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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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26 | [[folder:A]] |
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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92 | |
93 | [[folder:B]] |
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". |
182 | [[/folder]] |
183 | |
184 | [[folder:C]] |
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.'' |
257 | [[/folder]] |
258 | |
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.''" |
357 | [[/folder]] |
358 | |
359 | [[folder:E]] |
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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401 | [[folder:F]] |
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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