. "Cheers"
387** Or ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
388** Or ''Film/TheBeyond'' meets ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace in space]].
389* ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'' is ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' meets ''Film/KungFuHustle''.
390* ''Franchise/EvilDead'':
391** ''Film/{{The Evil Dead|1981}}'' is ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}'' meets ''Film/MassacreAtCentralHigh'' meets ''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos The Cthulhu Mythos]]''.
392** ''Film/EvilDead2'' is ''Film/{{The Evil Dead|1981}}'' meets ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''Film/MaximumOverdrive''.
393** ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' is ''Film/EvilDead2'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
394** ''Film/EvilDead2013'' is ''Film/{{The Evil Dead|1981}}'' meets ''Film/WrongTurn'' meets ''Film/{{Hostel}}'' meets ''Film/{{Hatchet}}'' meets ''Manga/ApocalypseZero'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'' meets ''Film/TheDevilsRejects'' meets ''VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming''.
395* ''Film/EvilToons'' is ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' meets ''Franchise/EvilDead'' meets the SlasherFilm genre.
396* ''Film/TheExorcismOfEmilyRose'' is ''Film/TheExorcist'' meets ''Series/LawAndOrder''.
397* ''Film/TheExterminatingAngel'' is Creator/RodSerling and Creator/AlfredHitchcock collaborating on a Spanish-language version of ''Film/GroundhogDay''
398* ''Film/EyesOfAStranger'' is ''Film/RearWindow'' meets ''Film/Maniac1980''.
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402* ''Film/TheFabelmans'' is ''Film/{{Spielberg}}'' meets ''Film/EdWood'' meets ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' meets ''Series/YoungSheldon''.
403* ''Film/TheFaculty'' is ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' meets ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''.
404* ''Film/TheFall'' is ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' meets ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' meets ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' and also ''Film/CinemaParadiso''.
405* ''Film/{{Fallen}}'' is ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' meets ''Film/TheExorcist'' meets ''Film/{{Shocker}}''.
406* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's concept for ''Film/FamilyPlot'' was "Creator/ErnstLubitsch makes a {{Thriller}}."
407* ''Film/TheFanatic'' is ''Film/TheFan'' meets ''Film/RainMan''.
408** Mike of ''WebVideo/HalfInTheBag'' describes it as ''Film/ForrestGump'' meets ''Film/TaxiDriver''.
409* ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' is Franchise/HarryPotter meets Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
410* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious2001'' is ''Film/PointBreak1991'' meets ''Film/DaysOfThunder'' meets ''Film/DonnieBrasco''. Patrick Willems' friend described it as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MolWjT2eDuc "Axe bodyspray]] ''Film/OceansEleven''. The [=YouTube=] Pitch Meeting series describes it as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NLV6Y-Eg7M creatine]] ''Film/OceansEleven''.
411** Alternatively, it's ''Film/DaysOfThunder'' meets ''Film/PointBreak1991''.
412** Or ''Film/TheCannonballRun'' meets ''Film/PointBreak1991'' by way of ''Anime/SpeedRacer'', ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' and ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer''.
413** ''Film/TwoFastTwoFurious'' is ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' meets ''Film/TopGun'' meets ''Film/{{Bad Boys|1995}}''.
414** ''Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift'' is ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' meets ''Manga/InitialD'' meets ''Film/BetterLuckTomorrow''.
415** ''Film/FastAndFurious'' is ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted'' meets ''Series/LawAndOrder''.
416** ''Film/FastFive'' is ''Film/FastAndFurious'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedCarbon'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUndercover'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedHotPursuit'' (2010) meets ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' meets ''Film/TheItalianJob1969'' meets ''Film/TheFrenchConnection'' meets ''Film/TheTransporter'' (although Jason Statham didn't appear in any of the Fast & Furious movies including this one before and up until Fast & Furious 6) meets ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}''.
417** ''Film/FastAndFurious6'' is ''Film/FastFive'' meets ''Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift'' (as hinted in the movie's mid-credits scene) meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedTheRun'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted2012'' meets ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco'' meets ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' meets ''Film/SWAT2003'' meets ''Film/Transporter2'' and ''Film/Transporter3'' (the mid-credits scene has Jason Statham's debut in the movie and also has a homage to those movies and in courtesy of his appearance too) meets ''Film/JamesBond'' meets the ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'' meets ''Film/TheExpendables'' meets ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Crackdown}}''.
418** ''Film/Furious7'' is ''Film/FastAndFurious6'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedRivals'' meets ''VideoGame/TheCrew'' meets ''Film/{{Guardians of The Galaxy|2014}}'' meets ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' meets ''Film/{{Commando}}'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}'' meets ''Film/{{XXX}}'' meets the ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'' meets ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' meets ''Film/TheExpendables2'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' meets ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' meets ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami''.
419** ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'' is ''Film/Furious7'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed2015'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' meets ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' meets ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' meets ''Film/Taken2'' meets ''[[Film/XXXStateOfTheUnion XXX: State of the Union]]'' meets ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' meets ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' meets ''Film/TheExpendables3'' meets ''Film/TheItalianJob2003'' meets ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' meets ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber''.
420** ''Film/HobbsAndShaw'' is ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' meets ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'' meets ''Film/CentralIntelligence'', with a triple helping of Wrestling/TheRock.
421** ''Film/{{F9}}'' is ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedPayback'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedHeat'' meets ''VideoGame/TheCrew2'' meets ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' meets ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' meets ''Film/Taken3'' meets ''[[Film/XXXReturnOfXanderCage XXX: Return of Xander Cage]]'' meets ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' meets ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' meets ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' meets ''VideoGame/WatchDogs2'' meets ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' meets ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.
422** ''Film/FastX'' is ''Film/{{F9}}'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnbound'' meets ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' meets ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' meets ''Film/TheBatman2022'' meets the ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'' meets ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' meets ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' meets ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' meets ''VideoGame/WatchDogsLegion'' meets ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2022'' meets ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' meets ''Film/{{Logan}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
423* ''Film/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' is ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' meets ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}''.
424* A popular fan theory suggests ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' is, essentially, ''Film/FightClub'' only LighterAndSofter, YoungerAndHipper, and if it were made by Creator/JohnHughes.
425* ''Film/TheFifthElement'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Franchise/DieHard'' meets ''Film/TheProfessional'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Valerian}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal''.
426* ''Film/FightClub'' is ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' meets ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' meets ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' meets ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' meets the SpearCounterpart of ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.
427* ''Film/TheFighter'':
428** ''Film/CinderellaMan'' meets ''[[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerry Springer]]''.
429** ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' meets ''Film/TheBlindSide''.
430* ''Film/{{Filth}}'' is ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' meets ''Film/BadLieutenant''.
431* ''Film/{{Firefox}}'' is ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''.
432* ''Film/TheFinalCountdown'' is ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt'' as written by Creator/TomClancy.
433* ''Film/FinalDestination'' is ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote''.
434** ''Scream'' meets ''Film/TheOmen'' only it's the GrimReaper instead of the Anti-Christ.
435* ''Film/TheFinalGirls'', according to director Todd Strauss-Schulson
436--> "It's {{Film/Pleasantville}} in a trashy horror movie from the 80s with a little Franchise/BackToTheFuture thrown in, and a spoon full of Film/TermsOfEndearment with a dash of ''{{Film/Scream}}'' and two dollops of Film/ThePurpleRoseOfCairo for good measure."
437* ''Film/FleshAndBlood'': Creator/BradJones described it as ''Film/TheWildBunch'' meets ''Film/{{Excalibur}}''.
438* ''Film/TheFly1986'' is ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis'' meets ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' meets ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' meets ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' with a side dash of ''Film/{{Amour}}'' (the last suggested by the Next Reel podcast).
439* ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' is ''Film/DirtyDancing'' meets ''Theatre/InheritTheWind''.
440* ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom'' is ''Film/TheKarateKid1984'' Meets ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue''.
441* ''Film/ForrestGump'' is ''Film/BeingThere'' meets ''Film/{{Zelig}}'', with a bit of LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek thrown in.
442* ''Film/FourBrothers'': ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'' meets ''Film/NewJackCity''
443* ''Film/FourLions'': ''Paradise Now'' meets ''Film/TheThreeStooges''.
444* ''Film/TheFrighteners'': One reviewer described the film as ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks''.
445* ''Film/Freaks2018'' is ''Film/{{Logan}}'' meets ''Series/StrangerThings'', by way of ''Literature/TheGirlWithAllTheGifts''.
446* ''Film/{{Freaky}}'' is if ''Film/TheHotChick'' went on a homicidal rampage as a ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' CopycatKiller.
447** ''Literature/FreakyFriday'' meets ''Friday the 13th''. In fact, the WorkingTitle [[https://mobile.twitter.com/MichaelKenKen/status/1310290858378371072 was]] ''Freaky Friday the 13th''.[[note]]Creator/{{Disney}} wasn't amused and then threatened to sue.[[/note]]
448* ''Film/FreeGuy'' is ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' meets ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'' meets ''VideoGame/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}'' meets ''Film/TheyLive'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
449* Film/{{Fresh|2022}} is Film/{{Twilight}} meets Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey. And it's still a better love story than Twilight. Go figure.
450** Could also be Film/{{Twilight}} meets Film/LilyaFourEver.
451* ''Film/{{Frozen|2010}}'' (2010) is essentially ''Film/OpenWater'', and ''Film/{{Alive}}'' on a ''chairlift''.
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